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Hubert J. Farnsworth

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Hubert J. Farnsworth
Gender Male
Species Human
Age 160-167
Planet Earth, specifically Hell's Laboratory, Manhattan, New New York City, New New York
Occupation Mad Scientist and owner of the Planet Express delivery company.

Professor at Mars University

Relatives Philip J. Fry, Cubert Farnsworth, Ignar
First Appearance Space Pilot 3000
Voiced By Billy West
"Good news, everyone!""
―Hubert J. Farnsworth

Professor Hubert J. Farnsworth is the extremely elderly proprietor of the Planet Express delivery service. Born April 9, 2851, the Professor is pushing the limits of even 31st century old age at about 160.[1]

The professor is one of three living relatives of Philip J. Fry, together with the professor's own clone, Cubert, as well his only son by means of his sexual relations with Mom while he worked for her, Igner[2]. He is Fry's great-great-great-etc. nephew. Though never stated, he is therefore logically the descendant of Philip's only sibling, his brother Yancy Fry Jr. However, since it is revealed that Philip J. Fry is his own, and therefore Yancy's, grandfather due to his time-traveling exploits[3], Farnsworth is logically in fact Philip Fry's direct descendant via his brother/grandson Yancy.

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[edit] Biography

The Professor is a mad scientist and a senile, deranged, and unpredictable old man who is both a maniac and a genius. He has a gift and a passion for the creation of Doomsday Devices and Atomic Supermen, and is a danger to himself, his employees, and the universe in general. He has put at least one parallel universe in peril with his inventions[4] and for some reason you never see his eyes.

The Professor formerly worked for Mom's Friendly Robot Company and teaches at Mars University, but he currently spends a majority of his time inventing ridiculous devices and coming up with equally suicidal missions for his crew.

[edit] Catchphrases

The Professor is characterized by his catch-phrase "Good news, everyone!" frequently followed by very bad news; often one of his semi-suicidal missions. Another is his exclamation of surprise, "Sweet Zombie Jesus!"[5][6], which is noted to be clumsily censored on some networks. Also, though not a catchphrase in general, he often says "Wha?" when unaware of the situation, or when someone questions a statement he has just made, showing his senility. He also often completely contradicts himself; he told his crew they were to gather "ordinary honey. Just ordinary honey." When one of his crew asked about the mission, he suddenly turned serious and said "This is no ordinary honey!"[7] Another catchphrase he uses is "...Wernstrom!", which he says whenever he sees Professor Wernstrom, his scientific rival.

[edit] Age

The Professor's amazingly advanced age manifests itself in senility and general physical decrepitude. While generally friendly, he is sometimes prone to sudden fits of bitter contempt for random things. The Professor is also known for his inclination toward exhibitionism and does not hesitate to appear naked in public, stating that, like pine trees and poodles, the "primitive notions of modesty" of the twentieth century are long gone.[8] He also mentions that, being 160 years old, he is old enough to rent and purchase ultra-porn.[9] Beyond that, the professor's occasional brief verbal digressions about his own life imply a somewhat colorful sexual past, which he often concludes with a nostalgic "Ah, yes...".

Farnsworth in Teenage Mutant Leela's Hurdles, as an artificially induced 37.5 years old

The Professor is the oldest human being living on earth, excluding those who have been cryogenically frozen or are kept alive as heads in jars, a title he acquired upon turning 160. At this age, all humans are collected by the Sunset Squad Robots and sent to live out the rest of their days in isolation aboard the gigantic Near Death Star. After his crew rescues him, Farnsworth returns to Planet Express to resume the life he originally had before being removed by the Sunset Robot Squad.[10] After swimming in the fountain of aging, reports that he is "Even older! Huzzah!".[9]

Although being in his 160's, the Professor became quite shocked when Fry, who was technically 1025 years old after being frozen for a millennium, accidentally died, remarking, "This makes me the oldest living member of my family!" and burst into tears at this realization.[7]

