http://theinfosphere.org/api.php?action=feedcontributions&user=87.115.129.216&feedformat=atomThe Infosphere, the Futurama Wiki - User contributions [en]2024-03-29T09:23:36ZUser contributionsMediaWiki 1.36.3http://theinfosphere.org/index.php?title=Barbados_Slim&diff=72070Barbados Slim2010-09-29T20:37:18Z<p>87.115.129.216: </p>
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<div>{{character infobox<br />
|name=Barbados Slim<br />
|type=s<br />
|image=[[File:Barbados slim.png|225px]]<br />
|species=[[Human]]<br />
|gender=Male<br />
|job=Athlete<br />
|origin=[[Earth]]<br />
|voiced by=John DiMaggio<br />
|first appear={{e|4ACV13}}<br />
}}<br />
'''Barbados Slim''' is a limboist from Barbados and the winner of the [[3004 Earth Olympiad|3004 Olympics]]. He was [[Hermes Conrad|Hermes's]] rival when Hermes [[2980 Olympics|was a limboist]] as well, and was once married to [[LaBarbara Conrad|LaBarbara]], but they divorced. In {{year|3007}}, when Hermes lost his body, LaBarbara left him and returned to Barbados, taking [[Dwight Conrad|Dwight]] with her. But once Hermes recovered his body she came back to him.<br />
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==Personality==<br />
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Barbados Slim had a rivalry with Hermes Conrad because he was Hermes' equal in limboing contests and because he was once married to Hermes' wife LaBabara. Barbados also said he was used to unzipping a womans frock and was the only man who had won an olympic gold medal in both limbo and sex. He was confident, perhaps overly so, in his limboing abilities and was often condenscending to Hermes. <br />
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== Additional Info ==<br />
=== Trivia ===<br />
*Barbados Slim is the only man to win an Olympic gold medal in Limbo and Sex.<br />
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=== Quotes ===<br />
{{q|<br />
<poem>'''Hermes''': Barbados Slim?! The last thing I heard, you were in Barbados!</poem><br />
<poem>'''[[Zoidberg]]''': Barbados Slim? I love that guy!</poem><br />
<poem>'''Barbados Slim''': You haven't seen the last of Barbados Slim! Now goodbye, forever!</poem><br />
}}<br />
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=== Appearances ===<br />
* {{e|4ACV13}}<br />
* {{f|1}}<br />
* {{e|6ACV12}}<br />
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[[Category:Athletes]]<br />
[[Category:Characters]]</div>87.115.129.216http://theinfosphere.org/index.php?title=Calculon&diff=72069Calculon2010-09-29T20:30:42Z<p>87.115.129.216: /* Personality */</p>
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<div>{{character infobox<br />
|name=Calculon<br />
|type=s<br />
|image=[[File:Calculon.jpg|225px]]<br />
|species=[[Robot]]<br />
|origin=[[Earth]]<br />
|age=''See [[#Age|age]] section''<br />
|voiced by=Maurice LaMarche<br />
|first appear={{e|1ACV03}}<br />
|job=Actor, Director<br />
}}<br />
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'''Calculon''' is most famous as [[Calculon (All My Circuits)|the star]] of the hit robot soap opera ''[[All My Circuits]]''. He has also appeared in films, including ''[[The Magnificent Three]]'', for which he was nominated for an Oscar (although this was just [[Dr. Zoidberg]] trying to save his own skin as Calculon had said earlier that if he didn't win one he would kill [[Bender]], [[Harold Zoid]] and Zoidberg).<br />
<br />
Throughout his career he has lived a secret life unknown to the public. He is nearly a thousand years old, rather than 27 as claimed in his biography. He changes identities every few decades, and starting out from a humble beginning as a motorized service arm working on [[Project Satan]], made his way to being many of history's great acting robots, including Acting Unit 0.8, Thespa-mat, and {{w|David Duchovny}}. For most of these thousand years, he was also a [[Were-Car]], until [[Fry]] and [[Leela]] broke the curse by destroying [[Project Satan|the original were-car]].<br />
<br />
In [[3010]], he was directing [[Catastrophe Beach Party|a disaster film]], but most of the props and the actors were presumably destroyed and killed in a real disaster in shooting the first scene.<br />
<br />
== Personality ==<br />
Calculon is a skilled actor who is programmed to be very busy. He is idolised by many people, including [[Bender Bending Rodríguez|Bender]], and he can be extremely self-centered. Calculon's acting talent seems to have infused itself into his everyday life, and he speaks very melodramatically. Calculon once fell in love with Bender while the latter was pretending to be a fembot named Coilette.<br />
<br />
== Character Description ==<br />
=== Age ===<br />
Calculon claims to be 27 years old, but he is actually almost 1000. <sup>[[The Honking|2ACV18]]</sup><br />
<br />
== Known Filmography ==<br />
*TV Shows<br />
**''[[All My Circuits]]''<br />
*Films<br />
**''[[All My Circuits: The Movie]]'' (3001)<br />
**''[[The Magnificent Three]]'' (3002)<br />
**''[[Coilette: A Calculon Story]]'' (3004)<br />
**''[[Space Boy in Outer Space]]'' ([[Fry Me to the Moon|Cancelled]])<br />
**''Hydraulic Shaft'' ([[Wall calendars|Unknown]] (Possibly 3006))<br />
**''[[Catastrophe Beach Party]]'' (3010) (director)<br />
<br />
== Additional Info ==<br />
=== Trivia === <br />
*Nearly married Bender once, who then was a [[Fembot]] named Coilette.<br />
*He owns a big house in [[Los Angeles|Hollywood]].<br />
*He owns an enormous yacht named, "Calculon's Talent", in the pool of which he sails a large yacht named "Calculon's Pride".<br />
*He enjoys hot showers.<br />
*He was given unholy acting talent by the [[Robot Devil]].<br />
*Every few decades he updates his appearance and changes his name.<br />
*He tends to see life as a huge soap opera.<br />
*Bender once worked as his hot water boiler in Hollywood. Bender was also his Official Stalker at one point.<br />
*He was the leader of the secret [[League of Robots]] until Bender took this position from him.<br />
*He ran over [[Judge Whitey]] some time prior to ''[[The Beast with a Billion Backs]]'', and was [[Whitey v. Calculon|sentenced]] to community service.<br />
*He states explicitly in ''[[Into the Wild Green Yonder]]'' that his operating system is {{w|Windows Vista}}, and hence encounters an error in his programming seconds later.<br />
**This suggests that his OS has remained the same since his days as an assembly arm, which would date his assembly between 2007 and 2009 when Vista was the current Windows OS. Moreover as [[Project Satan]] is a military project and the US army [http://www.technewsworld.com/rsstory/67242.html switched to Vista in 2009] and Windows 7 is due out at the end of 2009, it is likely his assembly was in 2009 making his age {{age|2009}}. Adding further confusion, in the television broadcast of ''[[Into the Wild Green Yonder]]'' the comment about Windows Vista was edited to say Windows 7.<br />
*Calculon is featured on a Pez dispenser that Bender once stole.<br />
<br />
=== Quotes ===<br />
{{q|<br />
<poem>'''[[Robot Devil]]''': Calculon, old friend, I'm afraid I need your ears.<br />
'''Calculon''': Well I do owe you for giving me this unholy [melodramatically] acting talent!</poem><br />
<poem>'''Calculon''': Oh, how cruel and melodramatic fate is. [shouting] Why?</poem><br />
<poem>'''Calculon''': NOOOOOOOO!</poem><br />
<poem>'''Coilette (Bender)''': But you always said you'd rather burn down a convent than give up show business.<br />
'''Calculon''': I always said many things.</poem><br />
<poem>'''Calculon''': Honey unit, I'm home. ''[He gasps.]'' Monique!<br />
''[Monique is in bed with Boxy. She pulls the sheets up around her.]''<br />
'''[[Monique]]''': Calculon!<br />
'''[[Boxy Robot (All My Circuits)|Boxy]]''': [beep]<br />
'''Calculon''': Oh, how I wish I could believe that. You may be my evil half-brother, but there's no law against murdering the other half.</poem><br />
<poem>'''Calculon''': That was so terrible, I think you gave me cancer! I don't care how popular you are, you will never work on my show!<br />
'''Fry''': Yay, Bender!<br />
'''Leela''': We demand Bender!<br />
'''Calculon''': However, you've got the job.</poem><br />
