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Bender and Fry are practicing magic in their appartment. Fry notices in the paper they were using for a trick there is a headline reading "intact 20th century pizzaria". They go there, Fry finds his old dog fossilized. *cutscene to the past when he found his dog* They take it back to PE building, fry finds out he can clone it using the same tech as cubert was cloned as -- and the dog retains its memories somehow. Bender gets jealous when fry is getting stuff for his soon to be cloned dog instead of him. leela and amy wrestle in revealing clothing; bender gets a robo dog that is super annoying and tries to get fry to want it/jealous. After that the crew goes down into the basement for extra energy since it is near lava. Bender tries to get fry to perform with him some more, but fry gets angry and says no. Bender then throws the dog into the lava before they can clone it. fry tries to jump in the lava but is restrained; bender feels bad and jumps in instead to rescue it (the dog is covered with some dolsomite or something, and bender is 40% dolsomite). Leela tries to rip her swimsuit off to go jump into the lava to save bender, but unfortunately bender comes up just at that time. They get some dna from the dog, and they find out that the dog was actually 15 years old, and fry only had the dog for its first 3. Fry decides not to clone the dog, since it would be unfair to bring it back when it lived most of its life without Fry; he figured it had forgotten him by then. Then the sad part: it goes back in time to after fry vanished, and the dog sat on the sidewalk, refusing to move, waiting for him to come back, for 12 or so years. Everything ages; mr. pannucci gets old and shuts down the pizza store. The last we see of the dog is it lying its head down, as a very old and tired dog. There are a bunch of flashbacks throughout as the dog looks for fry and finally manages to find fry but is unable to rescue him.
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Erdrik
Professor
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Leela and Amy getting physical Lol! , That ending was indeed tragic... But are yous blind?! Did you not see Nibblers 3rd eye popping out of the trash can?! Shadows my but! They actualy showed Nibbler(or a nibblonian)!
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Bendo
Starship Captain
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The plot thickens! Not only are we now reassured that Nibbler was at the cryogenics lab when Fry was 'fell' into the tube but in this replaying we see another shadowy figure! Who could it be? As it stands the episode the Why of Fry is really starting to take on additional significance here. I can't wait for that episode now! A very strange type of episode and really touching to say the least. I liked all the flashbacks to 1999 and seeing Fry and his families reaction to his disappearance. Seymour was an added bonus and people who have ever had pets could certainly relate to what happened here. We recently lost a pet to old age and it was so sad to think of them all alone. This episode brought back some of those feelings. I didn't particularly like the Bender as the magician angle but who could resist the ladies of GLOW - Leela and Amy! The creators are really pouring it on heavy as they promised they would. With this episode the Swimsuit Leela figure from MAC now has a purpose! Some really good jokes sprinklered through the entire episode like some kind of fever from to much boogy. :lol I can't say it was the funniest episode but just for the whoa factor it will rank right up there with the best of them. When the series finally ends we will have Space Pilot 3000, the Day the Earth Stood Stupid, Jurrasic Bark and the Why of Fry to all watch in succession for a brief history of Futurama. Looking over the episode I have a theory of who it is in the second shadow but I will keep it to myself for now. But I agree with some of the assesments made on this board already. Another great episode to start the season off with. Probably not the creme de la creme but strong nonetheless and leaves the best for later I am sure. Bring on the Why of Fry! RM
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Erdrik
Professor
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« Reply #46 on: 11-18-2002 00:15 »
« Last Edit on: 11-18-2002 00:15 »
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Originally posted by Venus: and suddenly it's all so clear! Thanks to the magical VelourFog! Everyone give her a hand, and a kitten! Come on she deserves it! Come ON! i said dooooooo it! Gah! I give in! *gives a stray kitten to VelourFog* *Grabs a cleaver chops off hand and also gives it to VelourFog* owwie... I really could used that hand...
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[-mArc-]
Administrator
Liquid Emperor
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« Reply #47 on: 11-18-2002 00:18 »
« Last Edit on: 11-18-2002 00:18 »
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I liked this episode quite some, but I will first tell about the bad parts: Leela/Amy wrestling looked a bit "pasted" in. Seemed as if they were just added for eye candy. They'll have a real hard time explaining why the "future Fry" shadow isn't in the pilot, because ... what we saw yesterday is meant to show the exact same moments. "changed the past" is just too paradox. Fry was acting "out of character" to me when he answered the Louvre thing. Would've been great if the dog was shown for more than a split second with closed eyes. Does anyone else remember Fry having a dog called "champ"? I forgot where I got that from though... On the good side: Kaplan did a great job with the main plot and advancing the overall series plot. Also, like how he keeps getting sadness and depression into a fun show. Also: Review it on CGEF if you can. In return you get the capsule from there. One question, who did the "not Seymour Asses" voice? Rate: full points
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Seymour
Crustacean
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OMG I loved this episode so much. It was a real tear-jerker at the end. I wonder if we'll know why Nibbler and future Fry freeze past Fry. This is definately one of my top faves. This episode had the same feeling as the episode where we see where Leela is from.
