Dr. John A. Zoidberg is a fictional character in the television series Futurama. He is an alien of lobster-like form. The character traveled to 30th century Earth from the planet Decapod 10. On Futurama, he serves as staff doctor for Planet Express, even though he knows very little about the physiology of humans. Zoidberg is voiced by Billy West, who performs the character with a Yiddish-inflected accent, in an imitation of actor George Jessel.
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Dr. John A. Zoidberg is a fictional character in the television series Futurama. He is an alien of lobster-like form. The character traveled to 30th century Earth from the planet Decapod 10. On Futurama, he serves as staff doctor for Planet Express, even though he knows very little about the physiology of humans. Zoidberg is voiced by Billy West, who performs the character with a Yiddish-inflected accent, in an imitation of actor George Jessel.
Zoidberg is the company doctor at Planet Express. Although he claims expertise in human medicine, particularly internal medicine, his knowledge of human anatomy and physiology is negligible. For example, he cannot tell the difference between robots and humans (or human males and females), believes food is digested in the heart and that humans have multiple mouths and a dorsal fin. His only knowledge of humans seems to come from television advertisements, although his skills as a physician generally vary; in "Put Your Head on My Shoulder" he...
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