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{{Character infobox
|name=Richard M. Nixon's head
|image=[[File:Richard Nixon's Head.jpg|225px]]
|origin=[[Earth]]
|species=[[Human]]
|type=s
|age={{age|1913|01|09}}
|born=9 January, [[1913]]
|family=[[Pat Nixon]], wife
|job=[[President of Earth]]<br>Former [[President of the United States]]
|voiced by=Billy West
|first appear={{e|1ACV01}}
}}
'''Richard M. Nixon's head''' is a world-leading politician. He was the [[President of the United States|president]] of the [[United States]] between [[1969]] and [[1974]]. In the [[31st century]], he has became a [[head in a jar]] and has been the [[President of Earth|president]] of [[Earth]] since [[3000]], with a short interruption by the [[Decapodians]] in [[3003]] {{et|4ACV05}} and another one by [[Lrrr]] in [[3010]] {{et|6ACV11}}. Nixon has himself stated that he has become crazy over the years {{et|2ACV03}}.

== Biography ==

[[File:Robo Nixon.png|thumb|left|The robot body with which Nixon won the [[3000]] presidential election {{et|2ACV03}}.]]
[[File:Despair.png|thumb|left|The Richard Nixon "Despair" poster {{et|6ACV04}}, which is a parody of the [[Barack Obama]] {{w|Barack Obama "Hope" poster|"Hope" poster}}.]]

=== President of the United States ===
{{w|Richard Milhous Nixon}} was born in [[1913]], and became the [[President of the United States|President]] of the [[United States]] in 1969. Nixon was president when the USA claimed to send the first men to the [[Moon]] in 1969, but as was revealed much later, the moon landing was in reality a hoax, as it was all filmed on [[Venus]].

Nixon resigned from office in 1974, as a direct result of what became known as the {{w|Watergate scandal}}. He died from a stroke in [[1994]].

=== President of Earth ===
Little is known of what Nixon did between his death and the year [[3000]], though it is known that he had his [[head jar|resuscitated head put in a jar]], and spent some time in the Presidential wing of the [[Head Museum]] ({{es|1ACV01}}). Nixon dislikes being a head, though&mdash;he was extremely fond of his old body, and describes it as "flabby, pasty-skinned, riddled with phlebitis&mdash;a good Republican body".

Later that year, however, he ran a successful dark horse campaign, and was elected [[President of Earth]], sweeping the robot vote with his charismatic new [[robotic]] body {{et|2ACV03}}. This body also was the reason why he could become president for a third time (after twice in the [[1900s]]): while no ''body'' can be president more than twice, Nixon had a brand ''new'' body. Nixon's vice president was the [[Headless body of Agnew]].

[[File:$300 bill.jpg|right|thumb|President Nixon on the [[Earthican $300 bill]] {{et|4ACV16}}.|200px]]

As a tax refund when Earth came into a budget surplus, Richard Nixon printed a series of [[Earthican $300 bill|$300 "Tricky Dick Fun Bills"]] to be distributed to all [[Earthican]]s in [[3004]] {{et|4ACV16}}, with his picture on it. According to a deleted scene, the bill automatically registered a vote for Nixon causing him to win the [[Earth presidential election, 3004|3004 elections]].

In [[3008]], he won the [[Earth presidential election, 3008|3008 elections]]. In [[3009]], vice president [[Headless body of Agnew]] was killed by the [[Feministas]] in an accident. It is not known who took the position of vice president since, if anyone. However, it could have been [[Dick Cheney's head]].

In [[3010]], Nixon resigned from the Presidency when [[Lrrr]], ruler of the planet [[Omicron Persei 8]], [[Third Omicronian Invasion of Earth|invaded]] {{et|6ACV11}}. Nixon regained office afterwards, as he was seen with [[Zapp Brannigan]] trying to come up with a solution with the common cold crisis {{et|6ACV24}}.

In [[3012]], Nixon tries to win over potential voters for another term by promising to build a fence around the solar system to keep out illegal immigrants. Nixon's only real competition was Senator [[Chris Travers]], whom he tried to mud-sling by spreading rumors about him not being [[Earthican]]. After Senator Travers's birth was broadcast on live television, more people voted for Travers, causing him to win the elections. By doing so, however, he created a paradox (as the only reason he came to the past was to stop Nixon's re-election) and he disappeared, leaving nothing to stand in the way between Nixon's fourth term [[President of Earth|in office]].

=== Future ===
According to [[Chris Travers]], shortly after Nixon's third inauguration, he had the fence around the southern border of the [[Sol System]] constructed, as he promised. Without alien immigrants to perform menial jobs on [[Earth]], the economy collapsed, causing mass starvation across the planet. Faced with an angry mob, Nixon responded with a bold solution: by rounding up the protesters and converting them into [[Soylent products#Soylent Majority|food for the remaining Earthican masses]]. With a sizable portion of the working class eliminated, [[robots]] were then forced to fill in for performing labor once performed by humans. This caused an unrest amongst robots worldwide, leading them revolt against humanity, under the leadership of [[Bender|B.B.Rodríguez]]. The situation was so dire that a [[Chris Travers|teenager]] from [[3028]] is sent [[Time sphere|back in time]] to [[Earth presidential election, 3012|prevent Nixon from winning the elections]].

== Production ==
[[File:BillyWest.jpg|thumb|[[Billy West]] is the voice of Nixon.]]

Nixon makes the "Aroo!" noise because he reminds [[Billy West]] of a werewolf and also his performance is partially based on the way Anthony Hopkins portrayed the man in Oliver Stone's 1995 film "Nixon".