Oh, and does anyone know the song at the end of the episode?
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SpongeMonkey
Crustacean
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So, have there been other wierd hidden Nibbler sighting before? I was pretty surprised to see that eye stalk popping out of the trash. It almost feels like a Douglas Adams universe where things and events are connected in far out and odd ways. I'm excited to see where this goes...
Oh - and I agree that this was a great episode. It was sad at the end and gave you a similar feeling as 'The Luck of the Fryish'. Very nice indeed.
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Sarge
Professor
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Originally posted by VelourFog: if his dog was so great why haven't we heard about it before now? ...Stupid Cubert, does he just live in that cloning room? why didn't they throw him in the lava?
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Sarge
Professor
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« Reply #59 on: 11-18-2002 09:27 »
« Last Edit on: 11-18-2002 09:27 »
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Originally posted by Venus: are you serious? that was actually part of the ep? No. I am lying. Everything I say is a lie. Yeah, that was part of the script, along with other stuff that got cut out. Every script has throw-away gags. In The Why Of Fry a descriptive line in the script reads something like "We see another place in the universe that is beyond our normal vision." You can imagine the designers having a blast over that one.
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dubdub
Crustacean
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kinda like the edge of the edge of the universe where everyone wears sombreroes?
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AndyF
Poppler
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An excellent episode. Though I would have really prefered a less sad ending; 12 years of waiting deserved better.
Andy
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rkbentley
Crustacean
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I liked the episode, heck any Futurama Episode is a good news, had to rest the eyes after playing Xbox Live....wrestling Amy and Leela...and just how many production drawings did we have to go through to make those scenes compliant for national tv? Two Futurama Eps back to back, egads we're back on schedule? Yay!
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MuscaDomestica
Professor
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...wrestling Amy and Leela...and just how many production drawings did we have to go through to make those scenes compliant for national tv? I want to know too, also want to know where I would get the pics... Its Fox, so there might not be that many rejected shots.
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Sarge
Professor
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Originally posted by Bendo: hey Sarge, any chance we will get those missing scenes in a future DVD? Were they ever animated in any form? It's not up to me, so I doubt it. I don't know if they were animated or not. From reading the script, I don't think they were trying to be sexy, just concerned & helpful. But the skimpy suits would've implied the sexiness. The gag was that Fry didn't see the opportunity he could've had.
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futurefreak
salutatory committee member
Moderator
DOOP Secretary
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the episode ending was so sad! the poor dog! anyways yeah it got kinda gross there with the whole leela/amy thing in th mniddle but im sure paul andkryten enjoyed it... *shifty eyes* hi - from aclosetfan note: this was typed inb the school library hehe
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AndyF
Poppler
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The ending still bothers me; it would have been just a strong an episode with a happier ending.
Though fictional, its sadder than the Tokyo dog story, because Fry choose not to clone the dog. Too much irony for my taste.
Andy
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Shadowstar
Liquid Emperor
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Why has nobody mentioned RoboPuppy yet? "RoboPuppy commencing two hour yipping session. RoboPuppy mistreatment alert!" That was one of the funniest things in the ep. Also funny: Bender's magic, Fry's native dance, "Fry's dog!", Professor trying to get attention and so on. I really liked this episode, despite it kind of obstructing with the past and the incredibly sad ending. Where was I? Oh yeah, RoboPuppy rules! Rate: 4.5/5
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ZombieJesus
Lost Belgian
DOOP Secretary
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« Reply #79 on: 11-18-2002 17:27 »
« Last Edit on: 11-18-2002 17:27 »
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Originally posted by Just Chris: [...] And Aslate, adding your Nibbler conspiracy:
In Jurassic Bark, there is a very brief moment where Fry puts the pizza box on the desk, you can see a Nibblonian's eye peering from under the desk (no shadow)! I hope this situation will be clarified in a later episode. I noticed that too. In fact, I saw it coming out the bin. The episode is one of the best ones I 've seen so far. It made me laugh, but boy what a sad ending. It had funny moments, revealing moments , and the really sad story about Seymour. I think it was really well balanced. Can anyone tell me exactly what Bender says to Zoidberg when he beats him up? I didn't understand.
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