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"'''The Fry and the Furious!'''" is the forty-fourth [[comic]] issue, which was released 22 July, 2009 in the US.  <!-- insert brief plot summary here -->


==The Story==
== The Story ==
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[[Philip J. Fry|Fry]] and [[Bender Bending Rodríguez|Bender]] have been playing ''Grand Theft Spaceship'' on the [[Planet Express Ship]] while [[Turanga Leela|Leela]] is in hypersleep. Bender soon dares Fry to fly the real ship as if it were the game, which results in their ship and that of the [[Hyper-Chicken]] crashing. At traffic court, [[Ron Whitey|the judge]] sends him to traffic school as punishment, but he also is sent to jail for contempt of court. Two weeks later Fry joins [[Hermes Conrad|Hermes]]' weekly course. [[Zapp Brannigan|Zapp]], who is also in the course, takes to bullying Fry and after the test, and an argument, Fry challenges him to a race... to the end of the universe.


===Act I===
=== Act II ===
The other students overhear and the race gains several new contestants, a $500 prize and an additional side-bet between Zapp and Fry. The race begins, and further additional people have joined in. Leela wakes up, surprised to see she'd been asleep three weeks rather than three hours. After reprimanding the others, Leela informs them they're quitting the race. However, a quick chat with Zapp angers her and she decides to race. Zapp begins cheating, putting [[Sal]] to sleep, the [[Planet Express]] crew follow suit and the rest of the racers are also eliminated, while [[Preacherbot]] and [[Malfunctioning Eddie]]'s ship explodes on its own. Reaching the end of the universe, Leela steers away while the [[Nimbus]] wins, smashing through the edge of the universe into nothingness in the process. The crew save Zapp and [[Kif Kroker|Kif]], but when Leela learns of the side-bet, a date with her, she gives both Zapp and Fry a swift kick to the head. As a result of Zapp sneezing outside the universe, seven billion years later a mucus based universe with humanoid life forms.


===Act II===
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Fry and Zapp Brannigan challenge each other to a space race to the end of universe, and Leela's in for a big surprise when she discovers that she's the prize. However, the biggest surprise awaits the wacky racers on a cannonball run to deep space - the absolute nothingness and utter void at the finish line!
*Robot Fry (universe 31 variant) says "MOVE!" in binary, with a CRLF (0D 0A) at the end.
*The Planet Express Ship seems to have had its hibernative naptosis facilities upgraded, with Leela using a cryogenic tube.
*This marks the return of title captions to the comics. ''Chicks Dig Guys Who Read...''


==Additional Info==
=== Quotes ===
===Trivia===
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<poem>'''Zapp''': No, Kif, if my calculations are correct, the end of the universe is soft and fluffy like a velour pillow.</poem>
 
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===Continuity===
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===Allusions===
=== Continuity ===
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*The universe 31 variant of Fry from "[[The Farnsworth Parabox]]" appears.


===Goofs===
=== Allusions ===
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*Bender and Fry play games named in reference of ''{{w|Grand Theft Auto (series)|Grand Theft Auto}}''
*A facehugger from ''{{w|Alien (film)|Alien}}'' appears.
*{{w|Star Fox}}, other characters from his games and [[Mario]] appear in the jury box.
*''Intergalactic Idol'' is an obvious reference to the various ''{{w|Idol series|[National] Idol}}'' programs.
*The film at driving school is played on a futuristic Apple computer.
**In the film the crashed ships are {{w|George Jetson}}'s ship, the {{sw|Millennium Falcon}}, {{w|Battlestar Galactica (ship)|Battlestar Galactica}} and the {{w|Starship Enterprise|Enterprise}}.
*[[R2-D2]] appears.
*[[Hattie McDoogal|Hattie]] winds up on a planet with the ''{{w|ThunderCats}}''


===Special Features===
=== Goofs ===
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*Seating in the traffic school changes between shots, the back two rows disappear, Fry's seat is taken and an extra person appears to Hattie's right, shifting the other people in the row to side.
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*If the black haired Fry was intended to be Fry-1, his clothing is the wrong colour.
*When Leela takes control of the ship from Fry and Bender the back of her shirt is missing.


