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[[Image:Futurama Comic 9.jpg|right|thumb|Freaky Fry-day]]
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'''US Issue Number''': 009<br />
|uk no=11
'''UK Issue Number(s)''': 011<br />
|written by= Eric Rogers
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|art A by= Tom King
'''Published (US)''': May 22nd 2002<br />
|art B by=John Delaney
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|title caption=Made in the U.S.A.! <small>(printed in Canada)</small>
'''Title Reference''': A parody of the movie ''Freaky Friday''.<br/>
|us publish=22 May 2002
'''Trade Paperback''': Futurama Adventures
|uk publish=3 June, 2004
|title referee=A parody of the movie ''Freaky Friday''.
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"'''Freaky Fry-day'''" is the ninth [[comic]] issue, which was released 22 May, 2002 in the US.  <!-- insert brief plot summary here -->


==The Story==
== The Story ==
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===Act I===
At the ''Mid-Galaxy Spaceship and Robot Bikini Wash Co.'' [[Bender Bending Rodriguez|Bender]] and the [[Planet Express Ship]] get cleaned, while [[Turanga Leela|Leela]] has her hair done and [[Philip J. Fry|Fry]] does some last minute shopping for a Great Nephew's Day gift for the [[Professor Hubert J. Farnsworth|Professor]]. The necklaces that Fry buys cause them to switch bodies during the night. The staff of [[Planet Express]] take Fry in Professor (FiP) to [[New New York#Taco_Bellevue_Hospital|Taco Bellevue Hospital]] to see if they can figure out why he thinks he's Fry. Meanwhile, Professor in Fry (PiF) arrives at work, changes into his lab coat and slippers, then decides to head off and attack [[Dr. Ogden Wernstrom|Wernstrom]]. At the hospital, the doctor determines that FiP is insane.


===Act II===
=== Act I ===
PiF spends some time at a bar and hooks up with a woman. After a delivery, with [[Scruffy]] filling in for Fry, the crew determines that the Professor and Fry have swapped bodies. [[Dr. John Zoidberg|Zoidberg]] comes in to tell everyone that the doctor is going to perform a lobotomy on FiP. They head off to find PiF, who is at [[The Hip Joint]]. [[Dr. Ogden Wernstrom|Wernstrom]] abducts PiF  with help from his Chinese grad-students, but Bender uses his "Fryjac" to find them. The staff of Planet Express scares off the grad-students and rescue him. PiF signs out FiP and gives Bender the necklaces before the Professor and Fry switch back their bodies with a new invention.  
At the ''Mid-Galaxy Spaceship and Robot Bikini Wash Co.'' [[Bender Bending Rodriguez|Bender]] and the [[Planet Express Ship]] get cleaned, while [[Turanga Leela|Leela]] has her hair done and [[Philip J. Fry|Fry]] does some last minute shopping for a Great Nephew's Day gift for the [[Professor Hubert J. Farnsworth|Professor]]. The necklaces that Fry buys cause them to switch bodies during the night. The staff of [[Planet Express]] take Fry in Professor (FiP) to [[New New York#Taco Bellevue Hospital|Taco Bellevue Hospital]] to see if they can figure out why he thinks he's Fry. Meanwhile, Professor in Fry (PiF) arrives at work, changes into his lab coat and slippers, then decides to head off and attack [[Dr. Ogden Wernstrom|Wernstrom]]. At the {{cat|hospital}}, the {{cat|doctor}} determines that FiP is insane.
 
=== Act II ===
PiF spends some time at a bar and hooks up with a woman. After a delivery, with [[Scruffy]] filling in for Fry, the crew determines that the Professor and Fry have swapped bodies. [[Dr. John Zoidberg|Zoidberg]] comes in to tell everyone that the doctor is going to perform a lobotomy on FiP. They head off to find PiF, who is at [[The Hip Joint]]. [[Dr. Ogden Wernstrom|Wernstrom]] abducts PiF  with help from his {{cat|s=no|Chinese people|Chinese}} grad-students, but Bender uses his "Fryjac" to find them. The staff of Planet Express scares off the grad-students and rescue him. PiF signs out FiP and gives Bender the necklaces before the Professor and Fry switch back their bodies with a new invention.  
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==Additional Info==
== Additional Info ==
===Trivia===
=== Trivia ===
*Bender has a [[Media:Junior.jpg|son]].
*[[Bender]] has a [[Junior|son]].
*Background appearances while queuing for ''The Hip Joint'' - [[Glurmo|Small Glurmo #1]], [[Zapp Brannigan]], [[Walt, Larry and Ignar]] and [[Fender]].
*Background appearances while queuing for ''[[The Hip Joint]]'' - [[Glurmo|Small Glurmo #1]], [[Zapp Brannigan]], [[Walt, Larry and Igner]] and [[Fender]].
*June 15 is Great Nephew's Day.
*15 June is Great Nephew's Day.
*The green rocks apparently match the Professor's eyes.
*The green rocks apparently match the [[Professor Hubert J. Farnsworth|Professor]]'s eyes, but in "[[Mother's Day]]", it was said by [[Mom]] that they were blue.
*Amy secretly wants to be a clown.
*[[Amy]] secretly wants to be a clown.
*Wernstrom respects Farnsworth's intelligence.
*[[Wernstrom]] respects Farnsworth's intelligence.
*A computer chip in Fry's nose allows Bender to find him at anytime.
*A computer chip in [[Fry]]'s nose allows Bender to find him at anytime.
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===Quotes===
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<poem>'''Fry''': ...All the family the other has. Unless you count [[Cubert Farnsworth|Cubert]].
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'''Hermes''': No one ever has. Why start now?</poem>
*'''Bender''': Wow! I never knew my ass could get that shiny! I hope no one ever bites it now!
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*'''Fry''': ...All the family the other has. Unless you count [[Cubert Farnsworth|Cubert]].<br />'''Hermes''': No one ever has. Why start now?
 
