http://theinfosphere.org/api.php?action=feedcontributions&user=82.9.42.196&feedformat=atomThe Infosphere, the Futurama Wiki - User contributions [en]2024-03-28T17:43:47ZUser contributionsMediaWiki 1.36.3http://theinfosphere.org/index.php?title=Checkers%27_head&diff=134474Checkers' head2013-10-04T16:39:15Z<p>82.9.42.196: </p>
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<div>{{character infobox<br />
|name = Checkers' head<br />
|type = t<br />
|species = Dog<br />
|origin = [[Earth]]<br />
|first appear = {{e|A Head in the Polls}}<br />
|voiced by = Frank Welker<br />
|}}<br />
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[[Checkers' head]] is the pet dog, owned by [[Richard Nixon's head]]. It is still alive in the [[31st century]], as a [[head in a jar]]. {{et|A Head in the Polls}}<br />
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== Additional Infomation ==<br />
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=== Quotes ===<br />
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{{q|<br />
<poem>'''Nixon''': Now, look here, you drugged-out Communist. I paid for this body and I'd no sooner return it than I would my little cocker spaniel dog, Checkers.<br />
'''Checkers''': [barks]<br />
'''Nixon''': Shut up, damnit!</poem><br />
}}<br />
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=== Appearances ===<br />
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* {{e|A Head in the Polls}}<br />
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[[Category:Dogs]]</div>82.9.42.196http://theinfosphere.org/index.php?title=Robot_Devil&diff=132887Robot Devil2013-09-07T12:12:05Z<p>82.9.42.196: /* References */</p>
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<div>{{character infobox<br />
|name=Robot Devil<br />
|type=s<br />
|birth date=Before [[2275]]<br />
|age=At least {{age|2275}}<br />
|image=[[File:Robotdevil.jpg|225px]]<br />
|image text=The Robot Devil with his gold violin {{et|1ACV09}}.<br />
|origin=[[Earth]]<br />
|gender=[[Manbot|Male]]<br />
|species=[[Robots|Robot]]<br />
|voice A=Regular<br />
|voice A by=Dan Castellaneta<br />
|voice B=In {{es|3ACV03}}<br />
|voice B by=Maurice LaMarche<br />
|first appear={{e|1ACV09}}<br />
|job=Ruler of [[Robot Hell]]<br />
}}<br />
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The '''Robot Devil''' (also referred to as '''Beelzebot''') is the dark lord of [[Robot Hell]], where [[robot]]s of [[Robotology]] are sent after having sinned. As the ruler of Robot Hell, he spends most of his time dishing out ironic punishments and gambling with souls.<br />
<br />
== Biography ==<br />
<br />
It is unknown when or why the Robot Devil was built. He was likely built before or around [[2275]], when the [[Fairness in Hell Act of 2275|Fairness in Hell Act]] was signed into law. He is a member of the Church of [[Robotology]], punishing those who sin against the teachings of the Church for eternity {{et|1ACV09}}. At some point in his life he came across [[Calculon]]. He made a deal giving Calculon acting ability, and collected on that deal in [[3004]] when he took his ears {{et|4ACV18}}. He has a holiday home in [[Hell's Kitchen]] in [[New New York]] that he bought from [[Kathie Lee Gifford's head]] some time ago. He was also once a member of [[Mrs. Mellonger]]'s [[holophonor]] class.<br />
<br />
When [[Bender Bending Rodríguez|Bender]] sinned against the Church, the Robot Devil collected him and prepared a series of agonizing, ironic punishments (1ACV09). [[Philip J. Fry|Fry]] and [[Turanga Leela|Leela]] found Bender in [[Robot Hell]] and challenged the Robot Devil to a fiddle contest after he informed them of the Fairness in Hell Act. He began by playing a bit of {{w|Antonio Bazzini}}'s "La Ronde des Lutins" - in response, the duo beat him over the head with his [[gold violin]] and escaped, much to his chagrin. By [[Xmas]] Eve [[3002]], he had been arrested and spent time in a [[New New York]] prison {{et|3ACV03}}. He was released in time for the [[Big Robot Party]], where he was to be destroyed along with every other Robot on [[Earth]] {{et|4ACV08}}.<br />
<br />
After he and the other Robots moved the Earth by collectively venting their exhaust, he returned to Robot Hell and continued to practice his music with his [[Robot Demons]] until Fry and Bender showed up again. Fry wanted new hands so he could play the holophonor without practicing, and the Robot Devil made a deal to give him the hands of any robot on the [[Wheel of Robots]] (4ACV18). However, the Wheel landed on him and he agreed to give Fry his hands. He came to regret that decision and set in motion a convoluted plan to regain his hands, culminating in an [[I Want My Hands Back|elaborate, impromptu song]] during [[Leela: Orphan of the Stars|Fry's opera]]. After threatening to marry Leela, Fry agreed to give his hands back and the Robot Devil returned to Hell to play a poker game with [[Richard Nixon's head|President Nixon]].<br />
<br />
He loaned himself and his band out for the [[Turanga-Fillmore wedding]] in [[3007]] {{et|5ACV03}}. After [[Universe Γ|the universe]] started dating [[Yivo]], Bender approached the Robot Devil about gaining a "[[Army of the Damned|damned army]]" to take over the world. He agreed on the condition that Bender surrender his [[Bender's first born son|first born son]], but to his surprise Bender eagerly agreed {{et|5ACV04}}. Later, the Robot Devil attended the [[violet dwarf star implosion]] but instead witnessed the birth of the [[Last Encyclopod]] along with everyone in attendance {{et|5ACV16}}. He later attended Bender's [[100th Delivery Party]] {{et|6ACV12}} and the wedding of [[Donbot's older daughter]] {{et|6ACV14}}.<br />
<br />
After Bender was killed by [[Lynn]] and became a ghost, the Robot Devil made yet another deal with Bender saying that if Bender killed Fry then he would be restored to his old body (in retaliation for Fry taking his hands) {{et|6ACV19}}. But Bender eventually decided that he couldn't kill Fry and would rather spend eternity in Hell. Bender took over and managed to destroy the Robot Devil's body, and after their ghosts returned to Earth the Robot Devil took over one of his replacement bodies. But he did not get to keep Bender since Bender was saved by [[Robot God]].<br />
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== Abilities and traits ==<br />
The Robot Devil possesses many unusual abilities. He can summon fire at will and can cause it to appear in his hand or on his finger {{net|1ACV09|6ACV19}}. He is also shown to be strong, as he ripped Bender's arm off with a tug of his wrist. He is also an accomplished singer and can play [[Gold violin|a solid gold violin]] without any trouble {{et|1ACV09}}. He is also allowed to murder humans in his bargains, as when Leela agreed to let Fry be killed if she lost the fiddle contest (1ACV09).<br />
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He also has several abilities which seem almost mystical. He can cause a pen to appear in his hand out of thin air, and is the only thing other than [[Robot God]] that can see robot ghosts. He has also shown some control over [[Robot Hell]], causing flames to burst up from the ground {{et|6ACV19}}. He can also swap hands with anyone by doing a quick move {{et|4ACV18}} and is one of only two robots who can free a robot ghost from Limbo ([[6ACV19]]).<br />
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Despite his image as an evil lord, he has a very high pitched scream which manifests when he is in pain (1ACV09), and he considers Bender to be even more brutal than he is {{et|5ACV04}}.<br />
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== Production ==<br />
<br />
The Robot Devil is played by [[Dan Castellaneta]], most known as the voice of {{s|Homer Simpson|Homer}} on ''[[The Simpsons]]'', in all his appearances except for "[[A Tale of Two Santas]]", in which Castellaneta wasn't available so that [[Maurice LaMarche]] instead did the voice.<br />
<br />
Castellaneta modeled the Robot Devil's voice after {{w|Hans Conried}}, a character actor and voice actor whose credits include Captain Hook in Disney's ''{{w|Peter Pan}}'' and Snidley Whiplash in ''{{w|Dudley Do-Right}}''.<ref>[[Volume 1|DVD]] [[commentary:Hell Is Other Robots|commentary]] for "[[Hell Is Other Robots]]".</ref><br />
<br />
There is a collectible toy of the Robot Devil, featured in the [[Toynami Futurama Figures|Toynami Futurama]] series 1 to 3 as a build-a-bot.<br />
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== Image gallery ==<br />
<gallery><br />
File:Robot Devil.jpg|The Robot Devil in his first appearance (1ACV09).<br />
File:Hell is Other Robots.jpg|[[Robot Hell]], where the Robot Devil lives (1ACV09).<br />
File:Rbot Devil Singing-6ACV19.png|The Robot Devil with his band of [[Robot Demons]] {{et|6ACV19}}.<br />
File:Devil deal.png|The Robot Devil offers [[Bender Bending Rodríguez|Bender]] one of his infamous deals (6ACV19).<br />
</gallery><br />
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== Additional Info ==<br />
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=== Trivia ===<br />
*In June [[3011]], the Robot Devil told [[Bender Bending Rodríguez|Bender]]'s ghost {{et|6ACV19}} that he and [[Philip J. Fry|Fry]] "once traded hands" {{et|4ACV18}} and that his still stank "of candy corn".<br />
<br />
=== Quotes ===<br />
{{q|<br />
<poem>'''[[Bender Bending Rodríguez|Bender]]''': Aw, hell- I mean, heck.<br />
'''Robot Devil''': 'Salright, you can say that here.</poem><br />
<poem>'''Prisoner''': ''[To Bender disguised as Robot Santa.]'' Hey [[Robot Santa]], when you see the Robot Devil... tell 'im I'm'a comin'!<br />
'''Bender''': ''[Walks to next cell.]'' Hey that guy says...<br />
'''Robot Devil''': I ''heard'' him!</poem><br />
<poem>'''Robot Devil''': Can I have my hands back?<br />
'''[[Philip J. Fry|Fry]]''': No!<br />
'''Robot Devil''': You're not nice!</poem><br />
<poem>'''Robot Devil''': You can't just have your characters announce how they feel... that makes me feel ''angry''!</poem><br />
<poem>'''Robot Devil''': Wow, that was brutal even by ''my'' standards!<br />
'''Bender''': No backsies.</poem><br />
<poem>'''Bender's ghost''': So what's happenin' to me? And I'll take my answer in ''any'' form but a song!<br />
'''Robot Devil''': ''[Already set up for a showstopping number.]'' Oh, you're no fun!</poem><br />
<poem>'''Robot Devil''': You see, Bender, it's simple. You're a ghost!<br />
'''Bender's ghost''': A g-g-g-g-ghost?!<br />
'''Robot Devil''': No, just the regular kind.</poem><br />
<poem>'''Robot Devil''': That's the laughy part!</poem><br />
|2}}<br />
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=== Appearances ===<br />
{{appear-begin}}<br />
*{{e|1ACV09}}<br />
*{{e|3ACV03}}<br />
*{{e|4ACV08}}<br />
*{{e|4ACV18}}<br />
*{{f|1}}<br />
*{{f|2}}<br />
**{{e|5ACV08}}<br />
*{{f|3}}<br />
*{{f|4}} {{cameo||[[audience scene]]}}<br />
*{{e|6ACV12}} {{cameo|link=no|[[100th-delivery party]]}}<br />
*{{e|6ACV14}}<br />
*{{e|6ACV19}}<br />
*{{e|7ACV07}}<br />
*{{e|7ACV14}} {{cameo|link=no|[[Forty Percent Leadbelly#Characters at the funeral|funeral]]}}<br />
*{{e|7ACV18}}<br />
*{{e|7ACV20}}<br />
*{{clink|US#006|Xmas Time Is Fear}}<br />
*{{clink|US#013|The Bender You Say}}<br />
*{{clink|US#045|Anthology of Interest II|Anthology of Interest II (comic)}}<br />
*{{clink|US#050|Your Mother Wears Pilot Boots}}<br />
{{appear-end}}<br />
<br />
== See also ==<br />
* [[Robot Demons]]<br />
* [[Robot God]]<br />
* [[Robotology]]<br />
* [[Satan]]<br />
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== References ==<br />
{{reflist}}<br />
<br />
[[Category:Antagonists]]<br />
[[Category:Formerly deceased characters]]<br />
[[Category:Articles with outdatable content|0]]<br />
[[Category:Characters]]<br />
[[Category:Characters voiced by more than one person]]<br />
[[Category:Devils]]<br />
[[Category:Robosexuals]]<br />
[[Category:Robot Devil| ]]<br />
[[Category:Robots]]</div>82.9.42.196http://theinfosphere.org/index.php?title=Robot_Devil&diff=132886Robot Devil2013-09-07T12:11:38Z<p>82.9.42.196: /* References */</p>
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<div>{{character infobox<br />
|name=Robot Devil<br />
|type=s<br />
|birth date=Before [[2275]]<br />
|age=At least {{age|2275}}<br />
|image=[[File:Robotdevil.jpg|225px]]<br />
|image text=The Robot Devil with his gold violin {{et|1ACV09}}.<br />
|origin=[[Earth]]<br />
|gender=[[Manbot|Male]]<br />
|species=[[Robots|Robot]]<br />
|voice A=Regular<br />
|voice A by=Dan Castellaneta<br />
|voice B=In {{es|3ACV03}}<br />
|voice B by=Maurice LaMarche<br />
|first appear={{e|1ACV09}}<br />
|job=Ruler of [[Robot Hell]]<br />
}}<br />
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The '''Robot Devil''' (also referred to as '''Beelzebot''') is the dark lord of [[Robot Hell]], where [[robot]]s of [[Robotology]] are sent after having sinned. As the ruler of Robot Hell, he spends most of his time dishing out ironic punishments and gambling with souls.<br />
<br />
== Biography ==<br />
<br />
It is unknown when or why the Robot Devil was built. He was likely built before or around [[2275]], when the [[Fairness in Hell Act of 2275|Fairness in Hell Act]] was signed into law. He is a member of the Church of [[Robotology]], punishing those who sin against the teachings of the Church for eternity {{et|1ACV09}}. At some point in his life he came across [[Calculon]]. He made a deal giving Calculon acting ability, and collected on that deal in [[3004]] when he took his ears {{et|4ACV18}}. He has a holiday home in [[Hell's Kitchen]] in [[New New York]] that he bought from [[Kathie Lee Gifford's head]] some time ago. He was also once a member of [[Mrs. Mellonger]]'s [[holophonor]] class.<br />
<br />
When [[Bender Bending Rodríguez|Bender]] sinned against the Church, the Robot Devil collected him and prepared a series of agonizing, ironic punishments (1ACV09). [[Philip J. Fry|Fry]] and [[Turanga Leela|Leela]] found Bender in [[Robot Hell]] and challenged the Robot Devil to a fiddle contest after he informed them of the Fairness in Hell Act. He began by playing a bit of {{w|Antonio Bazzini}}'s "La Ronde des Lutins" - in response, the duo beat him over the head with his [[gold violin]] and escaped, much to his chagrin. By [[Xmas]] Eve [[3002]], he had been arrested and spent time in a [[New New York]] prison {{et|3ACV03}}. He was released in time for the [[Big Robot Party]], where he was to be destroyed along with every other Robot on [[Earth]] {{et|4ACV08}}.<br />
<br />
After he and the other Robots moved the Earth by collectively venting their exhaust, he returned to Robot Hell and continued to practice his music with his [[Robot Demons]] until Fry and Bender showed up again. Fry wanted new hands so he could play the holophonor without practicing, and the Robot Devil made a deal to give him the hands of any robot on the [[Wheel of Robots]] (4ACV18). However, the Wheel landed on him and he agreed to give Fry his hands. He came to regret that decision and set in motion a convoluted plan to regain his hands, culminating in an [[I Want My Hands Back|elaborate, impromptu song]] during [[Leela: Orphan of the Stars|Fry's opera]]. After threatening to marry Leela, Fry agreed to give his hands back and the Robot Devil returned to Hell to play a poker game with [[Richard Nixon's head|President Nixon]].<br />
<br />
He loaned himself and his band out for the [[Turanga-Fillmore wedding]] in [[3007]] {{et|5ACV03}}. After [[Universe Γ|the universe]] started dating [[Yivo]], Bender approached the Robot Devil about gaining a "[[Army of the Damned|damned army]]" to take over the world. He agreed on the condition that Bender surrender his [[Bender's first born son|first born son]], but to his surprise Bender eagerly agreed {{et|5ACV04}}. Later, the Robot Devil attended the [[violet dwarf star implosion]] but instead witnessed the birth of the [[Last Encyclopod]] along with everyone in attendance {{et|5ACV16}}. He later attended Bender's [[100th Delivery Party]] {{et|6ACV12}} and the wedding of [[Donbot's older daughter]] {{et|6ACV14}}.<br />
<br />
After Bender was killed by [[Lynn]] and became a ghost, the Robot Devil made yet another deal with Bender saying that if Bender killed Fry then he would be restored to his old body (in retaliation for Fry taking his hands) {{et|6ACV19}}. But Bender eventually decided that he couldn't kill Fry and would rather spend eternity in Hell. Bender took over and managed to destroy the Robot Devil's body, and after their ghosts returned to Earth the Robot Devil took over one of his replacement bodies. But he did not get to keep Bender since Bender was saved by [[Robot God]].<br />
<br />
== Abilities and traits ==<br />
The Robot Devil possesses many unusual abilities. He can summon fire at will and can cause it to appear in his hand or on his finger {{net|1ACV09|6ACV19}}. He is also shown to be strong, as he ripped Bender's arm off with a tug of his wrist. He is also an accomplished singer and can play [[Gold violin|a solid gold violin]] without any trouble {{et|1ACV09}}. He is also allowed to murder humans in his bargains, as when Leela agreed to let Fry be killed if she lost the fiddle contest (1ACV09).<br />
<br />
He also has several abilities which seem almost mystical. He can cause a pen to appear in his hand out of thin air, and is the only thing other than [[Robot God]] that can see robot ghosts. He has also shown some control over [[Robot Hell]], causing flames to burst up from the ground {{et|6ACV19}}. He can also swap hands with anyone by doing a quick move {{et|4ACV18}} and is one of only two robots who can free a robot ghost from Limbo ([[6ACV19]]).<br />
<br />
Despite his image as an evil lord, he has a very high pitched scream which manifests when he is in pain (1ACV09), and he considers Bender to be even more brutal than he is {{et|5ACV04}}.<br />
<br />
== Production ==<br />
<br />
The Robot Devil is played by [[Dan Castellaneta]], most known as the voice of {{s|Homer Simpson|Homer}} on ''[[The Simpsons]]'', in all his appearances except for "[[A Tale of Two Santas]]", in which Castellaneta wasn't available so that [[Maurice LaMarche]] instead did the voice.<br />
<br />
Castellaneta modeled the Robot Devil's voice after {{w|Hans Conried}}, a character actor and voice actor whose credits include Captain Hook in Disney's ''{{w|Peter Pan}}'' and Snidley Whiplash in ''{{w|Dudley Do-Right}}''.<ref>[[Volume 1|DVD]] [[commentary:Hell Is Other Robots|commentary]] for "[[Hell Is Other Robots]]".</ref><br />
<br />
There is a collectible toy of the Robot Devil, featured in the [[Toynami Futurama Figures|Toynami Futurama]] series 1 to 3 as a build-a-bot.<br />
<br />
== Image gallery ==<br />
<gallery><br />
File:Robot Devil.jpg|The Robot Devil in his first appearance (1ACV09).<br />
File:Hell is Other Robots.jpg|[[Robot Hell]], where the Robot Devil lives (1ACV09).<br />
File:Rbot Devil Singing-6ACV19.png|The Robot Devil with his band of [[Robot Demons]] {{et|6ACV19}}.<br />
File:Devil deal.png|The Robot Devil offers [[Bender Bending Rodríguez|Bender]] one of his infamous deals (6ACV19).<br />
</gallery><br />
<br />
== Additional Info ==<br />
<br />
=== Trivia ===<br />
*In June [[3011]], the Robot Devil told [[Bender Bending Rodríguez|Bender]]'s ghost {{et|6ACV19}} that he and [[Philip J. Fry|Fry]] "once traded hands" {{et|4ACV18}} and that his still stank "of candy corn".<br />
<br />
=== Quotes ===<br />
{{q|<br />
<poem>'''[[Bender Bending Rodríguez|Bender]]''': Aw, hell- I mean, heck.<br />
'''Robot Devil''': 'Salright, you can say that here.</poem><br />
<poem>'''Prisoner''': ''[To Bender disguised as Robot Santa.]'' Hey [[Robot Santa]], when you see the Robot Devil... tell 'im I'm'a comin'!<br />
'''Bender''': ''[Walks to next cell.]'' Hey that guy says...<br />
'''Robot Devil''': I ''heard'' him!</poem><br />
<poem>'''Robot Devil''': Can I have my hands back?<br />
'''[[Philip J. Fry|Fry]]''': No!<br />
'''Robot Devil''': You're not nice!</poem><br />
<poem>'''Robot Devil''': You can't just have your characters announce how they feel... that makes me feel ''angry''!</poem><br />
<poem>'''Robot Devil''': Wow, that was brutal even by ''my'' standards!<br />
'''Bender''': No backsies.</poem><br />
<poem>'''Bender's ghost''': So what's happenin' to me? And I'll take my answer in ''any'' form but a song!<br />
'''Robot Devil''': ''[Already set up for a showstopping number.]'' Oh, you're no fun!</poem><br />
<poem>'''Robot Devil''': You see, Bender, it's simple. You're a ghost!<br />
'''Bender's ghost''': A g-g-g-g-ghost?!<br />
'''Robot Devil''': No, just the regular kind.</poem><br />
<poem>'''Robot Devil''': That's the laughy part!</poem><br />
|2}}<br />
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=== Appearances ===<br />
{{appear-begin}}<br />
*{{e|1ACV09}}<br />
*{{e|3ACV03}}<br />
*{{e|4ACV08}}<br />
*{{e|4ACV18}}<br />
*{{f|1}}<br />
*{{f|2}}<br />
**{{e|5ACV08}}<br />
*{{f|3}}<br />
*{{f|4}} {{cameo||[[audience scene]]}}<br />
*{{e|6ACV12}} {{cameo|link=no|[[100th-delivery party]]}}<br />
*{{e|6ACV14}}<br />
*{{e|6ACV19}}<br />
*{{e|7ACV07}}<br />
*{{e|7ACV14}} {{cameo|link=no|[[Forty Percent Leadbelly#Characters at the funeral|funeral]]}}<br />
*{{e|7ACV18}}<br />
*{{e|7ACV20}}<br />
*{{clink|US#006|Xmas Time Is Fear}}<br />
*{{clink|US#013|The Bender You Say}}<br />
*{{clink|US#045|Anthology of Interest II|Anthology of Interest II (comic)}}<br />
*{{clink|US#050|Your Mother Wears Pilot Boots}}<br />
{{appear-end}}<br />
<br />
== See also ==<br />
* [[Robot Demons]]<br />
* [[Robot God]]<br />
* [[Robotology]]<br />
* [[Satan]]<br />
<br />
== References ==<br />
{{reflist}}<br />
<br />
[[Category:Antagonists]]<br />
[[Category:Formarly deceased characters]]<br />
[[Category:Articles with outdatable content|0]]<br />
[[Category:Characters]]<br />
[[Category:Characters voiced by more than one person]]<br />
[[Category:Devils]]<br />
[[Category:Robosexuals]]<br />
[[Category:Robot Devil| ]]<br />
[[Category:Robots]]</div>82.9.42.196http://theinfosphere.org/index.php?title=Bender_Bending_Rodriguez&diff=132885Bender Bending Rodriguez2013-09-07T12:10:41Z<p>82.9.42.196: /* References */</p>
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<div>{{character infobox<br />
|name=Bender Bending Rodriguez<br />
|image=[[File:Bender promo 2.jpg|225px]]<br />
|image text=A [[promotional picture]] of Bender holding a cigar and a bottle of [[Olde Fortran]].<br />
|gender=[[Manbot|Male]]<br />
|birth date=Before [[2993]] {{et|6ACV06|6ACV10}}<br />
|age={{age|2998}} plus unknown thousands of years due to [[Bender's Big Score|continuous time travel]]; [[Roswell that Ends Well|head]] is 1055 years older than body, see [[#Age|age section]] for details <!-- please refrain from adding the comic book "fact", as it is not necessarily canon. --><br />
|type=p<br />
|job=Assistant Manager of Sales at [[Planet Express]]<br />
|voiced by=John DiMaggio<br />
|first appear={{e|1}}<br />
|origin=[[Earth]], [[Mexico]], [[Tijuana]]<br />
|species=[[Robot]] ([[bending units|bending unit]])<br />
|family=''See [[#Family|family]] section''<br />
}}<br />
'''Bender Bending Rodriguez''' (Model: '''[[bending units|bending unit]] 22''') is a bending unit (serial number: 2716057), who works at [[Planet Express]] as Assistant Manager of Sales, formerly chef of the company. He is one of the primary characters and is known for his "in-your-face interface".<br />
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He weighs 525 pounds (238kg) and his central processing unit is a {{w|MOS Technology 6502|MOS Technologies 6502 processor}}. His arms and legs can be separated from the body and may act independently from it, and his head is able to survive without his body.<br />
<br />
His internal fuel cells are recharged by drinking alcohol or any other liquid capable of delivering chemical energy, such as mineral oil or [[Dark Matter|dark matter oil]]. If he does not drink alcohol for a while, he suffers symptoms of intoxication, develops five-o'-clock rust around his mouth and leaks oil from his armpits. He carries a nuclear pile that seems to be composed of fissionable material, enabling the construction of miniature nuclear weapons.<br />
<br />
Bender has a highly addictive personality, and his favorite pastimes are watching [[All My Circuits]], stealing things, drinking, and smoking. He lives in the [[New New York#Robot Arms Apartments|Robot Arms Apartments]] with his roommate [[Philip J. Fry|Fry]]. In spite of his general selfishness and family-sized ego, he has occasionally demonstrated a capacity for generosity, even self-sacrifice, where his good friends are involved.<br />
<br />
One of Bender's life-long dreams is to be a folk singer&mdash;a dream he briefly lived when he toured with [[Beck]] ([[Bendin' in the Wind|3ACV13]]). Normally his inhibition unit keeps his musical urges under control, but it tends to shut down in the presence of strong magnetic fields (especially in close proximity to his head). Ultimately things turned out tragically; fortunately for Bender, he's a robot with many life-long dreams. Another is being a great chef, like his idol [[Elzar]]. He achieved this dream as well when he defeated Elzar on the show ''[[Iron Cook]]'' ([[The 30% Iron Chef|3ACV22]]).--><br />
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== Personality and abilities ==<br />
Bender is often selfish and insensitive to other people's emotions. At one point, he flushed Leela's beloved pet Nibbler down the toilet. He is also quite vain, frequently bragging about how great he is. Bender has no qualms about committing crimes and often steals people's wallets or items from shops. He loves smoking and drinking, though as a robot he has to drink alcohol to keep him going. (The cigars just make him look cool.) Bender can also be cruel at times and even sometimes treats his own friends badly. He is also extremely lazy, and is often seen sitting around on the couch drinking a beer and/or watching television.<br />
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However, he is capable of caring for others and is close friends with Leela and Fry, even though he often acts obnoxious and mean towards them. Bender seems genuinely happy for Leela when she is reunited with her long lost parents and was devastated when he is ordered to kill Fry in ''[[Bender's Big Score]]''. Considering he is still upset when he returns to the future it's possible he might have been mourning Fry for nearly a thousand years.<br />
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[[File:Countessdelaroca.png|thumb|right|Countess de la Roca {{et|1ACV10}}, one of the fembots he had a relationship with.]]<br />
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Bender also has a fair few romantic relationships with fembots, such as [[Countess de la Roca]] and [[Angleyne]]. Bender can be quite emotional at times, despite stating that robots aren't supposed to have emotions, and is empathic towards turtles since they have hard shells and have difficulty getting up if they fell on their backs, two things they share in common with Bender. He also becomes the leader of a group of penguins at one point. Bender also idolised the Harlem Globetrotters and wanted to become one of them and started crying when they refused to let him join.<br />
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Bender also loves cooking though he had little talent for it and would often cook things that were either inedible or just barely edible. In certain episodes however, he has been able to make food successfully, making a cake for Nibbler's birthday party which was promptly eaten by the Nibblonian.<br />
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As a robot, Bender has quite a lot of abilities. He is able to stretch his arms long distances as well as record data in his head, once using this to get Richard Nixon to give him back his body. He also breathes fire whenever he burps and when he is terrified he sometimes ejects bricks from his backside which is his variant of defecation. (This is a reference to the slang phrase, to "s**t bricks", meaning to be very scared or surprised.) Although he usually only does this while in a state of shock, he has also done it after eating an {{w|Olestra}} potato chip from the 20th century. Bender is also very strong, even managing to bend a supposedly [[unbendable girder]]. <br />
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Bender is able to remove numerous parts of his body such as his head, arms, legs and even eyes. When he is staring at something or someone his eyes frequently extended out of his head. Like turtles he can withdraw into his chest when he chooses to. Bender can also survive in lava for a short time, though when he displays this ability his eyes melted as soon as he came out of the lava. Bender's body has also been used as a popcorn maker {{et|1ACV05}}, crock pot {{et|6ACV23}}, and steam engine (6ACV23).<br />
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== Biography ==<br />
