History Recap / FuturamaS3E4LuckOfTheFryish

** When we are shown Fry's old house in Old New York, it's thoroughly wrecked, with the roof having caved in. We then cut to the past, [[RagnarokProofing where it looks exactly the same.]]

* AwLookTheyReallyDoLoveEachOther: For all their fighting and bickering, Yancy loved and missed his little brother. Going so far as to name his son after him.

** When we are shown Fry's old house in Old New York, it looks wrecked, with the roof having caved in. We then cut to the past, [[RagnarokProofing where it looks the same.]]
** For most of the episode we're shown flashbacks of Yancy's jealousy of Fry, stealing his ideas, trying to steal his seven-leaf clover, up to his discovery of the clover's hiding spot sometime after Fry was frozen, [[RedHerring leading both Fry and the audience to believe Yancy took it a step further and stole Fry's name.]] The final flashback shows that Yancy decided not to use the clover at all, but instead passed it down to his first-born son, Phillip.
*** Likewise, when Yancy was poking through Fry's belongings for something to play at his wedding reception, he stumbles across a drawing he had made, depicting himself as an astronaut at 20... which Yancy proceeds to tuck into his suit discreetly. It's revealed in the last flashback that he took that drawing [[TragicKeepsake for himself]].
* {{Bookends}}: The first and last flashback involve a Yancy Fry and an unnamed woman giving birth to a Phillip J. Fry.
* CheatersNeverProsper: Averted as Bender gets away with rigging one of the horse races,

* GreenEyedMonster: Yancy was motivated by an intense jealousy of Fry, starting from the fact Fry got the relatively "normal" name Phillip when he was born. Throughout their childhood Yancy frequently copied Fry to the point Fry finally told Yancy "Get your own life and live it!" After Fry disappeared, it's implied Yancy finally got over this and deeply regretted how he treated his brother.

* LegacyCharacter: It turns out that the Phillip J. Fry of fame is actually Yancy's son, named after his missing brother.

* RagnarokProofing: Somehow, Fry's house managed to survive into the 31st century ''in tact''... [[ParodiedTrope despite being wrecked]].

* RedHerring: Throughout the flashbacks, its implied that Yancy stole Philip's seven-leaf clover and name out of jealousy after Philip got frozen, from him first wanting to be called Philip to stealing a newborn Philip's rocket proclaiming it to be his, to a flash back involving him stealing Fry's entire dance routine. It's only in the last flashback that we learn that the astronaut Philip J. Fry was in fact the son of Yancy, and named his son after him out of regret with how his relationship with Fry was before he disappeared.

** Fry just happens to share a name with the first man on Mars, and apparently no-one ever felt this worth commenting upon. Possibly [[LampshadeHanging lampshaded]] by Hermes' remark about Fry's nephew being "''that''" Phillip J. Fry.

* StealthPun: As he tries to recover his dollar bill from the power line, Fry starts saying "I'll get you back, or my name isn't Phillip J. ...", then he gets electrocuted -- or ''fried'', if you will.

* TooDumbToLive: Fry tries to recover his dollar from off of a power line... with a metal rake.

** The beatboxer in Fry's breakdancing group is named "[[Music/TheNotoriousBIG Noticeably F.A.T.]]"

* RedHerring: Throughout the flashbacks, its implied that Yancy stole Philip's seven-leaf clover and name out of jealousy after Philip got frozen, from him first wanting to be called Philip to stealing a newborn Philip's rocket proclaiming it to be his, to a flash back involving him stealing Fry's entire dance routine. It's only in the last flashback that we learn that the astronaut Philip J. Fry was in fact the son of Yancy, and named his son after him [[MyGreatestFailure out of regret with how his relationship with Fry was before he disappeared.]]

''[[CouchGag Broadcast Simultaneously One Year In The Future]]

* InstantlyProvenWrong: Fry pulls out his last dollar and remarks, "This one I'm holding on to!" It then flies out of his hand.

* MatchCut: Young Yancy throwing the rocket from Fry's crib out the window transitions to a shot of the Planet Express rocket

*** Similarly, Yancy plans to use ''Film/TheBreakfastClub'' soundtrack to clear the room after his wedding reception.

* WhamLine: "Here lies Philip J. Fry, named after his uncle, to carry on his spirit."

** The album Fry chose to hide the seven-leaf clover was the soundtrack for ''Film/TheBreakfastClub''. For those who don't know, one of the most well-known songs off of the soundtack is "[[Music/SimpleMinds Don't You (Forget About Me)]]"...

-->'''Bender''': I'll grab my kit!

-->'''Yancy''': ''(to his newly born son)'' Son, I'm naming you Philip J. Fry in honor of my little brother... ''(sadly)'' who I miss every day. I love you, Philip. ''(sniff)'' And I always will.

* ShoutOut

** When Fry doesn't find the clover inside the record vault, Leela suggests that maybe it disintegrated over time. Fry notes that the records in the vault held up... except, Bender adds, for "Sports" by Music/HueyLewisAndTheNews.[[note]]Depending on who you ask, thought, [[Literature/AmericanPsycho that was the album where they really came into their own, commercially and artistically]].[[/note]]

* RedHerring: Throughout the flashbacks, its implied that Yancy stole Philip's seven-leaf clover and name out of jealousy after Philip got frozen, from him first wanting to be called Philip to stealing a newborn Philip's rocket proclaiming it to be his, to a flash back involving him stealing Fry's entire dance routine. It's only in the last flashback that we learn that the astronaut Philip J. Fry was in fact the son of Yancy, and named him son after him [[MyGreatestFailure out of regret with how his relationship with Fry was before he disappeared.]]

** For most of the episode we're shown flashbacks of Yancy's jealousy of Fry, stealing his ideas, trying to steal his seven-leaf clover, up to his discovery of the clover's hiding spot sometime after Fry was frozen, leading both Fry and the audience to believe Yancy took it a step further and stole Fry's name. The final flashback shows that Yancy decided not to use the clover at all, but instead passed it down to his first-born son, Phillip.

-->'''Yancy''': (to his newly born son) Son, I'm naming you Philip J. Fry in honor of my little brother... (sadly) who I miss every day. I love you, Philip. (sniff) And I always will.

** Before breaking ground on his nephew's grave, Fry angrily mutters "[[ComicBook/IncredibleHulk It's cloverin' time]]."

* TwoLinesDifferentTimes: The episode has Fry track down his lucky seven-leaf clover from when he was a child, while also flashing back to his life growing up with his brother Yancy who he suspects stole his clover and identity.

* ShoutOut: Among the clutter on the shelf above Fry's safe is a [[WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons Bart Simpson]] doll.

** When Fry doesn't find the clover inside the record vault, Leela suggests that maybe it disintegrated over time. Fry notes that the records in the vault held up... except, Bender adds, for "Sports" by Music/HueyLewisAndTheNews.

* CuttingTheKnot: While Bender had to use vibrational frequencies to pop open the record vault[[note]]and even then, given how violently the house was shaking and the fact Bender fell apart shortly after, it's clear it wasn't ''that'' good of a method[[note]], all Yancy had to do was roll up some Doh-Doh and use a lighter.

** And of course this is the first time we've actually seen or heard of Yancy himself.
* TheReveal: The last flashback.

* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: Fry apparently knows a lot about doing anything for a dollar.

* {{Foreshadowing}}: Upon discovering the seven-leaf clover after it falls out of the ''Breakfast Club'' album, the look on Yancy's face [[TragicKeepsake is one of sadness]]. Not something you'd expect from the guy who supposedly stole Fry's life, right?