[edit] Relationships

[edit] Relationship with his crew

The Professor rarely worries about the safety of the crew, viewing them as a means to an end. After remarking that he was looking for a new crew for his intergalactic space ship, he was asked "what happened to your old crew?" His response was "Oh, those poor sons of b-but that's not important! What is important is that I need a new crew!" When Fry, Bender and Leela state that they have no career chips, he produces them from a bag labeled "Contents of Space Wasp's Stomach".[11] He quite frequently sends them on dangerous missions even when he has the foreknowledge that they will probably not make it back alive. His missions are typically those other delivery companies won't take, such as delivering subpoenas to mob-controlled worlds or casual deliveries to virus-infested planets. Even the commercial that he had produced for his company makes several remarks to this effect, including, "When other companies aren't crazy or foolhardy enough..." and "our crew is expendable, your package isn't", the former showing the crewman running through a minefield and the latter a crewman being dragged away by a giant bird. [12]When the crew and his ship are sent off to war, he immediately tries to hire another crew. When his old crew returns, he is clearly surprised they survived, remarking, "Oh God you're alive! I mean, thank God you're alive," then remarks to the applicants, "Come back in three days. A week at the most" indicating just how low he thinks their chances of survival are.[13] When the crew was sent to retrieve space honey they found the remains of the previous Planet Express Ship buried in the hive's honey.[7] Even his family relationship to Fry doesn't do much, if anything, to reduce his ardor for particularly difficult and deadly delivery missions.

[edit] Relationship with Mom

While at Momcorp, he fell in love with the CEO, Mom. Igner was born of this relationship. Farnsworth left Mom and Momcorp when she decided to weaponize his Q. T. McWhiskers toy, an anthropomorphic cat toy that shot rainbows from its eyes.[14]

[edit] Personality

Though a genius and prodigious inventor, Farnsworth is also plagued by intermittent senility. In contrast to his endearingly inept persona, he has several negative character traits. These include arrogance, spitefulness, and a general disregard towards his employees.

[edit] Family Tree 

Mr. Gleisner--+--Mrs. Gleisner      Philip J. Fry--+--Mildred
                |                      |
             Mrs. Fry--+--Yancy Fry, Sr.
                     |
           +---------+---------+
           |                   |
   Philip J. Fry          Yancy Fry--+--unknown
                                        |
                                  Philip J. Fry--+--unknown
                                                    |
                                            (Many generations)
                                                    |
     Wernstrom            Mom           Hubert J. Farnsworth
            |             | |                       |    |
            +-------+-----+ +-----------+-----------+    |
                    |                   |                |
                +---+---+               |                |
                |       |            Igner     Cubert Farnsworth
              Walt    Larry

[edit] Inventions

"Fast Cars, Trendy Night Spots, Beautiful Women Professor Farnsworth made them all from his small one room apartment."
―Leela[src]

[edit] Trivia

  • The character's name was inspired by real-life inventor Philo Farnsworth, who invented the cathode ray tube television.
  • Farnsworth has the same blood type as Amy Wong.[12]
  • He has a tattoo, "Thug Life", on his back. [31]
  • His middle name "J." is the same as Homer Simpson's middle name.
  • He religiously invokes the name of Satan on a regular basis; his counterpart in Universe 1 proclaims the Bible to be the "real good news", suggesting he decided his religion on a coin flip.
  • According to Hubert Satan owned him one.
  • Hubert has had multiple relationships with "Mom" who he had left and gone back to three times.
  • Hubert supposedly designed, "Fast Cars", "Trendy Night Clubs", and "Beautiful Women".
  • Hubert taught himself to read while he was still in diapers, at about 10 years old.

[edit] Appearances

[edit] References

  1. ↑ A Clone of My Own
  2. ↑ Bender's Game
  3. ↑ Roswell that Ends Well
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 The Farnsworth Parabox
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 The Deep South
  6. ↑ Bender Gets Made
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 The Sting
  8. ↑ Xmas Story
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 Teenage Mutant Leela's Hurdles
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 10.3 10.4 10.5 10.6 10.7 10.8 10.9 A Clone of My Own
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 Space Pilot 3000
  12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 The Series Has Landed
  13. ↑ War is the H-Word
  14. ↑ 14.0 14.1 14.2 14.3 14.4 Mother's Day
  15. ↑ 15.0 15.1 15.2 Time Keeps on Slippin'
  16. ↑ Bender Should Not Be Allowed on Television
  17. ↑ The Route of All Evil
  18. ↑ 18.0 18.1 A Big Piece of Garbage
  19. ↑ The Beast with a Billion Backs
  20. ↑ How Hermes Requisitioned His Groove Back
  21. ↑ Mars University
  22. ↑ I Second that Emotion
  23. ↑ 23.0 23.1 23.2 Anthology of Interest I
  24. ↑ Obsoletely Fabulous
  25. ↑ Fry and the Slurm Factory
  26. ↑ Leela's Homeworld
  27. ↑ Kif Gets Knocked Up a Notch
  28. ↑ Parasites Lost
  29. ↑ A Bicyclops Built for Two
  30. ↑ Futurama: The Game
  31. ↑ 31.0 31.1 Bender's Big Score
  32. ↑ Crimes of the Hot
  33. ↑ Anthology of Interest II


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