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[[Image:Applied Cryogenics 1.jpg|right|thumb|This building houses Applied Cryogenics in the 20<sup>th</sup> Century.]]
|name=Applied Cryogenics
'''Location''': [[New New York]], [[Earth]]<br>
|image=[[File:Applied Cryogenics building.jpg|225px]]
'''First Appearance''': [[Space Pilot 3000|"Space Pilot 3000" (1ACV01)]]<br />
|image text=You can solve all your problems by freezing them!
'''Motto (20th century)''': You can solve all your problems by freezing them!<br/>
|location=[[New New York]], [[Earth]]
'''Slogan (30th century)''': It seems to work OK
|first appear={{e|1ACV01}}
}}
'''Applied Cryogenics''' is a cryogenics lab in [[New New York]].  For over a thousand years it has provided safe storage environments for humans to sleep for lengths of time that may exceed a million years. This long-term uninterrupted stability seems quite an achievement considering the careless handling of the chambers, their last power shortage being in [[1997]], and the fact that they have survived two [[First Destruction of New York City|destructions]] of New York as well the second coming of [[Jesus]].


==General==
The daily routine for staff of Applied Cryogenics is centred around waiting for another of their customers to defrost, and making sure that [[Cryogenic Freezing Chamber|their chambers]] work properly until that time comes. Once a defrostee is awake, they are scanned, poked and prodded by the [[probulator]] at the Fate Assignment Office, and it is soon determined whether they have any family and what they will do for the rest of their lives. They will then be implanted with their [[career chips]].
[[Image:Applied Cryogenics 2.jpg|right|thumb|Applied Cryogenics on New Year's Eve, 1999]]
'''Applied Cryogenics''' has been a provider of reliable long-term storage of living people for over 1,000 years. A leader in the field, due in part to their miraculous survival of the repeated devestation of [[Earth]] by invading aliens, and even the second coming of Jesus.


Applied Crypgenics is the company that froze [[Philip J. Fry|Fry]] as well as his ex-girlfriend [[Michelle]], actor [[Pauley Shore]], comedian [[Weird Al Yankovic]] and (possibly) [[That Guy]].
Among many others, Applied Cryogenics has frozen people such as [[Philip J. Fry]] (three times), his ex-girlfriend [[Michelle]], actor [[Pauly Shore (character)|Pauly Shore]], polka singer {{w|"Weird Al" Yankovic}} and (possibly) [[Steve Castle]]. Staff have also been known to freeze people who have come to be a problem for them, and occasionally use the chambers as fridges.


===Employees===
== Company ==
*[[Turanga Leela|Leela]], former Cryogenic Councellor / Fate Assignment Officer
=== Known employees ===
*[[Philip J. Fry|Fry]], former Cryogenic Councellor
*[[Turanga Leela|Leela]], former Cryogenic Counselor / former Fate Assignment Officer
*[[Bender Bending Rodriguez|Bender]], former Cryogenic Councellor
*[[Philip J. Fry|Fry]], former Cryogenic Counselor
*[[Ipgee]], manager
*[[Bender Bending Rodriguez|Bender]], former Cryogenic Counselor
*[[Ipji]], manager
*[[Lou]], technician
*[[Lou]], technician
*[[Terry]], technician
*[[Terry]], technician
*[[Cryogenicist]], former [[20th century]] cryogenicist
*<s>[[I. C. Wiener]]</s>
*<s>[[I. C. Wiener]]</s>
*<s>[[D. Frosted Wang]]</s>


===Assets===
=== Assets ===
*Main Office in NNY
*At least one office (in [[New New York]])
*At least 45 fully functional cryotubes
*[[Probulator]]


==Trivia==
=== Known users ===
[[Image:Applied Cryogenics 3.jpg|right|thumb|Applied Cryogenics as it appears in the 31<sup>st</sup> Century]]
*[[Philip J. Fry|Fry]] (01 January, 2000 - 31 December, 2999, for a few days in 3001, and 01 January, 2000 - December 3007)
*At the time of Fry's freezing, they hadn't had a power failure since 1997. Since Fry survives for a thousand years, it can be assumed that they continued to not have a power failure for a thousand years.
*[[Bender Bending Rodríguez|Bender]] (01 January, 2000 - December, 3007)
*[[Lars Fillmore]], who is a [[time paradox duplicate]] of Fry (2012 - 3002)
*[[Pauly Shore (character)|Pauly Shore]] (Sometime in early 21st century - 3001)
*[[Michelle]] (Sometime in early 21st century - 3001 and in 3001 for a few days)
*[[Turanga Leela]] (31 December, 2999 for 5 minutes)


===Quotes===
== Production ==  
[[Image:Applied Cryogenics 4.jpg|right|thumb|Applied Cryogenics]]
From the very beginning of the script for "[[Space Pilot 3000]]" was the purpose of the Applied Cryogenics company sealed. It was meant to be the gateway for Fry to get to the year [[3000]].  However, exactly how he got there, and what happened afterwards changed a lot during the editing of the script. In an early version was Fry supposed to be a night watchman at the company.<ref name="ep1-commentary">{{cite commentary |episode=Space Pilot 3000 |volume=One |disc=1}}</ref>
*'''Terry''': [melodramatically] Welcome to the world of tomorrow!!
*'''Ipgee''': Well that's your job, whether you like it or not. And it's ''my'' job to make sure you do your job whether I like it or not, which I do, very much!


