Infosphere:Featured article for fortnight 16 of 2009

When Matt Groening and David X. Cohen were pre planning elements for Futurama, many ideas were devised. While some didn't pan out, many such as Nibbler's shadow have formed ongoing story arcs. In the pilot episode when Fry fell into the cryogenic tube at Applied Cryogenics an unexplained shadow appeared under the fallen chair. While Nibbler himself was introduced three episodes later, there was no explanation until episode 64, "The Why of Fry". As it turns out, Fry's accidental freezing wasn't quite as accidental as he thought...