Futurama

• grooms himself

• thinks about other’s needs first/is more proactive

• less prone to dangerous high jinks that imperil his friends

• arguably the most important: listens and is responsive to Leela’s needs

Fry always had the capacity to do these things and he clearly loved leela, but he was immature and self-involved. “Lars” is fry finally becoming the amazing person we all knew he could be and would be .