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[[Category:Aliens|Grand Midwife]]
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|name=The Grand Midwife
|name=The Grand Midwife
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|image=[[Image:Grandmidwife.jpg|225px]]
|image=[[File:Grandmidwife.jpg|225px]]
|gender=Female
|species=[[Amphibiosans|Amphibiosan]]
|species=[[Amphibiosans|Amphibiosan]]
|origin=[[Amphibios 9]]
|origin=[[Amphibios 9]]
|voiced by=[[Tress MacNeille]]
|job=See [[#Jobs|Jobs section]]
|first appear={{elink|4ACV01|Kif Gets Knocked Up a Notch}}
|voiced by=Tress MacNeille
|first appear={{e|4ACV01}}
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The '''Grand Midwife''' is an amphibiosan who explains the ceremony of delivering babies at the [[Amphibiosan Sacred Birthing Grounds]]. She then helps the pregnant person give birth. She has learnt the ceremony off by heart and refuses to change it.
The '''Grand Midwife''' (also known as the '''Grand Priestess''', the '''Grand Lunch Lady''', the '''Grand Funeral Director''', and the '''Grand Butterfly Curator''') is an [[Amphibiosans|Amphibiosan]] who explains the ceremony that must be performed before the delivering of babies at the [[Amphibiosan Sacred Birthing Grounds]], namely the [[Clan Kroker's Sacred Birthing Grounds]]. She then helps the pregnant individual give birth. She has learnt the ceremony involved by rote and refuses to change it. The Grand Midwife presided at [[Kif Kroker|Kif's]] Fon-Fon-Rubok ceremony and his funeral.


==Additional Info==
== Additional Info ==


===Jobs===
=== Jobs ===
She claims to have five grand jobs, the first from the original run ([[Kif Gets Knocked Up a Notch|4ACV01]]) as the Grand Midwife. Later, she is revisited again, where she acts as the Grand Priestess and the Grand Funeral Director. She also claims to be the Grand Lunch Lady, and a fifth unnamed job, also grand. <!-- WHERE DO YOU GET THIS INFORMATION!?!?!?!?! and the Grand Chairwoman of the Amphibios 9 Federal Reserve.-->
She claims to have five grand jobs, the first from the original run ([[Kif Gets Knocked Up a Notch|4ACV01]]) as the Grand Midwife. Later, she is visited again, where she acts as the Grand Priestess and the Grand Funeral Director. She also claims to be the Grand Lunch Lady, as well as the Grand Butterfly Curator. In the storyboard animatic, she claims to be the Grand Chairwoman of the planet's Federal Reserves.


===Quotes===
=== Quotes ===
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<poem>'''Grand Midwife:''' Where is your [[Smizmar]]?
<poem>'''Grand Midwife''': Where is your [[Smizmar]]?
'''Kif:''' She's not with me.
'''Kif''': She's not with me.
'''Grand Midwife:''' Oh the sorrow, oh the shame! I'm sorry I'm probably making you feel worse.</poem>
'''Grand Midwife''': Oh the sorrow, oh the shame! I'm sorry I'm probably making you feel worse.</poem>
<poem>'''Grand Midwife:''' I am the Grand Priestess!
<poem>'''Grand Midwife''': I am the Grand Priestess!
'''[[Philip J. Fry|Fry]]:''' Aren't also the Grand Midwife?
'''[[Philip J. Fry|Fry]]''': Aren't also the Grand Midwife?
'''Grand Midwife:''' And the Grand Lunch Lady. I work five jobs; all grand.</poem>
'''Grand Midwife''': And the Grand Lunch Lady. I work five jobs; all grand.</poem>
<poem>'''Grand Midwife''': I am the Grand Funeral Director!
'''[[Dr. Zoidberg]]''': Do you validate parking?</poem>
<poem>'''Grand Priestess''': As it was, so now it is. You may now eat the snake.
''[The Grand Priestess hands Kif and Amy a two headed snake. They both bite off a head and start chewing.]''
'''Grand Priestess''': If you so choose.
''[Kif and Amy spit out the snake in disgust.]''
'''Grand Priestess''': It's not part of the ceremony. I just had an extra snake.</poem>
<poem>'''Grand Butterfly Curator''': Greetings, {{w|Ecotourism|ecotourists}}! I am the Grand Butterfly Curator!...This week.</poem>
}}
}}
===Appearances===
 
*{{elink|4ACV01|Kif Gets Knocked Up a Notch}}
=== Appearances ===
*{{flink|The Beast with a Billion Backs}}
*{{e|4ACV01}}
*{{e|4ACV17}}
*{{f|2}}
*{{f|4}} {{cameo|[[audience scene]]}}
*{{e|7ACV06}}
*{{e|8ACV02}}
 
[[Category:Aliens]]
[[Category:Amphibiosans]]
[[Category:Priests]]

Latest revision as of 07:29, 31 July 2023

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Secondary character
The Grand Midwife
Grandmidwife.jpg
GenderFemale
SpeciesAmphibiosan
Planet of originAmphibios 9
ProfessionSee Jobs section
First appearance"Kif Gets Knocked Up a Notch" (4ACV01)
Episode
Voiced byTress MacNeille

The Grand Midwife (also known as the Grand Priestess, the Grand Lunch Lady, the Grand Funeral Director, and the Grand Butterfly Curator) is an Amphibiosan who explains the ceremony that must be performed before the delivering of babies at the Amphibiosan Sacred Birthing Grounds, namely the Clan Kroker's Sacred Birthing Grounds. She then helps the pregnant individual give birth. She has learnt the ceremony involved by rote and refuses to change it. The Grand Midwife presided at Kif's Fon-Fon-Rubok ceremony and his funeral.

Additional Info

Jobs

She claims to have five grand jobs, the first from the original run (4ACV01) as the Grand Midwife. Later, she is visited again, where she acts as the Grand Priestess and the Grand Funeral Director. She also claims to be the Grand Lunch Lady, as well as the Grand Butterfly Curator. In the storyboard animatic, she claims to be the Grand Chairwoman of the planet's Federal Reserves.

Quotes

    Grand Midwife: Where is your Smizmar?
    Kif: She's not with me.
    Grand Midwife: Oh the sorrow, oh the shame! I'm sorry I'm probably making you feel worse.

    Grand Midwife: I am the Grand Priestess!
    Fry: Aren't also the Grand Midwife?
    Grand Midwife: And the Grand Lunch Lady. I work five jobs; all grand.

    Grand Midwife: I am the Grand Funeral Director!
    Dr. Zoidberg: Do you validate parking?

    Grand Priestess: As it was, so now it is. You may now eat the snake.
    [The Grand Priestess hands Kif and Amy a two headed snake. They both bite off a head and start chewing.]
    Grand Priestess: If you so choose.
    [Kif and Amy spit out the snake in disgust.]
    Grand Priestess: It's not part of the ceremony. I just had an extra snake.

    Grand Butterfly Curator: Greetings, ecotourists! I am the Grand Butterfly Curator!...This week.

Appearances