Talk:Professor Farnsworth

This article was nominated for deletion on 17 November 2024. The result of the discussion was keep.

Animation: American / Futurama Mid‑importance

	Animation portal This article is within the scope of WikiProject Animation, a collaborative effort to build an encyclopedic guide to animation on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, you can edit the article attached to this page, help out with the open tasks, or contribute to the discussion.AnimationWikipedia:WikiProject AnimationTemplate:WikiProject AnimationAnimation articles
Mid	This article has been rated as Mid-importance on the project's importance scale.
	This article is supported by the American animation work group (assessed as Mid-importance).
	This article is supported by the Futurama task force (assessed as High-importance).

Fictional characters

This article is within the scope of WikiProject Fictional characters, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of fictional characters on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the discussion and see a list of open tasks.Fictional charactersWikipedia:WikiProject Fictional charactersTemplate:WikiProject Fictional charactersfictional character articles

The following references may be useful when improving this article in the future:

The Mad Scientist Hall of Fame

Legacy section

If this section has a reference to a random genus of snake named after the character, I feel like at least as notable (certainly more relevant to popular culture) is the introductory segment to the podcast The Scathing Atheist (nearly 600 episodes now), which serves as a cross-promotion vehicle for groups, causes, and other podcasts, recording some variation of Hi I'm so and so from such and such group, "and We DID in fact evolve from filthy monkey men" -- from the titular character to this wikipedia article -- the segment is referred to by the hosts as "The Farnsworth Quote". Granted the show apparently isn't popular enough for there to be a wikipedia page created for it yet (although maybe I would be the type of person who isn't directly involved in the show but knows enough to write an article about it), but then the guy who named the snake species doens't have his own wikipedia page either, so i think in terms of relevant influence on popular culture, this tidbit would be warranted to add to the "Legacy" section. 76.174.113.253 (talk) 04:40, 27 March 2024 (UTC) - Laced8[reply]

Personality

I think someone should explain his personality more like the other futurama articles.

Was it mentioned the top speed of the planet express ship equipped with the "main engine"?

No, just that it can travel between galaxies in hours. -- Cyrius|✎ 05:39, 31 Oct 2004 (UTC)

In Teenage Mutant Leelas Hurdles Leela tells us "This ship can do 99% lightspeed." Unfortunately, because of the raising of light-speed in 2208, that speed is unknown to us. Worth mentioning? Cygnus360 1 July 2005 19:26 (UTC)

They also made it to the edge of the universe in 2 episodes, the Cubert takeover one (where they sent them on a delivery to dog-doo 8 or so, and it took them a week), and also when they made it to the viewing platform and could see the cowboy mirror universe, but it didn't say how long they took.Thunderhippo (talk) 06:31, 1 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Age

Sidebox shows 168, text shows 161. I'm inclined to believe the 161 given the reference to the Near Death Star, but I don't know for sure. Can anyone confirm? I'll change it to 161 since that's what is implied in the article and on a couple other websites. But if someone could check and confirm it from the DVDs that would be cool.--Tonytnnt 07:13, 14 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I think it's indeterminable but close due to the Fountain Of Aging incident claiming that he said he was older. The Phantomnaut (talk) 06:59, 2 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Nobel Prizes

Exactly when did he become a double Nobel laureate? As far as I know, the only time he mentions a Nobel Prize is as a possibility in Mars University. Cygnus360

That's a good question. In Anthology of Interest II, he implies that he's won one, but that's during a What-If scenario. -- Cyrius|✎ 01:52, 16 Jun 2005 (UTC)

If I recall, he has a Nobel Prize in Physics for his Doomsday Device and a Nobel Prize in Peace for not using it.

Grungalungas

Didn't Prof. Farnsworth say he was worth a billion dollars while he was listening to Arcade Fire? -- sincerely Q-Bert

Seperate Invention Page?

It might be worth it to put his inventions on a seperate page. There are a lot, and it would allow to have images for most of them. AncientNova 20:31, 3 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

- Good Idea, I think it is quite worth it we could even list inventions that are only refered to like "Reverse Fosilization". John Doe or Jane Doe (talk) 09:40, 10 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

John or Jane - You're responding to a post that is a year and a half old. That page has been created (as List of fictional devices in Futurama) and deleted (Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of fictional devices in Futurama) since then. I don't recommend recreating it unless you can address the issues from the deletion discussion. Star dust 8212 12:18, 10 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Roswell That ends well

In http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roswell_That_Ends_Well , Fry did his grandmother, then became his own grandfather. How does this affect his familial relationship with Prof Farnsworth?--Xlegiofalco 03:43, 25 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

It makes him a direct ancestor as well as a great uncle. That's about it. -- Digital Watches 07:35, 25 August 2006 (UTC)

Paradox?

