Futurama men=Homer split into four parts

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This is just an idea, tell me what you think.

Four funny features of Homer Simpson are split among the main four males of Futurama.

Fry: dumb like Homer
Bender: morally bad like Homer
Professor: angry like Homer
Zoidberg: eats and has hygiene like Homer

These four characters are more complex than that, but the above four characteristics are the basis for much of their humor.  Do you think the creators of Futurama did this on purpose? Or am I way out to lunch?

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I would like to think that simpsons is not the basis for anything futurama related.

[#2 :]

It wasn't really intentional I don't think, although Groening did make comments about Bender being "our Homer Simpson", in that he can do many horrible things and have the audience accept and even enjoy it.

But otherwise, those are all fairly standard gag buttons, and common in comedy (including Futurama) for that reason.  Homer's popularity comes largely from him embodying all of them.  And its only natural that Groening would have a similar style of humor  in Futurama, hence those gag buttons being used again.  I don't think there was ever a calculated effort to make the characters like Homer.  Plus keep in mind that the Professor and Zoidberg both evolved; the former used to be much calmer (as reflected in his voice in the first few episodes) but gradually got crazier and meaner/angrier, while the latter started off as merely a bad doctor (shades of Dr. Nick if anything, though not intentional there either) and then started to become the poor, hungry, lonely, etc character we all know and love as time went on.

[#3 :]

I think it's just a coincidence.

And off topic..... Is it just me, or have alot of new posters started posting? I have nothing against this, of course. The more people, the better.

[#4 :]

Yes, a lot of people have been registering lately. I'm one of those newbies 

[#5 :]

 

Originally posted by LoserUser:
Bender: morally bad like Homer

No, I don't think so.

Homer may do a lot of morally questionable things, but I can't think of anything he's done that even comes close to the things that Bender does.

Anyway, this should probably be in the Human Resource Department.

 

Originally posted by Venus:
I would like to think that simpsons is not the basis for anything futurama related.

I think it is, but only in a general way.  I don't think that any of the Futurama characters are directly based on Simpsons characters.

 

Originally posted by Eyedol7513:
Is it just me, or have alot of new posters started posting?

Who are you calling new, August 2004?   

[#6 :]

Speaking of NOOBs, it was my 1 year anniversary a couple of days ago, I'm 1 PEEL year old. 

On topic, I think Matt would of wanted to stay away from the Simpsons when he did Futurama.

[#7 :]

Well... on one of the interviews Matt said (i can't remember where i've heard it) that he didn't want Futurama to be Simpsons in the future... Then again that was something that FOX expected...it had been said somewhere that that was one of the reasons Futurama got cancelled...

[#8 :]

Yo soy un "el n00b-o!"  ...sort of.  Well, I do agree that Homer and Bender are similar, but that doesn't mean they're the same.  Homer has that innocent stupidity about him that sometimes makes him do immoral things, but Bender's more rude and has no restraints on morals.  And characters by Matt Groening are bound to be similar to each other, aren't they?

[#9 :]

He's a big difference between the two.
Bender- "Kill all humans"
Homer- ....not so much

[#10 :]

Well... They both drink a lot...

[#11 :]

I agree with Venus.  I don't think the Futurama characters are in any way associated nor are carbon copies of Simpsons characters.  Futurama and The Simpsons are two different shows that have two totally different concepts. 

[#12 :]

Because the simpsons has been such a huge sucess, when Matt made futurama people would automatically try to find similarities between the 2 shows.

[#13 :]

 

Originally posted by DotheBartman:
It wasn't really intentional I don't think, although Groening did make comments about Bender being "our Homer Simpson", in that he can do many horrible things and have the audience accept and even enjoy it.

But otherwise, those are all fairly standard gag buttons, and common in comedy (including Futurama) for that reason.  Homer's popularity comes largely from him embodying all of them.  And its only natural that Groening would have a similar style of humor  in Futurama, hence those gag buttons being used again.  I don't think there was ever a calculated effort to make the characters like Homer.  Plus keep in mind that the Professor and Zoidberg both evolved; the former used to be much calmer (as reflected in his voice in the first few episodes) but gradually got crazier and meaner/angrier, while the latter started off as merely a bad doctor (shades of Dr. Nick if anything, though not intentional there either) and then started to become the poor, hungry, lonely, etc character we all know and love as time went on.

You always have really long answers! 

Anywho I think you're out to lunch to be honest!

[#14 :]

 

Originally posted by Eyedol7513:
I think it's just a coincidence.

And off topic..... Is it just me, or have alot of new posters started posting? I have nothing against this, of course. The more people, the better.

Yeah...you used to be one of those new posters that just started posting too. People join every day.

[#15 :]

 

Originally posted by Dr.Jerkbird:
 You always have really long answers!   

Eh, I'm a fast typer.

 

Anywho I think you're out to lunch to be honest!

Explain.

[#16 :]

If Futurama was the Simpsons in the future I would not be a fan, I find the simpsons to repetative for my liking

[#17 :]

more people = better... more stimulus for convos... 

