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|name=Bureaucrats
|image=[[File:Central Bureaucracy 3010.jpg|225px]]
|image text=The Central Bureaucracy Building as seen in [[3010]]. {{er|6ACV06}}
|location=[[Central Bureaucracy]]
|leader type=Leader
|leader=[[Number 1.0]]
|type=
|first appear={{e|1ACV02}}
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'''Bureaucrats''' in the [[31st century]] are usually members of the [[Central Bureaucracy]] handling financial, legal, and other business matters in [[New New York]], or Product Inspectors at [[Mom's Friendly Robot Company]] working in [[Tijuana]], although this is less common.

These people are often discriminated by others, and have been described as "faceless bean counters, who blend into the woodwork". There is a numerous [[#List of Bureaucrats|list of bureaucrats]], and [[Hermes Conrad]] (Bureaucrat Grade 36) is the most wellknown of them.

They use a numerical ranking system, where lower numbers outrank higher ones, and a special ranking for one-hour bureaucrats, such as [[Turanga Leela]], the Li'l Bureaucrat grade. They seem to respond to [[Number 1.0]], who is probably their leader.

=== Communication ===
They communicate by pneumatic tubes, possibly ramifications of the [[Tube Transport System]], which run not only throughout the Central Bureaucracy Building, but have terminals at their assigned businesses, such as the {{Planet Express|headquarters}}. At the center of the building is the Central Filing, where most incoming messages are deposited for later sorting. Employees at the Central Bureaucracy Building use a [[Slowmobile]] as a means of transport and [[Cubicle Rooms]] as offices.

=== Bureaucrat Song ===
There is also a [[List of song performances#Bureaucrat Song|Bureaucrat Song]], assumably written by Hermes Conrad and performed by himself alongside several other bureacrats and [[Planet Express crew|co-workers]].

=== List of Bureaucrats ===
*[[Number 1.0]], Bureaucrat Grade 1.0.
*The [[Beholder]], Bureaucrat Grade 11.
*[[Morgan Proctor]], Bureaucrat Grade 19.
*[[:File:Bureaucrat Grade 20 - Filing.png|Man working in filing]], Bureaucrat Grade 20.
*The [[Center Square Guy]], Bureaucrat Grade 28.
*[[Hermes Conrad]], Bureaucrat Grade 36.
*The [[Slowmobile]] Driver, Bureaucrat Grade 41.
*[[:File:Bureaucrat Grade 53 - Employee Entrance.png|Man guarding the employee entrance]], Bureaucrat Grade 53.
*[[Warden Vogel]], Bureaucrat Grade 135.
*[[Turanga Leela]], temporarily a Li'l Bureaucrat.
*[[Dwight Conrad]], for a brief period in "The Route of All Evil", may not be registered at the Central Bureaucracy.
*[[Mark 7-G]], formerly employed at Planet Express.

=== Image Gallery ===
<gallery>
Image:Bureaucrat Grade 53 - Employee Entrance.png|A bureaucrat (Grade 53) guarding the employee entrance. {{er|2ACV11}}
Image:Bureaucrat Grade 20 - Filing.png|A bureaucrat (Grade 20) working in filing. {{er|2ACV11}}
Image:Li'l Bureaucrat.jpg|The Li'l Bureaucrat badge. {{er|6ACV06}}
</gallery>

== Additional Info ==
=== Trivia ===
*''Bureau'' is the [[French language|French]] word for ''office'' or ''desk''. However, many bureaucrats are seen working on the field.
*The portrayal of bureaucracy in ''[[Futurama]]'' is among {{w|popular culture|the most popular}}.

=== Quotes ===
{{q|
<poem>'''Number 1.0''': Don't quote me regulations. I co-chaired the committee that reviewed the recommendation to revise the color of the book that regulations are in. We kept it gray.</poem>
<poem>'''Hermes Conrad''': That's a calculator. I ate it to gain its power.</poem>
}}

=== Appearances ===
Although bureaucrats first appeared in [[The Series Has Landed|the second episode]] of [[Season 1|the first season]], this list only deals with sightings (both cameos and significant roles) of bureaucrats other than Hermes Conrad (a recurring character in ''Futurama''), and episodes where we find out more about bureaucracy in general. For Hermes' appearances, see [[Hermes Conrad#Appearances|this]].
*{{e|1ACV02}} ([[Hermes Conrad]] is introduced as the first bureaucrat)
*{{e|2ACV11}} ([[Morgan Proctor]], the [[Beholder]] and [[Number 1.0]])
*{{e|3ACV09}} ([[Warden Vogel]])
*{{e|3ACV12}} ([[Dwight Conrad]] as a bureaucrat)
*{{e|4ACV02}} (Warden Vogel)
*{{e|4ACV10}} (Warden Vogel)
*{{e|4ACV12}} (Morgan Proctor)
*{{e|4ACV16}} (Warden Vogel)
*{{e|4ACV18}} (Morgan Proctor)
*{{f|2}} (Warden Vogel, Morgan Proctor and Number 1.0)
*{{f|4}} (Warden Vogel and Number 1.0)
*{{e|6ACV06}} ([[Turanga Leela]] as a bureaucrat, the [[Center Square Guy]], the Beholder and Number 1.0)
*{{e|6ACV12}} (Morgan Proctor)
*{{clink|US#011|The Cure for the Common Clod}} (Number 1.0)

[[Category:Bureaucrats]]