Zoidberg?

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How does Dr. Zoidberg do all the compliacted surgery when he only has claws on each of his hands?

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That's why John DiMaggio calls him "The amazing Dr. Zoidberg." 

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His claws are surgical instruments 

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Well maybe that provides an insight as to why he's a failure as a doctor. "I've performed a few mercy killings in my time..."

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Yeah, his claws could have accidentally snapped the arteries...

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BTW: Welcome to Peel!!!

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ok, did anyone ever realize that anything is possible in cartoons?

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Yeah, that's why I like them so much.

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That's true, but shouldn't this topic be in the Human Resource Dep?

Oh well, Drziodberg's a newbie anyway, so welcome to PEEL!

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Because his claws are so sensitive. So sensual. So invigorating. Oh god. Dr. Zoidberg, your claws cause my loins MUCH quivering

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How can Zoidberg live in a hard shell and yet the squiggle bops on his mouth seem so soft and squishy.

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a wizard did it!!!!
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if i was a mod.....
fill in an ending, it's may'if i was a mod game' one of the thingsi put on the bottom of my posts!

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Originally posted by Squeezit:
Because his claws are so sensitive. So sensual. So invigorating. Oh god. Dr. Zoidberg, your claws cause my loins MUCH quivering

        

(BTW - me a moonchild/crab, like Zoidy...)

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Originally posted by Slurm Guy:
How can Zoidberg live in a hard shell and yet the squiggle bops on his mouth seem so soft and squishy.

Through evolution, Decapodian's shells probably became transitional from hard to soft when the body part called for it. How else could he move his arms? (Squiggle bops...    )

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Originally posted by Slurm Guy:
How can Zoidberg live in a hard shell and yet the squiggle bops on his mouth seem so soft and squishy.

If this wasn't a cartoon that wouldn't be possible, there for it's possible because it's a cartoon.

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Moonbus69--I too, am a cancer. But I posess mere hands--the mere hands of a mere human. I do have pretty cool fingernails. But they just don't compare.

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Originally posted by Ky12wng:
 If this wasn't a cartoon that wouldn't be possible, there for it's possible because it's a cartoon.

To simple, to simple.  Remember, Zoidberg evolved on an entirely different planet.  Why shouldn't a creature take the best of Arthopods and Cephalopods to form a Decapodian, or, if you wish, a slimy lobster-squid monster.  There is no reason evolution can't go that way.

And, given the limits of claws (although Zoidy's don't see that limited), why not take your tentacles and deveolop something with a little more dexterity. 

Nothing is impossible if you imagine it!

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Originally posted by Lionel Hutz Esq:
 To simple, to simple.  Remember, Zoidberg evolved on an entirely different planet.  Why shouldn't a creature take the best of Arthopods and Cephalopods to form a Decapodian, or, if you wish, a slimy lobster-squid monster.  There is no reason evolution can't go that way.

Have any of you seen The Future Is Wild on the Animal Planet channel? There was a whole thing on 'Squibbons' in several million (25 mil?) years, squids that could jump through the trees and communicate like the gibbon monkeys they were nicknamed after.

But I digress (as usual).

Zoidberg is magical, alright? He's learned how to use his claws to the best of his abilities.. even then, he can't help snapping things in two (like bottles, 30% Iron Chef).

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He has a lifetime of experience in using his claws for various things. They're a natural part of him, so obviously he knows how to use them.

He might as well ask how Fry can manage to hold on to something soft without barbed claws, and the answer would be opposable thumbs (or something like that). Just because it seems weird to us doesn't mean it doesn't feel perfectly allright to Zoidy.

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Did anyone notice how in AOI 1 Fry grabs one of Zoidberg's claws, dips it in sauce, and starts eating it after Leela cooked him. His claw is incredibly soft to eat considering how he can cut things with it!

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There's some movie with Bud Spencer and Terence Hill in which Terence Hill eats lobster with the shell on it. He seems quite busy chewing it. 

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there's this show with this dude in it who does stuff

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Originally posted by Yoda:
there's this show with this dude in it who does stuff

I suggest you start thinking before you post, Yoda.

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As Teral said, Zoidberg has always had claws for hands, so he just naturally knows how to use them.
Also, you must take into account that Zoidberg is not a very good doctor.  Horrible in fact.  Remember in WMIBACIN; when he tried to cut off Fry's recently re-attached arm with his laser saw, and cut off his legs instead?  I think this is a result of his poor skills as a doctor, and of his hindered ability to operate a laser saw with his claws.

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He seems to not be able to control the squeezing presssure of the claws occasionally.
For example: he can garden perfectly well (Deep South), and yet split a bottle in half and flail about in the lab.

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He is probably a lot more comfortable with his claws when he is underwater..., or dressed like your wierd aunt.  Take your pick.

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Originally posted by drziodberg:
How does Dr. Zoidberg do all the compliacted surgery when he only has claws on each of his hands?

YO MAMA! just kiddin, uhh....well he uses them to cut stuff with. Isnt it    AMAZING!

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... Aw, a bunny.

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Originally posted by Asylum-Fry:
 

I suggest you start thinking before you post, Yoda.

Great picture, AF!

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It's a great picture, but the caption is wrong.  If you look closely, you'll see that there are actually two pancakes on the bunny's head.   

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Those are pancakes? I thought it was a discoloured postman's hat.

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Ahahahahahahahaha! Give that man the ten thousand dollars!

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Hey i don't know if someone post this but in Kif Gets Knocked Up A Notch, our beloved Dr.Z has no pants.. Its somewhere after he gotten trown out of the alien-gene-seperation thingy and said "Thats where i live"..

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"Geez, Zoidberg, leave some for the enemy to kill."

Yeah, I guess if you swapped Zoidberg's claws for hands, he wouldn't be able to use them properly; using the claws is an acquired skill from birth.

Or... maybe he's a wizard...

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i think... i don't think

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Perhaps he's more talented than anybody realizes!

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I think he's dangerous with or without claws that monster should be kept away from medicle instruments.  (and ships in bottles)

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the claws make the man, or zoidberg at least

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It's unrelated, but I still can't believe Zoidy's first name is John!! ...But he's an alien!!!!

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Originally posted by Teral:
He has a lifetime of experience in using his claws for various things. They're a natural part of him, so obviously he knows how to use them.

He might as well ask how Fry can manage to hold on to something soft without barbed claws, and the answer would be opposable thumbs (or something like that). Just because it seems weird to us doesn't mean it doesn't feel perfectly allright to Zoidy.

Good point, but he would still have trouble with instruments designed for human hands, just as a human would find it hard to use decapodean instruments designed for barbed claws.