===Characters===
=== Characters ===
(In alphabetical order)
(In alphabetical order)
*[[Amy Wong|Amy]]
*[[Amy Wong|Amy]]
*[[Bender Bending Rodríguez|Bender]]
*[[Bender Bending Rodríguez|Bender]]
*[[Philip J. Fry|Fry]]
*[[Philip J. Fry|Fry]]
**Fry-31
**'''Debut''':  Female, Werewolf, Muppet, French and Miscoloured variants.
*[[Hattie McDoogal]]
*[[Hermes Conrad|Hermes]]
*[[Hermes Conrad|Hermes]]
*[[Horrible Gelatinous Blob|H. G. Blob]]
**'''Debut''': Blue and Orange variants
*[[Hyper-Chicken]]
*[[Kif Kroker|Kif]]
*[[Turanga Leela|Leela]]
*[[Turanga Leela|Leela]]
*[[Malfunctioning Eddie]]
*[[Mario]]
*[[Petunia]]
*[[Preacherbot]]
*[[Randy Munchnik]]
*[[Ron Whitey]]
*[[Sal]]
*[[Zapp Brannigan]]


==Comic Credits==
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**[[Unknown]]
**[[Ian Boothby]]
*Pencils
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*Inks
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**[[Andrew Pepoy]]
*Colors
*Colors
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**[[Nathan Hamill]]
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**[[Karen Bates]]
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The Fry and the Furious!
Futurama-44-Cover 0.jpg
US Publish Number44
UK Publish Number(s)56
Written byIan Boothby
Art byJames Lloyd
Title captionChicks dig guys who read...
Published (US)22 July, 2009
Title referenceThe Fast and the Furious

"The Fry and the Furious!" is the forty-fourth comic issue, which was released 22 July, 2009 in the US.

The Story

Act I

Fry and Bender have been playing Grand Theft Spaceship on the Planet Express Ship while Leela is in hypersleep. Bender soon dares Fry to fly the real ship as if it were the game, which results in their ship and that of the Hyper-Chicken crashing. At traffic court, the judge sends him to traffic school as punishment, but he also is sent to jail for contempt of court. Two weeks later Fry joins Hermes' weekly course. Zapp, who is also in the course, takes to bullying Fry and after the test, and an argument, Fry challenges him to a race... to the end of the universe.

Act II

The other students overhear and the race gains several new contestants, a $500 prize and an additional side-bet between Zapp and Fry. The race begins, and further additional people have joined in. Leela wakes up, surprised to see she'd been asleep three weeks rather than three hours. After reprimanding the others, Leela informs them they're quitting the race. However, a quick chat with Zapp angers her and she decides to race. Zapp begins cheating, putting Sal to sleep, the Planet Express crew follow suit and the rest of the racers are also eliminated, while Preacherbot and Malfunctioning Eddie's ship explodes on its own. Reaching the end of the universe, Leela steers away while the Nimbus wins, smashing through the edge of the universe into nothingness in the process. The crew save Zapp and Kif, but when Leela learns of the side-bet, a date with her, she gives both Zapp and Fry a swift kick to the head. As a result of Zapp sneezing outside the universe, seven billion years later a mucus based universe with humanoid life forms.

Additional Info

Trivia

  • Robot Fry (universe 31 variant) says "MOVE!" in binary, with a CRLF (0D 0A) at the end.
  • The Planet Express Ship seems to have had its hibernative naptosis facilities upgraded, with Leela using a cryogenic tube.
  • This marks the return of title captions to the comics. Chicks Dig Guys Who Read...

Quotes

    Zapp: No, Kif, if my calculations are correct, the end of the universe is soft and fluffy like a velour pillow.

