The HAL Institute is an asylum for criminally insane robots. Doctors and nurses use shocks of electricity to calm down their patients during interviews with psychiatrists. For a brief portion of time, Fry was admitted to the hospital after being found guilty of aiding in a bank robbery.
Known Patients Admitted
Patient |
Admitted for/Condition
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Bender |
Plead insanity during trail, after being framed by Roberto.
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Fry |
Same reason as above, except admitted to HAL Institute as the human insanity facility was full, due to Judge Whitey considered homeless a mental illness.
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Malfunctioning Eddie |
His explosion problem got worse, and his prices turned out really to be insane.
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Roberto |
For holding up the same bank twice, and was deemed insane as a result.
|
Unit 2013 |
Thinks he is human.
|
Hair Robot |
Got too obsessed with his hair.
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Pay 'n' Chew Robot |
Does not really appear to be insane, but rather ill.
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Norm |
Receives transmissions from the CIA on his teeth.
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Frankie |
Thinks he works in a lunchroom, so they put him to work in the Institute's lunchroom.
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Lincolnbot |
While he does think he is Abraham Lincoln, he has split personalities, all of them Lincoln. His comment may suggest his personalities split is up to 200.
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Mad Hatterbot |
From Alex in Wonderland, his insanity is obvious.
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Additional Info
Trivia
- The Institute is named after HAL 9000 from 2001: A Space Odyssey who was a insane robot himself.
Appearances