The Cryonic Woman
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"The Cryonic Woman" is the nineteenth and final episode of production season two of Futurama
. It originally aired in North America
on December 3, 2000, as the third episode of the third broadcast season with a plot incorporating a cryonics
theme. Sarah Silverman
does the voice of Fry's on and off girlfriend Michelle (replacing Kath Soucie
, who voiced the character in Space Pilot 3000
).
and Bender borrow the Planet Express Ship
. Unfortunately, the ship is anchored to the building using the unbreakable diamond tether that was first mentioned in "The Deep South." As the ship is piloted on a round-the-world joyride, the building is dragged behind it, smashing into a number of landmarks, including the Gateway Arch
in St. Louis, the Leaning Tower of Pisa
and the Great Wall of China
(which allows the Mongols to invade). Professor Farnsworth
has Hermes Conrad
fire Fry and Bender for taking the ship, and fires Leela as well for leaving the keys in the ship knowing of their stupidity.
Leela re-implants her and Fry's old career chips, but she mixes them up. Fry gets hired for Leela's old cryogenics counselor job; Leela is forced to be a "delivery boy" while Bender has the hand and the career chip from the Prime minister of Norway
. In the lab, Fry finds that Pauly Shore
is frozen in a tube and thaws him out. Shore explains he was supposed to be thawed out in Hollywood for the 1000-year anniversary screening of Jury Duty II. When Fry goes to greet the next thawed person, he is shocked to find that it is his old girlfriend, Michelle (played by Sarah Silverman
, instead of Kath Soucie
), who cryogenically froze herself back in the year 2000 after her life fell apart in a marriage without Fry.
Fry introduces Michelle to the world of the year 3000, but she has problems adapting to the future. She convinces Fry to join her as she re-freezes herself for another thousand years. They awake in a post-apocalyptic wasteland with a green, polluted sky. They try to make a new life in the world of the future, and join a society of feral
adolescents
armed with heavy weaponry. Though initially content to be a member of the society, at Michelle's behest Fry challenges the leader of the society. Fry and the teen wage a skateboard
street battle amongst endless freeways and armored cars battling one another with machine guns. Fry appears to have the upper hand when their battle is prematurely ended, but then the children are picked up for Hebrew school by their mother in a heavily armored SUV. Confused by this new world and tired of Michelle's nagging, Fry leaves her and wanders through the desolate wilderness on his own.
After wandering through a cloud of green mist, Fry spots signs of a city on the horizon, complete with spotlights. When he arrives, he finds himself standing in front of Grauman's Chinese Theater. The Planet Express ship lands in the street, and the crew leaps out, glad to have found Fry. They explain that to the obviously confused Fry that he and Michelle were actually only frozen for two days. The desolate wasteland is not a post-apocalyptic New York in the year 4000, but Los Angeles
in the year 3000. Fry was in Pauly Shore's tube, and when the delivery crew discovered en route to Hollywood that Pauly Shore was not in the tube, they tossed it overboard. A limousine passes by, revealing that Michelle is now in a relationship with Pauly.
As the Planet Express ship flies home, Fry asks The Professor if he can have his job back. The Professor, having forgotten why he fired Fry in the first place, almost gives Fry his job back —until Bender reminds him of what happened earlier in the episode. The Professor ends up dropping Fry through a trap door instead.
Futurama
Futurama is an American animated science fiction sitcom created by Matt Groening and developed by Groening and David X. Cohen for the Fox Broadcasting Company. The series follows the adventures of a late 20th-century New York City pizza delivery boy, Philip J...
. It originally aired in North America
North America
North America is a continent wholly within the Northern Hemisphere and almost wholly within the Western Hemisphere. It is also considered a northern subcontinent of the Americas...
on December 3, 2000, as the third episode of the third broadcast season with a plot incorporating a cryonics
Cryonics
Cryonics is the low-temperature preservation of humans and animals who can no longer be sustained by contemporary medicine, with the hope that healing and resuscitation may be possible in the future. Cryopreservation of people or large animals is not reversible with current technology...
theme. Sarah Silverman
Sarah Silverman
Sarah Kate Silverman is a Jewish American comedian, writer, actress, singer and musician. Her satirical comedy addresses social taboos and controversial topics such as racism, sexism, and religion....
does the voice of Fry's on and off girlfriend Michelle (replacing Kath Soucie
Kath Soucie
Katherine Elaine Soucie is an American voice actress. She is sometimes credited as Kath Soucie, Katherine Soucie, Kath Souci, Kath E...
, who voiced the character in Space Pilot 3000
Space Pilot 3000
"Space Pilot 3000" is the pilot episode of Futurama, which originally aired in North America on March 28, 1999 on Fox. The episode focuses on the cryogenic freezing of the series protagonist, Philip J. Fry, and the events when he awakens 1,000 years in the future...
).
Plot
In an attempt to entertain themselves, FryPhilip J. Fry
Philip J. Fry, known simply as Fry, is a fictional character, the main protagonist of the animated science fiction sitcom Futurama. He is voiced by Billy West using a version of his own voice as he sounded when he was 25.-Character overview:...
and Bender borrow the Planet Express Ship
Planet Express Ship
The Planet Express Ship is a fictional spaceship in the animated series Futurama, which bears the official designation "U.S.S. Planet Express Ship." The ship was designed and built by Professor Hubert Farnsworth and is the sole delivery ship of Planet Express, a delivery service owned by the...