[#18 :]

 

Originally posted by LoserUser:


Fry: dumb like Homer
Bender: morally bad like Homer
Professor: angry like Homer
Zoidberg: eats and has hygiene like Homer

The essence of a good comedy show..... it brought them millions first time round mabey they are trying to use those again.

[#19 :]

 

Originally posted by David A:
Homer may do a lot of morally questionable things, but I can't think of anything he's done that even comes close to the things that Bender does.

I can agree with that, but Bender can also get away with alot more because he's a robot.  For example, say if both Homer and Bender were to do the same stupid, morally questionable thing, we'd kinda wonder how bad of a person Homer is.  Whereas with Bender, it's almost, "Eh, he's a robot.  Maybe a flaw in his programming or something".  Basically, if a person does somehting immoral, we tend to think of them as a bad person, (or start to dislike them) whereas with something not human, ie robot, it's almost forgivable. 

Well I may be completely off base but that's my 2 cents worth anyway so 

[#20 :]

Yeah, I think that's why Groening wanted to have a robot character on the show.  Bender can do horrible things that would make us hate him if he was human, but since he's a robot, he can get away with it.

[#21 :]

another feature of homer like bender would be that bender drinks alot.

[#22 :]

Bender is more extreme! I would say homer doesnt know any morales, but bender doesnt have any thats the difference!

[#23 :]

   

Originally posted by Old Skool Prop:
Bender is more extreme! I would say homer doesnt know any morales, but bender doesnt have any thats the difference!

correct as in "I Second That Emotion"when bender flushes nibbler down the toilet and leela comes in all he says is

"can't you see i'm using the toilet"


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I'm lrr of the planet omicron persei 8!

[#24 :]

Well Lets face it everyone in their life is at some point dumb immorally angry and eats to much. I wouldnt put homer as a basis at all. Plus without those things the situations they get in wouldnt happen. So as an all round answer I say NO they aren't based on Homer.

Woo Hoo my 100th Post...

[#25 :]

bender is a robot not human so technically he dosn't have a life. also he dosn't have emotions so can't feel anger that why he dosn't care about people.

i've had my 100th post today as well.

[#26 :]

I'll agree that none of those characters were directly based off aspects of Homer.  But at the same time I can see them encompassing the different sides of Homer's personality.  Also I like teh newbies too ^_^.  You guys should visit the chatroom sometime, just mention that winna referred you there 

[#27 :]

Well the only Simpson character I like is Homer but I like the show futurama in general including its characters.

[#28 :]

On the n00b topic, sorry to trail from the main, I think there should be a definition on n00b. I registered in Feb 2005, but I'm at Bending Unit. And some Mar 2005's are at Bending Unit aswell. Would you classify it only on their length of time on Peel, or maybe on their amount of time on Peel?

[#29 :]

Well...Zoidberg is fat as a pig like Homer....smells like Homer(although if not worse...Zoidberg eats out of dumpsters and rotten fish or anything in sight).....Homer eats everything too...and one episode had Homer picking a sub sandwich out of the garbage can once....so I guess Homer also eats everything in sight..well duh? Fry is dumb like Homer....Bender has the Morals of Homer....booze wise anyway. But I dont think Matt Groening did this intentionally.

[#30 :]

and if he did...who cares? I love the characters just the way they are.   Jan

[#31 :]

 

Originally posted by i_c_weiner:
On the n00b topic, sorry to trail from the main, I think there should be a definition on n00b. I registered in Feb 2005, but I'm at Bending Unit. And some Mar 2005's are at Bending Unit aswell. Would you classify it only on their length of time on Peel, or maybe on their amount of time on Peel?

well i've not been on it for long(gloviously), but like you said, its amount of time spent on PEEL, i go on it everyday,

how about you?
      

[#32 :]

I'd disagree because one of the things that I think Futurama does so much better than the Simpsons is characterizations. 

Homer pretty much is just the dumb, morally grey and sloppy guy that LoserUser split him into.  All four Futurama men have more sophisticated personality traits that serve as basis for humor as well as other more serious things.

[#33 :]

also, for bender, it would be not drinking that gets him messed up as he needs alcohol whereas homer dosn't 

[#34 :]

   

Originally posted by i_c_weiner
:
On the n00b topic, sorry to trail from the main, I think there should be a definition on n00b. I registered in Feb 2005, but I'm at Bending Unit. And some Mar 2005's are at Bending Unit aswell. Would you classify it only on their length of time on Peel, or maybe on their amount of time on Peel?

I think if you been here less than 1 year you are considered a n00b. The ranking is based on the amount of posts you did since you have joined. If somebody has the same rank as you and joined later than you, that could mean s/he spams more, or you had stop to visit this forum for a while, and the ones joined after you continues to be here and later on their rank goes up faster than you.

[#35 :]

then you are a n00b as 1 year won't have passed for you until september.

[#36 :]

Indeed I still am.

[#37 :]

I would say that Homer is the Everyman. You can find a bit of him in just about any male member of the species, unless they are really weird or something. He was made to be that way. So, yes, there are parts of Homer in our boys. But, I really do not think that it was intentional that they are parts of Homer. No more intentional than you or I are parts of Homer.

Homer was meant to be all the (bad) parts of us, So it is only natural.