Stan

Stan turns up as one of the small, sharply-drawn faces that populate the edges of New New York — the kind of one-scene or recurring bit player Futurama specialises in, dropped into the plot to deliver a joke or a bit of bureaucratic absurdity before vanishing back into the crowd.

Phil LaMarr is one of the show's great utility voices, and even a minor figure like Stan benefits from his gift for finding a distinct, fully committed tone in a handful of lines. It's the kind of small, confident performance that makes Futurama's background world feel populated rather than empty.