31st December 2999--Futurama--Space Pilot 3000--Philip J. Fry is unfrozen. The second, unseen Philip J. Fry, frozen along with him (see 12:32am, 1st January 2000), freezes himself for a further 7.95 years. Bender correctly notes later in the episode that it is a Tuesday. Note: Fry was not frozen for a full thousand years. He was woken up roughly twelve hours early. There are a number of possible explanations for this: a slightly fast timer on the cryogenics chamber or a slight change in the length of the Earths day due to events similar to those in Crimes Of The Hot are the two most obvious. A sign outside that reads Akbar. Akbar was the name of a gay character in Matt Groenings comic-book series Life in Hell. The part where Fry gets hit in the head by the remote door is a possible reference to the scene in Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope, where one of the stormtroopers accidentally bumps his head into a similar gadget. The lightsabers in which the police use look the same as those in the Star Wars series. A guy on a jet bike is wearing a helmet like Leia wore in Return of the Jedi on the speeder bike. Frys middle initial is J. This seems to be a popular choice for Matt Groening characters, having used it for Homer, Bart and Abe on The Simpsons. Matt uses the J. middle name, referring to one of his favourite shows, The Rocky and Bullwinkle Show. Fry also passes a three-eyed fish when going under water in the tube, this fish being Blinky from The Simpsons epsiode Two Cars in Every Garage, Three Eyes on Every Fish. The chef on the Panuccis Pizza box is very similar to the chef Luigi in The Simpsons episode Sweet Seymour Skinners Baadasssss Song. Whilst in the Head Museum, Matt Groenings head is able to be seen, as well as Rodney Dangerfields, who is drawn as his Simpsons character Larry Burns from the episode Burns, Baby Burns. Fry has 9 spikes in his hair just like Bart Simpson from Groenings hit show The Simpsons. When Fry uses the travel-tube, a person who resembles Ralph Wiggum can be seen. Theme played with the video game during the first scene. Fry comments on the door being just like on Star Trek. Leonard Spock Nimoy that he no longer does the Vulcan live long and prosper sign. The whole Head Museum concept is, possibly, a subtle reference to the original Star Trek series episode Return To Tomorrow where the alien minds were preserved in glowing spheres. Several sound effects used within the episode also. All of these are direct references to the Star Trek series A directive put in place in this Ayn Rand novel is similar to the Permanent Career Assignment, where to quit results in those who do it being refered to as deserters as part of the directive prevents anyone from changing their job or even quitting it.
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