For unknown reasons, theFuturamateam decided to cut this storyline, entirely removing it from the show.
This explains why he is always wandering the world ofFuturama, retconning his original storyline.
As it turns out, the Number 9 Man’s design is actually a hidden musical reference.
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Futurama follows the exploits of Philip J. Fry, a pizza delivery boy from 1999 who is cryogenically frozen for 1000 years. Waking up in the year 3000, Fry befriends a cyclops named Leela and a roguish robot named Bender, and the three find employment with Planet Express, an interplanetary delivery service. Their work takes them to all corners of the universe, exploring space and the future as imagined by Matt Groening and the creators of The Simpsons.
