Did Fry used to be a drug addict?

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In the episode "Jurassic Bark" Fry said Seymour waits for him at work.  Then Fry said "Just like those mushrooms waiting for me in my shower".  Could it be he meant 'shrooms'?

Also, in "The Farnsworth Parabox" when everyone saw their paralel-selves Fry said, "This is just like that movie about that drug trip when I was on that drug trip!"   This made me wonder if before he got frozen Fry used to either expirement or maybe he was a little bit of a drug addict. 

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I viewed it as him having a REALLY unclean shower. The bong in the Beck episode is more a hint of drug use from Fry than the shower thing, to me anyway.

[#2 :]

Like any college attender, whether drop-out or graduate, Fry likely experimented.  I doubt he was actually an addict, solely because he was too poor and lazy and had too much self-respect to be able to pay for a drug habit.

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Originally posted by KurtPikachu2001:
In the episode "Jurassic Bark" Fry said Seymour waits for him at work.  Then Fry said "Just like those mushrooms waiting for me in my shower".  Could it be he meant 'shrooms'?

It could be that he said something different.

"Attaboy Seymour! Right here, waiting for me as always! Just like that huge mushroom in my shower!"

The implication is meant to be that Fry's shower is mouldy, because he never cleans it, and probably rarely uses it. Remember HHRHGB, when Morgan Procter was banging him for his slovenliness? Take a look at Fry's "bed" in that episode, and listen to what he says about it. It's a real "character insight".

 

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Originally posted by totalnerduk:
 
The implication is meant to be that Fry's shower is mouldy, because he never cleans it, and probably rarely uses it. Remember HHRHGB, when Morgan Procter was banging him for his slovenliness? Take a look at Fry's "bed" in that episode, and listen to what he says about it. It's a real "character insight".

And he wonders why Leela isn't interested in him...   

[#5 :]

And don't forget that deleted scene...

"Voting isn't cool, so I stayed home alone and got trashed on Listerine"

[#6 :]

Well, maybe his term of "trashed" meant he drank it and got sick on it...That stuff burns!

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Well, we do know that Fry is a possible (barely) functional alcoholic.  It may be possible that he has experimented with drugs in the 20th century, but with his lust/love for Leela and knowing the physical fitness freak that she is, he would stay away from drugs since they would turn her off.   

He still drinks (heavily) because both Bender and Leela are drinking buddies.
 

[#8 :]

in Hell Is Other Robots, Fry says that his friend sold him his VCR then found out he was on drugs.

[#9 :]

In Time keeps on slipping, Fry said-

"Drugs are for losers, and hypnosis is for losers with big weird eyebrows!"

[#10 :]

Actually he said something on the lines of the quote.  " He sold me my mom's VCR, and then later I found out he was taking drugs. You make me ashamed to be your friend.."

[#11 :]

The only thing he's addicted to is Slurm. Leela shows some signs of an alcohol problem some times, like having beer for breakfast in Spanish Fry.

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She had one beer during a camoing trip, that's not being an alcoholic.  Fry probably experimented with some drugs in the past, but the bathroom mushrooms just meant he was a filthy slob and a poor house keeper

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I've always thought Leela was just a social drinker.  So the thing about the shower was supposed to mean his shower was moldy.  I do believe that he probably expiremented with drugs.

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She pulled more than one bottle out of the stream. Substituting booze for meals is one symptom, but then it's about the only time we see her having breakfast. Her Dad likes to drink taquila during the day and alcoholism can be genetic. And there's the booze making at the orphanarium when she was a minor. Actually we know very little about Leela other than her time at work. It's little things that started to show up in the last seasons.

Yeah, the shower 'shrooms just mean Fry and Bender don't clean up much which is typical of guys. Also there's a difference between dabbling with something like pot and being addicted to something like heroin, crack, or painkillers.

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Sure dipshit.

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Originally posted by futz:

She pulled more than one bottle out of the stream. Substituting booze for meals is one symptom, but then it's about the only time we see her having breakfast. Her Dad likes to drink taquila during the day and alcoholism can be genetic. And there's the booze making at the orphanarium when she was a minor. Actually we know very little about Leela other than her time at work. It's little things that started to show up in the last seasons.

On top of all that, we know that Leela has a boatload of emotional problems.  Her workout routine of keeping herself in tip-top physical shape and her Kung Fu fetish, along with her wild mood swings (often expressed violently) could suggest a alcohol problem.

But remember, she keeps her sadness pent up inside until it festers into a mental illness.

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Bingo.

[#19 :]

Well with the life he had, who (But Fry) wouldn't take drugs?