===Appearances===
After waking up, Fry would either have been shifted to auction where the [[Professor Hubert J. Farnsworth|Professor]] bought him for organ supply or shipped to Ellis Island and get cut by the [[Statue of Liberty]].<ref name="ep1-commentary"/>  However, it was decided it would be cleaner to have him meet Leela at the Applied Cryogenics, which may suggest Leela was originally written with a different past.
*[[Space Pilot 3000|"Space Pilot 3000" (1ACV01)]]
*[[The Cryonic Woman|"The Cryonic Woman" (2ACV19)]]
*[[Anthology of Interest I]]
*[[Jurassic Bark]]
*[[The Why of Fry]]
*"[[New Year's Rockin' Evil]]" (US#007)
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The concept for the cryogenic plot as a whole was a general science-fiction cliché, that the writers decided to use as their method.<ref name="ep1-commentary"/> Though, [[John DiMaggio]] does question whether the survival of the building during the destructions of New York is another secret, equal in measure to [[Nibbler's shadow]],<ref name="ep1-jd-commentary">{{cite commentary |episode=Space Pilot 3000 |volume=One |disc=1 |speaker={{n|DiMaggio|John}}}}</ref> but [[David X. Cohen]] responds with it being so secret, that no one on Earth knows the answer.<ref name="ep1-dxc-commentary">{{cite commentary |episode=Space Pilot 3000 |volume=One |disc=1 |speaker={{n|Cohen|David|X.}}}}</ref>
 
== Image Gallery ==
<gallery>
File:Applied Cryogenics 1.jpg|Applied Cryogenics on New Year's Eve, [[1999]]
File:Applied Cryogenics 2.jpg|Last power failure at Applied Cryogenics
File:Applied Cryogenics 3.jpg|Applied Cryogenics on [[New Year, 3000|New Year]]'s Eve, [[2999]]
</gallery>
 
== Additional Info ==
 
=== Trivia ===
*At the time of Fry's freezing, they hadn't had a power failure since 1997. Since Fry survives for a thousand years, it can be assumed that they continued to not have a power failure for a thousand years (although the building itself may have been protected by the Nibblonians to ensure that Fry will be unfrozen at the year 3000).
*Applied Cryogenics has had such esteemed patrons as Pauly Shore and "Weird" Al Yankovic.
*The cryotubes seem similar to the stasis pods of the {{T.V.}} series ''{{w|Red Dwarf}}''.
*The frozen man who hoped time was cyclical would be proven right much later in "[[The Late Philip J. Fry]]".
*It can be assumed that the cryo-tube timer is very slightly off, as Fry was frozen at midnight on 1 January, 2000, and it was set for 1000 years, meaning a 1 January, 3000 release, however he was released at least 7 hours early (5 pm, any later an the sun would be down in winter) on 31 December, 2999 (however, this could be explained by leap years).
*The [[Cryo-Tube|Cryo-Tubes]] seem to have undergone a refurbishment in [[3011]], as seen in "[[Law and Oracle]]". It's possible that the [[Planet Express crew]] took one of the old ones for the photo shoot in "[[Neutopia]]", as Fry poses in an older version of one.
 
=== Quotes ===
{{q|
<poem>'''Terry''': [dramatically] Welcome to the world of tomorrow!!
'''Lou''': Why do you always have to say it that way?
'''Terry''': Haven't you ever heard of a little thing called showmanship? ''[He turns back to Fry, and speaks dramatically.]'' Come, your destiny awaits!</poem>
<poem>'''Ipji''': This is unacceptable, Leela. You must find this Mr. Fry and install his chip.
'''Leela''': Look, he's just a nobody who doesn't want to be a delivery boy. I'd really rather not force it on him.
'''Ipji''': Well, that's your job, whether you like it or not. And it's my job to make you do your job whether I like it or not. Which I do, very much! Now get to work!</poem>
}}
 
=== Appearances ===
*{{e|1ACV01}}
*{{e|2ACV16}}
*{{e|2ACV19}}
*{{e|4ACV07}}
*{{e|4ACV10}}
*{{f|1}}
*{{e|6ACV16}}
*{{e|7ACV23}}
*{{clink|US#007|New Year's Rockin' Evil}}
*{{clink|US#057|Steampunk'd}} <small>(seen as a fake set)</small>
*{{clink|US#069|Don't Go Taking my Heart!}}
 
