Wait, Qbert?

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When watching the DVDs audio commentary on A Clone Of My Own i noticed something odd. Since i had subtitles on (i do with the commentaries) i noticed they spelt him Qbert and not Cubert, like we do. I've searched this forum, and only one post from 2000 has him listed a Qbert, anyone else noticed this?

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I was just thinking about this the other day (even though I don't have the DVD's yet). I was wondering if Cubert was named in honor of the 80's video game Q'bert or if he was named after something else.
RM

[Reply #2 on:]

This little dude?

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that's Qbert.
the professors clone is Cubert.

[Reply #4 on:]

I'm pretty sure it's Cubert Farnsworth, because the Professor is Hubert J. Farnsworth. The rhyming names make it sound more clone-y.

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No, no. I was reading the DVD subtitles and when Farnsworth's clone speaks, he's called Qbert.
Oh, they both (Cubert/Qbert) rhyme with Hubert.

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Is there any official merchandise with his name printed on it?  I don't recall seeing his name spelt either way anywhere except the internet and the DVD.

Although Futurama (and The Simpsons) DVD subtitles generally suck - in I, Roommate, Calculon was spelt something like "Gaburon".

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I always had a feeling that the little rascal's name was Qbert... But I'm so used to "Cubert" now, and probably everybody else is too, that I'm going to continue spelling his name that way.
But what I'm really waiting for is whether they write it Cylon or Stylon 

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To add to the confusion:

 

From the DVD cover

A CLONE OF MY OWN

The professor chooses his clone, Cubert, as the successor to his research... only to realize that Cubert has dreams of his own.

[Reply #9 on:]

Cubert sounds better...

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Qbert and Cubert sound the same. Frankly i think it's the DVD subtitles that are wrong as it's Cubert and Hubert.

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On the Futurama 2003 calendar, month June, it's spelled 'Cubert'.

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The guy writing the subtitles probably just made a goof. Cubert is the only variation I've seen online.

Although the Danish subtitles at one point called him Qbert as well, but since they're based on the American subtitles, the goof was merely repeated.

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It's Cubert.  He's Hubert CUBED.

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Well, if there ever was any doubt; the production art section of the season 2 DVD set have him clearly labelled as Cubert.

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its highly possuble that for space and quickness on the net hat some one has used Qbert for quikness altho i dont think they would do this on subtitles

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They did though, that's why i started this thread. The subtitles say Qbert.

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Yeah I saw it on the DVD but I always thought it was QBert

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His real name is Max but in year 3000 it's pronounced "Cubert"

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Originally posted by fromage:
His real name is Max but in year 3000 it's pronounced "Cubert"

    , wait, what am I laughing about?

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I thought it was pronounced "Throat-Wobbler Mangrove"?

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Oy vey, I'm so confused, I always thought it was Cubert and I've seen it spelt that way on the official futurama site, that's good enough for me.