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===Questions===
*Who did that?
**Fry did.


===Alien Language Sightings===
=== Inside References ===
'''Time''': <br />
*The Crushinator informed her "father" that she was pregnant with Bender's child in a deleted scene of "[[The Series Has Landed]]".
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'''Language''': [[Alien Languages#AL1|AL1]]<br />
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===Inside References===
*The Crushinator informed her "father" that she was pregnant with Bender's child in a deleted scene of [[The Series Has Landed]].


===Outside References===
=== Outside References ===
*A parody of ''Freaky Friday'' (1976, 1995, 2003)
*A parody of ''Freaky Friday'' (1976, 1995, 2003)
**Despite the UK and US sequence being different, in both release orders the last three comics have been parodies.
**Despite the UK and US sequence being different, in both release orders the last three comics have been parodies.
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===Goofs===
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===Special Features===
=== Special Features ===
[[Alien Languages#AL1|Alien language 1]] word search and translation key.
[[Alien Languages#AL1|Alien language 1]] word search and translation key.


===Characters===
=== Characters ===
(In alphabetical order)
(In alphabetical order)
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*[[iZac]]
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*'''Debut:''' [[Media:Junior.jpg|Junior]]
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*[[The Crushinator]]
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==Comic Credits==
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Latest revision as of 20:29, 22 May 2014

Freaky Fry-day
Futurama-09-Cover 0.jpg
US Publish Number9
UK Publish Number(s)11
Written byEric Rogers
Artists
Tom King
John Delaney
Title captionMade in the U.S.A.! (printed in Canada)
Published (US)22 May 2002
Published (UK)3 June, 2004
Title referenceA parody of the movie Freaky Friday.
In trade paperbackFuturama Adventures

"Freaky Fry-day" is the ninth comic issue, which was released 22 May, 2002 in the US.

The Story

Act I

At the Mid-Galaxy Spaceship and Robot Bikini Wash Co. Bender and the Planet Express Ship get cleaned, while Leela has her hair done and Fry does some last minute shopping for a Great Nephew's Day gift for the Professor. The necklaces that Fry buys cause them to switch bodies during the night. The staff of Planet Express take Fry in Professor (FiP) to Taco Bellevue Hospital to see if they can figure out why he thinks he's Fry. Meanwhile, Professor in Fry (PiF) arrives at work, changes into his lab coat and slippers, then decides to head off and attack Wernstrom. At the hospital, the doctor determines that FiP is insane.

Act II

PiF spends some time at a bar and hooks up with a woman. After a delivery, with Scruffy filling in for Fry, the crew determines that the Professor and Fry have swapped bodies. Zoidberg comes in to tell everyone that the doctor is going to perform a lobotomy on FiP. They head off to find PiF, who is at The Hip Joint. Wernstrom abducts PiF with help from his Chinese grad-students, but Bender uses his "Fryjac" to find them. The staff of Planet Express scares off the grad-students and rescue him. PiF signs out FiP and gives Bender the necklaces before the Professor and Fry switch back their bodies with a new invention.

Additional Info

Trivia

Quotes

    Bender: Wow! I never knew my ass could get that shiny! I hope no one ever bites it now!

    Fry: ...All the family the other has. Unless you count Cubert.
    Hermes: No one ever has. Why start now?

Inside References

  • The Crushinator informed her "father" that she was pregnant with Bender's child in a deleted scene of "The Series Has Landed".

Outside References

  • A parody of Freaky Friday (1976, 1995, 2003)
    • Despite the UK and US sequence being different, in both release orders the last three comics have been parodies.
  • The Professor confuses the glowing green rock on the necklace for Kryptonite, Superman's weakness.

Special Features

Alien language 1 word search and translation key.

Characters

(In alphabetical order)

Comic Credits