<poem>'''Calculon''': Nay, I respect and admire Harold Zoid too much to beat him to death with his own Oscar.</poem><br />
<poem>'''Monique''': Calculon! But I thought you were.....<br />
'''Calculon''': Egyptian?!</poem><br />
<poem>'''Calculon''': [thinking] I'd like to thank the Academy, my agent and most of all, my operating system, Windows Vista, for everything it-- [crashes] [mechanic voice] System error.</poem><br />
}}<br />
<br />
=== Appearances ===<br />
{{appear-begin}}<br />
*{{e|1ACV03}}<br />
*{{e|1ACV13}}<br />
*{{e|2ACV01}}<br />
*{{e|2ACV06}}<br />
*{{e|2ACV08}}<br />
*{{e|2ACV14}}<br />
*{{e|2ACV18}}<br />
*{{e|2ACV19}}<br />
*{{e|3ACV08}}<br />
*{{e|3ACV12}}<br />
*{{e|3ACV21}}<br />
*{{e|4ACV06}}<br />
*{{e|4ACV08}}<br />
*{{e|4ACV13}}<br />
*{{e|4ACV17}}<br />
*{{e|4ACV18}}<br />
*{{f|1}}<br />
*{{f|2}}<br />
*{{f|3}}<br />
*{{f|4}}<br />
*{{e|6ACV03}}<br />
*{{e|6ACV04}} (mention)<br />
*{{e|6ACV08}}<br />
*{{e|6ACV11}}<br />
*{{e|6ACV12}}<br />
*{{clink|US#003|The Owner of Mars Attacks!}}<br />
*{{clink|US#015|Fry Me to the Moon}}<br />
*{{clink|US#022|A Fit Worse than Death}}<br />
*{{clink|US#027|Rotten to the Core}}<br />
*{{clink|US#033|Attack of the 50-ft Amy}}<br />
*{{clink|US#045|Anthology of Interest II|Anthology of Interest II (comic)}}<br />
*{{clink|US#035|Son of the Sun}}<br />
*{{clink|US#046|Follow the Reader}}<br />
*{{clink|US#049|Dummy Up!}}<br />
*{{clink|US#X03|Slaves of New New York!}}<br />
{{appear-end}}<br />
<br />
[[Category:All My Circuits]]<br />
[[Category:Robots]]</div>87.115.129.216http://theinfosphere.org/index.php?title=Calculon&diff=72068Calculon2010-09-29T20:30:11Z<p>87.115.129.216: /* Personality */</p>
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<div>{{character infobox<br />
|name=Calculon<br />
|type=s<br />
|image=[[File:Calculon.jpg|225px]]<br />
|species=[[Robot]]<br />
|origin=[[Earth]]<br />
|age=''See [[#Age|age]] section''<br />
|voiced by=Maurice LaMarche<br />
|first appear={{e|1ACV03}}<br />
|job=Actor, Director<br />
}}<br />
<br />
'''Calculon''' is most famous as [[Calculon (All My Circuits)|the star]] of the hit robot soap opera ''[[All My Circuits]]''. He has also appeared in films, including ''[[The Magnificent Three]]'', for which he was nominated for an Oscar (although this was just [[Dr. Zoidberg]] trying to save his own skin as Calculon had said earlier that if he didn't win one he would kill [[Bender]], [[Harold Zoid]] and Zoidberg).<br />
<br />
Throughout his career he has lived a secret life unknown to the public. He is nearly a thousand years old, rather than 27 as claimed in his biography. He changes identities every few decades, and starting out from a humble beginning as a motorized service arm working on [[Project Satan]], made his way to being many of history's great acting robots, including Acting Unit 0.8, Thespa-mat, and {{w|David Duchovny}}. For most of these thousand years, he was also a [[Were-Car]], until [[Fry]] and [[Leela]] broke the curse by destroying [[Project Satan|the original were-car]].<br />
<br />
In [[3010]], he was directing [[Catastrophe Beach Party|a disaster film]], but most of the props and the actors were presumably destroyed and killed in a real disaster in shooting the first scene.<br />
<br />
== Personality ==<br />
Calculon is a skilled actor who is programmed to be very busy. He is idolised by many people, including [[Bender Bending Rodríguez|Bender]], and he can be extremely self-centered. Calculon's acting talent seems to have infused itself into his everyday life, and he speaks very melodramatically. Calculon once fell in love with Bender while the latter was pretending to be a fembot named Colette.<br />
<br />
== Character Description ==<br />
=== Age ===<br />
Calculon claims to be 27 years old, but he is actually almost 1000. <sup>[[The Honking|2ACV18]]</sup><br />
<br />
== Known Filmography ==<br />
*TV Shows<br />
**''[[All My Circuits]]''<br />
*Films<br />
**''[[All My Circuits: The Movie]]'' (3001)<br />
**''[[The Magnificent Three]]'' (3002)<br />
**''[[Coilette: A Calculon Story]]'' (3004)<br />
**''[[Space Boy in Outer Space]]'' ([[Fry Me to the Moon|Cancelled]])<br />
**''Hydraulic Shaft'' ([[Wall calendars|Unknown]] (Possibly 3006))<br />
**''[[Catastrophe Beach Party]]'' (3010) (director)<br />
<br />
== Additional Info ==<br />
=== Trivia === <br />
*Nearly married Bender once, who then was a [[Fembot]] named Coilette.<br />
*He owns a big house in [[Los Angeles|Hollywood]].<br />
*He owns an enormous yacht named, "Calculon's Talent", in the pool of which he sails a large yacht named "Calculon's Pride".<br />
*He enjoys hot showers.<br />
*He was given unholy acting talent by the [[Robot Devil]].<br />
*Every few decades he updates his appearance and changes his name.<br />
*He tends to see life as a huge soap opera.<br />
*Bender once worked as his hot water boiler in Hollywood. Bender was also his Official Stalker at one point.<br />
*He was the leader of the secret [[League of Robots]] until Bender took this position from him.<br />
*He ran over [[Judge Whitey]] some time prior to ''[[The Beast with a Billion Backs]]'', and was [[Whitey v. Calculon|sentenced]] to community service.<br />
*He states explicitly in ''[[Into the Wild Green Yonder]]'' that his operating system is {{w|Windows Vista}}, and hence encounters an error in his programming seconds later.<br />
**This suggests that his OS has remained the same since his days as an assembly arm, which would date his assembly between 2007 and 2009 when Vista was the current Windows OS. Moreover as [[Project Satan]] is a military project and the US army [http://www.technewsworld.com/rsstory/67242.html switched to Vista in 2009] and Windows 7 is due out at the end of 2009, it is likely his assembly was in 2009 making his age {{age|2009}}. Adding further confusion, in the television broadcast of ''[[Into the Wild Green Yonder]]'' the comment about Windows Vista was edited to say Windows 7.<br />
*Calculon is featured on a Pez dispenser that Bender once stole.<br />
<br />
=== Quotes ===<br />
{{q|<br />
<poem>'''[[Robot Devil]]''': Calculon, old friend, I'm afraid I need your ears.<br />
'''Calculon''': Well I do owe you for giving me this unholy [melodramatically] acting talent!</poem><br />
<poem>'''Calculon''': Oh, how cruel and melodramatic fate is. [shouting] Why?</poem><br />
<poem>'''Calculon''': NOOOOOOOO!</poem><br />
<poem>'''Coilette (Bender)''': But you always said you'd rather burn down a convent than give up show business.<br />
'''Calculon''': I always said many things.</poem><br />
<poem>'''Calculon''': Honey unit, I'm home. ''[He gasps.]'' Monique!<br />
''[Monique is in bed with Boxy. She pulls the sheets up around her.]''<br />
'''[[Monique]]''': Calculon!<br />
'''[[Boxy Robot (All My Circuits)|Boxy]]''': [beep]<br />
'''Calculon''': Oh, how I wish I could believe that. You may be my evil half-brother, but there's no law against murdering the other half.</poem><br />
<poem>'''Calculon''': That was so terrible, I think you gave me cancer! I don't care how popular you are, you will never work on my show!<br />
'''Fry''': Yay, Bender!<br />
'''Leela''': We demand Bender!<br />
'''Calculon''': However, you've got the job.</poem><br />
<poem>'''Calculon''': Nay, I respect and admire Harold Zoid too much to beat him to death with his own Oscar.</poem><br />
<poem>'''Monique''': Calculon! But I thought you were.....<br />
'''Calculon''': Egyptian?!</poem><br />
<poem>'''Calculon''': [thinking] I'd like to thank the Academy, my agent and most of all, my operating system, Windows Vista, for everything it-- [crashes] [mechanic voice] System error.</poem><br />
}}<br />
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=== Appearances ===<br />
{{appear-begin}}<br />
*{{e|1ACV03}}<br />
*{{e|1ACV13}}<br />
*{{e|2ACV01}}<br />
*{{e|2ACV06}}<br />
*{{e|2ACV08}}<br />
*{{e|2ACV14}}<br />
*{{e|2ACV18}}<br />
*{{e|2ACV19}}<br />
*{{e|3ACV08}}<br />
*{{e|3ACV12}}<br />
*{{e|3ACV21}}<br />
*{{e|4ACV06}}<br />
*{{e|4ACV08}}<br />
*{{e|4ACV13}}<br />
*{{e|4ACV17}}<br />
*{{e|4ACV18}}<br />
*{{f|1}}<br />
*{{f|2}}<br />
*{{f|3}}<br />
*{{f|4}}<br />
*{{e|6ACV03}}<br />
*{{e|6ACV04}} (mention)<br />
*{{e|6ACV08}}<br />
*{{e|6ACV11}}<br />
