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Eyedol7513

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Welcome to PEEL TommyMagic. Check out the following link for some info on this board. http://www.thefryhole.co.uk/peelfaq.php -As for your question, I can't really say. From what I've seen, he is a good secondary character. But I can't say that, because I'd have to see clips of all secondary characters in cartoon history.
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WhatAreYou

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I would say zapp is the most annoying char ever, but what an incredible source of cotes he is, I tend to use his words in RL :P
And yes Dr Zoidberg is a major competitor, remember in The Honking, when Zoidberg starts laughing because a ghost is laughing !! LOL
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Teral

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Yeah, Zapp is a pretty great character. However some of his best work come when he is paired with kif as his bitter and sarcastic sidekick.
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BillionaireBot

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Ah, how I love Zapp. He makes me crack up every time I hear him. His quotes are great, but they just don't do him justice. So much of his character comes through his voice. Like how he puts an extra syllable onto the end of every block of speech.
Zapp: Kif, have the boy lay out my formal shorts. Kif: ...the boy, sir? Z: You. You lay out my formal shorts.
(after confiscating the scissors from Leela) Z: It was almost the perfect plan, but you forgot one thing. Rock crushes scissors. ...but paper covers rock. And scissors cut paper! Kif, we have a conundrum. Search them for paper. And find me a rock K: Why? (the way Kif says "Why?" always cracks me up, there)
Z: Private Lee Lemon may well be the finest recruit I've seen in all my years of service. That young man fills me with hope. And some other emotions that are wierd and deeply confusing.
Classic. And Kif does seem to make his appearances all the funnier.
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slayercrazy144

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In one of the commentaries they mentioned an idea for a TV show within the Futurama universe which would be about Zapp. Now, I love All My Circuits, and The Scary Door, as much as the next crazy fan, but THAT is a show I would LOVE to see.
And I agree it's all in the voice. If he said 'goodmorning' it could crack me up.
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SaltySeaSnax

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Do you think Phil Hartman would have made Zapp an even more lovable secondary character? I do.
"Stop exploding you cowards!"
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slayercrazy144

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My favourite scene offhand is this one:
"Rock crushes scissors. But paper covers rock! And scissors cut paper! Kiff, we have a conundrum. Search them for paper, and... bring me a rock..."
But I also love that movement he does, the 'suave' yawn as he moves the bed towards Leela in Love's Labours Lost in Space.
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Nasty Pasty

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Originally posted by SaltySeaSnax: Do you think Phil Hartman would have made Zapp an even more lovable secondary character? I do.
I think if Hartman did the voice, it would really feel like a totally different person, and I don't know if I would like that. But considering I've never heard Hartman actually do the voice, I can't pass judgement.
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athena1999

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Actually, I'm guessing Hartman would do a Troy Mc Clure-style voice for Zapp-- he was sort of based off of Troy, wasn't he? That would make him seem more like a self-glorifying celebrity than an obnoxious, sex-crazed, self-glorifying, and incredibly stupid captain-reject. Don't get me wrong, I love Phil, but he doesn't possess that same humor quality that Billy West has. Billy has the potential to voice truly stupid characers, while Phil's are more vain but also highbrow (excepting his military-style voices.) Billy can't pull off a Phil, and Phil can't pull off a Billy. West has shaped Zapp's character to be the way it is, and if Hartman had done the voice, the Zapper would probably be a lot different.
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slayercrazy144

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Well yeah if you wanna say something interesting, intelligent and on-topic.
For all us no-brainers out there: "That young recruit fills me with pride. And a lot of other emotions which are weird and deeply confusing..."
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slayercrazy144

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Well you could debate if he counts as minor, I mean he is part of the crew. I know at the first post it says anyone other than Bender, Leela, Fry and Professor, but Zoidberg is in most episodes.
I also think zoidberg's really funny at first, but his jokes seem to lost something by the upteenth viewing. He's definitely good, tho.
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Junkman

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I'm the man without a name... Zapp Brannigan!
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tire
Delivery Boy
 
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to me zapp is the funniest character in the whole show. it couldn't revolve around him without getting boring, but a little helping of his quotes here and there makes the show twice as good as it would be otherwise...
the "sex with the parents" quote made me drop my Dos Equis when i was watching adult swim with a friend some odd months ago. i was upset about the beer but kept laughing... absolute greatness.
someone can correct me but i love the scene where kiff and zapp are double dating leela and amy, and zapp tells kiff to use his little book of pick up lines... "the secret is to say as many as you can as fast as you can no matter what"
"if i said your had a great body would you dance around in your underpants?" *zapp gives thumbs up* "i find the most sensual part of the woman is the boobies"
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bish

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Originally posted by tire:
someone can correct me but i love the scene where kiff and zapp are double dating leela and amy, and zapp tells kiff to use his little book of pick up lines... "the secret is to say as many as you can as fast as you can no matter what"
"if i said your had a great body would you dance around in your underpants?" *zapp gives thumbs up* "i find the most sensual part of the woman is the boobies" and so i shall. i believe it goes exactly like this. kif: amy, if i said you had a beautiful body, would you take your pants off and dance around a little. amy: kif! leela: Lt. Kroker! *Zapp gives thumbs up and winks* kif:I-I find the most erotic part of the body is the boobies.
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