Talk:Turanga Leela/Archive 1

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[edit] "other than her eye she was quite ____"

This sentence as written by J.J. does not make sense:

She believed herself to be an alien from another planet, though other than her eye she was quite humanoid in appearance.

A cyclops is humanoid in appearance, therefore stating her eye makes her look not humanoid makes no sense. Her eye makes her look not human. -- Cyrius|&#9998 10:11, May 5, 2004 (UTC)

I was the one that changed human to humanoid in JJ's sentence. While the show initially portrayed Leela as an alien, it was later revealed that she was a mutant (see article). I think that the content about her appearance should take into account what she is, which is human. Personally, I think this entire article should be redone. --Samrolken 22:50, 6 May 2004 (UTC)
Your statement that you changed J.J.'s statement of human to humanoid is incorrect. You undid my change from humanoid to human. And you didn't address the issue of the sentence not making sense, which was the whole point. -- Cyrius|&#9998 00:53, May 7, 2004 (UTC)
Oops, sorry for the confusion. I did undo your change from humanoid to human, returning it to humanoid. The sentence indeed does not make sense, and I would suggest that the sentence is redundant, as the last sentence from the third paragraph touches upon her appearance. I still think that this entire article should be redone in a more organized manner, including sections like, "Origin", "Appearance", "History", etc. Anyway, this is an article about a 'cartoon character'. --Samrolken 19:03, 7 May 2004 (UTC)

[edit] Fry

Why are there no mentions of her strange crush/love/hate/friend relationship with Fry?

The penultimate and final paragraphs are dedicated to this. Mallocks 21:40, 29 September 2005 (UTC)

[edit] what does depth perception mean?

well?

Pece Kocovski 06:07, 1 December 2005 (UTC)

I added a link from that phrase in the article to the WP article on depth perception :) --tgeller 06:43, 8 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Kif

Kif was impregnated by Leela. This should be mentioned in the article.

[edit] The "See also" section: Why mention another Leela?

I thought there should be some explanation of why these links were included, but I'm not sure how it should be added to the article. It should be mentioned that Leela is also the name of a character on Doctor Who, and that Futurama creator Matt Groening also created The Simpsons. (Also, I think there were other references to Doctor Who on The Simpsons besides the one mentioned.) Leela could actually have been named after the Doctor Who character, since her surname isn't mentioned in early episodes; it could have been added later as a bit of clever wordplay. B7T 21:20, 8 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] "The Other"

In the bit talking about Nibbler's mention of "the Other" it says (after mentioning the most common fan interpretation of the line) that "It is equally likely that this was merely a trick used by Nibbler to convince Fry to freeze himself."

I think "also possible" is more appropriate than "equally likely." I've only heard the "it was just a trick" theory a couple of times, and it's definitely a minority interpretation. Also, that kind of coldly cynical manipulation is characteristic of a MUCH darker universe than Futurama's - I think it gives a false impression of the tone of the show and makes Futurama appear uncharacteristically dystopic.

I think "the other" is the fact that Leela and Fry battle the giant brain in "The Day the Earth Stood Stupid." Go Futurama! Sp3000 21:36, 11 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Move proposition

Anyone think we should move this to Turanga Leela? -- Digital Watches 15:41, 5 August 2006 (UTC)

Why are all the Futurama characters at their full names, anyway? That's a violation of WP:NAME -- the most common name in English, with the least disambiguation necessary. --Dhartung | Talk 11:04, 5 August 2006 (UTC)
I quote: Wikipedia:Naming conventions (people) starts from the idea that names in the format <First name> <Last name> are usually the least problematic as page name for an article on a single person. Although I can see why Zoidberg, Bender, and Farnsworth would need to be changed, it seems as though Turanga Leela would fit that perfectly. -- Digital Watches 15:41, 5 August 2006 (UTC)
From Wikipedia:Naming conventions (people): Fictional characters: whether an article is to be named Dame Edna Everage or Dame Edna or Edna Everage is indifferent to this particular guideline. I hate to point it out to you, but these are not people. --Dhartung | Talk 02:31, 6 August 2006 (UTC)
The way it's phrased, it seems to say "There is no guideline for fictional characters." I'm citing precedent from the other characters. I think that it should be moved. -- Digital Watches 03:32, 6 August 2006 (UTC)

It's good because it gets rid of the parentheses. I moved it. I think you should be able to move it back if there's a consensus to disagree-- not sure Ashibaka tock 01:53, 12 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] External link

What's the point of the external link? I don't think it adds anything of value. Joppelito 19:48, 28 January 2007 (UTC)

I agree it doesn't add anything of value, more specifically it goes again point 13 of this section in the guidelines on external links, i.e. "Sites that are only indirectly related to the article's subject", certainly I'd say a link to a computer in the shape of Leela qualifies as 'indirectly' related. For this reason I'll remove it. Mallocks 20:24, 28 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Another love interest...

Doesn't Leela also fall in love with one of the Star Trek cast members in "Where No Fan Has Gone Before"?

Her and Kirk hit it off but I don't think she fell in love with him, more likely it's a reference to Kirk always getting the "hot alien babe" in TOS Jackacon 22:44, 3 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] DEAF FOREVER?

Is Leela Deaf forever?Or does she get to hear again?Pendo 4 23:21, 8 February 2007 (UTC)Pendo 4

Don't know, but she seems to lose Calculon's ears at the end of The Devil's Hands Are Idle Playthings and can hear the end of Fry's opera Jackacon 20:39, 11 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Destruction of Trivia

The trivia section was completely destroyed and replaced with dribble. I find it heinous to try to make this article reflect some sort of odd standard Wikipedia has for all articles. People are legitimately interested in this information, and some uninformed administrator decided it all had to go. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Dkkicks (talk • contribs) 01:29, 24 February 2007 (UTC).

[edit] Motoko Kusanagi

In her trivia section it's says that her appearence is a "thinly veiled reference" to Motoko Kusanagi of Ghost in the Shell. She may be similar to her (though all I can see is the same colour hair) but we can't really call her a "thinly veiled reference" unless the creator have ever indicated that they have at least seen the show/read the manga. Cherries Jubilee 06:08, 25 February 2007 (UTC)

I agree that, while this is an interesting idea, it's probably not correct. 24.124.127.250 04:05, 1 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Yet another explanation for the name

In the novel Project Pendulum by Robert Silverberg, one of the two main characters encounters a woman in the year 2967 while travelling through time. Her name is Hepta-Noni-Acanta-Leela-Quintu-Quintu, or simply Quintu-Leela. I'm sure there are plenty of Leelas in literature, but this one comes pretty close to the year 3000.

BTW, 'lila' is a name for the color purple in Finnish as well, probably via Scandinavian or Slavic influence.

TeknoHog 15:42, 21 April 2007 (UTC)

Why someone changes all the time Leela age to 34?