Philip J. Fry

Philip J. Fry, also known as Fry, is the main protagonist from the Futurama series.
== Charactah Account ==
Fry is a decent, honest and fun-loving guy with a huge heart, but he's also immature, lazy, and not very bright. Once a pizza boy from the 20th century, he accidentally cryogenically freezes himself during a delivery run on New Years' Eve, 1999 and wakes up on New Years' Eve 2999. Hilarity ensues when he gets a job at Planet Express as a delivery boy, working for his closest living relative, distant nephew Professor Farnsworth.
Fry is generally very lazy at work, spending most of his time in the office sitting on the couch: watching TV and drinking Slurm. This laziness has caused him to miss at least one delivery mission. He is often immature, which causes him to get into tight spots, usually forcing Turanga Leela to rescue him. Despite this, he is a good, sensitive and sentimental man who loves his friends and will usually go to any lengths to save them. 
== Appearance ==
=== Cartoons ===
* Futurama
* Futurama Season 2
* Futurama Season 3
* Futurama Season 4
* Futurama Season 5
* Futurama Season 6
* Futurama Season 7
=== Comics ===
* Bongo Comics Free-For-All!
* Delivery-Boy Man
* Free Comic Book Day Gimme! Gimme! Giveaway!
* Futurama - Simpsons Infinitely Secret Crossover Crisis
* Futurama Comics
* Futurama Comics Annual
* Futurama Returns
* Simpsons Comics
* Simpsons Comics Colossal Compendium
* Simpsons Super Spectacular
* The Simpsons Futurama Crossover Crisis II
=== Movies ===
* Futurama: Bender's Big Score
* Futurama: Bender's Game
* Futurama: Into the Wild Green Yonder
* Futurama: The Beast with a Billion Backs
=== Video Games ===
* Animation Throwdown: The Quest for Cards
* Futurama: Game of Drones
* Futurama: The Game
* Futurama: Worlds of Tomorrow
== Trivia ==
* Ironically, future Minneapolis, Minnesota Mayor Jacob Frey, who gained international media attention in the wake of the 2020 George Floyd protests, would bear Fry's middle initial in his first name and, despite having a different surname spelling which includes an "e," the same surname pronunciation. Minneapolis is also where Futurama creator Matt Groening's Simpsons co-producer James L. Brooks previously based The Mary Tyler Moore Show between 1970 and 1977. Despite not being directly affiliated with Futurama, Brooks has worked with Groening since The Simpsons debuted as shorts on The Tracey Ullman Show in 1987.
* Philip J. Fry is supposedly named after Phil Hartman, who died before Futurama was picked up by FOX; he was the original voice for Zapp Brannigan. Matt Groening, however, later claimed he was named after his father Homer Philip Groening. However, in another strange twist which may be connected with Groening's Simpsons co-producer James L. Brooks, southern and western Minneapolis suburbs would later elect a U.S. Congressman named Dean Phillips when Jacob Frey was serving as Mayor of Minneapolis. Phillips and Frey's surnames, as well as the initial for the Minneapolis Mayor's first name, establish the words Philip J. Fry when the extra "l", "s" and "e" are removed from their last names. Even without the extra letters, the surnames of the Minneapolis-area politicians is also pronounced similar to those in Fry's full name
* Philip J. Fry was originally going to be voiced by Charlie Schlatter.
* Due to having become his own grandfather, Fry possesses no delta brain wave, making him immune to psychic attack and making his mind unreadable.
* Despite being the least mature of the Planet Express Crew, he is the second oldest member chronologically after Bender.
* Following his birth, Fry's mother appeared to care more for the New York Mets, who she was listening to on a small HAM radio while in labor, and the morphine she was on than her newborn son and even went against tradition by letting her husband pick his name, which even gave the Mets a series sweep. At the time, the Mets and Dodgers were also serious rivals, hence a major reason for why Fry's mother would care greatly for a Mets game while giving birth.
* Fry was born during this baseball game between the New York Mets and the Los Angeles Dodgers, on August 14, 1974. However, the script states his birthday is actually August 9, 1974 (oddly, this is the date Richard M. Nixon resigned as President of the United States). Ironically enough, 1974 was the year Homer and Marge from Matt's other series the Simpsons met. Also, one of the episodes took place in 1947, which is 1974, only with the 4 and 7 swapped. Despite this, no such Mets game occurred that day which matched the description of the game which Sherri Fry described as "the happiest day of my life." This game was clearly one which featured then Mets catcher Jerry Grote being hit by a game winning walk-off pitch, which even gave the Mets a series sweep.
* Probably sterilized by the F-Ray, speculation leads that when he was infested by worms he was unsterilized. Later on, he time traveled and impregnated his grandmother, confirming his ability to have children.
