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|name=Helmut Spargle
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|image=[[Image:Helmut Spargle.jpg|225px]]
|image=[[File:Helmut Spargle.jpg|225px]]
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|species=[[Humans|Human]]
|species=[[Humans|Human]]
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|origin=[[Earth]]
|job=Chef
|job=Chef
|first appear={{elink|3ACV22|The 30% Iron Chef}}
|first appear={{e|3ACV22}}
|voiced by=[[David Herman]]
|voiced by=David Herman
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'''Helmut Spargle''' was once a famous TV chef and host of ''Down-Home Cooking With Helmut Spargle''. After the extreme soda company that sponsored his show replaced him with his former student [[Elzar]], he wound up at [[Bumbase Alpha]] baking pies out of shoes for hobos. Spargle died eating Bender's food; his stomach exploded.
'''Helmut Spargle''' was once a famous TV chef and host of ''[[Down-Home Country Cooking With Helmut Spargle]]''. After the extreme soda company that sponsored his show replaced him with his former student [[Elzar]], he wound up at [[Bumbase Alpha]] baking pies out of shoes for [[hobos]]. He began teaching [[Bender]] to cook in order to seek revenge against Elzar, but when Spargle ate Bender's food, his stomach exploded he died and was left in a ditch by Bender.


==Additional Info==
Due to his presence in ''[[Into the Wild Green Yonder]]'', it is plausible that someone rescued him from the ditch that Bender left him in and resurrected him somehow.
===Trivia===
*Apparently, Helmut is German in origin. His last name ''(Spargle = Spargel)'' translates as "Asparagus".


===Quotes===
== Additional Info ==
*'''Helmut Spargle:''' It is acceptable.
=== Trivia ===
*Based on his name and accent, he is apparently of German extraction. In [[German language|German]], "[[wiktionary:Helmut|Helmut]]" is a given name and "Spargle" ("[[wiktionary:Spargel|Spargel]]") means "asparagus".
*Helmut's appearance seems to be based off {{w|Hans Moleman}}'s from ''[[The Simpsons]]''.
*Helmut's character, training and death are a parody of {{sw|Yoda}} from ''[[Star Wars]]''.


===Appearances===
=== Quotes ===
*{{elink|3ACV22|The 30% Iron Chef}}
{{q|
<poem>'''Helmut Spargle''': It is ... acceptable.
'''Bender''': Yahoo! Another thing I'm great at! Wait. Why'd you stop eating, master?
'''Helmut Spargle''': Because ... my stomach is about to explode.</poem>
}}
 
=== Appearances ===
*{{e|The 30% Iron Chef}}
*{{f|4}} {{cameo|[[audience scene]]}}
 
[[Category:Chefs]]
[[Category:Hobos]]
[[Category:Humans]]
[[Category:Star Wars]]
[[Category:Television hosts]]

Revision as of 16:17, 4 July 2013

Tertiary character
Deceased character
Helmut Spargle
Helmut Spargle.jpg
GenderMale
SpeciesHuman
Planet of originEarth
ProfessionChef
First appearance"The 30% Iron Chef" (3ACV22)
Episode
Voiced byDavid Herman

Helmut Spargle was once a famous TV chef and host of Down-Home Country Cooking With Helmut Spargle. After the extreme soda company that sponsored his show replaced him with his former student Elzar, he wound up at Bumbase Alpha baking pies out of shoes for hobos. He began teaching Bender to cook in order to seek revenge against Elzar, but when Spargle ate Bender's food, his stomach exploded he died and was left in a ditch by Bender.

Due to his presence in Into the Wild Green Yonder, it is plausible that someone rescued him from the ditch that Bender left him in and resurrected him somehow.

Additional Info

Trivia

  • Based on his name and accent, he is apparently of German extraction. In German, "Helmut" is a given name and "Spargle" ("Spargel") means "asparagus".
  • Helmut's appearance seems to be based off Hans Moleman's from The Simpsons.
  • Helmut's character, training and death are a parody of Yoda from Star Wars.

Quotes

    Helmut Spargle: It is ... acceptable.
    Bender: Yahoo! Another thing I'm great at! Wait. Why'd you stop eating, master?
    Helmut Spargle: Because ... my stomach is about to explode.

Appearances