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Professor '''Hubert J. | Professor '''Hubert J. Farnsworth''' is an aged, eccentric inventor, founder and owner of [[Planet Express]] and an honorary [[Globetrotter]]. He is crotchety, absent-minded and sometimes brilliant. He is the last living relative of [[Philip J. Fry]] around the year {{year|3000}}. In addition, he also serves as a tenured professor at [[Mars University (place)|Mars University]]. Farnsworth is a vivid inventor of both useful, as well as highly impractical things, but also finds time to event extremely dangerous devices such as his [[Doomsday devices]]. | ||
== | Personality wise, he vary in carelessness, from deep down careless to a somewhat affection. He has no objection to sending his crew to missions which may eventually mean death to his crew. Farnsworth is the oldest living member of the [[Academy of Inventors]], where he often competes with his arch nemesis, [[Dr. Ogden Wernstrom]], though Wernstrom finds time to compete with Farnsworth on every possible level. | ||
== Description == | |||
Farnsworth can widely be regarded as the concept of a mad scientist, though also varies in form of whatever the writers would feel he best suit as for an episode. Farnsworth's name comes from {{w|Philo Farnsworth}}, who invented the television. In addition, his first name, Hubert, may come from [[Ken Keeler]]'s former professor, {{w|Hubert Dreyfus}}. The only thing his name as in common with Philip J. Fry is the unsettled "J." as their middle initial, but this may just be a common joke [[Matt Groening]] sets for his characters. | |||
Farnsworth also enjoys public nudity, for which he may have been convicted. Especially around [[Xmas]], it becomes appropriate for him to undress. Though, not entirely in protest from his crew members. | |||
== Story == | |||
Hubert J. Farnsworth was born on 9 April, {{year|2841}} – though claimed until {{year|3001}} that it was actually 2851 – in the nerdiest slum hole of [[New New York]], [[Hell's Laboratory]]. At age 8, he learnt to read, albeit while still in diapers. | |||
Hubert enjoys his teenage age as a nerd with an affection for role-playing games. After 14 years of graduate school, Farnsworth became a scientist, where he designed such things as [[fancy sports cars]], [[trendy night spots]] and [[beautiful women]], all out of his one-room apartment. Evidence suggest that he may also have been a hippie and a disco boy. Possibly during graduate school. | |||
=== Planet Express === | |||
After numerous tries with Mom, and his need for money to fund his research, he decided to create [[Planet Express]], an interstellar delivery company to grant him the money he needs for his research. Early on, he hired his oldest friend, [[Dr. John A. Zoidberg]] as the company's staff doctor. In addition, he hired [[Hermes Conrad]] as the company's bureaucrat. Around {{year|2999}}, [[Amy Wong]] entered the company as an intern, but has since remained in the company for several years. | |||
Crew wise, Farnsworth has had numerous crews, but many of them had died either horribly or gone missing, and Farnsworth often mentions that his missions could be suicidal dangerous. Despite the challenges he puts them through, [[Philip J. Fry]], his uncle, [[Turanga Leela]] and [[Bender Bending Rodríguez]] has been his longest surviving crew, who after 10 years in the company remains affected to the company as well as alive. | |||
Farnsworth doesn't always just send his crew on simple delivery missions, but also on charities as well as highly controversial missions. Even in events where his crew and company is unrelated, he isn't shy to send them along anyway. | |||
=== Cubert Farnsworth === | |||
{{further|Cubert Farnsworth}} | |||
Desperate to have someone to continue his works, growing apparent of his old age, at which point he claimed to be 150, he created a clone to become his heir to his works. Unfortunately, Cubert Farnsworth did not turn out as intended for Farnsworth, and he finally decided that his life was over, and revealed his actual age, when the [[Sunset Robot]]s would come and take him away to the [[Near Death Star]]. | |||
Though, after a rescue attempt by his crew, they managed to save him and afterwards, Cubert finally decided to carry on with Farnsworth's research. | |||
=== Dark Matter === | |||
In his first trip back to Mom, he discovered the secret of [[dark matter]] that it could be used as starship fuel. When Mom faked a dark matter shortage in {{year|3008}} to increase the price of dark matter worldwide, Farnsworth finally told the tale of how he discovered it, and decided to end it all, so that scientist could spend their time on developing cleaner fuels, such as [[Whale Oil]]. | |||
Farnsworth managed to enter Mom's dark matter mine on Alaska, which turned out to be a [[Nibblonian]] farm, where Mom had kept Nibblonians imprison for years to increase the production of dark matter. However, with the help of his crew, Farnsworth managed to bring the crystals close enough together to render dark matter useless. | |||
