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(I'm not saying it's not a character design - but, since the post doesn't use the word "character", I figure we shouldn't either.)
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== Production ==
== Production ==


The Alien pet was first seen in a character design released by ''[[Countdown to Futurama]]''. <ref name="Countdown to Futurama">{{cite web|url=http://comedycentral.tumblr.com/post/22328149055/countdown-to-futurama-alien-pet-design-so|title=Countdown to Futurama: Alien Pet Design|author=Matt Tobey|date=2012-05-03|site=[http://comedycentral.tumblr.com/ Comedy Centrl [sic<nowiki>]</nowiki>]|accessdate=2012-05-03}}</ref>
The Alien pet was first seen in a design released by ''[[Countdown to Futurama]]'' on 3 May [[2012]]. <ref name="Countdown to Futurama">{{cite web|url=http://comedycentral.tumblr.com/post/22328149055/countdown-to-futurama-alien-pet-design-so|title=Countdown to Futurama: Alien Pet Design|author=Matt Tobey|date=2012-05-03|site=[http://comedycentral.tumblr.com/ Comedy Centrl [sic<nowiki>]</nowiki>]|accessdate=2012-05-03}}</ref>  In a podcast released three days later, ''[[Futurama]]'' co-creator [[David X. Cohen]] said that "[the pet was] probably the least important character ever to appear on ''Futurama'', at least, until it [came] back again", that "the very first sentence of the very first script of <nowiki>[</nowiki>[[season 7]]<nowiki>]</nowiki>" read "a few people jog and walk their Alien pets in the peaceful, early light" and that the pet would be "on screen for about four seconds". <ref>{{cite web|url=http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/futurama-countdown-to-futurama/id526059138|title=iTunes - Podcasts - Futurama: Countdown to Futurama by Comedy Central|author=[[Comedy Central]]|date=2012-05-06|site={{w|iTunes}}|accessdate=2012-05-13}}</ref>


== Additional information ==
== Additional information ==

Revision as of 22:41, 13 May 2012

Tertiary character
Alien pet
Alien pet.jpg
A design of the Alien pet released by Countdown to Futurama on 3 May 2012. [1]
SpeciesAlien
ProfessionPet
First appearance"The Bots and the Bees" (7ACV01)
Episode
[1]
Voiced byUnknown

The Alien pet is a creature whose body resembles a brain and who has snail eyes, many legs and a mouse tail and wears a leash (7ACV01). [1]

Production

The Alien pet was first seen in a design released by Countdown to Futurama on 3 May 2012. [1] In a podcast released three days later, Futurama co-creator David X. Cohen said that "[the pet was] probably the least important character ever to appear on Futurama, at least, until it [came] back again", that "the very first sentence of the very first script of [season 7]" read "a few people jog and walk their Alien pets in the peaceful, early light" and that the pet would be "on screen for about four seconds". [2]

Additional information

Appearances

References

  1. ^ a b c d e Matt Tobey (03 May 2012). Countdown to Futurama: Alien Pet Design. (Comedy Centrl [sic].) Retrieved on 03 May 2012.
  2. ^ Comedy Central (06 May 2012). iTunes - Podcasts - Futurama: Countdown to Futurama by Comedy Central. (iTunes.) Retrieved on 13 May 2012.