The Late Philip J. Fry story
"The Late Philip J. Fry" is the seventh episode of the sixth season of the animated series Futurama. It originally aired on Comedy Central on July 29, 2010. In the episode, Fry attempts to make it on time to a birthday dinner date for Leela. He is sidetracked by Professor Farnsworth and Bender, who force him to test out the Professor's time machine, which only goes forward in time. After overshooting and thus going forward to the year 10,000 AD, they must keep traveling forward in time until a backwards time machine has been invented. Directed by: Peter Avanzino. Story by: Lewis Morton.
13 total · 5 major · 8 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| boyfriend and girlfriend | major | Fry and Leela. |
| lovers' quarrel | major | Leela was having stereotypical problems with Fry. |
| romantic love | major | The story ended with Leela professing her love for Fry. |
| time machine | major | The Professor, Fry, and Bender went to the year 10,000 in the Professor's time machine. They went on to travel deeper and deeper into the future in search of a time machine that can go back in time. |
| time travel | major | The Professor, Fry, and Bender went to the future in the Professor's time machine. |
| coping with an obnoxious neighbor | minor | Bender was an obnoxious neighbor/roommate to Fry. |
| cyclical time universe | minor | We heard that the universe repeats itself every odd umpteen billion years. |
| disembodied head | minor | Old Hermes lived on as a head in a jar. |
| dying sun | minor | The Professor, Fry, and Bender found the Earth to be a dried out, lifeless husk by the year one billion. |
| historical figure | minor | The Professor assassinated Hitler. [Adolf Hitler] |