Who would know that everything will turn out in this way? That in one moment he will lose everything - his family, friends, work, and will end up in a completely new unfamiliar world. This is difficult to predict, especially to him. Philip Jay Fry is the most important and one of the most interesting characters in the series Futurama. Who was he and what became after 1000 years?
New Year freeze
The whole story begins on December 31, 1999 in New York on New Year's Eve. Pizza delivery man Philip J. Fry is standing by a slot machine located in a pizzeria. Having received the next order, he goes to his destination and finds himself in a room where several cryogenic chambers stand. But the room is empty. Thinking that the customer had deceived, Fry sits in front of one of the capsules. At this time, the countdown of the last seconds before the next millennium begins. At some point, he loses his balance, falls right into the open chamber and freezes for 1000 years.
The timer did not deceive, and just in time woke up the "pizza". During this time, several eras have passed, until the last has arrived - the era of the future. Welcome to New York! Spaceships, flying cars, unusual futuristic buildings, alien races - all this was seen by Philip Fry from Futurama. No relatives, former friends, work colleagues, and the work itself. His happiness has no limits.
Nobody was surprised at his appearance, because now it is a common thing. At the exit, he is registered by an alien Leela, who, identifying what he is capable of, defines him as a courier. Only with this position the guy does not agree, so he runs away to explore New York, not even knowing what adventures await him in the third millennium.
Fry from Futurama: photo and age
At the time of freezing, the main character of the series was 25 years old. Consequently, he left the cryogenic chamber at the age of 1025. The events of the animated series took place over 11 years. Therefore, we can conclude that its biological age at the end of the last episode is approximately 36 years. During this time, the guy went through a lot. He suffered repeated freezing, died and was re-grown, even observed the birth and death of the planet in the time machine of his relative, Professor Hubert Farnsworth.
Fry was not the only child in the family; there was still an older brother. In childhood, Fry was more active than now, because he loved dancing, playing basketball and doing breaks. And he did well in this.
A little older, Fry became calmer. His past interests and aspirations disappeared, and their place was taken by the love of computer games and soda, which he consumed in such quantities that he often lost consciousness.
Before getting into the distant future, Jay Fry worked at the Panucci pizzeria, although he did not get any pleasure from it. In my personal life, too, there were difficulties. Michelle's girlfriend, whom he met, ended up breaking her relationship with him. Therefore, his last order from the cryogenic laboratory actually turned out to be a gift of fate. Take at least his joyful exclamation when he left the camera and looked at the new world. Who cares what Fry survived then - Futurama will tell.
Character Features and Appearance
Despite the first impression, one cannot say that Fry is stupid. He is just a lazy and not very lucky person. And also sleazy, windy, somewhat arrogant and far from modest. In New York, he was sheltered by the Bender robot, and in this he was lucky. He also gouging, so the conflict between cohabitants is a rare phenomenon.
Outwardly, Fry is no different from many city dwellers. He has brown hair with a reddish tint, forever shaggy hair, medium height and weight. He is wearing a white T-shirt, burgundy jacket, blue jeans and sneakers. True, sometimes wears a tuxedo. In general, he does not select outfits, so here he also has nothing to stand out with.
friendship
Does Fry make friends with anyone? “Futurama” for all its 7 seasons will talk about many characters, but a few of them will become real friends.
- Bender. This bending robot became the first true friend of Philip Fry. Together they worked at Planet Express, rented an apartment together, and watched TV together. He even decided to saw off his antenna, which interfered with catching the signal. Together they went through many tests, which more than once tested their friendship for strength.
- Seymour In addition to the robot, another important character of the series “Futurama” stands out - the dog Fry. Seymour is a dog whom he left in the past and which never ceased to wait for his master. In the future, Fry will find the dog’s fossil and will even insist on his return.
- Leela. The alien Turanga Lila is the main female character in the series Futurama. She has a physical deviation - she is cyclops. That is, she has only one eye. This moment annoys her, so she does not like it when others focus on this. Although she forgave Fry for such curiosity and even answered his question. Philip immediately liked her, but, unfortunately, her feelings were unrequited. So in the series "Futurama" Leela and Fry as a couple will never take place.
Relations
By the way, not only Leela made Fry's heart beat faster. There were other ladies who, at least for a day, but occupied a piece of his “engine”. Let's go back, for example, to Michelle - the first girl of the guy. Fry met her twice, and both failed.
Amy Wong was also a student at Martian University and an intern at Professor Farnsworth on Planet Express. But their relationship was short-lived, as the girl very tired of him.
But Morgan Proctor, a 19th-class bureaucrat, has made great strides in this regard. She fell in love with his sloppiness and even lived with him for a while. But Fry parted with her. Futurama will show the episode when the girl offends Bender, for which she will be left alone. And there were a lot of such love stories, however, they never had a serious continuation. Probably all due to the fact that in his heart there was always a one-eyed alien - Leela.
Interesting Facts
They say that if you watch episode 9 of season 12 of the animated series Simpsons, you can see a reference to the sitcom Futurama. There, when the whole family moves onto the sofa through pipes similar to the pedestrian crossings from Futurama, instead of Bart, Fry’s head first appears. True, then it is sucked back.
There is also an episode when Fry falls in 1947 and kills his grandfather. Trying to save him, he takes his grandfather to the place where nuclear tests are carried out. And as soon as he leaves, the house is destroyed along with a relative.
Despite the fact that the main occupation of the “guest from the past” is courier delivery, one day he will have to serve the law. Yes, there will be such an episode in the series Futurama. Fry policeman will have to choose whether to kill Bender or not.
There were other unexpected moments, for example, when it turned out that Fry also had another name - Joe. He even managed to marry Lily a couple of times. Probably for him it was the happiest episode.
Some of the best
In fact, all the series of the animated series deserve attention, but here are a few episodes that are considered the most popular.
Space Pilot 3000 is the very first episode to reveal the whole idea of the series. During this time, Fry manages to move into the future, make new friends, meet his relative and become a member of the Interplanetary Express team. By the way, this episode is a bit like the movie Star Trek. There you can even meet the head of the creator of the sitcom - Matt Graining.
Jurassic Barking is a series in which Fry goes to the excavation site of the Panucci Pizzeria and finds the petrified body of his dog. The guy decides to revive Seymour, but at the last moment changes his mind, as he is afraid that he will not recognize him.
20 minutes turned out to be rather sad, because faithful Seymour was waiting for his master for many years, who never came.
Crazy in a Supercomputer is a bank robbery series where Robberto, Bender and Fry become the attackers. “Futurama” in many episodes puts its characters in extreme conditions. Therefore, they are not used to it. As a result, the trinity is determined by a psychiatric hospital for robots, where even Fry recognizes himself as one of them.
The series was completed in 2013, immediately after the completion of the final 7 season. And it’s not clear why the creators decided to close such a popular show. Perhaps Matthew Groening decided to devote himself completely to the Simpsons. In any case, Futurama is a successful project, which is still gaining new fans.