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=== Act I ===
=== 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. Farnsw
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 ===
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.
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== Additional Info ==
=== Trivia ===
=== Trivia ===
*[[Bender]] has a [[son]].
*[[Bender]] has a [[Junior|son]].
*Background appearances while queuing for ''[[The Hipjop Joint]]'' - [[Glurmo|Small Glurmo #1]], [[Zapp Brannigan]], [[Walt, Larry and Igner]] and [[Fender]].
*Background appearances while queuing for ''[[The Hip Joint]]'' - [[Glurmo|Small Glurmo #1]], [[Zapp Brannigan]], [[Walt, Larry and Igner]] and [[Fender]].
*15 June is Great Nephew's Day.
*15 June is Great Nephew's Day.
*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.
*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.
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*[[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 ===
=== Quotes ===
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<psequence being different, in both release orders the last three comics have been parodies.
<poem>'''Bender''': Wow! I never knew my ass could get that shiny! I hope no one ever bites it now!</poem>
<poem>'''Fry''': ...All the family the other has. Unless you count [[Cubert Farnsworth|Cubert]].
'''Hermes''': No one ever has. Why start now?</poem>
}}
 
=== 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.
*The Professor confuses the glowing green rock on the necklace for Kryptonite, Superman's weakness.
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=== Fast Forward ===
=== Fast Forward ===
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=== Goofs ===
=== Goofs ===
Leela is a giant.
List any mistakes made in the issue, like continuity errors, erroneous statements, etc.
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=== Special Features ===
[[Alien Languages#AL1|Alien language 1]] word search and translation key.


=== Characters ===
(In alphabetical order)
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*[[Philip J. Fry|Fry]]
*'''Debut:''' [[Flexo]]
*The Grand Midwife
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*[[Amy Wong|Amy]]
*[[Bender Bending Rodriguez|Bender]]
*[[Bender Bending Rodriguez|Bender]]
*[[Cinnamon]] in the [[Reverse Scuba Suit]]
*[[Cinnamon]] in the [[Reverse Scuba Suit]]
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*[[The Crushinator]]
*[[The Crushinator]]
*[[Dr. Ogden Wernstrom|Wernstrom]]
*[[Dr. Ogden Wernstrom|Wernstrom]]
== Comic Credits ==
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*Script
**[[Eric Rogers]]
*Pencils
**[[Tom King]]
**[[John Delaney]]
*Inks
**[[Phyllis Novin]]
*Colors
**[[Rick Reese]]
*Letters
**[[Karen Bates]]
*Editor
**[[Bill Morrison]]
*Mysterious Stranger
**[[Matt Groening]]


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Freaky Fry-day
Futurama Comic 9.jpg
US Publish Number009
UK Publish Number(s)011
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

Futurama comics
Issues 1 — 20 "Monkey Sea, Monkey Doom!" • "...But Deliver Us to Evil!" • "The Owner of Mars Attacks!" • "DOOP the Right Thing!" • "Who's Dying to Be a Gazillionaire?" • "Xmas Time Is Fear" • "New Year's Rockin' Evil" • "Planet X-Press Men" • "Freaky Fry-day" • "The Big Sweep" • "The Cure for the Common Clod" • "Sideshow Fry" • "The Bender You Say" • "Six Characters in Search of a Story" • "Fry Me to the Moon" • "Kickin' It Old School" • "The Time Bender Trilogy:" (Part 1 • Part 2 • Part 3) • "Bender Breaks Out"
21 — 40

"More than a Filling!" • "A Fit Worse than Death" • "The A-Team" • "Twice Told Tales of Interest" • "Robot Robin Hood" • "A Whole Lotta Leela" • "Rotten to the Core" • "Let's Twist Again" • "Downsized!" • "Fry and the Double-Bag Must-Have Item" • "As the Wormhole Turns" • "Doctor What" • "Attack of the 50-ft Amy" • "Planet Michelle" • "Son of the Sun" • "You Don't Wanna Know Jak!" • "Full Metal Racket" • "Rumble in the Jungle" • "Rust in Peace" • "Robot Santa's Little Helpers"

41 — 60

"Soldier Boys" • "Homeward Boned" • "Welcome to my Nightmall" • "The Fry and the Furious!" • "Anthology of Interest II" • "Follow the Reader" • "Chitty Chitty Bend Bend" • "Claw and Order" • "Dummy Up!" • "Your Mother Wears Pilot Boots" • "Fry Cook!" • "Ro-Botox!" • "A Bump in the Flight" • "How Much is that Mutant in the Window?" • "The Trouble With Trilogies" • "Do You Want Fry with That?" • "Steampunk'd" • "Boomsday!" • "How to Secede Without Really Trying" • "The Bot Who Cried Wolf"

61 — 80

"Troop Grit" • "Lost Our Leela" • "Igner-Ance is Bliss!" • "Secret Santa" • "The Sun Also Raises!" • "The Board Game Games" • "Tartar House Five" • "Futuramarutuf" • "Don't Go Taking my Heart!" • "The Devil and Professor F." • "Pizza Wars" • "Trading Spaces" • "Night of the Automated Dead" • "What the What if?" • "Bendership Galactica" • "Captain Brannigan: The Windbag Soldier" • "New New New York" • "Little Orphan Android" • "Kif of Death!" • "Dumbsday!"

81 — 100

"A Touch of Medieval" • Futurama Comics #82

Simpsons Crossovers "Somewhere Over the Brain-bow!" • "Liquid Diamond Is Forever!" • "Slaves of New New York!" • "The Read Menace!"
Mini-comics "H.G. Blob in Revenge of the Blob" • "The Continuum Less Travelled" • "Leela & Amy in Hostile Makeover" • "Captain Zapp Brannigan in The Seven Day Itch" • "Captain Zapp Brannigan in Purple Tentacle Tour" • "Captain Zapp Brannigan in Rank Call!" • "Zoidberg Makes a House Call" • "H.G. Blob in A Funny Feeling in my Tummy" • "Breaking News"
Collections Futurama-O-Rama • Futurama Adventures • Futurama: The Time Bender Trilogy • Futurama Conquers The Universe • The Simpsons Futurama Crossover Crisis • Futurama Comics: To Infinity!
Special issues "Monkey Sea, Monkey Doom!" • "Futurama Returns" • "Delivery-Boy Man"
Comics related Bongo Comics Group • Futuramaland
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