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| “ | Fry, I'm an '80's guy. Friendship to me means that for two bucks I'd beat you with a pool cue until you've got detached retinas. | „ |
| ~ That Guy showing his true colors |
| “ | My only regret is I have Bone-itis. | „ |
| ~ That Guy's dying words |
Steve Castle, aka That Guy, is one of the two main antagonists (alongside Mom) of the episode Future Stock from the series Futurama. He is a corporate raider from the 1980s who cryogenically freezes himself until the 31st century, when he briefly takes over Planet Express.
He is voiced by David Herman, who also voiced Alcazar, Larry, Pickles, Nudar, Robot Mayor, King of Flatbush, Project Satan, Roberto, and Professor Ogden Wernstrom in the same series, as well as Erol in the Jak and Dexter video game series.
Early life
In the 1980s, Castle worked as a financier, specializing in taking over failing companies and selling them to major corporations, making huge profits for himself. He also styled himself in the height of '80s fashions - favoring the suspenders, loud ties, and slicked-back hair of the corporate alpha male - and went out to trendy clubs to listen to the hits of the era, his favorite being "Safety Dance" by Men Without Hats. He also used the era's slang, such as "awesome to the max", and corporate jargon such as "revolutionize outside the box" and "shift some paradigms".
Despite his wealth and status, however, he had one fatal weakness: he suffered from Bone-itis, a terminal disease that would eventually cause his bones to twist and bend in ways that would kill him. He decided to cryogenically freeze himself until a cure was found.
In "Future Stock"
He unfreezes himself in the year 3002, but he is disappointed to find that there is still no cure for Bone-itis. He joins a support group for people who were frozen in past centuries, where he meets Philip J. Fry, who was frozen in the 20th century. He impresses Fry with his aggressive attitude and flashy, but empty, promises of unlimited success, and persuades him to bring him into Planet Express, the delivery company where Fry works.
Fry proposes that Castle - who everyone refers to as "That Guy" - takes over the company from its owner, Professor Hubert J. Fansworth. In the resulting shareholder's meeting, That Guy wins majority control of the company by one vote, and takes over without even knowing what Planet Express does; he spends all his time and all the company's money creating a slick, 80's style image - with flying chairs, expensive suits, and a commercial that echoes Macintosh's "1984" ad - in order to "grow the brand", without performing a single delivery. He also makes Fry his protege, teaching him how to project an image of success without actually doing any work.
Unbeknownst to Fry, however, That Guy is secretly negotiating with Mom, Farnsworth's arch-rival and the richest businesswoman in New New York, to take over Planet Express. After promising to sell Mom his shares of the company, thus giving her majority control, he unceremoniously fires everyone who works there, including Fry.
In an attempt to save Planet Express, Fry calls a shareholder's meeting and appeals to That Guy as a friend to cancel the merger. That Guy refuses, however, telling Fry that friendship means nothing to him; he then transfers all his shares to Mom. At that moment, however, That Guy's Bone-itis, which he had forgotten to find a cure for, finally takes effect, twisting his body into a broken mess. As he dies, he laments that his only reget is that he has Bone-itis. Fry then transfers his shares back to Farnsworth, unaware that he and his coworkers could have gotten rich with Mom in control, as her ownership of the company made the shares worth a great deal more than they ever had been. With Farnsworth once again running the company, however, the shares again become worthless.
Trivia
- That Guy is a parody of Gordon Gekko from the film Wall Street.
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