Ethan "Bubblegum" Tate

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Secondary character
Ethan 'Bubblegum' Tate
Ethan Bubblegum Tate.jpg
SpeciesHuman
Planet of originGlobetrotter Homeworld
ProfessionBasketballer (Commander),
Senior Physics Lecturer
First appearance"Time Keeps on Slippin'" (3ACV14)
Episode
Voiced byPhil LaMarr

Ethan 'Bubblegum' Tate is a human from the Globetrotter Homeworld. In addition to being Captain of the Globetrotters, Tate is senior lecturer in physics at Globetrotter University. He once helped Professor Farnsworth figure out how to stop time skips and also has refused to let Bender join the Globetrotters. He also was a judge on the Television show Iron Cook. In Bender's Big Score, he and his team helped Professor Farnsworth better understand the time travel pradoxicality equation, and he and some of his people fought for Earth in the battle with the Scammer Aliens.

Additional Info

Trivia

  • Bubblegum is, like the other Globetrotters on the show, not named after a Harlem Globetrotter.

Quotes

    Ethan 'Bubblegum' Tate: Even in these formal shorts I feel like a failure.

    Professor: You're that Bubblegum Tate?
    Ethan 'Bubblegum' Tate: Well, I sure ain't his Grandma.

    Ethan 'Bubblegum' Tate: Sweet Clyde, laugh derisively at him!
    'Sweet' Clyde Dixon: Ha ha! Ha ha! Ah Ha ha ha!

    Ethan 'Bubblegum' Tate: Uh-oh. Time to boogie on down to the sauna!

    Ethan 'Bubblegum' Tate: Hello, lawsuit.

    Ethan 'Bubblegum' Tate: Most uncool.

    Ethan 'Bubblegum' Tate: You better Bird-dog fast, m'brother!
    Hermes: That's the way I bird-dog best!

    Ethan 'Bubblegum' Tate: You gots' tae tell that sweet thang that your time duplicate body is doomed!
    Hermes: Tomorrow morning... after the "Festivities"!
    Ethan 'Bubblegum' Tate: [spins basketball on finger] Yow, Baby!

Appearances