Funkalistics Lead Singer

The Funkalistics front a slice of retro funk that drifts through Futurama's future New New York, and their lead singer struts to match: smooth-voiced, showy, all confidence and polyester swagger. He exists to sell the bit — a groove-soaked cameo dropped into whatever chaos the Planet Express crew has stumbled into that week.

The joke is entirely in the casting: John DiMaggio, already Bender's gravelly voice, slides into a buttery falsetto-adjacent croon that sounds like nothing else he does on the show. It's a blink-and-you'll-miss-it flex of range, proof the show's voice actors were having as much fun as the writers.