[[File:Montholdbender.png|thumb|left|Bender when he was only a month old {{et|2ACV14}}.]]<br />
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=== Early years ===<br />
Bender Bending Rodriguez was built in [[Tijuana]], Mexico in the early [[2990s]], although he believed it was in [[2998]], by [[Mom's Friendly Robot Company]]. He has a fatal defect leaving him as mortal as a human. This seems almost impossible, as he is known to have time-traveled to the past (using the time code) and wait until the normal time again, which would make him thousands of years old. He lacks the hardware necessary for him to save a copy of his software daily, so unlike other bending units, if he begins to die, he cannot upload his data to another body. Nevertheless, his body is still extremely tough. Tough enough that he survived a small-scale nuclear war on his body with no harm, and only a tickling sensation {{et|3ACV20}}. Inspector 5 ([[Hermes]]) knew of the defect but let him live. There is some speculation about what happened in the following two years, but he briefly studied Bending at Bending State University, which may or may not be the facility he was built in. He minored in Robo-American Studies.<br />
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He soon got a job bending girders, but after realizing that the purpose of the girders he bent were for [[suicide booth]]s, he figured that his purpose was meaningless and thus decided to kill himself in one of the suicide booths he had helped construct.<br />
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=== You really want a robot for a friend? ===<br />
{{further|Season 1}}<br />
While waiting in line to kill himself on 31 December, 2999, [[Philip J. Fry|Fry]], who was clearly not familiar with suicide booths, stood in front of him, thinking it was a phone booth. Bender helped him along. But they managed to get out of the suicide booth alive. Bender soon learns that Fry is from the 20th Century and had been frozen for a thousand years.<br />
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But since Fry refused to get [[Career chip|assigned]] to his job, [[Turanga Leela|Leela]] was on his tail. Bender helped him escape through the [[Head Museum]] and soon down to [[Old New York]] below [[New New York]]. Here Leela finally caught up with them and agreed to help Fry. Bender decided to stay with them and they headed over to Fry's nephew, [[Professor Hubert J. Farnsworth|Professor Farnsworth]]. Farnsworth soon offered them jobs, and luckily for them, he had the proper career chips.<br />
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=== Farnsworth's asset ===<br />
As an employee at Planet Express he continued his kleptomania, drinking and smoking. He convinced Fry to [[I, Roommate|move in with him]] at his [[Apartment 00100100|apartment]] and soon [[Hermes Conrad]] forced him to actually do something around the company. He got assigned as chef of the company, one of his dreams was apparently to cook, but having no sense of taste made vile meals for the staff.<br />
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Bender got into trouble when he began abusing electricity (jacking on), and his friends were not in favor of it. Saddened by their discontent, he sought new opportunities in [[religion]]. He joined Robotology, but this only served to make him more annoying to his friends. So they decided to make Bender sin to become his regular self again, inadvertently condemning him to [[Robot Hell]]. Feeling guilty, Fry and Leela tracked Bender down and saved him from the [[Robot Devil]].<br />
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Bender has, in fact, found true love before, in the form of an aristocratic fembot, the [[Countess de la Roca]], whose relationship with him strongly resembled that of the protagonists of the movie ''{{w|Titanic (1997 film)|Titanic}}''. When the ''[[Titanic]]'' ship was being sucked into a black hole (due to [[Zapp Brannigan]] altering the ship's course), she was the only passenger to go down with it. But, despite this, his personality continued to be a problem for his friends, and Leela became very upset with him when he flushed [[Nibbler]] down the toilet. The Professor "carefully" implanted an empathy chip in Bender, which forced him to feel Leela's every emotion for a short while.<br />
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[[File:Bender.png|thumb|right|180px|An older promotional picture of Bender.]]<br />
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=== The lesser of two evils ===<br />
{{further|Season 2}}<br />
During a visit to [[Past-O-Rama]] they bumped into [[Flexo]] (serial number: 3370318), another bending unit, possibly also of the same model number (22). Flexo and Bender became good friends, but Fry feared that Flexo is evil, and in a mix up at the Miss Universe contest Flexo was arrested for Bender's attempt to steal the tiara.<br />
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Bender briefly joined the [[Robot Mafia]] and fought in the [[Ultimate Robot Fighting]] League until his popularity slipped and he was rigged out of the league. Together with his fellow robots he rebelled against [[Humans|humanity]].<br />
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=== Well - I'm rich ===<br />
Bender's Uncle [[Vladimir]] died and Bender was to inherit his castle, on the condition that he had to spend one night within its walls. Bender was not at all comfortable in his new castle and the start up sound of Windows 98 was not helping either.<br />
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While being chased by several hologram ghosts, he fled out in the yard where he was run over by a [[Were-Car|were-car]]. The collision caused a virus to be beamed into him and he became a were-car. Bender did not realize this until later, but the [[Gypsy]] told them the only way to get rid of the virus would be destroy the original were-car. So through a long journey they found the original were-car and destroyed it, and thus Bender was free of the virus.<br />
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Whether he kept the castle or not is unknown.<br />
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=== Now when I'm found in a million years, people will know what the score was ===<br />
{{further|Season 3}}<br />
Bender continued his life with many adventures together with Fry and Leela. He temporarily worked for [[Calculon]] as his water heater. He met up with Flexo again, but this time he was not happy to see him, because Bender figured that his second true love was still in love with Flexo. Bender screwed it up and the divorcees got back together.<br />
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He was briefly sent to an institute for insane robots, along with [[Philip J. Fry|Fry]], who went temporarily insane. He got to go on tour with [[Beck]] after becoming paralysed from a freak accident with a can opener, thus fulfilling his dream of becoming a folk-singer, became Pharaoh of an entire planet, driving everyone (including Fry and [[Turanga Leela|Leela]]) into slavery, and beat [[Elzar]] on the [[television]] show ''[[Iron Cook]]''. However, he did not accept the title of Iron Cook, only the lesser title of Zinc Saucier (which he made up, and comes with double prize money).<br />
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During a battle with [[Space Pirates]], Bender was shot out through the torpedo slot and was forced to drift through space. He, for some time, became the God of the [[Shrimpkins]], which was a life form that had grown on his stomach. But, after they viciously killed each other in a nuclear war, started by Bender's need for booze, Bender met up with the [[Galactic Entity]], who he believes ''is'' God. The Entity eventually sent Bender back to [[Earth]] after receiving a radio signal from Fry.<br />
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=== I should not be allowed on TV! ===<br />
{{further|Season 4}}<br />
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[[File:Bender-TV.JPG|thumb|right|Bender as [[Antonio]] on ''[[All My Circuits]]'' {{et|4ACV06}}.]]<br />
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Bender was still wanting his fame, he found interest in becoming [[Bender (All My Circuits)|the new]] [[Antonio Calculon, Jr.|Antonio]] on [[All My Circuits]]. He got the job. But Calculon was hardly impressed by Bender's performance, however the Network executives disagreed. So Bender got to continue on the show, but in his true nature.<br />
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But when Bender realized that his behaviour on TV causes [[Dwight Conrad|Dwight]] and [[Cubert Farnsworth|Cubert]] to steal his stuff, he called off the show.<br />
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Bender joined Fry and Leela briefly as they gained super powers in [[the New Justice Team]], he has had an affair with the [[Planet Express Ship]], he got modeled into a fembot and had a relationship shortly with Calculon, and helped [[Robot Santa]] as a replacement.<br />
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=== Dumb dumb away! ===<br />
{{further|Bender's Big Score}}<br />
But the company got into trouble when the [[Box Network]] canceled its license, and for two years they were not able to deliver packages. Luckily though, their license was renewed and they went back in business.<br />
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Bender became the centre of attention as the new masters of the company lead by [[Nudar]] infected him with an [[iObey]] virus and they forced him to go back in time and steal all of Earth's valuables. But when Fry managed to escape back into the past, they send him after Fry to kill him, and after 12 years tireless hunting, he managed to do so.<br />
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But he soon learned that the Fry he killed was doomed anyway because he was a [[time paradox duplicate]]. But after being stranded on [[Neptune]] for a while, humanity and he decided to fight back, and after the war was won (with the help of Hermes), he revealed that he himself had kept [[the Spheroboom]] that the scammers had told him to keep safe, thus saving the day. <br />
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However, while on a trip back in time to make sense out of everything that had happened that year, a mishap led to him accidentally tearing the universe open.<br />
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=== Death to humans! ===<br />
{{further|The Beast with a Billion Backs}}<br />
After becoming an official stalker for [[Calculon]] by Calculon, Bender fell into a deep depression after Calculon informed him that there was no such thing as the [[League of Robots]], a society of robots which came to the aid of robots abused by humans, and which Bender had worshipped for his entire life. He contemplated commiting suicide until he was approached by the League led by Calculon himself; he lied about its non-existence to ensure its secrecy.<br />
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Bender became the newest member of the League and began to personally enforce the no-humans policy of the organization, becoming very famous within it. However, Bender was caught helping his human friends and his bluffs were called by Calculon, whom Bender challenged to a duel. Bender broke the rules of the duel, severely injuring Calculon and nearly exposing the League, but instead of being kicked out of the League, Calculon resigned his position as President and gave it to Bender.<br />
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Bender organized the [[Army of the Damned]] (trading [[Bender's First Born Son|his firstborn son]] to the [[Robot Devil]] for it) to take over the world, only to discover that its entire population was already leaving to live on the body of a giant tentacled monster named [[Yivo]]. Bender soon received a letter from Fry describing how wonderful life was there, but Bender ended up interfering by [[The Robot Invasion of Heaven|attacking Yivo]] and attempting to bring humanity back. Soon, for personal reasons, Yivo unwittingly complied with Bender and had everybody return to Earth.<br />
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=== I know not of this Bender ===<br />
{{further|Bender's Game}}<br />
Bender finds himself attempting to catch up with a game of Dungeons and Dragons, played by [[Cubert Farnsworth]] and his friends. He soon hits the obstacle of realising he has no imagination. But the more he tries, he eventually believes he is [[Titanius Anglesmith]], Fancy Man of [[Cornwood]].<br />
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Unfortunately, his imagination grows wild, and he is sent to [[HAL Institute]] to be cured. The therapy is unsuccessful and they decide to give him a "robotomy". But during the operation, the [[dark matter]] crystals becomes close enough, allowing Bender's imagination to become real.<br />
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In his fantasy, he is the owner of a castle. When he hears of [[Waltazar, Larius and Ignus|Black Knights]] approaching, he sets out with his friends, [[Leegola]] and [[Frydo]]. Discovering the [[Die of Power]], he sets off to [[Great Wizard Greyfarn|Greyfarn]], where they learn of the story behind the Die. Titanius is slightly against the quest, but decides to tag along. On several occasions, he refers to going back, such as when they have just passed through the [[Cave of Hopelessness]].<br />
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On the other side, [[Fellowship]] decides to seek [[Wipe Castle]] for help. Unfortunately, the [[King of Cornwood]] is insane, and the entire royal army is gone, because the king declared war on scallops, tied the entire army to a rock, and pushed them into the ocean. As [[Momon]]'s forces arrive, they have a large, unwinnable battle at hand. But as things seems darkest, [[Leegola]] and her centaur army saves Wipe Castle. Knowing of Frydo's quest, the Fellowship decides to go help him. However, they are too late and Momon wins the battle, causing them to return to their world.<br />
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=== I'm...so...GREAT!! ===<br />
{{further|Into the Wild Green Yonder}}<br />
Bender takes a trip to [[Mars Vegas]] with the rest of the crew. There, he falls in love with [[Fanny]], a burlesque dancer, who is the [[Donbot]]'s wife. He enters the [[Universal Poker Championship]] Tournament for her and wins against Fry with five kings.<br />
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After returning to Earth, Bender feels upset that the [[Feministas]] are committing more felonies than him. He gets hired by [[Zapp Brannigan]] to help him capture the Feministas. By getting Bender to wire tap Fry's "cellphone-telephone" Zapp finds out where the Feministas are hiding and chases them aboard the [[Nimbus]], along with Bender and [[Kif Kroker|Kif]]. After an exciting space chase, Bender captures the Feministas and goes against them in court. They are found guilty and sent to [[Maxi-Padlock]] Prison.<br />
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Bender then breaks into the women's prison and helps the Feministas escape, because by doing so, he would have committed way more felonies than the women. He bends a brick wall and calls Farnsworth, who pilots the Planet Express Ship down to rescue them from the prison's forces. They crash a demolition ceremony, and in the end, Bender is sent through a [[Panama Wormhole|wormhole]] with the rest of the Planet Express Crew.<br />
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=== Dying sucks butt! ===<br />
{{further|Season 6}}<br />
After crashing the ship into Earth and being rebirthed {{et|6ACV01}}, Bender starts a [[robosexual]] relationship with [[Amy Wong|Amy]] {{et|6ACV04}}, after [[Kif Kroker|Kif]] dumps her for flirting with criminal inmates, despite his previously affirming that "[[Humans]] dating [[Robots]] is sick" {{et|3ACV15}}. Amy and Bender decided to marry, and manage to pass [[Proposition ∞|a proposition]] to legalize robosexual marriage. However, Bender leaves her upon realizing she wants a monogamous marriage. He participated in a [[Sith Invasion re-enactment|re-enactment of the Sith-il War]], after which he learned that he was built without a back-up unit {{et|6ACV06}}. He then goes with [[Hermes Conrad]] to determine why. Despite failing to do so, Bender uses the experience to reaffirm his stance on life. <br />
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Later, Bender witnesses robots undergoing evolution on a [[Robo-planetoid|deserted planetoid]] {{et|6ACV09}}. He was nearly killed after [[Mind-switcher|switching bodies]] with a [[Emperor Nikolai|Robo-Hungarian Emperor]] {{et|6ACV10}}. Later, he threw a [[100th Delivery Party|party celebrating Planet Express' 100th delivery]] {{et|6ACV12}}. After abruptly ending the party, Bender participated in the [[Devolution Revolution]], using his expertise to bend the [[Westside Pipeway]]. <br />
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When the crew crashes on [[Neutopia (planet)|a gender-neutral planet]], everyone's genders are switched in a freak accident and Bender resumes his feminine [[Coilette]] persona before the genders are corrected {{et|6ACV20}}. He then runs havok with the Professor's duplicator, creating exponentially miniature versions of himself that almost consume Earth but later band together to save it from [[Unattractive giant monster|a hideous monster]] {{et|6ACV17}}, though he dies soon afterward when a [[suicide booth]] murders him {{et|6ACV19}}. Bender lingers as a ghost but bargains with the [[Robot Devil]] to get his material body back in exchange for [[Fry]]. He attempts to scare him to death, but when Fry discloses his love for Bender, Bender refuses to kill Fry and ends up protecting him. [[Robot God]] then invites Bender to an existence in Robot Heaven as his reward, but Bender declines and returns to the crew.<br />
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After crashing a [[Robot Mafia]] wedding and making out with [[Bella]], [[Donbot]]'s daughter, Bender is forced to enter the witness relocation program {{et|6ACV14}}, and [[Francis X. Clampazzo|Clamps]] replaces him at work as an in for the Mafia to discover Bender's whereabouts and kill him. The crew is led to the [[Moon]] to [[Billy West (robot)|a hillbilly robot]] identical to Bender, but Bender is discovered to be in hiding as a waiter at the [[Family Bros. Pizza|pizza parlor]] across the street, and returns to work when the Mafia takes him for dead.<br />
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=== A new child ===<br />
{{further|Season 7}}<br />
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[[File:The Bots and the Bees screenshot.png|thumb|right|Bender and his son [[Ben]] {{et|7ACV01}}.]]<br />
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In [[3012]], Planet Express acquired a new soda machine named [[Bev]]. They did not get along very well, but a fight of theirs eventually culminated in sex. The next day, Bev gave birth to Bender's child. Bender did not take this well, worrying over his fatherhood and eventually learning about robot reproduction for the first time, as his mother's religious fundamentalism kept her from teaching him this information. He attempted to give custody of the child to Bev, presenting her with a certificate of abandonment, but she too did not take having a child well, and she left Bender with custody of the child. Though he was initially disappointed over this, he eventually discovered that his child took an interest in bending. Naming the child [[Ben Rodriguez|Ben]], they formed a bond with each other, but to their surprise, discovered that Ben's lack of arm control software and an additional expansion slot prevented him from bending. At Ben's Bot-Mitzvah, Ben expressed for his appreciation for his father as well as his hopes of bending just like him. At the ceremony, however, Bev regained custody of Ben, separating him from his father. That night, Bender broke Ben out of [[Bev's trailer]], but were caught in their escape by the police, who arrested Bender on grounds of kidnapping. Bev showed up at the scene and gave birth to [[Bev and URL's child|another child]], and content with having another child to neglect, allowed Bender to keep Ben. Ben, however, was still disappointed in not being unable to bend, so he takes up an offer by the Professor to have a bending card installed in him - consequently losing all his memories of Bender. Bender, though tearful, allowed the surgery to go on, and eventually accompanied his son to his enrollment at [[Bending State University]] in Santa Cruz {{et|7ACV01}}.<br />
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He later briefly worked as a paparazzo for ''[[Us People]]'' magazine {{et|7ACV04}}.<br />
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In [[3013]], Bender entered a tap-dance contest {{et|7ACV25}}.<br />
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=== Ruler of Earth ===<br />
After Nixon's fourth term in office began, things went downhill for the Earthican population to the point when robots began doing all the tedious labor and consequently, they began a rebellion led by Bender {{et|7ACV03}}. At some point between 3014 and 3028 Bender became ruler of Earth and started killing humans, thus fulfilling his life-long desire.<br />
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== Character description ==<br />
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=== Composition ===<br />
Bender routinely claims to be made of thirty to forty percent of various metals, typically following his claims up by knocking on his own chassis. Unfortunately, his credibility on this matter is thrown into question by the fact that his various claims now add up to well over one hundred percent. Bender has alternately claimed to be:<br />
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*40% Zinc {{et|1ACV13}}<br />
*40% Titanium {{et|A Head in the Polls}}<br />
*30% Iron {{et|The 30% Iron Chef}} - Presumably mixed with osmium. {{et|3ACV17}}<br />
*40% Dolomite {{et|4ACV07}}<br />
*40% Lead ([[Futurama (video game)|FVG]]) - Canon status of video game uncertain.<br />
*40% Luck/horseshoes ([[Into the Wild Green Yonder|ITWGY]]) - Composition of the horseshoes unknown.<br />
*40% Chromium {{et|Attack of the Killer App}} - Bender was not the one to make this claim, it was an [[Antarian]].<br />
*60% Storage space {{et|The Prisoner of Benda}}<br />
*40% Scrap metal {{et|All the Presidents' Heads}}<br />
*40% Wire {{et|Decision 3012}}<br />
*40% Empty {{et|Free Will Hunting}}<br />
*40% Ass {{et|Naturama}} - Non-[[canon]].<br />
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In "[[Near-Death Wish]]", Bender states that a set of virtual adaptor caps stored inside of him (that he uses to get himself, Fry and Leela into [[Virtual Retirement]]) are "40% safe", but this probably wouldn't count as part of his composition. In "[[Assie Come Home]]", Bender's body (except for his eyes and mouth) is stolen, so he uses the help of Fry and Leela to retrieve it. After finding his head, antenna and torso, he says: "I'm 40% back, baby!". This is a combination of two of Bender's [[catchphrase]]s; one being him stating a percentage of what he is composed of, the other being "I'm back, baby!".<br />
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Total: 150% - 370% or greater. The number is dependent on whether or not one counts various claims as true. First the "40% Horseshoes" claim, as the supposed horseshoes could have been made of one or more of the other metals previously stated (Titanium, Iron, or Lead), meaning that one could have been a restatement rather than a new figure. Second, it depends on whether or not he considers his storage space and wires to be part of the total percentage of himself, in which case the remaining 40% each that he often claims to be would constitute the rest of his body. Third, the claim of "40% Lead" is dependent on whether the video game can be considered canon. Fourth and finally, whether the claim of "40% Chromium" is accepted at all. This claim was not made by Bender but rather one of the Antarians. It is plausible that the claim is false and that it was just made to justify the in-progress cannibalization of Bender's body. <br />
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Even if all previous points made are taken into account and only the first four claims were used, Bender's composition would be 150%, far more than what is possible. This error can be explained as due to Bender's being a poor calculator, making it plausible that he has given the wrong percentages {{et|3ACV09}}.<br />
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Additionally, he has a 0.04% nickel impurity, which doesn't ''increase'' total percentage, but slightly ''decreases'' the percentages of everything else. This is apparently not a standard impurity, and is cited as making him unique {{et|3ACV17}}.<br />
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There's also a mention that robots are made from recycled beer cans and beer cans are made from recycled robots {{et|1ACV08}}, so depending on the year 3000 composition of beer cans, he may have a certain percentage of aluminum in his alloy.<br />
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As a side note, ''{{w|Dolemite}}'' is also the title of a 1974 film. The film's main character, Dolemite, is a pimp who leads an army of hookers skilled in kung-fu.<ref>[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0072895/ IMDB - Dolemite]</ref> Bender has been a pimp many times throughout the series.<br />
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This running gag is referenced in the title of the episode "[[Forty Percent Leadbelly]]".<br />
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=== Family ===<br />
[[File:Bender's Xmas 2.jpg|right|thumb|[[Bender's mother]], whom he refers to as his mommy {{et|2ACV04}}.]]<br />
*[[Professor Hubert J. Farnsworth|Professor Farnsworth]], Bender's owner and the creator of the sports utility robot on which Bender and all/most other modern robots are based.<br />
*[[Flexo]], not exactly a relative, but another [[bending unit]] of the same model. (presumed deceased)<br />
*[[Billy West (character)|Billy West]], identical model (deceased)<br />
*[[Mom]], owner of [[Mom's Friendly Robot Company]].<br />
*[[Bender's mother|His mother]], a robotic arm who sends him [[Xmas]] cards.<br />
*[[Ben Rodriguez]], son.<br />
*[[Bender's father|His father]], who was killed by a giant can opener {{et|2ACV01}}.<br />
*Uncle [[Vladimir]], who lived in [[Thermostadt]], capital of the [[Robo-Hungarian Empire]], and died at the ripe old age of 211.<br />
*[[Tandy]], Uncle Vladimir's son and hence Bender's [[list of cousins|cousin]].<br />
*Screwy Aunt Rita, who ''is'' a screw. (Note that Bender stated that he had an Aunt Rita during Leela's coma fantasy in the episode "[[The Sting]]", so this may not be true.)<br />
*[[Albert]], [[Sally]], [[Nina]], [[Sam]] and 8 other orphans, briefly adopted from the [[Cookieville Minimum-Security Orphanarium]].<br />
*Three penguin "children" {{et|3ACV05}}.<br />
*[[Junior]], a child born to [[The Crushinator]] ([[Freaky Fry-day|US#009]]). Comic books of uncertain canon status.<br />
*[[Bender's first born son|His first born son]], Bender exchanges him for an [[Army of the Damned]].<br />
*Bender's grandmother, who is a bulldozer.<br />
*Buster, identical cousin.<br />
*Turner, another cousin {{et|6ACV08}}.<br />
*Commodore LXIV, or Commodore 64. A painting of this robot is hanging in Uncle [[Vladimir]]'s dining hall and can be assumed to be one of Bender's ancestors.<br />
*[[Bender's guinea pig|His guinea pig]], who died off-screen prior to the [[V-GINY]]'s rampage {{et|6ACV02}}.<br />
*[[Hermes Conrad|Inspector 5]], Inspector at Mom's friendly robot plant in Tijuana, Mexico {{et|6ACV06}}.<br />
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=== Age ===<br />
According to himself, Bender was originally constructed in [[2998]], making him one year old when Fry met him in 2999, but several later discoveries supports the theory that he was in fact born earlier. Bender's memory as newborn is as a complete, fullgrown robot, but events in "[[Teenage Mutant Leela's Hurdles]]" suggest that his current, fullgrown body merely was the final stage, and it is possible that Bender only remembers entering this final stage - what he considers being born.<br />
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In Season 6 episode "[[Lethal Inspection]]", it is revealed that Hermes supervised Bender's construction before getting the job in [[Planet Express]], and is seen much younger than he must have been in the late [[2990s]]. We also see that the state in which he was supervised - reminiscent of a human baby - much differs from the one Bender remembers from 2998. In "[[The Prisoner of Benda]]", it can be shown that Hermes was already in the company in [[2993]], and thus Bender must have been born in that year at least, and possibly even earlier.<br />
