- "You mean I'd be the first woman ever to play Major League Blernsball?"
- ―Leela
- "Well, yeah, but basically you'd just be a publicity stunt. I figure a one-eyed lady skull-buster might bring out the freakshow crowd."
- ―Abner Doubledeal[source]
Abner Doubledeal is the sleazy owner of at least two sports organizations in the show. He owned the Ultimate Robot Fighting League[1] and a year later he sold the URFL and bought the New New York Mets[2]. He also is the commissioner and acts as the announcer for the Butterfly Derby held at the Moon.
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Personality[]
Doubledeal is a stereotypical businessman. He often finds the person or trend that will appear to become a large success and will quickly move in to make a deal on it. While he usually appears to make fair deals for both sides, he still tries to work things to his favor.
Trivia[]
- The name Abner Doubledeal is a reference to Abner Doubleday, the man who supposedly invented baseball.
- Abner Doubledeal, like Bender, has adopted all the orphans from Cookieville Minimum-Security Orphanarium.
- Abner is in charge of the Tickleodeon network and at one point refers to one of its programs, Spongebot Squarebolts, ironically Tom Kenny voices Nickelodeon's SpongeBob Squarepants.
Appearances[]
Episodes[]
- "Raging Bender"
- "A Leela of Her Own"
- "Yo Leela Leela"
- "The Butterjunk Effect"
- "Forty Percent Leadbelly (cameo)
- "Meanwhile (he nearly fall in the hole while he was on cellphone by a meter...)