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The '''Transition Announcer' | The '''Transition Announcer''', also known as the '''Narrator''', is an unseen voiceover that occasionally aids transitions between the scenes of ''[[Futurama]]''. There are different narrators for shows appearing within the ''Futurama'' universe, such as [[Instructional Movies]], [[The Scary Door]], and more. The Transition Announcer, however, is solely a narrator for ''Futurama'' itself, and it should be noted that the characters cannot hear this narration. | ||
== Additional Info == | == Additional Info == | ||
===Trivia=== | ===Trivia=== | ||
[[File:Caption-bot.png|left|thumb|Counterpart?]] | [[File:Caption-bot.png|left|thumb|Counterpart?]] | ||
*Voiced by Billy West in "[[The Farnsworth Parabox]]" because [[Maurice LaMarche]] was unavailable. | *Voiced by Billy West in "[[The Farnsworth Parabox]]" because [[Maurice LaMarche]] was unavailable. | ||
*LaMarche | *According to LaMarche, "[T]he voice is basically [[Calculon]] doing his first voice-over." | ||
*In the Futurama comics, captions appear the corner of some frames. These are a visual equivalent of the Announcer. His voice was used for the | *In the ''Futurama'' comics, captions appear the corner of some frames. These are a visual equivalent of the Announcer. His voice was used for the "[[Futurama Returns]]" table reading, but the captions can be attributed to any out-of-frame character. At least one caption breaks the fourth wall: in "[[A Fit Worse than Death]]," the caption appears on a caption-bot. | ||
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 A narrator's quote: "That'll be hard to top. I pity the next Tale of Interest" | |||||||
| First appearance | "Anthology of Interest I" (2ACV16)  | ||||||
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The Transition Announcer, also known as the Narrator, is an unseen voiceover that occasionally aids transitions between the scenes of Futurama. There are different narrators for shows appearing within the Futurama universe, such as Instructional Movies, The Scary Door, and more. The Transition Announcer, however, is solely a narrator for Futurama itself, and it should be noted that the characters cannot hear this narration.
Additional Info
Trivia
- Voiced by Billy West in "The Farnsworth Parabox" because Maurice LaMarche was unavailable.
- According to LaMarche, "[T]he voice is basically Calculon doing his first voice-over."
- In the Futurama comics, captions appear the corner of some frames. These are a visual equivalent of the Announcer. His voice was used for the "Futurama Returns" table reading, but the captions can be attributed to any out-of-frame character. At least one caption breaks the fourth wall: in "A Fit Worse than Death," the caption appears on a caption-bot.
Quotes
Transition Announcer: Stay tuned for more tales of interest!
Transition Announcer: You've watched it! You can't unwatch it!
Fry: The other me lived ten years before dying? I wonder what his life was like.
Scruffy: I guess we'll never know.
Zoidberg: Or will we?
Scruffy: [Bites his fingernails.] Nope.
Transition Announcer: They won't know, but you will. Lucky you.
Transition Announcer: Meanwhile, in Universe-A, Hermes-A heads towards the sun... A.
Transition Announcer: And now, back to the Gunderson's Nuts Holiday Spectacular featuring Futurama.
Appearances
- "Anthology of Interest I" (2ACV16)
- "Anthology of Interest II" (3ACV18)
- "The Why of Fry" (4ACV10)
- "The Farnsworth Parabox" (4ACV15)
- Bender's Big Score
- Into the Wild Green Yonder
- "In-A-Gadda-Da-Leela" (6ACV02)
- "The Futurama Holiday Spectacular" (6ACV13) Disputed canon
- "Reincarnation" (6ACV26) Disputed canon
- Most comics; most notably, the table read of "Futurama Returns" (US#S02)
