Character
Leelu
Leelu in Futurama (1999), played by Maurice LaMarche.
Leelu turns up as one of the many one-off faces that populate Futurama's sprawling universe of aliens, robots, and bureaucrats. Voiced with Maurice LaMarche's typically rich, theatrical delivery, the character exists mostly at the edges of Fry, Leela, and Bender's misadventures, adding texture rather than driving the plot.
LaMarche is one of animation's great utility voices, and Futurama leans hard on that gift, dropping him into minor roles where a booming or oddball register can turn a throwaway line into a laugh. Even in a small part, his commitment to the bit gives Leelu a flicker of personality the script alone might not supply.
Fry is the only person who had been able to get Leelu to eat, curing her of her sickness. Throughout the years, their relationship blossomed and they became best of friends. Fry was heartbroken when he learned that Leelu was being released into the wild to make room for the Loch Ness monster: in actuality a log with a Halloween mask stapled on to one end.
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Futurama1999