Hermes Conrad

Description

Hermes is a bureaucrat of level 36 originating in Jamaica, although Fry acknowledged to him that it took it for a man potato of space. It deals with all the administrative part of the company of delivery Planet Express, which includes to pay the invoices, to separate family and work (with the profit of this last) and not to hesitate with enfrendre the loi
The portrait of Hermes contrasts with the usual stereotypes on Jamaïcans; Conrad is indeed keen work and regards paid vacations as being the supreme punishment. It goes even until refusing a leave with itself and can transfer no matter whom without states of heart. Despaired to be unpleasant only 78.36% of time, Hermes is however a bureaucrat born if one believes of it unechanson of his invention (" They said that one is made to be bureaucrat, so much it is odious and fastidious "). Child, it asked for example his buddies to fill of the forms to come to his festival from birthday. Hermes disapproves the trade unions formally and considers that the Labor Day was creates by a union of gangsters.

Although of an average rank, Hermes remains one of the best bureaucrats of the world. It, for example, succeeded in sorting all the mail of the central administration in less than four minutes; but its méhodes dishonest persons helps it much.

More common, Hermes is a Rastafari, which is confirmed by its invocations with Jah in the episode the inspector of the central administration . He frequently admonishes his team, which does not work sufficiently with her taste. The Doctor Zoidberg is often victims of its attacks, undoubtedly because of its extreme incompetence when it is a question of looking after human beings. This enmity undoubtedly explains why, in the same episode, the shellfish envoit Conrad and his wife in a camp of forced labor disguised in spa, or why it makes him pay damage caused by Leela with the vessel.

Sentences fetishes

When it is surprised, Hermes often pushes an exclamation like " Sweet gorilla off Manila" (Soft gorilla of Manila), " Sweet cow off Moscow! " (Soft cow of Moscow) or " Sweet Guinea Pig off Winnipeg! " (Soft guinea-pig of Winnipeg). In original version (VO), it makes analogies surprising between two situations by evoking green grass snakes and Cannes with sugar: " Our consumption of electricity is climbed as a green grass snake in top of a cane with sucre" or " I am hungry as a green grass snake in fields of cane with sucre". He exclaims " also sometimes; H.Selassie" hello; in reference to the last emperor of Ethiopia, Hailé Sélassié Ier, and refers also to the " Dreadlocks of Bob Marley ".

Bad with dimensions

Certain counterparts let suppose that Hermes smokes systematically of the Marijuana. When his/her son steals a " to him; cigare" , Hermes declares " It is not a cigar… and it is not mine ".
In mutiples occasions, Hermes appears close killing its fellow-members for various reasons. For example, in the episode " the good, the box and flabbergasted the " , whereas the boat is close running and that the life of its team is between her hands, Hermes does not know if it must or not save them. In a preceding episode, it gives to Leela a Revolver by advising " to him; Use it to strike these types" and Fry, Bender and Zoidberg indicates. Leela requires " of him; And if it try to look in limps? " , it with what Hermes retorts " Yeah, anything ".

Limbo

Hermes is also a former Olympic champion of Limbo. it carried the colors of the team of the Earth. But, in 2980, a child killed himself during the Olympic Games while trying to imitate it. Since, it completely gave up the competition but occasionally continues to practice.

Family

Hermes is married in a woman thin and large, LaBarbara, originating in Jamaica like her husband. LaBarbara was previously married in Barbados Slim, a large and muscular athlete who gained the gold medal of limbo to the Olympic Games of 3004.
It accompanies her husband during a voyage on Titanic and also with spa 5, makes a camp of work of it.
It and her husband is often not called by their first name. Thus, Conrad calls his wife " Femme" , even " Woman chaude" … The couple lives a very beautiful house.

Hermes and LaBarbara have a son, Dwight, old of 12 years and friend with Cubert Farnsworth, the clone of the professor Farnsworth. Dwight has dreadlocks and wears a tee-shirt with the flag of Jamaica.

Development of the character

In the beginning, the name of Hermes was not Conrad but " Dexter" , and it was not jamaïcan. Its name comes from Hermes Rockt, the name of the typewriter Matt Groening, creator of the series Futurama. In Greek mythology, Hermes is the god of the Commerce, the guard of the roads and the crossroads, the travellers, of the robbers, the driver of the hearts to the Enfers and the messenger of the Gods. The nickname of Hermes comes from the street name where David X. Cohen during its childhood lived.

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