== Additional Info ==

=== Trivia ===
*Richard Nixon's head is an extra in the [[Toynami Futurama Figures|Toynami ''Futurama'' collectible]] of Zapp Brannigan. Underneath it is a peg. This peg is used for connecting Nixon to Bender's body when you remove his head. This is a reference to "[[A Head in the Polls]]", in which Nixon bought Bender's body so that he can be elected again since the law says, "no''body'' can be elected twice".
*Nixon is known to join the [[Robot Devil]] for poker nights.
*Nixon's huge robot body from "[[A Head in the Polls]]" makes a re-appearance in "[[Soldier Boys]]".
*On {{commentary|The Prisoner of Benda}}, Billy West explains that his [[catchphrase]] for Nixon ("Arrooo!") originated from when he was a child. He was watching a debate between Nixon and {{w|John F. Kennedy}} on TV, and Nixon appeared to be very sweaty and hairy. Everytime the camera cut back to Nixon, Billy said his 5 o'clock shadow got thicker and thicker, so he said to his Mom "He's turning into a werewolf!" and made the infamous "Arrooo!" sound.

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=== Quotes ===
{{q|
<poem>'''Nixon''': ARROOOOOO!</poem>
<poem>'''Nixon''': [following his re-election] NIXON'S BACK!</poem>
<poem>'''Nixon''': That's it! You just made my list!</poem>
<poem>'''Nixon''': Our planet has been through a lot this year, but we have not forgotten what is truly important... the great taste of {{w|Charleston Chew}}!</poem>
<poem>'''Nixon''': We Earthicans stand erect, with proud upthrust bosoms.
'''[[Philip J. Fry|Fry]]''': Anyone who laughs is a {{w|Communist}}.</poem>
<poem>'''Nixon''': [on $1000 bill] Quick, shoot 'em in the back, while they're not looking! [shifts eyes]</poem>
<poem>'''Nixon''': The one secret no one ever suspected is that I DID stage the moon landing … on Venus! ARROOOOO! Muahahaha!</poem>
<poem>'''Nixon''': We're Hopelessly outgunned. The Force is with us … but that's about it!</poem>
<poem>'''Nixon''': The tentacles are coming straight towards Earth and there's no stopping them. {{w|King Kong}}'s too old to save us this time!</poem>
<poem>'''Nixon''': Listen here, [[Turanga Leela|Missy]]. {{cat|Computer}}s may be twice as fast as they were in [[1973]], but your average voter is as drunk and stupid as ever. The only thing that's different is me; I've become bitter, and let's face it, ''crazy'' over the years. And once I'm swept into office, I'll sell our children's organs to zoos for meat, and I'll go into people's houses at night and wreck up the place. Muahahaha!</poem>
<poem>'''Nixon''': Now look here, you drugged-out Communist. I paid for this body and I'd no sooner return it than I would my little cocker spaniel dog, Checkers. ''[Checkers barks.]'' Shut up, dammit!</poem>
<poem>'''[[Bailiff]]''': Do you swear to tell the whole truth and nothing but the truth.
'''Nixon''': I&mdash;um&mdash; ''[Nixon's head jar begins to sweat.]'' &mdash;Am I under oath when I take the oath?</poem>
<poem>'''Nixon''': I am not a crook's head!</poem>
<poem>'''Nixon''': Nixon always wins!</poem>
<poem>'''Nixon''': ARROOOOO!
'''[[Yancy Fry Sr.]]''': Good God, it's Richard Nixon, our greatest President!
'''Nixon''': That's right, daddy-o, and I need to take your hippie son on a far-out musical quest.
'''Yancy Fry Sr.''': Get out of my house, you Commie.</poem>
<poem>'''Nixon''': That's my style; I like to kick 'em when they're down.</poem>
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=== Appearances ===
{{appear-begin}}
*{{e|1ACV01}}
*{{e|1ACV06}} {{small|(on poster)}}
*{{e|2ACV03}}
*{{e|2ACV08}}
*{{e|2ACV17}}
*{{e|3ACV11}} <small>(on 1000-[[currency|dollar]] bill)</small>
*{{e|3ACV14}}
*{{e|3ACV18}}
*{{e|4ACV05}}
*{{e|4ACV08}}
*{{e|4ACV16}}
*{{e|4ACV18}}
*{{f|1}}
*{{f|2}}
*{{f|4}}
*{{e|6ACV02}}
*{{e|6ACV10}}
*{{e|6ACV11}}
*{{e|6ACV13}} {{disputed canon}}
*{{e|6ACV24}}
*{{e|7ACV02}}
*{{e|7ACV03}}
*{{e|7ACV04}}
*{{e|7ACV05}}
*{{e|7ACV13}} {{cameo}}
*{{e|7ACV16}}
*{{e|7ACV19}}
*{{e|7ACV23}}
*{{e|7ACV26}} <small>(on 10-dollar bill)</small>
*{{clink|US#006|Xmas Time Is Fear}}
*{{clink|US#009|Freaky Fry-day}}
*{{clink|US#014|Six Characters in Search of a Story}}
*{{clink|US#022|A Fit Worse than Death}}
*{{clink|US#031|As the Wormhole Turns}}
*{{clink|US#035|Son of the Sun}}
*{{clink|US#041|Soldier Boys}}
*{{clink|US#046|Follow the Reader}}
*{{clink|US#048|Claw and Order}}
*{{clink|US#058|Boomsday!}}
*{{clink|US#059|How to Secede Without Really Trying}}
*{{clink|US#060|The Bot Who Cried Wolf}}
*{{clink|US#065|The Sun Also Raises!}}
*{{clink|US#072|Trading Spaces}}
*{{clink|US#073|Night of the Automated Dead}}
*{{clink|US#076|Captain Brannigan: The Windbag Soldier}}
*{{clink|US#X04|The Read Menace!}}
*[[Radiorama]]
{{appear-end}}

== See Also ==
*[[Mount Shushmore]]

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