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[[File:Roswell that ends well.jpg|thumb|right|220px|The events of "[[Roswell that Ends Well]]" aged Bender's head 1055 years ahead of his body.]]<br />
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The events in "[[Roswell that Ends Well]]" make his head 1055 years older than the rest of his body. The incident in "[[Teenage Mutant Leela's Hurdles]]" does largely not count as an aging or the opposite, and fans largely regard his age to remain intact. In {{f|1}}, Bender travels back in time several times, though the amount of times is unknown, the amount of Benders that appear at the end, may suggest at least a couple of thousand times. Given how many of these travels seems to be between 1000 to 5000 years in the past (from about 3007), an educated guess would make him at least a million years old, but probably more. An alternative theory could suggest when the time duplicates explode at the end of the first film, Bender is the same age he was at the end of the original run plus 995 years, as the Bender that went back 995 years in time to kill Fry is presumed to be the original and therefore wouldn't expire like the rest of them.<br />
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In the comic, "[[Rust in Peace]]", it is revealed that Bender, due to too much time travelling, must be inserted into a renewed unit. Farnsworth determines his age to be 27,203 before moving him to his new body. But 27,203 seems a lot less than what would be a quick educated guess. 27,203 would require Bender to have gone at least about a thousand years back each time and only gone 27 times, or instead gone more years back and done fewer than 27 times. But regardless of the ordeal, the amount of Benders appearing at the end of ''Bender's Big Score'' seems to contradict this fact. The event in the comic is thus not considered [[canon]].<br />
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=== Durability ===<br />
Bender frequently displays incredible durability, to the point that he appears to be indestructible. He has been completely flattened, hit point-blank with a shotgun, had several chips removed from his severed head, then had his head [[Roswell That Ends Well|buried for over a thousand years]], had his lower torso melted from a cosmic electrical disturbance, been [[Godfellas|launched out of a torpedo tube then withstood atmospheric reentry]], [[Jurassic Bark|submerged himself in lava]], and been burned to nothing but his eyes and mouth after converting his body entirely into wood<br />
(though this was a [[Obsoletely Fabulous|dream]], but it is implied the dream could actually happen). In "[[Rebirth]]", after having been nearly eaten by a [[cyclophage]] and have a [[Doomsday Devices|doomsday device]] explode inside him, he remarks "What does it take to kill me?". A bomb has also exploded inside him in "[[War Is the H-Word]]" (twice). He survives being shot point-blank at [[Lrrreconcilable Ndndifferences|least]] [[Law and Oracle|three]] [[Benderama|times]] in Season 6, survived [[Neutopia|being completely melted]], was [[Ghost in the Machines|able to come out of Limbo after having been killed]] and [[The Tip of the Zoidberg|had his head sliced in half by spinning blades.]]<br />
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However, as it's revealed in "[[Lethal Inspection]]", Bender was built without a backup unit. This means he can't download his personality or memories to another body, which he wanted to do if his original body got killed. Therefore, if his body is destroyed, he dies. As it turned out, [[Hermes Conrad|Inspector #5]] was the one responsible for mercifully approving Bender as a perfect robot, thus allowing him to live despite actually being a defective [[Robots|robot]].<br />
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=== Alternate appearances ===<br />
*'''[[2ACV08]]''': '''Bender the Offender/Gender Bender''' Bender joins the [[Ultimate Robot Fighting League]], and become 'Bender the Offender', but after he becomes less popular, [[Abner Doubledeal]], the Commissioner of the URFL, changed his persona to 'The Gender Bender'<br />
*'''[[2ACV16]]''': '''Giant Bender:''' In a [[canon|non-canon]] scenario, Bender is pictured as 500 feet tall. During the episode, he claims to weigh 7 billion tons (14 trillion pounds).<br />
**'''Go-Kart Bender:''' After being murdered by [[Turanga Leela|Leela]] in aforementioned episode, she reassembles his parts into a sporty go-kart.<br />
*'''[[2ACV18]]''': '''[[Were-Car]] Bender:''' In "[[The Honking]]", Bender is transformed each midnight into a malicious were-car, determined to kill [[Philip J. Fry|his closest friend]].<br />
*'''[[3ACV03]]''': '''[[Robot Santa Claus|Santa]] Bender:''' Bender becomes a good Santa. This appearance basically has Bender's body painted red.<br />
*'''[[3ACV15]]''': '''Parallel Bender:''' The only difference apparent between Bender and his counterpart in the parallel universe (the ''only'' alternate universe at the time) was that parallel Bender (along with the rest of the parallel Planet Express crew) was wearing a cowboy hat and vest when both crews visited the [[Edge of the Universe]]. Whether this is the norm for the parallel Crew, or was due to some difference in parallel Fry's touristy adventure that day was never mentioned.<br />
*'''[[3ACV18]]''': '''Human Bender:''' In "[[Anthology of Interest II]]", Bender asks what it would be like if he were human. Despite being Mexican, he appears to be Caucasian. (Note: this could be a ''default setting'' on the professors device.)<br />
*'''[[3ACV19]]''': '''Flying Saucer Bender:''' After crashing to the New Mexico desert, the US military mistakenly reassembles Bender's body to resemble a small (functional) flying saucer.<br />
*'''[[4ACV04]]''': '''Superking:''' Bender joins the [[New Justice Team]] as the superhero "Superking", with a cape, a mask and a royal crown.<br />
*'''[[4ACV09]]''': '''Young Bender:''' Bender takes several reverted forms in "[[Teenage Mutant Leela's Hurdles]]", including a software disc and a set of "Bending unit blueprints". Modifications include braces and dish-antenna-like ears.<br />
*'''[[4ACV13]]''': '''[[Coilette]]:''' Bender undergoes a sex-change operation in order to win five olympic gold medals. Faked his(her) own death with a fictional disease called "[[African Hydraulic Fever]]" because he(she) did not want to marry [[Calculon]].<br />
*'''[[4ACV14]]''': '''Wooden Bender:''' In a [[canon|dream]], Bender downgrades to a wooden, steam-powered version, and he also has termites inside him.<br />
*'''[[4ACV15]]''': '''Golden Bender:''' In [[Universe 1]], Bender's coin flip resulted in his choosing the gold finish instead of the foghat grey that we're used to.<br />
*'''[[Bender's Big Score|BBS]]''': '''[[iObey]] Bender:''' In ''[[Bender's Big Score]]'', Bender was tricked into downloading the iObey obedience virus. He is forced to do anything the naked scammers tell him, and his pupils become red pixel swirls.<br />
*'''[[The Beast with a Billion Backs|BwBB]]''': '''LOR Bender:''' Bender is given a luxurious ascot to wear, as he becomes a new member of the [[League of Robots]].<br />
**'''Pirate Bender:''' He dressed as a pirate in honor of Fry in his attempt to retrieve him from [[Yivo]]'s body.<br />
*'''[[Bender's Game|BG]]''': '''[[Titanius Anglesmith]]:''' While playing ''Dungeons & Dragons'' in ''[[Bender's Game]]'', Bender convinces himself that he is a knight and goes insane. <!-- When [[Cornwood]] is created, his delusions are made real. --><br />
*'''[[6ACV17]]''': '''Gray Goo Bender:''' Bender calls upon his legions of microscopic [[Bender duplicates]] to join together with him and form a gigantic version of him, in order to defeat the [[Unattractive giant monster]].<br />
*'''[[6ACV19]]''': '''Ghost Bender:''' After Bender's death, his software takes on a ghostly existence.<br />
*'''[[6ACV25]]''': '''Overclocked Bender:''' In a cave behind a waterfall, he has processed inside out.<br />
*'''[[7ACV19]]''': '''Bendee Boo:''' Bender is re-conceived as a dog.<br />
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==== Image gallery ====<br />
<gallery><br />
Were-Car.jpg|Bender as a were-car {{et|2ACV18}}.<br />
Human Bender.jpg|Human Bender, with floozies {{et|3ACV18}}.<br />
Super King.jpg|Bender as [[Superking]] {{et|4ACV04}}.<br />
Ghost in the Machines infobox.png|Bender as a ghost {{et|6ACV19}}.<br />
Bendee Boo.png|Bender as Bendee Boo, a parody of the cartoon dog {{w|Scooby-Doo (character)|Scooby-Doo}} {{et|7ACV19}}.<br />
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== Additional Info ==<br />
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=== Trivia ===<br />
*Bender is bending unit 22. "Bender Bending Rodriguez" has 22 letters.<br />
*Bender's e-mail address is: bender@iloveBender.com<br />
*It is recommended that he run on 5 gigawatts.<br />
*Interestingly enough, Bender appears to have been an entirely different [[Robot]] before having met Fry. They meet when Bender is (at the very least) guilty and willing to kill himself over his dismay at finding out that the girders he had been bending were for [[suicide booth]]s. However, after Bender bends the bars keeping them from escaping Leela, Bender declares that from then on he will live his life only for him and do only what he wants to do. This may, however, just be an overlook by the writers of the show simply for the sake of introducing Fry to the drastic changes the future has brought (booths that are as ubiqitous as phone booths for suicide; walking, talking Robots).<br />
**This sudden change could be explained by the electric shock Bender received shortly before bending the bars. Not only did it change his programming, it changed his opinions on various things.<br />
**A year later however, Bender presents a picture of himself when he was only a month old with a bottle of beer and a cigar {{et|2ACV14}}, showing he has always been a "precocious little scamp" {{et|3ACV06}}.<br />
***All robots need beer to function, and that may not have been a cigar.<br />
****It was probably a cigar. However, drinking and smoking do not necessarily mean he is amoral befor the electric shock. He smoked cigars from the very first episode, saying "they make me look cool".<br />
*He has been [[New New York v. Bender|charged]] for pimping.<br />
*Bender's apartment number is 00100100. This is a binary representation of the ASCII character '$' or 36 in decimal.<br />
*Bender's serial number is 2716057. This can be expressed as the sum of 2 cubes. Specifically, 952<sup>3</sup> + (-951)<sup>3</sup>.<br />
*Additionally, he seems to be the [[1729]]<sup>th</sup> unit produced by his "mommy".<br />
*The word "bender" can refer to a drinking spree, hinting at Bender's heavy alcohol use.<br />
*Bender's head contains a {{w|MOS Technology 6502|6502 Microprocessor}} {{et|1ACV13}}, and his ass an {{w|Athlon II}} {{et|6ACV25}}. It is possible that inbetween the events of {{et|1ACV13}} and {{et|6ACV25}}, he got a processor change, which would make sense considering that the Athlon II was introduced in 2009. After Cubert overclocks Bender's ass, Bender discovers that he has "an extra processor in his compartment of mystery".<br />
*Bender dies at the end of both of his what-if scenarios in each Anthology of Interest and both have one of the characters saying "Goodnight, sweet prince" (Fry in the first and Farnsworth in the second) to Bender when he dies.<br />
*His self-destruct code is "Destruct Sequence 1A2B3". However, this appears to cause only his head to self-destruct, leaving the rest of his body intact and functional. This is a reference to the self-destruct codes of the USS Enterprise from Star Trek III: The Search for Spock.<br />
*Bender cannot have magnets attached to his head, or it will "screw up his inhibition unit", thus causing him to sing crazy variations of folk songs.<br />
*Apparently stole the Prime Minister of Norway's arm.<br />
*Despite Bender being made of various metals as hard as iron and titanium, [[humans]] and other organic organisms seem to have little to no difficulty harming his metal body using only their fists and feet.<br />
*His birthstone is [[Robobium]].<br />
*Is able to simultaneously reattach each of his severed arms with the other.<br />
*He cannot get up when he is knocked on his back. At least not until he learns how to from the majestic turtle.<br />
*His [[antenna]] interferes with satelite televisions, along with some cellphones.<br />
*He, along with [[Philip J. Fry|Fry]] and [[Turanga Leela|Leela]], appears in all episodes of the series.<br />
*No one can say he doesn't own John Laraquette's Spine.<br />
*In addition, he seems to own the skeletal remains of Charlamagne, as shown in "[[Jurassic Bark]]".<br />
*Bender has Hexakosioihexekontahexaphobia, fear of the number 666, as hinted in "[[The Honking]]".<br />
*Bender is the most evil robot in the series, as acknowledged by [[Robot Santa]] and the [[Robot Devil]].<br />
*Bender has named his hands "Grabby and Squeezy," and his footcups "Stompy and Smashy."<br />
*Bender's favorite cause of death is being crushed to death by a big rig driven by The Incredible Hulk.<br />
*In Firefox 3, if you type "about:robots" into the address bar, a page with several cultural references to robots is displayed. The fourth bullet point says "Robots have shiny metal posteriors which should not be bitten."<br />
*His vanity plate reads “1 DVS BSTD” (one devious bastard).<br />
*He said the last sentence in all 4 [[film]]s: "Well, we're boned" {{et|BBS}}, "I love you, meatbags!" {{et|TBwaBB}}, "Whip harder, Professor!" {{et|BG}}, "Into the breach, meatbags. Or not, whatever" {{et|ItWGY}}.<br />
*Bender's waste management facilities may convert material he consumes into bricks.<br />
*Bender's mighty robot powers allow him to get sick of things much quicker than humans.<br />
*Bender is said to be roughly 500 pounds in "[[Gender Bender]]" but in ''[[Into the Wild Green Yonder]]'' he says he is 2 tons. Despite this, he is shown as being easily lifted and carried by Fry in "[[Ghost in the Machines]]", suggesting that he may be significantly lighter than either of the above figures.<br />
*He goes into sleep mode whenever there is too much exposition.<br />
*Bender has appeared in ''[[Family Guy]]'', "[[The Simpsons]]", and ''[[The Cleveland Show]]''.<br />
*He has referred to his chest compartment as his "compartment of mystery" (6ACV25).<br />
*Bender was featured on the front cover of all the Futurama DVDs, until [[Volume 6]].<br />
*In March 2012, hackers elected Bender to the {{w|District of Columbia Public Schools|D.C. school board}}.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ccinsider.comedycentral.com/2012/03/02/futuramas-bender-elected-to-dc-schoolboard/|title=Futurama's Bender Elected to DC School Board! <nowiki>|</nowiki> Comedy Central Insider <nowiki>|</nowiki> Funny, TV and Comedy Blog|author=Tobey, Matt|date=2012-03-02|site=[[Comedy Central]] Insider|accessdate=2012-03-02}}</ref><br />
*Even though his head has been shown to function as a camera many times before (the first time being in "[[When Aliens Attack]]"), he still carries around his own portable camera (with film!) to remember "neat" events.<br />
*He owns a black-handled switchblade, which he often uses to sharpen wooden sticks to use for protection while in prison.<br />
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=== Name ===<br />
[[File:Rodriguez BBS.png|thumb|225px|Bender's name in the [[opening sequence]] for ''[[Bender's Big Score]]''.]]<br />
Bender's full name was not revealed until Season 3. This is a list of appearances of the name "Rodriguez".<br />
{{list expansion|sure=no}}<br />
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*{{e|3ACV04}} <small>(as Bender Bending Rodriguez)</small><br />
*{{e|3ACV09}} <small>(as Bender B. Rodriguez)</small><br />
*{{f|1}} <small>(as Bender Bending Rodriguez and Bender Rodriguez)</small><br />
*{{f|2}} <small>(as Bender Bending Rodriguez)</small><br />
*{{f|4}} <small>(as Bender Rodriguez)</small><br />
*{{e|6ACV04}}<br />
*{{e|6ACV14}}<br />
*{{e|6ACV25}} <small>(as Bender Rodriguez)</small><br />
*{{e|7ACV01}} <small>(as [[Ben Rodriguez|Ben "Vending" Rodriguez]])</small><br />
*{{e|7ACV03}} <small>(as B.B. Rodriguez)</small><br />
*{{e|7ACV09}} <small>(as Bender Rodriguez)</small><br />
*{{e|7ACV14}} <small>(as Ramblin' Rodriguez, Bender Rodriguez, and Rodriguez)</small><br />
*{{e|7ACV18}} <small>(as Bender B. Rodriguez, in speech and text, and Rodriguez)</small><br />
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=== Voice ===<br />
Of all the voices on the show, Bender's voice was the most difficult to cast. This is because none of the creators and crew were sure what a robot should sound like yet. So they had every voice actor who auditioned also audition for the role of Bender. Even [[David X. Cohen]] was suggested for the role.<br />
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[[John DiMaggio]] originally auditioned with Bender's voice for Professor Farnsworth. Among the bases for the voice were the character of Taggart from {{w|Blazing Saddles}} and DiMaggio's original character "Charlie the Sausage Lover". In the [[Commentary:Spanish Fry|audio commentary of Spanish Fry]], David X. Cohen joked about it also being "90 parts John DiMaggio."<br />
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=== Catchphrases ===<br />
Bender's basic [[catchphrase]] is "[[Bite my shiny metal ass]]".<br />
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Variations on this include the following:<br />
*Bite my red-hot glowing ass! {{er|1ACV12}}<br />
*Lick my frozen metal ass! {{er|2ACV04}}<br />
*Bite my colossal metal ass! {{er|2ACV16}}<br />
*Bite my splintery wooden ass! {{er|4ACV14}}<br />
*Bite my glorious golden ass! {{er|4ACV15}}<br />
*Bite my shiny metal face!! {{er|BG}}<br />
*Bite my shiny metal hat. <small>(said by [[Fry]])</small> {{er|ItWGY}}<br />
*Bite my tiny metal ass! <small>(said by a microscopic [[Bender duplicate]])</small> {{er|6ACV17}}<br />
*''Bite my fhiny metal aff'' {{er|6ACV23}}<br />
*Byte my 8-bit metal ass! <small>(said by Bender during the video-game segment)</small> {{er|6ACV26}}<br />
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Other common catchphrases are:<br />
*"[[Me, Bender]]": whenever he says "me", he usually follows it with "Bender", thus producing the sentence "me, Bender." Thus making this the most said character name on the show.<br />
*"Well, [[we're boned]].", said in situations where he, or a group of people including him, are in a large amount of trouble.<br />
*"I'm back, baby!" whenever he makes an intriguing appearance on the scene; Bender had also said the phrase "We're back, baby!" on numerous occasions, particularly in reference to the series' revival. At one point, Bender just said, "Yeah, we're back." while filing his "nails" after escaping the wormhole.<br />
*"[[Neat!]]", when Bender is taking a picture with [[Bender's camera|his purple camera]], usually of something disturbing or disgusting.<br />
*"Cheese it!" whenever he encourages other characters to run away from trouble. This is used less commonly.<br />
*"[[Fun on the bun]]", another less common catchphrase that is used whenever Bender describes amusement.<br />
*"He's pending for a bending.", a phrase used as a warning very few times throughout the show.<br />
*"[[Bender is great!]]", like "Me, Bender", he usually likes to say this to emphasize his enormous ego.<br />
*"Oooh!", a ghostly/eerie noise often accompanied by jazz hands when feigning supernatural abilities, etc... (The Gypsy machine also did this once to Fry)<br />
*"Kill all humans..." This is a much more prevalent saying of Bender's in the early episodes.<br />
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Bender also has a tendency to call humans "meatbag" when he is displeased or annoyed with them. Additionally, Bender regularly says "Kill all humans", although, in [[The Sting|Leela's dream]] he claims to whisper "except one", referring to Fry, every time too. In "Naturama" when Bender is represented as an elephant seal, he mutters "Kill all penguins" in his sleep.<br />
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[[File:Anthology.jpg|right|thumb|Giant Bender as seen in a "What If?" scenario, about to get attacked by giant [[Dr. John Zoidberg|Zoidberg]] {{et|2ACV16}}.]]<br />
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As stated in "[[War Is the H-Word]]", the top ten words that Bender uses more than any others is as follows:<br />
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<ol start="10"><br />
<li>Chump</li><br />
<li value="9">Chumpette</li><br />
<li value="8">Yours</li><br />
<li value="7">Up</li><br />
<li value="6">Pimpmobile</li><br />
<li value="5">Bite</li><br />
<li value="4">My</li><br />
<li value="3">Shiny</li><br />
<li value="2">Daffodil</li><br />
<li value="1">Ass</li><br />
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It is by no means impossible that the second word in the list is not "metal" considering all the variations of his catchphrase. In reference to his use of the word "daffodil", he said the sentence "Hot-diggidy-daffodil" in this episode and again in {{f|2}}. "Chumpette" is only uttered once though. "Pimpmobile" was also spoken by Bender in [[Futurama (video game)|the game]]. However, in all likelihood, Bender's real most spoken words would most likely be along the lines of any other speaker of the English language: the, and, I, a, so; etc.<br />
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=== Assets and titles ===<br />
Bender has, over the years gained many assets and ranks in various organizations and a large amount of wealth. Some of these include:<br />
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*Served as Prime Minister of [[Trisol]] under the brief rule of [[Philip J. Fry|Fry the Solid]] (most likely terminated when the old emperor came back into power or when Bender and the rest of the crew fled Trisol).<br />
*A castle, inherited from his [[Vladimir|uncle]], though possibly forfeited when he failed to spend a night within.<br />
*Leader of the [[League of Robots]]<br />
*Commander of the [[Army of the Damned]]<br />
*[[Iron Cook]], on the television show of the same name (Zinc Saucier)<br />
*The [[Dirty Double Cross]], Earth's highest honor in swindling<br />
*[[Calculon]]'s official stalker (possibly fired when he maimed Calculon during a duel)<br />
*Spy for the [[DOOP]]<br />
*An enormous amount of wealth from various crimes<br />
*Pharaoh of [[Osiris 4]]<br />
*Prime Minister of Norway, due to him having the real Prime Minister of Norway's hand AND career chip<br />
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=== Functions, attachments, and accessories ===<br />
As we can see during the episodes, Bender has a lot of different functions. Here is a list of them:<br />
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*'''Trash Can''': Bender's own cavity can be used as a trash can. First seen "[[Space Pilot 3000]]" as he throws a bottle of beer inside himself.<br />
*'''Extenso-matic Eyes''': His eyes can zoom out of his normal layer, so he can get a better view on things; they tend to fall out when he zooms too far. First seen also in "[[Space Pilot 3000]]".<br />
*'''Subway Car''': His legs can extend onto rail tracks and his feet work like wheels, allowing Fry, Leela, and a random bum transportation in Old New York. Seen only in "[[The Luck of the Fryrish]]".<br />
*'''Extenso-matic arms''': Bender's arms and legs are capable of extending to many times their normal length. First seen in "[[The Series Has Landed]]".<br />
*'''[[Gaydar]]''': Bender pulls out a small radar device to prove to [[Amy]] and [[Leela]] that a man they are interested in is gay. It surprisingly works, seen in "[[Love's Labours Lost in Space]]".<br />
*'''Video Camera''': Each of Bender's eyes can be used as a camera, either to take pictures or to film things. Both are first seen in "[[When Aliens Attack]]". He also has one more camera, located "below the equator" which does not always "perform". The camera is never seen, but it can be heard extending.<br />
*'''Cowcatcher''': In "[[A Taste of Freedom]]", Bender has a 19th century style cowcatcher installed to his front to clear a path through the crowd outside the Decapodian Embassy.<br />
*'''Barbecue''': Bender's cavity is used the same way as a barbecue. He used it to cook some burgers. First seen in "[[When Aliens Attack]]".<br />
*'''Oven''': His cavity can be used as an oven, to cook things. The real function name is "E-z Bake", and is used to cook a cake for [[Nibbler]], in the episode "[[I Second that Emotion]]".<br />
*'''Refrigerator''': His cavity can also be used to refrigerate, as seen also in "[[I Second that Emotion]]".<br />
*'''Stage Light''': A light can come out of his cavity. He used it for the first time in "[[When Aliens Attack]]".<br />
*'''AC Power''' generator: Bender plugs a television power cord into his side in [[Bender Should Not Be Allowed on TV]].<br />
*'''Popcorn maker''': Bender can make some popcorn in his cavity. He can also push down on his antenna to dispense butter. First seen in "[[Fear of a Bot Planet]]".<br />
*'''Keg''': Bender can also serve some beers within is cavity. First seen in "[[Hell Is Other Robots]]".<br />
*'''Toilet''': Bender's cavity is used as a toilet in the episode "[[The Cyber House Rules]]". He pushes his antenna to flush.<br />
*'''Recorder:''' Bender can record things with his head. First seen in "[[A Head in the Polls]]", to record [[Richard Nixon's head]]'s words. He records onto magnetic tape cassettes.<br />
[[File:Lighthouse bender.png|right|thumb|Bender as a lighthouse {{et|4ACV14}}.]]<br />
*'''Oxygen Supplier''': In the episode "[[The Deep South]]", Bender is used as an Oxygen Supplier, that comes via some masks.<br />
*'''Exhaust Port''': Bender's exhaust port is present in his ass, as seen in "[[Crimes of the Hot]]".<br />
*'''Flotation Device''': In "[[The Deep South]]", Bender refer to his ass as a Flotation Device.<br />
*'''Pepper Grinder''': In "[[The 30% Iron Chef]]", Bender inserts peppercorns in his mouth and shakes ground pepper out of his ass.<br />
*'''Beer Tub''': Beer ferments in Bender's chest cavity in the episode "[[The Route of All Evil]]". It has a capacity of at least five gallons, six ounces.<br />
*'''Pager''': Antenna glows and vibrates to notify the New Justice Team of a call from the mayor in "[[Less than Hero]]".<br />
*'''Oil Sprayer :''' Bender sprays oil on a cosmetic saleswoman in "[[A Fishful of Dollars]]".<br />
*'''Mail Box''': Bender's antenna indicates when he is receiving mail. First seen in "[[Crimes of the Hot]]".<br />
*'''Chicken Deboner''': Bender can debone a chicken by putting it into his mouth. He then regurgitates the chicken's skeleton and a feather duster. Seen in "[[The 30% Iron Chef]]".<br />
*'''Card Shuffler''': Bender can put a deck of cards into his mouth to shuffle them, and then spit them back out to deal them. He can apparently spit them with enough force for them to cut through objects such as apples and hair. Seen in "[[How Hermes Requisitioned His Groove Back]]".<br />
*'''Circular Saw''': Bender can use his hands as a circular saw and lower a matching eyeshade to protect his eyes. First seen in "[[Less than Hero]]".<br />
*'''EFTPOS Machine''': In "[[Leela's Homeworld]]", Bender takes the Professor's credit card and swipes it between his teeth to check its balance.<br />
*'''Laser Show''': In "[[Jurassic Bark]]", Bender projects an expensive-looking laser show with his head, complete with techno music.<br />
*'''Flamethrower''': Bender boils some water using flames coming out of his mouth in "[[Anthology of Interest I]]". May not be a real feature due the scene being part of a simulation.<br />
*'''Stadium air horn''': In "[[The Devil's Hands Are Idle Playthings]]", the [[Robot Devil]] installs a stadium air horn under Bender's nose.<br />
*'''Voice Modifier''': In "[[Bender Gets Made]]", Bender changed his voice via a control panel. Two voices are available : Robot (his normal voice), and King (his normal voice with a British accent).<br />
*'''Bug Zapper''': In "[[Spanish Fry]]", Bender shows that he is apparently capable of charging his surface with electricity and using his head to electrocute bugs.<br />
*'''Lighthouse''': In "[[Obsoletely Fabulous]]", Bender's revolving head and luminous eyes acted as a fully functional lighthouse. He can also emit a foghorn sound.<br />
*'''Pistol''': In the cover of [[Futurama (video game)|the game]], Bender is shown using his finger as a pistol. Canon status of the game uncertain.<br />
