In the episode Fry nurtures an egg purchased at a farmers' market, which later hatches into a living creature, which he names Mr. Peppy.
In May and June 2011, as part of its "Countdown to Futurama" event, Comedy Central Insider, Comedy Central's news outlet, released various preview materials for the episode, including storyboards, concept art and a preview video clip of the episode.
The creature quickly grows in size until he becomes large enough to tear off Bender's arm, after which the crew decides that Mr. Peppy is too dangerous for Fry to keep as a pet.
Professor Farnsworth reads about the bone vampires in a "medieval monster manual" which is a reference to a rulebook in Dungeons & Dragons.
[4] In its original U.S. broadcast, "Fry Am the Egg Man" scored a 0.7 share among adults 18-49 and 1.462 million viewers, up about 3,000 views from the previous week's episode "Möbius Dick".
Regarding the plot of "Fry Am the Egg Man", Gandert drew comparisons to recurring Futurama subplots regarding Leela and her pet Nibbler, and noted that the episode contained "familiar elements"; however, he noted that the episode "puts them together well, staying true to its characters and still managing to deliver a surprisingly happy ending."
[6] Robert Canning of IGN also enjoyed the episode, praising the execution and humor of its first two acts; he too noted similarities between the plot of "Fry Am the Egg Man" and recurring Leela—Nibbler subplots, and praised the episode for using darker and different-toned jokes to make sure that "Fry Am the Egg Man" did not feel like a rethread of these subplots.
The silly vignettes of the opening gave way to an interesting conflict on a distant planet, only to deliver a relatively weak ending.