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|name        = HAL Institute
|name        = HAL Institute
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|location    = [[New New York]], [[Earth]]
|location    = [[New New York]], [[Earth]]
|first appear = {{elink|3ACV11|Insane in the Mainframe}}
|first appear = {{e|3ACV11}}
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The '''HAL Institute''' is an asylum for criminally insane [[Robot|robots]]. Doctors and nurses use shocks of electricity to calm down their patients during interviews with psychiatrists. For a brief portion of time, [[Philip J. Fry|Fry]] was admitted to the hospital after being found guilty of aiding in a bank robbery.  
The '''HAL Institute''' is an asylum for criminally insane [[Robot|robots]]. Doctors and nurses use shocks of electricity to calm down their patients during interviews with psychiatrists. For a brief portion of time, [[Philip J. Fry|Fry]] was admitted to the hospital after wrongly being found guilty of aiding in a bank robbery.  
 
=== Known Employees ===
*[[Dr. Perceptron]], Doctor of Freudian Circuit Analysis
*[[Nurse Ratchet]], Nurse


===Known Patients Admitted===
=== Known Patients Admitted ===
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{| class="overview" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="2"
! Patient !! Admitted for/Condition
! Patient !! Admitted for/Condition
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| [[Bender Bending Rodríguez|Bender]] || Plead insanity during trial for bank robbery, after being framed by Roberto.  Admitted again for being unable to differentiate fantasy from reality.
| [[Bender Bending Rodríguez|Bender]] || Plead insanity during a [[New New York v. Fry and Bender|trial]] for bank robbery, after being framed by Roberto.  Admitted again for being unable to differentiate fantasy from reality.
|-
|-
| [[Philip J. Fry|Fry]] || Plead insanity during trial for bank robbery, after being framed by Roberto. Admitted to HAL Institute as the human insanity facility was full, due to Judge Whitey considering homelessness a mental illness.
| [[Philip J. Fry|Fry]] || Plead insanity during a trial for bank robbery, after being framed by Roberto. Admitted to the HAL Institute as the mental hospital for humans was full, due to Judge Whitey considering being poor a mental illness.
|-
|-
| [[Malfunctioning Eddie]] || His explosion problem got worse, and his prices turned out ''really'' to be insane.
| [[Malfunctioning Eddie]] || His explosion problem got worse, and his prices turned out ''really'' to be insane.
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| [[Pay 'n' Chew Robot]] || Does not really appear to be insane, but rather ill.
| [[Pay 'n' Chew Robot]] || Does not really appear to be insane, but rather ill.
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| [[Norm]] || Receives transmissions from the CIA on his teeth.
| [[Norm (robot)|Norm]] || Receives transmissions from the CIA on his teeth. While this is true, no one believes him, and the constant messages have left him completely neurotic.  
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| [[Frankie]] || Thinks he works in a lunchroom, and so was put to work in the Institute's lunchroom. Possibly not insane.
| [[Frankie]] || Thinks he works in a lunchroom, and so was put to work in the Institute's lunchroom. Possibly not insane.
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| [[Lincolnbot]] || While he does think he is Abraham Lincoln, he has split personalities, all of them Lincoln.  His comment may suggest his personalities split is up to 200.
| [[Linctron]] || While he does think he is Abraham Lincoln, he has split personalities, all of them Lincoln.  His comment may suggest his personalities split is up to 200. He appears also to be the animatronic Lincoln found at Disneyland.
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| [[Mad Hatterbot]] || From ''Alice in Wonderland'', his insanity is obvious.
| [[Mad Hatterbot]] || From ''Alice in Wonderland'', his insanity is obvious.
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| [[Rosie the Robot Maid]] || Started believing that everything must be clean, and murdered Astro and Elroy because they were dirty.
| [[Rosie the Robot Maid]] || Started believing that everything must be clean, and murdered {{w|Astro (The Jetsons)|Astro}} and {{w|Elroy Jetson|Elroy}} because they were dirty.
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| Teapot Robot || Unknown.
| Teapot Robot || Unknown.
|}
|}


==Additional Info==
== Additional Info ==
===Trivia===
=== Trivia ===
*The Institute is named after [[wikipedia:HAL 9000|HAL 9000]] from ''[[wikipedia:2001: A Space Odyssey|2001: A Space Odyssey]]'' who was an insane artificial intelligence.
*The Institute is named after {{w|HAL 9000}} from ''[[2001: A Space Odyssey]]'' who was an insane artificial intelligence.
*Birds can be seen flying above the HAL Institute sign to represent cartoonish 'seeing stars'.
  * The birds could also be in reference to the title of the 1962 novel "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest"
 
=== Appearances ===
*{{e|3ACV11}}
*{{f|3}}


===Appearances===
[[Category:Places]]
*{{elink|3ACV11|Insane in the Mainframe}}
*{{flink|Bender's Game}}

Latest revision as of 21:58, 24 June 2017

HAL Institute
HAL Institute.jpg
LocationNew New York, Earth
First appearance"Insane in the Mainframe" (3ACV11)
Episode

The HAL Institute is an asylum for criminally insane robots. Doctors and nurses use shocks of electricity to calm down their patients during interviews with psychiatrists. For a brief portion of time, Fry was admitted to the hospital after wrongly being found guilty of aiding in a bank robbery.

Known Employees

Known Patients Admitted

Patient Admitted for/Condition
Bender Plead insanity during a trial for bank robbery, after being framed by Roberto. Admitted again for being unable to differentiate fantasy from reality.
Fry Plead insanity during a trial for bank robbery, after being framed by Roberto. Admitted to the HAL Institute as the mental hospital for humans was full, due to Judge Whitey considering being poor a mental illness.
Malfunctioning Eddie His explosion problem got worse, and his prices turned out really to be insane.
Roberto For holding up the same bank twice, which was deemed insane. Later revealed to have been built as an insane robot.
Unit 2013 Thinks he is human.
Hair Robot Too obsessed with his hair.
Pay 'n' Chew Robot Does not really appear to be insane, but rather ill.
Norm Receives transmissions from the CIA on his teeth. While this is true, no one believes him, and the constant messages have left him completely neurotic.
Frankie Thinks he works in a lunchroom, and so was put to work in the Institute's lunchroom. Possibly not insane.
Linctron While he does think he is Abraham Lincoln, he has split personalities, all of them Lincoln. His comment may suggest his personalities split is up to 200. He appears also to be the animatronic Lincoln found at Disneyland.
Mad Hatterbot From Alice in Wonderland, his insanity is obvious.
Rosie the Robot Maid Started believing that everything must be clean, and murdered Astro and Elroy because they were dirty.
Teapot Robot Unknown.

Additional Info

Trivia

  • The Institute is named after HAL 9000 from 2001: A Space Odyssey who was an insane artificial intelligence.
  • Birds can be seen flying above the HAL Institute sign to represent cartoonish 'seeing stars'.
 * The birds could also be in reference to the title of the 1962 novel "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest"

Appearances