History Characters / FuturamaThePlanetExpressCrew

* MyFriendsAndZoidberg: TropeNamer, which somehow ''helps'' him in at least one case (robot Santa seems to consider him morally upright, despite participating in several of the gang's antics that he doesn't overlook for anyone else).

** He cares more about friends than money or fame, as seen in "The Tip of the Zoidberg", where he remained with the Professor, his friend, instead of staying working for Mom, which could have made him rich. His decision to remain with his friend cost him a life of wealth. He doesn't seem to care (or at least, he doesn't realize his decision threw him into poverty), although he does cry from time to time over being poor.

* LethallyStupid: It's implied that he killed many of his patients due to incompetence.

** To MOM, of all people. Zoidberg is the only person she treats with genuine respect, heck they even address each other by first names and she has offered to give him his own lab fully staffed.

* FormerlyFit: According to the flashbacks in "The Tip of the Zoidberg" he used to be quite slim looking.

* AliensLoveHumanFood: Dr. Zoidberg and his species became infatuated with Earth food upon arriving on the planet, especially anchovies, which eventually leads to the extinction of said species after overeating. Zoidberg himself appears to have an ''addiction'' to the fish and upon trying a few he displays the telltale behavior of a drug addict going into withdrawal.

* AliensLoveHumanFood: Dr. Zoidberg and his species became infatuated with Earth food upon arriving on the planet, especially to anchovies, which eventually led to the extinction of said species after overeating. Zoidberg himself appears to have an ''addiction'' to the fish and upon trying a few he displays the telltale behavior of a drug addict going into withdrawal.

* InnocentAliens: He thinks most doctors are poor.
* InTouchWithHisFeminineSide: He's the most sensitive member of the Planet Express crew as he is very emotional. He also enjoys knitting and painting and owned a make-up kit in one episode. Apparently his greatest fantasy is to be a grandmother.

* TotallyRadical: A 30th century version. She's youngest adult main character and uses semi-current slang with science-fictiony add-ons. (For example, shmeesh=yeesh, splech=yech, guh=duh, etc.)

* ImAHumanitarian: Several episodes have suggested the Professor will, given half a chance, eat people, starting as early as the third episode, wherein he buys the corpse of a Zuban pharaoh for the purpose of eating it. "War is the H-Word" has him get pretty giddy at the thought of eating someone's heart ("to gain their courage! Their rich, tasty courage...")

* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: He appears to share some level of friendship with the other members of Planet Express. He also cares about his clone, Cubert, treating him as though he were his biological son.

* DirtyOldMan: Though he's more insane, forgetful, mean, and lazy than lecherous, as far as old man stereotypes go, but every now and then there are instances where he shows pervy tendencies. His first concern on being de-aged to fifty-three is to bemoan that he'll need a fake I.D. to watch "ultraporn". And he fondly remembers a time aliens invaded Earth and forced the most intelligent people to mate continuously (he's pretty upset when it appears the Omicronians ''aren't'' going to do it). He also leches over Amy a few times, such as in "Rebirth" when he takes pleasure in spanking her bottom after her rebirth, even though she's already conscious. In addition, the 34th issue of the tie-in comic has him go along with Fry's lie that he is blind so he can get away with staring at a naked clone of Fry's ex-girlfriend Michelle.

* CorruptCorporateExecutive: Despite being one of the protagonists. After all, the Planet Express slogan is "Our crew is expendable, your package isn't!" In "Bender's Game" Leela says she's spends most of her time trying to think of how to get revenge on him. The rest of the crew agrees.

--->'''Leela:'''Professor?! What did you do to the Planet Express ship? And why are you wearing a leather lab coat?
--->'''Farnworth:''' Because unlike you, I'm cool. I drive fast late at night when I should be sleeping. But you wouldn't understand.

* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: Thanks to his senility and being a mad scientist. The following is from his speech at the stockholders' meeting:

* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: Thanks to his senility and being a mad scientist. When he was speaking at the stockholders' meeting:

'''Farnsworth:''' Oh God! I'm dead. Well, no matter. ''[pulls out cue cards]'' Thank you all for coming. I don't recognize any of you, nor can I recall why I am here. Now without further ado, a film highlighting Planet Express Inc.'s latest fiscal year.

* ChronicBackstabbingDisorder: [[{{Pun}} On the topic of "coming later"]], he's no stranger to throwing the crew under the bus when Planet Express is in danger of being acquired, rivalled, or otherwise completely overridden from where his ownership had demanded it stay. "Future Stock", "A Flight to Remember" and "The Route of All Evil" are the most prominent examples.

