Professor Genius
Professor Genius is a character, who originated in the comic strip Little Nemo in Slumberland by Winsor McCay and other subsequent media. He is the right-hand man to King Morpheus, the ruler of Slumberland. His main jobs are to look after the Princess, Little Nemo, and make sure the King's things are in order.
Little Nemo comics
In the original Little Nemo comics, musical and vaudeville, Professor Genius appeared with a different personality and appearance as "Dr. Pill."{{cite book
|title=The Animated Movie Guide
|year=2005
|author= Jerry Beck
|isbn=1-56976-222-8
|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fTI1yeZd-tkC&pg=PA149
|page=149|publisher=Chicago Review Press
}}
Little Nemo: Adventures in Slumberland
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In the 1992 movie Little Nemo: Adventures in Slumberland, Professor Genius is given the task of bringing Little Nemo to Slumberland by dirigible and is successful.{{cite book
|title=Videos for kids: the essential, indispensable parent's guide to children's movies on video
|year=1994
|author=Doug Atkinson |author2=Fiona Zippan
|publisher=Prima Pub.
|isbn=1-55958-635-4
|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NdeenswaVPIC&q=%22professor+genius%22+dirigible
}} Along the way he looks after Little Nemo and introduces him to King Morpheus and Princess Camille. He also brings Nemo to his prince lessons, which Nemo detests. After the Nightmare King is released, Professor Genius is one of the few that join Nemo's group, to make a rescue attempt to save the King.
He is voiced in the movie by the late René Auberjonois.{{cite book
|title=The Encyclopedia of Fantasy
|year=1999
|author=John Clute |author2=John Grant
|isbn=0-312-19869-8
|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mfjAjibERF0C&pg=PA586
|page=586|publisher=Macmillan
}}
Appearances in video games
While most of the major characters in the film appeared in the video game Little Nemo: The Dream Master, the Professor was absent. However, in the Nemo Arcade game, he was seen in the opening scene and the ending scene
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Category:American comics characters
Category:Comics characters introduced in 1905
Category:Male characters in comics
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