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'''Yancy Fry Sr.''' is the father of [[Philip J. Fry]] who lived in [[Fry's house|a completely trashed house]] somewhere in {{w|Flatbush}}, {{w|Brooklyn}}. He was a Vietnam veteran and spent most of his time building a nuclear bomb shelter for fear of a communist attack. His worries about the {{w|Y2K}} computer bug made him believe it was the cause of Philip's disappearance. Yancy Fry Sr. and [[Mrs. Fry]] didn't care about their son and thought sending him to school was a waste of tax money and didn't bother much looking for him when he was frozen in [[1999#December|December of 1999]].
'''Yancy Fry Sr.''' is the father of [[Yancy Fry Jr.]] and [[Philip J. Fry]] who lived in [[Fry's house|a completely trashed house]] somewhere in {{w|Flatbush}}, {{w|Brooklyn}}. He was a Vietnam veteran and spent most of his time building a nuclear bomb shelter for fear of a communist attack. His worries about the {{w|Y2K}} computer bug made him believe it was the cause of Philip's disappearance. Yancy Sr. and [[Mrs. Fry]] did not care about their son and thought sending him to school was a waste of tax money and did not bother much looking for him when he was frozen in December of 1999.


== Character Description ==
== Character Description ==
=== Family ===
=== Family ===
*[[Philip J. Fry]], son and father.
*[[Philip J. Fry]], younger son
*[[Mrs. Fry]], wife and grandmother.
*[[Mrs. Fry]], wife
*[[Yancy Fry, Jr.]], first born son.
*[[Yancy Fry, Jr.]], elder son.
*[[Philip J. Fry, II]], grandson.
*[[Philip J. Fry, II]], grandson
*[[Enos Fry]], father (though, he died in a nuclear test, and Philip fathered his own father).
*[[Enos Fry]], father
*[[Mildred Fry]], mother.
*[[Mildred Fry]], mother
*[[Professor Hubert J. Farnsworth|Professor Farnsworth]], distant grandnephew.
*[[Professor Hubert J. Farnsworth|Professor Farnsworth]], distant grandnephew
*[[Cubert Farnsworth]], the Professor's clone.
*[[Cubert Farnsworth]], the Professor's clone
*Mr. and Mrs. Gleisner, his wife's parents.
*Mr. and Mrs. Gleisner, his wife's parents


Yancy Fry Sr. actually did care a lot about his son, as shown in the episode "Cold Warriors." Yancy and Phillip went ice fishing in the 1980s, when Fry was a young teenager. When Fry fell through ice, his father saved him. Yancy Fry Sr. would often invoke dramatic irony, telling his cold son to "bundle up" as he didn't want him to freeze.
Yancy Fry Sr. actually did care a lot about his son, as shown in the episode "Cold Warriors." Yancy Jr. and Phillip went ice fishing in the 1980s, when Fry was a young teenager. When Fry fell through ice, his father saved him. Yancy Fry Sr. would often invoke dramatic irony, telling his cold son to "bundle up" as he didn't want him to freeze.
Yancy Fry Sr. was a soldier and fought in the Vietnam war. He did this in style by wearing a camofage tuxedo which his son Yancy Jr. wore at his wedding.
Yancy Fry Sr. was a soldier and fought in the Vietnam war. He did this in style by wearing a camofage tuxedo which his son Yancy Jr. wore at his wedding.


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*Was once trapped in a Swiss glacier for an entire week, eating nothing but frozen Neanderthals. {{et|6ACV24}}
*Was once trapped in a Swiss glacier for an entire week, eating nothing but frozen Neanderthals. {{et|6ACV24}}
*Was once a door-to-door trampoline salesman and never took a single day off, even when he broke his spine. {{et|6ACV24}}
*Was once a door-to-door trampoline salesman and never took a single day off, even when he broke his spine. {{et|6ACV24}}
*Yancy Sr. stated to his son [[Yancy Fry, Jr.]] that Yancy was a family name, saying "Your name is Yancy, just like me and my grandfather" {{et|3ACV04}}.  This is a bit of situational irony, because it would later be shown that his son, [[Philip J. Fry]], traveled back in time and fathered him {{et|3ACV19}}, meaning that he is his own grandfather and, thus, his grandfather's name is indeed Yancy.


=== Quotes ===
=== Quotes ===
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<poem>'''Yancy Fry Sr.''': Yancy, here's your new brother, Philip.
<poem>'''Yancy Fry Sr.''': Yancy, here's your new brother, Philip.
'''Young Yancy Fry Jr.''': I wanna be Philip! ''Me'' Philip!
'''Young Yancy Fry Jr.''': I wanna be Philip! ''Me'' Philip!
'''Yancy Fry Sr.''': Son, your name is Yancy, just like me and my grandpa and so on, all the way up to Minute-Man Yancy who shot commies in the revolution.</poem>
'''Yancy Fry Sr.''': Son, your name is Yancy, just like me.</poem>
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Revision as of 21:55, 5 September 2013

Secondary character
Deceased character
Yancy Fry Sr.
Mrandmrsfry.png
Yancy Fry Sr. with his wife and son.
GenderMale
SpeciesHuman
Planet of originEarth
RelativesSee Family section.
First appearance"The Luck of the Fryrish" (3ACV04)
Episode
Voiced byJohn DiMaggio

Yancy Fry Sr. is the father of Yancy Fry Jr. and Philip J. Fry who lived in a completely trashed house somewhere in Flatbush, Brooklyn. He was a Vietnam veteran and spent most of his time building a nuclear bomb shelter for fear of a communist attack. His worries about the Y2K computer bug made him believe it was the cause of Philip's disappearance. Yancy Sr. and Mrs. Fry did not care about their son and thought sending him to school was a waste of tax money and did not bother much looking for him when he was frozen in December of 1999.

Character Description

Family

Yancy Fry Sr. actually did care a lot about his son, as shown in the episode "Cold Warriors." Yancy Jr. and Phillip went ice fishing in the 1980s, when Fry was a young teenager. When Fry fell through ice, his father saved him. Yancy Fry Sr. would often invoke dramatic irony, telling his cold son to "bundle up" as he didn't want him to freeze. Yancy Fry Sr. was a soldier and fought in the Vietnam war. He did this in style by wearing a camofage tuxedo which his son Yancy Jr. wore at his wedding.

Additional Info

Trivia

  • According to Philip...
    • Yancy was fired from McDonald's (1ACV12) and always said that "you could tell a lot about a man by the rigidity of his shins" (6ACV22).
    • Yancy and Mrs. Fry were honest, hard-working people (1ACV11) and were always on him to groom himself and wear underpants (2ACV07).
  • Was once trapped in a Swiss glacier for an entire week, eating nothing but frozen Neanderthals. (6ACV24)
  • Was once a door-to-door trampoline salesman and never took a single day off, even when he broke his spine. (6ACV24)

Quotes

    Nurse: It's a boy! And look at that red hair!
    Yancy Fry Sr.: You sayin' my boy's a commie?

    Yancy Fry Sr.: So what should we name him?
    Mrs. Fry: You pick, I picked dinner last night.
    Yancy Fry Sr.: Well, I was thinking of Philip after those screwdrivers.

    Yancy Fry Sr.: Yancy, here's your new brother, Philip.
    Young Yancy Fry Jr.: I wanna be Philip! Me Philip!
    Yancy Fry Sr.: Son, your name is Yancy, just like me.

Appearances

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