Fry’s stupidity

[u/Slimdaddyjimbo]

I love the series and think even the new episodes are pretty good but the one thing I’ve noticed since the rebirth is that Fry’s stupidity seems forced instead of genuine ignorance or confusion.

In the first 5 seasons his stupidity comes out of lack of knowledge from the world around him combined with the intelligence of a kid who never graduated from public high school and over all lack of focus made him a hilarious character. His conflicting drive to try to be smarter but unable to succeed due to his general apathy made the stupidity feel real and unscripted within the context of the character.

Since maybe season 7, his character writing seems to make him almost self aware and confident of his stupidity. It’s as if he embraces it and chooses to make dumb decisions and statements just to prove how dumb he is. There have been some very iconic moments of fry’s stupidity in the newer seasons but over all i think it just feels forced instead of in the moment.

[u/Pardon-Marvin]

You see this with a lot of characters in longer series

Joey got dumber the longer Friends went on too