* CharacterizationMarchesOn: More defined by his absent-mindedness in the first season, with "senile, amoral crackpot" coming later; Billy West's performance in the first season is more soft-spoken and sometimes even grandfatherly compared to the harsher voice he brought to the later seasons.

--'''Oh no! The light! I guess I'm off to Hell.'''

-->"Oh no! The light! I guess I'm off to Hell."

* BoomerangBigot: Towards {{robosexual}}ity. He became a very strong advocate against it, but he eventually revealed that he had a fling with a robot several years ago.

* BunnyEarsLawyer: He's undeniably crazy and unstable but also one of the best minds in the world, and possibly the universe.

'''Cubert:''' Nothing's a complete load! Not if you can imagine it. That's what being a scientist is all about!

* BeyondTheImpossible: He has a habit of inventing impractical solutions for practical problems, or sometimes just plain impossible things that even the dumber characters [[LampshadeHanging point out should be impossible.]] Case in point, the Planet Express ship uses a very specific engine Farnsworth himself invented, which no one could figure out until Cubert got knocked out and had a EurekaMoment of the same dream that made Farnsworth invent the engine in the first place. The best explanation the two of them offer is quite literally [[MrImagination their imaginations allowing them to do it as scientists.]]

-->'''Leela''': That Guy's turning this place into some kind of ''business''.\\
'''Farnsworth''': This isn't a business. I've always thought of it more as a source of cheap labor, like a family.

->'''Voiced by''': Creator/KateySagal
->'''Debut''': ''"Space Pilot 3000"''

'''Leela (thinking)''': Don't mention her hair. Don't mention her hair.\\

->'''Voiced by''': Creator/BillyWest
->'''Debut''': ''"Space Pilot 3000"''

--> '''Farnsworth''': 𝄢[+++º+++] ''I can't believe the Robot Devil is so'' unforgiving! '''''𝄢'''''[+++º+++][º]

* EyesOutOfSight: The few times his OpaqueNerdGlasses aren’t obscuring his eyes, he is invariably facing away from the audience. According to Mom, they’re milky white in color.

->'''Voiced by''': Creator/BillyWest
->'''Debut''': ''"The Series Has Landed"''

-->'''Professor''': (''after swatting Zoidberg away from the bottle'') For the last time, Zoidberg! Look with your eyes, not your claws!

** [[spoiler:In the second-to-last episode ever, no less, Zoidberg gets a love interest who ''isn't'' seen off by StatusQuoIsGod at the end of the episode.]]

->'''Voiced by''': Creator/PhilLaMarr
->'''Debut''': ''"The Series Has Landed"''

->'''Voiced by''': Creator/LaurenTom
->'''Debut''': ''"The Series Has Landed"''

** In "Proposition Infinity" (quite possibly a case of DependingOnTheWriter as it was after Comedy Central picked up the series), it turns out that Amy still can't keep her eyes off of bad boys or flirting with them. This causes Kif to break up with her and Amy starts a "robosexual" affair with the biggest bad boy she knows, [[spoiler: '''Bender''']]. At the end Kif shows that he can be 'bad' in his own way to make up with her.

* VitriolicBestBuds: With Leela. Amy frequently insults Leela at the drop of a hat, but still goes out for drinks with her (although she'll still abandon Leela to go off for "coffee" with guys), and invites Leela to her wedding. In a deleted scene for "Kif Gets Knocked Up a Notch" Amy says she sees Leela as an older sister. It's lampshaded in "The Butterjunk Effect" when she and Leela explain that passive-aggressive insults are just how girl friends communicate.

%%* {{Angrish}}: "If anyone needs me I'll be in the angry dome!"
* BadassArmy: He was able to create a group of Atomic Supermen to take on the Harlem Globetrotters at a basketball game, who were close to winning until the timeline started glitching out due to the chronotons used to create said Supermen.

* WomanScorned: She often responds to romantic betrayal with violence. In the first movie, she was even excited at the prospect of Lars going on a suicide mission after he left her at the altar.

* WomenAreWiser: Zig-zagged. She's usually the one taking Fry and Bender down from some crazy scheme or questioning the Professor's InsaneTrollLogic, but is just as prone to stubborn (even stupid) mistakes as anyone else in the crew.
* WomanScorned: She often responds to romantic betrayal with violence. In the first movie, she was even excited at the prospect of Lars going on a suicide mission after he left her at the altar.