They're mean, mental and metal. Review Graveyard caught
up with Futurama's New York organised crime syndicate
to find out whether they are really as bad as they think...
ReviewGraveyard: You have a reputation for being bad. What makes you
the "baddest robots"?
Donbot:
Well, let's see. Destructor there is a walking tank... Joey,
he's somewhat bad-tempered... Clamps here has the clamps...
Clamps:
The clamps, the clamps!
Donbot:
...I talk like Bobby DeNiro, who's pretty bad, and this guy
Flexo has a goatee, the universal symbol of evil on all known
planets.
RG:
Do you think this is a fair labelling?
Donbot:
Society only calls us bad because we refuse to conform to
its individuality-crushing rules.
Joey:
Plus, we'd like to beat up and rob humans.
Donbot:
That is the individuality-crushing rule to which I was referring.
RG:
Destructor, now just the name alone sounds bad. How do you
live up to your name?
Destructor:
I AM DESTRUCTOR! I WILL DESTROY YOU!
RG:
Uh, yes, thank you. Moving along... Donbot, what is it like
being head of the only organised crime gang in New New York?
Donbot:
I resent that remark. We're not the only criminal gang. Times
Square is run by many others that can't be named.
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Donbot
is head of the only organised crime gang in New New
York. He is involved in various operations including
the lottery. He is very calm and knows what he is doing
usually letting Joey Mouse Pad and Clamps do the work.
That said he isn't all that ruthless and will sometimes
just let you off with a savage beating. He has a passion
for the very expensive Zuban cigars.
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RG:
Flexo, you have reconciled with your wife following a divorce.
Was your "bad" background a cause for that break-up?
Flexo:
I'm sorry, but I respect my wife Angleyne, and I'm not the
kind of guy to kiss and tell. No sir, not for free. So check
out my pay-per-view special, "Flexo's Sexy Divorce"! Whooo!
RG:
Joey - may I call you just Joey?
Joey:
No you may not.
RG:
Joey, tell us about your role in the organised crime family.
Joey: I hurt people until they give me money. Then I shoot
things with my gun. Also, I'm in charge of stating the obvious.
RG:
How did each of you become a hardened criminal?
Donbot:
I got a degree in corporate accounting.
Clamps:
I flunked out of Clamping School.
Flexo:
I was framed for a crime I didn't commit by some guy named
Bender.
Joey:
I'm an Apple Bot, and I think different.
Destructor:
I AM DESTRUCTOR! I WILL DESTROY YOU!
RG:
Can each of you tell me whom you look up to as a bad idol?
Flexo:
Bender.
Joey:
Bender.
Clamps:
Bender.
Donbot:
Bender.
Destructor:
Destructor Admires bender! I will destroy him!
RG:
Clamps, does having clamps on the end of your arms help your
"bad" image?
Clamps:
Are you saying they don't?! That does it, I'm giving you the
clamps! The clamps, the clamps!
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Clamps
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Clamps
is part of the New New York organised crime family headed
by DonBot. He carries out the usual beatings and threatenings
together with fellow goon Joey Mouse Pad. He is very
proud of the clamps on the end of his arms and uses
the very strong instruments as frequently as possible
He has a very short temper and often threatens people
with a clamping before being held back by Joey.
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RG: What do you guys think - does Roberto,
the insane bank-robbing robot, fit the same "bad" image as
you sane criminals, or is that a different type of "bad"?
Donbot:
Roberto's all right. He only stabs people who say bad things
about him.
Joey:
Duh, I tried that whatd'yacall insanity defence once, but
it didn't work because they said I was mental incontinent.
Futurama
Season II is out to buy now from 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
(£39.99 DVD & £34.99 Video)
With
thanks to Paula Cope at DSA
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