Cubert is the clone of Proffessor Farnsworth who was revived when Farnsworth turned 160 and needed a successor. He rejected the proffessor's dreams of him taking over his inventions and lifes work believing them to be silly and pointless. But after he dreamt about how the engines of the Planet Express ship worked he changed his mind and now just wants to be like his dad and goes to school with Hermes' son Dwight.