Lord Nibbler is a fictional character from the animated television series Futurama. He is voiced by Frank Welker, who provides not only the speaking lines but also the various noises he makes when not speaking English. This article is about the television series. ... Image File history File links Nibbler_(futurama). ... Futuramas recurring characters: Spoiler warning: // Brain Slug Controlling Hermes The Brain Slugs are small, gelatinous, fist-sized aliens that attach themselves to human heads and act as mind control devices, reducing their hosts to a zombie-like state. ... Turanga Leela (often referred to simply as Leela) (born A.D. 2975) is the primary female character in the animated television series Futurama. ... Loves Labours Lost in Space is the fourth episode in season one of Futurama. ... Space Pilot 3000 is the pilot episode of Futurama, which originally aired in North America on March 28, 1999. ... Loves Labours Lost in Space is the fourth episode in season one of Futurama. ... The Day the Earth Stood Stupid is the seventh episode in season three of Futurama. ... Franklin W. Welker (born March 12, 1946) is an American voice actor. ... A television program is the content of television broadcasting. ... This article is about the television series. ... Franklin W. Welker (born March 12, 1946) is an American voice actor. ...

During most of the series Nibbler masquerades as an innocent, cute and unintelligent pet. In very rare circumstances he may break his undercover identity and suddenly be discovered to be super intelligent, equipped with unique technology and strange natural abilities, which he uses as part of his secret mission to guard the existence of the entire universe and stop the creation of various time travel paradoxes.

Name

This character's true name is not revealed, because "in the time it would take to pronounce one letter of [his] true name, a trillion cosmoses would flare into existence and sink into eternal night". Leela took him for a pet when she found him on the soon-to-be-destroyed planet Vergon 6 in the episode "Love's Labours Lost in Space" and named him "Nibbler", just before observing his ability to rapidly consume animals far larger than himself. When with other Nibblonians, he is referred to as "Lord Nibbler", though again, this name is only used for the sake of nearby humans. The Ancient and Medieval cosmos as depicted in Peter Apians Cosmographia (Antwerp, 1539). ... Turanga Leela (often referred to simply as Leela) (born A.D. 2975) is the primary female character in the animated television series Futurama. ... Loves Labours Lost in Space is the fourth episode in season one of Futurama. ...

Abilities

Nibbler is highly intelligent and capable of communication, but uses telepathic manipulation to simulate human speech because his natural speech is incomprehensible jabber. For most of the series he masquerades as a rather unintelligent animal in order to avoid suspicion while he goes about his mission of protecting the Earth in general and Fry in particular from the evil Brainspawn. He only reveals his mission to anyone else when expecting to wipe their memory of it afterwards, something only done twice so far. He wipes people's memories by emitting a bright flash of light from his third eye. Its immediate after effects are strange as, according to Fry, it makes "everything just taste purple for a second". This flashing effect may be a reference to the memory erasing Neuralizer device used in the 1997 movie Men in Black^{[original research?]}, or to the condition of synaesthesia. His eye is also able to fire a heat ray in Futurama: Bender's Big Score. He is also able to burp chlorine gas, after ingesting large amount of chlorinated pool water, as seen in "Crimes of the Hot". Philip J. Fry is the protagonist of the animated television series Futurama and is voiced by Billy West. ... Futuramas recurring characters: // The Brain Slugs are small, gelatinous, fist-sized aliens that attach themselves to human heads and act as mind-control devices, reducing their hosts to a zombie-like state. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Men in Black is a 1997 science fiction comedy action film directed by Barry Sonnenfeld, starring Tommy Lee Jones, Will Smith and Vincent DOnofrio. ... This article or section is in need of attention from an expert on the subject. ... “Crimes of the Hot” is the eighth episode of the fourth production season of the television show Futurama. ...

Dark matter

Nibbler's waste consists of dark matter, which can be used as starship fuel. An extremely dense material, according to Professor Farnsworth "each pound of which weighs over ten thousand pounds". Bender and the 1X Robot are the only ones able to move the droppings. In "The Why Of Fry", when taking Nibbler for a walk, Fry is confronted with picking up Nibbler's dropping. Professing that it "weighs as much as a thousand suns", Fry is unable to pick it up and is promptly fined for "failure to scoop". For other uses, see Dark matter (disambiguation). ... The Why of Fry is the tenth episode in the fourth season of the animated television series Futurama. ... A pooper-scooper, or poop scoop, is a device commonly used to pick up an animals fecal matter. ...

Eating ability

Nibbler, much like the rest of his species, is capable of devouring life forms much larger than he is, as shown when he ate every animal onboard the Planet Express ship. He is probably able to hold so much food because of his ability to condense it and excrete it as dark matter. He is, according to Leela, "an adorable, unstoppable killing machine". Bender's Big Score suggests that his stomach may link to an alternate dimension of some sort. When Bender's actions cause a tear in the fabric of causality, he quickly yells "Everyone out of the universe! Quick!" and devours himself, disappearing in a flash of orange light. Exactly where he goes after this is currently unknown (either to another universe or dimension), and how he is able to return, if at all, remains to be seen. Futurama: Benders Big Score is the proposed name of the straight-to-DVD movie based on the animated series Futurama to be released around Christmas 2007. ...