*'''Cheating Unit''': In "[[A Flight to Remember]]", Bender speaks of his "cheating unit" which predicts (inaccurately) the coming roll of the dice at craps.<br />
*'''Water Boiler''': Boils and produces hot water for [[Calculon]] in "[[That's Lobstertainment!]]".<br />
*'''Safe''': In "[[Put Your Head on My Shoulders]]", Bender stores money in his cavity, the combination lock dial can be seen on his door.<br />
*'''Movie Projector''': In "[[Crimes of the Hot]]" Bender's head projects an educational film.<br />
*'''Pen''': Finger can turn into a pen. Used to write down an address in "[[Xmas Time Is Fear]]" and to write down a joke in "[[Who's Dying to Be a Gazillionaire?]]", and to write a "A Plea For Attention" in "[[The 30% Iron Chef]]".<br />
*'''Cigar Lighter''': His finger also flips up to reveal a cigar lighter. He uses this throughout the series to light his cigars. <br />
*'''Paper Shredder''': Paper is inserted into his mouth, shredded and comes out of his chest. Used to shred the menu in [[Hell Is Other Robots]].<br />
*'''Food Processor''': Bender purées fish and regurgitates it to his surrogate penguin children in "[[The Birdbot of Ice-Catraz]]".<br />
*'''Answering Machine''': In "[[Kif Gets Knocked Up a Notch]]", [[Amy]] apparently uses him as an answering machine. He isn't a very good one, though, as he doesn't alert people to new messages, and then deletes them anyway.<br />
*'''CD Player''': Bender can open his mouth panel to insert and play music CDs, as revealed in "[[Obsoletely Fabulous]]".<br />
*'''Projector''': A deleted scene from the opening of ''[[The Beast with a Billion Backs]]'' shows Bender projecting the Futurama logo, and the blue beams displayed behind it, from the top of his head, possibly from his antenna.<br />
*'''Spray Paint''': Bender is capable of spraying paint from his mouth, and does this when writing graffiti as seen in "[[A Pharaoh to Remember]]".<br />
*'''Suction Cup Feet''': Bender can use his feet as suction cups, allowing him to walk on walls. This is seen in "[[Bendless Love]]".<br />
*'''Vacuum''': Bender's arm can also can be used as a vacuum. As seen in the fourth movie; ''[[Into the Wild Green Yonder]]'', sucking up slot coins.<br />
*'''Pencil Sharpener''': Bender can sharpen a pencil, as seen in "[[Lethal Inspection]]".<br />
*'''Gyroscope''': Bender is gyroscopically stable, as seen in "[[The Mutants Are Revolting]]".<br />
*'''Roller Skates''': Roller Skates can extend from Bender's feet. Only seen once in "[[A Pharaoh to Remember]]".<br />
*'''Flash Camera''': He uses his eyes to take pictures for the [[Girly Calendars]] in "[[Neutopia]]".<br />
*'''Cannon''': If cannon ball is placed in his chest cabinet, his antenna can be lit to activate his cannon function. Bender didn't know he could do this. Seen in "[[All the Presidents' Heads]]". <br />
*'''Bicycle''': He serves as a bicycle for himself and his son [[Ben]] in "[[The Bots and the Bees]]".<br />
*'''Tripod''': He grows a third leg so that he can be his own tripod to photograph Leela, Farnsworth, Fry, Amy, Hermes and Zoidberg - in "[[The Thief of Baghead]]".<br />
*'''Defibrillators''': Located inside his chest cabinet as seen in "[[How Much is that Mutant in the Window?]]".<br />
*'''Telephone Device''': This was seen in "How Much is that Mutant in the Window?" on the inside of Bender's chest door, the tip of his antenna lit up red when he used it to call a tow ship to get himself, [[Fry]], [[Leela]] and [[Nibbler]] home.<br />
***Jack- in volume two, episode two "Brannigan, Begin Again" Bender is used by Fry as a jack to lift the hover cart high enough to dump all the dark matter into the left engines furnace.<br />
*'''Fire Extinguisher''': Located in his wrists. Seen in "[[The Inhuman Torch]]".<br />
*'''Airbag''': Located in his chest cabinet. Seen in "[[Meanwhile]]".<br />
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=== Quotes ===<br />
{{q|<br />
<poem>'''Bender''': Dream on, skin tube.</poem><br />
<poem>'''Bender''': I can't see what's happening. Are we boned?<br />
'''[[Turanga Leela|Leela]]''': Yeah, we're boned.</poem><br />
<poem>'''Bender''': I love stealin'; I love takin' things!</poem><br />
<poem>'''Bender''': Ah, TV's Elzar. This is the greatest nanosecond of my life. No, this one is. No, this one. Wait, that one was slightly worse. So far so good on this one.</poem><br />
<poem>'''Bender''': Ah, I'm so excited I wish I could wet my pants.</poem><br />
<poem>'''Bender''': Oh wait, you're serious, let me laugh even harder.</poem><br />
<poem>'''Bender''': Bite my shiny, metal ass!</poem><br />
<poem>'''[[Professor Hubert J. Farnsworth|The Professor]]''': I was just regaling your former coworkers with a tale of bedroom antics, the likes of which-<br />
'''Bender''': Yeah yeah, big whoop, no one cares; I've got ''Bender'' related news.</poem><br />
<poem>'''Bender''': Our love isn't any different than yours, except ours is hotter because I'm involved.</poem><br />
<poem>'''Bender''': Something's happening on television!</poem><br />
<poem>'''Bender''': I'm Bender baby! Please insert liquor!</poem><br />
<poem>'''Hookerbot''': Bender, honey, we love you.<br />
'''Bender''': Shut up baby, I know it!</poem><br />
<poem>'''Bender''': Look, [[Lrrr|hoss]], [[Ndnd|your wife]] threw you out. That’s your license to be a jerk. Do whatever you want, then walk away and light a cigar!</poem><br />
<poem>'''Bender''': Aww, [[Thubanian leader|its]] anus looks like an asterisk!</poem><br />
<poem>'''Bender''': ''[in [[Emperor Nikolai|Emperor Nikolai's]] body.]'' Ah! I have everything I ever wanted. Money, wealth, riches. Yet something's missing. [[Princess Flavia|A hot princess with whom to get grizzly]].</poem><br />
<poem>'''[[Amy Wong|Amy]]''': Remember, [[Robosexuality|love between]] a [[Human]] and a [[Robot]] is taboo. ''[She takes a brush from Bender's cabinet and fixes her hair.]'' We can't tell anyone, not even [[Planet Express crew|our co-workers]].<br />
'''Bender''': ''[To [[Amy Wong|Amy]].]'' Got it. I'll show the utmost discretion as we get nasty in this [[Tube Transport System|glass tube]].</poem><br />
<poem>'''Robot Santa''': I'm not here to kill you, Bender. I need you to help me save X-mas.<br />
'''Bender''': Gee whiz, Santa. You want me to help you?<br />
'''Fry''': Don't do it! He's evil!<br />
'''Santa''': I know he is, but I have no choice. I'm running late. And if I don't complete my brutal rampage, well, it just wouldn't be X-mas.</poem><br />
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=== Appearances ===<br />
While Bender appears in every episode, film or comic, the following categories may be of interest;<br />
*[[:Category:A plots focusing on Bender|A plots focusing on Bender]]<br />
*[[:Category:B plots focusing on Bender|B plots focusing on Bender]]<br />
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== References ==<br />
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[[Category:Formerly deceased characters]]<br />
[[Category:All My Circuits]]<br />
[[Category:Bender's family]]<br />
[[Category:Planet Express]]<br />
[[Category:Robosexuals]]<br />
[[Category:Robots]]<br />
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|name=Bender Bending Rodriguez<br />
|image=[[File:Bender promo 2.jpg|225px]]<br />
|image text=A [[promotional picture]] of Bender holding a cigar and a bottle of [[Olde Fortran]].<br />
|gender=[[Manbot|Male]]<br />
|birth date=Before [[2993]] {{et|6ACV06|6ACV10}}<br />
|age={{age|2998}} plus unknown thousands of years due to [[Bender's Big Score|continuous time travel]]; [[Roswell that Ends Well|head]] is 1055 years older than body, see [[#Age|age section]] for details <!-- please refrain from adding the comic book "fact", as it is not necessarily canon. --><br />
|type=p<br />
|job=Assistant Manager of Sales at [[Planet Express]]<br />
|voiced by=John DiMaggio<br />
|first appear={{e|1}}<br />
|origin=[[Earth]], [[Mexico]], [[Tijuana]]<br />
|species=[[Robot]] ([[bending units|bending unit]])<br />
|family=''See [[#Family|family]] section''<br />
}}<br />
'''Bender Bending Rodriguez''' (Model: '''[[bending units|bending unit]] 22''') is a bending unit (serial number: 2716057), who works at [[Planet Express]] as Assistant Manager of Sales, formerly chef of the company. He is one of the primary characters and is known for his "in-your-face interface".<br />
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He weighs 525 pounds (238kg) and his central processing unit is a {{w|MOS Technology 6502|MOS Technologies 6502 processor}}. His arms and legs can be separated from the body and may act independently from it, and his head is able to survive without his body.<br />
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His internal fuel cells are recharged by drinking alcohol or any other liquid capable of delivering chemical energy, such as mineral oil or [[Dark Matter|dark matter oil]]. If he does not drink alcohol for a while, he suffers symptoms of intoxication, develops five-o'-clock rust around his mouth and leaks oil from his armpits. He carries a nuclear pile that seems to be composed of fissionable material, enabling the construction of miniature nuclear weapons.<br />
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Bender has a highly addictive personality, and his favorite pastimes are watching [[All My Circuits]], stealing things, drinking, and smoking. He lives in the [[New New York#Robot Arms Apartments|Robot Arms Apartments]] with his roommate [[Philip J. Fry|Fry]]. In spite of his general selfishness and family-sized ego, he has occasionally demonstrated a capacity for generosity, even self-sacrifice, where his good friends are involved.<br />
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One of Bender's life-long dreams is to be a folk singer&mdash;a dream he briefly lived when he toured with [[Beck]] ([[Bendin' in the Wind|3ACV13]]). Normally his inhibition unit keeps his musical urges under control, but it tends to shut down in the presence of strong magnetic fields (especially in close proximity to his head). Ultimately things turned out tragically; fortunately for Bender, he's a robot with many life-long dreams. Another is being a great chef, like his idol [[Elzar]]. He achieved this dream as well when he defeated Elzar on the show ''[[Iron Cook]]'' ([[The 30% Iron Chef|3ACV22]]).--><br />
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== Personality and abilities ==<br />
Bender is often selfish and insensitive to other people's emotions. At one point, he flushed Leela's beloved pet Nibbler down the toilet. He is also quite vain, frequently bragging about how great he is. Bender has no qualms about committing crimes and often steals people's wallets or items from shops. He loves smoking and drinking, though as a robot he has to drink alcohol to keep him going. (The cigars just make him look cool.) Bender can also be cruel at times and even sometimes treats his own friends badly. He is also extremely lazy, and is often seen sitting around on the couch drinking a beer and/or watching television.<br />
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However, he is capable of caring for others and is close friends with Leela and Fry, even though he often acts obnoxious and mean towards them. Bender seems genuinely happy for Leela when she is reunited with her long lost parents and was devastated when he is ordered to kill Fry in ''[[Bender's Big Score]]''. Considering he is still upset when he returns to the future it's possible he might have been mourning Fry for nearly a thousand years.<br />
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[[File:Countessdelaroca.png|thumb|right|Countess de la Roca {{et|1ACV10}}, one of the fembots he had a relationship with.]]<br />
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Bender also has a fair few romantic relationships with fembots, such as [[Countess de la Roca]] and [[Angleyne]]. Bender can be quite emotional at times, despite stating that robots aren't supposed to have emotions, and is empathic towards turtles since they have hard shells and have difficulty getting up if they fell on their backs, two things they share in common with Bender. He also becomes the leader of a group of penguins at one point. Bender also idolised the Harlem Globetrotters and wanted to become one of them and started crying when they refused to let him join.<br />
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Bender also loves cooking though he had little talent for it and would often cook things that were either inedible or just barely edible. In certain episodes however, he has been able to make food successfully, making a cake for Nibbler's birthday party which was promptly eaten by the Nibblonian.<br />
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As a robot, Bender has quite a lot of abilities. He is able to stretch his arms long distances as well as record data in his head, once using this to get Richard Nixon to give him back his body. He also breathes fire whenever he burps and when he is terrified he sometimes ejects bricks from his backside which is his variant of defecation. (This is a reference to the slang phrase, to "s**t bricks", meaning to be very scared or surprised.) Although he usually only does this while in a state of shock, he has also done it after eating an {{w|Olestra}} potato chip from the 20th century. Bender is also very strong, even managing to bend a supposedly [[unbendable girder]]. <br />
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Bender is able to remove numerous parts of his body such as his head, arms, legs and even eyes. When he is staring at something or someone his eyes frequently extended out of his head. Like turtles he can withdraw into his chest when he chooses to. Bender can also survive in lava for a short time, though when he displays this ability his eyes melted as soon as he came out of the lava. Bender's body has also been used as a popcorn maker {{et|1ACV05}}, crock pot {{et|6ACV23}}, and steam engine (6ACV23).<br />
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== Biography ==<br />
[[File:Montholdbender.png|thumb|left|Bender when he was only a month old {{et|2ACV14}}.]]<br />
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=== Early years ===<br />
Bender Bending Rodriguez was built in [[Tijuana]], Mexico in the early [[2990s]], although he believed it was in [[2998]], by [[Mom's Friendly Robot Company]]. He has a fatal defect leaving him as mortal as a human. This seems almost impossible, as he is known to have time-traveled to the past (using the time code) and wait until the normal time again, which would make him thousands of years old. He lacks the hardware necessary for him to save a copy of his software daily, so unlike other bending units, if he begins to die, he cannot upload his data to another body. Nevertheless, his body is still extremely tough. Tough enough that he survived a small-scale nuclear war on his body with no harm, and only a tickling sensation {{et|3ACV20}}. Inspector 5 ([[Hermes]]) knew of the defect but let him live. There is some speculation about what happened in the following two years, but he briefly studied Bending at Bending State University, which may or may not be the facility he was built in. He minored in Robo-American Studies.<br />
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He soon got a job bending girders, but after realizing that the purpose of the girders he bent were for [[suicide booth]]s, he figured that his purpose was meaningless and thus decided to kill himself in one of the suicide booths he had helped construct.<br />
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=== You really want a robot for a friend? ===<br />
{{further|Season 1}}<br />
While waiting in line to kill himself on 31 December, 2999, [[Philip J. Fry|Fry]], who was clearly not familiar with suicide booths, stood in front of him, thinking it was a phone booth. Bender helped him along. But they managed to get out of the suicide booth alive. Bender soon learns that Fry is from the 20th Century and had been frozen for a thousand years.<br />
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But since Fry refused to get [[Career chip|assigned]] to his job, [[Turanga Leela|Leela]] was on his tail. Bender helped him escape through the [[Head Museum]] and soon down to [[Old New York]] below [[New New York]]. Here Leela finally caught up with them and agreed to help Fry. Bender decided to stay with them and they headed over to Fry's nephew, [[Professor Hubert J. Farnsworth|Professor Farnsworth]]. Farnsworth soon offered them jobs, and luckily for them, he had the proper career chips.<br />
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=== Farnsworth's asset ===<br />
As an employee at Planet Express he continued his kleptomania, drinking and smoking. He convinced Fry to [[I, Roommate|move in with him]] at his [[Apartment 00100100|apartment]] and soon [[Hermes Conrad]] forced him to actually do something around the company. He got assigned as chef of the company, one of his dreams was apparently to cook, but having no sense of taste made vile meals for the staff.<br />
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Bender got into trouble when he began abusing electricity (jacking on), and his friends were not in favor of it. Saddened by their discontent, he sought new opportunities in [[religion]]. He joined Robotology, but this only served to make him more annoying to his friends. So they decided to make Bender sin to become his regular self again, inadvertently condemning him to [[Robot Hell]]. Feeling guilty, Fry and Leela tracked Bender down and saved him from the [[Robot Devil]].<br />
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Bender has, in fact, found true love before, in the form of an aristocratic fembot, the [[Countess de la Roca]], whose relationship with him strongly resembled that of the protagonists of the movie ''{{w|Titanic (1997 film)|Titanic}}''. When the ''[[Titanic]]'' ship was being sucked into a black hole (due to [[Zapp Brannigan]] altering the ship's course), she was the only passenger to go down with it. But, despite this, his personality continued to be a problem for his friends, and Leela became very upset with him when he flushed [[Nibbler]] down the toilet. The Professor "carefully" implanted an empathy chip in Bender, which forced him to feel Leela's every emotion for a short while.<br />
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[[File:Bender.png|thumb|right|180px|An older promotional picture of Bender.]]<br />
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=== The lesser of two evils ===<br />
{{further|Season 2}}<br />
During a visit to [[Past-O-Rama]] they bumped into [[Flexo]] (serial number: 3370318), another bending unit, possibly also of the same model number (22). Flexo and Bender became good friends, but Fry feared that Flexo is evil, and in a mix up at the Miss Universe contest Flexo was arrested for Bender's attempt to steal the tiara.<br />
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Bender briefly joined the [[Robot Mafia]] and fought in the [[Ultimate Robot Fighting]] League until his popularity slipped and he was rigged out of the league. Together with his fellow robots he rebelled against [[Humans|humanity]].<br />
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=== Well - I'm rich ===<br />
Bender's Uncle [[Vladimir]] died and Bender was to inherit his castle, on the condition that he had to spend one night within its walls. Bender was not at all comfortable in his new castle and the start up sound of Windows 98 was not helping either.<br />
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While being chased by several hologram ghosts, he fled out in the yard where he was run over by a [[Were-Car|were-car]]. The collision caused a virus to be beamed into him and he became a were-car. Bender did not realize this until later, but the [[Gypsy]] told them the only way to get rid of the virus would be destroy the original were-car. So through a long journey they found the original were-car and destroyed it, and thus Bender was free of the virus.<br />
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Whether he kept the castle or not is unknown.<br />
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=== Now when I'm found in a million years, people will know what the score was ===<br />
{{further|Season 3}}<br />
Bender continued his life with many adventures together with Fry and Leela. He temporarily worked for [[Calculon]] as his water heater. He met up with Flexo again, but this time he was not happy to see him, because Bender figured that his second true love was still in love with Flexo. Bender screwed it up and the divorcees got back together.<br />
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He was briefly sent to an institute for insane robots, along with [[Philip J. Fry|Fry]], who went temporarily insane. He got to go on tour with [[Beck]] after becoming paralysed from a freak accident with a can opener, thus fulfilling his dream of becoming a folk-singer, became Pharaoh of an entire planet, driving everyone (including Fry and [[Turanga Leela|Leela]]) into slavery, and beat [[Elzar]] on the [[television]] show ''[[Iron Cook]]''. However, he did not accept the title of Iron Cook, only the lesser title of Zinc Saucier (which he made up, and comes with double prize money).<br />
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During a battle with [[Space Pirates]], Bender was shot out through the torpedo slot and was forced to drift through space. He, for some time, became the God of the [[Shrimpkins]], which was a life form that had grown on his stomach. But, after they viciously killed each other in a nuclear war, started by Bender's need for booze, Bender met up with the [[Galactic Entity]], who he believes ''is'' God. The Entity eventually sent Bender back to [[Earth]] after receiving a radio signal from Fry.<br />
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=== I should not be allowed on TV! ===<br />
{{further|Season 4}}<br />
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[[File:Bender-TV.JPG|thumb|right|Bender as [[Antonio]] on ''[[All My Circuits]]'' {{et|4ACV06}}.]]<br />
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Bender was still wanting his fame, he found interest in becoming [[Bender (All My Circuits)|the new]] [[Antonio Calculon, Jr.|Antonio]] on [[All My Circuits]]. He got the job. But Calculon was hardly impressed by Bender's performance, however the Network executives disagreed. So Bender got to continue on the show, but in his true nature.<br />
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But when Bender realized that his behaviour on TV causes [[Dwight Conrad|Dwight]] and [[Cubert Farnsworth|Cubert]] to steal his stuff, he called off the show.<br />
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Bender joined Fry and Leela briefly as they gained super powers in [[the New Justice Team]], he has had an affair with the [[Planet Express Ship]], he got modeled into a fembot and had a relationship shortly with Calculon, and helped [[Robot Santa]] as a replacement.<br />
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=== Dumb dumb away! ===<br />
{{further|Bender's Big Score}}<br />
But the company got into trouble when the [[Box Network]] canceled its license, and for two years they were not able to deliver packages. Luckily though, their license was renewed and they went back in business.<br />
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Bender became the centre of attention as the new masters of the company lead by [[Nudar]] infected him with an [[iObey]] virus and they forced him to go back in time and steal all of Earth's valuables. But when Fry managed to escape back into the past, they send him after Fry to kill him, and after 12 years tireless hunting, he managed to do so.<br />
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But he soon learned that the Fry he killed was doomed anyway because he was a [[time paradox duplicate]]. But after being stranded on [[Neptune]] for a while, humanity and he decided to fight back, and after the war was won (with the help of Hermes), he revealed that he himself had kept [[the Spheroboom]] that the scammers had told him to keep safe, thus saving the day. <br />
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However, while on a trip back in time to make sense out of everything that had happened that year, a mishap led to him accidentally tearing the universe open.<br />
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=== Death to humans! ===<br />
{{further|The Beast with a Billion Backs}}<br />
After becoming an official stalker for [[Calculon]] by Calculon, Bender fell into a deep depression after Calculon informed him that there was no such thing as the [[League of Robots]], a society of robots which came to the aid of robots abused by humans, and which Bender had worshipped for his entire life. He contemplated commiting suicide until he was approached by the League led by Calculon himself; he lied about its non-existence to ensure its secrecy.<br />
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Bender became the newest member of the League and began to personally enforce the no-humans policy of the organization, becoming very famous within it. However, Bender was caught helping his human friends and his bluffs were called by Calculon, whom Bender challenged to a duel. Bender broke the rules of the duel, severely injuring Calculon and nearly exposing the League, but instead of being kicked out of the League, Calculon resigned his position as President and gave it to Bender.<br />
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Bender organized the [[Army of the Damned]] (trading [[Bender's First Born Son|his firstborn son]] to the [[Robot Devil]] for it) to take over the world, only to discover that its entire population was already leaving to live on the body of a giant tentacled monster named [[Yivo]]. Bender soon received a letter from Fry describing how wonderful life was there, but Bender ended up interfering by [[The Robot Invasion of Heaven|attacking Yivo]] and attempting to bring humanity back. Soon, for personal reasons, Yivo unwittingly complied with Bender and had everybody return to Earth.<br />
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=== I know not of this Bender ===<br />
{{further|Bender's Game}}<br />
Bender finds himself attempting to catch up with a game of Dungeons and Dragons, played by [[Cubert Farnsworth]] and his friends. He soon hits the obstacle of realising he has no imagination. But the more he tries, he eventually believes he is [[Titanius Anglesmith]], Fancy Man of [[Cornwood]].<br />
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Unfortunately, his imagination grows wild, and he is sent to [[HAL Institute]] to be cured. The therapy is unsuccessful and they decide to give him a "robotomy". But during the operation, the [[dark matter]] crystals becomes close enough, allowing Bender's imagination to become real.<br />
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In his fantasy, he is the owner of a castle. When he hears of [[Waltazar, Larius and Ignus|Black Knights]] approaching, he sets out with his friends, [[Leegola]] and [[Frydo]]. Discovering the [[Die of Power]], he sets off to [[Great Wizard Greyfarn|Greyfarn]], where they learn of the story behind the Die. Titanius is slightly against the quest, but decides to tag along. On several occasions, he refers to going back, such as when they have just passed through the [[Cave of Hopelessness]].<br />
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On the other side, [[Fellowship]] decides to seek [[Wipe Castle]] for help. Unfortunately, the [[King of Cornwood]] is insane, and the entire royal army is gone, because the king declared war on scallops, tied the entire army to a rock, and pushed them into the ocean. As [[Momon]]'s forces arrive, they have a large, unwinnable battle at hand. But as things seems darkest, [[Leegola]] and her centaur army saves Wipe Castle. Knowing of Frydo's quest, the Fellowship decides to go help him. However, they are too late and Momon wins the battle, causing them to return to their world.<br />
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=== I'm...so...GREAT!! ===<br />
{{further|Into the Wild Green Yonder}}<br />
Bender takes a trip to [[Mars Vegas]] with the rest of the crew. There, he falls in love with [[Fanny]], a burlesque dancer, who is the [[Donbot]]'s wife. He enters the [[Universal Poker Championship]] Tournament for her and wins against Fry with five kings.<br />
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After returning to Earth, Bender feels upset that the [[Feministas]] are committing more felonies than him. He gets hired by [[Zapp Brannigan]] to help him capture the Feministas. By getting Bender to wire tap Fry's "cellphone-telephone" Zapp finds out where the Feministas are hiding and chases them aboard the [[Nimbus]], along with Bender and [[Kif Kroker|Kif]]. After an exciting space chase, Bender captures the Feministas and goes against them in court. They are found guilty and sent to [[Maxi-Padlock]] Prison.<br />