== Relationships == | |||
Farnsworth has at least on 3 accounts went back with [[Farnsworth-Mom relationship|his major love]], [[Mom]]. At around age 90, he worked for [[Mom's Friendly Robot Company]], where he designed robots for the company as well as toys, such as [[Q. T. McWhiskers]], but Mom's suggestion of turning the toy into a giant, made Farnsworth leave her, because she simply understood him. | |||
He would later return to Mom's company to work on creating actual robots, but back then, robots were stiff moving and not very efficient, however, when he sacrificed fuel efficiency, he succeeded, unfortunately, this robot design also caused global warming. Why he left Mom this time remains unsettled, but it may be because he once realised she was evil. | |||
At a third account, Farnsworth was once again at the company with Mom, where he discovered the secret of [[Dark Matter]], around the time where [[Walt, Larry and Igner|Mom's sons]] were born. But when he found out she had left him for [[Dr. Ogden Wernstrom]], he left her once again. | |||
While his relationship with Mom has certainly be his largest, it has not been his only one, during a brief period of gaining youth using stem cells from [[GeneWorks, S.K.G.]], he found a [[Farnworth's girlfriend|girl willing to date him]], although she also turned out to have used her tax rebate for a crazy treatment. | |||
==[[:Category:Farnsworth's Creations|Creations]]== | |||
The professor, being a vivid inventor, has created numerous inventions, ranging from very sophisticated to down right crazy. | |||
Here is a list of the Professor's inventions (in alphabetical order) | Here is a list of the Professor's inventions (in alphabetical order) | ||
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It should be noted that the reason that it is possible for Farnsworth to create such devices ([[Parallel Universe Box]], [[Atomic Supermen]], [[Dark Matter Afterburner]], [[Dark Matter Engines]], [[Smell-O-Scope]]) may be that [[Fry]] lacks the Delta Brainwave, and somehow, over the course of one-thousand years it has alterd to be benneficial to the [[Human]] brain. [[Cubert]] also seems to posess a variety of this abnormality, seeing as he is Farnsworth's clone. However, it must be noted that Farnsworth clearly has the Delta Brainwave, as we are shown in[[The Day the Earth Stood Stupid]] | <!-- Speculation much? Very non appropriate. | ||
It should be noted that the reason that it is possible for Farnsworth to create such devices ([[Parallel Universe Box]], [[Atomic Supermen]], [[Dark Matter Afterburner]], [[Dark Matter Engines]], [[Smell-O-Scope]]) may be that [[Fry]] lacks the Delta Brainwave, and somehow, over the course of one-thousand years it has alterd to be benneficial to the [[Human]] brain. [[Cubert]] also seems to posess a variety of this abnormality, seeing as he is Farnsworth's clone. However, it must be noted that Farnsworth clearly has the Delta Brainwave, as we are shown in[[The Day the Earth Stood Stupid]]--> | |||
==Family== | |||
*[[Philip J. Fry|Fry]], Farnsworth's many-times-great-uncle and at the same time many-times-grand-father. | *[[Philip J. Fry|Fry]], Farnsworth's many-times-great-uncle and at the same time many-times-grand-father. | ||
*[[Cubert Farnsworth]], Farnsworth's clone/son. | *[[Cubert Farnsworth]], Farnsworth's clone/son. | ||
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<br/> The professor's basic catchphrase is "Good news, everyone!" The phrase is used so frequently that it was already possible to joke about it in the [[My Three Suns|seventh episode]].<br /> | <br/> The professor's basic catchphrase is "Good news, everyone!" The phrase is used so frequently that it was already possible to joke about it in the [[My Three Suns|seventh episode]].<br /> | ||
Variations include the following: | Variations include the following: | ||
*"Great news, everyone." | *"Great news, everyone."{{ein|1ACV05}}, {{ein|1ACV10}} | ||
*"News, everyone." | *"News, everyone."{{ein|3ACV17}} | ||
*"Good news, anyone" | *"Good news, anyone."{{ein|4ACV04}} | ||
*"Bad news, nobody." | *"Bad news, nobody."{{ein|4ACV04}} | ||
*"Good news, everyones" | *"Good news, everyones."{{ein|4ACV15}} | ||
*"Bad news, everyone" | *"Bad news, everyone."{{ein|4ACV12}}, {{ein|2ACV10}} | ||
*"Excellent happenings, people!"[[...But Deliver Us To Evil!|(US#002)]] | *"Excellent happenings, people!"[[...But Deliver Us To Evil!|(US#002)]] | ||
*"Bad news, fancymen." | *"Bad news, fancymen."{{fin|3}} | ||
He also occasionally refers to "[[ | He also occasionally refers to "[[Zombie Jesus]]" either by saying "Sweet Zombie Jesus" or "Holy Zombie Jesus". | ||