Species/Race

Nibbler's race, from the planet Eternium (located at the "Exact Center of the Universe", "Inconceivable dimensions not shown"), is referred to as the Nibblonians, after Leela's name for him. Just as with "Nibbler" itself, the name is only used as a convenience for outsiders. However, the Brainspawn, despite knowing their true nature, also refers to them as such in "The Why of Fry". ("The Nibblonians, good? Ha!") The Why of Fry is the tenth episode in the fourth season of the animated television series Futurama. ...

Nibbler's voracious appetite is shared by other members of the species, who commemorate great events with feasts, such as "The Feast of a Thousand Hams" or "The Feast of a Thousand Beasts". Nibbler, and presumably the rest of the race, have a pair of bat wings under their arms. Futuramas recurring characters: Spoiler warning: // Brain Slug Controlling Hermes The Brain Slugs are small, gelatinous, fist-sized aliens that attach themselves to human heads and act as mind control devices, reducing their hosts to a zombie-like state. ...

According to the Nibblonians, their race is ancient and powerful, because when the universe was formed with the Big Bang, their race was already 17 years old, making them the oldest known species ever to have existed. Individual Nibblonians "live long", according to Nibbler, himself at least 1000 years old, though a human veterinarian once incorrectly speculated that the number of rings within a tooth extracted from Nibbler might indicate his age as five ("I Second That Emotion"). For other uses, see Big Bang (disambiguation). ... Look up veterinarian in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... I Second That Emotion is episode one in season two of Futurama. ...

Some Nibblonians also display cat-like behaviour, purring when their heads are scratched or playing with simple toys. This is distressing to Nibblonians, as it discourages outsiders (as well as each other) from taking them seriously. "Sometimes I fear we are cute," bemoaned Nibbler during "The Day the Earth Stood Stupid". (To which Fiona replies, "Aww, niggle-snoosh," thus simultaneously dismissing and confirming the claim.) Futuramas recurring characters: Spoiler warning: // Brain Slug Controlling Hermes The Brain Slugs are small, gelatinous, fist-sized aliens that attach themselves to human heads and act as mind control devices, reducing their hosts to a zombie-like state. ...

Purpose

Nibbler's existence and intentions were planned well in advance by the series' creators. Nibbler only reveals his intelligence and true origins in two episodes, "The Day the Earth Stood Stupid" and "The Why of Fry", as well as the movie Bender's Big Score These are the only stories that show that he is actually intelligent. However, a clue to his purpose is seen in the first episode of the series, where his shadow can briefly be seen as Fry's chair tips back, indicating he was always intended to have a secret purpose. Another clue is seen in the second episode of the fifth season, when the scene of Fry's freezing is reshown. In that episode, Nibbler's third eyeball can be clearly seen, poking out of the garbage bin. The Day the Earth Stood Stupid is the seventh episode in season three of Futurama. ... The Why of Fry is the tenth episode in the fourth season of the animated television series Futurama. ... Futurama: Benders Big Score is the proposed name of the straight-to-DVD movie based on the animated series Futurama to be released around Christmas 2007. ...

Nibbler was initially shown to have pushed Fry into the cryogenic freezer that resulted in him showing up in the year 3000. However, in "The Why of Fry", it was Fry himself, with encouragement from Nibbler, who did the actual deed. Nibbler then spent the next thousand years on Vergon 6 until being picked up by Leela. Cryogenics is the study of very low temperatures or the production of the same, and is often confused with cryobiology, the study of the effect of low temperatures on organisms, or the study of cryopreservation. ...

Currently, according to his comment in "The Why of Fry", Nibbler's new purpose is to aid Fry in his pursuit of Leela, known to the Nibblonians as "The Other", as payment for Fry giving up his life in the 20th century.

Continuity

Nibbler's shadow as first seen in "Space Pilot 3000".

Nibbler's shadow along with Fry's in "Jurassic Bark"

Although Nibbler is not officially introduced as a character until "Love's Labours Lost in Space", the creators of the show had cleverly planned his inclusion in the series since the beginning, as evidence of his existence can be seen in "Space Pilot 3000", the series' first episode. Just as Fry falls backwards into the freezer, a seemingly pointless shot of under the desk is shown. Upon further inspection, however, a mysterious shadow shaped exactly like Nibbler can be seen. This supports the assertion made in "The Why of Fry" that Nibbler pushed Fry into the freezer. In "Anthology of Interest I", during which Fry sees what would happen if he was never frozen, Nibbler's shadow is absent from the shot under the desk. Additionally, in "Jurassic Bark", in a flashback to Fry sitting in the chair right before getting frozen, Nibbler's third eye is seen popping out of the trash can. It is also shown that Nibbler made the prank call that resulted in Fry delivering a pizza to the nonexistent I.C. Wiener at the cryogenics lab. Also, not only is Nibbler's shadow shown, what appears to be Fry's shadow is shown alongside it. In the audio commentary for the first episode the show's creators exclaim "Secret!" when his shadow becomes visible. Image File history File links Nibbler-SpacePilot3000. ... Image File history File links Nibbler-SpacePilot3000. ... Space Pilot 3000 is the pilot episode of Futurama, which originally aired in North America on March 28, 1999. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Jurassic Bark is the seventh episode of season four of Futurama, airing November 17, 2002. ... Space Pilot 3000 is the pilot episode of Futurama, which originally aired in North America on March 28, 1999. ... Anthology of Interest I is episode sixteen in season two of Futurama. ... Jurassic Bark is the seventh episode of season four of Futurama, airing November 17, 2002. ... In literature and film, a flashback (also called analepsis) takes the narrative back in time from the point the story has reached, to recount events that happened before and give the back-story. ...

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