Talk:Fry family

Enos is never confirmed as a Fry, the name may come from Mildred, and therefore Minuteman is her ancestor (perhaps). It does make more sense that her baby be named for her father rather than her deceased-fiance's-father.
 * You have an excellent point, anonymous person. I shall now put to a vote whether it should be changed. Personally, I'll be abstaining, since I made the image and would probably vote to not change it, since that's more work for me -_- Buddy 13:57, 19 April 2006 (PDT)
 * Perhaps noting the possibility beside the article would suffice, either way it can't be 100% certain and the current display is generally excepted. (anonymous was me) - Quolnok 18:24, 19 April 2006 (PDT)
 * I managed to move stuff around in the image in Paint so that Mildred is listed as the Fry. So if it is decided to change it, there would be no more work for Buddy13.  I would just need to upload the new version.  I agree that the possibility should at least be noted in the article, whether we change the image or not. - ClonedWizard 22:36, 19 July 2006 (PDT)
 * See [[Media:Fry_Family_Tree_edit.jpg]] for the image that could be used - ClonedWizard 17:48, 21 July 2006 (PDT)
 * I vote firmly against this. I know the only proof we have is a gag line when Fry yells "I'll save you, dad!" or something to that effect into Enos' crotch. Lets face it, having Fry's father named Enos instead of Yancy was probably just an accidental consitancy error, but it's one the crew have already observed and provided an explanation for by skipping over Enos ("Just like me, and my grandfather, and so on..."). While we have some freedom to explain away contradictions, it's not our place to contradict cannon in order to do so, especially when there are plenty of explanations that don't require contradicting anything, the simplest being that Enos had an older brother named Yancy, who died in WWII like so many men his age). So I say leave it as it is, and warn that if it is changed, I'll bet we'll have to change it back when new content starts coming out. Gopher 18:59, 21 July 2006 (PDT)

I voted. I know I said I'd abstain, but I have [[media:Enos Fry.png|evidence]] now. Found on the same disc as Roswell that Ends Well, special features, the new Character sketches area. There are two slides of Enos, and both label him as Enos Fry (Private First Class). It's not in an episode, but it's as close to canon as I think we'll get. As for the name, in The Luck of the Fryrish, Yancy, Sr. clearly skips his father ("Like my grandfather...") because his "father" was named Enos. I don't think we even need to bother thinking about the possibility of Enos having a brother named Yancy, since the gap left was intentional. Now, on the issue of why Mildred would name her child after her dead fiance's father, it's conceivable that she had some reason to obfuscate the true father. Or maybe she really didn't know (no evidence is given that Enos and Mildred were sexually active, but she sure is forward with Fry, so who knows). It's possible (though convoluted) that she actually changed her own name to Fry and deceived the Fry family to get their financial support or something. Again, entirely speculative. But the reasons are not the issue. The issue is that the image listing Enos as a Fry is correct.
 * Well, that is enough to convince me. We're allowed to change our vote, right? - ClonedWizard 13:14, 27 July 2006 (PDT)
 * Okay, that's definate confirmation, I've removed the (now pointless) votes. - Quolnok 22:24, 29 December 2006 (PST)

Missing a Yancy Fry?
Shouldn't the graphic include another Yancy Fry as Enos' father?
 * Probably, in fact we could go back as far as Minute Man Yancy Fry, if we knew how many Yancys to put there. Most generations had been named Yancy Fry. But it would end up very cluttered. - Quolnok 22:24, 29 December 2006 (PST)
 * That's exactly why I left them out. "Just like my grandfather, and his father, and so on all the way back to Minute Man Yancy Fry, who blasted commies in the American Revolution." -- That sounds pretty close for a quote from memory and not having seen that ep for a while... Hope I did it well. Anyway, there two Frys listed there ("my grandfather and his father") that we could include, but it'd really be pointless. They'd just have question-mark portraits, and they'd add unnecessary height to the image. --Buddy 21:32, 31 December 2006 (PST)

