Storyboard:Space Pilot 3000

The storyboard for Space Pilot 3000 was released as a special feature on disc 1 of Volume One of Futurama. The storyboard is dated 2 July, 1998, and the storyboard artists are John Mathot for Act I, Peter Avanzino for Act II. It contains notes written by David X. Cohen.

For each storyboard, there is a notation indicating which scenes are in which storyboard. In addition, a brief summary of each sections storyline is provided.

Scenes 1-16

 * Scenes 1-2: Fry is playing the video game at Panucci's Pizza with a kid.
 * Scenes 3-5: Mr. Panucci give Fry a pizza to deliver.
 * Scenes 6-8: Fry rides his bike to an office building, where it is stolen by the bike thief.
 * Scenes 9-10: Fry walks into the office building and is "greeted" by the night watchman.
 * Scenes 11-16: Fry rides an elevator up to Applied Cryogenics, and enters the office. He tries delivering the pizza to "W. Disney".

Scenes 17-49

 * Scenes 17-19: Fry sits down with "Walt's" pizza, grabs a beer, and salutes the New Year.
 * Scenes 20-31: The world counts down the New Year. Fry prepares his noisemaker.
 * Scenes 32-37: Fry blows his noisemaker, falls into the cryogenic chamber and is locked in.
 * Scenes 38-46: The years pass outside the chamber. The First Destruction of New York City, the Second Middle Ages, and the Second Destruction of New York City take place.
 * Scene 47-49: Fry wakes up and gets out of his chamber.
 * Note: no scene 48.

Scenes 50-70

 * Scenes 50-51: Fry groggily walks over to the window. He looks outside and exclaims "Holy sh--".  Cut to main titles.
 * Scenes 52-58: Fry finishes his sentence with "--it". Fry meets Leela and her eye for the first time.
 * Scenes 59-67: Leela discusses her eye and her alien origins.
 * Scenes 68-70: Leela tells Fry that it's the year 2999. Fry expresses his relief at that fact.

Scenes 71-87

 * Scene 71: Leela notes Fry's quick adjustment to the future. Fry sips his beer.
 * Scenes 72-74:Fry discovers the malfunctioning doors, and gets his medical examination.
 * Scenes 75-79: Fry finds out that Professor Hubert J. Farnsworth is his closest living relative. He remarks that his sister must have married Eddie Farnsworth.
 * Scenes 80-85: Leela hooks Fry up to the holographic projector which will determine his fate assignment.
 * Scenes 86-87: Flashback to right after Fry's birth. He is getting his foot inked and pressed into his birth certificate.

Scenes 88-112

 * Scene 88-91: Learning Fry's full name: "Philip J. Fry", born July 13, 1975. Fry kicks his doctor in the groin, and cut back to the present.
 * Scenes 93-100: Leela cuts to Fry's teenage years. Images of him watching The Simpsons; in Dave Borden's office; and in A.V. club.
 * Scenes 101-104: Cut to Fry's adulthood. Fry is being scolded by his girlfriend Janet for working on the New Year.  Leela turns off the projection.
 * Scenes 105-109 : The machine indicates Fry is a loser. Fry vows that things will be different this time, but the machine assigns Fry as a delivery boy.
 * Scenes 110-112: Fry begs for anything else. He is informed that if he refuses, he will be fired --

Scenes 113-131

 * Scene 113: -- out of a cannon, into the Sun. Leela points out the "You Gotta Do What You Gotta Do" poster.
 * Scenes 114-120: Leela attempts to implant Fry with his career chip. She lunges at him.
 * Scene 121-124: Fry dodges her and she falls into the cryogenic chamber and the dial turns to 1000 years. Leela demands to be let out but she instantly freezes.
 * Scene 125-130: Fry starts to leave, but takes pity on Leela and sets the dial for 5 minutes.
 * Scene 131: Fry leaves through the door, but it closes on him. End of Act I.

Scenes 132-142

 * Scenes 132-136: Fry walks around and absorbs his new surroundings. Boys zoom past him on hover scooters, and a dog with a jetpack chases a cat with a jetpack.
 * Scenes 137-138: Fry sips his beer, and looks up to see the Tube Transport System.
 * Scenes 139-142: Fry enters the tube and asks to go to the Empire State Building. He is quickly sucked into the system and screams above the streets of New New York.