Character
Lionel Preacherbot
Lionel Preacherbot in Futurama (1999), played by Phil LaMarr.
Lionel Preacherbot is a robot clergyman who turns up in New New York to officiate weddings, funerals, and whatever solemn occasion the plot requires. He speaks in the flat, dutiful cadence of a machine reciting sacred text, treating each ceremony with the same programmed gravity whether the moment deserves it or not.
The joke is entirely in the contrast: a device built for reverence delivering it with zero feeling, which Phil LaMarr plays absolutely straight. Futurama loves this kind of throwaway world-building, and Preacherbot is a perfect small example — he never needs a story of his own to be funny every time he shows back up.
Reverend Lionel Preacherbot is a preacher at the Temple of Robotology. He always manages to be on hand to conduct weddings and funerals, no matter how far, as well as has aspirations of acting that same role in movies.
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