We all no cartoon characters don't have birthdays (well some do...but let's focus on one) Philip J. Fry. Character created by Matt Groening. The same man that created The Simpsons. So who is this simpleton, and why are we celebrating a birthday of a cartoon character that doesn't exist.
"Futurama" started to become a popular show in 1999. A young man, named Fry, was transported to the year 3000. He soon meets his only living ancestor in that year as he finds out everything has changed, and everyone he has loved has passed on. He soon befriends a robot and falls in love with a mutant.
Let's also focus on the voice actor of Fry. Billy West. Today....it is his birthday. So, it feels as if Fry is having a birthday as well. Wouldn't that mean other characters he voices on Futurama have a birthday as well? Like Professor Farnsworth, Dr. Zoidberg, Zapp Branigan and many more have a birthday as well? Well...I don't think so.
West wasn't even supposed to voice Zapp Branigan. That voice was going to belong to the late Phil Hartman. After he was murdered by his own wife, they changed everything. Even the name of the lead character. Philip J. Fry got his name because of the late Phil Hartman. I don't know what his name was supposed to be, but after Phil died, not only did Billy West voice Zapp, but Philip J. Fry was born.
West is known for voicing many characters, from Nickelodeon's Doug, Ren & Stimpy, Dog from Cat Dog, Shaggy, Elmer Fudd, Bugs Funny and many more. He even is the red M&M in the commercials for M&M's and still is today.
Even if it isn't Fry's birthday, we're still celebrating a great voice actor. Fry, on the other hand, is always trying to find love as a lonely delivery boy among strangers that soon become his friends. When he meets them at first, he is what others would be if they were traveled thousand years into the future would react.
Fry can be lazy, enthusiastic, even oblivious as well. He even saved the whole town from gigantic brains that were taking over the world, all because....his mind was dense. He lacks charisma but has emotion, definitely when falls in love with the mutant named Leela. He has fallen in love with other females before, but he feels Leela is the one that he loves the most.
There have been famous memes on this character such as him squinting his eyes in curiosity when he feels something isn't right. Another is when he shouts, "SHUT UP AND TAKE MY MONEY!" There are others as well but not as famous as those two. They are used in so many situations. Fry, to me, is someone that's trying to fit in and yet fails. Other times, I feel sorry for him, and other times...I don't know he's just a cartoon character.
But we know one thing is true, the man behind the voice of a dumb character named Fry. Let's just say...even if it isn't Fry's birthday, it is Billy West. Happy birthday to one man with many voices.
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