The Planet Express building, owned by Professor Hubert J. Farnsworth, is located in New New York 72nd street[1] Planet Express District.[2] It was built above a limestone cavern[3] and is the headquarters for Planet Express. The Professor and Cubert live in the building though Dr. John A. Zoidberg occupies a dumpster outside. Philip J. Fry I initially lived there for a month in the year 3000.
The building is divided into two sections. The smaller part comprises multiple floors and houses the offices and laboratories of the Professor. The larger section of the building is a hangar containing the Planet Express Ship and has an automatic opening roof for takeoff and landing. It is equipped with shielding as protection from Robot Santa Claus.
Areas[]
- Accusing Parlour[4]: Appears in "Anthology of Interest I" and "The 30% Iron Chef". Hubert: "I've gathered you all here in the accusing parlour because one of you is a miniature ship wrecker!"
- Angry dome: A soundproof glass dome on the roof of the building. The Professor goes there when he is angry and paces around shouting and making angry gestures. [5]
- Basement and sub-basement
- Bathroom
- In "Benderama" the Professor refers to as the situation room.
- Calamatorium
- Chart Room: Appears in "Viva Mars Vegas". Amy Wong: "I've summoned you all to the Chart Room to explain how we're going to pull of a daring and complex casino heist, questions?" Bender Bending Rodríguez: "Um, how come we've never been in this room before?" Amy: "I think this chart will explain that"
- Conference room
- Chamber of Understanding: A glass dome with a mirror ball in it, where Professor Farnsworth goes to think is located in the conference room.[6] Hubert: "I'll be in the Chamber of Understanding."
- Control tower: Contains the Smell-O-Scope, a fireplace, couches and a secret floor where the professor keeps his doomsday devices and is where Xmas is celebrated. The professor sometimes conducts experiments here.[7][8]
- Cubert's bedroom: Seen in "A Clockwork Origin".
- Downstairs walrus tank: Dwight Conrad and Cubert J. Farnsworth found the Anti-Backwards Crystal.[9]
- Farnsworth Lanes: A bowling alley that appears in "The Inhuman Torch".
- Hermes Conrad's office.[10]
- Hot tub: A secret hot tub is contained in the balcony on the river side.
- Kitchen
- Laboratory: Where the professor conducts his experiments and cloned Hubert J. Farnsworth.
- Locker Room: Also contains showers.
- Lounge
- Mandatorium: Appears in "Bender's Big Score". Hubert: "In his [Hermes'] absence I am calling a mandatory company meeting. To the Mandatorium!" Turns out to be their regular conference table.
- Mop closet: Which also doubled as Fry's office in "How Hermes Requisitioned His Groove Back".
- Professor's bedroom and bathroom.
- Zoidberg's office.[11]
Timeline[]
- Unknowm
- Today's planet express building is created and is owned by Kautzman's second hand meats
- 2801
- Robot santa is created and has his first visit at the planet express building
~2961 planet express takes over the building
2961-3000 the building's design changes
3010-3030 (Alt timeline) After Farnsworth, fry and bender gets stuck in the future leela takes over the company. As a result, the planet express building grows
3030-3050 (Alt timeline) Planet Express has become a huge corporation because of the absence of Fry, Bender and the Professor, in turn, the planet express building grows even more to keep up with demand
Real World Location[]
- The building is located in New New York on what would be West 57th Street in New York, as said by David X. Cohen. However, John DiMaggio thinks that it looks a lot like a Queens street. The building is next to the Hudson River.[12] According to "Viva Mars Vegas", however, the Planet Express building is stated to be located on 72nd Street. In "The Inhuman Torch", the building is instead shown to be located in Battery Park City.
- The original building did not contain the observation dome, however the control tower on the building was inspired by a mutual friend of Cohen's, who was in air traffic control training in Oklahoma City at the time of the shows initial writing and had suggested it be included.
- The building also bears a striking resemblance to the Cointe Observatory in Liege, Belgium. The design and Red-Brick Esq style of the building are in part inspired by the Cointe.
Trivia[]
- "Where the Buggalo Roam" is one of the few episodes where the building does not appear.
- Details of building change from episode to episode. For example, the front door is shown both with and without stairs and, the back of the building is shown with and without a fence and dumpster.
- The widow's walk was installed after the Professor lost his first crew in 2961. ("Möbius Dick")
- In 2801, the building was occupied by Kautzman's Second-Hand Meats. ("I Know What You Did Next Xmas")
Gallery[]
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Planet Express building from river side.
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Planet Express building from river side.
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The Planet Express building in 2961.
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Planet Express building in 3030.
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Planet Express building in 3050.
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Hangar from above.
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Hangar bay in "Time Keeps on Slippin'".
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Back of the building.
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Professor in the Angry Dome in "Kif Gets Knocked Up a Notch".
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Control room with Smell-o-scope.
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Control room with doomsday devices in "Time Keeps on Slippin'".
Conference room.
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Conference room, kitchen, chemical burn shower.
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Lounge.
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Lounge.
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Laboratory.
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Professor's bedroom.
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Professor's bathroom.
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Cubert's bedroom.
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Locker room.
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Hermes' office.
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Zoidberg's office.
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Basement with Scruffy's cot.
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Sub-basement with lava pit.
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Hot tub.
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Accusing parlor.
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Chamber of Understanding in "In-A-Gadda-Da-Leela".
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Towed by Fry and Bender in "The Cryonic Woman".
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Shielded from Robot Santa Claus in "A Tale of Two Santas".
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Emerald Planet Express building as seen in "Anthology of Interest II".
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Parallel universe Planet Express building as seen in "The Farnsworth Parabox".
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Alternate British timeline as seen in "All the Presidents' Heads".
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Planet Express building in "Reincarnation".
Warp Engine Company Number 1 in "The Inhuman Torch".
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Farnsworth Lanes in "The Inhuman Torch".
The Building in 2801
Footnotes[]
- ↑ A Farewell to Arms
- ↑ https://futuramaworldsoftomorrow.gamepedia.com/Planet_Express_District
- ↑ "Bender's Big Score"
- ↑ "Anthology of Interest I"
- ↑ "Kif Gets Knocked Up a Notch"
- ↑ "In-A-Gadda-Da-Leela"
- ↑ "A Big Piece of Garbage"
- ↑ "A Big Piece of Garbage"
- ↑ Bender's Game
- ↑ "The Series Has Landed"
- ↑ "The Series Has Landed"
- ↑ Bender's Game DVD commentary