Lord Nibbler (born 274 BC), known mostly just as Nibbler, though discovered on the planet Vergon 6 by Leela, Fry, and Bender shortly before its destruction, is in fact a Nibblonian. He has existed since shortly before the dawn of time. Lord Nibbler (born 274 BC), known mostly just as Nibbler, though discovered on the planet Vergon 6 by Leela, Fry, and Bender shortly before its destruction, is in fact a Nibblonian. He has existed since shortly before the dawn of time.
Nibbler spoke out passionately, but futilely, against the use of the Time Code when it was discovered on Fry’s butt by the Nudist Alien Scammers. In the end he advises everyone to get out of the universe as that same universe splits open and the Anomaly appears in the sky. When Walt, Larry, and Igner infiltrate Planet Express to find the Anti-Backwards Crystal, they kidnapped Nibbler and imprisoned him with the rest of the Nibblonian population in Mom’s Dark Matter mine. His hellish imprisonment of being force-fed chickens and prune juice, and having his excrement harvested for fuel was ended when dark matter was made unusable as a fuel, only to be utilized by the Professor’s brilliant replacement for the starship fuel: Nibbler Power. He also appears in the episode “That Darn Katz!” when he breaks up with Leela as her pet and becomes part of The Crew. Later on when Amy presents her thesis at Mars University, a cat sneaks aboard the ship and hypnotizes the crew. Later on the cat summons a saucer which other cats arrive on. Amy is allergic to cats and Nibbler is jealous, so they are the only ones not hypnotized. The crew and the cats have something going on in the basement where only ones with a cat can help and see. Amy and Nibbler sneak in and find out they are trying to stop Earth’s rotation and return it to the cat’s homeworld, Thuban 9. Once they stop it by getting a static charge from 50,000 cats rubbing against the surface, they return home and celebrate. Amy later uses her thesis to start the Earth again in the other direction. This takes away the rotation of Thuban 9 and Nibbler becomes Leela’s pet again.