Continuity

Allusions

Goofs

  • Seating in the traffic school changes between shots, the back two rows disappear, Fry's seat is taken and an extra person appears to Hattie's right, shifting the other people in the row to side.
  • If the black haired Fry was intended to be Fry-1, his clothing is the wrong colour.
  • When Leela takes control of the ship from Fry and Bender the back of her shirt is missing.

Characters

(In alphabetical order)

Comic Credits

Futurama comics
Issues 1 — 20 "Monkey Sea, Monkey Doom!" • "...But Deliver Us to Evil!" • "The Owner of Mars Attacks!" • "DOOP the Right Thing!" • "Who's Dying to Be a Gazillionaire?" • "Xmas Time Is Fear" • "New Year's Rockin' Evil" • "Planet X-Press Men" • "Freaky Fry-day" • "The Big Sweep" • "The Cure for the Common Clod" • "Sideshow Fry" • "The Bender You Say" • "Six Characters in Search of a Story" • "Fry Me to the Moon" • "Kickin' It Old School" • "The Time Bender Trilogy:" (Part 1 • Part 2 • Part 3) • "Bender Breaks Out"
21 — 40

"More than a Filling!" • "A Fit Worse than Death" • "The A-Team" • "Twice Told Tales of Interest" • "Robot Robin Hood" • "A Whole Lotta Leela" • "Rotten to the Core" • "Let's Twist Again" • "Downsized!" • "Fry and the Double-Bag Must-Have Item" • "As the Wormhole Turns" • "Doctor What" • "Attack of the 50-ft Amy" • "Planet Michelle" • "Son of the Sun" • "You Don't Wanna Know Jak!" • "Full Metal Racket" • "Rumble in the Jungle" • "Rust in Peace" • "Robot Santa's Little Helpers"

41 — 60

"Soldier Boys" • "Homeward Boned" • "Welcome to my Nightmall" • "The Fry and the Furious!" • "Anthology of Interest II" • "Follow the Reader" • "Chitty Chitty Bend Bend" • "Claw and Order" • "Dummy Up!" • "Your Mother Wears Pilot Boots" • "Fry Cook!" • "Ro-Botox!" • "A Bump in the Flight" • "How Much is that Mutant in the Window?" • "The Trouble With Trilogies" • "Do You Want Fry with That?" • "Steampunk'd" • "Boomsday!" • "How to Secede Without Really Trying" • "The Bot Who Cried Wolf"

61 — 80

"Troop Grit" • "Lost Our Leela" • "Igner-Ance is Bliss!" • "Secret Santa" • "The Sun Also Raises!" • "The Board Game Games" • "Tartar House Five" • "Futuramarutuf" • "Don't Go Taking my Heart!" • "The Devil and Professor F." • "Pizza Wars" • "Trading Spaces" • "Night of the Automated Dead" • "What the What if?" • "Bendership Galactica" • "Captain Brannigan: The Windbag Soldier" • "New New New York" • "Little Orphan Android" • "Kif of Death!" • "Dumbsday!"

81 — 100

"A Touch of Medieval" • Futurama Comics #82

Simpsons Crossovers "Somewhere Over the Brain-bow!" • "Liquid Diamond Is Forever!" • "Slaves of New New York!" • "The Read Menace!"
Mini-comics "H.G. Blob in Revenge of the Blob" • "The Continuum Less Travelled" • "Leela & Amy in Hostile Makeover" • "Captain Zapp Brannigan in The Seven Day Itch" • "Captain Zapp Brannigan in Purple Tentacle Tour" • "Captain Zapp Brannigan in Rank Call!" • "Zoidberg Makes a House Call" • "H.G. Blob in A Funny Feeling in my Tummy" • "Breaking News"
Collections Futurama-O-Rama • Futurama Adventures • Futurama: The Time Bender Trilogy • Futurama Conquers The Universe • The Simpsons Futurama Crossover Crisis • Futurama Comics: To Infinity!
Special issues "Monkey Sea, Monkey Doom!" • "Futurama Returns" • "Delivery-Boy Man"
Comics related Bongo Comics Group • Futuramaland
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