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|inventor=[[Professor Hubert J. Farnsworth|Professor Farnsworth]]
|inventor=[[Professor Hubert J. Farnsworth|Professor Farnsworth]]
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The '''Fing-Longer''' is a glove which has an extended index finger. [[Professor Hubert J. Farnsworth|Professor Farnsworth]] had always dreamed of inventing the Fing-Longer, and used the [[What-If Machine]] to ponder what might have happened had he, in fact, invented it. It was last scene in Bender's Big Score, when the Professor and the Harlem Globe Trotters were calculating the equation of time
The '''fing-longer''' is a glove with an extended index finger. By the beginning of the [[31st century]], [[Professor Hubert J. Farnsworth|Professor Farnsworth]] had always dreamed of inventing this glove. In [[3001]], he used the [[What-If Machine]] to ponder what would happen if he, in fact, invented it. {{er|2ACV16}} The Professor did not actually invent the fing-longer until [[3002|the following year]], when he used it as a pointer on a hologram. {{er|3ACV05}} He reused it as a pointer in [[3007]], {{er|BBS}} and to uncover [[Animatronio|the secret]] behind [[Leonardo da Vinci]]'s ''{{w|The Last Supper (Leonardo da Vinci)|The Last Supper}}'', {{er|6ACV05}} as well as to wake up [[Lrrr]], {{er|6ACV11}} in [[3010]]. He used it while telling [[Planet Express crew|the crew]] about the [[solar helium mine]], in [[3013]]. {{er|7ACV18}}


Later, he actually invented it in reality.
== Additional Info ==
==Additional Info==
=== Trivia ===
===Trivia===
*The name "fing-longer" refers to the fact that it is a "long finger".
*It was later discovered by the Simpsons in a crossover.
*The fing-longer was discovered by the {{s|Simpson family}} in [[The Read Menace!|a crossover]].
===Appearances===
 
*{{elink|2ACV16|Anthology of Interest I}}
=== Appearances ===
*{{elink|3ACV05|The Birdbot of Ice-Catraz}}
*{{e|2ACV16}}
*{{e|3ACV05}}
*{{f|1}}
*{{e|6ACV05}}
*{{e|6ACV11}}
*{{e|7ACV18}}
*{{clink|US#X04|The Read Menace!}}
*{{clink|US#X04|The Read Menace!}}
*{{clink|US#045|Anthology of Interest II|Anthology of Interest II (comic)}}
*{{g|1}}
*{{g|1}}
*{{flink|Bender's Big Score}}
 
[[Category:Farnsworth's creations]]
[[Category:Technology]]

Revision as of 07:31, 16 September 2013

Fing-longer
Farnsworth-finglonger1.jpg
The Professor wearing the fing-longer, as shown by the What-If Machine in 3001. [2ACV16]
InventorProfessor Farnsworth
Owner(s)Professor Farnsworth
First appearance"Anthology of Interest I" (2ACV16)
Episode
Current statusStill in use by the Professor

The fing-longer is a glove with an extended index finger. By the beginning of the 31st century, Professor Farnsworth had always dreamed of inventing this glove. In 3001, he used the What-If Machine to ponder what would happen if he, in fact, invented it. [2ACV16] The Professor did not actually invent the fing-longer until the following year, when he used it as a pointer on a hologram. [3ACV05] He reused it as a pointer in 3007, [BBS] and to uncover the secret behind Leonardo da Vinci's The Last Supper, [6ACV05] as well as to wake up Lrrr, [6ACV11] in 3010. He used it while telling the crew about the solar helium mine, in 3013. [7ACV18]

Additional Info

Trivia

  • The name "fing-longer" refers to the fact that it is a "long finger".
  • The fing-longer was discovered by the Simpson family in a crossover.

Appearances