* Fry may have a form of synesthesia, a neurological disorder wherein the sufferer mixes up sensory input. This can be seen in The Why of Fry ("Did everything just taste purple for a second?") as well as Roswell that Ends Well ("Hey, what smells like blue?"). The form is more likely to be the rare lexical form, where different phenomenon may cause 'color, smell, sound, or taste sensations' like the quotes above.
* Fry states he cannot swim on at least two occasions: Fry & the Slurm Factory and The Sting.
* Fry's middle initial is the same as several of Matt Groening's other creations, Abraham J. Simpson, Homer J. Simpson, Bartholomew J. Simpson. It's never revealed what Fry's middle name is, although it could possibly be Joshua.
** In Bender's Big Score, a New York City telephone directory from the time Fry lived there lists a Philip Joshua Fry alongside a few other P. Frys. Bender tracks Fry down using one of the listings shown, but it is not shown which one he used.
** It has also been alleged that Fry's middle initial J. stands for Jay and that, like Homer Simpson before him, this name is a tribute to Rocky and Bullwinkle creator Jay Ward. Despite this allegation, it has never been specified what Fry's middle name is. Jay was previously revealed to be Homer Simpson's middle name in the 1998 Simpson episode D'oh-in' in the Wind.
* He has no problem interacting with robots or aliens.
* His time paradox duplicate Lars Fillmore may have worked at a casino in Bender's Big Score.
* He was almost snu snued to death by the Amazonians and suffered a broken pelvis.
* He is one of only two characters to have had sex with both Amy and Leela (the other being Zapp Brannigan).
* He is one of only three characters to have appeared in every single episode of the series (the other two being Bender and Leela).
* Usually the first to refer to someone as dead, though he has no medical experience.
* He is notable for being the only person besides Professor Farnsworth to treat Zoidberg decently.
** It is stated in Bender's Big Score that Fry is the only one who never struck Zoidberg.
* It seems Fry has heart problems: In Fry & the Slurm Factory, he told Leela how he used to drink 100 cans of cola a week until his third heart attack; in Ghost in the Machines, Fry received a heart attack from being scared by Bender; and in "Fry Am the Egg Man", he came close to a heart attack after eating fast food. But he took a Pez and his heart attack stopped.
* It would seem Fry's favorite song would be "Walking on Sunshine", which he normally sings out of tune.
* Fry, along with John A. Zoidberg, is commonly referred by their surname.
* His story about him getting unfrozen years later is similar to Captain America's origin story in Marvel Comics.
* Fry appears to be missing his right kidney. This is seen in Insane in the Mainframe when Fry is given an x-ray upon admission to the asylum. Despite that, he is known to have it stolen by Bender for the Professor, before it was eaten by Leela, who mistook it for Hermes' lunch.
* It's implied that Fry is bisexual, as numerous episodes imply that Fry is interested or has even experimented with other men. Fry and Benders friendship is also treated as if they are a couple at times for comedic purposes. However aside from mostly innuendo it is obvious that Fry's interest is majorly centered around women.
* Despite constant remarks about his lack of intelligence, Fry shows genius level ability in a number of surprising fields, notably the creative arts, not only with talent and enthusiasm, but with great resourcefulness and creative thinking: for example preparing a romantic dinner for two with restaurant quality food and beautiful lighting with things he found around the office. Notably of all Fry's out of the box thinking and simple solutions have saved the day multiple times.
* His distant nephew, Hubert J. Farnsworth had a son with Mom (Carol Miller), Igner, meaning he has another living relative in the year 3000, making that the third, after Professor Farnsworth and his clone, Cubert Farnsworth
* Some men in Fry's family are shown to be as dumb, if not more dumb, than Fry himself, such as Enos being oblivious to danger and acting very ignorant, while Igner might be mentally retarded. Whether this has anything to do with Fry becoming his own grandfather or not is unknown.
* The Fry Family has produced many important figures through history, the first of which being Philip J. Fry II, who was the first man on mars, who was inspired to do so in honor of his uncle, so if Fry where to not have been frozen, the lineage of the Fry family would've turned out very differently
* Fry's actions with his grandmother create a paradox where his lineage could potentially be untraceable on his grandfather's (himself) side
* Fry revealed that he has ADD in The Futurama Holiday Spectacular.
* It is also unknown if his family revived they would have died of old age since 2020 and 2021 both Yancy Fry Jr., Philip J. Fry II, and Yancy Jr's wife died in 2308 due to the destruction of Old New York being caused by Bender and is unknown if they got resurrected.
** If there was a season 11 being planned for Futurama they would have planned the Fry Family to be resurrected from their death, only to be revived in the 31st century.
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== External Links ==
* Philip J. Fry at Futurama Wiki
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