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{{commentary infobox | {{commentary infobox | ||
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|name= The Why of Fry | |name= The Why of Fry | ||
|image= [[ | |image= [[File:The Why of Fry.jpg|225px]] | ||
|number=4ACV10 | |number=4ACV10 | ||
|season=4 | |season=4 | ||
|disc=2 | |disc=2 | ||
|parti A=Matt Groening | |||
|parti A job=Executive Producer | |||
|parti B=David X. Cohen | |||
|parti B job=Executive Producer, Writer | |||
|parti C=Wes Archer | |||
|parti C job=Director | |||
|parti D=Billy West | |||
|parti D job=Actor ([[Philip J. Fry|Fry]], [[Dr. John A. Zoidberg|Zoidberg]], miscellaneous) | |||
|parti E=Maurice LaMarche | |||
|parti E job=Actor ([[Transition Announcer]], [[The Big Brain]], miscellaneous) | |||
}} | }} | ||
===Topics of Discussion=== | |||
=== Topics of Discussion === | |||
*[[Maurice LaMarche|Maurice]] claims not to be in the episode. | *[[Maurice LaMarche|Maurice]] claims not to be in the episode. | ||
**He later realizes that he is in this episode, as [[Big Brain|The Big Brain]]. | |||
*The idea of this episode had been planned from before the show started. | *The idea of this episode had been planned from before the show started. | ||
**The connection to [[Roswell that Ends Well]] was not part of the original plan. | **The connection to "[[Roswell that Ends Well]]" was not part of the original plan. | ||
*[[Professor Hubert J. Farnsworth|The Professor]] is not in this episode or the next one, these are the only two episodes without him. | *[[Professor Hubert J. Farnsworth|The Professor]] is not in this episode or the next one, these are the only two episodes without him. | ||
*[[Frank Welker]]'s voice work. | *[[Frank Welker]]'s voice work. | ||
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*There was going to be a long sequence of shots covering the 1000 year period Fry travels through. | *There was going to be a long sequence of shots covering the 1000 year period Fry travels through. | ||
===Highlights / Quotes=== | === Highlights / Quotes === | ||
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<poem>'''David X. Cohen''': Dripping water is the locker room equivalent of a cricket.</poem> | |||
<poem>'''Maurice LaMarche''': I am in this episode. 'Cause I play [[The Big Brain|the brain]]. | |||
'''Billy West''': Do that voice, the creepy voice. | |||
===Goofs=== | '''Maurice LaMarche''': You mean {{w|Pinky_and_the_Brain#The_Brain|The Brain}}? | ||
'''Billy West''': Yeah, the creepy voice. | |||
'''Maurice LaMarche''': "Pinky, are you pondering what I'm pondering?" Oh, wrong Brain.</poem> | |||
<poem>'''Maurice LaMarche''': You know, for someone who isn't in this episode, I sure am in this episode a lot!</poem> | |||
}} | |||
=== Goofs === | |||
*David X. Cohen says that the AL2 on the pillars translates to "Yummy tummy". However, it actually translates to "Fuzzy wuzzy." | |||
===Related DVD Features=== | === Related DVD Features === | ||
Optional, add if something stands out. | Optional, add if something stands out. | ||
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| On DVD | Season 4 Disc 2 | ||
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Topics of Discussion
- Maurice claims not to be in the episode.
- He later realizes that he is in this episode, as The Big Brain.
- The idea of this episode had been planned from before the show started.
- The connection to "Roswell that Ends Well" was not part of the original plan.
- The Professor is not in this episode or the next one, these are the only two episodes without him.
- Frank Welker's voice work.
- Bill Odenkirk was once at a restaurant where the bread had baby roaches crawling out of it, he only noticed after eating some.
- David's sister once ate in a pancake house where cockroaches had been caught in the dried syrup on a plate of syrup containers.
- There are lots of revisits to previous episodes in this episode.
- In earlier versions, the garbage chute only ejected garbage.
- The pillars read "yummy tummy" (which they actually don't)
- Episodes with higher sci-fi content need a lot more explanation, so they had to have Fry pushed and knocked around to keep the plot moving during explanations.
- Animators got paid to re animate the content from the pilot, though it was the same footage.
- Nibbler's shadow was in the pilot as part of the set up for this episode.
- They had the option to avoid time travel as Nibbler is just very old.
- There was going to be a long sequence of shots covering the 1000 year period Fry travels through.
Highlights / Quotes
David X. Cohen: Dripping water is the locker room equivalent of a cricket.
Maurice LaMarche: I am in this episode. 'Cause I play the brain.
Billy West: Do that voice, the creepy voice.
Maurice LaMarche: You mean The Brain?
Billy West: Yeah, the creepy voice.
Maurice LaMarche: "Pinky, are you pondering what I'm pondering?" Oh, wrong Brain.
Maurice LaMarche: You know, for someone who isn't in this episode, I sure am in this episode a lot!
Goofs
- David X. Cohen says that the AL2 on the pillars translates to "Yummy tummy". However, it actually translates to "Fuzzy wuzzy."
Related DVD Features
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