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'' Futurama's '' Recurring Character s: RICHARD NIXON'S HEAD (voiced by by a margin of a single vote, defeating cloned opponents John Jackson and Jack Johnson. During the election campaign, he used Bender's body (which Bender had sold for money) and gained huge support from the robots. He returned Bender's body after the Planet Express crew taped his plans to "go into people's houses at night and wreck up the place" and to sell children's organs to Zoo s for meat. Nixon won the election by obtaining a giant robotic body. One vote could have cost Nixon the presidency if Fry (or any other main character, except for non-voting felon Bender ) remembered to vote. As President of Earth, Nixon conducts a violent and aggressive Foreign Policy , frequently entering into wars which have little or no purpose, and which occasionally backfire, leading to Earth being invaded by alien forces. Nixon's head is a common character throughout the series, providing humour through his 1960's outlook on life and his aggressive, unpredictable persona. LRRR (voiced by Maurice LaMarche ) - ruler of the planet Omicron Persei VIII, located 1,000 Light Year s from Earth. On numerous occasions Lrrr has threatened to destroy the Earth as a whole, as well as members of the Planet Express crew personally. Lrrr something of a parody of all cliched "green-skinned space invaders." His wife is named Ndnd (voiced by Tress MacNeille ), and the two appear to enjoy a relationship which goes through periodic love-hate cycles. Lrrr and his inner circle are devout fans of 20th- and 21st-century Earth television, except for animated shows. Appeared in "Anthology of Interest Part II" as the ruler of planet Nintenduu 64. He purchased Fry's nose on the Black Market as an Aphrodisiac named "Human Horn" in the episode "Spanish Fry." Whenever he is seen onscreen, Lrrr tries to appear threatening and powerful, but his intimidating appearance is always foiled by him performing some banal and humorous activity, such as adjusting a slanted painting or scratching his rear on live television. His catchphrase is "I am Lrrr of the planet Omicron Persei VIII!" A young Omicronian named Jrrr may be his and Ndnd's son. AL GORE (voiced by himself) - First emperor of the Moon, he also appears when Fry returns to the year 2000 as Vice President Of The United States and head of the Vice Presidential Action Rangers , tasked (by the US Constitution ) to preserve the space-time continuum. He appears on the five-hundred Dollar Bill . By the year 3000, he claims to have invented the environment and is the author of '' Earth In The Balance '' (and the much more popular '' Harry Potter and the Balance of Earth''). Gore has said that ''Futurama'' is his favorite show. His daughter, Kristin, was a writer for the show in its later seasons. PROFESSOR OGDEN WERNSTROM (voiced by David Herman ) - Rival of Professor Farnsworth (who usually greets Ogden with a contemptful "Wernstrom!") who resents the "A-" grade Farnsworth gave him for sloppy penmanship when Wernstrom was completing his senior year. In 3000, Wernstrom fulfilled his feud with Farnsworth when Wernstrom beat Farnsworth in the Annual Inventors' Symposium and gave Farnsworth's Smell-o-scope an "A - -", even though the Smell-o-scope went on to save the Earth from a giant mass of waste in orbit from the 21st Century . He was later given the task of stopping the great mass of trash when Farnsworth incorrectly set a doomsday clock to explode the mass. After being given Tenure , a big research grant, a lab, and five graduate students (at least three of them Chinese by his request), he left the city of New New York to its doom (since he had tenure, he couldn't be fired). Wernstrom's Inventors' Symposium award was stripped from him after Farnsworth and the Planet Express crew managed to save New New York, thus prompting another promise of revenge, "even if it takes me ''another'' hundred years!". Wernstrom also appears at the Professor's 150th birthday party. Wernstrom has another appearance in the episode '' Anthology Of Interest II '', where he is seen in the audience of the Nobel Prize ceremony. He later devises a plan to combat global warming with a giant space mirror in "Crimes of the Hot", but after this goes awry he teams up with President Nixon to use the mirror to deactivate every robot on