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Bender then breaks into the women's prison and helps the Feministas escape, because by doing so, he would have committed way more felonies than the women. He bends a brick wall and calls Farnsworth, who pilots the Planet Express Ship down to rescue them from the prison's forces. They crash a demolition ceremony, and in the end, Bender is sent through a [[Panama Wormhole|wormhole]] with the rest of the Planet Express Crew.<br />
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=== Dying sucks butt! ===<br />
{{further|Season 6}}<br />
After crashing the ship into Earth and being rebirthed {{et|6ACV01}}, Bender starts a [[robosexual]] relationship with [[Amy Wong|Amy]] {{et|6ACV04}}, after [[Kif Kroker|Kif]] dumps her for flirting with criminal inmates, despite his previously affirming that "[[Humans]] dating [[Robots]] is sick" {{et|3ACV15}}. Amy and Bender decided to marry, and manage to pass [[Proposition ∞|a proposition]] to legalize robosexual marriage. However, Bender leaves her upon realizing she wants a monogamous marriage. He participated in a [[Sith Invasion re-enactment|re-enactment of the Sith-il War]], after which he learned that he was built without a back-up unit {{et|6ACV06}}. He then goes with [[Hermes Conrad]] to determine why. Despite failing to do so, Bender uses the experience to reaffirm his stance on life. <br />
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Later, Bender witnesses robots undergoing evolution on a [[Robo-planetoid|deserted planetoid]] {{et|6ACV09}}. He was nearly killed after [[Mind-switcher|switching bodies]] with a [[Emperor Nikolai|Robo-Hungarian Emperor]] {{et|6ACV10}}. Later, he threw a [[100th Delivery Party|party celebrating Planet Express' 100th delivery]] {{et|6ACV12}}. After abruptly ending the party, Bender participated in the [[Devolution Revolution]], using his expertise to bend the [[Westside Pipeway]]. <br />
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When the crew crashes on [[Neutopia (planet)|a gender-neutral planet]], everyone's genders are switched in a freak accident and Bender resumes his feminine [[Coilette]] persona before the genders are corrected {{et|6ACV20}}. He then runs havok with the Professor's duplicator, creating exponentially miniature versions of himself that almost consume Earth but later band together to save it from [[Unattractive giant monster|a hideous monster]] {{et|6ACV17}}, though he dies soon afterward when a [[suicide booth]] murders him {{et|6ACV19}}. Bender lingers as a ghost but bargains with the [[Robot Devil]] to get his material body back in exchange for [[Fry]]. He attempts to scare him to death, but when Fry discloses his love for Bender, Bender refuses to kill Fry and ends up protecting him. [[Robot God]] then invites Bender to an existence in Robot Heaven as his reward, but Bender declines and returns to the crew.<br />
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After crashing a [[Robot Mafia]] wedding and making out with [[Bella]], [[Donbot]]'s daughter, Bender is forced to enter the witness relocation program {{et|6ACV14}}, and [[Francis X. Clampazzo|Clamps]] replaces him at work as an in for the Mafia to discover Bender's whereabouts and kill him. The crew is led to the [[Moon]] to [[Billy West (robot)|a hillbilly robot]] identical to Bender, but Bender is discovered to be in hiding as a waiter at the [[Family Bros. Pizza|pizza parlor]] across the street, and returns to work when the Mafia takes him for dead.<br />
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=== A new child ===<br />
{{further|Season 7}}<br />
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[[File:The Bots and the Bees screenshot.png|thumb|right|Bender and his son [[Ben]] {{et|7ACV01}}.]]<br />
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In [[3012]], Planet Express acquired a new soda machine named [[Bev]]. They did not get along very well, but a fight of theirs eventually culminated in sex. The next day, Bev gave birth to Bender's child. Bender did not take this well, worrying over his fatherhood and eventually learning about robot reproduction for the first time, as his mother's religious fundamentalism kept her from teaching him this information. He attempted to give custody of the child to Bev, presenting her with a certificate of abandonment, but she too did not take having a child well, and she left Bender with custody of the child. Though he was initially disappointed over this, he eventually discovered that his child took an interest in bending. Naming the child [[Ben Rodriguez|Ben]], they formed a bond with each other, but to their surprise, discovered that Ben's lack of arm control software and an additional expansion slot prevented him from bending. At Ben's Bot-Mitzvah, Ben expressed for his appreciation for his father as well as his hopes of bending just like him. At the ceremony, however, Bev regained custody of Ben, separating him from his father. That night, Bender broke Ben out of [[Bev's trailer]], but were caught in their escape by the police, who arrested Bender on grounds of kidnapping. Bev showed up at the scene and gave birth to [[Bev and URL's child|another child]], and content with having another child to neglect, allowed Bender to keep Ben. Ben, however, was still disappointed in not being unable to bend, so he takes up an offer by the Professor to have a bending card installed in him - consequently losing all his memories of Bender. Bender, though tearful, allowed the surgery to go on, and eventually accompanied his son to his enrollment at [[Bending State University]] in Santa Cruz {{et|7ACV01}}.<br />
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He later briefly worked as a paparazzo for ''[[Us People]]'' magazine {{et|7ACV04}}.<br />
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In [[3013]], Bender entered a tap-dance contest {{et|7ACV25}}.<br />
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=== Ruler of Earth ===<br />
After Nixon's fourth term in office began, things went downhill for the Earthican population to the point when robots began doing all the tedious labor and consequently, they began a rebellion led by Bender {{et|7ACV03}}. At some point between 3014 and 3028 Bender became ruler of Earth and started killing humans, thus fulfilling his life-long desire.<br />
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== Character description ==<br />
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=== Composition ===<br />
Bender routinely claims to be made of thirty to forty percent of various metals, typically following his claims up by knocking on his own chassis. Unfortunately, his credibility on this matter is thrown into question by the fact that his various claims now add up to well over one hundred percent. Bender has alternately claimed to be:<br />
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*40% Zinc {{et|1ACV13}}<br />
*40% Titanium {{et|A Head in the Polls}}<br />
*30% Iron {{et|The 30% Iron Chef}} - Presumably mixed with osmium. {{et|3ACV17}}<br />
*40% Dolomite {{et|4ACV07}}<br />
*40% Lead ([[Futurama (video game)|FVG]]) - Canon status of video game uncertain.<br />
*40% Luck/horseshoes ([[Into the Wild Green Yonder|ITWGY]]) - Composition of the horseshoes unknown.<br />
*40% Chromium {{et|Attack of the Killer App}} - Bender was not the one to make this claim, it was an [[Antarian]].<br />
*60% Storage space {{et|The Prisoner of Benda}}<br />
*40% Scrap metal {{et|All the Presidents' Heads}}<br />
*40% Wire {{et|Decision 3012}}<br />
*40% Empty {{et|Free Will Hunting}}<br />
*40% Ass {{et|Naturama}} - Non-[[canon]].<br />
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In "[[Near-Death Wish]]", Bender states that a set of virtual adaptor caps stored inside of him (that he uses to get himself, Fry and Leela into [[Virtual Retirement]]) are "40% safe", but this probably wouldn't count as part of his composition. In "[[Assie Come Home]]", Bender's body (except for his eyes and mouth) is stolen, so he uses the help of Fry and Leela to retrieve it. After finding his head, antenna and torso, he says: "I'm 40% back, baby!". This is a combination of two of Bender's [[catchphrase]]s; one being him stating a percentage of what he is composed of, the other being "I'm back, baby!".<br />
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Total: 150% - 370% or greater. The number is dependent on whether or not one counts various claims as true. First the "40% Horseshoes" claim, as the supposed horseshoes could have been made of one or more of the other metals previously stated (Titanium, Iron, or Lead), meaning that one could have been a restatement rather than a new figure. Second, it depends on whether or not he considers his storage space and wires to be part of the total percentage of himself, in which case the remaining 40% each that he often claims to be would constitute the rest of his body. Third, the claim of "40% Lead" is dependent on whether the video game can be considered canon. Fourth and finally, whether the claim of "40% Chromium" is accepted at all. This claim was not made by Bender but rather one of the Antarians. It is plausible that the claim is false and that it was just made to justify the in-progress cannibalization of Bender's body. <br />
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Even if all previous points made are taken into account and only the first four claims were used, Bender's composition would be 150%, far more than what is possible. This error can be explained as due to Bender's being a poor calculator, making it plausible that he has given the wrong percentages {{et|3ACV09}}.<br />
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Additionally, he has a 0.04% nickel impurity, which doesn't ''increase'' total percentage, but slightly ''decreases'' the percentages of everything else. This is apparently not a standard impurity, and is cited as making him unique {{et|3ACV17}}.<br />
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There's also a mention that robots are made from recycled beer cans and beer cans are made from recycled robots {{et|1ACV08}}, so depending on the year 3000 composition of beer cans, he may have a certain percentage of aluminum in his alloy.<br />
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As a side note, ''{{w|Dolemite}}'' is also the title of a 1974 film. The film's main character, Dolemite, is a pimp who leads an army of hookers skilled in kung-fu.<ref>[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0072895/ IMDB - Dolemite]</ref> Bender has been a pimp many times throughout the series.<br />
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This running gag is referenced in the title of the episode "[[Forty Percent Leadbelly]]".<br />
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=== Family ===<br />
[[File:Bender's Xmas 2.jpg|right|thumb|[[Bender's mother]], whom he refers to as his mommy {{et|2ACV04}}.]]<br />
*[[Professor Hubert J. Farnsworth|Professor Farnsworth]], Bender's owner and the creator of the sports utility robot on which Bender and all/most other modern robots are based.<br />
*[[Flexo]], not exactly a relative, but another [[bending unit]] of the same model. (presumed deceased)<br />
*[[Billy West (character)|Billy West]], identical model (deceased)<br />
*[[Mom]], owner of [[Mom's Friendly Robot Company]].<br />
*[[Bender's mother|His mother]], a robotic arm who sends him [[Xmas]] cards.<br />
*[[Ben Rodriguez]], son.<br />
*[[Bender's father|His father]], who was killed by a giant can opener {{et|2ACV01}}.<br />
*Uncle [[Vladimir]], who lived in [[Thermostadt]], capital of the [[Robo-Hungarian Empire]], and died at the ripe old age of 211.<br />
*[[Tandy]], Uncle Vladimir's son and hence Bender's [[list of cousins|cousin]].<br />
*Screwy Aunt Rita, who ''is'' a screw. (Note that Bender stated that he had an Aunt Rita during Leela's coma fantasy in the episode "[[The Sting]]", so this may not be true.)<br />
*[[Albert]], [[Sally]], [[Nina]], [[Sam]] and 8 other orphans, briefly adopted from the [[Cookieville Minimum-Security Orphanarium]].<br />
*Three penguin "children" {{et|3ACV05}}.<br />
*[[Junior]], a child born to [[The Crushinator]] ([[Freaky Fry-day|US#009]]). Comic books of uncertain canon status.<br />
*[[Bender's first born son|His first born son]], Bender exchanges him for an [[Army of the Damned]].<br />
*Bender's grandmother, who is a bulldozer.<br />
*Buster, identical cousin.<br />
*Turner, another cousin {{et|6ACV08}}.<br />
*Commodore LXIV, or Commodore 64. A painting of this robot is hanging in Uncle [[Vladimir]]'s dining hall and can be assumed to be one of Bender's ancestors.<br />
*[[Bender's guinea pig|His guinea pig]], who died off-screen prior to the [[V-GINY]]'s rampage {{et|6ACV02}}.<br />
*[[Hermes Conrad|Inspector 5]], Inspector at Mom's friendly robot plant in Tijuana, Mexico {{et|6ACV06}}.<br />
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=== Age ===<br />
According to himself, Bender was originally constructed in [[2998]], making him one year old when Fry met him in 2999, but several later discoveries supports the theory that he was in fact born earlier. Bender's memory as newborn is as a complete, fullgrown robot, but events in "[[Teenage Mutant Leela's Hurdles]]" suggest that his current, fullgrown body merely was the final stage, and it is possible that Bender only remembers entering this final stage - what he considers being born.<br />
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In Season 6 episode "[[Lethal Inspection]]", it is revealed that Hermes supervised Bender's construction before getting the job in [[Planet Express]], and is seen much younger than he must have been in the late [[2990s]]. We also see that the state in which he was supervised - reminiscent of a human baby - much differs from the one Bender remembers from 2998. In "[[The Prisoner of Benda]]", it can be shown that Hermes was already in the company in [[2993]], and thus Bender must have been born in that year at least, and possibly even earlier.<br />
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[[File:Roswell that ends well.jpg|thumb|right|220px|The events of "[[Roswell that Ends Well]]" aged Bender's head 1055 years ahead of his body.]]<br />
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The events in "[[Roswell that Ends Well]]" make his head 1055 years older than the rest of his body. The incident in "[[Teenage Mutant Leela's Hurdles]]" does largely not count as an aging or the opposite, and fans largely regard his age to remain intact. In {{f|1}}, Bender travels back in time several times, though the amount of times is unknown, the amount of Benders that appear at the end, may suggest at least a couple of thousand times. Given how many of these travels seems to be between 1000 to 5000 years in the past (from about 3007), an educated guess would make him at least a million years old, but probably more. An alternative theory could suggest when the time duplicates explode at the end of the first film, Bender is the same age he was at the end of the original run plus 995 years, as the Bender that went back 995 years in time to kill Fry is presumed to be the original and therefore wouldn't expire like the rest of them.<br />
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In the comic, "[[Rust in Peace]]", it is revealed that Bender, due to too much time travelling, must be inserted into a renewed unit. Farnsworth determines his age to be 27,203 before moving him to his new body. But 27,203 seems a lot less than what would be a quick educated guess. 27,203 would require Bender to have gone at least about a thousand years back each time and only gone 27 times, or instead gone more years back and done fewer than 27 times. But regardless of the ordeal, the amount of Benders appearing at the end of ''Bender's Big Score'' seems to contradict this fact. The event in the comic is thus not considered [[canon]].<br />
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=== Durability ===<br />
Bender frequently displays incredible durability, to the point that he appears to be indestructible. He has been completely flattened, hit point-blank with a shotgun, had several chips removed from his severed head, then had his head [[Roswell That Ends Well|buried for over a thousand years]], had his lower torso melted from a cosmic electrical disturbance, been [[Godfellas|launched out of a torpedo tube then withstood atmospheric reentry]], [[Jurassic Bark|submerged himself in lava]], and been burned to nothing but his eyes and mouth after converting his body entirely into wood<br />
(though this was a [[Obsoletely Fabulous|dream]], but it is implied the dream could actually happen). In "[[Rebirth]]", after having been nearly eaten by a [[cyclophage]] and have a [[Doomsday Devices|doomsday device]] explode inside him, he remarks "What does it take to kill me?". A bomb has also exploded inside him in "[[War Is the H-Word]]" (twice). He survives being shot point-blank at [[Lrrreconcilable Ndndifferences|least]] [[Law and Oracle|three]] [[Benderama|times]] in Season 6, survived [[Neutopia|being completely melted]], was [[Ghost in the Machines|able to come out of Limbo after having been killed]] and [[The Tip of the Zoidberg|had his head sliced in half by spinning blades.]]<br />
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However, as it's revealed in "[[Lethal Inspection]]", Bender was built without a backup unit. This means he can't download his personality or memories to another body, which he wanted to do if his original body got killed. Therefore, if his body is destroyed, he dies. As it turned out, [[Hermes Conrad|Inspector #5]] was the one responsible for mercifully approving Bender as a perfect robot, thus allowing him to live despite actually being a defective [[Robots|robot]].<br />
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=== Alternate appearances ===<br />
*'''[[2ACV08]]''': '''Bender the Offender/Gender Bender''' Bender joins the [[Ultimate Robot Fighting League]], and become 'Bender the Offender', but after he becomes less popular, [[Abner Doubledeal]], the Commissioner of the URFL, changed his persona to 'The Gender Bender'<br />
*'''[[2ACV16]]''': '''Giant Bender:''' In a [[canon|non-canon]] scenario, Bender is pictured as 500 feet tall. During the episode, he claims to weigh 7 billion tons (14 trillion pounds).<br />
**'''Go-Kart Bender:''' After being murdered by [[Turanga Leela|Leela]] in aforementioned episode, she reassembles his parts into a sporty go-kart.<br />
*'''[[2ACV18]]''': '''[[Were-Car]] Bender:''' In "[[The Honking]]", Bender is transformed each midnight into a malicious were-car, determined to kill [[Philip J. Fry|his closest friend]].<br />
*'''[[3ACV03]]''': '''[[Robot Santa Claus|Santa]] Bender:''' Bender becomes a good Santa. This appearance basically has Bender's body painted red.<br />
*'''[[3ACV15]]''': '''Parallel Bender:''' The only difference apparent between Bender and his counterpart in the parallel universe (the ''only'' alternate universe at the time) was that parallel Bender (along with the rest of the parallel Planet Express crew) was wearing a cowboy hat and vest when both crews visited the [[Edge of the Universe]]. Whether this is the norm for the parallel Crew, or was due to some difference in parallel Fry's touristy adventure that day was never mentioned.<br />
*'''[[3ACV18]]''': '''Human Bender:''' In "[[Anthology of Interest II]]", Bender asks what it would be like if he were human. Despite being Mexican, he appears to be Caucasian. (Note: this could be a ''default setting'' on the professors device.)<br />
*'''[[3ACV19]]''': '''Flying Saucer Bender:''' After crashing to the New Mexico desert, the US military mistakenly reassembles Bender's body to resemble a small (functional) flying saucer.<br />
*'''[[4ACV04]]''': '''Superking:''' Bender joins the [[New Justice Team]] as the superhero "Superking", with a cape, a mask and a royal crown.<br />
*'''[[4ACV09]]''': '''Young Bender:''' Bender takes several reverted forms in "[[Teenage Mutant Leela's Hurdles]]", including a software disc and a set of "Bending unit blueprints". Modifications include braces and dish-antenna-like ears.<br />
*'''[[4ACV13]]''': '''[[Coilette]]:''' Bender undergoes a sex-change operation in order to win five olympic gold medals. Faked his(her) own death with a fictional disease called "[[African Hydraulic Fever]]" because he(she) did not want to marry [[Calculon]].<br />
*'''[[4ACV14]]''': '''Wooden Bender:''' In a [[canon|dream]], Bender downgrades to a wooden, steam-powered version, and he also has termites inside him.<br />
*'''[[4ACV15]]''': '''Golden Bender:''' In [[Universe 1]], Bender's coin flip resulted in his choosing the gold finish instead of the foghat grey that we're used to.<br />
*'''[[Bender's Big Score|BBS]]''': '''[[iObey]] Bender:''' In ''[[Bender's Big Score]]'', Bender was tricked into downloading the iObey obedience virus. He is forced to do anything the naked scammers tell him, and his pupils become red pixel swirls.<br />
*'''[[The Beast with a Billion Backs|BwBB]]''': '''LOR Bender:''' Bender is given a luxurious ascot to wear, as he becomes a new member of the [[League of Robots]].<br />
**'''Pirate Bender:''' He dressed as a pirate in honor of Fry in his attempt to retrieve him from [[Yivo]]'s body.<br />
*'''[[Bender's Game|BG]]''': '''[[Titanius Anglesmith]]:''' While playing ''Dungeons & Dragons'' in ''[[Bender's Game]]'', Bender convinces himself that he is a knight and goes insane. <!-- When [[Cornwood]] is created, his delusions are made real. --><br />
*'''[[6ACV17]]''': '''Gray Goo Bender:''' Bender calls upon his legions of microscopic [[Bender duplicates]] to join together with him and form a gigantic version of him, in order to defeat the [[Unattractive giant monster]].<br />
*'''[[6ACV19]]''': '''Ghost Bender:''' After Bender's death, his software takes on a ghostly existence.<br />
*'''[[6ACV25]]''': '''Overclocked Bender:''' In a cave behind a waterfall, he has processed inside out.<br />
*'''[[7ACV19]]''': '''Bendee Boo:''' Bender is re-conceived as a dog.<br />
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==== Image gallery ====<br />
<gallery><br />
Were-Car.jpg|Bender as a were-car {{et|2ACV18}}.<br />
Human Bender.jpg|Human Bender, with floozies {{et|3ACV18}}.<br />
Super King.jpg|Bender as [[Superking]] {{et|4ACV04}}.<br />
Ghost in the Machines infobox.png|Bender as a ghost {{et|6ACV19}}.<br />
Bendee Boo.png|Bender as Bendee Boo, a parody of the cartoon dog {{w|Scooby-Doo (character)|Scooby-Doo}} {{et|7ACV19}}.<br />
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== Additional Info ==<br />
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=== Trivia ===<br />
*Bender is bending unit 22. "Bender Bending Rodriguez" has 22 letters.<br />
*Bender's e-mail address is: bender@iloveBender.com<br />
*It is recommended that he run on 5 gigawatts.<br />
*Interestingly enough, Bender appears to have been an entirely different [[Robot]] before having met Fry. They meet when Bender is (at the very least) guilty and willing to kill himself over his dismay at finding out that the girders he had been bending were for [[suicide booth]]s. However, after Bender bends the bars keeping them from escaping Leela, Bender declares that from then on he will live his life only for him and do only what he wants to do. This may, however, just be an overlook by the writers of the show simply for the sake of introducing Fry to the drastic changes the future has brought (booths that are as ubiqitous as phone booths for suicide; walking, talking Robots).<br />
**This sudden change could be explained by the electric shock Bender received shortly before bending the bars. Not only did it change his programming, it changed his opinions on various things.<br />
**A year later however, Bender presents a picture of himself when he was only a month old with a bottle of beer and a cigar {{et|2ACV14}}, showing he has always been a "precocious little scamp" {{et|3ACV06}}.<br />
***All robots need beer to function, and that may not have been a cigar.<br />
****It was probably a cigar. However, drinking and smoking do not necessarily mean he is amoral befor the electric shock. He smoked cigars from the very first episode, saying "they make me look cool".<br />
*He has been [[New New York v. Bender|charged]] for pimping.<br />
*Bender's apartment number is 00100100. This is a binary representation of the ASCII character '$' or 36 in decimal.<br />
*Bender's serial number is 2716057. This can be expressed as the sum of 2 cubes. Specifically, 952<sup>3</sup> + (-951)<sup>3</sup>.<br />
*Additionally, he seems to be the [[1729]]<sup>th</sup> unit produced by his "mommy".<br />
*The word "bender" can refer to a drinking spree, hinting at Bender's heavy alcohol use.<br />
*Bender's head contains a {{w|MOS Technology 6502|6502 Microprocessor}} {{et|1ACV13}}, and his ass an {{w|Athlon II}} {{et|6ACV25}}. It is possible that inbetween the events of {{et|1ACV13}} and {{et|6ACV25}}, he got a processor change, which would make sense considering that the Athlon II was introduced in 2009. After Cubert overclocks Bender's ass, Bender discovers that he has "an extra processor in his compartment of mystery".<br />
*Bender dies at the end of both of his what-if scenarios in each Anthology of Interest and both have one of the characters saying "Goodnight, sweet prince" (Fry in the first and Farnsworth in the second) to Bender when he dies.<br />
*His self-destruct code is "Destruct Sequence 1A2B3". However, this appears to cause only his head to self-destruct, leaving the rest of his body intact and functional. This is a reference to the self-destruct codes of the USS Enterprise from Star Trek III: The Search for Spock.<br />
*Bender cannot have magnets attached to his head, or it will "screw up his inhibition unit", thus causing him to sing crazy variations of folk songs.<br />
*Apparently stole the Prime Minister of Norway's arm.<br />
*Despite Bender being made of various metals as hard as iron and titanium, [[humans]] and other organic organisms seem to have little to no difficulty harming his metal body using only their fists and feet.<br />
*His birthstone is [[Robobium]].<br />
*Is able to simultaneously reattach each of his severed arms with the other.<br />
*He cannot get up when he is knocked on his back. At least not until he learns how to from the majestic turtle.<br />
*His [[antenna]] interferes with satelite televisions, along with some cellphones.<br />
*He, along with [[Philip J. Fry|Fry]] and [[Turanga Leela|Leela]], appears in all episodes of the series.<br />
*No one can say he doesn't own John Laraquette's Spine.<br />
*In addition, he seems to own the skeletal remains of Charlamagne, as shown in "[[Jurassic Bark]]".<br />
*Bender has Hexakosioihexekontahexaphobia, fear of the number 666, as hinted in "[[The Honking]]".<br />
*Bender is the most evil robot in the series, as acknowledged by [[Robot Santa]] and the [[Robot Devil]].<br />
*Bender has named his hands "Grabby and Squeezy," and his footcups "Stompy and Smashy."<br />
*Bender's favorite cause of death is being crushed to death by a big rig driven by The Incredible Hulk.<br />
*In Firefox 3, if you type "about:robots" into the address bar, a page with several cultural references to robots is displayed. The fourth bullet point says "Robots have shiny metal posteriors which should not be bitten."<br />
*His vanity plate reads “1 DVS BSTD” (one devious bastard).<br />
*He said the last sentence in all 4 [[film]]s: "Well, we're boned" {{et|BBS}}, "I love you, meatbags!" {{et|TBwaBB}}, "Whip harder, Professor!" {{et|BG}}, "Into the breach, meatbags. Or not, whatever" {{et|ItWGY}}.<br />
*Bender's waste management facilities may convert material he consumes into bricks.<br />
*Bender's mighty robot powers allow him to get sick of things much quicker than humans.<br />
*Bender is said to be roughly 500 pounds in "[[Gender Bender]]" but in ''[[Into the Wild Green Yonder]]'' he says he is 2 tons. Despite this, he is shown as being easily lifted and carried by Fry in "[[Ghost in the Machines]]", suggesting that he may be significantly lighter than either of the above figures.<br />
*He goes into sleep mode whenever there is too much exposition.<br />
*Bender has appeared in ''[[Family Guy]]'', "[[The Simpsons]]", and ''[[The Cleveland Show]]''.<br />
*He has referred to his chest compartment as his "compartment of mystery" (6ACV25).<br />
*Bender was featured on the front cover of all the Futurama DVDs, until [[Volume 6]].<br />
