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{{character infobox
|name=Recruitment officer
|type=t
|image=[[File:Recruitment officer.png|225px]]
|image text=The recruitment officer at the [[Earth]] [[DOOP Army|Army]] Recruiting Center, in [[3001]]. {{er|2ACV17}} Behind him is the [[Old Freebie]].
|image2=[[File:Purple Heart sergeant.png|225px]]
|image text2=The recruitment officer in the [[White House]], in [[3013]]. {{er|7ACV19}}
|species={{human|Human}}
|job=[[Earth]] sergeant
|first appear={{e|2ACV17}}
|voiced by=David Herman
}}
The '''recruitment officer''' is an [[Earth]] [[DOOP Army|Army]] officer who, in [[3001]], recruited {{fry}} and {{bender}}. {{er|2ACV17}} In [[3009]], he attended the ceremony for the [[implosion of the violet dwarf star|implosion of the]] [[violet dwarf star]]. {{er|ItWGY}} In [[3010]], he attended [[Planet Express]]'s [[100th-delivery party]]. {{er|6ACV12}}
 
In [[3013]], by when he was a sergeant, the officer was awarded the {{w|Purple Heart}} for finding the remote control of the {{w|Oval Office}}'s [[T.V.]] for [[President of Earth|President]] {{Nixon}}. {{er|7ACV19}} Because the Purple Heart is awarded to people who have been wounded or killed and the officer had not been wounded, Nixon shot him with a laser {{cat|weapon|gun}}, seemingly in the heart.
 
== Additional information ==
 
=== Quotes ===
 
{{q|
<poem>'''Fry''': Just outta curiosity, we could use the cards to buy [[Big Pink|gum]]... then immediately quit the army. Right? {{er|2ACV17}}
'''Bender''': You know... Playin' you all for chumps?
'''Recruitment officer''': Correct. There's no obligation. ''[Fry and Bender laugh as they sign their papers. The officer takes the papers back.]'' Unless, of course, war were declared.
''[A siren sounds and a red light flashes.]''
'''Fry''': What's that?
'''Recruitment officer''': War were declared.</poem>
<poem>'''Recruitment officer''': Mr President. ''[He salutes Nixon.]'' I found the T.V. remote. {{er|7ACV19}}
'''Nixon''': Good work, Sergeant. ''[The officer hands [[Vice President of Earth|Vice-President]] [[headless clone of Agnew|Agnew]] the remote.]'' I'm awarding you the Purple Heart.
'''Recruitment officer''': But I... wasn't injured.
''[Nixon shoots the officer. The officer grunts.''
''A trapdoor opens beneath him. He screams as he falls.]''</poem>
}}
 
=== Appearances ===
 
* {{e|2ACV17}}
* {{f|4}} {{cameo|[[audience scene]]}}
* {{e|6ACV12}} {{cameo|link=no|[[100th-delivery party]]}}
* {{e|7ACV19}}
 
== See also ==
 
* [[Purple Tentacle]]
 
[[Category:Humans]]
[[Category:Military personnel]]

Revision as of 17:49, 14 December 2013

Tertiary character
Recruitment officer
Recruitment officer.png
The recruitment officer at the Earth Army Recruiting Center, in 3001. [2ACV17] Behind him is the Old Freebie.
SpeciesHuman
ProfessionEarth sergeant
First appearance"War Is the H-Word" (2ACV17)
Episode
Voiced byDavid Herman

The recruitment officer is an Earth Army officer who, in 3001, recruited Fry and Bender. [2ACV17] In 3009, he attended the ceremony for the implosion of the violet dwarf star. [ItWGY] In 3010, he attended Planet Express's 100th-delivery party. [6ACV12]

In 3013, by when he was a sergeant, the officer was awarded the Purple Heart for finding the remote control of the Oval Office's T.V. for President Nixon. [7ACV19] Because the Purple Heart is awarded to people who have been wounded or killed and the officer had not been wounded, Nixon shot him with a laser gun, seemingly in the heart.

Additional information

Quotes

    Fry: Just outta curiosity, we could use the cards to buy gum... then immediately quit the army. Right? [2ACV17]
    Bender: You know... Playin' you all for chumps?
    Recruitment officer: Correct. There's no obligation. [Fry and Bender laugh as they sign their papers. The officer takes the papers back.] Unless, of course, war were declared.
    [A siren sounds and a red light flashes.]
    Fry: What's that?
    Recruitment officer: War were declared.

    Recruitment officer: Mr President. [He salutes Nixon.] I found the T.V. remote. [7ACV19]
    Nixon: Good work, Sergeant. [The officer hands Vice-President Agnew the remote.] I'm awarding you the Purple Heart.
    Recruitment officer: But I... wasn't injured.
    [Nixon shoots the officer. The officer grunts.
    A trapdoor opens beneath him. He screams as he falls.]

Appearances

See also