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[[Image:Ethan_Bubblegum_Tate.jpg|right|thumb|Ethan 'Bubblegum' Tate]]
|type=s
'''Species''': [[Humans|Human]]<br>
|name=Ethan "Bubblegum" Tate
'''Planet of Origin''': [[Globetrotter Homeworld]]<br />
|image=[[File:Ethan Bubblegum Tate.png|225px]]
'''Voiced By''': [[Phil LaMarr]]<br />
|image text=Bubblegum during the [[Battle for Earth, 3007|Battle for Earth]], in [[3007]]. {{er|BBS}}
'''First Appearance''': [[Time Keeps on Slipping|"Time Keeps on Slipping" (1ACV14)]]
|species=[[Humans|Human]]
|origin=[[Globetrotter Homeworld]]
|job=Various
|first appear={{e|3ACV14}}
|voiced by=Phil LaMarr
}}


==Biography==
'''Ethan Tate''' (also known as '''Bubblegum''') is a male [[Humans|Human]] from the [[Globetrotter Homeworld]]. In addition to being Captain of the [[Globetrotters]]' basketball team, {{er|3ACV14}} he is Senior Lecturer in Physics at [[Globetrotter University]], {{er|3ACV14}} the Downtown Professor of Applied Physics at [[Mars University (place)|Mars University]], {{er|6ACV08}} and the author of the ''[[The Mathketball Diaries]]''. {{er|6ACV13}}
A human from the [[Globetrotter Homeworld]]. He and his globetrotters occassonally challenge Earth to basketball for no reason. In addition to being Captain of the Globetrotters, Tate is senior lecturer in physics at Globetrotter University. He once helped [[Professor Hubert J. Farnsworth|Professor Farnsworth]] figure out how to stop time skips and refused to let Bender join the Globetrotters. He also was a judge on the [[Television]] show [[Iron Cook]].


==Additional Info==
== Biography ==
===Trivia===
Along with his team, Bubblegum joined forces with [[Professor Hubert J. Farnsworth|Professor Farnsworth]] and the [[Planet Express]] crew on numerous occasions. The Globetrotters helped the Professor figure out how to stop time skips {{er|3ACV14}} and better understand the time travel pradoxicality equation, {{er|BBS}} having fought for [[Earth]] in the [[Battle for Earth, 3007|battle]] with the [[Scammer Aliens]], {{er|BBS}} solved a math problem that would allow him and his employees to return to their original bodies, {{er|6ACV10}} and helped [[Dr. Amy Wong|Amy]] restart the Earth's rotation after the [[Thubanians]] had stopped it. {{er|6ACV08}}
*Ethan is like the other Globetrotters on the show is named after a famous Globetrotter


===Quotes===
Additionally, Ethan Tate was a judge on the [[Television|TV]] show ''[[Iron Cook]]'', {{er|3ACV22}} witnessed the robbing of the [[Quantum Gemerald]] from the [[Museum of Natural History]] by the [[New Justice Team]], {{er|4ACV04}} went out on a [[Date scene|date]] with [[Yivo]], a planet-sized alien, {{er|TBwaBB}} attended the [[implosion of the violet dwarf star]] ceremony, {{er|ItWGY}} as well as the [[100th Delivery Party]], {{er|6ACV12}} and celebrated a non-[[canon]]ical [[Kwanzaa 3010]] with the [[Conrad family]] in [[Conrad apartment|their apartment]]. {{er|6ACV13}}
*'''Ethan 'Bubblegum' Tate:''' Even in these formal shorts I feel like a failure.
*'''Professor:''' You're that Bubblegum Tate?<br />'''Ethan 'Bubblegum' Tate:''' Well I sure ain't his Grandma.
*'''Ethan 'Bubblegum' Tate:''' Uh-oh. Time to boogie on down to the sauna!
*'''Ethan 'Bubblegum' Tate:''' Hello, lawsuit.
*'''Ethan 'Bubblegum' Tate:''' Most uncool.


===Appearances===
== Additional Info ==
*{{e|Time Keeps on Slipping}}
=== Trivia ===
*{{e|The 30% Iron Chef}}
*Bubblegum is, like the other Globetrotters on [[Futurama|the show]], not named after one of the  {{w|Harlem Globetrotters}}.
*{{e|Less than Hero}}
*Despite having made the remainder of the [[Planet Express|PE]] crew members honorary Globetrotters, he refused to let [[Bender Bending Rodriguez|Bender]] in the team.
*{{e|x1}}
*In the commentary of ''[[Bender's Big Score]]'', [[Phil LaMarr]] revealed he almost forgot how to do the Bubblegum voice when production resumed.
 
=== Quotes ===
[[File:Date Scene 64.png|thumb|225px|Among [[Yivo]]'s 64 dates {{er|TBwaBB}} (third picture on the fifth line).]]
 
