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*The concept of time being cyclical was previously mentioned in [[The Cryonic Woman]] by the  
*The concept of time being cyclical was previously mentioned in [[The Cryonic Woman]] by the  
man who wanted to meet Shakespeare.
man who wanted to meet Shakespeare.
*The time machine is really useless, as it has nearly the exact same effect as freezing yourself.


== Characters ==
== Characters ==

Revision as of 05:40, 30 July 2010

Season 6 episode
Broadcast season 7 episode
The Late Philip J. Fry
6ACV07 Time Travel.jpg
A preview screen cap for the episode.[1]
No.95
Production number6ACV07
Written byLewis Morton
Directed byPeter Avanzino
Title captionIf you don't watch it, someone else will
First air date29 July, 2010[2]
Broadcast numberS07E07
Additional
Commentary
(Transcript)
Transcript
Storyboard

Pictures

Season 6
  1. Rebirth
  2. In-A-Gadda-Da-Leela
  3. Attack of the Killer App
  4. Proposition Infinity
  5. The Duh-Vinci Code
  6. Lethal Inspection
  7. The Late Philip J. Fry
  8. That Darn Katz!
  9. A Clockwork Origin
  10. The Prisoner of Benda
  11. Lrrreconcilable Ndndifferences
  12. The Mutants Are Revolting
  13. The Futurama Holiday Spectacular
  14. The Silence of the Clamps
  15. Möbius Dick
  16. Law and Oracle
  17. Benderama
  18. The Tip of the Zoidberg
  19. Ghost in the Machines
  20. Neutopia
  21. Yo Leela Leela
  22. Fry Am the Egg Man
  23. All the Presidents' Heads
  24. Cold Warriors
  25. Overclockwise
  26. Reincarnation
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"The Late Philip J. Fry"[2] is the ninety-fifth episode of Futurama, the seventh of the sixth production season and the seventh broadcast season.

The Story

The Professor invents a one-way time machine [2] which can only go forwards, the Professor and Fry try to go forward one minute but they're sent 10,000 years ahead instead. They then keep going further and further to find a backward machine.[3] It is also known that an elderly Amy Wong, with a robot body, will appear.[4]

Storyboard

Main article: Storyboard:The Late Philip J. Fry

Another storyboard released from Act 1 of "The Late Philip J. Fry" previews a scene entitled "Time-Machine". In this scene, we see the Professor showing his time machine to Fry and Bender, then Bender says that he can't go back in time.

Production

The Table read for this episode took place on 21 October 2009 with Maurice LaMarche commenting through his Facebook page that this episode is: "Hilarious, touching, meaningful, philosophical, even metaphysical. And did I mention, hilarious?"[5]

Another person present at the table read said that this episode is "the Emmy shot".[5]

Additional info

Continuity

  • The creation of a forward only time machine is stated to be to prevent against paradoxes. Both Fry and Bender have previously caused such paradoxes.
  • The concept of time being cyclical was previously mentioned in The Cryonic Woman by the

man who wanted to meet Shakespeare.

  • The time machine is really useless, as it has nearly the exact same effect as freezing yourself.

Characters

(In alphabetic order)

References

  1. ^ Tobey, Matt (23 June 2010). "Countdown to Futurama: Time Travel". Comedy Central Insider. Retrieved on 23 June 2010.
  2. ^ a b c The Late Philip J. Fry Episode Info. (MSN TV.) 01 June 2010. Retrieved on 01 June 2010.
  3. ^ "the Professor invents a time machine that only goes forward in time. Once they start going, there is no hope of return. And the initial goal is to just go a minute forward into the"Cohen, David
    Snierson, Dan (25 May 2010). "Futurama Exclusive: Exec producer David X. Conhen Previews the return". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved on 25 May 2010.
  4. ^ Tobey, Matt (16 June 2010). "Countdown to Futurama: Elderly Robot Amy". Comedy Central Inisder. Retrieved on 16 June 2010.
  5. ^ a b "PatchChord_Adams" (22 October 2009). ""Hot Diggity Daffodil, Futurama's back!" (News thread) (No spoilers)" Page 2. (PEEL.) Retrieved on 22 October 2009.