Farnsworth Region: #7 URL vs #23 Washbucket

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In the last match-up of the second round of Fall Madness 2011, we have another bot battle. URL, just coming off a bot battle with Monique, faces the upstart Washbucket, who just bested Abner Doubledeal. Who'll move on here? Discuss now and voting starts at midnight tonight!

[Reply #1 on:]

This is actually a tough one. Washbucket's appearance in TPoB was so silly (and thus, hilarious)...but URL has had more significance for the show (and he was used so well in "Law & Oracle"), so I think I'll have to go with him.

[Reply #2 on:]

URL. The notion of Washbucket is pretty funny but the character is undeveloped and URL is equally pretty funny. Law and Oracle was brilliant. Plus, URL's name is clever and he was in the pilot.

[Reply #3 on:]

Washbucket's big moment was hilarious, but the character really has nothing to offer.

URL on the other hand is one of the show's most consistently funny characters and had many of the best moments in 'Law and Oracle'.

[Reply #4 on:]

I seriously doubt that anyone else will vote for Washbucket, and I really loved her one-time appearance. So, I voted for her out of fondness and pity.

[Reply #5 on:]

Washbucket's big moment was hilarious...

To me, Washbucket's big moment was moving, tender, and bittersweet.

URL is a classic character, though.  Consistently entertaining, oh, yeah!


I'm an empath: guess who I went with.

[Reply #6 on:]

In PoB, washbucket had one of the most hilarious scenes.
But as URL delivers a more constant, recurring appearance, he vote for him...

[Reply #7 on:]

I voted for URL because (as just about everyone else said) I thought washbuckt's scene in The Prisoner of Benda was hilarious, but I like URL much more as a well-established character. Aw yeah...

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I seriously doubt that anyone else will vote for Washbucket, and I really loved her one-time appearance. So, I voted for her out of fondness and pity.

I did the same.  Oh if only Washbucket ends up being the best character ever.

[Reply #9 on:]

URL is really only funny when he's part of a team. Washbucket could probably carry a scene on her own, so I voted for her.

[Reply #10 on:]

Oh if only Washbucket ends up being the best character ever.

I would not be against this.

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URL is really only funny when he's part of a team. Washbucket could probably carry a scene on her own, so I voted for her.

I was going to say "no, he's funny with Fry" but then I realized that was dumb. It was interesting to see URL without Smitty for that particular ep, but this is a valid point - he's never been seen alone, or at least not for any significant length of time. But it's not like Washbucket would be a quality character without Scruffy.

[Reply #12 on:]

Yeah, Washbucket has only really made a mark in one throw-away scene with Scruffy. Obviously, she's appeared in the background of shots, mute, but voting against URL because he only works as a team, implying that Washbucket has loads of character depth on their own is just plain weird.

[Reply #13 on:]

At least URL has a character.   

[Reply #14 on:]

Not a hard choice for me at all. URL, because he's funnier and has had more importance to the series.

I'm surprised Washbucket even made it this far. She's nothing more than a one-time character whose only real purpose was to make a joke with Scruffy, and other than that, make cameos. She probably won't have any other major roles in future episodes.

[Reply #15 on:]

Washbucket is a wonderful character. One of the best ideas of Futurama, URL is just a cop whereas Washbucket is Washbucket.

[Reply #16 on:]

URL. Washbucket was meh. I barely remember it.

[Reply #17 on:]

URL wins 17-5. Continue discussion in the General thread.