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Futurama TV series - season 3 - The Luck of the Fryrish
- Production code: 3ACV04
- First aired: 2001-03-11
- Written by: Ron Weiner
- Directed by: Chris Loudon
- Opening subtitle: BROADCAST SIMULTANEOUSLY ONE YEAR IN THE FUTURE
The title is a riff on the novel/film The Luck of the Irish.
Futurama TV series - season 3 - Summary
The episode opens in the mid 1970s, where a young Yancy Fry is jealous of his newborn brother Philip. Meanwhile, back in the year 3000, Fry is getting fed up with his bad luck. A 1980s Fry discovers a seven-leaf clover. Fry sets off, with Leela and Bender, to find his clover in the ruins of Old New York.
Fry and company make their way to Fry's old house, which is still standing. Back in the 1980s, a teenage Fry hides the seven-leaf clover inside his Ronco record vault. After opening the vault, Fry discovers that the clover is missing, and concludes that Yancy stole it. While walking back to the surface access ladder, they happen across a statue of Yancy, with the seven-leaf clover in his lapel. Even more disturbing to Fry is the inscription: "Philip J. Fry - First person on Mars".
Professor Farnsworth pulls up a biographical movie about "Philip J. Fry", where the crew learns that after Yancy took the clover, he went on to be a millionaire rock star astronaut, and is now buried in Orbiting Meadows National Cemetery with the seven-leaf clover. A furious Fry sets off to rob his brother's grave and recover the clover. The story jumps back to the early 21st century, where an adult Yancy is rummaging through his missing brother's music to find something to play at his wedding. Yancy discovers the seven-leaf clover, and takes it.
Fry, Leela and Bender reach the grave site, and start digging. But Fry knocks loose some ivy that is covering part of the inscription, and begins to read while Bender and Leela continue digging. The story jumps back to Yancy, who is discussing naming his newborn son with his wife. Yancy gives his son the seven-leaf clover, and names him Philip J. Fry after his brother. The inscription on the tomb reveals the same, and Fry returns the clover to his nephew's grave.
Futurama TV series - season 3 - Quotes
Fry: That clover helped my ratfink brother steal my dream of going into space. Now I'll never get there!
Leela: You went there this morning, for doughnuts.
Fry: Bender, we're going grave robbing.
Bender: I'll get my kit!
Leela: Uh, Bender, I think Fry needs a moment alone.
Bender: All right, grab a shovel. I'm only one skull short of a Mouseketeer reunion.
Yancy (to his newborn son, in a flashback): Son, I'm going to name you Philip J. Fry, after your uncle, who I miss every day. I love you Philip, and I always will.
(this quote is considered among the most touching in the series)
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