Hypnotoad
Secondary character | |
Hypnotoad | |
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Species | Toad |
Profession | Writer, Director and Producer at Everybody Loves Hypnotoad |
First appearance | "The Day the Earth Stood Stupid" (3ACV07) |
Voiced by | Unknown |
The Hypnotoad is a large toad with oscillating, multicolored eyes, who can hypnotize anything at will, including an entire crowd of humans, by making a loud, buzzing noise. It is an Earthican celebrity, and has two shows of its own: Everybody Loves Hypnotoad, which it writes, directs and produces, and Hypnotoad On Ice.
Biography
The Hypnotoad has used its ability on many: a few sheep and the judges at a pet show (3ACV07), an announcer, whom it hypnotized to death (BBS), and the viewers of the return of Futurama (6ACV01). It also had its image shown in the V-GINY, which suggests it is censorable (6ACV02), one of its webisodes featured on the eyePhone (6ACV03), and Hypnotoad On Ice interrupted by breaking news on Hedonismbot (6ACV07). With no relevance to the story, it was seen in Everybody Loves Hypnotoad numerous times (4ACV06, 6ACV11). The Hypnotoad is rarely seen not hypnotizing (ITWGY).
As a meme
Hypnotoad is also a well known as a "meme," or internet phenomenon. Futurama has spawned many memes, but Hypnotoad is by far the most popular. It is used as an "interruptor." Its usage usually involves it being mentioned in a sentence, which is abruptly interrupted in the middle with ALL GLORY TO THE HYPNOTOAD.
Examples of its usage:
- "Hypnotoad is stuALL GLORY TO THE HYPNOTOAD."
- "Why is this Hypnotoad video so popuALL GLORY TO THE HYPNOTOAD."
Additional Info
Trivia
- A full 22-minute episode of Everybody Loves Hypnotoad was featured on the DVD release of Bender's Big Score.
- Its eyes are naturally green colored. However, they do not automatically revert to green the moment it stops hypnotizing.
- The noise used is an auditory notice played when a button is pressed erroneously in the editing program the show uses, a product from Avid. An unnamed editor, most likely audio editor Paul Calder, titled it Angry Machine and looped it for the Hypnotoad. It was originally a temporary sound, but the audience and staff both liked it.
Appearances
- "The Day the Earth Stood Stupid" (3ACV07)
- "Bender Should Not Be Allowed on Television" (4ACV06)
- Bender's Big Score
- Into the Wild Green Yonder
- "Rebirth" (6ACV01)
- "In-A-Gadda-Da-Leela" (6ACV02)
- "Attack of the Killer App" (6ACV03)
- "The Late Philip J. Fry" (6ACV07)
- "Lrrreconcilable Ndndifferences" (6ACV11)
- Everybody Loves Hypnotoad: "Amazon Adventure" (3H312)
- "Welcome to my Nightmall" (US#043)