*{{e|6ACV12}}<br />
*{{clink|US#003|The Owner of Mars Attacks!}}<br />
*{{clink|US#015|Fry Me to the Moon}}<br />
*{{clink|US#022|A Fit Worse than Death}}<br />
*{{clink|US#027|Rotten to the Core}}<br />
*{{clink|US#033|Attack of the 50-ft Amy}}<br />
*{{clink|US#045|Anthology of Interest II|Anthology of Interest II (comic)}}<br />
*{{clink|US#035|Son of the Sun}}<br />
*{{clink|US#046|Follow the Reader}}<br />
*{{clink|US#049|Dummy Up!}}<br />
*{{clink|US#X03|Slaves of New New York!}}<br />
{{appear-end}}<br />
<br />
[[Category:All My Circuits]]<br />
[[Category:Robots]]</div>87.115.129.216http://theinfosphere.org/index.php?title=Inez_Wong&diff=72067Inez Wong2010-09-29T20:27:12Z<p>87.115.129.216: </p>
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<div>{{character infobox<br />
|name=Inez Wong<br />
|type=s<br />
|image=[[File:Wongs.jpg|225px]]<br />
|image text=Inez (right) alongside [[Leo Wong|her husband]].<br />
|species=[[Human]]<br />
|gender=Female<br />
|birth date=Before 2979<br />
|origin= [[Mars]]<br />
|voiced by=Lauren Tom<br />
|job=Owner of [[Wong Ranch]]<br />
|first appear={{e|1ACV10}}<br />
}}<br />
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'''Inez Wong''' is a rich [[human]] who own the western hemisphere of [[Mars]] together with her husband [[Leo Wong|Leo]]. They farm [[buggalo]] at their [[Wong Ranch|ranch]]. <br />
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== Personality ==<br />
Inez is similar to her husband being selfish and greedy. She was also overly concerned about Amy's choice of husband and was obsessed with getting a grandchild. Apparently she cared more about having grandchildren than the happiness of her daughter. As soon as their Buggalo were stolen, Inez claimed she wanted to devorce Leo indicating that she only married him for his money.<br />
<br />
== Biography ==<br />
{{stub}}<br />
<br />
Inez married [[Leo Wong]], a rich owner of a majority of [[Mars]], and they had a daughter, [[Amy Wong|Amy]] in [[2979]]. While Amy went off to study at "[[Mars University]]" and becoming an intern at [[Planet Express]], Inez has stayed at [[Wong Ranch]] breeding [[buggalo]]. In [[3010]], she protested against [[Proposition ∞]] after her daughter started a [[robosexuality|robosexual]] relationship with [[Bender Bending Rodríguez|Bender]].[[Proposition Infinity|<sup>(6ACV04)</sup>]]<br />
<br />
Inez and Leo had a habit of meddling in Amy's life frequently trying to get her together with a man in the hopes of getting grandchildren. They disapproved of Amy's relationship with [[Kif Kroker]].<br />
<br />
== Family ==<br />
*[[Leo Wong]], husband<br />
**[[Sir Reginald Wong]], Leo's paternal ancestor who bought [[Mars]] from [[Martians|its natives]] with a [[Giant Diamond|bead]].<br />
*[[Amy Wong]], daughter<br />
<br />
== Additional Info ==<br />
=== Trivia ===<br />
*She is one of the few characters on the show other than [[Amy Wong|Amy]] voiced by [[Lauren Tom]].<br />
*She often describe [[Kif]] as "squishy".<br />
*[[Leo Wong|Leo]] and Inez paid off [[Dean Vernon]] for Amy's acceptance to [[Mars University (place)|Mars University]].<br />
*Both Leo and Inez have a strong desire to have grandchildren.<br />
*[[Zoidberg]] spent a day or two as the Wongs' "son".<br />
*In her first appearances, Inez was shown to be able to speak perfect English in spite of her atrocious Asian accent, but this trait disappeared in "[[Where the Buggalo Roam]]".<br />
* Her appearance in the comic "[[Planet Michelle]]" is the only one in which she is not portrayed alongside [[Leo Wong|her husband]].<br />
<br />
=== Quotes ===<br />
{{q|<br />
<poem>'''Inez''': Oh, my Amy's sweet little girl again! This is like a mother's dream. Bad dream, that is! At this rate, I'm never going to get a grandchild!<br />
'''[[Leo Wong|Leo]]''': Maybe she not grown up but she sure grown out! She fat!<br />
'''[[Amy Wong|Amy]]''': Dad, if you're gonna make fat jokes till I get cute again, I'm just gonna stay in my room.<br />
'''Leo''': Stay in room? You so fat, you gonna stay all around room![[Teenage Mutant Leela's Hurdles|</poem><br />
<poem>'''Leo''': I'm Leo Wong, and I Say Boom![[Into the Wild Green Yonder|</poem><br />
}}<br />
<br />
=== Appearances ===<br />
*{{e|1ACV10}}<br />
*{{e|1ACV11}}<br />
*{{e|3ACV04}}<br />
*{{e|3ACV10}}<br />
*{{e|4ACV01}}<br />
*{{e|4ACV09}}<br />
*{{e|4ACV12}}<br />
*{{f|1}}<br />
*{{f|2}}<br />
*{{f|4}}<br />
*{{e|6ACV04}}<br />
*{{clink|US#003|The Owner of Mars Attacks!}}<br />
*{{clink|US#007|New Year's Rockin' Evil}}<br />
*{{clink|US#034|Planet Michelle}}<br />
*{{clink|US#046|Follow the Reader}}<br />
<br />
[[Category:Humans]]</div>87.115.129.216http://theinfosphere.org/index.php?title=Kif_Kroker&diff=72066Kif Kroker2010-09-29T20:17:12Z<p>87.115.129.216: /* Character Despriction */</p>
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<div>{{update}}<br />
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{{character infobox<br />
|name=Kif Kroker<br />
|type=s<br />
|image=[[File:Kif Kroker.jpg|225px|Kif Kroker]]<br />
|age=At least 55 (20 years as a tadpole + childhood + long enough in the DOOP army to become a lieutenant + 10 years of the show)<br />
|gender=Male<br />
|species=[[Amphibiosans|Amphibiosan]]<br />
|origin=[[Amphibios 9]]<br />
|job=First officer of the [[DOOP]] starship [[Nimbus]]<br />
|family=''See [[#Family|family]] section''<br />
|first appear={{e|1ACV04}}<br />
|voiced by=Maurice LaMarche<br />
}}<br />
[[File:Kif's Children.jpg|left|thumb|Kif, Leela, and Amy's children.]]<br />
Fourth Lieutenant '''Kif Kroker''' is an officer of the [[Democratic Order of Planets (DOOP)|Democratic Order of Planets]]. He serves aboard the [[Nimbus]] as first officer to [[Zapp Brannigan]]. Zapp is generally abusive towards Kif, forcing him to do a variety of demeaning tasks, such as shaving Zapp's armpits. Kif meekly tolerates this abuse, as he apparently lacks the confidence to defend himself. However sometimes Kif seeks out advice from Zapp and is called Zapp's most loyal officer and best friend.<br />
<br />
== Personality ==<br />
<br />
Kif Kroker was a nervous and selfconscious individual who suffered from lack of confidence. He was submissive towards Zapp Branigan even though Zapp frequently had him do humiliating things such as shaving his armpits. However Zapp considered Kif to be his closest friend and most loyal officer. Zapp even tried to comfort Kif after discovering he was in love with Amy Wong, though with very limited success. Kif has been known to insult Zapp behind his back. Despite being rather submissive towards Zapp, Kif once punched Zapp in the stomach after discovering he and Amy had had a brief sexual relationship.<br />
<br />
Kif fell in love with [[Amy Wong]] after only a brief meeting with her on the Titanic. For a whole year he was too nervous to speak to her but eventually admitted his feelings for her. Despite her parents dislike of him, Amy returned his feelings.<br />
<br />
==Biography==<br />
<br />
Kif has fought in wars against the [[Spheroids]] of [[Spheron 1]], the [[Spiderians]] of [[Tarantulon 6]], the [[Decapodian]]'s [[Decapodian Army|Army]] in their invasion of [[Earth]] and the [[Omicronians]] in the defence of Earth.<br />
<br />
Kif seems like the ideal candidate for General of the [[DOOP Army]], however, he often gets the blame when Zapp makes a mistake and has the credit taken from him by Zapp when he suceeds. Kif was at one point discharged from the DOOP when Zapp blamed most of his mistake on Kif.<br />
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Since they met on the [[Titanic]] ([[A Flight to Remember|1ACV10]]), Kif has been in love with [[Amy Wong]], of the [[Leo and Inez Wong|Mars Wongs]], though it was much longer before he got the nerve to speak to her. They have been together since their first date ([[Amazon Women in the Mood|3ACV01]]). Amy's parents seem to hate Kif although this doesn't stop Amy loving him. Ironically it was them who set Kif and Amy up when Zapp forced the captainship upon him after the vessel crashed.<br />
