Last Names

[Reply #40 on:]

Hey, don't get me wrong, there is a slim chance of it if Leela would give him a chance, I'm just saying that in TKOS, they wouldn't have gotten married if the time skips never occured.

[Reply #41 on:]

True, without having the ability to move stars, Fry couldnt have written his love message in the sky.

[Reply #42 on:]

And Leela probably wouldn't have given him a chance.

[Reply #43 on:]

But at the end of Farnsworth's Parabox she says that they can go out on a date. Who knows what could have happened if the Series had survived longer?

[Reply #44 on:]

Which is why we're petitioning!

[Reply #45 on:]

On the topic subjet, in Japan First names are written last and last names are written first. I can only presume that Mutants do the same thing.

[Reply #46 on:]

But why?

[Reply #47 on:]

Maybe they are descended from Godzilla and Hideki Matsui and other Japanese mutants. Who knows?

[Reply #48 on:]

Or much more likely they wanted a distintive culture to set them apart from the surface dwellers.

[Reply #49 on:]

Hi! I'm fairly (ok, very) new here, but I wondered whether you guys knew what Leela's full name is a reference to? It hasn't been mentioned in this thead, but I am sure someone else (except me) must have noticed it. Also I wondered if Phillip J Fry was a passing homage to Phillip K Dick?   

[Reply #50 on:]

Welcome to PEEL!  Actually, Fry's 1st name only has 1 l.  Philip J. Fry.

[Reply #51 on:]

It's a nod to a symphony called "Turangalila" by Olivier Messiaen.

[Reply #52 on:]

 

Originally posted by cyba:
Also I wondered if Phillip J Fry was a passing homage to Phillip K Dick?   

Oh my, no.  His name is a tribute to the late, great Phil Hartman.

[Reply #53 on:]

Could you look at Fry and think Curtis?  I just didn't fit anyway.

[Reply #54 on:]

gah! I never know how many lllllls go in that name! Yep, Turangalila is a mammoth symphonic work by Messiaen; i laughed hard when i first heard that one! Can't remember what the name means though (if anything?)

[Reply #55 on:]

It's composed of the two Sanskrit words "Turanga" and "Lila" and means lovesong, hymn to joy, time, movement, life, death and some other things I forget right now.

[Reply #56 on:]

How does everybody know this stuff?!?

[Reply #57 on:]

Well, the Turangalila symphony have been debated about a million times here on PEEL during the years, so eventually some of it find it's way to your memory banks (however old they are).

[Reply #58 on:]

Teral, I hope I grow up to be just like you.

[Reply #59 on:]

Caught in a dead-end job with a clueless boss, overweight and losing your hair? Believe me it's not all it's cracked up to be. 

Welcome to PEEL, Lrrr_2004. Enjoy it here.

[Reply #60 on:]

Lrrr_2004: PEEL FAQ

[Reply #61 on:]

Nah, I missed my chance to perform in Turangalila by being the National Youth Orchestra in the wrong year.

[Reply #62 on:]

10,000 polls, wow.

Anyway does it say anything in the DVD commentary about the last name issue?

[Reply #63 on:]

I wouldn't know.  I don't watch 'em.

[Reply #64 on:]

Commentaries aren't something you watch, they're something you experience and by experience I mean hear. They're audio tracks. However, I myself wouldn't know as they don't CC the commentaries. No they think you're more interested in what the show is saying. Nevermind, you could watch the ep without commentaries. Geez!

[Reply #65 on:]

One question, if Fry and Leela were to get married how would Leela change her name?
Mrs:

Turnaga Fry,

Leela Fry,

Turnaga Leela Fry,

Leela Turnaga Fry,
 
Or would she just keep her last name?

[Reply #66 on:]

She's a modern and independent women, I'm sure she'd keep her own lastname.

[Reply #67 on:]

Perfectly plausible, if a boring direction to go in.

If the series were going to be revived that is.

[Reply #68 on:]

I always thought the surname before the given name thing was kinda cool.

[Reply #69 on:]

I have, too.  But word to the wise: use the button instead of double-posting.

[Reply #70 on:]

It'a all summed up here: PEEL FAQ