Introductory Questions

In Fry’s accidental journey, what actually gets reignited?

• A. His usefulness as a delivery boy in a world without pizza

• B. The flame of irrelevance in a hyper-relevant society

• C. A very ancient spark of agency disguised as confusion

• D. All of the above, minus the pizza

Answer explanation

What gets reignited is Fry's sense of confusion and uncertainty about his new world. In a hyper-relevant society, he is lost and irrelevant, but in his confusion, there’s an ancient spark of agency — his human will to survive and adapt in the new world.

Who should Fry blame for delivering a pizza to a place where he fell into a cryogenic pod and was frozen for 1000 years?

• A. Dr. Heinz Doofenshmirtz – Phineas and Ferb

• B. Doc Brown – Back to the Future

• C. Rick Sanchez – Rick and Morty

• D. Professor Farnsworth – Futurama

Answer explanation

Dr. Doofenshmirtz, known for his comedic and poorly thought-out inventions in Phineas and Ferb, would be the perfect culprit for creating the “Cryogenic Freezer-inator” that accidentally sends Fry into the future. Doofenshmirtz’s tendency to invent overcomplicated devices with unintended consequences fits the bill for this absurd scenario in the WSC theme "Reigniting the Future."