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Kif has [[Kif's offspring|hundreds of children]], of whom [[Turanga Leela|Leela]] is the mother and [[Amy Wong|Amy]] the [[smizmar]]. They are currently living in the swamps of [[Amphibios 9]] in an immature, "tadpole" form, and will grow legs and emerge from the water in 20 years. Kif's parents are seen in [[The Beast with a Billion Backs|''The Beast with a Billion Backs'']].<br />
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== Family ==<br />
*[[Kif's offspring|Hundreds of unnamed children]] (through Leela)<br />
*[[Amy Wong]] - Kif's [[Coinage#F|Fonfon Ru]], or wife, and [[smizmar]] (''see [[Kif-Amy relationship]] for more info'')<br />
*[[Mr. and Mrs. Kroker]] - parents<br />
*Amy's entire [[Amy Wong#Family|family]] through [[Coinage#F|Fonfon Rubok]]<br />
*At least one sister was briefly seen in {{clink|US#014|Six Characters in Search of a Story}}.<br />
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== Additional Info ==<br />
=== Catchphrase ===<br />
*Kif's most notable word (or in this case, noise) would be his trademark sigh. Usually used when confronted with the ineptitude of his superior, Zapp Brannigan.<br />
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=== Trivia ===<br />
[[File:Stubbly Kif.jpg|right|thumb|Kif with stubble.]]<br />
[[File:KifUncontrolledCamoflauge.png|right|thumb|Kif with uncontrolled camoflauge.]]<br />
*Although Kif is somewhat like an amphibian, he is apparently capable of growing stubble, as seen in "[[Brannigan, Begin Again]]".<br />
*Has no bones - is supported by a system of fluid filled bladders.<br />
*Can walk on walls and ceilings.<br />
*Has three nipples, as seen in "[[Amazon Women in the Mood]]".<br />
*Has a camouflage reflex which turns him almost transparent.<br />
*He loses control of this reflex when he becomes nervous.<br />
*Is actually a highly competent crewman, as evidenced during his brief stint with Planet Express.<br />
*[[Maurice LaMarche]] stated that Kif's voice is a combination of Jon Lovitz and Truman Capote.<br />
*Is a skilled combatant, as seen in "[[Three Hundred Big Boys]]" when he hits two spiders with a giant double-headed fly swat.<br />
*Is a great karaoke singer - in particular "Total Eclipse Of The Heart", due to his time in the DOOP Boys' Chorus.<br />
*Is already dead twice and has been ressurected by [[Yivo]] and the [[birthing machine]]<br />
*When he is really sick and/or has hangover, he actually becomes liquid.<br />
*He is a good yet unusual breakdancer.<br />
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=== Quotes ===<br />
{{q|<br />
<poem>'''Kif''': Dear Diary, I just made love for the ''second'' time...</poem><br />
<poem>'''Kif''': It is ''not'' uncharted, you ''lost'' the chart!</poem><br />
<poem>'''Zapp''': Kif, show them the medal I won.<br />
'''Kif''': [sigh]</poem><br />
<poem>'''Kif''': Use a brush, you dunderhead! And mix these mixed nuts. I see two almonds touching!</poem><br />
}}<br />
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=== Appearances ===<br />
{{appear-begin}}<br />
*{{e|1ACV04}}<br />
*{{e|1ACV10}}<br />
*{{e|1ACV12}}<br />
*{{e|2ACV02}}<br />
*{{e|2ACV15}}<br />
*{{e|2ACV16}}<br />
*{{e|2ACV17}}<br />
*{{e|3ACV01}}<br />
*{{e|3ACV10}}<br />
*{{e|3ACV21}}<br />
*{{e|4ACV01}}<br />
*{{e|4ACV03}}<br />
*{{e|4ACV05}}<br />
*{{e|4ACV11}}<br />
*{{e|4ACV16}}<br />
*{{f|1}}<br />
**{{e|5ACV01}} (mentioned)<br />
**{{e|5ACV04}}<br />
*{{f|2}}<br />
**{{e|5ACV05}}<br />
**{{e|5ACV06}}<br />
**{{e|5ACV08}}<br />
*{{f|3}} (cameo)<br />
*{{f|4}}<br />
**{{e|5ACV14}}<br />
**{{e|5ACV15}}<br />
**{{e|5ACV16}}<br />
*{{e|6ACV01}}<br />
*{{e|6ACV02}}<br />
*{{e|6ACV04}}<br />
*{{e|6ACV08}}<br />
*{{e|6ACV11}}<br />
*{{clink|US#002|...But Deliver Us to Evil!}}<br />
*{{clink|US#004|DOOP the Right Thing!}}<br />
*{{clink|US#014|Six Characters in Search of a Story}}<br />
*{{clink|US#021|More than a Filling!}}<br />
*{{clink|US#033|Attack of the 50-ft Amy}}<br />
*{{clink|US#034|Planet Michelle}}<br />
*{{clink|US#041|Soldier Boys}}<br />
*{{clink|US#042|Homeward Boned}}<br />
*{{clink|US#044|The Fry and the Furious!}}<br />
*{{clink|US#045|Anthology of Interest II|Anthology of Interest II (comic)}}<br />
*{{clink|US#046|Follow the Reader}}<br />
*{{clink|US#050|Your Mother Wears Pilot Boots}}<br />
*{{clink|US#X03|Slaves of New New York!}}<br />
*{{clink|US#X04|The Read Menace!}}<br />
{{appear-end}}<br />
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[[Category:Characters]]<br />
[[Category:Planet Express]]</div>87.115.129.216http://theinfosphere.org/index.php?title=Zapp_Brannigan&diff=72065Zapp Brannigan2010-09-29T20:06:55Z<p>87.115.129.216: /* Character description */</p>
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<div>{{character infobox<br />
|name=Zapp Brannigan<br />
|image=[[File:Zapp Brannigan.png|225px]]<br />
|age=<br />
|type=s<br />
|date of birth=Around 2970<br />
|gender=Male<br />
|species=[[Human]]<br />
|origin=[[Earth]]<br />
|job=Captain of the [[DOOP]] starship [[Nimbus]] and high ranking general.<br />
|family=<br />
|first appear={{e|1ACV04}}<br />
|voiced by=Billy West<br />
}}<br />
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'''Zapp Brannigan''' is a 25-Star General in the [[Democratic Order of Planets (DOOP)|Democratic Order of Planets]], captain of his flagship the [[Nimbus]] and head of the [[DOOP Army]].<br />
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==Personality==<br />
[[File:Zapp promo.png|left|thumb|Zapp Brannigan.]]<br />
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Although he claims to be a strategic genius, Zapp Brannigan is actually an imbecile and a coward whose plans could have easily been conjured up by a child. Zapp is inexplicably well-respected throughout the universe, appearing as a Miss Universe Judge and often (ineffectively) defending [[Earth]] from attacks. Most battles are lost with Zapp in charge, due to his stupidity and incompetence, however sometimes the army is lucky. Zapp doesn't care about casualties and cheerfully sends wave after wave of his own men to die in battle. He also apparently suffers from a learning disorder that he calls [[sexlexia]], which is a disturbingly erotic disorder, though this may simply have been a pick-up line. Also the central law of DOOP, [[Brannigan's Law]], is named after him.<br />
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Zapp Brannigan is robust but with a beer belly, and wears a blonde toupée, but is in fact bald.{{ein|55}} His specially designed [[DOOP Army|DOOP]] uniform includes a revealing {{w|kilt}}.<br />
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== Biography ==<br />
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Zapp Brannigan is hardly ever seen without his second in command, [[Kif Kroker]]. Zapp and Kif have a tough time working together and Zapp treats Kif like a slave, making his job the second most humiliating job there is. Some of the jobs Zapp makes Kif do are shaving his armpit whilst he was bathing. Even though he treats Kif badly he always gives advice, usually bad advice, to Kif whenever he needs it and also calls him his most best and loyal friend. He was angered when Leela became the mother of Kif's children.<br />
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He repeatedly attempts to seduce [[Turanga Leela|Leela]] whom he slept with, in his [[Lovenasium]], on their first meeting. After that fateful night Leela ended the relationship and chose saving [[Nibbler]] over getting back with Zapp and being rescued. Zapp keeps trying to get together with Leela and sometimes even mentioned what happened between them in court but she invariably turns him away sometimes even pretending that she has a [[Philip J. Fry|boyfriend]]. At the battle of [[Spheron 1]] Zapp was attracted to new male recruit [[Turanga Leela|Lee Lemon]] and feared he might be gay and was relieved to find out that it was actually Leela.<br />
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Only once was Zapp's incompetence shown when he blew up DOOP's new headquarters with the Nimbus' hyperdeath laser. This led to him and Kif being banned from the DOOP. The two were employed by [[Professor Hubert J. Farnsworth|The Professor]] to work at [[Planet Express]] which led to Zapp convincing [[Bender Bending Rodríguez|Bender]] and [[Philip J. Fry|Fry]] to mutiny against Leela. Zapp escaped and was given back his title as General even though he tried to pilot the [[Planet Express Ship]] into the [[Neutral President]]'s home.<br />
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=== Family ===<br />
*Zapp has at least three children, born to Holo-Shed characters who became real. ([[Kif Gets Knocked Up a Notch|4ACV01]])<br />
*He may also have [[Planet Amazonia|Amazonian]] children. ([[Amazon Women in the Mood|3ACV01]])<br />
*Was "host" to a dozen or so Da Nangian spawn. The children were presumably eaten by [[Dr. John Zoidberg|Zoidberg]]. ([[DOOP The Right Thing!|US#004]])<br />
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== Commendations and Accomplishments ==<br />
[[File:Killbot2.jpg|right|thumb|Killbot kill limit being reset]]<br />
*[[The Battle of the Octillian System|Defeated an army of Killbots]] by sacrificing his troops until the bots' pre-set "Kill limit" was reached<br />
*Rented self a medal after leading a successful assault on the Spiderian home world [[Tarantulon 6]].<br />
*Led DOOP to victory over the peaceful [[Spheroids|Ball-People]] of planet [[Spheron 1]]<br />
*Single-handedly defeated the [[Retiree People]] of the [[Assisted Living Nebula]]<br />
*Annihilated the [[Pacifists]] of the [[Gandhi Nebula]]<br />
*Conducted a triumphant carpet bombing on [[Eden 7]]<br />
*Author of "[[Zapp Brannigan's Big Book of War]]", which is likely a plagiarized version of Sun Tzu's '' The Art of War''.<br />
*Sponsored "Brown Out".<br />
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== Production ==<br />
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=== Inspiration ===<br />
Zapp is clearly a parody of classic Sci-Fi captains, specifically Captain {{st|James T. Kirk}} from ''[[Star Trek]]''. His name is possibly a reference to {{w|Zaphod Beeblebrox}} from ''{{w|The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy}}'' science fiction comedy media franchise, as is parts of his wit and humour, and both characters call themselves "The Big Z".<br />
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=== Voice ===<br />
The voice acting was originally scheduled for {{w|Phil Hartman}}, who also voiced {{w|Troy McClure}} on ''the Simpsons''. But due to Hartman's death in 1998, the voice acting was given to [[Billy West]]. As a tribute, the makers of ''the Simpsons'' dedicated an {{w|Bart the Mother|episode}} to him and retired his characters. On ''[[Futurama]]'', [[Philip J. Fry]] was named in his honor.<br />
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Billy West has stated that Zapp Brannigan is how he envisions Captain Kirk playing William Shatner. West also based the voice on certain radio announcers he's heard who love the sound of their own voice and often enunciate ending consonants.<br />
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== Additional Info ==<br />
=== Trivia ===<br />
*Apparently he is known as "The Velour Fog"<br />
*Wears a girdle as seen in the episode "[[Brannigan, Begin Again]]"<br />
*In the commentary for "[[When Aliens Attack]]" it is speculated that Zapp got promoted from Captain to 25-star general sometime since we last saw him. However, it is common for the person in command of a ship to be called "Captain" regardless of their actual rank.<br />
*Only known person to have sex with both Amy and Leela. Although [[Lars Fillmore|Lars]] is another possibility.<br />
*He was [[DOOP v. Zapp|charged]] for blowing up DOOP headquarters.<br />
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=== Quotes ===<br />
{{q|<br />
<poem>'''Zapp''': [saluting] Mr. President, what the hell?</poem><br />
<poem>'''Zapp''': Well, well, well...</poem><br />
<poem>'''Zapp''': Leela! So its you I've been attracted to. Oh God, I've never been so happy to be beaten up by a woman.<br />
'''Leela''': Let's do it again sometime.</poem><br />
<poem>'''Zapp''': Sorry, [[Richard Nixon's head|Mr. President]], I didn't realise. Kif; raise him up about nipple high.</poem><br />
<poem>'''Zapp''': My plan is so simple even a child could have thought it up.</poem><br />
<poem>'''Zapp''': Brannigan's law is like Brannigan's love: hard and fast.</poem><br />
<poem>'''Zapp''': If we can hit that bullseye the rest of the dominoes will fall like a house of cards, checkmate!</poem><br />
<poem>'''Zapp''': I am the man with no name - Zapp Brannigan</poem><br />
<poem>'''Zapp''': Captain's log. Stardate: The Year of the Tiger. The battle has been bravely fought, and the suffering of our troops, beyond measure. But the alien is invulnerable, and our defeat: inevitable. That much is certain, even from my remote command post here at the Times Square Applebee's.</poem><br />
<poem>'''Zapp''': What an ''erotic'' display of girl-on-girl consolation!</poem><br />
<poem>'''Zapp''': Now remember, Kif, the quickest way to a girl's bed is through her parents. Have sex with them and you're in.</poem><br />
<poem>'''Zapp''': I surrender and volunteer for treason.</poem><br />
<poem>'''Zapp''': She's built like a steakhouse but she handles like a bistro.</poem><br />
<poem>'''Zapp''': Stop exploding you cowards!!</poem><br />
<poem>'''Zapp''': What the hell is that thing!?<br />
'''Kif''': It appears to be the mothership!<br />
'''Zapp''': Then what did we just blow up!?<br />
'''Kif''': ''[Checks on a map.]'' The Hubble Telescope.</poem><br />
<poem>'''Zapp''': When I'm in command, ''every'' mission is a suicide-mission.</poem><br />
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=== Catchphrase ===<br />
Zapp occasionally mispronounces words, saying them the way they are spelt. Some examples include:<br />
*Champagne - Champpaggin<br />
*Guacamole - Quaca mole<br />
*Quasedilla- Cassadilla<br />
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There are three exceptions: he doesn't have any trouble with "chutzpah," "karaoke," or "au naturel".<br />
Zapp often mentions velour (apparently his favorite material).<br />
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Also, when he sings his butchered version of the song "Lola," he properly pronounces the word "champagne", though it is long after Leela corrects his pronunciation of it during his seduction of her.<br />
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When mocking this trait, Leela pronounces "connoisseur" as "coin-ass-sewer".<br />
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=== Appearances ===<br />
{{appear-begin}}<br />
*{{e|1ACV04}}<br />
*{{e|1ACV10}}<br />
*{{e|1ACV12}}<br />
*{{e|2ACV02}}<br />
*{{e|2ACV06}}<br />
*{{e|2ACV07}}<br />
*{{e|2ACV15}}<br />
*{{e|2ACV16}}<br />
*{{e|2ACV17}}<br />
*{{e|3ACV01}}<br />
*{{e|3ACV10}}<br />
*{{e|3ACV15}}<br />
*{{e|3ACV21}}<br />
*{{e|4ACV01}}<br />
*{{e|4ACV05}}<br />
*{{e|4ACV11}}<br />
*{{e|4ACV16}}<br />
*{{e|4ACV18}}<br />
*{{f|1}}<br />
*{{f|2}}<br />
*{{f|3}}(intro)<br />
*{{f|4}}<br />
*{{e|6ACV01}}<br />
*{{e|6ACV02}}<br />
*{{e|6ACV11}}<br />
*{{clink|US#002|...But Deliver Us to Evil!}}<br />
*{{clink|US#004|DOOP the Right Thing!}}<br />
*{{clink|US#021|More than a Filling!}}<br />
*{{clink|US#037|Full Metal Racket}}<br />
*{{clink|US#041|Soldier Boys}}<br />
*{{clink|US#042|Homeward Boned}}<br />
*{{clink|US#043|Welcome to my Nightmall}}<br />
*{{clink|US#044|The Fry and the Furious!}}<br />
*{{clink|US#045|Anthology of Interest II|Anthology of Interest II (comic)}}<br />
*{{clink|US#046|Follow the Reader}}<br />
*{{clink|US#050|Your Mother Wears Pilot Boots}}<br />
*{{clink|US#X03|Slaves of New New York!}}<br />
*{{clink|US#X04|The Read Menace!}}<br />
{{appear-end}}<br />
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[[Category:Planet Express]]</div>87.115.129.216http://theinfosphere.org/index.php?title=Professor_Hubert_J._Farnsworth&diff=72064Professor Hubert J. Farnsworth2010-09-29T20:02:05Z<p>87.115.129.216: /* Planet Express */</p>
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<div>{{character infobox<br />
|name=Professor Hubert J. Farnsworth<br />
|image=[[File:Professor Hubert J. Farnsworth.jpg|225px]]<br />
|image text=<br />
|type=p<br />
|type2=<br />
|age={{age|2841|4|9}}<br />
|birth date=9 April, 2841<br />
|gender=<br />
|species=[[Humans|Human]]<br />
|origin=[[Earth]]<br />
|job=Owner/CEO of [[Planet Express]]<br />
|family=[[#Family|See below]]<br />
|first appear={{e|1ACV01}}<br />
|voiced by=Billy West<br />
|bureaucrat grade=<br />
|wikipedia=<br />
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{{otheruses|Farnsworth}}<br />
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Professor '''Hubert J. Farnsworth''' is an aged, eccentric inventor, founder and owner of [[Planet Express]] and an honorary [[Globetrotter]]. He is crotchety, absent-minded and sometimes brilliant, most well-known for his work in [[Sport-Utility Robot|30th century robotics]]. In 2999 he was the last known relative of [[Philip J. Fry]], later, Professor Farnsworth discovered that he had fathered a son, as well as the [[Cubert|clone]] that he had kept hidden. In addition, he also serves as a tenured professor at [[Mars University (place)|Mars University]] teaching the Mathematics of Quantum Neutrino Fields. Farnsworth is an inventor of both useful and impractical things, some of which are extremely dangerous devices such as his [[Doomsday devices]].<br />
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Personality wise, he varies from callous disregard to sentimental affection. He has no objection to sending his crew to missions which may eventually mean death to his crew, and has sent previous crews to their deaths before. Farnsworth is the oldest living member of the [[Academy of Inventors]], where he often competes with his arch nemesis, [[Dr. Ogden Wernstrom]].<br />
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== Personality ==<br />
Hubert Farnsworth is a mad scientist, though how extreme this tendency is varies depending on how writers feel best suits the episode. Farnsworth's name comes from {{w|Philo Farnsworth}}, who invented the television. In addition, his first name, Hubert, may come from [[Eric Kaplan]]'s former professor, {{w|Hubert Dreyfus}}. The only thing his name has in common with the name of Philip J. Fry is the unsettled "J." as their middle initial, but this may just be a common joke [[Matt Groening]] sets for his characters.<br />
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Though Proffesor Farnsworth is a genius he is also very senile and sometimes forgets things that had happened only moments earlier. He also has a habit of saying "Good news everyone" which more often than not means bad news. Hubert also often appears indifferent to the wellfare of his crew, often sending them on dangerous missions which could get them killed, though it's highly unlikely that he does this intentionally. He could also sometimes have periods of maniacal laughter. However Farnsworth isn't actually a bad person and appears to share some level of friendship with the other members of Planet Express. He also cares about his clone, Cubert, treating him as though he were his biological son.<br />
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Farnsworth also enjoys public nudity, and may have been convicted. His urge to undress becomes much greater around [[Xmas]].<br />
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== Biography ==<br />
=== Early Life ===<br />
[[File:YoungFarnsworth.png|right|thumb]]<br />
Hubert J. Farnsworth was born on 9 April, {{year|2841}} &ndash; although claimed until {{year|3001}} that it was actually 2851 &ndash; in the nerdiest slum of [[New New York]], [[Hell's Laboratory]]. At age 8, he learnt to read, albeit while still in diapers.<br />
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Hubert enjoyed his teenage years as a nerd with an affection for role-playing games. After 14 years of graduate school, Farnsworth became a scientist and designed such things as [[fast cars]], [[trendy night spots]] and [[beautiful women]], all out of his one-room apartment. Evidence suggests that he may also have been a hippie and a disco boy, possibly during graduate school.<br />
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=== Career path ===<br />
By {{year|2900}} Farnworth had taken a teaching position at [[Mars University (place)|Mars University]] where his most promising student was an up and coming young science undergrad<!--around 20yrs old, probably undergrad then--> named [[Dr. Ogden Wernstrom|Ogden Wernstrom]]. Sadly, the two had a falling out over a pop-quiz score which lead to Wernstrom's hundred year quest for revenge. While retaining a role at the university, Hubert was eventually hired at [[Mom's Friendly Robot Company]], staying there for the next fifty years. During this time his inventiveness lead to the creation of many new products and breakthrough technologies, such as the use of [[Dark Matter]] as fuel, the [[First Robot Capable of Qualifying for a Boat Loan|first robot capable of qualifying for a boat loan]] and a [[Sport-Utility Robot|sport-utility robot]], the design of which would become the basis of all robots running in the early 31st century. It was during this time he also began an [[Mom-Farnsworth relationship|on-again, off-again relationship]] with [[Mom]], the owner of the company, who was having a similar relationship with Wernstrom. By the end of this period, Mom had fallen pregnant with [[Igner|their child]], a secret she would keep from him for many years.<br />
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=== Planet Express ===<br />
After numerous tries with Mom, and with a need for money to fund his research, he founded [[Planet Express]], an interstellar delivery company. Early on, he hired his oldest friend, [[Dr. John A. Zoidberg]] as the company's staff doctor. In addition, he hired [[Hermes Conrad]] as the company's bureaucrat. In {{year|2998}}, [[Amy Wong]] entered the company as an engineering intern, but has since remained in the company for several years.<br />
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Farnsworth has had numerous crews, whom he frequently sends to their doom. As a result many have died horribly or gone missing. Shortly after one such instance, late on the [[Space Pilot 3000|31st of December 2999]], he learned that he was not the last surviving member of his family. His long lost and far removed uncle, [[Philip J. Fry]], had just been defrosted. Fry, [[Turanga Leela]] and [[Bender Bending Rodríguez]] were hired early the next morning and have been his longest surviving crew, who despite 10 years in the company remain alive.<br />
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Farnsworth doesn't always just send his crew on simple delivery missions, but has sent them on charity missions as well as highly controversial missions. Even when his crew and company is unrelated or unsuited to the task, he isn't shy to send them along anyway.<br />
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=== Legacy ===<br />
[[File:A Clone of My Own.jpg|right|thumb]]<br />
As a member of the [[Academy of Inventors]], the Professor has created [[#Creations|many things]]. Often these don't live up to his expectations and are ridiculed by his fellow inventors. Occasionally, however, they can help save the day; the [[Smell-O-Scope]] for instance was laughed at by colleagues and Wernstrom had his revenge by giving it a poor grade, shortly afterward it detected a giant ball of garbage in space that was on a collision course with [[New New York]]. After the Planet Express crew averted the crisis, Wernstrom once more announced a thirst for revenge.<br />
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After his 150th birthday party, Hubert realised that he had no one to continue his work when he is gone. After days hidden in the lab, he emerged announcing that the clone he'd been growing the past twelve years would be his heir. Unfortunately, [[Cubert Farnsworth|Cubert]] did not want to follow in his footsteps. Farnsworth finally decided that his life was over, and revealed his actual age, 160, the age at which [[Sunset Squad Robot]]s would come and take him away to the [[Near Death Star]]. Soon after a rescue by his crew, Cubert finally decided to carry on with Farnsworth's research.<br />
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=== Corporate Takeover ===<br />
