3. When Fry Just Wants More Time With His Mother
Season 7, Episode 23: "Game of Tones"
When an unknown spaceship starts sending mysterious tones to planet earth, Fry is the only one who recognizes them. The tones start getting closer and are causing damage to the planet. The Professor detects that Fry recognizes the tones in his dreams and proceeds to infiltrate them. The viewers are teleported back to New Years Eve, 1999 the day Fry was frozen. Fry must find the source of the tones before the earth is destroyed, but he can't get himself to leave his home to find the source. He wants to spend more time with his family, especially his mother. When the Planet Express crew infiltrate Fry's dream, they take him away from his family and he plays out the rest of the day leading up to being frozen. When he tries to go back to his home there is nothing left but a white room. The Professor explains that once he left his home to make the delivery Fry will have no memory of his home once he left for work that night. Fry eventually figures out the tone, it was Nibblers personal chauffeur, Digby trying to find Nibbler's space ship. Earth is saved; Nibbler get his ship back; but Fry is still upset. Nibbler promises Fry a gift and gives him the greatest gift of all, more time with his mother. Fry goes to sleep that night and dreams of his mother, but she is watching the 2000 Rose Bowl. Fry is confused since he wasn't around to see that game. Nibbler appears and informs Fry that it's not his dream; it was his mothers.