Mr. Panucci

Mr. Panucci owns the pizzeria whose ceiling once trapped Fry, though he's mostly a background fixture in New New York rather than a central player. He's brusque, put-upon, and treats the shop as his whole world — a small, grumbling presence amid the show's cosmic sprawl.

He's a joke that keeps paying off precisely because he's minor: a gruff pizzeria owner glimpsed just enough to become a running gag about how much the universe has changed since 1999. DiMaggio's gravelly delivery gives him a lived-in crankiness that makes each brief reappearance feel like a wink to longtime viewers.