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− | [[File:Hillarium.png|thumb|250px|Several Rigellians drinking [[Hillarium]]]] | + | [[File:Hillarium.png|thumb|250px|Several Rigellians drinking [[Hillarium]].]] |
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− | '''Rigellians''' are aliens from the planet [[Rigel VII]]. Their most notable members are [[Kang]] and [[Kodos]], although [[Serak the Preparer]] is also Rigellian. | + | '''Rigellians''' are aliens from the planet [[Rigel 7]]. Their most notable members are [[Kang]] and [[Kodos]], although [[Serak the Preparer]] is also Rigellian. |
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| == Biology and culture == | | == Biology and culture == |
− | [[File:Kang and Kodos.png|thumb|left|[[Kang]] and [[Kodos]]]] | + | [[File:Kang and Kodos.png|thumb|left|[[Kang]] and [[Kodos]].]] |
− | Rigellians are approximately 7-feet-tall, continuously drooling one-eyed beings with eight tentacles. While not on their planet, they wear space helmets, but not space suits. They speak the Rigellian language, which, by coincidence, is identical to English. Their number four looks like a human skull.<ref>"[[Treehouse of Horror XIII]]" ("The Island of Dr. Hibbert")</ref> Peculiarly, they occasionally vomit through their eye, which resembles human crying,<ref name=Gump>"[[Gump Roast]]"</ref> but Kodos said they "always secrete ocular fluid at weddings".<ref>"[[Treehouse of Horror XII]]" ("Hex in the City")</ref> They must hold hands to exchange long protein strands.<ref>"[[Treehouse of Horror VII]]" ("Citizen Kang")</ref> They have declared that their religion is to be "Quantum Presbyterians", and that they were present at the beginning of the universe (when it was created 5,000 years ago, by God).<ref name=Gump>"[[Gump Roast]]"</ref> | + | Rigellians are approximately 7 ft. 0 in (2.13 m), continuously drooling {{w|saliva}}, one-eyed beings with eight tentacles. While not on their planet, they wear space helmets, but not space suits. They speak the Rigellian language, which, by coincidence, is identical to English. Their number four looks like a human skull.<ref>"[[Treehouse of Horror XIII]]" ("The Island of Dr. Hibbert")</ref> Peculiarly, they occasionally vomit through their eye, which resembles human crying,<ref name=Gump>"[[Gump Roast]]"</ref> but Kodos said they "always secrete ocular fluid at weddings".<ref>"[[Treehouse of Horror XII]]" ("Hex in the City")</ref> They must hold hands to exchange long protein strands.<ref>"[[Treehouse of Horror VII]]" ("Citizen Kang")</ref> They have declared that their religion is to be "Quantum Presbyterians", and that they were present at the beginning of the universe (when it was created five thousand years ago, by [[God]]).<ref name=Gump>"[[Gump Roast]]"</ref> |
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| == Home world == | | == Home world == |
− | [[File:Rigel VII.png|thumb|Rigel 7 in the future]] | + | [[File:Rigel VII.png|thumb|[[Rigel 7]] in the future.]] |
− | [[Rigel 7]] is a rocky, desert-like planet with an asteroid field, that orbits the star Rigel. They are the only intelligent form of life on the planet, and their sole preoccupation is assembling a galactic empire for their planet, starting with the conquest of Earth. Kang and Kodos once claimed to live near a ringed planet close to the Earth, implying that it is {{W|Uranus}}. | + | [[Rigel 7]] is a rocky, desert-like planet with an asteroid field, that orbits the star Rigel. They are the only intelligent form of life on the planet, and their sole preoccupation is assembling a galactic empire for their planet, starting with the conquest of Earth. Kang and Kodos once claimed to live near a ringed planet close to the Earth, implying that it is {{w|Uranus}}. |
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| Years in the future, Rigel 7 is a planet full of lush vegetation and animals where everything can be dangerous. The Rigellians live in peace with the other animals who are adapted to fight wars for some reason. They are led by the [[Rigellian queen]] who produces [[Hillarium]] for the Rigellians to drink.<ref name="XXII">"[[Treehouse of Horror XXII]]"</ref> | | Years in the future, Rigel 7 is a planet full of lush vegetation and animals where everything can be dangerous. The Rigellians live in peace with the other animals who are adapted to fight wars for some reason. They are led by the [[Rigellian queen]] who produces [[Hillarium]] for the Rigellians to drink.<ref name="XXII">"[[Treehouse of Horror XXII]]"</ref> |
Years in the future, Rigel 7 is a planet full of lush vegetation and animals where everything can be dangerous. The Rigellians live in peace with the other animals who are adapted to fight wars for some reason. They are led by the Rigellian queen who produces Hillarium for the Rigellians to drink.[5]
The overall appearance of Kang and Kodos is derived from the aliens appearing on the cover of an old EC Comic. They are named after two characters from Star Trek; Kang, a Klingon captain, and Kodos the Executioner, a human villain. Their cook, Serak, derives his name from an inversion of vowels in the name Sarek, the Vulcan father of Spock.
Star Trek would often mention planets in the Rigel system. Rigel VII, the home of Kang and Kodos, is mentioned in the original Star Trek pilot, "The Cage". Rigel IV, to which Kang and Kodos intended to take the Simpson family in "Treehouse of Horror I", is in the episode "Wolf in the Fold".