Futurama's Fry, the veritable everyman of the entire series,
brings unending funny with his trademark stupidity while also providing a window into the sci-fi
absurdity of the 31st century. What competence he lacks as a delivery boy, Fry more than makes up for with
his incredible heart.
In eleven years we've seen all the highest highs and the
lowest lows of Fry's moments as a Planet Express delivery boy, from past
nastification that made Fry his own grandfather, to flying brains and the
deepest exploration of space and time itself. Only his undying love for Leela anchors the universe travelling
delivery boy, and his spectacular
failures endear us to poor Fry time and time again.
So with all the Fry-centric episodes exploring delta brainwaves
and secret origins, have we really come to know "The Why of Fry?" Or is Planet Express's least valuable employee
still going to surprise us with his best moments in upcoming Futurama episodes? Tonight's Futurama, "Overclockwise,"
explores the idea of Bender becoming a god-like entity, and, according to David
X. Cohen, will once again explore the relationship between Fry and Leela. Also, be sure to check out next week's "Reincarnation"
to see Fry living his best moments as an anime character, a Max Fleischer-style
cartoon, and even in 8-bit video game glory!
What are your favorite Fry moments? Do you go for the saccharine moments with
Leela, or good old gags of Fry's delta-brainwave lacking stupidity? Don't freeze us out, give us your thoughts on
Futurama's best Fry moments in the comments section below!
Futurama's Best Fry Moments
Futurama's Philip J. Fry has over a thousand years worth of incredible moments, and you don't have to travel to the future to catch up on the best of Fry.
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By Kevin Fitzpatrick September 1, 2011 |
| 6 | Parasites Lost |
The writers of Spaceballs told us that evil will always triumph over good because good is dumb, but can dumb ever triumph over good? That's the very question Philip J. Fry faces upon realizing that the intestinal parasites that improve his brain and body function ten fold may have won him Leela, but changed him entirely.
In one of Futurama's best Fry moments, Fry risks brain damage and evicts the creatures at the cost of Leela's heart. Why couldn't our own intestinal parasites have been so useful?
| 5 | Jurassic Bark |
Before sucker-punching us in the gut and turning our souls into dank pits of black despair with its final scene, "Jurassic Bark" gave us one of Futurama's best Fry moments. As much as he'd love to have his old dog back, the dog lived a full decade after Fry's disappearance and in an instant Fry realizes it wouldn't be fair to pull pour Seymour back to life.
A life that included a decade of heartbreakingly waiting for his master to return and...oh lord, we can't stop crying.
| 4 | Three Hundred Big Boys |
Impulsive descision on how to spend his money? Check. Enormous bodily harm caused by mountains of caffeine? Check. Unexpectedly managing to save the day with his zen-like, super-speedy one hundred coffee state? Sure sounds like Fry to us.
We'd advise against trying the coffee thing in real life, by the way. Instead of super-speed and calm assurance, picture blood and Chipotle-like aftermath.
One of Futurama's best Fry moments? Check. Check Check.
| 3 | The Sting |
Fry spends two weeks at Leela's bedside without showering (let's face it, he probably wouldn't have anyway) after she takes the brunt of a killer space bee sting. While Fry technically spends most of the episode dead, we learn in the closing moments that he stayed to help guide Leela through her coma dreams in a beautiful, albeit smelly display of his affection. It's one of Futurama's best (and sweetest) Fry moments.
| 2 | The Devil's Hands Are Idle Playthings |
Meant to serve as a series finale of sorts to the then-cancelled Futurama, Fry pulls out all the stops by trading hands with the Robot Devil to create his holophonor masterpiece and win Leela's heart. And let's face it, while we've all written a horrible song or poem for that special someone at one point in our lives, Fry really sets the gold standard. It's one thing to lift a finger for your loved ones, it's another to lift them off.
