Fry has never mentioned his grandmother before...
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Ok...I feel I should re-clarify, outside of the repeated references to the one episode and the episode itself (Roswell that ends well), Fry himself has never made any referential "anecdotes" about his grandmother.
Rules of the Internet 45. Rule 45 is a lie. Check out my art if you notice.That'd be something...
Since we've just seen Bender's extended family from his mom's side, so why not in this case?
Rules of the Internet 45. Rule 45 is a lie. Check out my art if you notice.It's an odd choice that he's his paternal grandfather when it's his mom that looks a lot more like him than his dad/son does. If Fry was his maternal grandfather it would've solved the issue of where his Y chromosome comes from and avoided potentially contradicting Yancy Sr's statement about his name
The reason I brought up Mildred is that while she obviously couldn't know who her baby daddy is if she lived long enough for Fry to grow up it might be awkward that he "looks" just like the guy she had a one night stand with after her fiancé died rather than said fiancé
How about today’s episode? I thought it was alright, if not a little meanspitited.
You’re Gonna Carry That Weight.I thought was a definite step up - good jokes throughout, and just the right level of mean spirited I've come to expect from Futurama.
I thought bringing back Josh Gedgie last week was a deep cut callback, but they topped themselves here, bringing back that one temp character from way back in the Fox years. I'd totally forgotten that guy existed!
Confirmed after the other 3 episodes I guess...
Rules of the Internet 45. Rule 45 is a lie. Check out my art if you notice.Hmm, they look pretty good for being 23 years older. Here I was thinking The Simpsons didn't age.
Makes sense, given that 160 is the new 80 in the 31st century.
There's still the initial 13 years before "Meanwhile", though I guess that maybe the Fountain of Aging missed a few yearsnote Fry looked the same three years before the pilot.
Honestly I don't know why they bothered to skip a decade outside of an excuse to cover Amy and Kif's kids. Was making it 1000 years exactly so important? In the original run it was actually off a year. Who cares if it's only set 990 years into the future
Eh. A Bender episode. 2nd in four episodes though I don't remember any last season, so maybe they held off due to the uncertainty about John DiMaggio
Also Mars/Buggalo are a Spain/Bulls parallel now?
I did like the scene between Bender and Amy before the buggalo pile. The niceness reminded me that they were a couple at one point.
Bender had 2 episodes in the previous season...
1 paired with Zoidberg and the 2nd was the season finale.
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Do you just wait until I post to contradict me?
That's fair though I'd completely forgotten both those episodes. I'll blame them for being bad rather than my terrible memory though.

So I just watched it. I personally actually liked it? Something bittersweet and dark about the episode which I did not expect at all.
It's clear it's the squid game aspect was just a window dressing and it's more about how Fry's past trauma. I thought it was actually fresh here since rather than the usual positive swing on a negative one, this is actually something negative that happened to him despite the well-meaning mom.
Edited by Ookamikun on Aug 6th 2024 at 11:39:41 AM