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[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Futurama, too. But without the "wanting to go home" aspect.

[–] samus12345@sh.itjust.works 2 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Interestingly, when Fry is actually presented with a way to get home via a forward-traveling time machine and a universe that resets, he never brings up getting off at 1999 and it's never mentioned in any way.

[–] Rooster326@programming.dev 2 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Because the future is where he belonged. The nibblers would just find another way to bring him to the future.

[–] samus12345@sh.itjust.works 2 points 8 months ago

He had already fulfilled his destiny of defeating the brain spawn three seasons prior. Although judging by this scene he wasn't in too much of a hurry to go back in time: