While I of course love Fry, Leela, Bender and all the rest of Futuramas central squad, my favorite character in the series is Hedonismbot, voiced by Maurice LaMarche. As you can imagine, I absolutely adored this couch gag because of that. I dont actually think Id ever put Homer and Hedonismbot together in my brain, but looking at them like this, its impossible not to see the similarities. Both have oval heads with something on the sides and on top, and both have an insatiable appetite for food and booze, though Homers sexual hunger is wishy-washy. (Hes probably in the mood right now, though. Snap!) Plus, Homers perma-stubble is almost in the same shape as Hedonismbots mouth speaker. If only Homer had four arms, four legs and vibrated on self-command.
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