The Globetrotters are descendants from humans and the famous basketball team, the Harlem Globetrotters, for whatever reason at some point Globetrotters left Earth to inhabit their own world. Professor Farnsworth created a team of Atomic Supermen to challenge the Globetrotters in a game of basketball. They come from the Globetrotter's Planet where there is a whole race of Globetrotters.
The Globetrotters are exceptional basketball players specializing in basketball tomfoolery who also have keen scientific minds and have saved both the Earth and the Universe from disaster.
Behind the scenes
The Futurama Globetrotters are a parody of the real-life Harlem Globetrotters. Their inclusion in the series may be a reference to their popularity in the 80s, where they inexplicably appeared as guest stars in several Hanna Barbera cartoons.
Known members
The known members of the Globetrotters (position on picture) are
- Ethan "Bubblegum" Tate (center)
- "Sweet" Clyde Dixon (center right, next to Bubblegum)
- "Curly" Joe (center left, next to Bubblegum)
- Goosh (right side center, right of Sweet Clyde)
Honorary members
People who have been made honorary members of the Globetrotters.
Appearances
- "Time Keeps on Slipping"
- "Bender's Big Score"
- The Beast With A Billion Backs
- Into The Wild Green Yonder
- "A Prisoner of Benda"
