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|personality = Brilliant, eccentric, strange, kind, resourceful, a bit insane, mad
 
|personality = Brilliant, eccentric, strange, kind, resourceful, a bit insane, mad
|appearance = A Giant Cocroach, huge eyes, scientist lab coat
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|appearance = A Giant Cockroach, huge eyes, scientist lab coat
 
|name = Dr. Cockroach
 
|name = Dr. Cockroach
 
|films = [[Monsters vs. Aliens]]
 
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|friends = [[Susan Murphy]], [[B.O.B.]], [[Missing Link]], [[General W.R. Monger]], [[Insectosaurus]]
 
|friends = [[Susan Murphy]], [[B.O.B.]], [[Missing Link]], [[General W.R. Monger]], [[Insectosaurus]]
 
|enemies = [[Gallaxhar]], [[Alien Robot]], [[Derek]]
 
|enemies = [[Gallaxhar]], [[Alien Robot]], [[Derek]]
|likes = Inventing Stuff, [[Susan Murphy]], Himself, Escaping Area 51
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|likes = Inventing Stuff, [[Susan Murphy]], himself, escaping Area 51
|dislikes = His Inventions Destroyed, [[Gallaxhar]], Area 51
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|dislikes = His inventions being destroyed, [[Gallaxhar]], Area 51
 
|fate = Flies Off With His Friends For Their Next Assignment.
 
|fate = Flies Off With His Friends For Their Next Assignment.
|quote = "What my [[B.O.B.|Associate]] is trying to say was that the new Susan is the cat's meow. Yes [[Susan Murphy|you]] are.}}'''Dr. Cockroach''' (or '''Dr. Cockroach P.h. D''') is the tetartagonist of ''[[Monsters vs. Aliens]]''.
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|quote = "What my [[B.O.B.|Associate]] is trying to say was that the new Susan is the cat's meow. Yes [[Susan Murphy|you]] are.|inspiration = <!-- only put in documented cases where DreamWorks said "we based this character on" --> Andre Delambre in The Fly (1958 film)|age = 46 (human)
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{{Quote|''I'm not a quack! I'm a mad scientist. There is a difference''|Doctor Cockroach|Monsters Vs. Aliens}}
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'''Dr. Cockroach''' (or '''Dr. Cockroach P.h. D''') is one of the main characters in the film ''[[Monsters vs. Aliens]]'' and the TV series.
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==Personality==
 
==Personality==
 
He was a brilliant professor and a mad scientist with the head and abilities of a cockroach. He created a device that would give humans a cockroach's ability to survive forever. He tested it on himself and found that there was a side effect of giving him the head and abilities of a cockroach. He can climb high walls and objects and eats garbage. He was captured in 1962 and put into the recently set up monster prison in Area 52. Dr. Cockroach can be a bit insane at times as shown in the movie dancing maniacally on a dancing colour board that enabled him to hack into the heart/brain of Alien Spaceship causing it distrupt in limited minutes but survived with the help of Ginormica and the other Monsters. Apart from that, he is also seen laughing like a mad scientist should in the film whilst making a super-computer out of just a pizza box, 2 cans of hair-spray and a paperclip just to make Ginormica (Susan Murphy) normal again, but unfortunatley it didn't work making her a hair stick up. Although he sometimes acts like a mad person, he can be very comforting as references to the movie showing him congratulating Ginormica for defeating the robot and saying hello politely to welcome her for the first time. Although it's currently unconfirmed, it's hinted that Dr. Cockroach may have feelings for Susan.
 
