Nine

The Number 9 Man was a cameo character appearing in the first and second production seasons of Futurama. He was used merely as an Easter Egg in crowd scenes. But much like the career chips and the professor's PJ-joke, he was slowly forgotten and did not appear in season 3 and 4.

However, he made a reappearance in Bender's Big Score and Into the Wild Green Yonder where his story was revealed.

Significance and Background
The reason for his number was to indicate a yet to be revealed society caste system, where lower numbers were basically slaves, and higher numbers were of kingly status but this was abandoned before the series went live. 9's were drones who walked around all depressed.

His actual story was changed by the writers when given a speaking role. The re-assigned purpose of the 9 on his shirt appears to be that it is his name. He is the grand curator of the Legion of Mad Fellows. Which is essentially a knowledgeable leader.

Trivia

 * It is very interesting that he can read others' thoughts and keeps on a tinfoil hat to block them out, as well as the Dark Ones psychic attack. In season 1 & 2, as well as Bender's Big Score, he wasn't wearing it. This may have been to conceal his involvement with the Legion of Mad Fellows, but this would have required not thinking about the Dark Ones, or Legion of Mad Fellows, as well as dealing with the thoughts of others coming into his head.

Quotes

 * Number 9 Man: Aw, shoot! I got hot sauce on my Number 9 shirt!

Appearances



 * [debatable]
 * A man that resembles him is seen in the crowd of people (bottom left of comic page) acting unlike themselves, as he is also doing so he isn't wearing the "9" shirt.
 * [debatable]
 * A man that resembles him is seen in the crowd of people (bottom left of comic page) acting unlike themselves, as he is also doing so he isn't wearing the "9" shirt.
 * [debatable]
 * A man that resembles him is seen in the crowd of people (bottom left of comic page) acting unlike themselves, as he is also doing so he isn't wearing the "9" shirt.
 * [debatable]
 * A man that resembles him is seen in the crowd of people (bottom left of comic page) acting unlike themselves, as he is also doing so he isn't wearing the "9" shirt.
 * A man that resembles him is seen in the crowd of people (bottom left of comic page) acting unlike themselves, as he is also doing so he isn't wearing the "9" shirt.