*In March 2012, hackers elected Bender to the {{w|District of Columbia Public Schools|D.C. school board}}.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ccinsider.comedycentral.com/2012/03/02/futuramas-bender-elected-to-dc-schoolboard/|title=Futurama's Bender Elected to DC School Board! <nowiki>|</nowiki> Comedy Central Insider <nowiki>|</nowiki> Funny, TV and Comedy Blog|author=Tobey, Matt|date=2012-03-02|site=[[Comedy Central]] Insider|accessdate=2012-03-02}}</ref><br />
*Even though his head has been shown to function as a camera many times before (the first time being in "[[When Aliens Attack]]"), he still carries around his own portable camera (with film!) to remember "neat" events.<br />
*He owns a black-handled switchblade, which he often uses to sharpen wooden sticks to use for protection while in prison.<br />
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=== Name ===<br />
[[File:Rodriguez BBS.png|thumb|225px|Bender's name in the [[opening sequence]] for ''[[Bender's Big Score]]''.]]<br />
Bender's full name was not revealed until Season 3. This is a list of appearances of the name "Rodriguez".<br />
{{list expansion|sure=no}}<br />
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*{{e|3ACV04}} <small>(as Bender Bending Rodriguez)</small><br />
*{{e|3ACV09}} <small>(as Bender B. Rodriguez)</small><br />
*{{f|1}} <small>(as Bender Bending Rodriguez and Bender Rodriguez)</small><br />
*{{f|2}} <small>(as Bender Bending Rodriguez)</small><br />
*{{f|4}} <small>(as Bender Rodriguez)</small><br />
*{{e|6ACV04}}<br />
*{{e|6ACV14}}<br />
*{{e|6ACV25}} <small>(as Bender Rodriguez)</small><br />
*{{e|7ACV01}} <small>(as [[Ben Rodriguez|Ben "Vending" Rodriguez]])</small><br />
*{{e|7ACV03}} <small>(as B.B. Rodriguez)</small><br />
*{{e|7ACV09}} <small>(as Bender Rodriguez)</small><br />
*{{e|7ACV14}} <small>(as Ramblin' Rodriguez, Bender Rodriguez, and Rodriguez)</small><br />
*{{e|7ACV18}} <small>(as Bender B. Rodriguez, in speech and text, and Rodriguez)</small><br />
{{appear-end}}<br />
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=== Voice ===<br />
Of all the voices on the show, Bender's voice was the most difficult to cast. This is because none of the creators and crew were sure what a robot should sound like yet. So they had every voice actor who auditioned also audition for the role of Bender. Even [[David X. Cohen]] was suggested for the role.<br />
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[[John DiMaggio]] originally auditioned with Bender's voice for Professor Farnsworth. Among the bases for the voice were the character of Taggart from {{w|Blazing Saddles}} and DiMaggio's original character "Charlie the Sausage Lover". In the [[Commentary:Spanish Fry|audio commentary of Spanish Fry]], David X. Cohen joked about it also being "90 parts John DiMaggio."<br />
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=== Catchphrases ===<br />
Bender's basic [[catchphrase]] is "[[Bite my shiny metal ass]]".<br />
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Variations on this include the following:<br />
*Bite my red-hot glowing ass! {{er|1ACV12}}<br />
*Lick my frozen metal ass! {{er|2ACV04}}<br />
*Bite my colossal metal ass! {{er|2ACV16}}<br />
*Bite my splintery wooden ass! {{er|4ACV14}}<br />
*Bite my glorious golden ass! {{er|4ACV15}}<br />
*Bite my shiny metal face!! {{er|BG}}<br />
*Bite my shiny metal hat. <small>(said by [[Fry]])</small> {{er|ItWGY}}<br />
*Bite my tiny metal ass! <small>(said by a microscopic [[Bender duplicate]])</small> {{er|6ACV17}}<br />
*''Bite my fhiny metal aff'' {{er|6ACV23}}<br />
*Byte my 8-bit metal ass! <small>(said by Bender during the video-game segment)</small> {{er|6ACV26}}<br />
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Other common catchphrases are:<br />
*"[[Me, Bender]]": whenever he says "me", he usually follows it with "Bender", thus producing the sentence "me, Bender." Thus making this the most said character name on the show.<br />
*"Well, [[we're boned]].", said in situations where he, or a group of people including him, are in a large amount of trouble.<br />
*"I'm back, baby!" whenever he makes an intriguing appearance on the scene; Bender had also said the phrase "We're back, baby!" on numerous occasions, particularly in reference to the series' revival. At one point, Bender just said, "Yeah, we're back." while filing his "nails" after escaping the wormhole.<br />
*"[[Neat!]]", when Bender is taking a picture with [[Bender's camera|his purple camera]], usually of something disturbing or disgusting.<br />
*"Cheese it!" whenever he encourages other characters to run away from trouble. This is used less commonly.<br />
*"[[Fun on the bun]]", another less common catchphrase that is used whenever Bender describes amusement.<br />
*"He's pending for a bending.", a phrase used as a warning very few times throughout the show.<br />
*"[[Bender is great!]]", like "Me, Bender", he usually likes to say this to emphasize his enormous ego.<br />
*"Oooh!", a ghostly/eerie noise often accompanied by jazz hands when feigning supernatural abilities, etc... (The Gypsy machine also did this once to Fry)<br />
*"Kill all humans..." This is a much more prevalent saying of Bender's in the early episodes.<br />
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Bender also has a tendency to call humans "meatbag" when he is displeased or annoyed with them. Additionally, Bender regularly says "Kill all humans", although, in [[The Sting|Leela's dream]] he claims to whisper "except one", referring to Fry, every time too. In "Naturama" when Bender is represented as an elephant seal, he mutters "Kill all penguins" in his sleep.<br />
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[[File:Anthology.jpg|right|thumb|Giant Bender as seen in a "What If?" scenario, about to get attacked by giant [[Dr. John Zoidberg|Zoidberg]] {{et|2ACV16}}.]]<br />
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As stated in "[[War Is the H-Word]]", the top ten words that Bender uses more than any others is as follows:<br />
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<ol start="10"><br />
<li>Chump</li><br />
<li value="9">Chumpette</li><br />
<li value="8">Yours</li><br />
<li value="7">Up</li><br />
<li value="6">Pimpmobile</li><br />
<li value="5">Bite</li><br />
<li value="4">My</li><br />
<li value="3">Shiny</li><br />
<li value="2">Daffodil</li><br />
<li value="1">Ass</li><br />
</ol><br />
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It is by no means impossible that the second word in the list is not "metal" considering all the variations of his catchphrase. In reference to his use of the word "daffodil", he said the sentence "Hot-diggidy-daffodil" in this episode and again in {{f|2}}. "Chumpette" is only uttered once though. "Pimpmobile" was also spoken by Bender in [[Futurama (video game)|the game]]. However, in all likelihood, Bender's real most spoken words would most likely be along the lines of any other speaker of the English language: the, and, I, a, so; etc.<br />
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=== Assets and titles ===<br />
Bender has, over the years gained many assets and ranks in various organizations and a large amount of wealth. Some of these include:<br />
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*Served as Prime Minister of [[Trisol]] under the brief rule of [[Philip J. Fry|Fry the Solid]] (most likely terminated when the old emperor came back into power or when Bender and the rest of the crew fled Trisol).<br />
*A castle, inherited from his [[Vladimir|uncle]], though possibly forfeited when he failed to spend a night within.<br />
*Leader of the [[League of Robots]]<br />
*Commander of the [[Army of the Damned]]<br />
*[[Iron Cook]], on the television show of the same name (Zinc Saucier)<br />
*The [[Dirty Double Cross]], Earth's highest honor in swindling<br />
*[[Calculon]]'s official stalker (possibly fired when he maimed Calculon during a duel)<br />
*Spy for the [[DOOP]]<br />
*An enormous amount of wealth from various crimes<br />
*Pharaoh of [[Osiris 4]]<br />
*Prime Minister of Norway, due to him having the real Prime Minister of Norway's hand AND career chip<br />
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=== Functions, attachments, and accessories ===<br />
As we can see during the episodes, Bender has a lot of different functions. Here is a list of them:<br />
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*'''Trash Can''': Bender's own cavity can be used as a trash can. First seen "[[Space Pilot 3000]]" as he throws a bottle of beer inside himself.<br />
*'''Extenso-matic Eyes''': His eyes can zoom out of his normal layer, so he can get a better view on things; they tend to fall out when he zooms too far. First seen also in "[[Space Pilot 3000]]".<br />
*'''Subway Car''': His legs can extend onto rail tracks and his feet work like wheels, allowing Fry, Leela, and a random bum transportation in Old New York. Seen only in "[[The Luck of the Fryrish]]".<br />
*'''Extenso-matic arms''': Bender's arms and legs are capable of extending to many times their normal length. First seen in "[[The Series Has Landed]]".<br />
*'''[[Gaydar]]''': Bender pulls out a small radar device to prove to [[Amy]] and [[Leela]] that a man they are interested in is gay. It surprisingly works, seen in "[[Love's Labours Lost in Space]]".<br />
*'''Video Camera''': Each of Bender's eyes can be used as a camera, either to take pictures or to film things. Both are first seen in "[[When Aliens Attack]]". He also has one more camera, located "below the equator" which does not always "perform". The camera is never seen, but it can be heard extending.<br />
*'''Cowcatcher''': In "[[A Taste of Freedom]]", Bender has a 19th century style cowcatcher installed to his front to clear a path through the crowd outside the Decapodian Embassy.<br />
*'''Barbecue''': Bender's cavity is used the same way as a barbecue. He used it to cook some burgers. First seen in "[[When Aliens Attack]]".<br />
*'''Oven''': His cavity can be used as an oven, to cook things. The real function name is "E-z Bake", and is used to cook a cake for [[Nibbler]], in the episode "[[I Second that Emotion]]".<br />
*'''Refrigerator''': His cavity can also be used to refrigerate, as seen also in "[[I Second that Emotion]]".<br />
*'''Stage Light''': A light can come out of his cavity. He used it for the first time in "[[When Aliens Attack]]".<br />
*'''AC Power''' generator: Bender plugs a television power cord into his side in [[Bender Should Not Be Allowed on TV]].<br />
*'''Popcorn maker''': Bender can make some popcorn in his cavity. He can also push down on his antenna to dispense butter. First seen in "[[Fear of a Bot Planet]]".<br />
*'''Keg''': Bender can also serve some beers within is cavity. First seen in "[[Hell Is Other Robots]]".<br />
*'''Toilet''': Bender's cavity is used as a toilet in the episode "[[The Cyber House Rules]]". He pushes his antenna to flush.<br />
*'''Recorder:''' Bender can record things with his head. First seen in "[[A Head in the Polls]]", to record [[Richard Nixon's head]]'s words. He records onto magnetic tape cassettes.<br />
[[File:Lighthouse bender.png|right|thumb|Bender as a lighthouse {{et|4ACV14}}.]]<br />
*'''Oxygen Supplier''': In the episode "[[The Deep South]]", Bender is used as an Oxygen Supplier, that comes via some masks.<br />
*'''Exhaust Port''': Bender's exhaust port is present in his ass, as seen in "[[Crimes of the Hot]]".<br />
*'''Flotation Device''': In "[[The Deep South]]", Bender refer to his ass as a Flotation Device.<br />
*'''Pepper Grinder''': In "[[The 30% Iron Chef]]", Bender inserts peppercorns in his mouth and shakes ground pepper out of his ass.<br />
*'''Beer Tub''': Beer ferments in Bender's chest cavity in the episode "[[The Route of All Evil]]". It has a capacity of at least five gallons, six ounces.<br />
*'''Pager''': Antenna glows and vibrates to notify the New Justice Team of a call from the mayor in "[[Less than Hero]]".<br />
*'''Oil Sprayer :''' Bender sprays oil on a cosmetic saleswoman in "[[A Fishful of Dollars]]".<br />
*'''Mail Box''': Bender's antenna indicates when he is receiving mail. First seen in "[[Crimes of the Hot]]".<br />
*'''Chicken Deboner''': Bender can debone a chicken by putting it into his mouth. He then regurgitates the chicken's skeleton and a feather duster. Seen in "[[The 30% Iron Chef]]".<br />
*'''Card Shuffler''': Bender can put a deck of cards into his mouth to shuffle them, and then spit them back out to deal them. He can apparently spit them with enough force for them to cut through objects such as apples and hair. Seen in "[[How Hermes Requisitioned His Groove Back]]".<br />
*'''Circular Saw''': Bender can use his hands as a circular saw and lower a matching eyeshade to protect his eyes. First seen in "[[Less than Hero]]".<br />
*'''EFTPOS Machine''': In "[[Leela's Homeworld]]", Bender takes the Professor's credit card and swipes it between his teeth to check its balance.<br />
*'''Laser Show''': In "[[Jurassic Bark]]", Bender projects an expensive-looking laser show with his head, complete with techno music.<br />
*'''Flamethrower''': Bender boils some water using flames coming out of his mouth in "[[Anthology of Interest I]]". May not be a real feature due the scene being part of a simulation.<br />
*'''Stadium air horn''': In "[[The Devil's Hands Are Idle Playthings]]", the [[Robot Devil]] installs a stadium air horn under Bender's nose.<br />
*'''Voice Modifier''': In "[[Bender Gets Made]]", Bender changed his voice via a control panel. Two voices are available : Robot (his normal voice), and King (his normal voice with a British accent).<br />
*'''Bug Zapper''': In "[[Spanish Fry]]", Bender shows that he is apparently capable of charging his surface with electricity and using his head to electrocute bugs.<br />
*'''Lighthouse''': In "[[Obsoletely Fabulous]]", Bender's revolving head and luminous eyes acted as a fully functional lighthouse. He can also emit a foghorn sound.<br />
*'''Pistol''': In the cover of [[Futurama (video game)|the game]], Bender is shown using his finger as a pistol. Canon status of the game uncertain.<br />
*'''Cheating Unit''': In "[[A Flight to Remember]]", Bender speaks of his "cheating unit" which predicts (inaccurately) the coming roll of the dice at craps.<br />
*'''Water Boiler''': Boils and produces hot water for [[Calculon]] in "[[That's Lobstertainment!]]".<br />
*'''Safe''': In "[[Put Your Head on My Shoulders]]", Bender stores money in his cavity, the combination lock dial can be seen on his door.<br />
*'''Movie Projector''': In "[[Crimes of the Hot]]" Bender's head projects an educational film.<br />
*'''Pen''': Finger can turn into a pen. Used to write down an address in "[[Xmas Time Is Fear]]" and to write down a joke in "[[Who's Dying to Be a Gazillionaire?]]", and to write a "A Plea For Attention" in "[[The 30% Iron Chef]]".<br />
*'''Cigar Lighter''': His finger also flips up to reveal a cigar lighter. He uses this throughout the series to light his cigars. <br />
*'''Paper Shredder''': Paper is inserted into his mouth, shredded and comes out of his chest. Used to shred the menu in [[Hell Is Other Robots]].<br />
*'''Food Processor''': Bender purées fish and regurgitates it to his surrogate penguin children in "[[The Birdbot of Ice-Catraz]]".<br />
*'''Answering Machine''': In "[[Kif Gets Knocked Up a Notch]]", [[Amy]] apparently uses him as an answering machine. He isn't a very good one, though, as he doesn't alert people to new messages, and then deletes them anyway.<br />
*'''CD Player''': Bender can open his mouth panel to insert and play music CDs, as revealed in "[[Obsoletely Fabulous]]".<br />
*'''Projector''': A deleted scene from the opening of ''[[The Beast with a Billion Backs]]'' shows Bender projecting the Futurama logo, and the blue beams displayed behind it, from the top of his head, possibly from his antenna.<br />
*'''Spray Paint''': Bender is capable of spraying paint from his mouth, and does this when writing graffiti as seen in "[[A Pharaoh to Remember]]".<br />
*'''Suction Cup Feet''': Bender can use his feet as suction cups, allowing him to walk on walls. This is seen in "[[Bendless Love]]".<br />
*'''Vacuum''': Bender's arm can also can be used as a vacuum. As seen in the fourth movie; ''[[Into the Wild Green Yonder]]'', sucking up slot coins.<br />
*'''Pencil Sharpener''': Bender can sharpen a pencil, as seen in "[[Lethal Inspection]]".<br />
*'''Gyroscope''': Bender is gyroscopically stable, as seen in "[[The Mutants Are Revolting]]".<br />
*'''Roller Skates''': Roller Skates can extend from Bender's feet. Only seen once in "[[A Pharaoh to Remember]]".<br />
*'''Flash Camera''': He uses his eyes to take pictures for the [[Girly Calendars]] in "[[Neutopia]]".<br />
*'''Cannon''': If cannon ball is placed in his chest cabinet, his antenna can be lit to activate his cannon function. Bender didn't know he could do this. Seen in "[[All the Presidents' Heads]]". <br />
*'''Bicycle''': He serves as a bicycle for himself and his son [[Ben]] in "[[The Bots and the Bees]]".<br />
*'''Tripod''': He grows a third leg so that he can be his own tripod to photograph Leela, Farnsworth, Fry, Amy, Hermes and Zoidberg - in "[[The Thief of Baghead]]".<br />
*'''Defibrillators''': Located inside his chest cabinet as seen in "[[How Much is that Mutant in the Window?]]".<br />
*'''Telephone Device''': This was seen in "How Much is that Mutant in the Window?" on the inside of Bender's chest door, the tip of his antenna lit up red when he used it to call a tow ship to get himself, [[Fry]], [[Leela]] and [[Nibbler]] home.<br />
***Jack- in volume two, episode two "Brannigan, Begin Again" Bender is used by Fry as a jack to lift the hover cart high enough to dump all the dark matter into the left engines furnace.<br />
*'''Fire Extinguisher''': Located in his wrists. Seen in "[[The Inhuman Torch]]".<br />
*'''Airbag''': Located in his chest cabinet. Seen in "[[Meanwhile]]".<br />
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=== Quotes ===<br />
{{q|<br />
<poem>'''Bender''': Dream on, skin tube.</poem><br />
<poem>'''Bender''': I can't see what's happening. Are we boned?<br />
'''[[Turanga Leela|Leela]]''': Yeah, we're boned.</poem><br />
<poem>'''Bender''': I love stealin'; I love takin' things!</poem><br />
<poem>'''Bender''': Ah, TV's Elzar. This is the greatest nanosecond of my life. No, this one is. No, this one. Wait, that one was slightly worse. So far so good on this one.</poem><br />
<poem>'''Bender''': Ah, I'm so excited I wish I could wet my pants.</poem><br />
<poem>'''Bender''': Oh wait, you're serious, let me laugh even harder.</poem><br />
<poem>'''Bender''': Bite my shiny, metal ass!</poem><br />
<poem>'''[[Professor Hubert J. Farnsworth|The Professor]]''': I was just regaling your former coworkers with a tale of bedroom antics, the likes of which-<br />
'''Bender''': Yeah yeah, big whoop, no one cares; I've got ''Bender'' related news.</poem><br />
<poem>'''Bender''': Our love isn't any different than yours, except ours is hotter because I'm involved.</poem><br />
<poem>'''Bender''': Something's happening on television!</poem><br />
<poem>'''Bender''': I'm Bender baby! Please insert liquor!</poem><br />
<poem>'''Hookerbot''': Bender, honey, we love you.<br />
'''Bender''': Shut up baby, I know it!</poem><br />
<poem>'''Bender''': Look, [[Lrrr|hoss]], [[Ndnd|your wife]] threw you out. That’s your license to be a jerk. Do whatever you want, then walk away and light a cigar!</poem><br />
<poem>'''Bender''': Aww, [[Thubanian leader|its]] anus looks like an asterisk!</poem><br />
<poem>'''Bender''': ''[in [[Emperor Nikolai|Emperor Nikolai's]] body.]'' Ah! I have everything I ever wanted. Money, wealth, riches. Yet something's missing. [[Princess Flavia|A hot princess with whom to get grizzly]].</poem><br />
<poem>'''[[Amy Wong|Amy]]''': Remember, [[Robosexuality|love between]] a [[Human]] and a [[Robot]] is taboo. ''[She takes a brush from Bender's cabinet and fixes her hair.]'' We can't tell anyone, not even [[Planet Express crew|our co-workers]].<br />
'''Bender''': ''[To [[Amy Wong|Amy]].]'' Got it. I'll show the utmost discretion as we get nasty in this [[Tube Transport System|glass tube]].</poem><br />
<poem>'''Robot Santa''': I'm not here to kill you, Bender. I need you to help me save X-mas.<br />
'''Bender''': Gee whiz, Santa. You want me to help you?<br />
'''Fry''': Don't do it! He's evil!<br />
'''Santa''': I know he is, but I have no choice. I'm running late. And if I don't complete my brutal rampage, well, it just wouldn't be X-mas.</poem><br />
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=== Appearances ===<br />
While Bender appears in every episode, film or comic, the following categories may be of interest;<br />
*[[:Category:A plots focusing on Bender|A plots focusing on Bender]]<br />
*[[:Category:B plots focusing on Bender|B plots focusing on Bender]]<br />
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== References ==<br />
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[[Category:All My Circuits]]<br />
[[Category:Bender's family]]<br />
[[Category:Planet Express]]<br />
[[Category:Robosexuals]]<br />
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|name=Bender Bending Rodriguez<br />
|image=[[File:Bender promo 2.jpg|225px]]<br />
|image text=A [[promotional picture]] of Bender holding a cigar and a bottle of [[Olde Fortran]].<br />
|gender=[[Manbot|Male]]<br />
|birth date=Before [[2993]] {{et|6ACV06|6ACV10}}<br />
|age={{age|2998}} plus unknown thousands of years due to [[Bender's Big Score|continuous time travel]]; [[Roswell that Ends Well|head]] is 1055 years older than body, see [[#Age|age section]] for details <!-- please refrain from adding the comic book "fact", as it is not necessarily canon. --><br />
|type=p<br />
|job=Assistant Manager of Sales at [[Planet Express]]<br />
|voiced by=John DiMaggio<br />
|first appear={{e|1}}<br />
|origin=[[Earth]], [[Mexico]], [[Tijuana]]<br />
|species=[[Robot]] ([[bending units|bending unit]])<br />
|family=''See [[#Family|family]] section''<br />
}}<br />
'''Bender Bending Rodriguez''' (Model: '''[[bending units|bending unit]] 22''') is a bending unit (serial number: 2716057), who works at [[Planet Express]] as Assistant Manager of Sales, formerly chef of the company. He is one of the primary characters and is known for his "in-your-face interface".<br />
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He weighs 525 pounds (238kg) and his central processing unit is a {{w|MOS Technology 6502|MOS Technologies 6502 processor}}. His arms and legs can be separated from the body and may act independently from it, and his head is able to survive without his body.<br />
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His internal fuel cells are recharged by drinking alcohol or any other liquid capable of delivering chemical energy, such as mineral oil or [[Dark Matter|dark matter oil]]. If he does not drink alcohol for a while, he suffers symptoms of intoxication, develops five-o'-clock rust around his mouth and leaks oil from his armpits. He carries a nuclear pile that seems to be composed of fissionable material, enabling the construction of miniature nuclear weapons.<br />
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Bender has a highly addictive personality, and his favorite pastimes are watching [[All My Circuits]], stealing things, drinking, and smoking. He lives in the [[New New York#Robot Arms Apartments|Robot Arms Apartments]] with his roommate [[Philip J. Fry|Fry]]. In spite of his general selfishness and family-sized ego, he has occasionally demonstrated a capacity for generosity, even self-sacrifice, where his good friends are involved.<br />
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One of Bender's life-long dreams is to be a folk singer&mdash;a dream he briefly lived when he toured with [[Beck]] ([[Bendin' in the Wind|3ACV13]]). Normally his inhibition unit keeps his musical urges under control, but it tends to shut down in the presence of strong magnetic fields (especially in close proximity to his head). Ultimately things turned out tragically; fortunately for Bender, he's a robot with many life-long dreams. Another is being a great chef, like his idol [[Elzar]]. He achieved this dream as well when he defeated Elzar on the show ''[[Iron Cook]]'' ([[The 30% Iron Chef|3ACV22]]).--><br />
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== Personality and abilities ==<br />
Bender is often selfish and insensitive to other people's emotions. At one point, he flushed Leela's beloved pet Nibbler down the toilet. He is also quite vain, frequently bragging about how great he is. Bender has no qualms about committing crimes and often steals people's wallets or items from shops. He loves smoking and drinking, though as a robot he has to drink alcohol to keep him going. (The cigars just make him look cool.) Bender can also be cruel at times and even sometimes treats his own friends badly. He is also extremely lazy, and is often seen sitting around on the couch drinking a beer and/or watching television.<br />
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However, he is capable of caring for others and is close friends with Leela and Fry, even though he often acts obnoxious and mean towards them. Bender seems genuinely happy for Leela when she is reunited with her long lost parents and was devastated when he is ordered to kill Fry in ''[[Bender's Big Score]]''. Considering he is still upset when he returns to the future it's possible he might have been mourning Fry for nearly a thousand years.<br />
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[[File:Countessdelaroca.png|thumb|right|Countess de la Roca {{et|1ACV10}}, one of the fembots he had a relationship with.]]<br />
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Bender also has a fair few romantic relationships with fembots, such as [[Countess de la Roca]] and [[Angleyne]]. Bender can be quite emotional at times, despite stating that robots aren't supposed to have emotions, and is empathic towards turtles since they have hard shells and have difficulty getting up if they fell on their backs, two things they share in common with Bender. He also becomes the leader of a group of penguins at one point. Bender also idolised the Harlem Globetrotters and wanted to become one of them and started crying when they refused to let him join.<br />
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Bender also loves cooking though he had little talent for it and would often cook things that were either inedible or just barely edible. In certain episodes however, he has been able to make food successfully, making a cake for Nibbler's birthday party which was promptly eaten by the Nibblonian.<br />
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As a robot, Bender has quite a lot of abilities. He is able to stretch his arms long distances as well as record data in his head, once using this to get Richard Nixon to give him back his body. He also breathes fire whenever he burps and when he is terrified he sometimes ejects bricks from his backside which is his variant of defecation. (This is a reference to the slang phrase, to "s**t bricks", meaning to be very scared or surprised.) Although he usually only does this while in a state of shock, he has also done it after eating an {{w|Olestra}} potato chip from the 20th century. Bender is also very strong, even managing to bend a supposedly [[unbendable girder]]. <br />
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Bender is able to remove numerous parts of his body such as his head, arms, legs and even eyes. When he is staring at something or someone his eyes frequently extended out of his head. Like turtles he can withdraw into his chest when he chooses to. Bender can also survive in lava for a short time, though when he displays this ability his eyes melted as soon as he came out of the lava. Bender's body has also been used as a popcorn maker {{et|1ACV05}}, crock pot {{et|6ACV23}}, and steam engine (6ACV23).<br />
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== Biography ==<br />
[[File:Montholdbender.png|thumb|left|Bender when he was only a month old {{et|2ACV14}}.]]<br />
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=== Early years ===<br />
Bender Bending Rodriguez was built in [[Tijuana]], Mexico in the early [[2990s]], although he believed it was in [[2998]], by [[Mom's Friendly Robot Company]]. He has a fatal defect leaving him as mortal as a human. This seems almost impossible, as he is known to have time-traveled to the past (using the time code) and wait until the normal time again, which would make him thousands of years old. He lacks the hardware necessary for him to save a copy of his software daily, so unlike other bending units, if he begins to die, he cannot upload his data to another body. Nevertheless, his body is still extremely tough. Tough enough that he survived a small-scale nuclear war on his body with no harm, and only a tickling sensation {{et|3ACV20}}. Inspector 5 ([[Hermes]]) knew of the defect but let him live. There is some speculation about what happened in the following two years, but he briefly studied Bending at Bending State University, which may or may not be the facility he was built in. He minored in Robo-American Studies.<br />