After a brief reunion with Mom on [[Mother's Day (holiday)|Mother's Day]] of the previous year, 3002 saw Farnsworth's company taken over twice. On the first occasion, Cubert and Hermes' son [[Dwight Conrad|Dwight]] expanded their paper route to consume Planet Express. Soon after this takeover, [[Awesome Express]] fell apart due to poor management. On the second occasion, a shareholder meeting resulted in a [[Steve Castle|mysterious stranger]] taking over as CEO from Farnsworth. Castle's running of the company was more successful, despite no deliveries being made during this time. Inevitably the company dropped back to it's original poor stock price after the new CEO's death and Farnsworth's reinstatement.<br />
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=== Old Problems ===<br />
When a heatwave hits and the usual method to counteract [[global warming]] fail, the Professor is forced to admit that all modern robots are descended from his designs, which produce lots of pollution. The scientists at the conference plan to destroy the robots is soon thwarted and Hubert received a medal for saving [[Earth|the planet]] and its robots. About a week later after his staff decided that he had become too old, they took him to [[The Bubbling Geezer]] a visit that resulted in everyone becoming younger. The eventual resolution of this situation took them to the [[Fountain of Aging]], where the waters made him "even older" than he had been.<br />
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=== Dark Matters ===<br />
[[File:FarnsworthIgner.png|right|thumb]]<br />
Over the years, Farnsworth's feud with Wernstrom continued to grow, and when an [[anomaly]] forms a short distance from the Earth the pair compete in [[Deathball]] to decide who will investigate. After Farnsworth's investigation proved unsuccessful the pair found themselves united for the first time since the pop quiz as the collaborated in research together, protested and shared a prison cell. But their new found friendship fell apart once more following an inter-universe relationship with [[Yivo]].<br />
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When Mom faked a dark matter shortage in {{year|3008}} in order to increase the price of dark matter worldwide, Farnsworth finally told the tale of how he discovered it, and decided to end it all, so that scientist could spend their time on developing cleaner fuels, such as [[Whale Oil]]. Farnsworth managed to enter Mom's dark matter mine on Alaska, which turned out to be a [[Nibblonian]] farm, where Mom had kept Nibblonians imprisoned for years to produce dark matter. However, with the help of his crew and his long lost son Igner, Farnsworth managed to bring the crystals close enough together to render dark matter useless. After converting to whale oil and receiving a few bribes for scientific endorsements, he joined the rest of the crew on a journey into a wormhole. Although most of the crew were killed as the ship crashed into Earth in early [[3010]], he survives and helps bringing them [[Rebirth|back to life]].<br />
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== Relationships ==<br />
[[File:Farnsworth promo.png|right|thumb|125px|Professor Hubert J. Farnsworth]]<br />
Farnsworth has at least on 3 accounts went back with [[Farnsworth-Mom relationship|his major love]], [[Mom]]. At around age 90, he worked for [[Mom's Friendly Robot Company]], where he designed robots for the company as well as toys, such as [[Q. T. McWhiskers]], but Mom's suggestion of turning the toy into a giant made Farnsworth leave her, because she simply didn't understand him and from then on [[Mom-Farnsworth conflict|conflict grew between them]].<br />
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He would later return to Mom's company to work on creating actual robots, but back then, robots were stiff moving and not very efficient, however, when he sacrificed fuel efficiency, he succeeded, unfortunately, this robot design also caused [[global warming]]. Why he left Mom this time remains unsettled, but it may be because he once realised she was evil.<br />
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On a third occasion, Farnsworth was once again at the company with Mom, where he discovered the secret of [[Dark Matter]], around the time where [[Walt, Larry and Igner|Mom's sons]] were born. But when he found out she had left him for [[Dr. Ogden Wernstrom]], he left once again.<br />
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While his relationship with Mom has certainly be his largest, it has not been his only one, during a brief period of regaining the appearance of youth using stem cells from [[GeneWorks, S.K.G.]], he found a [[Farnsworth's girlfriend|girl willing to date him]], although she also turned out to have used her tax rebate for a belly ring to make her appear thinner. There was also a breif fling with [[Hattie]] while they were on the [[Titanic]].<br />
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In the episode "[[Proposition Infinity]]", it is shown that the Professor had a 40 year long relationship with a woman whom he met before [[Mom]]. This woman cheated on the Professor with a robot which caused the Professor's hatred towards [[Robosexuality|robossexual]] couples. It was also later revealed that that woman was herself a robot, and her name was [[Unit 47]].<br />
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A creepy utilization of his body occurred in "[[The Prisoner of Benda]]", when he trades bodies with Amy. Amy then proceeds to trade bodies with Leela, causing Fry to himself trade bodies with Dr. Zoidberg. Leela used Farnsworth's body to prove that her relationship with Fry is partially physical. At dinner, Leela (in Farnsworth's Body) is disgusted by Fry (in Zoidberg's body), and vice-versa. When Leela-Farnsworth tells Fry-Zoidberg to prove his love, Fry-Zoidberg passionately kisses Leela-Farnsworth. This eventually leads to Leela-Farnsworth having Intercourse with Fry-Zoidberg. this marks the first known time he physically slept with a male. Mentally, however, Leela was the one who slept with Fry-Zoidberg.<br />
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== [[:Category:Farnsworth's Creations|Creations]] ==<br />
The professor, being a vivid inventor, has created numerous inventions, ranging from very sophisticated to down right crazy.<br />
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Here is a list of the Professor's inventions (in alphabetical order)<br />
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*[[Adolf Hitler Shark]]<br />
*[[Albino Shouting Gorillas]]<br />
*[[Anti-Pressure Pill]]<br />
*[[Atomic Supermen]]<br />
*[[Bacterial Spew Chamber]]<br />
*[[Bad-Ass Gravity Pump]]<br />
*[[Beautiful Women]]<br />
*[[Birthing Machine]]<br />
*[[Clone-O-Mat]] <br />
*[[Colossal Tammy-Tinkle Doll]]<br />
*[[Cool-O-Meter]]<br />
*[[Cubert Farnsworth]], technically<br />
*[[Dark Matter Afterburner]]<br />
*[[Dark Matter Engines]]<br />
*[[Death Clock]]<br />
*[[A Device That Makes Anyone Sound Like Farnsworth]]<br />
*[[Doomsday Devices]]<br />
*[[Electronium Hat]]<br />
*[[Electric Frankfurter]]<br />
*[[Empathy Chip]]<br />
*[[Enlarging Ray]]<br />
*[[F-Ray]]<br />
*[[Fast Cars]]<br />
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*[[Fing-Longer]]<br />
*[[The First Robot Capable of Qualifying for a Boat Loan]]<br />
*[[Galactic Terminatrix 3000]]<br />
*[[Gizmometer]]<br />
*[[Killbots]]<br />
*[[Makeup for Dogs]]<br />
*[[Maternifuge]]<br />
*[[Micro-Droid Machine]]<br />
*[[Net Suit]]<br />
*[[Nose Machine]]<br />
*[[Parallel Universe Box]]<br />
*[[Planet Express Ship]]<br />
*[[Pointy Rock Tied To A Stick]]<br />
*[[Q. T. McWhiskers]]<br />
*[[Reanimator]]<br />
*[[Relative Box]]<br />
*[[Robots]]<br />
*[[Smell-O-Scope]]<br />
*[[Sport-Utility Robot]]<br />
*[[Trendy Night Spots]]<br />
*[[Universal Translator]]<br />
*[[What-If Machine]]<br />
*[[Who-Ask Machine]]<br />
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== Family ==<br />
*[[Philip J. Fry|Fry]], Farnsworth's many-times-great-uncle and at the same time many-times-grand-father.<br />
*[[Cubert Farnsworth]], Farnsworth's clone/son.<br />
*[[Igner]], Farnsworth's son.<br />
