History Recap / FuturamaS4E10TheWhyOfFry

* SockSlideRink: Impiled when the the Cookieville Orphanarium are denied skating at the ice rink Chaz had rented out for Leela and him.

* CallBack: To "The Day the Earth Stood Stupid", "Roswell That Ends Well" and "Space Pilot 3000". The Brain Spawn are back and Fry's the only one who can stop them due to not having a Delta Brainwave, which is the result of him "doing the nasty in the past-y" and becoming his own grandfather, which is why Nibbler froze him.[[note]]Fry becoming his own grandfather was not originally intended as the explanation for why he lacks the Delta Brainwave, but when it came to write this episode it was realised it fitted in perfectly[[/note]]

* LongLived: The Nibblonian's live for over a thousand years. The Giant Brain killed the dinosaurs, making it at least millions of years old.
* TheMagnificent: The Nibblonians refer to Fry as "the Mighty One"

* TheNeedsOfTheMany: The Nibblonian's reasoning for sending Fry to the future, as he was the only one who could defeat the Brain Spawn. There's also a StableTimeLoop involved, but it isn't visited in this episode.

-->'''Fry:''' ... but it was ''my'' life.

* DrunkWithPower: Chaz clearly enjoys throwing around his power as the Mayor's aid and there's rarely any actual need for him to; he demands a table for two after being told their was one already, reduces legal penalties just to show off and denies the Orphans the chance to ice-skate because only ''he'' has connections.

''[[CouchGag Dancing space potatoes?]]''
-->'''''[[CouchGag You bet!]]'''''

-->'''Mr. Vogel:''' "Alright, little ones. Back to the orphanarium. You can slide around the gym in your socks."
-->'''Girl:''' "What socks?"

* EpicFail: Leela was clearly attracted to Chaz and probably would’ve continued a relationship with him - she even implied as much - but he utterly blew it by being a dick to the orphans.

* PhlebotinumKilledTheDinosaurs: As it turns out, it was the Giant Brain.

* ScrewTheRulesIHaveConnections: Parodied by Chaz, the mayor's aide- a connection he'll flaunt even when he doesn't need to.

* WhatIsOneMansLifeInComparison: Nibble explains as such to Fry when defending freezing him.

* AbsenteeActor: Farnsworth and Hermes don't appear.

-->'''Nibbler:''' What is one man's life in comparison with the fate of the entire universe?

** The Big Brain comes back, having somehow escaped Fry's crappy book. Alternatively if could be one of several Big Brains.

* CallBack: To "The Day the Earth Stood Stupid", "Roswell That Ends Well" and "Space Pilot 3000". The Brain Spawn are back and Fry's the only one who can stop them due to not having a Delta Brainwave, which is the result of him "doing the nasty in the past-y" and becoming his own grandfather, which is why Nibbler froze him.

* CallBack: To "The Day the Earth Stood Stupid" and "Roswell That Ends Well". The Brain Spawn are back and Fry's the only one who can stop them due to not having a Delta Brainwave, which is the result of him "doing the nasty in the past-y" and becoming his own grandfather.

* WhamEpisode: It turns out Fry falling into the cryogenics tube wasn't an accident...

** The Big Brain comes back, having somehow escaped Fry's crappy book.

* AlwaysSaveTheGirl: In the past, Nibbler manages to convince Fry to save the future by making him realize that Leela will die when the Brain Spawn destroy the universe.
* BackToTheEarlyInstallment: The Brainspawn give Fry the offer to stop his freezing by [[Recap/FuturamaS1E1SpacePilot3000 sending him to the episode he was frozen in]]. He hides under the table and ultimately decides to push him in the cryo-tube to save the future, before saving himself by warning Nibbler that Scooty Puff Jr sucks.

* CallBack: To "The Day the Earth Stood Stupid" and "Roswell That Ends Well", Fry's doing the nasty in the pasty is why he lacks a Delta Brainwave.

* DisabilityImmunity: Once again, Fry's missing Delta brainwave makes him immune to the Brainspawn.
* EvilIsPetty: The reason the Brainspawn go around stealing knowledge and destroying planets and have now decided to destroy the universe? Being brains, they feel the need to know all information in existence, and because new information is constantly being created, they want to wipe out life to prevent the creation of further information.

* OneSteveLimit: In all the universe, there are two people named Philip J. Fry in the 31st century, our hero, and the Philip J. Fry of Hovering Squid-World [=97A=].

* RiddleForTheAges: What was the mission that Leela and Bender went on without Fry and what did they get the medals for?