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The '''Fing-Longer''' is a glove which has an extended index finger. [[Professor Hubert J. Farnsworth|Professor Farnsworth]] had always dreamed of inventing the Fing-Longer, and used the [[What-If Machine]] to ponder what might have happened had he, in fact, invented it.
The '''Fing-Longer''' is a glove with an extended index finger. By the beginning of the [[31st century]], [[Professor Hubert J. Farnsworth|Professor Farnsworth]] had always dreamed of inventing this glove. In [[3001]], he used the [[What-If Machine]] to ponder what would happen if he, in fact, invented it. The Professor did not actually invent the Fing-Longer until [[3002|the following year]], when he used it as a pointer on a hologram {{et|3ACV06}}. He reused it as a pointer in [[3007]] ([[Bender's Big Score|BBS]]), and to uncover [[Animatronio|the secret]] behind ''{{w|The Last Supper (Leonardo da Vinci)|The Last Supper}}'' {{et|6ACV05}}, as well as to wake up [[Lrrr]] {{et|6ACV11}}, in [[3010]].
 
By "[[The Birdbot of Ice-Catraz]]", he had invented the Fing-Longer, where he used it as a pointer on a hologram. He later reused the Fing-longer as a pointer in ''[[Bender's Big Score]]''. Professor Farnsworth also used the Fing-Longer to wake up Lrrr in "[[Lrrreconcilable Ndndifferences]]".
 
In "[[The Duh-Vinci Code]]", the Professor uses [[Fing-Longer 2|a new, improved double Fing-Longer]].  


== Additional Info ==
== Additional Info ==
=== Trivia ===
=== Trivia ===
*It was later discovered by [[the Simpsons]] in a crossover.
*Its name refers to the fact that it is a ''long finger''.
*It was discovered by the [[simpsons:Simpson family|Simpson family]] in [[The Read Menace!|a crossover]].


=== Appearances ===
=== Appearances ===

Revision as of 01:33, 5 February 2011

Fing-Longer
Farnsworth-finglonger1.jpg
InventorProfessor Farnsworth
Owner(s)Professor Farnsworth
First appearance"Anthology of Interest I" (2ACV16)
Episode
Current statusStill in use by the Professor

The Fing-Longer is a glove with an extended index finger. By the beginning of the 31st century, Professor Farnsworth had always dreamed of inventing this glove. In 3001, he used the What-If Machine to ponder what would happen if he, in fact, invented it. The Professor did not actually invent the Fing-Longer until the following year, when he used it as a pointer on a hologram (3ACV06). He reused it as a pointer in 3007 (BBS), and to uncover the secret behind The Last Supper (6ACV05), as well as to wake up Lrrr (6ACV11), in 3010.

Additional Info

Trivia

Appearances