# Best minor recurring character in Futurama? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 7, 2012, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-minor-recurring-character-in-futurama/618044 "2012-04-07T00:37:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2012, 7:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-minor-recurring-character-in-futurama/618044/21 "2012-04-07T07:56:09Z")
My second choice would be Nixon’s head. ---
**Author:** ![Simplicio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c37758/32.png) [@Simplicio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Simplicio)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2012, 8:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-minor-recurring-character-in-futurama/618044/22 "2012-04-07T08:21:49Z")
I like Zap Branagan’s assistant, Ki…ALL HAIL THE HYPNOTOAD… ---
**Author:** ![Private\_Bin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c0e974/32.png) [@Private\_Bin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Private_Bin)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2012, 8:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-minor-recurring-character-in-futurama/618044/23 "2012-04-07T08:44:57Z")
I love the bitter whale biologist at the aquarium. “And now, Mushu, the whale **who thinks he’s better than you**. JUMP, MUSHU, JUMP!” So much unexplained hatred. ---
**Author:** ![EvilMinion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/35a633/32.png) [@EvilMinion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EvilMinion)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2012, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-minor-recurring-character-in-futurama/618044/24 "2012-04-09T02:27:12Z")
I have to go with Morbo too, as well as The Crushinator, especially when she refuses to chase Bender on the moon: “No Pa, I love him”. ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2012, 11:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-minor-recurring-character-in-futurama/618044/25 "2012-04-09T11:29:12Z")
The two cops. ---
**Author:** ![bouv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bc8723/32.png) [@bouv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bouv)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2012, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-minor-recurring-character-in-futurama/618044/26 "2012-04-09T13:06:47Z")
> [@MrDibble](#): > > The two cops. Smitty and Url. It’s a shame what happened to Smitty, though…he was only two days away from retirement… ---
**Author:** ![Max\_Torque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Max\_Torque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_Torque)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2012, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-minor-recurring-character-in-futurama/618044/27 "2012-04-09T14:14:43Z")
> [@Freudian\_Slit](#): > > I’ve never seen you before. Scruffy’s never seen you before neither. ---
**Author:** ![drastic\_quench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e36b37/32.png) [@drastic\_quench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drastic_quench)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2012, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-minor-recurring-character-in-futurama/618044/28 "2012-04-09T16:41:45Z")
Femputer “Have you any idea what’s it like to be a fem-bot living in a man-bot’s man-puter world?” ---
**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2012, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-minor-recurring-character-in-futurama/618044/29 "2012-04-09T17:06:55Z")
Definitely Scruffy and Morbo. I like his co-anchor lady too. ---
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2012, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-minor-recurring-character-in-futurama/618044/30 "2012-04-09T17:19:22Z")
I vote for slutty old **Petunia** , from Nutley, New Jersey. ---
**Author:** ![teela\_brown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d9b06d/32.png) [@teela\_brown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teela_brown)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2012, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-minor-recurring-character-in-futurama/618044/31 "2012-04-09T17:23:26Z")
I like Amy’s parents, too. One of my attorney bosses has multiple clients whose personalities and voices are just like Mr. Wong’s. ---
**Author:** ![bouv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bc8723/32.png) [@bouv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bouv)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2012, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-minor-recurring-character-in-futurama/618044/32 "2012-04-09T17:24:41Z")
> [@Eve](#): > > I vote for slutty old **Petunia** , from Nutley, New Jersey. Well, she is well-traveled…and I don’t mean she travels a lot. ---
**Author:** ![Angel\_of\_the\_Lord](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/angel_of_the_lord/32/2949_2.png) [@Angel\_of\_the\_Lord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Angel_of_the_Lord)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2012, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-minor-recurring-character-in-futurama/618044/33 "2012-04-09T20:14:38Z")
The lazy guy. You know. “What’s do’s I looks like, a guy who’s not lazy?” I love that guy. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2012, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-minor-recurring-character-in-futurama/618044/34 "2012-04-09T20:27:13Z")
> [@Angel\_of\_the\_Lord](#): > > The lazy guy. You know. “What’s do’s I looks like, a guy who’s not lazy?” I love that guy. Fer da record’s, his name’s is Sal’s. ---
**Author:** ![iamthewalrus\_3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/258eb7/32.png) [@iamthewalrus\_3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iamthewalrus_3)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2012, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-minor-recurring-character-in-futurama/618044/35 "2012-04-09T21:23:05Z")
Mom. “I’m off to some charity BS for knocked-up teenage sluts.” ---
**Author:** ![Parthol](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/dec6dc/32.png) [@Parthol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Parthol)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2012, 5:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-minor-recurring-character-in-futurama/618044/36 "2012-04-10T05:59:18Z")
I can’t believe I’m the first to mention Ethan “Bubblegum” Tate! “I thought you knew that algebra was all razzamatazz. A Globetrotter always saves the good algebra for the final minutes!” ---
**Author:** ![Hypno-Toad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b2d939/32.png) [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2012, 6:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-minor-recurring-character-in-futurama/618044/37 "2012-04-13T06:22:02Z")
All glory to me! ---
**Author:** ![Leiko](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Leiko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leiko)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2012, 6:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-minor-recurring-character-in-futurama/618044/38 "2012-04-15T06:00:57Z")
Hattie McDoogal, Scruffy the Janitor, Morbo, Lrrr, and Ndnd are my favorites. Oh, and Calculon! And Elzar! And Tinny Tim! And Clamps! As you can tell, I’m not so good at narrowing it down. I guess if I really had to pick, though- Morbo. ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2012, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-minor-recurring-character-in-futurama/618044/39 "2012-04-15T17:19:56Z")
_Grrl_, the Human/Omicronian cross-dresser. > [@](#): > > Grrrl: This is so hot! Conquer me, Lrrr! Sharpen your horns on my scaly thorax! And who could forget, > [@](#): > > Grrrl: Wait! Come back Lrrr! I want to have your popplers! ---
**Author:** ![davidm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidm/32/225_2.png) [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2012, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-minor-recurring-character-in-futurama/618044/40 "2012-04-15T17:26:07Z")
What about the blue collar truck driver / construction worker guy. Does he have a name? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-minor-recurring-character-in-futurama/618044.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-minor-recurring-character-in-futurama/618044.md?page=3)