Character

Barbados Slim

Barbados Slim in Futurama (1999), played by John DiMaggio.

Barbados Slim strolls into Hermes Conrad's life as smooth as his name suggests: a champion limbo dancer, effortlessly charming, and — inconveniently — the man LaBarbara dated before she married Hermes. He shows up sculpted, confident, and utterly unbothered by the jealousy he provokes, treating limbo as both sport and seduction.

He's a gag built on pure swagger, and John DiMaggio plays him with a purring, honey-smooth voice miles from his gruffer Futurama roles like Bender, which is half the joke. The writing needs him to be genuinely irresistible so Hermes's insecurity lands, and DiMaggio makes that charisma believable rather than cartoonish.

Barbados Slim is Hermes' rival. He has Olympic medals in both limbo and sex. He was once married to LaBarbara, Hermes' wife. When Hermes lost his body, LaBarbara left Hermes and remarried Barbados.

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