Documentary Presenter

He appears whenever the show cuts to one of its faux-documentary segments, narrating with grave, hushed authority about whatever nonsense is on screen. He takes himself entirely seriously, treating trivial or absurd subjects with the solemn cadence of a nature special, and never once acknowledges how ridiculous that is.

Billy West's dry, plummy narration is a pitch-perfect parody of prestige-documentary voiceover, and the joke lands precisely because he never winks at the audience. The deadpan gravity applied to Futurama's silliest asides makes the gag funnier than any punchline could, a small recurring bit that always earns its laugh.