Lee Roberts
Liquid Emperor
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I'e Fry was smart then there would be no Futurama. Alright, I can't say it was he's foult, because Nibbler no, Nibbler didn't, it was Fry, Fry Blow himself into the Future. IF you look at Jurrassic Bark you see Fry hadow and Nibblers (just the hair parts) and in Space Station 3000 we only see Nibbler's shadow, so they planned that. Fry is better stupid! Like Homer is in The Simpsons
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Killerfox
Professor
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come on Geteak fry is just not smart. its like could the moon be yellow? no it is gray.
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Phil LaMarr4
Crustacean
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If he was he wouldn't be funny any more, baby.
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Spanghewed
Crustacean
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Well, in the first episode, he said to himself after seeing the blimp that said that it was 3000, (not to anyone else, proving the undercover thing wrong), "Whoa, a million years!" However, in Jurassic Bark, he can tell that 15 minus 3 equals 12. He probably got smarter.
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Cubert
Crustacean
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I say that Fry has his ultimate intellegence moments but other times he is just a plain ol' idiot
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Anarchist
Professor
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I think Fry's a unique case. That "missing delta brain wave" thing probably goes further than just being immune to psionic attacks. He's a bit slow (ok, more like on the verge of mental retardation) and rearely thinks before he acts (or thinks at all), but he has his moments. He just needs to be motivated, that's all. For example, in "Time Keeps On Slippin'" he learned how to fly the Planet Express ship and operate the gravity pump in a relatively short(?) period of time. Also, in the brain room scene of "Love and Rocket" - what he did to save Leela's life took some quick thinking. While I don't agree that Fry is a genius and is purposely hiding it, I do think that he's smareter than he usually shows, or even realizes himself. It seems to me that he's actually quite intelligent, but at the same time "mentally handicapped" and just plain lazy.
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getak2003
Bending Unit
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you do drive a point there, then again einstein failed the first grade....
also, as for the radiator, was there any proof that he did the nasty with the steamy? a character being sickened? or something like that. obviously not actually showing the act. so for all anyone know he was just being a jackass trying to show he messed up the futurama universe it, you know yarn people for yarnasia, or whatever the hell they are.
also, as for the can opener, who said he was ever good at picking the right moment?
and as for the self preservation stuff, come on! i have known people who have let their lives go to hell in a hand basket from a chemical addiction. have you ever volenteered in a rehab clinic? i have heard stories of men sucking off bikers at truck stops for cash to buy crack or something more powerful. chemical addiction to something is a sickness, a sad and tragic one that claims the lives of many people each year. you know it is bad for you, but where the hell is your self preservation then?....
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Anarchist
Professor
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I'll have to agree with you on the chemical addiction bit. It's been made clear enough that Fry is addicted to Slurm, and chemical addiction can be stronger than any survival instinct. Also, in that particular case, he knew that Leela wouldn't just stand there and watch him drown, so there goes the survival instinct.
What's your point, though, getak? Are you saying that Fry is, in fact, a genius, and is deliberately hiding it? For what reason? He already saw that he can easily win Leela's heart if he doesn't act stupid ("Parasites Lost" ), and I think it's been established pretty clearly that winning Leela's heart is his greatest goal. What would be the logic behind pretending to be stupid?
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SQFreak
Professor
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Originally posted by getak2003: funny thing, if you watch the last parts of paracites lost you will hear the head worm say that what fry did to himself is nothing more than about a week of binge drinking or about five minutes on a cell phone, so it seems that he SHOULD still be realivly smart right? No. Without the parasites to constantly rejuvenate him, his mental state deteriorates back to its normal (stupid) form.
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Teral
Helpy McHelphelp
DOOP Secretary
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Originally posted by getak2003: you do drive a point there, then again einstein failed the first grade....
also, as for the radiator, was there any proof that he did the nasty with the steamy? a character being sickened? or something like that. obviously not actually showing the act. so for all anyone know he was just being a jackass trying to show he messed up the futurama universe it "The Sting" confirms he really did do the horizontal rhumba with the radiator. Although not particular good.
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David A
Space Pope
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I wouldn't normally respond to a five year old post, but since someone bumped this: "The Sting" confirms he really did do the horizontal rhumba with the radiator. No. The Sting confirms that Leela believed that he had. She also apparently thought that he had done it with Petunia, but as far as we know, that isn't true either. Isn't it mentioned that Fry's got a learning disability in one of the episodes? Or did I just dream that? A Biclops Built for Two. "If it's obvious to you with your learning disability, then of course it's obvious to me."
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My Own Grandpa
Crustacean
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All I can say that is anyone who can cobble together a working brain, even an inferior one, without an essential brainwave must be an absolute genius by those standards. Fry's stupidity has got a lot to do with being extremely simple-minded and foolish. He's not really all that slow. When can actually understand something, he does learn fast.
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