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The '''biographic projector''' was a machine owned by [[Applied Cryogenics]] that would review a persons life and help the Fate Assignment Officer determine what job the defrostee was best suited for.  The projector is remote control operated and resembles a large flat-screen television atop numerous control panels.  In the [[Storyboard:Space Pilot 3000#Scenes 71-87|storyboard]] for "[[Space Pilot 3000]]", [[Turanga Leela|Leela]] hooked [[Philip J. Fry|Fry]] up to the machine and it displayed his life before he was frozen.  The projector showed Fry shortly after his birth, and then images of Fry as a teenager (in [[Dave Borden]]'s office, watching ''[[The Simpsons]]'', and in [[A.V. club]]), and then Fry fighting with [[Janet]] about working on New Year's Eve [[1999]].  After showing his life, the machine determined that Fry is a loser and assigned Fry as a delivery boy, much to his displeasure.
The '''biographic projector''' was a machine owned by [[Applied Cryogenics]] that would review a person's life and help the Fate Assignment Officer determine what job the defrostee was best suited for.  The projector resembles a large flat-screen television atop numerous control panels, and is activated by pointing the remote control at the subjects head and pressing the power button.  In the [[Storyboard:Space Pilot 3000#Scenes 71-87|storyboard]] for "[[Space Pilot 3000]]", [[Turanga Leela|Leela]] hooked [[Philip J. Fry|Fry]] up to the machine and it displayed his life before he was frozen.  The projector showed Fry shortly after his birth, and then images of Fry as a teenager (in [[Dave Borden]]'s office, watching ''[[The Simpsons]]'', and in the [[A.V. Club]]), and then Fry fighting with [[Janet]] about working on New Year's Eve [[1999]].  After showing his life, the machine determined that Fry is a loser and assigned him as a delivery boy, much to his displeasure.


== Image gallery ==
== Image gallery ==
<gallery>
<gallery>
File:101-Board 54.jpg|Introduced to the projector.
File:101-Board 54.jpg|Leela begins introducing the projector...
File:101-Board 55.jpg|Finishing introduction.
File:101-Board 55.jpg|...and after finishing, Fry offers his help with the cables.
File:101-Board 56.jpg|Hooking Fry up.
File:101-Board 56.jpg|Leela hooks Fry up without his aid...
File:101-Board 57.jpg|Leela digs in the couch for the remote.
File:101-Board 57.jpg|...digs in the couch for the remote...
File:101-Board 58.jpg|Pointing the remote at Fry's head.
File:101-Board 58.jpg|...and points the remote at Fry's head.  She presses play...
File:101-Board 59.jpg|The projector turns on.
File:101-Board 59.jpg|...and the projector turns on.
File:101-Board 71.jpg|Later on, turning off the projector.
File:101-Board 71.jpg|Later on, Leela turns off the projector...
File:101-Board 72.jpg|Machine indicated Fry is a loser.
File:101-Board 72.jpg|...and the machine indicates Fry is a loser.
File:101-Board 74.jpg|Printing out Fry's permanent career assignment.
File:101-Board 74.jpg|The machine prints out Fry's permanent career assignment.
</gallery>
</gallery>



Latest revision as of 07:07, 14 November 2015

Biographic projector
Biographic projector.jpg
With Fry hooked up, Leela turns on the projector.
Owner(s)Applied Cryogenics
UsageDetermine career assignments
First appearance"Space Pilot 3000" (1ACV01)
Episode

The biographic projector was a machine owned by Applied Cryogenics that would review a person's life and help the Fate Assignment Officer determine what job the defrostee was best suited for. The projector resembles a large flat-screen television atop numerous control panels, and is activated by pointing the remote control at the subjects head and pressing the power button. In the storyboard for "Space Pilot 3000", Leela hooked Fry up to the machine and it displayed his life before he was frozen. The projector showed Fry shortly after his birth, and then images of Fry as a teenager (in Dave Borden's office, watching The Simpsons, and in the A.V. Club), and then Fry fighting with Janet about working on New Year's Eve 1999. After showing his life, the machine determined that Fry is a loser and assigned him as a delivery boy, much to his displeasure.

Image gallery

Additional info

Trivia

  • The biographic projector was cut in in the final episode. Instead, Fry's fate is determined in Leela's office after he goes through the probulator.

Quotes

    Leela: This is a biographic projector. It'll help me assign you your place in society.

    Fry: [After viewing his life on the projector.] Man. I guess I was pretty close to bordering on being a loser.
    Leela: It's not for me to say. [Checks control panel.] Though that is what the machine is indicating.

Appearances