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Slurm addict yes, durg addict no. Yeah Fry has an addicting personality so its possible he could have been a drug addict, but I doubt it.  Fry doesn't have the focus to be a drug addict, he is too lazy. I don't see Fry doing whatever it takes for his next fix everyday. Fry lacks that kind of discipline. But if you consider Slurm a drug then yes he is a drug addict.

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Yah i dont think so its just he knows what everything is and like because in Hell is other robots he goves a good hint that he think drugs are uncool...and in jurrasic bark he is talking about that the mushroom in his shower is waiting for him like he is very unsanitary and a giant slob so thats probably the case. I get this conclusion from when how hermes requesitioned his groove back that morgan opens his locker and find the mess and the milk in his cap and he comments about time makes fools of us all thats probably what happned to the mushroom in the shower so no i dont think he was or is a drug addict.

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Originally posted by Ralph Snart:
But remember, she keeps her sadness pent up inside until it festers into a mental illness.

Just like in The Sting.

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Fry's addicted to caffeine, sugar, Slurm, video games, and sex.  He drinks beer frequently but usually not in mass quantities; the only time we see him drunk on it is when he thinks he's a robot and has to power his fuel cells. 

I'd be surprised if he's addicted to anything else.  I'm sure he tried marajuana in college or something, but anything "harder" would be out of his price range.  I imagine things like the Listerine incident spring more from his impulsive whims (like trying to fit his head in a crater), and I'd bet money that the "drug trip I saw in that movie when I was on that drug trip" resulted from some long comedy of errors (or someone convinced him that it was traditional way to view 2001: a Space Odyssey or something).

[#24 :]

Are you serious , no he is not a drug addict , ask fox your self

[#25 :]

I agree with Arpgme.

[#26 :]

Of course he isn't a drug addict just a loser delivery boy before he came into the future

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Originally posted by Dave B:

Of course he isn't a drug addict just a loser delivery boy before he came into the future

He hit rock-bottom in the future and started digging...

[#28 :]

Yeah there is much more evidence that he's not an adict(Hell is Other Robots, Time Keeps On Slipping,Etc) some of those things are also probably just there for the joke.

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Originally posted by Ralph Snart:
 He hit rock-bottom in the future and started digging...

Uhm, one of the main themes in Futurama is Fry getting a second chance; a fresh start; a clean slate as a result of being frozen for a thousand years.

Now whether he's still a loser is open to debate...
 

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Originally posted by Professor Zoidy:
Well, maybe his term of "trashed" meant he drank it and got sick on it...That stuff burns!

I think he meant he got drunk, because listerine is slightly alcoholic. 0.22% ethanol if im not mistaken

[#31 :]

The only character that seems to use anything harder than Slurm on the show is Hermes Conrad.

"That's not a cigar! ... and it's not mine!"

[#32 :]

Lets not forget that hippy in the problem with popplers. Not to mention Lrr afterwards

[#33 :]

Well, I meant the only principle character 

[#34 :]

ide go for definately not too dumb, too lazy and too poor (definately too poor in the 20th centuary)
the mushroom was definately ment as fungus in his shower
and the funniest drug joke ever was in the problem with popplers
lrrr:is he your friend too
small omicronian + leela:no (acctually in mumbles)
"Munch"
few secs later
lrrr:uhhh i think there was something funny in that hippie
wow my hands are huge they can touch anything but themselves *touches hands together* WOW
*beggins to feel inside of cape*then giggles*

[#35 :]

It was "They can touch anything but themselves.. <touches them together> oh, wait."
but definately one of the funniest drug-related bits in the show. That and..
Farnsworth: "where's the device that allows you to speed or slow down the passage of time?"
Fry: "Under the seat." [produces a bong from under the passenger seat]

[#36 :]

Fry was indeed a drug addict. I freebased crystal meth with him on Saturdays.

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Originally posted by Nerd-o-rama:
Like any college attender, whether drop-out or graduate, Fry likely experimented.  I doubt he was actually an addict, solely because he was too poor and lazy and had too much self-respect to be able to pay for a drug habit.

dammit, you stole what i had to say, which was...:
doesn't everyone eventually (cept me) experiment with that kind of stuff? especially punching bag. just because they experimented doesn't mean they're a drug addict.

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Originally posted by Nerd-o-rama:
Like any college attender, whether drop-out or graduate, Fry likely experimented. I doubt he was actually an addict, solely because he was too poor and lazy and had too much self-respect to be able to pay for a drug habit.


one problem the only college he went to was a fair ride

ps How do you quote i pasted this

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