#410: Babu Friks & Geeks
Hey Riddle Riddle
Headgum
4.9 • 3.5K Ratings
🗓️ 27 May 2026
⏱️ 71 minutes
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Summary
Babu Frik is a small Anzellan droidsmith from Star Wars: The Rise of the Skylwalker, known for his ability to reprogram droids and his memorable catchphrase "Hey!". Voiced by Shirley Henderson, he became a fan favorite for his unique voice and personality. Originally, the tiny Anzellan was intended to perish when the Final Order destroyed the planet Kijimi. However, after J.J. Abrams screened an early cut for Steven Spielberg, Spielberg specifically asked what happened to the character, leading the crew to edit Babu into the climactic Battle of Exegol as a Y-wing pilot alongside Zori Bliss.
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| 0:00.0 | This is a headgum podcast. |
| 0:05.9 | The doctor was the mother. |
| 0:08.8 | He stood on a block of ice. |
| 0:11.5 | Both of the network of fish. |
| 0:13.9 | It was the cabin of an airplane. |
| 0:17.0 | He stabbed him with an ice cream. |
| 0:19.5 | And the horse of a thing Friday. |
| 0:21.4 | So I'm just filling out this survey. It will only take a second of your time. |
| 0:41.8 | On a scale of 1 to 10, how satisfied are you with Hey, Riddle, Riddle. |
| 0:47.6 | One being, this play stinks. Ten being, oh my gosh, I'm having the best time. |
| 0:55.1 | I'm sorry. |
| 0:55.8 | I guess I'm not truly understanding the scale. |
| 0:58.3 | Could you give me an example of what like a four would be? |
| 1:00.9 | A four would be like, I mean, we're recording today and like it should be pretty good. |
| 1:09.4 | It should be, but no, no, no, I'm really not in the mood to do riddles. Okay. Yeah, that's not my experience. What about a seven? Because maybe I'm like splitting the difference on the wrong side of the scale. Right, right, of course. A seven is like, I bet, like, it looks like these guys have had their coffee today. I feel like we're going to have an okay time. Oh, fuck. I forgot we have to do riddles. Okay. Yeah. I'm truly not getting it. Just give me two, three, |
| 1:32.6 | five, six, eight, and nine. And then I'll be good. How about just one syllable sounds? Does that |
| 1:38.0 | work for both of you? Dad, is mom at the door? Is that mom? Uh, maybe new mom. I'm playing my card is exactly right. |
| 1:46.3 | Uno reverse. |
| 1:48.0 | Ow! |
| 1:48.8 | He just threw an Udo card right between my eyes. |
| 1:51.0 | That hurt. |
| 1:52.2 | Moshiree. |
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