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He soon got a job bending girders, but after realizing that the purpose of the girders he bent were for [[suicide booth]]s, he figured that his purpose was meaningless and thus decided to kill himself in one of the suicide booths he had helped construct.<br />
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=== You really want a robot for a friend? ===<br />
{{further|Season 1}}<br />
While waiting in line to kill himself on 31 December, 2999, [[Philip J. Fry|Fry]], who was clearly not familiar with suicide booths, stood in front of him, thinking it was a phone booth. Bender helped him along. But they managed to get out of the suicide booth alive. Bender soon learns that Fry is from the 20th Century and had been frozen for a thousand years.<br />
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But since Fry refused to get [[Career chip|assigned]] to his job, [[Turanga Leela|Leela]] was on his tail. Bender helped him escape through the [[Head Museum]] and soon down to [[Old New York]] below [[New New York]]. Here Leela finally caught up with them and agreed to help Fry. Bender decided to stay with them and they headed over to Fry's nephew, [[Professor Hubert J. Farnsworth|Professor Farnsworth]]. Farnsworth soon offered them jobs, and luckily for them, he had the proper career chips.<br />
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=== Farnsworth's asset ===<br />
As an employee at Planet Express he continued his kleptomania, drinking and smoking. He convinced Fry to [[I, Roommate|move in with him]] at his [[Apartment 00100100|apartment]] and soon [[Hermes Conrad]] forced him to actually do something around the company. He got assigned as chef of the company, one of his dreams was apparently to cook, but having no sense of taste made vile meals for the staff.<br />
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Bender got into trouble when he began abusing electricity (jacking on), and his friends were not in favor of it. Saddened by their discontent, he sought new opportunities in [[religion]]. He joined Robotology, but this only served to make him more annoying to his friends. So they decided to make Bender sin to become his regular self again, inadvertently condemning him to [[Robot Hell]]. Feeling guilty, Fry and Leela tracked Bender down and saved him from the [[Robot Devil]].<br />
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Bender has, in fact, found true love before, in the form of an aristocratic fembot, the [[Countess de la Roca]], whose relationship with him strongly resembled that of the protagonists of the movie ''{{w|Titanic (1997 film)|Titanic}}''. When the ''[[Titanic]]'' ship was being sucked into a black hole (due to [[Zapp Brannigan]] altering the ship's course), she was the only passenger to go down with it. But, despite this, his personality continued to be a problem for his friends, and Leela became very upset with him when he flushed [[Nibbler]] down the toilet. The Professor "carefully" implanted an empathy chip in Bender, which forced him to feel Leela's every emotion for a short while.<br />
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[[File:Bender.png|thumb|right|180px|An older promotional picture of Bender.]]<br />
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=== The lesser of two evils ===<br />
{{further|Season 2}}<br />
During a visit to [[Past-O-Rama]] they bumped into [[Flexo]] (serial number: 3370318), another bending unit, possibly also of the same model number (22). Flexo and Bender became good friends, but Fry feared that Flexo is evil, and in a mix up at the Miss Universe contest Flexo was arrested for Bender's attempt to steal the tiara.<br />
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Bender briefly joined the [[Robot Mafia]] and fought in the [[Ultimate Robot Fighting]] League until his popularity slipped and he was rigged out of the league. Together with his fellow robots he rebelled against [[Humans|humanity]].<br />
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=== Well - I'm rich ===<br />
Bender's Uncle [[Vladimir]] died and Bender was to inherit his castle, on the condition that he had to spend one night within its walls. Bender was not at all comfortable in his new castle and the start up sound of Windows 98 was not helping either.<br />
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While being chased by several hologram ghosts, he fled out in the yard where he was run over by a [[Were-Car|were-car]]. The collision caused a virus to be beamed into him and he became a were-car. Bender did not realize this until later, but the [[Gypsy]] told them the only way to get rid of the virus would be destroy the original were-car. So through a long journey they found the original were-car and destroyed it, and thus Bender was free of the virus.<br />
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Whether he kept the castle or not is unknown.<br />
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=== Now when I'm found in a million years, people will know what the score was ===<br />
{{further|Season 3}}<br />
Bender continued his life with many adventures together with Fry and Leela. He temporarily worked for [[Calculon]] as his water heater. He met up with Flexo again, but this time he was not happy to see him, because Bender figured that his second true love was still in love with Flexo. Bender screwed it up and the divorcees got back together.<br />
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He was briefly sent to an institute for insane robots, along with [[Philip J. Fry|Fry]], who went temporarily insane. He got to go on tour with [[Beck]] after becoming paralysed from a freak accident with a can opener, thus fulfilling his dream of becoming a folk-singer, became Pharaoh of an entire planet, driving everyone (including Fry and [[Turanga Leela|Leela]]) into slavery, and beat [[Elzar]] on the [[television]] show ''[[Iron Cook]]''. However, he did not accept the title of Iron Cook, only the lesser title of Zinc Saucier (which he made up, and comes with double prize money).<br />
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During a battle with [[Space Pirates]], Bender was shot out through the torpedo slot and was forced to drift through space. He, for some time, became the God of the [[Shrimpkins]], which was a life form that had grown on his stomach. But, after they viciously killed each other in a nuclear war, started by Bender's need for booze, Bender met up with the [[Galactic Entity]], who he believes ''is'' God. The Entity eventually sent Bender back to [[Earth]] after receiving a radio signal from Fry.<br />
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=== I should not be allowed on TV! ===<br />
{{further|Season 4}}<br />
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[[File:Bender-TV.JPG|thumb|right|Bender as [[Antonio]] on ''[[All My Circuits]]'' {{et|4ACV06}}.]]<br />
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Bender was still wanting his fame, he found interest in becoming [[Bender (All My Circuits)|the new]] [[Antonio Calculon, Jr.|Antonio]] on [[All My Circuits]]. He got the job. But Calculon was hardly impressed by Bender's performance, however the Network executives disagreed. So Bender got to continue on the show, but in his true nature.<br />
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But when Bender realized that his behaviour on TV causes [[Dwight Conrad|Dwight]] and [[Cubert Farnsworth|Cubert]] to steal his stuff, he called off the show.<br />
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Bender joined Fry and Leela briefly as they gained super powers in [[the New Justice Team]], he has had an affair with the [[Planet Express Ship]], he got modeled into a fembot and had a relationship shortly with Calculon, and helped [[Robot Santa]] as a replacement.<br />
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=== Dumb dumb away! ===<br />
{{further|Bender's Big Score}}<br />
But the company got into trouble when the [[Box Network]] canceled its license, and for two years they were not able to deliver packages. Luckily though, their license was renewed and they went back in business.<br />
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Bender became the centre of attention as the new masters of the company lead by [[Nudar]] infected him with an [[iObey]] virus and they forced him to go back in time and steal all of Earth's valuables. But when Fry managed to escape back into the past, they send him after Fry to kill him, and after 12 years tireless hunting, he managed to do so.<br />
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But he soon learned that the Fry he killed was doomed anyway because he was a [[time paradox duplicate]]. But after being stranded on [[Neptune]] for a while, humanity and he decided to fight back, and after the war was won (with the help of Hermes), he revealed that he himself had kept [[the Spheroboom]] that the scammers had told him to keep safe, thus saving the day. <br />
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However, while on a trip back in time to make sense out of everything that had happened that year, a mishap led to him accidentally tearing the universe open.<br />
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=== Death to humans! ===<br />
{{further|The Beast with a Billion Backs}}<br />
After becoming an official stalker for [[Calculon]] by Calculon, Bender fell into a deep depression after Calculon informed him that there was no such thing as the [[League of Robots]], a society of robots which came to the aid of robots abused by humans, and which Bender had worshipped for his entire life. He contemplated commiting suicide until he was approached by the League led by Calculon himself; he lied about its non-existence to ensure its secrecy.<br />
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Bender became the newest member of the League and began to personally enforce the no-humans policy of the organization, becoming very famous within it. However, Bender was caught helping his human friends and his bluffs were called by Calculon, whom Bender challenged to a duel. Bender broke the rules of the duel, severely injuring Calculon and nearly exposing the League, but instead of being kicked out of the League, Calculon resigned his position as President and gave it to Bender.<br />
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Bender organized the [[Army of the Damned]] (trading [[Bender's First Born Son|his firstborn son]] to the [[Robot Devil]] for it) to take over the world, only to discover that its entire population was already leaving to live on the body of a giant tentacled monster named [[Yivo]]. Bender soon received a letter from Fry describing how wonderful life was there, but Bender ended up interfering by [[The Robot Invasion of Heaven|attacking Yivo]] and attempting to bring humanity back. Soon, for personal reasons, Yivo unwittingly complied with Bender and had everybody return to Earth.<br />
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=== I know not of this Bender ===<br />
{{further|Bender's Game}}<br />
Bender finds himself attempting to catch up with a game of Dungeons and Dragons, played by [[Cubert Farnsworth]] and his friends. He soon hits the obstacle of realising he has no imagination. But the more he tries, he eventually believes he is [[Titanius Anglesmith]], Fancy Man of [[Cornwood]].<br />
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Unfortunately, his imagination grows wild, and he is sent to [[HAL Institute]] to be cured. The therapy is unsuccessful and they decide to give him a "robotomy". But during the operation, the [[dark matter]] crystals becomes close enough, allowing Bender's imagination to become real.<br />
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In his fantasy, he is the owner of a castle. When he hears of [[Waltazar, Larius and Ignus|Black Knights]] approaching, he sets out with his friends, [[Leegola]] and [[Frydo]]. Discovering the [[Die of Power]], he sets off to [[Great Wizard Greyfarn|Greyfarn]], where they learn of the story behind the Die. Titanius is slightly against the quest, but decides to tag along. On several occasions, he refers to going back, such as when they have just passed through the [[Cave of Hopelessness]].<br />
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On the other side, [[Fellowship]] decides to seek [[Wipe Castle]] for help. Unfortunately, the [[King of Cornwood]] is insane, and the entire royal army is gone, because the king declared war on scallops, tied the entire army to a rock, and pushed them into the ocean. As [[Momon]]'s forces arrive, they have a large, unwinnable battle at hand. But as things seems darkest, [[Leegola]] and her centaur army saves Wipe Castle. Knowing of Frydo's quest, the Fellowship decides to go help him. However, they are too late and Momon wins the battle, causing them to return to their world.<br />
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=== I'm...so...GREAT!! ===<br />
{{further|Into the Wild Green Yonder}}<br />
Bender takes a trip to [[Mars Vegas]] with the rest of the crew. There, he falls in love with [[Fanny]], a burlesque dancer, who is the [[Donbot]]'s wife. He enters the [[Universal Poker Championship]] Tournament for her and wins against Fry with five kings.<br />
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After returning to Earth, Bender feels upset that the [[Feministas]] are committing more felonies than him. He gets hired by [[Zapp Brannigan]] to help him capture the Feministas. By getting Bender to wire tap Fry's "cellphone-telephone" Zapp finds out where the Feministas are hiding and chases them aboard the [[Nimbus]], along with Bender and [[Kif Kroker|Kif]]. After an exciting space chase, Bender captures the Feministas and goes against them in court. They are found guilty and sent to [[Maxi-Padlock]] Prison.<br />
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Bender then breaks into the women's prison and helps the Feministas escape, because by doing so, he would have committed way more felonies than the women. He bends a brick wall and calls Farnsworth, who pilots the Planet Express Ship down to rescue them from the prison's forces. They crash a demolition ceremony, and in the end, Bender is sent through a [[Panama Wormhole|wormhole]] with the rest of the Planet Express Crew.<br />
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=== Dying sucks butt! ===<br />
{{further|Season 6}}<br />
After crashing the ship into Earth and being rebirthed {{et|6ACV01}}, Bender starts a [[robosexual]] relationship with [[Amy Wong|Amy]] {{et|6ACV04}}, after [[Kif Kroker|Kif]] dumps her for flirting with criminal inmates, despite his previously affirming that "[[Humans]] dating [[Robots]] is sick" {{et|3ACV15}}. Amy and Bender decided to marry, and manage to pass [[Proposition ∞|a proposition]] to legalize robosexual marriage. However, Bender leaves her upon realizing she wants a monogamous marriage. He participated in a [[Sith Invasion re-enactment|re-enactment of the Sith-il War]], after which he learned that he was built without a back-up unit {{et|6ACV06}}. He then goes with [[Hermes Conrad]] to determine why. Despite failing to do so, Bender uses the experience to reaffirm his stance on life. <br />
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Later, Bender witnesses robots undergoing evolution on a [[Robo-planetoid|deserted planetoid]] {{et|6ACV09}}. He was nearly killed after [[Mind-switcher|switching bodies]] with a [[Emperor Nikolai|Robo-Hungarian Emperor]] {{et|6ACV10}}. Later, he threw a [[100th Delivery Party|party celebrating Planet Express' 100th delivery]] {{et|6ACV12}}. After abruptly ending the party, Bender participated in the [[Devolution Revolution]], using his expertise to bend the [[Westside Pipeway]]. <br />
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When the crew crashes on [[Neutopia (planet)|a gender-neutral planet]], everyone's genders are switched in a freak accident and Bender resumes his feminine [[Coilette]] persona before the genders are corrected {{et|6ACV20}}. He then runs havok with the Professor's duplicator, creating exponentially miniature versions of himself that almost consume Earth but later band together to save it from [[Unattractive giant monster|a hideous monster]] {{et|6ACV17}}, though he dies soon afterward when a [[suicide booth]] murders him {{et|6ACV19}}. Bender lingers as a ghost but bargains with the [[Robot Devil]] to get his material body back in exchange for [[Fry]]. He attempts to scare him to death, but when Fry discloses his love for Bender, Bender refuses to kill Fry and ends up protecting him. [[Robot God]] then invites Bender to an existence in Robot Heaven as his reward, but Bender declines and returns to the crew.<br />
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After crashing a [[Robot Mafia]] wedding and making out with [[Bella]], [[Donbot]]'s daughter, Bender is forced to enter the witness relocation program {{et|6ACV14}}, and [[Francis X. Clampazzo|Clamps]] replaces him at work as an in for the Mafia to discover Bender's whereabouts and kill him. The crew is led to the [[Moon]] to [[Billy West (robot)|a hillbilly robot]] identical to Bender, but Bender is discovered to be in hiding as a waiter at the [[Family Bros. Pizza|pizza parlor]] across the street, and returns to work when the Mafia takes him for dead.<br />
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=== A new child ===<br />
{{further|Season 7}}<br />
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[[File:The Bots and the Bees screenshot.png|thumb|right|Bender and his son [[Ben]] {{et|7ACV01}}.]]<br />
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In [[3012]], Planet Express acquired a new soda machine named [[Bev]]. They did not get along very well, but a fight of theirs eventually culminated in sex. The next day, Bev gave birth to Bender's child. Bender did not take this well, worrying over his fatherhood and eventually learning about robot reproduction for the first time, as his mother's religious fundamentalism kept her from teaching him this information. He attempted to give custody of the child to Bev, presenting her with a certificate of abandonment, but she too did not take having a child well, and she left Bender with custody of the child. Though he was initially disappointed over this, he eventually discovered that his child took an interest in bending. Naming the child [[Ben Rodriguez|Ben]], they formed a bond with each other, but to their surprise, discovered that Ben's lack of arm control software and an additional expansion slot prevented him from bending. At Ben's Bot-Mitzvah, Ben expressed for his appreciation for his father as well as his hopes of bending just like him. At the ceremony, however, Bev regained custody of Ben, separating him from his father. That night, Bender broke Ben out of [[Bev's trailer]], but were caught in their escape by the police, who arrested Bender on grounds of kidnapping. Bev showed up at the scene and gave birth to [[Bev and URL's child|another child]], and content with having another child to neglect, allowed Bender to keep Ben. Ben, however, was still disappointed in not being unable to bend, so he takes up an offer by the Professor to have a bending card installed in him - consequently losing all his memories of Bender. Bender, though tearful, allowed the surgery to go on, and eventually accompanied his son to his enrollment at [[Bending State University]] in Santa Cruz {{et|7ACV01}}.<br />
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He later briefly worked as a paparazzo for ''[[Us People]]'' magazine {{et|7ACV04}}.<br />
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In [[3013]], Bender entered a tap-dance contest {{et|7ACV25}}.<br />
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=== Ruler of Earth ===<br />
After Nixon's fourth term in office began, things went downhill for the Earthican population to the point when robots began doing all the tedious labor and consequently, they began a rebellion led by Bender {{et|7ACV03}}. At some point between 3014 and 3028 Bender became ruler of Earth and started killing humans, thus fulfilling his life-long desire.<br />
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== Character description ==<br />
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=== Composition ===<br />
Bender routinely claims to be made of thirty to forty percent of various metals, typically following his claims up by knocking on his own chassis. Unfortunately, his credibility on this matter is thrown into question by the fact that his various claims now add up to well over one hundred percent. Bender has alternately claimed to be:<br />
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*40% Zinc {{et|1ACV13}}<br />
*40% Titanium {{et|A Head in the Polls}}<br />
*30% Iron {{et|The 30% Iron Chef}} - Presumably mixed with osmium. {{et|3ACV17}}<br />
*40% Dolomite {{et|4ACV07}}<br />
*40% Lead ([[Futurama (video game)|FVG]]) - Canon status of video game uncertain.<br />
*40% Luck/horseshoes ([[Into the Wild Green Yonder|ITWGY]]) - Composition of the horseshoes unknown.<br />
*40% Chromium {{et|Attack of the Killer App}} - Bender was not the one to make this claim, it was an [[Antarian]].<br />
*60% Storage space {{et|The Prisoner of Benda}}<br />
*40% Scrap metal {{et|All the Presidents' Heads}}<br />
*40% Wire {{et|Decision 3012}}<br />
*40% Empty {{et|Free Will Hunting}}<br />
*40% Ass {{et|Naturama}} - Non-[[canon]].<br />
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In "[[Near-Death Wish]]", Bender states that a set of virtual adaptor caps stored inside of him (that he uses to get himself, Fry and Leela into [[Virtual Retirement]]) are "40% safe", but this probably wouldn't count as part of his composition. In "[[Assie Come Home]]", Bender's body (except for his eyes and mouth) is stolen, so he uses the help of Fry and Leela to retrieve it. After finding his head, antenna and torso, he says: "I'm 40% back, baby!". This is a combination of two of Bender's [[catchphrase]]s; one being him stating a percentage of what he is composed of, the other being "I'm back, baby!".<br />
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Total: 150% - 370% or greater. The number is dependent on whether or not one counts various claims as true. First the "40% Horseshoes" claim, as the supposed horseshoes could have been made of one or more of the other metals previously stated (Titanium, Iron, or Lead), meaning that one could have been a restatement rather than a new figure. Second, it depends on whether or not he considers his storage space and wires to be part of the total percentage of himself, in which case the remaining 40% each that he often claims to be would constitute the rest of his body. Third, the claim of "40% Lead" is dependent on whether the video game can be considered canon. Fourth and finally, whether the claim of "40% Chromium" is accepted at all. This claim was not made by Bender but rather one of the Antarians. It is plausible that the claim is false and that it was just made to justify the in-progress cannibalization of Bender's body. <br />
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Even if all previous points made are taken into account and only the first four claims were used, Bender's composition would be 150%, far more than what is possible. This error can be explained as due to Bender's being a poor calculator, making it plausible that he has given the wrong percentages {{et|3ACV09}}.<br />
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Additionally, he has a 0.04% nickel impurity, which doesn't ''increase'' total percentage, but slightly ''decreases'' the percentages of everything else. This is apparently not a standard impurity, and is cited as making him unique {{et|3ACV17}}.<br />
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There's also a mention that robots are made from recycled beer cans and beer cans are made from recycled robots {{et|1ACV08}}, so depending on the year 3000 composition of beer cans, he may have a certain percentage of aluminum in his alloy.<br />
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As a side note, ''{{w|Dolemite}}'' is also the title of a 1974 film. The film's main character, Dolemite, is a pimp who leads an army of hookers skilled in kung-fu.<ref>[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0072895/ IMDB - Dolemite]</ref> Bender has been a pimp many times throughout the series.<br />
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This running gag is referenced in the title of the episode "[[Forty Percent Leadbelly]]".<br />
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=== Family ===<br />
[[File:Bender's Xmas 2.jpg|right|thumb|[[Bender's mother]], whom he refers to as his mommy {{et|2ACV04}}.]]<br />
*[[Professor Hubert J. Farnsworth|Professor Farnsworth]], Bender's owner and the creator of the sports utility robot on which Bender and all/most other modern robots are based.<br />
*[[Flexo]], not exactly a relative, but another [[bending unit]] of the same model. (presumed deceased)<br />
*[[Billy West (character)|Billy West]], identical model (deceased)<br />
*[[Mom]], owner of [[Mom's Friendly Robot Company]].<br />
*[[Bender's mother|His mother]], a robotic arm who sends him [[Xmas]] cards.<br />
*[[Ben Rodriguez]], son.<br />
*[[Bender's father|His father]], who was killed by a giant can opener {{et|2ACV01}}.<br />
*Uncle [[Vladimir]], who lived in [[Thermostadt]], capital of the [[Robo-Hungarian Empire]], and died at the ripe old age of 211.<br />
*[[Tandy]], Uncle Vladimir's son and hence Bender's [[list of cousins|cousin]].<br />
*Screwy Aunt Rita, who ''is'' a screw. (Note that Bender stated that he had an Aunt Rita during Leela's coma fantasy in the episode "[[The Sting]]", so this may not be true.)<br />
*[[Albert]], [[Sally]], [[Nina]], [[Sam]] and 8 other orphans, briefly adopted from the [[Cookieville Minimum-Security Orphanarium]].<br />
*Three penguin "children" {{et|3ACV05}}.<br />
*[[Junior]], a child born to [[The Crushinator]] ([[Freaky Fry-day|US#009]]). Comic books of uncertain canon status.<br />
*[[Bender's first born son|His first born son]], Bender exchanges him for an [[Army of the Damned]].<br />
*Bender's grandmother, who is a bulldozer.<br />
*Buster, identical cousin.<br />
*Turner, another cousin {{et|6ACV08}}.<br />
*Commodore LXIV, or Commodore 64. A painting of this robot is hanging in Uncle [[Vladimir]]'s dining hall and can be assumed to be one of Bender's ancestors.<br />
*[[Bender's guinea pig|His guinea pig]], who died off-screen prior to the [[V-GINY]]'s rampage {{et|6ACV02}}.<br />
*[[Hermes Conrad|Inspector 5]], Inspector at Mom's friendly robot plant in Tijuana, Mexico {{et|6ACV06}}.<br />
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=== Age ===<br />
According to himself, Bender was originally constructed in [[2998]], making him one year old when Fry met him in 2999, but several later discoveries supports the theory that he was in fact born earlier. Bender's memory as newborn is as a complete, fullgrown robot, but events in "[[Teenage Mutant Leela's Hurdles]]" suggest that his current, fullgrown body merely was the final stage, and it is possible that Bender only remembers entering this final stage - what he considers being born.<br />
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In Season 6 episode "[[Lethal Inspection]]", it is revealed that Hermes supervised Bender's construction before getting the job in [[Planet Express]], and is seen much younger than he must have been in the late [[2990s]]. We also see that the state in which he was supervised - reminiscent of a human baby - much differs from the one Bender remembers from 2998. In "[[The Prisoner of Benda]]", it can be shown that Hermes was already in the company in [[2993]], and thus Bender must have been born in that year at least, and possibly even earlier.<br />
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[[File:Roswell that ends well.jpg|thumb|right|220px|The events of "[[Roswell that Ends Well]]" aged Bender's head 1055 years ahead of his body.]]<br />
