Scruffy.... The Janitor

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There's the scene in "The Luck of the Fryrish" when Fry says that he hasn't told anyone where he hid his clover, "not even Scruffy," and Scruffy deliberately backs out of the room. Are you thinking of that?

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Yep, that's it exactly!  Thanks.  He's so used to everyone ignoring him/forgetting him that he didn't know how to react except to get the heck out of there.  Made me laugh so hard.

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Sweet

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Scruffy is a typical Groening-esqe character.  Comes out of left field, no explanation, says somethng just silly that's hilarious, then disappears, leaving the view to think "What the hell?"  Matt's all about jumbling up the viewer's brains, and scruffy's good for that.

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I really liked Scruffy's role in The Prisoner of Benda...kinda janitor-stereotypical but still funny. Reminded me of Michael Richards' character in UHF (his love for his broom, anyway).

If that's not a record for a bump I don't know what is. And I was the last poster. How awesome is that? I kill threads and bring them back to life.

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I really liked Scruffy's role in The Prisoner of Benda...kinda janitor-stereotypical but still funny. Reminded me of Michael Richards' character in UHF (his love for his broom, anyway).

If that's not a record for a bump I don't know what is. And I was the last poster. How awesome is that? I kill threads and bring them back to life.

Wow!  A double post, but

*  Ten Years Apart   *

Yes, that's gotta' be an all-time record. <high five>  Hmmmm, you hunt down threads and kill them, like a Terninator, but you also bring them back to life, like Dr. Frankenstein... "Dr. Frankenator"?

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"Schedule conflict." Totally perfect.

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"What fevored dream is this that bids to tear this company in twain?" Absolutely hilarious.

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My favourite character after Zoidberg - wish he made more appearances

'That's what I call fine print'

Classic

'Scruffy's gonna die the way he lived'

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'' im scruffy. the janitor''' ZING!!! its pure GOLD!!

'I've never seen you before'

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'I've never see you before neither'

GOLD!!

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Not particularly something said by Scruffy, but I love the way Bender says 'HANG ON, SCRUFFEH!' in BBS.

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I like Scruffy's pink hair.

"This one lost its pizazz"

I think they introduced him creatively enough. It was interesting to see him with different hair color in A Fishful of Dollars.

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Scruffy has had some epic lines. My favorites are "Lemme know how that goes" from Kif Gets Knocked Up a Notch, and "The candle that burns twice as bright burns half as long" from Fatal Inspection. I only worry that, as he pops up more and more, he'll become less funny. His best moments were when we hadn't seen him for two or three episodes and then suddenly he was just there (like my first example).

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I was somewhat annoyed in Neutopia, with his "now that's what I call fine print". It wasn't funny at all. Maybe it's just me, but it sounded like the writers wanted a joke to end the scene on, and thought "hey, Scruffy's in the room, and everything said in Scruffy's voice is funny!"

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I was somewhat annoyed in Neutopia, with his "now that's what I call fine print". It wasn't funny at all. Maybe it's just me, but it sounded like the writers wanted a joke to end the scene on, and thought "hey, Scruffy's in the room, and everything said in Scruffy's voice is funny!"

I didn't like that joke either, but to the writer's credit, if they had to insert that joke, I think it was best suited for Scruffy.

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Boy, I've never seen him so down. Or ever before.   

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Scruffy is okay, he has his moments (National Pornographic).   I think his funniest moment was with Washbucket.  I also think he should have stayed as a woman, and his Raquel Welch impersonation was hilarious.  There's something pretty funny about a woman having a knockout body and that tache.

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I also think he should have stayed as a woman

We don't know he doesn't stay a woman just yet.

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I also think he should have stayed as a woman

We don't know he doesn't stay a woman just yet.

  He's back to normal after Neutopia... but they could just be in a different chronological order (since the season got changed a lot), so... maybe! 

Poor Washbucket.

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He's back to normal after Neutopia... but they could just be in a different chronological order (since the season got changed a lot), so... maybe! 

Poor Washbucket.

We have yet to see an episode set after Neutopia, as you say yourself. I find it unlikely that they'll bring on a permanent change though...