. Unfortunately, the ship is anchored to the building using the unbreakable diamond tether that was first mentioned in "The Deep South." As the ship is piloted on a round-the-world joyride, the building is dragged behind it, smashing into a number of landmarks, including the Gateway Arch
Jefferson National Expansion Memorial
The Jefferson National Expansion Memorial is in St. Louis, Missouri, near the starting point of the Lewis and Clark Expedition. It was designated as a National Memorial by Executive Order 7523, on December 21, 1935, and is maintained by the National Park Service .The park was established to...
in St. Louis, the Leaning Tower of Pisa
Leaning Tower of Pisa
The Leaning Tower of Pisa or simply the Tower of Pisa is the campanile, or freestanding bell tower, of the cathedral of the Italian city of Pisa...
and the Great Wall of China
Great Wall of China
The Great Wall of China is a series of stone and earthen fortifications in northern China, built originally to protect the northern borders of the Chinese Empire against intrusions by various nomadic groups...
(which allows the Mongols to invade). Professor Farnsworth
Hubert J. Farnsworth
Professor Hubert J. Farnsworth, or simply The Professor, is a fictional character in the American animated television series Futurama. He is voiced by Billy West using a combination of impressions of Burgess Meredith and Frank Morgan. Farnsworth is the proprietor of the Planet Express delivery...
has Hermes Conrad
Hermes Conrad
Hermes Conrad is a fictional character in the Futurama animated series. He is voiced by Phil LaMarr.- Appearance and personality :Born in 2959, Hermes is a grade 36 bureaucrat from Jamaica. He manages the Planet Express delivery business with responsibilities that include paying bills, giving out...
fire Fry and Bender for taking the ship, and fires Leela as well for leaving the keys in the ship knowing of their stupidity.
Leela re-implants her and Fry's old career chips, but she mixes them up. Fry gets hired for Leela's old cryogenics counselor job; Leela is forced to be a "delivery boy" while Bender has the hand and the career chip from the Prime minister of Norway
Prime Minister of Norway
The Prime Minister of Norway is the political leader of Norway and the Head of His Majesty's Government. The Prime Minister and Cabinet are collectively accountable for their policies and actions to the Sovereign, to Stortinget , to their political party, and ultimately the...
. In the lab, Fry finds that Pauly Shore
Pauly Shore
Paul Montgomery "Pauly" Shore is an American comedian and actor who starred in several comedy films in the 1990s and hosted a video show on MTV in the late 1980s and early 1990s...
is frozen in a tube and thaws him out. Shore explains he was supposed to be thawed out in Hollywood for the 1000-year anniversary screening of Jury Duty II. When Fry goes to greet the next thawed person, he is shocked to find that it is his old girlfriend, Michelle (played by Sarah Silverman
Sarah Silverman
Sarah Kate Silverman is a Jewish American comedian, writer, actress, singer and musician. Her satirical comedy addresses social taboos and controversial topics such as racism, sexism, and religion....
, instead of Kath Soucie
Kath Soucie
Katherine Elaine Soucie is an American voice actress. She is sometimes credited as Kath Soucie, Katherine Soucie, Kath Souci, Kath E...
), who cryogenically froze herself back in the year 2000 after her life fell apart in a marriage without Fry.
Fry introduces Michelle to the world of the year 3000, but she has problems adapting to the future. She convinces Fry to join her as she re-freezes herself for another thousand years. They awake in a post-apocalyptic wasteland with a green, polluted sky. They try to make a new life in the world of the future, and join a society of feral
Feral
A feral organism is one that has changed from being domesticated to being wild or untamed. In the case of plants it is a movement from cultivated to uncultivated or controlled to volunteer. The introduction of feral animals or plants to their non-native regions, like any introduced species, may...
adolescents
Adolescence
Adolescence is a transitional stage of physical and mental human development generally occurring between puberty and legal adulthood , but largely characterized as beginning and ending with the teenage stage...
armed with heavy weaponry. Though initially content to be a member of the society, at Michelle's behest Fry challenges the leader of the society. Fry and the teen wage a skateboard
Skateboard
A skateboard is typically a specially designed plywood board combined with a polyurethane coating used for making smoother slides and stronger durability, used primarily for the activity of skateboarding. The first skateboards to reach public notice came out of the surfing craze of the early 1960s,...
street battle amongst endless freeways and armored cars battling one another with machine guns. Fry appears to have the upper hand when their battle is prematurely ended, but then the children are picked up for Hebrew school by their mother in a heavily armored SUV. Confused by this new world and tired of Michelle's nagging, Fry leaves her and wanders through the desolate wilderness on his own.
After wandering through a cloud of green mist, Fry spots signs of a city on the horizon, complete with spotlights. When he arrives, he finds himself standing in front of Grauman's Chinese Theater. The Planet Express ship lands in the street, and the crew leaps out, glad to have found Fry. They explain that to the obviously confused Fry that he and Michelle were actually only frozen for two days. The desolate wasteland is not a post-apocalyptic New York in the year 4000, but Los Angeles
Los Angeles, California
Los Angeles , with a population at the 2010 United States Census of 3,792,621, is the most populous city in California, USA and the second most populous in the United States, after New York City. It has an area of , and is located in Southern California...
in the year 3000. Fry was in Pauly Shore's tube, and when the delivery crew discovered en route to Hollywood that Pauly Shore was not in the tube, they tossed it overboard. A limousine passes by, revealing that Michelle is now in a relationship with Pauly.
As the Planet Express ship flies home, Fry asks The Professor if he can have his job back. The Professor, having forgotten why he fired Fry in the first place, almost gives Fry his job back —until Bender reminds him of what happened earlier in the episode. The Professor ends up dropping Fry through a trap door instead.
External links
- The Cryonic Woman at The Infosphere.