Earth - the robots having been revealed as the source of greenhouse gasses. His final appearance was in "Obsoletely Fabulous" presenting his killbot at Roboticon 3003. MORGAN PROCTOR (Voiced by Nora Dunn) Morgan Proctor is a rank 19 Bureaucrat . She appears in the episode " How Hermes Requisitioned His Groove Back " when she is sent to inspect Hermes for possible promotion. However, after he almost commits suicide, she sends him on paid vacation (the worst penalty possible for a bureaucrat) and takes over as bureaucrat of Planet Express. She has an affair with Fry , as he is such a untidy slob unlike the neat, obsessive people she is surrounded by. When Bender finds out, she removes his brain and sends it to be filed in "the master pile", where it will presumably be untouched for years. She is demoted when Hermes uncovers an incorrectly-stamped file from her prom date. She is seen along with other of Fry's ex-girlfriends at the funeral in the episode The Sting . MORBO (voiced by Maurice LaMarche ) - A News Monster for ''√2 News'', ''Entertainment and Alien Invasion Tonight'', ''Good Morning Earth'', and other shows on the √2 Television Network. Morbo is actually an advance scout for an Alien Invasion , but does not bother to be subtle about it and drops obvious hints of his species' violent invasion plans, and frequently expresses his hatred for Human ity. Morbo has a great love for Lipps Inc 's song " Funkytown ". He apparently has something hideous where his chest is. Morbo is, interestingly (although perhaps not surprisingly), good friends with President Richard Nixon. He has not made an appearance without mentioning either how Earth will be destroyed or his hatred for humanity. As a TV host who hates humans, he often makes comments such as:
Morbo's character design is based on the aliens from the 1957 science fiction movie ''Invasion of the Saucer Men''. He has a wife (or girlfriend) of the same species, seen briefly in " Three Hundred Big Boys " and " The Devil's Hands Are Idle Playthings ". Morbo speaks to her with his characteristic hostility, but she pays no attention. He refers to his family as "belligerent and numerous." LINDA (voiced by Tress MacNeille ) - Morbo's Human co-anchor, she seems to be blissfully unaware of his hatred for humanity, often giggling absentmindedly in classically unaware news anchor fashion, as Morbo says things like "Morbo congratulates our gargantuan cyborg president. May death come quickly to his enemies!" (on Richard Nixon's election). Linda appears to be vapid and unintelligent, providing comic relief to Morbo's violent comments. She also flashed her chest to Zap Brannigan in exchange for some beads on Freedom Day. TURANGA MORRIS (voiced by David Herman ) - Father of Planet Express spaceship captain Turanga Leela. A mutant who lives in the ruins of old New York, he has one eye, a vertical mouth, and sheds his skin. Very irresponsible; encourages the consumption of alcohol by practically everybody. TURANGA MUNDA (voiced by Tress MacNeille ) - Mother of Planet Express spaceship captain Turanga Leela. She has one eye, a lion tail, and octopus tentacles in place of arms. Has a PhD in Exolinguistics, which enabled her to write the indecipherable note left with Leela at the Cookieville Minimum Security Orphanarium to convince them that she was an alien. "FISHY" JOE GILLMAN Gillman, or "Fishy Joe", is the owner of the Fishy Joe's company and franchises " Poppler s" and "Family Bros. Pizza". SMITTY (voiced by Billy West ) - Policeman in New New York. His partner is URL. Sometimes seen with a Lightsaber that he uses as a Nightstick . He appears primarily in the episode Space Pilot 3000 , and later in the episode I, Roommate , but is in about every episode where police are involved. FREE WATERFALL JR. (voiced by Phil Hendrie ) - A stereotypical hippie, "treehugger", and founder of M.E.A.T. Was eaten by Lrrr of Omicron Persei 8 in the episode " The Problem With Popplers ". FREE WATERFALL SR. (voiced by Phil Hendrie ) - Eskimo, father of Free Waterfall Jr and founder of Penguins Unlimited. Was pecked to death by penguins in the episode " The Birdbot Of Ice-Catraz ". OLD MAN WATERFALL (voiced by Phil Hendrie ) - A bisexual polygamist lawyer and space war veteran who has lost many body parts on many planets ("Name a body part and a planet, and I've taken a bullet in it, on it!"), presumed Satanist (he requested a satanic funeral). He vowed to avenge his son, Free Waterfall Sr. when he was killed by penguins. He is also the grandfather of Free Waterfall Jr. He died from being trampled by the Decapodian Mobile Oppression Palace in the episode " A Taste Of Freedom ". CUBERT FARNSWORTH (voiced by Kath Soucie ) - Professor Hubert Farnsworth 's clone, created from a growth on the Professor's back in 2989 . He differs from the Professor in appearance due to his nose being squashed up against the wall of his cloning tube. Cubert was unveiled to the crew in 3001 . Cubert is pompous, arrogant, and very rude to the other members of Planet Express. Unsurprisingly, he is unpopular. His sayings include, "That's preposterous!" and "No, that's what being a magical elf is all about." Cubert is seen in only a few episodes, due to his attending a Boarding School , along with Hermes' son Dwight. According to the DVD commentaries he was the first character to be designed. DWIGHT CONRAD (voiced by Bumper Robinson ) - Hermes Conrad 's 12-year-old son. Has a friendship with Cubert Farnsworth. Dwight takes after his father a lot, especially since he says he wants to be a Bureaucrat , and also says that he does not want to have fun. Dwight sports dreadlocks and a T-shirt with the Jamaican Flag on it. LABARBARA CONRAD (voiced by Dawnn Lewis ) - Hermes Conrad 's wife. She is much taller than Hermes and is usually seen wearing revealing clothes. LaBarbara was previously married to the tall, muscular Barbados Slim, another limbo Olympian who won the gold medal in the 3004 Olympics. She accompanied her husband on trips to the Starship Titanic and to Spa 5 , a "spa" which turned out to be a slave labor camp. She and her husband often refer to each other only as "husband" and "wife." In " The Route Of All Evil ", it is seen that Hermes and LaBarbara share a sumptuous home and enjoy a very comfortable lifestyle. SCRUFFY (voiced by in the terlet. Course it's shank or be shanked." SAL (voiced by ", servicing the machines in the amusement park. He has appeared many times since, always employed in a tedious job which he does not do well ("What do I look like, a guy who's not lazy?"). Some fans have speculated that there are numerous Sals, all cloned from the original, which would account for his showing up working many jobs. Either that, or he simply gets fired and finds new employment on a regular basis. He also pluralizes things that needn't be pluralized, ("He's brokens, get hims outta heres.") and vice versa (Whoas! Cripe!). His numerous jobs include:
YANCY FRY JR (voiced by Tom Kenny ) - Born in 1971 and elder brother of Philip J. Fry , and father of Philip J. Fry II . In the first episode Yancy appeared, " The Luck Of The Fryrish ", there seemed to be a lot of sibling rivalry between Yancy and his brother; however, there was clearly a great deal of love as well, as when Fry has gone missing Yancy states that he misses his brother every day, and names his son after Fry. Yancy and Fry were seen in fierce competition in Breakdancing and Basketball , however future episodes hinted at a closer relationship. In " Anthology Of Interest II " Fry reveals that Yancy used to help him win Space Invaders . PHILIP J. FRY II Nephew and Namesake of Philip J. Fry , Philip J. Fry II owned the seven-leaf clover found by his uncle in the 1980s . The clover ensured that he was the luckiest man in history. His achievements included a string of number one hits, a fling with an Icelandic Singer-supermodel , and striking oil in the bathroom of the mansion that he won in the lottery. The achievement he’s most famous for, though, is being the first man on Mars. Philip Fry II was named in honor of Fry; based on his accomplishments, his personality seems to be very much like his namesake, however he looks identical to Yancy, his father. This led Fry, finding information about Philip Fry II, to believe Yancy had usurped his identity after he was frozen. Professor Hubert Farnsworth , Fry's great-great-great-...