== References ==
{{reflist}}
 
[[Category:Laboratories]]
[[Category:Organizations]]
[[Category:Time travel]]

Revision as of 08:57, 13 January 2017

Applied Cryogenics
Applied Cryogenics building.jpg
You can solve all your problems by freezing them!
LocationNew New York, Earth
First appearance"Space Pilot 3000" (1ACV01)
Episode

Applied Cryogenics is a cryogenics lab in New New York. For over a thousand years it has provided safe storage environments for humans to sleep for lengths of time that may exceed a million years. This long-term uninterrupted stability seems quite an achievement considering the careless handling of the chambers, their last power shortage being in 1997, and the fact that they have survived two destructions of New York as well the second coming of Jesus.

The daily routine for staff of Applied Cryogenics is centred around waiting for another of their customers to defrost, and making sure that their chambers work properly until that time comes. Once a defrostee is awake, they are scanned, poked and prodded by the probulator at the Fate Assignment Office, and it is soon determined whether they have any family and what they will do for the rest of their lives. They will then be implanted with their career chips.

Among many others, Applied Cryogenics has frozen people such as Philip J. Fry (three times), his ex-girlfriend Michelle, actor Pauly Shore, polka singer "Weird Al" Yankovic and (possibly) Steve Castle. Staff have also been known to freeze people who have come to be a problem for them, and occasionally use the chambers as fridges.

Company

Known employees

Assets

Known users

  • Fry (01 January, 2000 - 31 December, 2999, for a few days in 3001, and 01 January, 2000 - December 3007)
  • Bender (01 January, 2000 - December, 3007)
  • Lars Fillmore, who is a time paradox duplicate of Fry (2012 - 3002)
  • Pauly Shore (Sometime in early 21st century - 3001)
  • Michelle (Sometime in early 21st century - 3001 and in 3001 for a few days)
  • Turanga Leela (31 December, 2999 for 5 minutes)

Production

From the very beginning of the script for "Space Pilot 3000" was the purpose of the Applied Cryogenics company sealed. It was meant to be the gateway for Fry to get to the year 3000. However, exactly how he got there, and what happened afterwards changed a lot during the editing of the script. In an early version was Fry supposed to be a night watchman at the company.[1]

After waking up, Fry would either have been shifted to auction where the Professor bought him for organ supply or shipped to Ellis Island and get cut by the Statue of Liberty.[1] However, it was decided it would be cleaner to have him meet Leela at the Applied Cryogenics, which may suggest Leela was originally written with a different past.

The concept for the cryogenic plot as a whole was a general science-fiction cliché, that the writers decided to use as their method.[1] Though, John DiMaggio does question whether the survival of the building during the destructions of New York is another secret, equal in measure to Nibbler's shadow,[2] but David X. Cohen responds with it being so secret, that no one on Earth knows the answer.[3]

Image Gallery

Additional Info

Trivia

  • At the time of Fry's freezing, they hadn't had a power failure since 1997. Since Fry survives for a thousand years, it can be assumed that they continued to not have a power failure for a thousand years (although the building itself may have been protected by the Nibblonians to ensure that Fry will be unfrozen at the year 3000).
  • Applied Cryogenics has had such esteemed patrons as Pauly Shore and "Weird" Al Yankovic.
  • The cryotubes seem similar to the stasis pods of the T.V. series Red Dwarf.
  • The frozen man who hoped time was cyclical would be proven right much later in "The Late Philip J. Fry".
  • It can be assumed that the cryo-tube timer is very slightly off, as Fry was frozen at midnight on 1 January, 2000, and it was set for 1000 years, meaning a 1 January, 3000 release, however he was released at least 7 hours early (5 pm, any later an the sun would be down in winter) on 31 December, 2999 (however, this could be explained by leap years).
  • The Cryo-Tubes seem to have undergone a refurbishment in 3011, as seen in "Law and Oracle". It's possible that the Planet Express crew took one of the old ones for the photo shoot in "Neutopia", as Fry poses in an older version of one.

Quotes

    Terry: [dramatically] Welcome to the world of tomorrow!!
    Lou: Why do you always have to say it that way?
    Terry: Haven't you ever heard of a little thing called showmanship? [He turns back to Fry, and speaks dramatically.] Come, your destiny awaits!

    Ipji: This is unacceptable, Leela. You must find this Mr. Fry and install his chip.
    Leela: Look, he's just a nobody who doesn't want to be a delivery boy. I'd really rather not force it on him.
    Ipji: Well, that's your job, whether you like it or not. And it's my job to make you do your job whether I like it or not. Which I do, very much! Now get to work!

Appearances

References