Here's your feedback!
You want feedback, American? You got it! It is good, yes yes. But uhm... why is Leela there? I mean someone suggest having her on because she was briefly married to Fry, but it was denied because that does not make them "family". And let's face it, Lars and Leela never even got married. But having Lars on seems perfectly all right. Also, if you have Leela on, you need Kif as well, and thus Amy and her family. And Leela's parents and what not! Also, I think we should make it a HTML map (which means you can click specific parts on the image) (example: ). I can write that... but I think you need to give me the ability to make HTML. --SvipTalk 17:42, 7 January 2008 (PST)
 * Oh wait, I just noticed that MediaWiki has a tag! \o/ Huzzah! --SvipTalk 17:44, 7 January 2008 (PST)
 * Adding to what I said before, if we won't allow Leela on because it being too "off" then why should Enos be on as well!? OMGOMGOMG... You know how huge this tree will be? --SvipTalk 17:46, 7 January 2008 (PST)
 * That's exactly why Leela's on there. She almost married Lars, just as Enos almost married Mildred. Although, since it is their believed family line, I suppose he has more of a claim to be on there. But I'm totally not opposed to removing Leela if we object. Though I won't be adding the Kroker Clan because this is a Fry family tree. If the scope were broader, I'd gladly add them. Although, I'm all for creating another tree for the Krokers. I've always kinda wanted to, but the motivation was too small to justify actually doing it. Requests for such, however, will be honoured. --Buddy 18:12, 7 January 2008 (PST)
 * Alternative, there could be an arrow point "out of" Leela towards the Kroker clan (with a link which would be possible with the image map). Hm, I might get on that tomorrow (which is technically today here). --SvipTalk 18:18, 7 January 2008 (PST)
 * I'll create a small Kroker tree to link. Should the spawn just be a single box? I could attempt to create dozens of boxes, but they're shown from so many angles, I'd probably end up list the same ones over and over. Yes, a single box would be best. I wonder if that storyline's ever going to come to fruition. --Buddy 18:21, 7 January 2008 (PST)
 * The new one looks good. I'd think an ex-wife is a stronger link than an ex-fiance. If she's there for Lars, she's got to be there for Fry too. An arguement could even be made to add [all current pre 1-X robots] to below Farnsworth. The Krokers might turn up, if the show lasts long enough or we jump forward in time. - Quolnok 18:31, 7 January 2008 (PST)

Color-coding
Should the connection lines be color-coded in some way? I find the small lines visually confusing, so perhaps different relationships could be color-coded. Like, marriage is one color, biological offpsring another, I know I spelled that wrong, but I'm not backspacing. Any suggestions for colors or anything similar? Remember, I can now change anything. COlors, shapes, lines, whatever. --Buddy 18:23, 7 January 2008 (PST)
 * I see your point about colours. But perhaps thick-ning the lines might help as well.  I saw sort of considering to remake the entire tree in SVG.  For two reasons; it allows for higher resolution and it is easier to change the colour/shape of an element with SVG.  Also, since SVG technically allows javascript in it, it is possible to make a dynamic one.  And yes, you can insert bitmaps into SVG.  SVG has tonnes of options.  But I am tired... and show go to bed. --SvipTalk 18:30, 7 January 2008 (PST)
 * Yes, I love SVG. And the only reason I didn't upload the straight SVG version is that I'd have to also upload all the link'd images. Which is a pain. But for anyone who wants to work on the SVG, I'd be happy to put them all in a zip file or something. Anyway, I tried thickening the lines, but it makes the arrows weird. I could try switching them out for larger arrows, see if that works. And now I'm off. Thanks everyone for the feedback. I'll make some changes and be back in a couple days. --Buddy 18:36, 7 January 2008 (PST)

Alternative (maybe interactive) tree
I am considering making a perhaps interactive tree. But since it might be interactive, it will not only be limited to Fry's tree. I am considering beginning from Planet Express itself and then use its characters. I have started to write the XML file to include it in. Right here: http://spiltirsdag.dk/~svip/futurama/characters.xml. Then I can hax a little, and make an interactive SVG image out of it. --SvipTalk 14:02, 9 January 2008 (PST)