-great-nephew, is presumably a direct descendant of Philip J. Fry II, since Fry's only sibling was Yancy, and as far as we know Philip J. Fry II was Yancy's only child. THE WONGS (Leo Wong, voiced by Billy West and Inez Wong, voiced by Lauren Tom ) – the very wealthy but meddlesome parents of Amy Wong . They own the entire western hemisphere of Mars (the best hemisphere), where they have a buggalo ranch. Throughout the series Leo and Inez are often seen pestering Amy about their lack of grandchildren and meddling in her love life, trying to find a man to father their grandchild. At an undefined point, their ancestor Sir Reginald Wong bought half of Mars from the native Martians for only one bead (a reference to the American legend that Manhattan Island was purchased for a bag of beads). It was later revealed that the bead in question was a gargantuan Diamond . C. RANDALL POOPENMAYER (voiced by David Herman ) - the Mayor of New New York has appeared in many episodes, normally when his city is in grave danger, such as in the episode " A Big Piece Of Garbage ". His Mayoral duties include execution of condemned prisoners, a duty we see him try to perform in " A Tale Of Two Santas ". ELZAR (voiced by John DiMaggio ) - A famous four-armed Neptunian chef, with his own New New York Restaurant ("Elzar's Fine Cuisine", a regular set-piece in the series), and Television Show . Elzar is a Parody of the celebrity chef Emeril Lagasse , while his physique is a nod to the four-armed television chef of '' The Star Wars Holiday Special ''. Bender adores Elzar's cooking, though once he challenged him to an Iron Cook battle (and won - but Bender refused the title of "Iron Chef," instead accepting "Zinc Saucier", which he made up, and which came with double prize money). Elzar is crass and unpleasant, and has a very high opinion of himself. Elzar's favorite cooking implement is his spice weasel, a rodent-like creature which propels a cloud of spices from its snout upon having its body squeezed, which he uses to "knock it up a notch", with his customary "BAM!". Both "kick it up a notch" and "BAM!" are Catchphrase s of Emeril Lagasse. JUDGE RON WHITEY (voiced by Billy West ) – Judge at "Famous Original Ray's Superior Court", who presided over most of the court cases where the main characters appear. In " A Tale Of Two Santas " he sentenced Bender to death, he divorced Fry and Leela in " Time Keeps On Slippin' " and in " Insane In The Mainframe " he sent Fry and Bender to the Institute for Criminally Insane Robots. Judge Whitey is very rich and seems to lack morals, and, in " Three Hundred Big Boys ", he tells a joke about having cut off his butler's foot. Whitey is preoccupied with money and wealth, but did not know what a Bank was until his Caddy / Chauffeur informed him that "a bank is a place where people put money that isn't properly invested." Judge Whitey previously ruled that "the crime of being poor" was a mental illness. HYPERCHICKEN (or "The Chicken Lawyer") (voiced by Maurice LaMarche ) - A 6-foot-plus blue-green rooster attorney with a Pince-nez perched on his beak. He features a strong Southern American accent, reminiscent of Andy Griffith , Matlock , or especially Foghorn Leghorn . He is a terrible lawyer, and routinely loses cases for the main characters. He keeps his children in a suitcase and has been seen crowing on top of a courthouse. He was once hired while imprisoned and awaiting a trial for incompetence; hiring him as a legal representative was enough grounds for Judge Whitey to accept a plea of insanity. Hyperchicken also becomes very frightened if the word " Badger " is mentioned. May also be a play on the literary character of Atticus Finch . Quote while comforting a little girl on the stand: "Now i know its scary in that there witness box but t`ain't no need to fear me. B'Gawk! (Pecks at her head) I'm sorry, I thought you was corn." ETHAN "BUBBLEGUM" TATE (voiced by Phil LaMarr ) - Captain of the Globetrotters and Senior Lecturer in Physics at Globetrotter University. Bubblegum helps Professor Farnsworth to restabilize time in "Time Keeps on Slipping" and was one of the guest judges in the Iron Cook competition in " The 30% Iron Chef ". He also appears briefly in " Less Than Hero ". MR. PANUCCI (voiced by John DiMaggio ) – the owner of Panucci's Pizza , the New York restaurant where Fry worked in the 20th Century . He had little regard for hygiene in his pizzeria; despite this, Stephen Hawking was a frequent customer according to '' Anthology Of Interest I ''. After Fry was frozen Mr. Panucci continued at the pizzeria and tended to Fry’s dog, Seymour . Mr. Panucci is one of the few recurring characters who doesn’t appear in the 31st Century . FATHER CHANGSTEIN-EL-GAMAL (voiced by David