Professor Wogglebug (925th Universe)
The 925th Universe's Land of Oz's version of Professor Wogglebug, formally Professor H. M. Wogglebug, T. E., was, as was typical, a magically-enlarged, scientifically-minded wogglebug. Less typically, he eventually entered a romantic relationship with the Man in Grey.
Description
Physical appearance
This universe's wogglebugs were described as looking like green praying mantises, but with hands instead of pincers. The Professor in particular was giant by wogglebug standards, and “smartly-dressed”. (PROSE: A Series of Queer Events)
Biography
Wogglebug held some property on Earth, allowing him to test inventions which were banned in Oz.
On one occasion, he attempted to date a shop-window dummy while on holiday. (PROSE: Lovie Dovie Stuff)
When his version of Oz paid host to the Interdimensional Pride Council in June 2022, the Professor had been developing Information Pills meant to artificially transfer information into the minds of the consumer. Although early tests had been mixed (with one Munchkin volunteer's head exploding), he hoped to advertise the Pills via a float at the Interdimensional Pride Parade, and, as a result, hovered around the Diggs estate where the Council was to gather.
He met with the Man in Grey as the Man was about to enter the Council chamber, and tried to advise him on how to get his various controversial sponsors accepted. As a result, when the Man in Grey was later thrown out of the Council, Wogglebug was banned from the premises also. About a week later, the two bumped each other at “the most heterosexual bar” the Man in Grey could find, in the 925th Universe. Wogglebug updated him on what had happened in his absence, and informed him of the party Jenny Over-There and Dynamite Thor had organised at Professor Helvetius's Convenient Pride Decorations Shop, convincing him to attend. (PROSE: A Series of Queer Events)
Subsequently, the Man in Grey and Wogglebug timidly entered a romantic, though asexual, relationship, making it official on Valentine's Day after months of writing to each other. During this period, he had also kept experimenting with the Brain Pillls; one of his test subjects had an aneurysm, but Wogglebug gave them “death surgery”, turning them into an undead being who was subsequently “dead and well” by the standards of their new species. Wogglebug was confident that this would be sufficient to clear him of any liability, as he had “a good lawyer”. (PROSE: Lovie Dovie Stuff)
| Incarnations of Professor Wogglebug |
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| The Crew of the Copper-Colored Cupids in Oz • 925th Universe |
