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|image=[[File:H G Blob.jpg|225px]]
|image=[[File:H G Blob.jpg|225px]]
|image text=With [[Dwight Conrad|Dwight]], [[Hermes Conrad|Hermes]], [[Cubert Farnsworth|Cubert]], and [[Professor Hubert J. Farnsworth|the Professor]].
|gender=Male
|species=[[Blobs|Blob]], possibly [[Venusians|Venusian]]
|origin=Probably [[Earth]] <br> or [[Venus]]
|job=Stockbroker
|job=Stockbroker
|family=[[Mrs. Blob]], wife <br> [[Brett Blob]], son
|family=
|species=[[Blobs]], possibly [[Venusians|Venusian]]
|first appear={{e|1ACV02}}
|origin=Possibly [[Venus]]
|voiced by=Maurice LaMarche
|voiced by=Maurice LaMarche
|first appear={{e|1ACV02}}
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'''H. G. Blob''' is a good-natured person, unless he is upset about something (such as problems at work or a sad movie).  Then he is prone to violence at the slightest provocation.  This usually ends with him swallowing the offending party.  He worked at a plant, which introduced computers in [[3002]], a few months later he was seen working as a stockbroker. He, along his family live on [[Maple Craters|the rings of an unidentified planet]] which might be [[Venus]].


He seems to have worked for an ad agency for a time (or as an actor for commercials) as he appeared in a commercial for [[Planet Express]]. [[The Series Has Landed|<sup>(1ACV02)</sup>]] However, it is unlikely that he met anyone at Planet Express directly, as he doesn't seem to recognize [[Hermes Conrad]] or [[Professor Hubert J. Farnsworth|Professor Farnsworth]] before, during, or after beating them to a pulp. [[The Route of All Evil|<sup>(3ACV12)</sup>]] Later, the bad influence of [[Bender (All My Circuits)|Bender]] to [[Brett Blob|Brett]] makes him join the [[Fathers Against Rude Television]].
'''Horrible Gelatinous Blob''' is a good-natured male [[List of alien species|alien]], when he is not upset about something, such as problems at work or a sad movie. Then, he is prone to violence at the slightest provocation. This usually ends with him swallowing the offending party. He and his family live on the [[Maple Craters|rings of an unidentified planet]] which might be [[Venus]]. It is possible he is a [[Venusians|Venusian]].
 
== Biography ==
He is known to have worked for an ad agency, as he apeared in a commercial for [[Planet Express]] ([[The Series Has Landed|1ACV02]]). However, it is unlikely that he met anyone at Planet Express directly, as he doesn't seem to recognize [[Hermes Conrad]] or [[Professor Hubert J. Farnsworth|Professor Farnsworth]] before, during, or after beating them to a pulp, an act caused by a lot of stress down at the plant he was working in, which introduced computers in [[3002]] ([[The Route of All Evil|3ACV12]]). He is worked as a stockbroker ([[Future Stock|3ACV21]]). Later, the bad influence of [[Bender (All My Circuits)|Bender]] to [[Brett Blob|his son]] made him become one of the [[Fathers Against Rude Television|FART]] ([[Bender Should Not Be Allowed on Television|4ACV06]]).
 
== Character Description ==
=== Family ===
*[[Mrs. Blob]], wife.
*[[Brett Blob]], son.


== Additional Info ==
== Additional Info ==
=== Trivia ===
=== Trivia ===
*"[[Love and Rocket]]" briefly showed a painting of a female of [[Blobs|this species]] called the ''Venus de Venus'', a play on the ''Venus de Milo'' which means Venus originating from Milo (an island in the Aegean Sea). This suggests that the species originates from Venus or that the painting does.
*His initials may be a reference to science fiction author {{w|H. G. Wells}}.
*His initials may be a reference to science fiction author {{w|H. G. Wells|H.G. Wells}}.
*In ''[[The Beast with a Billion Backs]]'', he describes [[Yivo]] as being "horrible". This is ironic, as he is a horrible creature himself and that is his first name.
*In ''[[The Beast with a Billion Backs]]'', he screams "It's horrible!" after seeing [[Yivo]]. Since his first name is Horrible, it looks as if he may be trying to get attention.
 
=== Quotes ===
{{q|
<poem>'''Brett Blob''': Pretty scrawny black hole. It must be hungry.</poem>
<poem>'''Brett Blob''': I thought I heard the doorbell but I see it was the ''dorkbell''!</poem>
}}


=== Appearances ===
=== Appearances ===
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*{{e|6ACV08}}
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*{{e|6ACV12}} (at Bender's party)
*{{e|6ACV12}} (at the [[100th Delivery Party]])
*{{cmlink|US#006-mini|H.G. Blob in Revenge of the Blob|Xmas Time Is Fear#Special Features}}
*{{cmlink|US#006-mini|H.G. Blob in Revenge of the Blob|Xmas Time Is Fear#Special Features}}
*{{clink|US#016|Kickin' It Old School}}
*{{clink|US#016|Kickin' It Old School}}

Revision as of 23:27, 23 September 2010

Secondary character
Horrible Gelatinous Blob
GenderMale
SpeciesBlob, possibly Venusian
Planet of originProbably Earth
or Venus
ProfessionStockbroker
First appearance"The Series Has Landed" (1ACV02)
Episode
Voiced byMaurice LaMarche

Horrible Gelatinous Blob is a good-natured male alien, when he is not upset about something, such as problems at work or a sad movie. Then, he is prone to violence at the slightest provocation. This usually ends with him swallowing the offending party. He and his family live on the rings of an unidentified planet which might be Venus. It is possible he is a Venusian.

Biography

He is known to have worked for an ad agency, as he apeared in a commercial for Planet Express (1ACV02). However, it is unlikely that he met anyone at Planet Express directly, as he doesn't seem to recognize Hermes Conrad or Professor Farnsworth before, during, or after beating them to a pulp, an act caused by a lot of stress down at the plant he was working in, which introduced computers in 3002 (3ACV12). He is worked as a stockbroker (3ACV21). Later, the bad influence of Bender to his son made him become one of the FART (4ACV06).

Character Description

Family

Additional Info

Trivia

  • His initials may be a reference to science fiction author H. G. Wells.
  • In The Beast with a Billion Backs, he describes Yivo as being "horrible". This is ironic, as he is a horrible creature himself and that is his first name.

Quotes

    Brett Blob: Pretty scrawny black hole. It must be hungry.

    Brett Blob: I thought I heard the doorbell but I see it was the dorkbell!

Appearances

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