When he spoken to or asked a question, he also commonly says "Eh-wha?" This is used often to emphasize his senility and hearing loss. | When he spoken to or asked a question, he also commonly says "Eh-wha?" This is used often to emphasize his senility and hearing loss. | ||
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===Appearances=== | ===Appearances=== | ||
While Professor Farnsworth appears in most episodes, films and comics, with the exception of [[The Why of Fry]] and [[Where No Fan Has Gone Before]], these categories may be of interest: | While Professor Farnsworth appears in most episodes, films and comics, with the exception of "[[The Why of Fry]]" and "[[Where No Fan Has Gone Before]]", these categories may be of interest: | ||
*[[:Category:A plots focusing on Professor Farnsworth|A plots focusing on Professor Farnsworth]] | *[[:Category:A plots focusing on Professor Farnsworth|A plots focusing on Professor Farnsworth]] | ||
*[[:Category:B plots focusing on Professor Farnsworth|B plots focusing on Professor Farnsworth]] | *[[:Category:B plots focusing on Professor Farnsworth|B plots focusing on Professor Farnsworth]] | ||
Revision as of 12:20, 12 April 2009
| Primary character | |
| Professor Hubert J. Farnsworth | |
|---|---|
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| Age | 166 |
| Date of birth | April 9, 2841 |
| Species | Human |
| Planet of origin | Earth |
| Profession | Owner/CEO of Planet Express |
| Relatives | See below |
| First appearance | "Space Pilot 3000" (1ACV01)  |
| Voiced by | [[Billy West|Billy West]][[Category:Characters voiced by Billy West|Professor Hubert J. Farnsworth]] |
- For other uses, see Farnsworth.
Professor Hubert J. Farnsworth is an aged, eccentric inventor, founder and owner of Planet Express and an honorary Globetrotter. He is crotchety, absent-minded and sometimes brilliant. He is the last living relative of Philip J. Fry around the year 3000. In addition, he also serves as a tenured professor at Mars University. Farnsworth is a vivid inventor of both useful, as well as highly impractical things, but also finds time to event extremely dangerous devices such as his Doomsday devices.
Personality wise, he vary in carelessness, from deep down careless to a somewhat affection. He has no objection to sending his crew to missions which may eventually mean death to his crew. Farnsworth is the oldest living member of the Academy of Inventors, where he often competes with his arch nemesis, Dr. Ogden Wernstrom, though Wernstrom finds time to compete with Farnsworth on every possible level.
Description
Farnsworth can widely be regarded as the concept of a mad scientist, though also varies in form of whatever the writers would feel he best suit as for an episode. Farnsworth's name comes from Philo Farnsworth, who invented the television. In addition, his first name, Hubert, may come from Ken Keeler's former professor, Hubert Dreyfus. The only thing his name as in common with Philip J. Fry is the unsettled "J." as their middle initial, but this may just be a common joke Matt Groening sets for his characters.
Farnsworth also enjoys public nudity, for which he may have been convicted. Especially around Xmas, it becomes appropriate for him to undress. Though, not entirely in protest from his crew members.
Story
Hubert J. Farnsworth was born on 9 April, 2841 – though claimed until 3001 that it was actually 2851 – in the nerdiest slum hole of New New York, Hell's Laboratory. At age 8, he learnt to read, albeit while still in diapers.
Hubert enjoys his teenage age as a nerd with an affection for role-playing games. After 14 years of graduate school, Farnsworth became a scientist, where he designed such things as fancy sports cars, trendy night spots and beautiful women, all out of his one-room apartment. Evidence suggest that he may also have been a hippie and a disco boy. Possibly during graduate school.
Planet Express
After numerous tries with Mom, and his need for money to fund his research, he decided to create Planet Express, an interstellar delivery company to grant him the money he needs for his research. Early on, he hired his oldest friend, Dr. John A. Zoidberg as the company's staff doctor. In addition, he hired Hermes Conrad as the company's bureaucrat. Around 2999, Amy Wong entered the company as an intern, but has since remained in the company for several years.
Crew wise, Farnsworth has had numerous crews, but many of them had died either horribly or gone missing, and Farnsworth often mentions that his missions could be suicidal dangerous. Despite the challenges he puts them through, Philip J. Fry, his uncle, Turanga Leela and Bender Bending Rodríguez has been his longest surviving crew, who after 10 years in the company remains affected to the company as well as alive.
Farnsworth doesn't always just send his crew on simple delivery missions, but also on charities as well as highly controversial missions. Even in events where his crew and company is unrelated, he isn't shy to send them along anyway.