{{q|
<poem>'''Bubblegum''': Even in these formal shorts I feel like a failure.</poem>
<poem>'''[[Professor Hubert J. Farnsworth|The Professor]]''': You're ''that'' Bubblegum Tate?
'''Bubblegum''': Well, I sure ain't his Grandma.</poem>
<poem>'''Bubblegum''': Uh-oh. Time to boogie on down to the sauna!</poem>
<poem>'''Bubblegum''': Hello, lawsuit.</poem>
<poem>'''Bubblegum''': Most uncool.</poem>
<poem>'''Bubblegum''': You better bird-dog fast, my brother!
'''[[Hermes Conrad|Hermes]]''': That's the way I bird-dog best!</poem>
<poem>'''Bubblegum''': You gotta tell [[LaBarbara Conrad|that sweet thing]] that your [[Time paradox duplicate|time duplicate]] body is doomed!
'''Hermes''': Tomorrow morning... after the festivities!
'''Bubblegum''': ''[Spins basketball on finger.]'' Yow, Baby!</poem>
<poem>'''Bubblegum''': [seriously] Gentlemen... [provocatively] ladies... [seriously] let's get this globe trottin'!</poem>
}}
 
=== Appearances ===
{{appear-begin}}
*{{e|3ACV14}}
*{{e|3ACV22}}
*{{e|4ACV04}}
*{{f|1}}
*{{f|2}} {{cameo|[[date scene]]}}
*{{f|4}} {{cameo|link=no|[[audience scene]]}}
*{{e|6ACV08}}
*{{e|6ACV10}}
*{{e|6ACV12}} {{cameo|link=no|[[100th-delivery party]]}}
*{{e|6ACV13}}{{disputed canon}}
*{{e|6ACV26}} {{cameo|link=no}}{{disputed canon}}
*{{e|7ACV14}} {{cameo|link=no|[[Forty Percent Leadbelly#Characters at the funeral|funeral]]}}
*{{e|7ACV19}}
*{{e|7ACV26}}
*{{clink|US#046|Follow the Reader}}
*[[Radiorama]]
{{appear-end}}
 
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[[Category:Humans]]
[[Category:Scientists]]

Latest revision as of 17:31, 22 October 2017

Secondary character
Ethan "Bubblegum" Tate
Ethan Bubblegum Tate.png
Bubblegum during the Battle for Earth, in 3007. [BBS]
SpeciesHuman
Planet of originGlobetrotter Homeworld
ProfessionVarious
First appearance"Time Keeps on Slippin'" (3ACV14)
Episode
Voiced byPhil LaMarr

Ethan Tate (also known as Bubblegum) is a male Human from the Globetrotter Homeworld. In addition to being Captain of the Globetrotters' basketball team, [3ACV14] he is Senior Lecturer in Physics at Globetrotter University, [3ACV14] the Downtown Professor of Applied Physics at Mars University, [6ACV08] and the author of the The Mathketball Diaries. [6ACV13]

Biography

Along with his team, Bubblegum joined forces with Professor Farnsworth and the Planet Express crew on numerous occasions. The Globetrotters helped the Professor figure out how to stop time skips [3ACV14] and better understand the time travel pradoxicality equation, [BBS] having fought for Earth in the battle with the Scammer Aliens, [BBS] solved a math problem that would allow him and his employees to return to their original bodies, [6ACV10] and helped Amy restart the Earth's rotation after the Thubanians had stopped it. [6ACV08]

Additionally, Ethan Tate was a judge on the TV show Iron Cook, [3ACV22] witnessed the robbing of the Quantum Gemerald from the Museum of Natural History by the New Justice Team, [4ACV04] went out on a date with Yivo, a planet-sized alien, [TBwaBB] attended the implosion of the violet dwarf star ceremony, [ItWGY] as well as the 100th Delivery Party, [6ACV12] and celebrated a non-canonical Kwanzaa 3010 with the Conrad family in their apartment. [6ACV13]

Additional Info

Trivia

  • Bubblegum is, like the other Globetrotters on the show, not named after one of the Harlem Globetrotters.
  • Despite having made the remainder of the PE crew members honorary Globetrotters, he refused to let Bender in the team.
  • In the commentary of Bender's Big Score, Phil LaMarr revealed he almost forgot how to do the Bubblegum voice when production resumed.

Quotes

Among Yivo's 64 dates [TBwaBB] (third picture on the fifth line).

    Bubblegum: Even in these formal shorts I feel like a failure.

    The Professor: You're that Bubblegum Tate?
    Bubblegum: Well, I sure ain't his Grandma.

    Bubblegum: Uh-oh. Time to boogie on down to the sauna!

    Bubblegum: Hello, lawsuit.

    Bubblegum: Most uncool.

    Bubblegum: You better bird-dog fast, my brother!
    Hermes: That's the way I bird-dog best!

    Bubblegum: You gotta tell that sweet thing that your time duplicate body is doomed!
    Hermes: Tomorrow morning... after the festivities!
    Bubblegum: [Spins basketball on finger.] Yow, Baby!

    Bubblegum: [seriously] Gentlemen... [provocatively] ladies... [seriously] let's get this globe trottin'!

Appearances