*A grandmother who keeps / kept cranberry raisin typhoon in jars.<br />
*[[Philip J. Fry, II]], distant grandfather<br />
*[[Yancy Fry, Jr.]], distant grandfather<br />
*[[Yancy and Mrs. Fry]], distant grandparents<br />
*[[Mildred Fry]], distant grandmother<br />
*[[Yivo]], ex-spouse.<br />
[[File:Professor's eyes.JPG|right|thumb|Professor Farnsworth's eyes]]<br />
[[File:Farnsworth's Reading Glasses.jpg|right|thumb|Professor's reading glasses]]<br />
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== Additional Info ==<br />
=== Trivia ===<br />
*He was named "Farnsworth" in honor of Philo T. Farnsworth, the inventor of modern television, which was unveiled to America at the same World's Fair as the Futurama exhibit that the show is named for.<br />
*Throughout the series, we are never shown the professor's eyes, until the comic "[[Downsized!]]". This may or may not have been authorized by [[Matt Groening]].<br />
*Has the same blood type as [[Amy Wong]]. He has stated that is one of the reasons why he likes "keeping her around" ([[The Series Has Landed|1ACV02]]).<br />
*His bank account number is 299792458, which is the speed of light in meters per second.<br />
*Became a wizard (quite possibly a parody of {{w|Gandalf}}) in {{f|3}}.<br />
*A certain running gag with the writers is to drop hints in the show that the professor is a cannibal of sorts.<br />
*Also known as the ''Catman'', due to his ability to land on his feet after falling great distances. However, it has apparently been so long since the last time he used this ability that even the Professor himself has forgotten why they called him the Catman.<br />
*Has a "Thug Life" tattoo on his back.<br />
*His driving position is up against the windscreen of the ship, a parody of the stereotypes of elderly drivers.<br />
*Like his extremely distant relative Fry, he had orange hair when he was younger.<br />
*At the start of the series his voice was nearly identical to Fry's, only slightly deeper and much older-sounding. As time went on however, the Professor's voice became much more distinct from Fry's, partly due to concerns by the creators that viewers with poor or no eyesight would find it hard to distinguish between the two.<br />
*Is the probably oldest living human on [[Earth]], excluding the [[heads in jars]] and peoples who were cryogenically frozen, because of his escape from the [[Near Death Star]].<br />
*Occasional references to cannibalism.<br />
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=== Catchphrase ===<br />
Originally, the professor's catchphrase was going to be "...though [[I am already in my pajamas]]." This was only used in [[Space Pilot 3000|the first]] and [[The Series Has Landed|second]] episodes.<br />
<br/> The professor's basic catchphrase is "[[Good news, everyone]]!" The phrase is used so frequently that it was already possible to joke about it in the [[My Three Suns|seventh episode]].<br /><br />
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He also occasionally refers to "[[Zombie Jesus]]" either by saying "Sweet Zombie Jesus" or "Holy Zombie Jesus".<br />
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When he is spoken to or asked a question, he also commonly says "Eh-wha?" This is used often to emphasize his senility and hearing loss. <br />
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Occasionally, he will say something along the lines of "What in ________ happened?!" For instance, "What in Sega Genesis happened to you?!" or "What in Satan's glorious name is going on here?!"<br />
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Another "catchphrase" used by the Professor is "Oh My..."<br />
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The last catchphrase used by the Professor is "Wernstrom!"<br />
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=== Quotes ===<br />
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<poem>'''Professor Farnsworth''': Why bother remembering anything? You're just going to forget it five minutes later.</poem><br />
<poem>'''Professor Farnsworth''': And so we say goodbye to our beloved pet, Nibbler, who's gone to a place where I, too, hope one day to go. The toilet.</poem><br />
<poem>'''Professor Farnsworth''': Sweet zombie Jesus!</poem><br />
<poem>'''Professor Farnsworth''': Oh Lordy Lou, HELP! Buddha! Zeus! God! One of you guys, do something! Help! Satan, you owe me!</poem><br />
<poem>'''Professor Farnsworth''': Yes, it's the Apocalypse alright. I always knew I'd have a hand in it.</poem><br />
<poem>'''Professor Farnsworth''': Dear God, they'll be killed on our doorstep! And there's no trash pickup until 3 January!</poem><br />
<poem>'''Professor Farnsworth''': Good news, everyone! I've taught the toaster to feel love!</poem><br />
<poem>'''Professor Farnsworth''': Good news, everyone! There's a report on TV with some very bad news!</poem><br />
<poem>'''Professor Farnsworth''': Goodbye, cruel world. Goodbye, cruel lamp. Goodbye, cruel velvet drapes, lined with what would appear to be some sort of cruel muslin and the cute little pom-pom curtain pull cords. Cruel though they may be...</poem><br />
<poem>'''Professor Farnsworth''': Oh dear! She's stuck in an infinite loop, and he's an idiot! Well, that's love for you.</poem><br />
<poem>'''Professor Farnsworth''': Oh, how awful. Did he at least die painlessly? ...To shreds, you say. Well, how is his wife holding up? ...To shreds, you say!</poem><br />
<poem>'''Professor Farnsworth''': ''[About altering the timeline.]'' And remember, don't do anything that affects anything, unless it turns out you were supposed to, in which case, for the love of God, don't not do it!</poem><br />
<poem>'''Professor Farnsworth''': Oh, I don't have time for this. I have to go and buy a single piece of fruit with a coupon and then return it, making people wait behind me while I complain.</poem><br />
<poem>'''Bender''': Ah, yes! John Quincy Adding Machine. He struck a chord with the voters when he pledged not to go on a killing spree.<br />
'''Professor Farnsworth''': But, like most politicians, he promised more than he could deliver.</poem><br />
<poem>'''Professor Farnsworth''': Anyhoo, your net-suits will allow you to experience Fry's worm infested bowels as if you were actually wriggling through them.<br />
'''Dr. Zoidberg''': There's no part of that sentence I didn't like!</poem><br />
<poem>'''Professor Hubert Farnsworth''': Who are those horrible orange creatures over there?<br />
'''Glurmo''': Why, those are the Grunka-Lunkas. They work here in the Slurm factory.<br />
'''Professor Hubert Farnsworth''': Tell them I hate them.</poem><br />
<poem>'''Richard Nixon's Head''': Good evening, ignorant pigs. Put down your crack pipes and your beer bongs and pay attention, as I sign a historic peace accord with ambassador Kong of planet [[Nintendu 64]].<br />
'''Fry''': Wait a second, I know that monkey, his name is Donkey!<br />
'''Professor Hubert Farnsworth''': Monkey's aren't donkeys, quit messing with my head!</poem><br />
<poem>'''Colleen''': Have you seen how much cotton candy he can eat?<br />
'''Professor Hubert Farnsworth''': Oh, my, yes. 5.1 pounds. That's why his blood is so good on pancakes.</poem><br />
<poem>'''Professor Farnsworth''': Belay that Parcheesi tournament!</poem><br />
<poem>'''Professor Farnsworth''': Oh, and if you kill anyone, make sure to eat their heart to gain their courage, their rich, tasty courage. *smacks lips*</poem><br />
<poem>'''Professor Farnsworth''': Well, it doesn't look like I'll make it inside with the rest of you but good luck. Just leave me where I drop.</poem><br />
<poem>'''Professor Farnsworth''': I know a paradox when I see one!</poem><br />
<poem>'''Professor Farnsworth''': The easy part was getting the brain out. But, the hard part was getting the brain out. [senile chuckle]</poem><br />
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=== Appearances ===<br />
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While Professor Farnsworth appears in most episodes, films and comics, with the exception of "[[The Why of Fry]]" and "[[Where No Fan Has Gone Before]]", these categories may be of interest:<br />
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