(he is his great nephew — though never stated, he is therefore logically the descendant of Philip's only sibling, his brother Yancy Fry, and also, via time paradox, Philip J. Fry himself)

Uh, unless Philip impregnated his brother, Farnsworth can't be Fry's descendant, just his relative. Also, there's nothing paradoxical about it as far as I can see. Travelling to the future to meet your great-great-great-great...great-grandnephew is achievable through simple relativistic time dilation, and doesn't conflict with causality at all. Unigolyn 01:39, 18 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

True enough. However, thanks to the events of Roswell that Ends Well, Philip (I) is not only his own grandfather, but also the grandfather of Yancy Jr., from whom Hubert descends in turn.

If Yancy is Fry's only sibling, then Farnsworth is also a direct descendant of Fry due to the paradox. However, in the pilot episode, a genetic test indicted that Fry was Farnsworth's uncle, but did not indicate that he was a direct descendant. It is possible, although it has never been mentioned in the show, that Fry has a half-sibling through his mother that is in fact the ancestor of Farnsworth. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.17.137.63 (talk) 19:07, 10 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

In "The Luck of The Fryish", Yancy Sr. tells Yancy Jr. he's after his father and his father before him, "all the way back to Minuteman Yancy". Yancy Sr may not be Fry's biological father. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 122.201.44.70 (talk) 18:15, 9 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Duplicates

There are some items that appear in the List of Farnsworth Inventions and in the List of Futurama Gadgets with different information. I think it would be better to remove the gadgets invented by Farnsworth from this page and add them into the List of Gadgets. And this List of Gadgets would be divided into Farnsworth gadgets and non-Farnsworth gadgets. Bender22 02:34, 9 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Death Clock?

Are you sure that the death clock is a parody of the clocks circling around the internet? I know that the death clock was intruduced in Robert A. Heinleins first short story "Lifeline" Where the doctor "Pinerõ" invents a death clock (and there might be other, even earlier references?) However, since Heinlein is considered one of the founding fathers of science fiction, how can we be sure that this is not a parody of that? johan_h 20:01, 6 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

The Farnsworth Parabox

Shouldn't the Parabox count as an invention? Adamsandberg 14:05, 27 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Fair use rationale for Image:Super Duper Symmetric String Theory.jpg

Image:Super Duper Symmetric String Theory.jpg is being used on this article. I notice the image page specifies that the image is being used under fair use but there is no explanation or rationale as to why its use in this Wikipedia article constitutes fair use. In addition to the boilerplate fair use template, you must also write out on the image description page a specific explanation or rationale for why using this image in each article is consistent with fair use.

Please go to the image description page and edit it to include a fair use rationale. Using one of the templates at Wikipedia:Fair use rationale guideline is an easy way to insure that your image is in compliance with Wikipedia policy, but remember that you must complete the template. Do not simply insert a blank template on an image page.

If there is other fair use media, consider checking that you have specified the fair use rationale on the other images used on this page. Note that any fair use images uploaded after 4 May, 2006, and lacking such an explanation will be deleted one week after they have been uploaded, as described on criteria for speedy deletion. If you have any questions please ask them at the Media copyright questions page. Thank you.

BetacommandBot 04:47, 3 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Should lack the Delta brainwave?

As 'A Roswell that ends well' explains, Fry is his own father. This makes Farnsworth actually a direct descendant of Fry (as also noted on this page). We also know that Fry lacks the Delta brainwave due to a genetic trait. But since Farnsworth is a direct descendant of Fry, should this not give him the same genetic trait?

Weyen Drote 17:49, 17 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Fry's condition is supposed to be nearly unique in the universe, according to the Nibblonians. Also, Farnsworth was made stupid by the Brainspawn, which proves that he does not share Fry's condition. -- Lilwik 02:44, 19 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

More than likely subsequent generations of breeding with people they aren't related to produced intelligent children. Barring that, it's a plothole. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.53.82.182 (talk) 18:36, 20 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Fair use rationale for Image:Prof. Farnsworth.jpg

Image:Prof. Farnsworth.jpg is being used on this article. I notice the image page specifies that the image is being used under fair use but there is no explanation or rationale as to why its use in this Wikipedia article constitutes fair use. In addition to the boilerplate fair use template, you must also write out on the image description page a specific explanation or rationale for why using this image in each article is consistent with fair use.

Please go to the image description page and edit it to include a fair use rationale. Using one of the templates at Wikipedia:Fair use rationale guideline is an easy way to insure that your image is in compliance with Wikipedia policy, but remember that you must complete the template. Do not simply insert a blank template on an image page.

