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Friends
Bender
Fry initially meets Bender in the first episode of the series, where the two are
waiting to use a suicide booth. Fry mistakenly believes the booth to be a phone
booth, and the impatient Bender pushes them both in, hoping to go for a "twofer"
(two-for-one). After foiling Bender's attempt, the two form a strong bond. As
Bender puts it, "Of all the friends I've had, [Fry's] the first" ("I,
Roommate"). Bender comments in the episode "The Sting" that when he threatens to
"Kill All Humans!" he would silently add "Except one," that one being Fry. Also
in this episode, his distress at the "death" of Fry is obvious, shown at Fry's
funeral where he is seen wearing a veil, in the style of a widow, although
technically all of these events take place in Leela's coma dreams. It has been
stated in a few episodes that Bender views Fry as a pet.
In "I, Roommate", after being forced out of living in the Planet Express office,
Fry moves in with Bender, only to find that his apartment is as small as a
closet. They then decide to rent another apartment together. However, because of
the interference from Bender's antenna, the apartment's TV (with TVs from other
apartments in the same block) couldn't get any reception, and for the sake of
friendship, Bender cuts off his antenna so that the TV will get reception.
However, they soon decide to leave that apartment and move back into Bender's
previous apartment, only to discover that the apartment's 'closet' is actually
the size of a typical living room, with plenty of space for Fry to comfortably
live in.
Bender and Fry, while being a rather odd couple, have a strong relationship, and
have sacrificed things for each other over the years of their friendship, such
as fame, money, and even their own lives. Their friendship is tested when the
fossilized remains of Seymour, Fry's old dog, are unearthed, and Fry spends time
worrying about him instead of spending time with Bender ("Jurassic Bark").
Bender eventually feels sympathetic for the loss of Fry's dog, and even
willingly jumps into hot lava just to save his dog (after throwing him into the
lava in the first place). Their friendship was also tested in "The Honking",
when Bender is transformed into a were-car, doomed to kill his closest friend;
however, Were-car Bender first attacks Leela, leading to jealousy on Fry's part.
The situation returned to normal when Were-car Bender, offered his choice of
victim by the original Were-car, proves slightly more eager to kill Fry than
Leela, to Fry's great delight.
Seymour
Seymour was Fry's loyal and faithful dog. In 1997 while on a prank delivery, he
finds an abandoned dog on the streets and names him Seymour (since the prank
name was Seymour Asses). After feeding the dog pizza, Seymour follows Fry who
then decides to keep him. By 1998 he had taught Seymour to sing Walking on
Sunshine, clean up and wait for him after a delivery. Before Fry was frozen,
Seymour attempted to prevent Fry leaving on his fateful New Year's Eve prank
delivery.
He discovered Seymour's preserved corpse in "Jurassic Bark", and was eager to
bring him back to life with the Professor's help, until he realized the dog
lived twelve years after his disappearance. Thinking Seymour had lived a full
life without him, Fry abandoned the project. In a poignant flashback we see that
Seymour, like Hachikō or Odysseus' dog Argos, waited out his entire life for his
master to come home, never leaving that spot or giving up hope.
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