Characterizations
The Professor is characterized by the catch-phrase "Good news, everyone!", frequently followed by very bad news or the announcement of a suicide mission; he acknowledges this in The Beast with a Billion Backs. On the very few occasions he has actual good news, he opens with "Bad news, everyone!" After firing Fry in "Law & Oracle", he states that he only says these phrases to make Fry "feel better about his pointless job." Another is his exclamation, "Sweet zombie Jesus!" He often says "Wha?" when unaware of the situation, or when someone questions a statement he has just made. The Professor often makes mutually contradictory statements just moments apart; this happens especially often when briefing his employees, with the prevailing second statement canceling a much more reassuring first sentence. For example, in "The Sting", he tells the crew their mission is to collect "ordinary honey." When told that it doesn't sound so dangerous, the Professor responds angrily, "This is no ordinary honey!"
In early episodes, Farnsworth would often see the crew in peril, but do nothing as he was "already in his pajamas". This was an early attempt at a catchprase that was scrapped after a few episodes.
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