"The Luck of the Fryrish" is the fourth episode in season three of Futurama

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

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 on March 11, 2001.
The episode opens in the mid-1970s, where a young Yancy Fry is jealous of his newborn brother Philip

Philip 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 copies him in anything he can. In the year 3000, Fry is getting fed up with his bad luck in a horse rally

Horse racing

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. A flashback shows Fry discovering a seven-leaf clover

Four-leaf clover

The four-leaf clover is an uncommon variation of the common, three-leaved clover. According to tradition, such leaves bring good luck to their finders, especially if found accidentally...

, which grants him extraordinary luck and allows him to beat his brother in any contest, from basketball

Basketball

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 to breakdancing.