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|image=[[File:Borax Kid.png|225px]]
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|image text=The Borax Kid introduces himself to the [[Planet Express crew]] {{et|6ACV20}}.
|image text=The Borax Kid introduces himself to the {{Planet Express|crew}}. {{er|6ACV20}}
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|gender=[[Nuchacho]]
|gender=[[Nuchacho]]
|species=[[Rock alien]]
|species=[[Rock alien]]
|origin=[[Neutopia (planet)|Neutopia]]
|origin=[[Neutopia (planet)|Neutopia]]
|first appear={{e|6ACV20}}
|first appear={{e|6ACV20|break=yes}}
|voiced by=Maurice LaMarche
|voiced by=Maurice LaMarche
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The '''Borax Kid''' is a [[rock alien]] and a probable inhabitant of [[Neutopia (planet)|Neutopia]]. In June [[3011]] {{et|6ACV20}}, he won fifty dollars in a bet he had made with the [[big rock alien]], presumably about whether or not a group of [[Earthican people]] among which was the [[Planet Express crew]] would manage to work together while on their planet, and went to [[Earth]] to return their genders, when the big rock alien was [[Zapp Brannigan|killed]] before being able to do so himself.
The '''Borax Kid''' is a [[rock alien]] and a probable inhabitant of [[Neutopia (planet)|Neutopia]]. In [[3011]], {{er|6ACV20}} he won fifty [[currency|dollars]] in a bet he had made with the [[big rock alien]], presumably about whether or not a group of [[Earthican people]] among which was the {{Planet Express|crew}} would manage to work together while on their planet, and went to [[Earth]] to return their genders, when the big rock alien was [[Zapp Brannigan|killed]] before being able to do so itself.


== Additional Info ==
== Additional Info ==
=== Trivia ===
=== Trivia ===
*His name suggests that he is made of {{w|borax}}, or sodium borate, a compound derived from {{w|boron}}.
*His name suggests that he is made of {{w|borax}}, or sodium borate, a compound derived from {{w|boron}}.
* His appearance and voice charactetisation appear to be based upon the attributes of the 1930s and '40s motion picture actor Clark Gable,  particularly as seen in his portrayal of Rett Butler in ''Gone With the Wind''.
* He has owned Bender's hands on two separate occasions. Once in "Assie Come Home" and again in "Zapp Dingbat."


=== Quotes ===
=== Quotes ===
{{q|
{{q|
<poem>'''Big rock alien''': I find both genders supremely disappointing. The real reason I administered this bizarre, outer-space test was to teach you to work together! But you couldn't. Thanks to you, I lost my bet with the Borax Kid.</poem>
<poem>'''Big rock alien''': I find both genders supremely disappointing. The real reason I administered this bizarre, outer-{{cat|s=no|space}} test was to teach you to work together! But you couldn't. Thanks to you, I lost my bet with the Borax Kid.
{{er|6ACV20}}</poem>
<poem>'''[[Philip J. Fry|Fry]]''': Who're you, stranger?
<poem>'''[[Philip J. Fry|Fry]]''': Who're you, stranger?
'''Borax Kid''': Well, madam, folks called me the Borax Kid. My friend, the other rock Alien, died without settin' your genitals to right, so I reckon it's up to me to sex you up proper. ''[The Borax Kid turns the man into women and the women into men.]'' Well, I'd best mosey on down to the landing. Sounds like the [[Feldspar Queen]] is about to set sail. You folks watch your genitals now. ''[The Borax Kid leaves.]'' [inside his meteor ship] Come on, boy! Giddy up!</poem>
'''Borax Kid''': Well, madam, folks called me the Borax Kid. My friend, the other rock Alien, died without settin' your genitals to right, so I reckon it's up to me to sex you up proper. ''[The Borax Kid turns the men into women and the women into men.]'' Well, I'd best mosey on down to the landing. Sounds like the [[Feldspar Queen]] is about to set sail. You folks watch your genitals now. ''[The Borax Kid leaves.]''  ''[On top of his meteor ship.]'' Come on, boy! Giddy up!
{{er|6ACV20}}</poem>
<poem>'''{{Leela's mother|two=yes}}''': Imagine! Me, a girl from [[New New York sewers|the sewer]], meeting a man made entirely of detergent!
{{er|7ACV05}}</poem>
}}
}}


=== Appearances ===
=== Appearances ===
*{{e|6ACV20}}
*{{e|6ACV20}}
*{{e|7ACV05}}
*{{e|7ACV21}}
*{{clink|US#065|The Sun Also Raises!}}


[[Category:Aliens]]
[[Category:Aliens]]
[[Category:Cowboys]]
[[Category:Rock aliens]]
[[Category:Rock aliens]]

Revision as of 04:35, 29 April 2016

Tertiary character
Borax Kid
Borax Kid.png
The Borax Kid introduces himself to the Planet Express crew. [6ACV20]
GenderNuchacho
SpeciesRock alien
Planet of originNeutopia
First appearance"Neutopia"
(6ACV20)
Episode
Voiced byMaurice LaMarche

The Borax Kid is a rock alien and a probable inhabitant of Neutopia. In 3011, [6ACV20] he won fifty dollars in a bet he had made with the big rock alien, presumably about whether or not a group of Earthican people among which was the Planet Express crew would manage to work together while on their planet, and went to Earth to return their genders, when the big rock alien was killed before being able to do so itself.

Additional Info

Trivia

  • His name suggests that he is made of borax, or sodium borate, a compound derived from boron.
  • His appearance and voice charactetisation appear to be based upon the attributes of the 1930s and '40s motion picture actor Clark Gable, particularly as seen in his portrayal of Rett Butler in Gone With the Wind.
  • He has owned Bender's hands on two separate occasions. Once in "Assie Come Home" and again in "Zapp Dingbat."

Quotes

    Big rock alien: I find both genders supremely disappointing. The real reason I administered this bizarre, outer-space test was to teach you to work together! But you couldn't. Thanks to you, I lost my bet with the Borax Kid.
    [6ACV20]

    Fry: Who're you, stranger?
    Borax Kid: Well, madam, folks called me the Borax Kid. My friend, the other rock Alien, died without settin' your genitals to right, so I reckon it's up to me to sex you up proper. [The Borax Kid turns the men into women and the women into men.] Well, I'd best mosey on down to the landing. Sounds like the Feldspar Queen is about to set sail. You folks watch your genitals now. [The Borax Kid leaves.] [On top of his meteor ship.] Come on, boy! Giddy up!
    [6ACV20]

    Leela's mother: Imagine! Me, a girl from the sewer, meeting a man made entirely of detergent!
    [7ACV05]

Appearances