Professor Hubert J. Farnsworth

Hubert J. Farnsworth is an aged, eccentric inventor, the owner of Planet Express and an honorary Globetrotter. The last living relative of Fry, he is crotchety, absent-minded, and (sometimes) brilliant. In addition to inventing things and running Planet Express, he also is a tenured professor at Mars University, where he teaches a class on "The Mathematics of Quantum Neutrino Fields" - a title he created simply to scare students out of taking his class. He loves to invent impractical, even dangerous things like Doomsday Devices and can be rather cruel and uncaring at times. He repeatedly sends his crew on suicide missions and even appears somewhat disappointed if they manage to return. Farnsworth is the oldest living member of the Academy of Inventors. His longtime nemesis is Dr. Ogden Wernstrom. For some reason, the Professor has a soft spot for public nudity.

Biography
Professor Farnswort grew up in Hell's Laboratory, the nerdiest slum in New New York. He learned to read while still in diapers (at age 8), and quickly blossomed into a nerdy teenager. There is evidence he enjoyed role-playing games for a while. Later he took up the lonely life of a scientist, designing fancy sports cars, trendy night spots, beautiful women and more from his tiny, one-room apartment. For fifty years he worked at Mom's Friendly Robot Company where he was instrumental in introducing technologies that still define today's average robot, including them being powered by burning alcohol causing greenhouse gasses. He once was in love with Mom, but broke up with her seventy years ago (that is around the age of 90) during a disagreement about modifying his Q. T. McWhiskers doll into a weapon. She was his first love, or at least the first he can still remember. Farnsworth has been lying about his age for decades, making himself ten years younger. He was the only human to return from the Near Death Star and has a twelve year old clone, his heir Cubert Farnsworth.

Creations
Here is a list of the Professor's inventions (in alphabetical order)

Family

 * Fry, Farnsworth's many-times-great-uncle and at the same time many-times-grand-father.
 * Cubert Farnsworth, Farnsworth's clone/son.
 * It is possible, though never confirmed, that the Professor is the father of one or more of Mom's children.
 * Philip J. Fry, II, distant grandfather
 * Yancy Fry, Jr., distant grandfather
 * Yancy and Mrs. Fry, distant grandparents
 * Mildred Fry, distant grandmother

Trivia

 * He was named "Farnsworth" in honor of Phylo T. Farnsworth, the inventor of modern television, which was unveiled at the same World's Fair as the Futurama exhibit that the show is named for.
 * Throughout the series, we are never shown the professor's eyes, until the comic Downsized!. This may or may not have been authorized by Matt Groening.
 * Has the same blood type as Amy Wong. He has stated that is one of the reasons why he likes "keeping her around" (1ACV02).

Catchphrase
The professor's basic catchphrase is "Good news, everyone!" The phrase is used so frequently that it was already possible to joke about it in the seventh episode.

Variations include the following:
 * "News, everyone."(3ACV17)
 * "Good news, anyone"(4ACV04)
 * "Bad news, nobody."(4ACV04)
 * "Good news, everyones"(4ACV15)
 * "Bad news, everyone"(4ACV12), (2ACV10)
 * "Excellent happenings, people!"(US#002)

He also occasionally refers to "Sweet Zombie Jesus".

Appearances
While Professor Farnsworth appears in most episodes, films and comics, these categories may be of interest:


 * A plots focusing on Professor Farnsworth
 * B plots focusing on Professor Farnsworth