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*[[Professor Hubert J. Farnsworth|Professor Farnsworth]], identical DNA
*[[Professor Hubert J. Farnsworth|Professor Farnsworth]], identical DNA
*[[Philip J. Fry]], many-times-great uncle, many-times-great grandfather.
*[[Philip J. Fry]], many-times-great uncle, many-times-great grandfather.
*[[Igner]], genetic son, "brother"
*[[Igner]], genetic son, "brother".
*[[Dr. John A. Zoidberg|Dr. Zoidberg]], godfather.


== Production ==
== Production ==

Revision as of 16:00, 13 August 2010

Secondary character
Cubert Farnsworth
Cubert Farnsworth.jpg
Age35
SpeciesHuman
Planet of originEarth
ProfessionStudent
Relativesthe Professor (father figure/DNA-origin)
First appearance"A Clone of My Own" (2ACV10)
Episode
Voiced byKath Soucie

Cubert Farnsworth is a clone of the Professor, created from cells scraped from "one of the shapelier growths" on the Professor's back. He and the Professor refer to their relationship as one between a father and son.

He is heir to Planet Express and the Professor's fortune, being the Professor's closest living relative. He spends most of his time with the Planet Express crew criticising everything, routinely pointing out logical fallacies.

Cubert goes to school with Hermes' son, Dwight, where they are occasionally bullied by Brett Blob, the son of H. G. Blob.

In "The Late Philip J. Fry", he grows up and marries Leela. But later they get divorced and is paid alimony.

Family

Further information: Fry family tree

Production

Cubert was originally supposed to appear in "A Big Piece of Garbage", but his appearance in that episode would have made the episode at least an hour long.[1] Cubert's purpose was originally to appear in almost every episode, constantly pointing out flaws in the logic of the Futurama universe (such as odour travelling through space or flying faster than the speed of light),[2] but even the writers got annoyed with this and feared the audience would despise him beyond his intention.[2]

His character developed further in "The Route of All Evil" and "Bender Should Not Be Allowed on Television", distancing from his original purpose of pointing out flaws to be a real child representation of the Professor.

Additional Info

Trivia

  • Cubert may be missing a toe (4ACV07).
  • The rest of the characters have progressed in some way, i.e: The professor saying he is 165 in Bender's game as opposed to 160, Cubert remains the exact same as in his first appearance.

Quotes

    Cubert: What? You've never seen a genius's wiener before?

    Cubert: That's impossible!

    Fry: ...All the family the other has. Unless you count Cubert.
    Hermes: No one ever has. Why start now?

    Professor Farnsworth: Nothing is impossible, not if you can imagine it. That's what being a scientist is all about.
    Cubert: No, that's what being a magical elf is all about.

    Cubert: Hey, Leela, help me apply these flame decals I got in my cereal. They'll make the ship go faster.
    Leela: And what's your scientific basis for thinking that?
    Cubert: I'm 12.

Appearances

References

  1. ^ "Interesting thing about this episode, is that it– as originally written, correct me if I am wrong, Lou, it was much much longer, and it originally introduced the character of Cubert, the professor's clone, and I think, really, one night before we had to record it, it was ten pages too long, and there went Cubert for another season."Cohen, David (Transcript)
    Cohen, David. Commentary for "A Big Piece of Garbage" on Volume One, disc 2.
  2. ^ a b Cohen, David. Commentary for "A Clone of My Own" on Volume Two, disc 3.