superbender
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« on: 09-15-2010 19:32 »
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I think that Zoidberg is an horrible character whose only fuction is to make bad episodes, I think that Zoidberg should exit the show, and you?
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superbender
Crustacean
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No, you lies, Zoidberg was funny in the first season, but then he become boring.... and the funniest of the crew is Hermes. My manwich!
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coldangel
DOOP Secretary
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lol @ serious answers given to a ridiculous question asked by a troll.
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superbender
Crustacean
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I'm not a troll, I'm new and I try to make serious topics, obviously this was irony. Zoidberg is not the wort character, it is Bender!
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superbender
Crustacean
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75% think as me, Hooray! I was thinking that I was the only guy who hates Zoidberg.
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superbender
Crustacean
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« Reply #14 on: 09-17-2010 19:07 »
« Last Edit on: 09-17-2010 21:54 »
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And a lobster, why is he a lobster? if he was a dog, that would be funny, but a lobster, it is as cute as a Katz.
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Bigboysdontcry
Professor
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That is an odd thing to say, go wash your bum.
Zoidberg is awesome, ever since the movies Zoidberg has been one of my favorite characters. I liked him before that, I just gained a new angle on him. He is hilariously pathetic.
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futurefreak
salutatory committee member
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« Reply #17 on: 09-22-2010 22:01 »
« Last Edit on: 09-22-2010 22:03 »
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Zoidberg provides comic relief. He works together with the crew to make a cohesive whole. When you take one character out of that whole and make the show focused specifically on him or her, you lose that interaction between characters that makes their dynamic work. Why did "Why Must I be a Crustacean in Love" work while "Thats Lobstertainment!" didnt? Well there can be several answers to that but one main reason is because the other characters did not get forgotten, including the last climactic fight scene with Fry. I am obviously aware too, being a Star Trek fan, that the episode (like many, actually) is a reference back to Star Trek, this one being Amok Time but it youre a fan I dont need to tell you that obviously. However when I first viewed the episode and later watched it on the dvd I had not seen Star Trek ever and the episode was still hilarious for me, so there had to be something working for it besides the obvious reference. A third reason this episode could have worked better was the blunt notion of mating because who wouldnt want to see an episode about that, but i believe what kept it going was the interaction between characters. In Thats Lobstertainment! we lost that interaction, Fry and Leela were nearly forgotten, Bender had his own B storyline but wasnt interacting with the main characters. Why dont all those spinoff shows work, where one of the main characters has their own setting? Even if the show was rated number one it doesnt change the fact that you lose that interaction between characters.
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Super Zoidberg
Crustacean
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What the hell is wrong with you? Zoidberg is amazing. He's the funniest charater on futurama. Don't be total crap.
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Bigboysdontcry
Professor
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Ya zoidy poo rocks. He is awesome, why else would the zoidberg kidrobot sell for higher prices than the other 1/16 boxes characters.
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Turanga Sabrina
Crustacean
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Well, most episodes, books, movies, etc need a conflict. To say that he causes problems and should be kicked off the show just because they made a few good episodes with his character. Your being ignorrant, without any problem in an episode is boring and Futurama would lose its viewers.
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futurefreak
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I didn't find "Thats Lobstertainment" to be that boring of an episode. I actually do enjoy it a lot. I understand the main characters were not as involved. Look at its this way, Calculon is hilarious. Watching him make a movie was hilarious, and then you had Harold Zoid being crazy. Then poor Zoidberg trying to be an actor. I just never looked at as, o this is lame without the other characters. It was something different that I found refreshing. I liked it, but I know I am the minority.
Didn't care too much for Harold Zoid. Love Hank Azaria, but that character was not that funny. There's funnier ways to go about depicting an old seemingly Jewish lobster I just liked Bender's repeated "Hit The Deck!"s
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SpaceMaN
Urban Legend
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I just liked Bender's repeated "Hit The Deck!"s
Me too, kind of like the repeated "Abandon Ship!"s in "Parasites Lost". As for Zoidberg, he shouldn't be kicked off the show, he just shouldn't have full episodes dedicated to him, as those are the most bashed by the fan community on a regular basis. I loved him as the detective (with degrees in murderology and murderonomy, mind you) in AoI, the bit parts fit him much better, where a joke can be thrown in but not dwelled on.
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futurefreak
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The Zoidberg-Hermes conflict is pretty funny in early Futurama. Don't know if I've seen that with new episodes...?
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Svip
Administrator
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Last time I can remember seeing it is in "Amazon Women in the Mood", but it may have occurred later.
You might argue that Hermes' "no part of you should be a comedian" in "That's Lobsertainment!" may be a continuation of it. But we really don't see this conflict explored further. Maybe they just forgot.
Zoidberg himself is my favourite character on the show. Because the key to Zoidberg is that everything he says is funny. Regardless of what it is, it is funny coming from him.
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gthugball1n
Crustacean
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I love zoidberg because he knows how to save kids from bullies!!!
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Philp J. Fry
Poppler
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Zoidberg's struggle agianst poverty is damn funny!
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Capt. Bob
Crustacean
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I'll admit that zoidberg is quite annoying sometimes, but for the most part hes funny, and even if he wasnt it is just plain wrong to take anyone off the show! and for the record, Zapp Branigan is the worst character, and BTW, he still contributes to the show!
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Futuraman2112
Crustacean
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Very silly indeed.But by the very fact that some of us are responding to it proves one thing:
Some of us have far too much time on our hands.
I've read this thread twice now. This is bad.
EDIT: Welcome superb - there is a great edit function to eliminate unwanted typos and all.
Hey PumaG, stop with the grammar Nazi act already! Woop woop woop woop woop woop, nyah ah ah aaaahhhh!
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