Character
Nibblonian #2
Nibblonian #2 in Futurama (1999), played by David Herman.
Nibblonian #2 is one of the small, ancient, big-eyed beings glimpsed among Nibbler's secretive kind, part of the shadowy council entrusted with guarding the universe's deepest cosmic secrets. Introduced without fanfare, it exists mostly to fill out the ranks of this mysterious species, speaking up when the plot needs another voice from the hive of tiny overlords.
The joke of a character like this is scale: an ancient, universe-guarding species reduced to background extras with numbered names, voiced with the same deadpan gravity as any main player. David Herman's delivery treats the absurdity completely straight, which is exactly the deadpan Futurama style that makes even its throwaway aliens land a laugh.
Nibblonians are an immortal ingenious race from the planet Eternium in the middle of the universe in the Futurama series. They stand about one foot tall and have two large eyes, as well as a third eye on a stalk in the center of their foreheads. They have black fur which leaves them prone to hairballs. They have pale yellow circles on their bellies and around their muzzles with a black nose.
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Futurama1999