Character

Fat Guy

Fat Guy in Futurama (1999), played by David Herman.

He turns up on the margins of New New York life, an anonymous heavyset everyman dropped into whatever crowd scene or barroom the plot needs filling. He is not there to want anything in particular — he reacts, grumbles, or gawks alongside the rest of the extras, a familiar face without a name to match.

Futurama's background characters are half the joke of the show, and David Herman's gruff, put-upon delivery gives this nameless everyman just enough personality to register without ever demanding the spotlight. He works precisely because he doesn't try to work — a small, reliable piece of the city's comic furniture.

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