2999 Year Guide Previous Year 2998 Succeeding Year 3000 The year 2999 is a year in which the first Futurama episode is set.

Philip J. Fry is unfrozen.

Philip J. Fry, Turanga Leela and Bender Bending Rodríguez join Planet Express.

Philip J. Fry from 3007 freezes himself for another 7.95 years. He had attempted to steal his own from the year 2008 and ended up falling into the cryogenics tube, getting refrozen behind himself for another 1,000 years. He sets the tube's timer to unfreeze him again in the year 3007, 30 years later so he returns after he traveled back in time to the year 2000.