- "You mean I'd be the first woman ever to play Major League Blernsball?"
- ―Leela
- "Well, yeah, but basically you'd just be a publicity stunt. I figure a one-eyed lady skull-buster might bring out the freakshow crowd."
- ―Abner Doubledeal[source]
Abner Doubledeal is the sleazy owner of at least two sports organizations in the show. He owned the Ultimate Robot Fighting League[1] and a year later he sold the URFL and bought the New New York Mets[2]. He also acts as the announcer for the Butterfly Derby held at the Moon.
Trivia
- The name Abner Doubledeal is a reference to Abner Doubleday, the man who supposedly invented baseball.
- Abner Doubledeal, like Bender Bending Rodriguez has adopted all the orphans from Cookieville Minimum-Security Orphanarium.
- Abner is in charge of the Tickleodeon network and at one point refers to one of its programs, Spongebot Squarebolts, ironically Tom Kenny voices Nickelodeon's Spongebob Squarepants.
Appearances
Episodes
- Raging Bender
- A Leela of Her Own
- Yo Leela Leela
- The Butterjunk Effect
- Forty Percent Leadbelly (cameo)
- Meanwhile (he nearly fall in the hole while he was on cellphone by a meter...)