Is Bender and Dr. Zoidberg like Homer?

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One of my friends says that these two characters is much like Homer but i cant see it. 

[Reply #1 on:]

Bender's too clever to be Homer, and all Zoidberg has in common is constant hunger.

[Reply #2 on:]

::Wishes I weren't so lazy so I could go dig up my character comparisons thread::

[Reply #3 on:]

Homer is more like Fry. Always pulling stupid crap. Bender is more of a Bart Character. Li'l Bastard.

[Reply #4 on:]

Bender may be like Homer but he ain't, let's just say he's a "next" Homer

[Reply #5 on:]

Fry is more like a young Homer.

[Reply #6 on:]

Hmm......
all i wanted to say, is that Homer is a great character.
I agreed that it was rather lame writed.
   
Oh my

[Reply #7 on:]

Homer-"Ooo, he card read good."

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Originally posted by Sarge:
Homer-"Ooo, he card read good."

Hey, leave off. English is his second language. I bet your Norwegian is a lot worse than his English.

[Reply #9 on:]

Homer is not really original. He's just dumb.

[Reply #10 on:]

Sorry Kryten. I didn't know that. I've seen so many young Americans with even worse knowledge of English on Simpson boards that I just assumed. Sorry Fenris. My mistake.

[Reply #11 on:]

Bender and Zoidberg is absouluteley not like Homer.
Neither Fry

[Reply #12 on:]

Thinking about some little things, like lazyness or hunger you think Bender or Fry or Zoidy have much in common with Homer, but watching the show you discover they are veeeeeeeery different

[Reply #13 on:]

Bender + Zoidberg + Fry = Maybe Homer.
They are all a little Homer Simpson.

Zoidberg - Hunger
Bender - Drinking beer
Fry - Be so stupid

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Originally posted by Sarge:
I've seen so many young Americans with even worse knowledge of English [..]

Yeah, noticed that too.
I learned english by 1)going to school (not really useful for 'real life'), 2)playing computer games like the old Infocom text-adventures and 3)reading a lot of english books (and comics).
And even though i've never been to any country where they speak english natively i sometimes think my english is better than some american's/english' - and i'm german

[sorry for the inconvenience  ]

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Zoidberg is a goofy crustacean and bender is a cigar smoking robot...what could those two possible have in common with homer (besides bender's profound swearing and alcoholism) 

[Reply #16 on:]

Maybe Zoidberg is the one everybody stamps on and that kind of goes for homer, too?

[Reply #17 on:]

I voted for Nope. I see that there are SOME more that have voted for that one...
:rollyeyes:

[Reply #18 on:]

homer is just plain and simply clumsy...
Bender is a loudmouth sort of person and Zoidberg is...uhm...too unhumanlike

[Reply #19 on:]

I think you can't compare Zoidberg with Homer! but they are a little little bit like homer

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Originally posted by futurefreak:
Zoidberg is a goofy crustacean and bender is a cigar smoking robot...what could those two possible have in common with homer (besides bender's profound swearing and alcoholism)   

homer likes lobsters (remember that episode with pincy?), so homer surely would like zoidy. and of course homer would like bender for some reasons (drinking beer, watching "all my circiuts&quot .

[Reply #21 on:]

I voted no, there are of course certain similarities, but I expect, no more so than for other characters. All three are good characters though, especially Bender and Homer.

[Reply #22 on:]

i think that fry is more like homer

[Reply #23 on:]

I'm like homer

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All three are like Homer in their own way.  Bender is like Homer because he's addicted to beer, Fry is Homer-like because he's dumb, and Zoidberg is much like Homer because he's a buffoon.

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Bender and Zoidberg are like Homer in that they all have the same shaped head.

I am shocked it took twelve and a half years for someone to point that out.

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I once read a criticism aimed at Futurama for lazy writing/characters by just using two Homers:
Fry the nice/dumb/selfless Homer, and Bender the asshole/selfish/jerkish Homer.

I do not completely share this PoV, but must admit there is quite a grain of truth to it.