Big Brain



Species: Brain Spawn

Planet of Origin: none

Age: Unknown

Voiced By: Maurice LaMarche

First Appearance: The Day the Earth Stood Stupid

General
The Big Brain is literally the mastermind of the fearsome race that is called the Brain Spawn. There may be several Big Brains, but we probably only ever have seen one. It was instrumental in the attempted invasion and eradication of Earth and resided in New New York's Public Library, where it was fielded by Fry and Leela. The Big Brain has the ability to create fictional alternate realities (as found in books) and seal its enemies in it. Fry and Leela chase the brain through several literary classics like Moby Dick, Tom Sawyer and Pride and Prejudice. While it is distracted, Fry makes use of this ability and writes a short story of its own, thus shaping a fictional reality himself in which the Big Brain becomes trapped and does whatever he writes. It then leaves Earth, and the Nibblonians seize the opportunity to destroy the invading Brain Spawn by devouring them. The Big Brain has another appearance when the Brain Spawn create the Infosphere, though it may be another Big Brain.

Like all other Brain Spawn, the Big Brain cannot stupefy Fry as he has no Delta Brain Wave, the only way to deal with him is to argue. This is dangerous, as the Brains are clever and Fry is stupid. But Fry also has a fair idea of what is right and what is not, so he eventually chooses to do the right thing. Fry pictures the Big Brain as a giant nerd, and thus instantly finds the place where it hides: the Library. Hard thinking by other people hurts the Big Brain, like all Brain Spawn - probably one reason why they hate all conscious thought, maybe the Delta Brain Wave is harmful to them. Like the other Brain Spawn, the Big Brain has the ability to float and to project a stupefication field that eradicates all intelligence inside the blast radius.

Biography
No one knows when the Big Brain was created, it probably came into existence with the rest of its race shortly after the Medium-Sized Bang and has roamed the universe ever since.

Family
As it was said, there may be more than one Big Brain, and the Brainspawn all look alike in form if not in size.

Quotes
Big Brain: Earth, you fat idiot, hurry up.
 * The Big Brain: I'm a gigantic brain!
 * The Big Brain: The big brain am winning again! I am the greetest! I am now leaving Earth for no raisin!
 * Infosphere: Clarification request! Are you the Philip J. Fry from Earth or the Philip J. Fry from Hovering Squidworld 97A?

Appearances

 * The Day the Earth Stood Stupid (3ACV07)
 * "The Why of Fry" (4ACV10)