Futurama
The following contains spoilers for Futurama season 12 sequence 2 , " Quids Game , " now rain buckets on Hulu
Summary
Futurama’sparody ofSquid Gamereinforces the pitiful aspect of the twenty - five - year - older show . Futurama ’s incredible adaptability is one of its many strengths . exist in a cockamamy sci - fi universe full of dark drollery and wacky turns , the show can take thing as serious or farcically as it want to . However , a coarse source of the show ’s most tragical beats has been a factor since the former twenty-four hours of the series . As a twentieth - 100 serviceman living a thousand twelvemonth in the future , Fry ’s perspective is mined for expounding and funniness , to the point where it ’s a part ofevery episode ofFuturama .
However , some of the most emotionally resonant episodes ofFuturamahave explored this aspect of the character from a more tragic perspective . While most ofFuturama ’s extended casthas been given surprisingly bittersweet backstories , some of the most in force tragical episodes of the show have focused on Fry ’s former years . This carries over intoFuturamaseason 12 , which uses the set up of three deadly alien overlords forcing the stamp through a serial of deadly gamesto reveal more about Fry ’s historyin a style that also build off past episodes and underscores the serial ' long relationships in compelling ways .
Futurama just brought back two of my favorite versions of Bender , and the time of year 12 premiere was the perfect place to see them come back .
“Quid Games” Highlights That Fry’s Backstory Is Still Futurama’s Most Tragic Element
Fry’s Life In The 20th Century Was All Kinds Of Bittersweet
Futuramaseason 12 ’s " Quids Game " follows a trend set by many of the show ’s most tragical episodes , delving into Fry ’s melancholy early years and foreground what makes that aspect of the show so effective . Amidst the ( also really effective)Squid Gameparody at play in " Quids Game " is another geographic expedition of Fry ’s early years back in the twentieth 100 . Running concurrent with the key storyline is an lengthened flashback to Fry ’s childhood natal day party . Despite authentically throw himself into the challenges and trying to impress his friends , his continued victory just lead them all to believe Fry is a cheater .
As a result , Fry lose all his friends through no fracture of his own — as was his female parent who was cheat . Unbeknownst to Fry , his mother had rigged each game to make him a achiever . The melancholy terminal moment , play up her delight at a line of work well done while Fry call out about his broken friendships , is highly pondering of the skewed perspective of other retiring episodes . time of year 2 ’s " The Cryonic cleaning lady " and season 4 ’s " Jurassic Bark " play up how nostalgia and computer storage of the past have only become clouded with fourth dimension , hiding heartbreaking tragedies like the notorious death of Seymour the bounder .
“Quid Games” Could Help Explain Fry’s Feud With His Brother
Yancy Might Have Taken Cues From Gedgie
" Quid Games " takes aSquid Gameparody and fuses them well with component of flashback episodes to Fry ’s other days . Throughout the episode , Fry ’s patent out of the question luck turns his friends against him and causing tension between them all . It ’s similar to the testy relationshipFry had with his ( long - miss ) brother Yancyin season 3 ’s " The Luck of the Fryish . " After find a seven - leaf clover and using it on affair for seemingly unlikely stroke of good fate , Fry is accuse by his older brother of " cheating " in their challenger . This plays a part in the harsh aspects of their human relationship .
Although some flashbacks have imply they made peace at metre , Fry was frozen believing Yancy hated him . By line , " The Luck of the Fryish " let out that a brokenhearted Yancy , who never learned what happened to his crony , named his boy after him . The fact that Yancy was on the face of it repeat the same accusations and anger that the other youngster in " Quid Games " felt up at Fry ’s success onlyreinforces the sombre bound at the heart of Fry ’s puerility . His few genuine successes were meet with rancour , reinforce the view that the Fry of that earned run average was useless in a very sombre room .
Futurama time of year 12 brings back some characters who were first introduced in time of year 11 , confirm that the show is continuing its good revitalization change .
Fry’s Original Best Friend Becomes His Rival In Futurama Season 12, Episode 2
Gedgie’s Story Makes Fry’s Friendship With Bender More Meaningful
One of the biggest surprises of " Quids Game " is the revealing thatJosh Gedgie was full booster with Fry . introduce in season 7 ’s " Cold Warriors , " Gedgie was portrayed as a puzzle - up student whose intellect gave him favourable position over Fry . By contrast , Gedgie in " Quids Games " starts as a friend , but Fry ’s unprecedented winning run during his natal day party terminate up infuriating Gedgie and convinces him Fry shit his faith . This anger festered into bitterness , setting up their rivalry during the flashbacks in " frigid warrior . " It ’s a childish but nevertheless heartwrenching beat , go away a young Fry call out over his friend ’s wrath .
This also total layers to Fry ’s relationship with Bender . Fry has always snub the awful thing Bender has done to him because of their deep bond . The revelation that Fry is still traumatized by the loss of an significant friendly relationship offers a fresh explanation why he ’d take his connectedness with Bender so seriously . It also gives their troubled kinship in " Quids Game " a rough edge . As the game goes on , Bender openly begrudge that Fry is " cheating , " further crushing Fry ’s spirits until the distich seek to make up before the last secret plan . It all cleverly plays into their overarching relationship .
Fry’s Separation From His Parents Is One Of Sci-Fi’s Great Tragedies
Fry’s Relationship With His Mother Is The Show’s Ultimate Way Of Pulling On The Heartstrings
As the heart and soul of the Fry flashbacks in " Quids Game " is the doubtful but loving arithmetic mean of his parents . In other flashback episode , it was instal that Fry ’s female parent and Father of the Church did n’t consider much of their son ’s potential . It was usually played for laughs , but came up as a tragical aspect of sequence like " Cold Warriors " while Fry ’s relationship with his mother is at the heart of time of year 10 ’s most emotional episode , " Game of Tones . “This bittersweet connector is front and center in " Quids Game,“but with the superfluous grief because of his mother incidentally isolating Fry from his friend .
Fry ’s disconnect from his parents being the source of dramatic event for the unseasoned boy give " Quid Games " a note that even the other flashback episode ca n’t tally . Most returns to Fry ’s former life-time are somber reflectivity that Fry make of a spirit he ’s long since lost . However , " Quids Game " does n’t reveal the truth or let him move past it . The episode ends with Fry unaware why his admirer turned on him , making it a drab reflection of a mundane but unspeakable trauma . Fry ’s kinship with his parent is the sad aspect ofFuturama , and " Quids Game " makes it more effective .
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Futurama follows the exploit of Philip J. Fry , a pizza pie rescue boy from 1999 who is cryogenically freeze for 1000 years . Waking up in the year 3000 , Fry befriends a cyclops named Leela and a rascally robot named Bender , and the three see engagement with Planet Express , an interplanetary delivery avail . Their work takes them to all corners of the universe , exploring space and the future as imagined by Matt Groening and the creators of The Simpsons .
Futurama follows the exploits of Philip J. Fry, a pizza delivery boy from 1999 who is cryogenically frozen for 1000 years. Waking up in the year 3000, Fry befriends a cyclops named Leela and a roguish robot named Bender, and the three find employment with Planet Express, an interplanetary delivery service. Their work takes them to all corners of the universe, exploring space and the future as imagined by Matt Groening and the creators of The Simpsons.
