Planet Express ship

Primary character
Planet Express Ship
Species	Space ship
First appearance	"Space Pilot 3000" (1ACV01)
Voiced by	Unknown

The Planet Express ship was designed and built by Prof. Farnsworth. The ship's color is said to be "Electric Mucus." The ship is capable of traveling at 99% light speed (which is a lot faster than traditional light speed since the speed of light was increased in 2208), but in fact it does not move at all. Instead, its engines move the universe around it. This is made possible in part by its incredible dark matter reactor equipped with afterburners providing 200% fuel efficiency, and needs about 63 balls of dark matter to be full. However, due to dark matter becoming ineffective as fuel, the ship now runs on whale oil. According to Bender's Game, the ship has the LX package. The only noted upgrade is a gold hood ornament which was stolen by a punk in a rough space neighbourhood.

The ship is surprisingly comfortable inside. It carries two Hover-Dollies to help move heavy cargo around. The ship can also be used in combat and has fought against the Robot Mafia and Space Pirates. It is so effective in battle that it fought in the defence of Earth with the DOOP forces.

The ship's computer is sentient. For a while, it was involved in a romantic relationship with Bender ^(4ACV03). When things turned sour, they had to wipe the ship's memory to regain control.

Like all leading characters in the show, the ship has an overbite.

Parts of the Ship

Fry in the turret

• The Bridge
• Leela's cabin
• Fry and Bender's cabin
• A Lounge
• A Sauna
• A full kitchen
• A full bathroom (the shower is soundproof)
• A laundry room
• The cargo bay
• The Med-bay
• A Cage (complete with lion)
• Brain Room
• Emergency Supply Room
• Engine Room
  • Dark Matter Afterburner
  • Dark Matter Engines
• Jungle Room
• Military Strategy Room
• Morgue
• Vending Room
• Turret

Dewey, the autopilot

Dewey, the autopilot

In addition, the ship carries a separate AI: The auto-pilot (possibly named Dewey). Bender and the auto-pilot have had drinking contests, but the auto-pilot is rarely seen on-screen. The auto-pilot appears in "Bendless Love" (3ACV06)

and the voice is the same as the ship's (before the personality change) in "Love and Rocket" (4ACV03)

this suggests they may not actually be separate entities. Additionally, in Love and Rocket, the Ship handled auto-pilot duties.

Holo-Pilot

In the comic Robot Santa's Little Helpers, Leela is shown to have designed a "Holopilot", with the appearance of a fat, ugly Amy Wong

Additional Info

The ship underwater

Alternate Appearances/Modifications

The old ship

• In "The Deep South" (2ACV12)
  
  , the ship is modified to move underwater
• In "Parasites Lost" (3ACV02)
  
  , a miniature Planet Express Ship is shown
• In "The Route of All Evil" (3ACV12)
  
  , the ship is painted red to suit the new business Awesome Express
• In "Where No Fan Has Gone Before" (4ACV11)
  
  , the ship loses its engines and has Star Trek-style warp nacelles mounted to it
• In "The Sting" (4ACV12)
  
  , the old Planet Express Ship is seen in purple
• In the Opening Sequence of The Beast with a Billion Backs
  
  , the ship is drawn in a similar style to Steamboat Willie.
• In the Opening Sequence of Bender's Game
  
  , the ship is yellow and looks like the Yellow Submarine from the movie Yellow Submarine.
• In Bender's Game, with dark matter useless, dozens of Nibblonians are attached to the ship to pull it along.
• In Into the Wild Green Yonder, the Feministas colour the ship pink.
• In Into the Wild Green Yonder, since dark matter is inert, the engine has been converted to burn Whale Oil.

Appearances

• All Episodes
• Most Comics

See Also

• A full layout of the Ship