If there is other fair use media, consider checking that you have specified the fair use rationale on the other images used on this page. Note that any fair use images uploaded after 4 May, 2006, and lacking such an explanation will be deleted one week after they have been uploaded, as described on criteria for speedy deletion. If you have any questions please ask them at the Media copyright questions page. Thank you.

BetacommandBot 02:31, 6 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Fair use rationale for Image:Prof. Farnsworth.jpg

Image:Prof. Farnsworth.jpg is being used on this article. I notice the image page specifies that the image is being used under fair use but there is no explanation or rationale as to why its use in this Wikipedia article constitutes fair use. In addition to the boilerplate fair use template, you must also write out on the image description page a specific explanation or rationale for why using this image in each article is consistent with fair use.

Please go to the image description page and edit it to include a fair use rationale. Using one of the templates at Wikipedia:Fair use rationale guideline is an easy way to insure that your image is in compliance with Wikipedia policy, but remember that you must complete the template. Do not simply insert a blank template on an image page.

If there is other fair use media, consider checking that you have specified the fair use rationale on the other images used on this page. Note that any fair use images uploaded after 4 May, 2006, and lacking such an explanation will be deleted one week after they have been uploaded, as described on criteria for speedy deletion. If you have any questions please ask them at the Media copyright questions page. Thank you.

BetacommandBot 05:25, 16 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Would you like to ask Billy West a question?

I am interviewing Billy West, voice of Philip J. Fry, Professor Hubert Farnsworth, Dr. Zoidberg and Zapp Brannigan, next Thursday, November 15. If you have questions for West, leave them on my talk page. --David Shankbone 22:45, 8 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Birthdate

Wouldn't the Professor's birthdate on the page (2158) make him around 900? I think there's a mistake there. Also, if he was 161, wouldn't he have been taken away at 160 as explained in A Clone of My Own? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.181.36.142 (talk) 07:44, 20 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Accent

What accent does the Professor speak? It doesn't really sound like General American... Siúnrá (talk) 23:53, 3 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

It's a pretty generic American accent, it's just that he's really old. DP76764 (Talk) 01:50, 4 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Philo T Farnsworth

The inventor of the television - is a see also link too obvious? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 174.7.127.253 (talk) 06:31, 7 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

It's already referenced in the Character History section so a See Also link is unnecessary. Star dust 8212 14:02, 7 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry missed that - thank you. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.81.26.230 (talk) 23:05, 8 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Rename

The following discussion is an archived discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. No further edits should be made to this section.

The result of the move request was: Move to Professor Farnsworth. Jafeluv (talk) 18:06, 26 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Hubert J. Farnsworth → Professor (Futurama) – Per WP:COMMONNAME, he is always called Professor and very rarely called Hubert or even Farnsworth. In a similar manor as Puck (Glee) CTJF83 12:40, 17 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Since just "Professor" isn't available as a title, I think a better disambiguation would be Professor Farnsworth. Powers ^T 19:05, 17 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]
I like how the (Futurama) tag follows Bender (Futurama) and Leela (Futurama) but think a simple "Professor Farnsworth" would be slightly more appropriate. DP76764 (Talk) 20:17, 17 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]
- Why? What's really the difference on his page just titled Professor as opposed to just Leela? CTJF83 21:09, 17 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  - We don't have any other convenient and recognizable disambiguation for Leela because her family name is not well known. While "Farnsworth" is not used often, it's used often enough to be recognizable for disambiguation purposes. Powers ^T 21:23, 17 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]
    - Sounds like OR to me :) I can live with Professor Farnsworth though. CTJF83 21:38, 17 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Professor Farnsworth would be OK, but dropping his Farnsworth name would be silly. To me, it's more memorable than the show name Futurama, as it connects to the famous real person that he's named for. Dicklyon (talk) 22:43, 17 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]
- I can live with that. CTJF83 21:52, 19 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Support "Professor Farnsworth". Largely agree with what Dick and Powers have said. Jenks24 (talk) 02:37, 26 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

The above discussion is preserved as an archive of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on this talk page. No further edits should be made to this section.

Request for Comments

There is an RfC on the question of using "Religion: None" vs. "Religion: None (atheist)" in the infobox on this and other similar pages.

The RfC is at Template talk:Infobox person#RfC: Religion infobox entries for individuals that have no religion.

Please help us determine consensus on this issue. --Guy Macon (talk) 23:52, 21 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Academic sources

Because of the AfD discussion, I have gone looking for more sources to establish notability. Some of them are paywalled but look promising.

The table of contents of this law review article (Justin S. Wales. "FUTURLAWMA: 21st Century Solutions to 31st Century Problems". U. Miami L. Rev. (Abstract). 87. Retrieved November 17, 2024.) indicate that it focuses on the Professor and his adventures. Anyone with access, through a university library perhaps, could use it to shore up this article. Darkfrog24 (talk) 00:34, 18 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]