Cubert Farnsworth
- Further information: Cubert Farnsworth
Desperate to have someone to continue his works, growing apparent of his old age, at which point he claimed to be 150, he created a clone to become his heir to his works. Unfortunately, Cubert Farnsworth did not turn out as intended for Farnsworth, and he finally decided that his life was over, and revealed his actual age, when the Sunset Robots would come and take him away to the Near Death Star.
Though, after a rescue attempt by his crew, they managed to save him and afterwards, Cubert finally decided to carry on with Farnsworth's research.
Dark Matter
In his first trip back to Mom, he discovered the secret of dark matter that it could be used as starship fuel. When Mom faked a dark matter shortage in 3008 to increase the price of dark matter worldwide, Farnsworth finally told the tale of how he discovered it, and decided to end it all, so that scientist could spend their time on developing cleaner fuels, such as Whale Oil.
Farnsworth managed to enter Mom's dark matter mine on Alaska, which turned out to be a Nibblonian farm, where Mom had kept Nibblonians imprison for years to increase the production of dark matter. However, with the help of his crew, Farnsworth managed to bring the crystals close enough together to render dark matter useless.
Relationships
Farnsworth has at least on 3 accounts went back with his major love, Mom. At around age 90, he worked for Mom's Friendly Robot Company, where he designed robots for the company as well as toys, such as Q. T. McWhiskers, but Mom's suggestion of turning the toy into a giant, made Farnsworth leave her, because she simply understood him.
He would later return to Mom's company to work on creating actual robots, but back then, robots were stiff moving and not very efficient, however, when he sacrificed fuel efficiency, he succeeded, unfortunately, this robot design also caused global warming. Why he left Mom this time remains unsettled, but it may be because he once realised she was evil.
At a third account, Farnsworth was once again at the company with Mom, where he discovered the secret of Dark Matter, around the time where Mom's sons were born. But when he found out she had left him for Dr. Ogden Wernstrom, he left her once again.
While his relationship with Mom has certainly be his largest, it has not been his only one, during a brief period of gaining youth using stem cells from GeneWorks, S.K.G., he found a girl willing to date him, although she also turned out to have used her tax rebate for a crazy treatment.
Creations
The professor, being a vivid inventor, has created numerous inventions, ranging from very sophisticated to down right crazy.
Here is a list of the Professor's inventions (in alphabetical order)
Family
- Fry, Farnsworth's many-times-great-uncle and at the same time many-times-grand-father.
- Cubert Farnsworth, Farnsworth's clone/son.
- Igner, Farnsworth's son.
- Philip J. Fry, II, distant grandfather
- Yancy Fry, Jr., distant grandfather
- Yancy and Mrs. Fry, distant grandparents
- Mildred Fry, distant grandmother
- Yivo, ex-spouse.
Additional Info
Trivia
- He was named "Farnsworth" in honor of Phylo T. Farnsworth, the inventor of modern television, which was unveiled at the same World's Fair as the Futurama exhibit that the show is named for.
- Throughout the series, we are never shown the professor's eyes, until the comic Downsized!. This may or may not have been authorized by Matt Groening.
- Has the same blood type as Amy Wong. He has stated that is one of the reasons why he likes "keeping her around" (1ACV02).
- His bank account number is 299792458.
- Became a wizard (quite possibly a parody of Gandalf) in Bender's Game .
- A certain running gag with the writers is to drop hints in the show that the professor is a cannibal of sorts.
- Also known as the Catman, due to his ability to land on his feet after falling great distances. However, it has apparently been so long since the last time he used this ability that even the Professor himself has forgotten why they called him the Catman.
- Has a "Thug Life" tattoo on his back.
Catchphrase
Originally, the professor's catchphrase was going to be "...though I am already in my pajamas." This was only used in the first and second episodes.
The professor's basic catchphrase is "Good news, everyone!" The phrase is used so frequently that it was already possible to joke about it in the seventh episode.
Variations include the following:
- "Great news, everyone."1ACV05 , 1ACV10
- "News, everyone."3ACV17
- "Good news, anyone."4ACV04
- "Bad news, nobody."4ACV04
- "Good news, everyones."4ACV15
- "Bad news, everyone."4ACV12 , 2ACV10
- "Excellent happenings, people!"(US#002)
- "Bad news, fancymen."Bender's Game
He also occasionally refers to "Zombie Jesus" either by saying "Sweet Zombie Jesus" or "Holy Zombie Jesus".
When he spoken to or asked a question, he also commonly says "Eh-wha?" This is used often to emphasize his senility and hearing loss.
The final "catchphrase" used by the Professor is "Oh My..."
Appearances
While Professor Farnsworth appears in most episodes, films and comics, with the exception of "The Why of Fry" and "Where No Fan Has Gone Before", these categories may be of interest: