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|name= The Why of Fry | |name= The Why of Fry | ||
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|number= | |number=4ACV10 | ||
|season= | |season=4 | ||
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===Topics of Discussion=== | ===Topics of Discussion=== | ||
*[[Maurice LaMarche|Maurice]] claims not to be in the episode. | |||
*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. | ||
** | *[[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. | ||
*[[Bill Odenkirk]] was once at a restaurant where the bread had baby roaches crawling out of it, he only noticed after eating some. | |||
**[[David X. Cohen|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" | |||
*Episodes with higher sci-fi content need a lot more explanation, so the had Fry be pushed and knocked around to keep the plot moving during explanations. | |||
*Animators got paid to re animate the content from the [[Space Pilot 3000|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=== | ===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 Big Brain|the brain]].<br/>'''Billy West''': Do that voice, the creepy voice.<br/>'''Maurice LaMarche''': You mean [[Wikipedia:Pinky_and_the_Brain#The_Brain|The Brain]]?<br/>'''Billy West''': Yeah, the creepy voice.<br/>'''Maurice LaMarche''': "Pinky, are you pondering what I'm pondering?" Oh, wrong Brain. | |||
*'''David X. Cohen''': | |||
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==Commentators== | ==Commentators== | ||
*[[Matt Groening]] | *[[Matt Groening]] | ||
**Executive Producer | **Executive Producer | ||
*[[David X. Cohen]] | *[[David X. Cohen]] | ||
**Executive Producer | |||
**Writer | **Writer | ||
*[[Wes Archer]] | |||
*[[ | **Director | ||
** | *[[Billy West]] | ||
*[[ | **Actor ([[Philip J. Fry|Fry]], [[Dr. John A. Zoidberg|Zoidberg]], miscellaneous) | ||
**Actor ([[ | *[[Maurice LaMarche]] | ||
**Actor ([[Transition Announcer]], [[The Big Brain]], miscellaneous) | |||
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Topics of Discussion
- Maurice claims not to be in the episode.
- 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"
- Episodes with higher sci-fi content need a lot more explanation, so the had Fry be 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.
Commentators
- Matt Groening
- Executive Producer
- David X. Cohen
- Executive Producer
- Writer
- Wes Archer
- Director
- Billy West
- Maurice LaMarche
- Actor (Transition Announcer, The Big Brain, miscellaneous)
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