Awards

Most Creative use of a new Character (not authors)


Smithers by Zhie

(Introduced: August 21, 2001)

Nominated by RD

November 12, 2001

Official Results are at the right.

The Puritan from "Evil Incarnate, A Satire", RD 1 6.25%
The Puritan from "Cause and Effect", Fianna 4 25.00%
Smithers by Zhie 8 50.00%
Imohtep! from "Robin Hood, Cats in Thighs", Thundera Tiger 2 12.50%
Pikachu humping Zhie's leg from "Cause and Effect", Fianna

 

 

 

 

1

 

 

 

 

6.25%

 

 

 

 

     Waylon Smithers was never meant to be a character that hung on and became a regular, it was completely by accident.  His first appearance was in a short reply to Chanur in August of 2001, as documented below:

> Attitude toward Zhie: Just kidding! :) (I think I'm going to pay for
> that one later!)


Zhie: Smithers! Come quickly! Another mention of my name...document
it for the files...

Smithers: I've already made note of it and copied it for you and your
ego in triplicate, doctor.

Zhie: <Rubbing hands together evilly> Excellent...

     After spending some time as my personal correspondent and whipping boy, the Simpsons character crossover began to appear not only in my fan fiction, but in the fan fiction of others as well.  It's too late to send him back, so I guess I'll just have to keep him.

     Interestingly enough, Smithers hadn't been used yet in any of my fan fiction at the time that the nomination was made, nor had he been when the voting was complete.  Fianna used the Smithers character in "Overdue" in October of 2001,

 

 

Funniest Scene


Mr T and Mr S consultation scene
from "Tie Me To A Tree"
by Dr Zhie

(Post Date: 8/21/01)

Nominated by Fianna

November 12, 2001

Official Results are at the right.

 

 

 

Mr T and Mr S consultation scene from "Tie Me To A Tree", Dr Zhie 8 50.00%
Snarf's reactions to to the med lab scene from "Comedy of Errors", RD 1 6.25%
Restroom scene from "Payback and Technology", The Avenger 4 25.00%
Nightclub scene from "Chanur's Song and Dance", Fianna 0 0.00%
Kam baked in a cake from "Zapped", ThunderWolf 0 0.00%
Fianna, waxed out by the Sailor Scouts from "Sweet Revenge", Lady Thundera 0 0.00%
Kam, almost sacrificed from "RD's Revenge", RD 1 6.25%
RD discovers the powers of Tygra "anatomy" from "Grooved", Chanur

 

 

2

 

12.50%

 

11am
Mr. T and Mr. S
Consultation

     Dr.Zhie stared across the desk in mild amusement as the next
two patients came into the office. The first seemed a bit worried,
looking this way and that, keeping his eyes from meeting hers. The
other boldly marched himself in, flopped into one of the conference
chairs (nearly breaking it), and proceeded to lift one slightly
bloodied boot after the other onto the desk, where they eventually
rested quite comfortably atop a pile of forms and prescription pads.
     "What can I do for you, gentlemen?" the doctor asked,
reclining in her chair.
     "We've had a few things on our minds, and we thought that you
could possibly help us out." Mumbled the shark, who was seated nearer
to the door.
     "I'll do the best I can to help you out." Promised the
doctor. "What's on your minds?"
     "We need information about birth control." The saberlion said
matter-of-factly. "Any and all information that you can give us -
statistics, types, risks, alternatives - everything."
     Dr. Zhie pushed her mane back behind her ears and leaned
forward to hear better. "Excuse me, I think I'm going deaf. Could
you repeat that? I could have sworn you said you needed information
on birth control."
     "He did." Shark was twiddling his fins in his lap. "See, now
that we've moved on from third base into a more intimate
relationship, we need to think of these things. If we don't, it's
just a matter of time before we have a small army of leathery skinned
saberlions running around. Not that we don't eventually want to hear
the pitter patter of little fins, but for the time being-"
     "Guys." Dr. Zhie came around the desk, and leaned against it
when she was standing in front of them. "I don't know if you're
being serious or if someone put you up to this, but neither one of
you has to worry at all about birth control if you're only planning
on being with each other."
     "You mean- we'll never have children?!" Shark seemed a bit
shocked, and Thunderwolf came over to him to put a consoling arm
around the fishy one's shoulder.
     "Not if you plan on being the only two parties involved."
     Thunderwolf patted the sniffling shark on the back, then
looked over to the doctor. "And you knew that without doing any
tests? You can just look at a couple and know that one or both
parties would have no chance of conception."
     Dr. Zhie glanced around the room, trying to find a hidden
camera or something that would tell her this was a set up. "Well, no,
most of the time, it does take a few blood tests and some other
things to figure that out.however, as far as I know, medical science
has not yet advanced far enough to allow two males, or two females
for that matter, of the same species, to procreate."
     "But it worked in Jurassic Park." Managed Shark from behind a
tissue.
     "Suffice to say, it just doesn't work that way here."
Explained the doctor.
     "So there's absolutely no way the two of us would be able to
have our own bundle of joy to teach how to swim, and eventually
overthrow the universe when we're too old to?" Shark asked with
pleading eyes.
     "Hypothetically, you could have the dna from both of you
combined, then inserted into an egg where all of the dna had been
extracted from. The result would be a combination of both of you,
although you'd have to find a female to help you out with the
gestation process." Zhie pointed over to a chart on the wall. "It's
very much along the lines of cloning."
     "So, there's no other way for us to have a child, then?"
prodded Thunderwolf.
     "As far as I'm aware of, no. I'm sorry, if there was any way
I could help the two of you out, I would." The doctor looked over to
the pair, who were now both smiling - well, more like smirking- at
her. "What? Did I say something funny?" And, then she
understood. "Oh, hell no."
     "Come on, doc. You said if there was any way you could help,
you would." Shark reminded her.
     "Number one, I meant in terms of.oh, you know damned well
what I meant. Second, you couldn't pay me enough money to." The
doctor was about to continue to reason three, but was cut off by the
lion.
     "We didn't plan to pay you, we were just going to force you
to do it." He told her, somewhat more cheerfully than should have
been expected.
     "Force me to. Right. As if you'd just, I don't know, tie me
to a tree and-"
     "I've certainly had enough practice." Thunderwolf reminded
her, cracking his knuckles.