8 TV Characters That Turned Their Weakness Into A Superpower

Despite being the series' main character, Fry is little more than a slightly dim, good-natured slacker in the early episodes of Futurama. So, it becomes quite a surprise to learn that Fry is the only person capable of saving Earth from an Alien Invasion in Season 4.

Thanks to a time travel mishap in an earlier episode, Fry is his own Grandfather, resulting in him not possessing Delta brainwaves. This explains Fry's low intelligence, and also makes him the only person on Earth able to resist the psychic attacks of the evil Brainspawn.

In the Futurama film 'Into The Wild Green Yonder', Fry's absent delta waves render him immune to The Dark One's mind reading powers. Fry is also the only character to never affected by the Hypnotoad, which may have provided an early hint that his brain is wired differently.