Planet Express Ship

The Planet Express ship, named Old Bessie by the Professor, is a bright green (actual name electric mucus) delivery spacecraft owned by Planet Express. It is used by Bender, Fry, and Leela to take various packages all over the galaxy. It has windshield wipers, a coffee maker, cup holders, an elephant detector, a microwave, game room, cargo hold and a laundry room.

It was shown in "The Sting" that there was a previous ship: seemingly identical to the current one but painted a dull gray color. It was piloted by Fаrnsworth's previous crew, whom he had sent off on a suicide mission to collect space honey.

The ship was designed and built by Professor Hubert J. Farnsworth and runs on dark matter, mostly supplied by Nibbler. After the dark matter incident in "Bender's Game" where dark matter was rendered worthless, it used whale oil. The ship does not actually move itself, but, using the Dark Matter Accelerator, it moves the universe around it as stated by Professor Farnsworth and later realized by Cubert Farnsworth. It's fairly well fortified, with a laser cannon and two torpedo tubes (though four torpedo tubes are shown on the inside of the ship). It's shielding has held up against a torrent of missiles, yet the ship falls victim to such things as rocks while parked.

Once, the ship has also shown that it has an independent personality. Originally, the ship had a male personality, but after recurring disputes with Bender, Prof. Fаrnsworth changed its programming to female, leading to a romance between her and Bender. Since she is able to drive herself, it remains unknown why there needs to be a pilot. This has been the only episode that has shown the ship having a personality. She was disabled towards the end of the episode, however a part of her personality was merged with Bender. Planet Express Ship has not made any further appearances with any personality since.

It is also a "robot" only in one episode, "Love and Rocket".

Features[]

Some features the ship has are:

A winch with a magnet on the end, which deploys from the cargo hold.
A laser turret which deploys from the dorsal section of the ship.
Two torpedo tubes on the ventral fore quarter (Which can be loaded either through the floor of the control room or from the torpedo room). Four torpedo tubes in total.
A giraffe net.
Submersible conversion.
Unbreakable diamond tethering rope, once used with a fishing hook.
Elephant locator (which can be set to large and woolly for the purposes of locating woolly mammoths)
Drill on the nose (During the Robanukah episode).
One escape pod. (During the episode: Möbius Dick)
A walkway that can extend from the airlock on the side of the ship.
Extendable stairs underneath an airlock at the front of the ship, that also serve as the front landing gear.

Rooms[]

The ship also has many compartments inside. These are:

At least 3 staterooms
Head complete with shower
Engine room
The ship's brain room
Laundry room
The Bridge
Bilge
A Basement
Lion den
Galley
Cargo hold
Mess deck
Game room
Panic Room ("Murder on the Planet Express")
At least two airlocks

Trivia[]

The Planet Express ship main control pad seems to be a reference to HAL 9000 from 2001: A Space Odyssey.
Another reference to the movie is when Bender sings "Daisy Bell", the song sung by HAL 9000 as he was deactivated.
Yet another reference to HAL 9000 is when the ship says: "I can't let you do that Leela," as opposed to HAL 9000 saying, "I'm afraid I can't let you do that, Dave."
"Bessie" is a common name for cows, which is a reference to Jack and the Beanstalk along with the entire episode.
It has a zebra fur cozy cover. ("31st Century Fox")
It was painted pink when commandeered by the Eco-Feministas.