He was a brilliant professor and a mad scientist with the head and abilities of a cockroach. He created a device that would give humans a cockroach's ability to survive forever. He tested it on himself and found that there was a side effect of giving him the head and abilities of a cockroach. He can climb high walls and objects and eats garbage. He was captured in 1962 and put into the recently set up monster prison in Area 52. Dr. Cockroach can be a bit insane at times as shown in the movie dancing maniacally on a dancing colour board that enabled him to hack into the heart/brain of Alien Spaceship causing it distrupt in limited minutes but survived with the help of Ginormica and the other Monsters. Apart from that, he is also seen laughing like a mad scientist should in the film whilst making a super-computer out of just a pizza box, 2 cans of hair-spray and a paperclip just to make Ginormica (Susan Murphy) normal again, but unfortunatley it didn't work making her a hair stick up. Although he sometimes acts like a mad person, he can be very comforting as references to the movie showing him congratulating Ginormica for defeating the robot and saying hello politely to welcome her for the first time. Although it's currently unconfirmed, it's hinted that Dr. Cockroach may have feelings for Susan.
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==Trivia==
 
==Trivia==
 
*Dr. Cockroach is a parody of the title character in the film, ''The Fly''.
 
*Dr. Cockroach is a parody of the title character in the film, ''The Fly''.
*Many fans believe that Dr. Cockroach has a crush on Susan as hinted at certain times during the movie, most of all when he says “Maybe you should've married someone else....” (him)
 
 
*He likes garbage though he's disgusted when Link eats fish raw.
 
*He likes garbage though he's disgusted when Link eats fish raw.
 
*Some have suggested that Dr. Cockroach is a referance to Dr. Samuel Conway's character ''Kagemushi Goro'', citing Samuel's visits to DreamWorks
 
*Some have suggested that Dr. Cockroach is a referance to Dr. Samuel Conway's character ''Kagemushi Goro'', citing Samuel's visits to DreamWorks
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Revision as of 20:36, 9 May 2020


“'I'm not a quack! I'm a mad scientist. There is a difference'
―Doctor Cockroach[src]


Dr. Cockroach (or Dr. Cockroach P.h. D) is one of the main characters in the film Monsters vs. Aliens and the TV series.

Personality

He was a brilliant professor and a mad scientist with the head and abilities of a cockroach. He created a device that would give humans a cockroach's ability to survive forever. He tested it on himself and found that there was a side effect of giving him the head and abilities of a cockroach. He can climb high walls and objects and eats garbage. He was captured in 1962 and put into the recently set up monster prison in Area 52. Dr. Cockroach can be a bit insane at times as shown in the movie dancing maniacally on a dancing colour board that enabled him to hack into the heart/brain of Alien Spaceship causing it distrupt in limited minutes but survived with the help of Ginormica and the other Monsters. Apart from that, he is also seen laughing like a mad scientist should in the film whilst making a super-computer out of just a pizza box, 2 cans of hair-spray and a paperclip just to make Ginormica (Susan Murphy) normal again, but unfortunatley it didn't work making her a hair stick up. Although he sometimes acts like a mad person, he can be very comforting as references to the movie showing him congratulating Ginormica for defeating the robot and saying hello politely to welcome her for the first time. Although it's currently unconfirmed, it's hinted that Dr. Cockroach may have feelings for Susan.

Trivia

  • Dr. Cockroach is a parody of the title character in the film, The Fly.
  • He likes garbage though he's disgusted when Link eats fish raw.
  • Some have suggested that Dr. Cockroach is a referance to Dr. Samuel Conway's character Kagemushi Goro, citing Samuel's visits to DreamWorks

Gallery

Wiki
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Media
Films: Monsters vs. AliensMonsters Vs. Aliens 2

TV Series: Monsters vs. Aliens
Shorts: B.O.B.'s Big BreakMutant Pumpkins from Outer SpaceNight of the Living Carrots

Characters
Main Characters: Susan MurphyB.O.B.Dr. CockroachMissing LinkInsectosaurusGeneral W.R. MongerGallaxhar

Support Characters: Zachary ThroneCarl MurphyComputerDerek DietlInvisible ManJelloKatieMutant PumpkinsPresident HathawayWendy MurphyInvisible ManZombie CarrotsCovertonSqweepSta'abi

See also
Locations: AntarcticaModesto, CaliforniaParisSan Francisco