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'''Home Planet''': [[Unknown]]
'''Home Planet''': [[Planet Eternium]]


==General==
==General==
===Description===
Nibblonians stand about one foot tall, hairless, and have two large eyes as well as a third eye on an antenna in the center of their foreheads. They are black in color, with pale yellow circles on their bellies and around their mouths. They are widely concidered to be the cutest race ever to exist, though this is something the Nibblonians resent.
===History===
The Nibblonians are a proud, ancient race, their history extending 17 years before the universe existed. Brilliant and powerful, since the dawn of time they have battled their ancient nemesis, the [[Brain Spawn]].
===Biology===
The Nibblonians live extraordinarily long lives. It is not known at what age, or even if, they die of old-age; all that is known is that they can live far in excess if 1,000 years. They seem to eat only meat, and in prodigous quantities. They regularly consume many times their body weight per day, without gaining weight. As waste, they excrete pellets of [[Dark Matter]], an extremely heavy material that is valuable as a starship fuel. The mechanism by which meat, which is made of ordinary matter, is converted into dark matter inside the Nibblonians advanced digestive tract is unknown.
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===Life Cycle===
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*[[Nibbler]]
*[[Minor Characters#Ken:Ken]]
*[[Minor Characters#Fiona:Fiona]]
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==Additional Info==
==Additional Info==
===Trivia===
===Trivia===
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===Quotes===
===Quotes===
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*'''Ken''': When the universe was forged in the crucible of the Big Bang, our mighty race was already 17 years old.
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* '''Fiona''': The brains are weakening. [She presses an intercom button.] Nibblonians to Nibble stations. Prepare cuddle bug for deployment in 40 nibblets.
*'''Speaker''': A funny thing I said
:'''Nibbler''': (sighs) Sometimes I fear we are cute.
*[[Speaker not already linked from here|Speaker]]: Even funnier thing
:'''Fiona''': Oh, niggle-snoosh!
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===Appearances===
===Appearances===
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*[[The Day the Earth Stood Stupid]] (3ACV07)
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Revision as of 22:25, 17 July 2006

Name of Member of Species or Quote

Home Planet: Planet Eternium

General

Description

Nibblonians stand about one foot tall, hairless, and have two large eyes as well as a third eye on an antenna in the center of their foreheads. They are black in color, with pale yellow circles on their bellies and around their mouths. They are widely concidered to be the cutest race ever to exist, though this is something the Nibblonians resent.

History

The Nibblonians are a proud, ancient race, their history extending 17 years before the universe existed. Brilliant and powerful, since the dawn of time they have battled their ancient nemesis, the Brain Spawn.

Biology

The Nibblonians live extraordinarily long lives. It is not known at what age, or even if, they die of old-age; all that is known is that they can live far in excess if 1,000 years. They seem to eat only meat, and in prodigous quantities. They regularly consume many times their body weight per day, without gaining weight. As waste, they excrete pellets of Dark Matter, an extremely heavy material that is valuable as a starship fuel. The mechanism by which meat, which is made of ordinary matter, is converted into dark matter inside the Nibblonians advanced digestive tract is unknown.


Characters

Additional Info

Trivia

  • Gopher can't think of a single thing to put in this section! If you can, hit edit above and replace this with something more appropriate!


Quotes

  • Ken: When the universe was forged in the crucible of the Big Bang, our mighty race was already 17 years old.
  • Fiona: The brains are weakening. [She presses an intercom button.] Nibblonians to Nibble stations. Prepare cuddle bug for deployment in 40 nibblets.
Nibbler: (sighs) Sometimes I fear we are cute.
Fiona: Oh, niggle-snoosh!

Appearances

Nibbler appears in too many episodes to list here; see the complete list here. The following list covers episodes with other Nibblonians.