The Deal With Scruffy

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What does everyone think the deal is with Scruffy? I personally reckon he's come to Planet Express to manifest his destiny, or he was some kind of genius or something. Or maybe a monk. Any other opinions are welcome.

[edited by Cube_166 because despite popular opinion I am not turning into Sal]

[#1 :]

Scruffy is the quintessential janitor. That's it. Maybe he'll play a bigger role in the <pray Futurama Movie </pray>, but only time will tell.

[#2 :]

Scruffy is great, but best in small doses. Just like... something.

[#3 :]

 Yes scruffy is funny and witty, just how he sits there on his hammock reading mags

[#4 :]

Lets face it, this is going to be a carbon copy of the semi-background character thread, you've just made it officially Scruffy's.

[#5 :]

I think the fact that Scruffy's position in the Planet Express company is such a mystery is what makes him funny. I mean, we all know he's the janitor - but he only ever shows up now and again, and even when he does, he's reading a magazine or scratching his moustache or something.The fact that his character is just so pointless is what makes him funny.

And he's also the person who said one of my favourite Futurama quotes ever - "I ain't seen him so down... or ever before." 

[#6 :]

at first i thought he was like "the guy" from half baked or true geniuses. you know, that character nobody knows anything about but is a super genius and all powerful, but just there in the background and nobody really knows about him.

that's what makes it funny.

but alas, it seems that scruffy is just a janitor nobody knows, and only has a few lines in but a few episodes. maybe there should be a story written that shows day to day events at PE though the scruffer's eyes. that sounds intheresting.

also, he must be had in very small doses. three hunderd big ones really ruined this with his talking about anything. more than four lines spread out evenly though the entire showing is enough for me. more would be too much in my oopoinion.

[#7 :]

Oh, look! It is another Scruffy Thread!

[#8 :]

 

Originally posted by getak2003:
at first i thought he was like "the guy" from half baked or true geniuses. you know, that character nobody knows anything about but is a super genius and all powerful, but just there in the background and nobody really knows about him.

that's what makes it funny.

but alas, it seems that scruffy is just a janitor nobody knows, and only has a few lines in but a few episodes. maybe there should be a story written that shows day to day events at PE though the scruffer's eyes. that sounds intheresting.

also, he must be had in very small doses. three hunderd big ones really ruined this with his talking about anything. more than four lines spread out evenly though the entire showing is enough for me. more would be too much in my oopoinion.

yeah small doses only really work for scruffy, but i reckon one episode made entirly around him like you said might work it has to be done right though

[#9 :]

 

Originally posted by Gocad:
Oh, look! It is another Scruffy Thread!

scruffy deserves many threads soooo...SHutup!!

wow...its like really late......ZZZZZ

[#10 :]

I too have a sneaking suspicion that Scruffy is meant to play a much more pivotal role in the development of the Futurama saga.  It's just that at this point I don't have much more to go on than my instincts, even though they've been fairly reliable so far.  In the last ep, 300BB, he basically set all the action into motion whith his plan.  I can't believe they all took him seriously enough to sabotage Elzar's restauarnt, when they've already been arrested by him, hide out in a garbage dumpster and, in Leela's case, stuff rotten fish down their swimsuit!  Even more amazing is that his plan worked, even though Kif got busted -- but no one could have foreseen the heavy-handed reaction of that embittered whale biologist or the presence of cops on the lookout for Bender, cigar-thief extraordinaire. 

[#11 :]

 

Originally posted by Beamer:
I think the fact that Scruffy's position in the Planet Express company is such a mystery is what makes him funny. I mean, we all know he's the janitor - but he only ever shows up now and again, and even when he does, he's reading a magazine or scratching his moustache or something.The fact that his character is just so pointless is what makes him funny.

And he's also the person who said one of my favourite Futurama quotes ever - "I ain't seen him so down... or ever before."   

LOL, I love that line! I think it was from 'Pharaoh to Remember', right?

[#12 :]

ok lets round up what we know about scruffy, hes compasionate (see qoute above), he formulates plans, and hes gona die the way he lives. I think he is some super inteligent being, like nibbler only higher up (maybe hes looking after nibbler who looks after fry?)

[#13 :]

nibbolonians seem to be looked after by nobody. they are their own unknown race. scruffy to me seems to be more of the loner type. smart and willing to give out help when the PE crew are in a jam, but never doing anything with someone else, kinda working in the background doing stuff, most likely not cleaning. i say he is like nibbler, only without the race of adorable racoons.

there may have been an episode about him if futurama had more to make...cancelled does limit what will happen....unless he just plays more of a role in the episodes to come. like say they are all about the be killed in robot hell, and scruffy bursts in guns blazing destroying those stupid futurama robots. that's about it though.