Herman ) - A priest in the First Amalgamated Church . He counsels Fry in " Godfellas ," and later presides over Fry's funeral in " The Sting ." THE HYPNOTOAD A large toad which is possibly alien, mutated, and/or genetically engineered, it has oscillating multicolored eyes, and emits a strange humming sound. The sound, called "Angry Machine," was used as a temporary sound by the show's animators, and suited the Hypnotoad animation so much that it was used in the actual episode (" The Day The Earth Stood Stupid "), in which the Toad used its hypnotic powers to easily win a pet competition. The Hypnotoad has the power to Hypnotize anyone it wants at will. It seems that the Hypnotoad is unique, or that it is perhaps the only example of its species living on Earth. In " Bender Should Not Be Allowed On TV ", it is revealed that the Hypnotoad stars in its own Television Show , ''Everybody Loves Hypnotoad,'' which consists entirely of a non-moving shot of the Hypnotoad staring at the camera. Fry claims that the show "has been going downhill since season three". The show's title is a reference to the sitcom, '' Everybody Loves Raymond ''. It is possible that the Hypnotoad is a reference to the Dnyarri , or "Talking Pets", a race of powerful telepath toad creatures from the Star Control video game series, each member of which was powerful enough to mind-control an entire planet full of sentient beings. In the episode " Kif Gets Knocked Up A Notch ." A creature with eyes similar to Hypnotoad's can be seen on Kif's homeworld. Although unlikely, this could be a clue to Hypnotoad's origins. MICHELLE (voiced by Kath Soucie , Sarah Silverman ) Fry's Girlfriend from the 20th century. She appears in the often-referenced story of how Fry was frozen and in " The Cryonic Woman ." She freezes herself after having a rough few years with the guy she left Fry for, unaware that Fry had also been frozen. She has trouble adjusting to the 31st century, particularly the monster-like aliens and creatures. Ultimately, she leaves Fry for Pauly Shore . She is seen grieving for Fry, along with some of Fry's other lovers, at his funeral in " The Sting ". BRAINSPAWN An evil race of flying Telekinetic Brains that came into existence one Millisecond after the Big Bang . Their main enemies are the Nibblonians . Their aeons-long goal is to destroy all other intelligent life, since the thoughts of other beings "screech at them like the forced laughs of a billion art-house movie patrons." Their method of operation is to swarm a planet, using their "stupefaction fields" to render all inhabitants too stupid to resist. Then they absorb the planet's collected knowledge and destroy it. Fry, being uniquely immune to the effect, managed to drive them off Earth (" The Day The Earth Stood Stupid "). Later, under the direction of the Nibblonians, he planted a "quantum interface bomb" on the Brainspawn's space station/knowledge repository, the "Infosphere", sending it and the Brainspawn to an alternate dimension from which, the Nibblonians believe, there is no escape (" The Why Of Fry "). No-one affected by the Brainspawn's stupefaction field remembers it and Fry's memory was erased by Nibbler, thus no human is aware that the Brainspawn exist. HORRIBLE GELATINOUS BLOB (voiced by " in which he devoured an employee who used a rival delivery company. He also makes a brief appearance in " The Problem With Popplers " as a customer at Fishy Joe's. Later, he is one of the unsatisfied customers on Cubert's and Dwight's paper route. He has a son who regularly bullies Cubert and Dwight, frequently using a miniature black hole to reduce their lunches to a singularity. He once beat Hermes and Professor Farnsworth nearly to death, though he later apologized. Mr. Blob is later revealed to be a stock trader at the InterGalactic Stock Exchange, in orbit around Earth. He was one of the fathers in FART on the episode Bender Should Not Be Allowed On TV TERRY In the future, Terry works at the cryogenics lab where Fry was frozen in 2000. He is the first to greet Fry after he is unfrozen, and his usual greeting is "Welcome to the World of Tomorrow!". He later appears in the episode How Hermes Requisitioned His Groove Back as a former partner of Leela. He also attends Fry's funeral in " The Sting " (Farewell, from the world of Tomorrow!) SEE ALSO |
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