[#14 :]

perhaps scruffy has been sent from the distant by the brains into the present(ie: future) to DESTROY fry, but time travel tends to make you lose your memory so scruffy became a janitor and forgot all about his misssion.

or maybe he is just a janitor.

p.s: i think the 'acting' for scruffy is cool, like eating the chips or turning the pages of the magazine and how all focus goes into these mundane tasks as if something more spectactular should be happening.

[#15 :]

Scruffy is also the majority stock holder in Plant Express, even though he is the Janitor.

[#16 :]

 

Originally posted by the_dudefather:
i think the 'acting' for scruffy is cool, like eating the chips or turning the pages of the magazine and how all focus goes into these mundane tasks as if something more spectactular should be happening.

Like the way he spins his plates? (Pharoah To Remember deleted scene reference)

[#17 :]

i thought zoid was?

[#18 :]

He sold his shares for a sandwich.

[#19 :]

the moldy sandwich per capita investment is the best way to go.

i agree, scruffy is funny because we think he should be doing more then reading zero G juggs, or eating potato chips, or getting a punk hair cut.

the mondaness is what makes it funny and how it realtes to people. we all live mondane lives that don't ever really mattter, and we watch shows where people do extrodinary things because we want to be apart of that. scruffy does mondane things, it is how regular people relate to the character.

[#20 :]

Isn't Fry the majority stock holder now? He gained control of the shares after That Guy died.

[#21 :]

Did That Guy actually have a name in the programme or was he just known as That Guy?

[#22 :]

In the program he was simply known as That Guy.

In the script his name was Steve Castle.

[#23 :]

Fry: "I don't think so! Because as vice chairman of the company, I gain voting control of his shares..."

So yes, Fry is now the majority stock holder, since he was able to cancel the deal entirely with those shares.

[#24 :]

Maybe Scruffy is from the future, but he got frozen so now he has to wait until the past catches up with him so that he can become supreme overlord...

[#25 :]

maybe in season five my friend, production season five season premier that is. (sarcasticly) something we all will be looking forward to!

[#26 :]

Scruffy is not just the Janitor....Remember in Hell is Other Robots......Scruffy wheeled the beasty boys on stage.

In conclusion Scruffy is also a stage manager.  Or something 

[#27 :]

And he's a robot buffer in "A Fishful of Dollars". I guess he need more than one job to pay for his subscription to Zero-G Jugs.

[#28 :]

Didn't this Scruffy look different compared to the Scruffy we all know? (-> The color of Scruffy's hair and basecap?)

[#29 :]

It's nice to see that not everyone thinks I'm mad for having suspicions about Scruffy. Some people even agree with me! 

[#30 :]

Scruffy even changed his hair in THBB, he got the pink mohawk and all.  Maybee scruffy is evil.   

[#31 :]

look at his eyes! see the evil festering in his soul.... he is....THE ANTI-CHRIST!!!!

also, in suture stock when he keeps 'seconding' stuff and the last one with the delay, it was very well done ".....second...."

Scuffy is probobly the least futuristic character in futurama as he is completaly ordinary and non-fantastic in any way. (as far as i remember he doesnt even have the futuristic style hoops on his arms). this is probobly why no-one in PR notices him.

[#32 :]

They should give him an assistant.
"I've never seen you before."
*Scruffy nudges assistant, who is a youg looking guy with a clipboard*
"Uh, Mr. Scruffy indicates he's never see you before *does the "" with fingers* neither."

[#33 :]

WHAT!

[#34 :]

 

Originally posted by Chump:
They should give him an assistant.
"I've never seen you before."
*Scruffy nudges assistant, who is a youg looking guy with a clipboard*
"Uh, Mr. Scruffy indicates he's never see you before *does the "" with fingers* neither."

Wha? Did that make any sense to anyone?

[#35 :]

yea, i think hes talking about scruffys assistant

[#36 :]

Whats the thing with the fingers?

[#37 :]

He's making airqoutes.

You know, conveying sarcasm.

[#38 :]

Sigh.

I think that Scruffy should be given an assistant on the show Futurama. A scene in which said assistant appears would play out in this fashion:

(Leela enters the room where Scruffy is resting with his new assistant.)
"I've never seen you before." Says Leela.
(Scruffy then nudges his assistant, who is a youg looking guy with a clipboard)
"Uh, Mr. Scruffy indicates he's never see you before neither." Says his assistant, making air quotations with his fingers to indicate Scruffy's catchphrase.

Sorry it wasn't perfectly spelled out.

[#39 :]

Hee... I think he should be a monk. <insidejoke> A history monk. 'No one notices the sweeper...'  </insidejoke>.

Mostly kidding... I think he's fine and funny enough the way he is.