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The events in "[[Roswell that Ends Well]]" make his head 1055 years older than the rest of his body. The incident in "[[Teenage Mutant Leela's Hurdles]]" does largely not count as an aging or the opposite, and fans largely regard his age to remain intact. In {{f|1}}, Bender travels back in time several times, though the amount of times is unknown, the amount of Benders that appear at the end, may suggest at least a couple of thousand times. Given how many of these travels seems to be between 1000 to 5000 years in the past (from about 3007), an educated guess would make him at least a million years old, but probably more. An alternative theory could suggest when the time duplicates explode at the end of the first film, Bender is the same age he was at the end of the original run plus 995 years, as the Bender that went back 995 years in time to kill Fry is presumed to be the original and therefore wouldn't expire like the rest of them.<br />
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In the comic, "[[Rust in Peace]]", it is revealed that Bender, due to too much time travelling, must be inserted into a renewed unit. Farnsworth determines his age to be 27,203 before moving him to his new body. But 27,203 seems a lot less than what would be a quick educated guess. 27,203 would require Bender to have gone at least about a thousand years back each time and only gone 27 times, or instead gone more years back and done fewer than 27 times. But regardless of the ordeal, the amount of Benders appearing at the end of ''Bender's Big Score'' seems to contradict this fact. The event in the comic is thus not considered [[canon]].<br />
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=== Durability ===<br />
Bender frequently displays incredible durability, to the point that he appears to be indestructible. He has been completely flattened, hit point-blank with a shotgun, had several chips removed from his severed head, then had his head [[Roswell That Ends Well|buried for over a thousand years]], had his lower torso melted from a cosmic electrical disturbance, been [[Godfellas|launched out of a torpedo tube then withstood atmospheric reentry]], [[Jurassic Bark|submerged himself in lava]], and been burned to nothing but his eyes and mouth after converting his body entirely into wood<br />
(though this was a [[Obsoletely Fabulous|dream]], but it is implied the dream could actually happen). In "[[Rebirth]]", after having been nearly eaten by a [[cyclophage]] and have a [[Doomsday Devices|doomsday device]] explode inside him, he remarks "What does it take to kill me?". A bomb has also exploded inside him in "[[War Is the H-Word]]" (twice). He survives being shot point-blank at [[Lrrreconcilable Ndndifferences|least]] [[Law and Oracle|three]] [[Benderama|times]] in Season 6, survived [[Neutopia|being completely melted]], was [[Ghost in the Machines|able to come out of Limbo after having been killed]] and [[The Tip of the Zoidberg|had his head sliced in half by spinning blades.]]<br />
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However, as it's revealed in "[[Lethal Inspection]]", Bender was built without a backup unit. This means he can't download his personality or memories to another body, which he wanted to do if his original body got killed. Therefore, if his body is destroyed, he dies. As it turned out, [[Hermes Conrad|Inspector #5]] was the one responsible for mercifully approving Bender as a perfect robot, thus allowing him to live despite actually being a defective [[Robots|robot]].<br />
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=== Alternate appearances ===<br />
*'''[[2ACV08]]''': '''Bender the Offender/Gender Bender''' Bender joins the [[Ultimate Robot Fighting League]], and become 'Bender the Offender', but after he becomes less popular, [[Abner Doubledeal]], the Commissioner of the URFL, changed his persona to 'The Gender Bender'<br />
*'''[[2ACV16]]''': '''Giant Bender:''' In a [[canon|non-canon]] scenario, Bender is pictured as 500 feet tall. During the episode, he claims to weigh 7 billion tons (14 trillion pounds).<br />
**'''Go-Kart Bender:''' After being murdered by [[Turanga Leela|Leela]] in aforementioned episode, she reassembles his parts into a sporty go-kart.<br />
*'''[[2ACV18]]''': '''[[Were-Car]] Bender:''' In "[[The Honking]]", Bender is transformed each midnight into a malicious were-car, determined to kill [[Philip J. Fry|his closest friend]].<br />
*'''[[3ACV03]]''': '''[[Robot Santa Claus|Santa]] Bender:''' Bender becomes a good Santa. This appearance basically has Bender's body painted red.<br />
*'''[[3ACV15]]''': '''Parallel Bender:''' The only difference apparent between Bender and his counterpart in the parallel universe (the ''only'' alternate universe at the time) was that parallel Bender (along with the rest of the parallel Planet Express crew) was wearing a cowboy hat and vest when both crews visited the [[Edge of the Universe]]. Whether this is the norm for the parallel Crew, or was due to some difference in parallel Fry's touristy adventure that day was never mentioned.<br />
*'''[[3ACV18]]''': '''Human Bender:''' In "[[Anthology of Interest II]]", Bender asks what it would be like if he were human. Despite being Mexican, he appears to be Caucasian. (Note: this could be a ''default setting'' on the professors device.)<br />
*'''[[3ACV19]]''': '''Flying Saucer Bender:''' After crashing to the New Mexico desert, the US military mistakenly reassembles Bender's body to resemble a small (functional) flying saucer.<br />
*'''[[4ACV04]]''': '''Superking:''' Bender joins the [[New Justice Team]] as the superhero "Superking", with a cape, a mask and a royal crown.<br />
*'''[[4ACV09]]''': '''Young Bender:''' Bender takes several reverted forms in "[[Teenage Mutant Leela's Hurdles]]", including a software disc and a set of "Bending unit blueprints". Modifications include braces and dish-antenna-like ears.<br />
*'''[[4ACV13]]''': '''[[Coilette]]:''' Bender undergoes a sex-change operation in order to win five olympic gold medals. Faked his(her) own death with a fictional disease called "[[African Hydraulic Fever]]" because he(she) did not want to marry [[Calculon]].<br />
*'''[[4ACV14]]''': '''Wooden Bender:''' In a [[canon|dream]], Bender downgrades to a wooden, steam-powered version, and he also has termites inside him.<br />
*'''[[4ACV15]]''': '''Golden Bender:''' In [[Universe 1]], Bender's coin flip resulted in his choosing the gold finish instead of the foghat grey that we're used to.<br />
*'''[[Bender's Big Score|BBS]]''': '''[[iObey]] Bender:''' In ''[[Bender's Big Score]]'', Bender was tricked into downloading the iObey obedience virus. He is forced to do anything the naked scammers tell him, and his pupils become red pixel swirls.<br />
*'''[[The Beast with a Billion Backs|BwBB]]''': '''LOR Bender:''' Bender is given a luxurious ascot to wear, as he becomes a new member of the [[League of Robots]].<br />
**'''Pirate Bender:''' He dressed as a pirate in honor of Fry in his attempt to retrieve him from [[Yivo]]'s body.<br />
*'''[[Bender's Game|BG]]''': '''[[Titanius Anglesmith]]:''' While playing ''Dungeons & Dragons'' in ''[[Bender's Game]]'', Bender convinces himself that he is a knight and goes insane. <!-- When [[Cornwood]] is created, his delusions are made real. --><br />
*'''[[6ACV17]]''': '''Gray Goo Bender:''' Bender calls upon his legions of microscopic [[Bender duplicates]] to join together with him and form a gigantic version of him, in order to defeat the [[Unattractive giant monster]].<br />
*'''[[6ACV19]]''': '''Ghost Bender:''' After Bender's death, his software takes on a ghostly existence.<br />
*'''[[6ACV25]]''': '''Overclocked Bender:''' In a cave behind a waterfall, he has processed inside out.<br />
*'''[[7ACV19]]''': '''Bendee Boo:''' Bender is re-conceived as a dog.<br />
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==== Image gallery ====<br />
<gallery><br />
Were-Car.jpg|Bender as a were-car {{et|2ACV18}}.<br />
Human Bender.jpg|Human Bender, with floozies {{et|3ACV18}}.<br />
Super King.jpg|Bender as [[Superking]] {{et|4ACV04}}.<br />
Ghost in the Machines infobox.png|Bender as a ghost {{et|6ACV19}}.<br />
Bendee Boo.png|Bender as Bendee Boo, a parody of the cartoon dog {{w|Scooby-Doo (character)|Scooby-Doo}} {{et|7ACV19}}.<br />
</gallery><br />
<br />
== Additional Info ==<br />
<br />
=== Trivia ===<br />
*Bender is bending unit 22. "Bender Bending Rodriguez" has 22 letters.<br />
*Bender's e-mail address is: bender@iloveBender.com<br />
*It is recommended that he run on 5 gigawatts.<br />
*Interestingly enough, Bender appears to have been an entirely different [[Robot]] before having met Fry. They meet when Bender is (at the very least) guilty and willing to kill himself over his dismay at finding out that the girders he had been bending were for [[suicide booth]]s. However, after Bender bends the bars keeping them from escaping Leela, Bender declares that from then on he will live his life only for him and do only what he wants to do. This may, however, just be an overlook by the writers of the show simply for the sake of introducing Fry to the drastic changes the future has brought (booths that are as ubiqitous as phone booths for suicide; walking, talking Robots).<br />
**This sudden change could be explained by the electric shock Bender received shortly before bending the bars. Not only did it change his programming, it changed his opinions on various things.<br />
**A year later however, Bender presents a picture of himself when he was only a month old with a bottle of beer and a cigar {{et|2ACV14}}, showing he has always been a "precocious little scamp" {{et|3ACV06}}.<br />
***All robots need beer to function, and that may not have been a cigar.<br />
****It was probably a cigar. However, drinking and smoking do not necessarily mean he is amoral befor the electric shock. He smoked cigars from the very first episode, saying "they make me look cool".<br />
*He has been [[New New York v. Bender|charged]] for pimping.<br />
*Bender's apartment number is 00100100. This is a binary representation of the ASCII character '$' or 36 in decimal.<br />
*Bender's serial number is 2716057. This can be expressed as the sum of 2 cubes. Specifically, 952<sup>3</sup> + (-951)<sup>3</sup>.<br />
*Additionally, he seems to be the [[1729]]<sup>th</sup> unit produced by his "mommy".<br />
*The word "bender" can refer to a drinking spree, hinting at Bender's heavy alcohol use.<br />
*Bender's head contains a {{w|MOS Technology 6502|6502 Microprocessor}} {{et|1ACV13}}, and his ass an {{w|Athlon II}} {{et|6ACV25}}. It is possible that inbetween the events of {{et|1ACV13}} and {{et|6ACV25}}, he got a processor change, which would make sense considering that the Athlon II was introduced in 2009. After Cubert overclocks Bender's ass, Bender discovers that he has "an extra processor in his compartment of mystery".<br />
*Bender dies at the end of both of his what-if scenarios in each Anthology of Interest and both have one of the characters saying "Goodnight, sweet prince" (Fry in the first and Farnsworth in the second) to Bender when he dies.<br />
*His self-destruct code is "Destruct Sequence 1A2B3". However, this appears to cause only his head to self-destruct, leaving the rest of his body intact and functional. This is a reference to the self-destruct codes of the USS Enterprise from Star Trek III: The Search for Spock.<br />
*Bender cannot have magnets attached to his head, or it will "screw up his inhibition unit", thus causing him to sing crazy variations of folk songs.<br />
*Apparently stole the Prime Minister of Norway's arm.<br />
*Despite Bender being made of various metals as hard as iron and titanium, [[humans]] and other organic organisms seem to have little to no difficulty harming his metal body using only their fists and feet.<br />
*His birthstone is [[Robobium]].<br />
*Is able to simultaneously reattach each of his severed arms with the other.<br />
*He cannot get up when he is knocked on his back. At least not until he learns how to from the majestic turtle.<br />
*His [[antenna]] interferes with satelite televisions, along with some cellphones.<br />
*He, along with [[Philip J. Fry|Fry]] and [[Turanga Leela|Leela]], appears in all episodes of the series.<br />
*No one can say he doesn't own John Laraquette's Spine.<br />
*In addition, he seems to own the skeletal remains of Charlamagne, as shown in "[[Jurassic Bark]]".<br />
*Bender has Hexakosioihexekontahexaphobia, fear of the number 666, as hinted in "[[The Honking]]".<br />
*Bender is the most evil robot in the series, as acknowledged by [[Robot Santa]] and the [[Robot Devil]].<br />
*Bender has named his hands "Grabby and Squeezy," and his footcups "Stompy and Smashy."<br />
*Bender's favorite cause of death is being crushed to death by a big rig driven by The Incredible Hulk.<br />
*In Firefox 3, if you type "about:robots" into the address bar, a page with several cultural references to robots is displayed. The fourth bullet point says "Robots have shiny metal posteriors which should not be bitten."<br />
*His vanity plate reads “1 DVS BSTD” (one devious bastard).<br />
*He said the last sentence in all 4 [[film]]s: "Well, we're boned" {{et|BBS}}, "I love you, meatbags!" {{et|TBwaBB}}, "Whip harder, Professor!" {{et|BG}}, "Into the breach, meatbags. Or not, whatever" {{et|ItWGY}}.<br />
*Bender's waste management facilities may convert material he consumes into bricks.<br />
*Bender's mighty robot powers allow him to get sick of things much quicker than humans.<br />
*Bender is said to be roughly 500 pounds in "[[Gender Bender]]" but in ''[[Into the Wild Green Yonder]]'' he says he is 2 tons. Despite this, he is shown as being easily lifted and carried by Fry in "[[Ghost in the Machines]]", suggesting that he may be significantly lighter than either of the above figures.<br />
*He goes into sleep mode whenever there is too much exposition.<br />
*Bender has appeared in ''[[Family Guy]]'', "[[The Simpsons]]", and ''[[The Cleveland Show]]''.<br />
*He has referred to his chest compartment as his "compartment of mystery" (6ACV25).<br />
*Bender was featured on the front cover of all the Futurama DVDs, until [[Volume 6]].<br />
*In March 2012, hackers elected Bender to the {{w|District of Columbia Public Schools|D.C. school board}}.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ccinsider.comedycentral.com/2012/03/02/futuramas-bender-elected-to-dc-schoolboard/|title=Futurama's Bender Elected to DC School Board! <nowiki>|</nowiki> Comedy Central Insider <nowiki>|</nowiki> Funny, TV and Comedy Blog|author=Tobey, Matt|date=2012-03-02|site=[[Comedy Central]] Insider|accessdate=2012-03-02}}</ref><br />
*Even though his head has been shown to function as a camera many times before (the first time being in "[[When Aliens Attack]]"), he still carries around his own portable camera (with film!) to remember "neat" events.<br />
*He owns a black-handled switchblade, which he often uses to sharpen wooden sticks to use for protection while in prison.<br />
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=== Name ===<br />
[[File:Rodriguez BBS.png|thumb|225px|Bender's name in the [[opening sequence]] for ''[[Bender's Big Score]]''.]]<br />
Bender's full name was not revealed until Season 3. This is a list of appearances of the name "Rodriguez".<br />
{{list expansion|sure=no}}<br />
{{appear-begin}}<br />
*{{e|3ACV04}} <small>(as Bender Bending Rodriguez)</small><br />
*{{e|3ACV09}} <small>(as Bender B. Rodriguez)</small><br />
*{{f|1}} <small>(as Bender Bending Rodriguez and Bender Rodriguez)</small><br />
*{{f|2}} <small>(as Bender Bending Rodriguez)</small><br />
*{{f|4}} <small>(as Bender Rodriguez)</small><br />
*{{e|6ACV04}}<br />
*{{e|6ACV14}}<br />
*{{e|6ACV25}} <small>(as Bender Rodriguez)</small><br />
*{{e|7ACV01}} <small>(as [[Ben Rodriguez|Ben "Vending" Rodriguez]])</small><br />
*{{e|7ACV03}} <small>(as B.B. Rodriguez)</small><br />
*{{e|7ACV09}} <small>(as Bender Rodriguez)</small><br />
*{{e|7ACV14}} <small>(as Ramblin' Rodriguez, Bender Rodriguez, and Rodriguez)</small><br />
*{{e|7ACV18}} <small>(as Bender B. Rodriguez, in speech and text, and Rodriguez)</small><br />
{{appear-end}}<br />
<br />
=== Voice ===<br />
Of all the voices on the show, Bender's voice was the most difficult to cast. This is because none of the creators and crew were sure what a robot should sound like yet. So they had every voice actor who auditioned also audition for the role of Bender. Even [[David X. Cohen]] was suggested for the role.<br />
<br />
[[John DiMaggio]] originally auditioned with Bender's voice for Professor Farnsworth. Among the bases for the voice were the character of Taggart from {{w|Blazing Saddles}} and DiMaggio's original character "Charlie the Sausage Lover". In the [[Commentary:Spanish Fry|audio commentary of Spanish Fry]], David X. Cohen joked about it also being "90 parts John DiMaggio."<br />
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=== Catchphrases ===<br />
Bender's basic [[catchphrase]] is "[[Bite my shiny metal ass]]".<br />
<br />
Variations on this include the following:<br />
*Bite my red-hot glowing ass! {{er|1ACV12}}<br />
*Lick my frozen metal ass! {{er|2ACV04}}<br />
*Bite my colossal metal ass! {{er|2ACV16}}<br />
*Bite my splintery wooden ass! {{er|4ACV14}}<br />
*Bite my glorious golden ass! {{er|4ACV15}}<br />
*Bite my shiny metal face!! {{er|BG}}<br />
*Bite my shiny metal hat. <small>(said by [[Fry]])</small> {{er|ItWGY}}<br />
*Bite my tiny metal ass! <small>(said by a microscopic [[Bender duplicate]])</small> {{er|6ACV17}}<br />
*''Bite my fhiny metal aff'' {{er|6ACV23}}<br />
*Byte my 8-bit metal ass! <small>(said by Bender during the video-game segment)</small> {{er|6ACV26}}<br />
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Other common catchphrases are:<br />
*"[[Me, Bender]]": whenever he says "me", he usually follows it with "Bender", thus producing the sentence "me, Bender." Thus making this the most said character name on the show.<br />
*"Well, [[we're boned]].", said in situations where he, or a group of people including him, are in a large amount of trouble.<br />
*"I'm back, baby!" whenever he makes an intriguing appearance on the scene; Bender had also said the phrase "We're back, baby!" on numerous occasions, particularly in reference to the series' revival. At one point, Bender just said, "Yeah, we're back." while filing his "nails" after escaping the wormhole.<br />
*"[[Neat!]]", when Bender is taking a picture with [[Bender's camera|his purple camera]], usually of something disturbing or disgusting.<br />
*"Cheese it!" whenever he encourages other characters to run away from trouble. This is used less commonly.<br />
*"[[Fun on the bun]]", another less common catchphrase that is used whenever Bender describes amusement.<br />
*"He's pending for a bending.", a phrase used as a warning very few times throughout the show.<br />
*"[[Bender is great!]]", like "Me, Bender", he usually likes to say this to emphasize his enormous ego.<br />
*"Oooh!", a ghostly/eerie noise often accompanied by jazz hands when feigning supernatural abilities, etc... (The Gypsy machine also did this once to Fry)<br />
*"Kill all humans..." This is a much more prevalent saying of Bender's in the early episodes.<br />
<br />
Bender also has a tendency to call humans "meatbag" when he is displeased or annoyed with them. Additionally, Bender regularly says "Kill all humans", although, in [[The Sting|Leela's dream]] he claims to whisper "except one", referring to Fry, every time too. In "Naturama" when Bender is represented as an elephant seal, he mutters "Kill all penguins" in his sleep.<br />
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[[File:Anthology.jpg|right|thumb|Giant Bender as seen in a "What If?" scenario, about to get attacked by giant [[Dr. John Zoidberg|Zoidberg]] {{et|2ACV16}}.]]<br />
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As stated in "[[War Is the H-Word]]", the top ten words that Bender uses more than any others is as follows:<br />
<br />
<ol start="10"><br />
<li>Chump</li><br />
<li value="9">Chumpette</li><br />
<li value="8">Yours</li><br />
<li value="7">Up</li><br />
<li value="6">Pimpmobile</li><br />
<li value="5">Bite</li><br />
<li value="4">My</li><br />
<li value="3">Shiny</li><br />
<li value="2">Daffodil</li><br />
<li value="1">Ass</li><br />
</ol><br />
<br />
It is by no means impossible that the second word in the list is not "metal" considering all the variations of his catchphrase. In reference to his use of the word "daffodil", he said the sentence "Hot-diggidy-daffodil" in this episode and again in {{f|2}}. "Chumpette" is only uttered once though. "Pimpmobile" was also spoken by Bender in [[Futurama (video game)|the game]]. However, in all likelihood, Bender's real most spoken words would most likely be along the lines of any other speaker of the English language: the, and, I, a, so; etc.<br />
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=== Assets and titles ===<br />
Bender has, over the years gained many assets and ranks in various organizations and a large amount of wealth. Some of these include:<br />
<br />
*Served as Prime Minister of [[Trisol]] under the brief rule of [[Philip J. Fry|Fry the Solid]] (most likely terminated when the old emperor came back into power or when Bender and the rest of the crew fled Trisol).<br />
*A castle, inherited from his [[Vladimir|uncle]], though possibly forfeited when he failed to spend a night within.<br />
*Leader of the [[League of Robots]]<br />
*Commander of the [[Army of the Damned]]<br />
*[[Iron Cook]], on the television show of the same name (Zinc Saucier)<br />
*The [[Dirty Double Cross]], Earth's highest honor in swindling<br />
*[[Calculon]]'s official stalker (possibly fired when he maimed Calculon during a duel)<br />
*Spy for the [[DOOP]]<br />
*An enormous amount of wealth from various crimes<br />
*Pharaoh of [[Osiris 4]]<br />
*Prime Minister of Norway, due to him having the real Prime Minister of Norway's hand AND career chip<br />
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=== Functions, attachments, and accessories ===<br />
As we can see during the episodes, Bender has a lot of different functions. Here is a list of them:<br />
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*'''Trash Can''': Bender's own cavity can be used as a trash can. First seen "[[Space Pilot 3000]]" as he throws a bottle of beer inside himself.<br />
*'''Extenso-matic Eyes''': His eyes can zoom out of his normal layer, so he can get a better view on things; they tend to fall out when he zooms too far. First seen also in "[[Space Pilot 3000]]".<br />
*'''Subway Car''': His legs can extend onto rail tracks and his feet work like wheels, allowing Fry, Leela, and a random bum transportation in Old New York. Seen only in "[[The Luck of the Fryrish]]".<br />
*'''Extenso-matic arms''': Bender's arms and legs are capable of extending to many times their normal length. First seen in "[[The Series Has Landed]]".<br />
*'''[[Gaydar]]''': Bender pulls out a small radar device to prove to [[Amy]] and [[Leela]] that a man they are interested in is gay. It surprisingly works, seen in "[[Love's Labours Lost in Space]]".<br />
*'''Video Camera''': Each of Bender's eyes can be used as a camera, either to take pictures or to film things. Both are first seen in "[[When Aliens Attack]]". He also has one more camera, located "below the equator" which does not always "perform". The camera is never seen, but it can be heard extending.<br />
*'''Cowcatcher''': In "[[A Taste of Freedom]]", Bender has a 19th century style cowcatcher installed to his front to clear a path through the crowd outside the Decapodian Embassy.<br />
*'''Barbecue''': Bender's cavity is used the same way as a barbecue. He used it to cook some burgers. First seen in "[[When Aliens Attack]]".<br />
*'''Oven''': His cavity can be used as an oven, to cook things. The real function name is "E-z Bake", and is used to cook a cake for [[Nibbler]], in the episode "[[I Second that Emotion]]".<br />
*'''Refrigerator''': His cavity can also be used to refrigerate, as seen also in "[[I Second that Emotion]]".<br />
*'''Stage Light''': A light can come out of his cavity. He used it for the first time in "[[When Aliens Attack]]".<br />
*'''AC Power''' generator: Bender plugs a television power cord into his side in [[Bender Should Not Be Allowed on TV]].<br />
*'''Popcorn maker''': Bender can make some popcorn in his cavity. He can also push down on his antenna to dispense butter. First seen in "[[Fear of a Bot Planet]]".<br />
*'''Keg''': Bender can also serve some beers within is cavity. First seen in "[[Hell Is Other Robots]]".<br />
*'''Toilet''': Bender's cavity is used as a toilet in the episode "[[The Cyber House Rules]]". He pushes his antenna to flush.<br />
*'''Recorder:''' Bender can record things with his head. First seen in "[[A Head in the Polls]]", to record [[Richard Nixon's head]]'s words. He records onto magnetic tape cassettes.<br />
[[File:Lighthouse bender.png|right|thumb|Bender as a lighthouse {{et|4ACV14}}.]]<br />
*'''Oxygen Supplier''': In the episode "[[The Deep South]]", Bender is used as an Oxygen Supplier, that comes via some masks.<br />
*'''Exhaust Port''': Bender's exhaust port is present in his ass, as seen in "[[Crimes of the Hot]]".<br />
*'''Flotation Device''': In "[[The Deep South]]", Bender refer to his ass as a Flotation Device.<br />
*'''Pepper Grinder''': In "[[The 30% Iron Chef]]", Bender inserts peppercorns in his mouth and shakes ground pepper out of his ass.<br />
*'''Beer Tub''': Beer ferments in Bender's chest cavity in the episode "[[The Route of All Evil]]". It has a capacity of at least five gallons, six ounces.<br />
*'''Pager''': Antenna glows and vibrates to notify the New Justice Team of a call from the mayor in "[[Less than Hero]]".<br />
*'''Oil Sprayer :''' Bender sprays oil on a cosmetic saleswoman in "[[A Fishful of Dollars]]".<br />
*'''Mail Box''': Bender's antenna indicates when he is receiving mail. First seen in "[[Crimes of the Hot]]".<br />
*'''Chicken Deboner''': Bender can debone a chicken by putting it into his mouth. He then regurgitates the chicken's skeleton and a feather duster. Seen in "[[The 30% Iron Chef]]".<br />
*'''Card Shuffler''': Bender can put a deck of cards into his mouth to shuffle them, and then spit them back out to deal them. He can apparently spit them with enough force for them to cut through objects such as apples and hair. Seen in "[[How Hermes Requisitioned His Groove Back]]".<br />
*'''Circular Saw''': Bender can use his hands as a circular saw and lower a matching eyeshade to protect his eyes. First seen in "[[Less than Hero]]".<br />
*'''EFTPOS Machine''': In "[[Leela's Homeworld]]", Bender takes the Professor's credit card and swipes it between his teeth to check its balance.<br />
*'''Laser Show''': In "[[Jurassic Bark]]", Bender projects an expensive-looking laser show with his head, complete with techno music.<br />
*'''Flamethrower''': Bender boils some water using flames coming out of his mouth in "[[Anthology of Interest I]]". May not be a real feature due the scene being part of a simulation.<br />
*'''Stadium air horn''': In "[[The Devil's Hands Are Idle Playthings]]", the [[Robot Devil]] installs a stadium air horn under Bender's nose.<br />
*'''Voice Modifier''': In "[[Bender Gets Made]]", Bender changed his voice via a control panel. Two voices are available : Robot (his normal voice), and King (his normal voice with a British accent).<br />
*'''Bug Zapper''': In "[[Spanish Fry]]", Bender shows that he is apparently capable of charging his surface with electricity and using his head to electrocute bugs.<br />
*'''Lighthouse''': In "[[Obsoletely Fabulous]]", Bender's revolving head and luminous eyes acted as a fully functional lighthouse. He can also emit a foghorn sound.<br />
*'''Pistol''': In the cover of [[Futurama (video game)|the game]], Bender is shown using his finger as a pistol. Canon status of the game uncertain.<br />
*'''Cheating Unit''': In "[[A Flight to Remember]]", Bender speaks of his "cheating unit" which predicts (inaccurately) the coming roll of the dice at craps.<br />
*'''Water Boiler''': Boils and produces hot water for [[Calculon]] in "[[That's Lobstertainment!]]".<br />
*'''Safe''': In "[[Put Your Head on My Shoulders]]", Bender stores money in his cavity, the combination lock dial can be seen on his door.<br />
*'''Movie Projector''': In "[[Crimes of the Hot]]" Bender's head projects an educational film.<br />
*'''Pen''': Finger can turn into a pen. Used to write down an address in "[[Xmas Time Is Fear]]" and to write down a joke in "[[Who's Dying to Be a Gazillionaire?]]", and to write a "A Plea For Attention" in "[[The 30% Iron Chef]]".<br />
*'''Cigar Lighter''': His finger also flips up to reveal a cigar lighter. He uses this throughout the series to light his cigars. <br />
*'''Paper Shredder''': Paper is inserted into his mouth, shredded and comes out of his chest. Used to shred the menu in [[Hell Is Other Robots]].<br />
*'''Food Processor''': Bender purées fish and regurgitates it to his surrogate penguin children in "[[The Birdbot of Ice-Catraz]]".<br />
*'''Answering Machine''': In "[[Kif Gets Knocked Up a Notch]]", [[Amy]] apparently uses him as an answering machine. He isn't a very good one, though, as he doesn't alert people to new messages, and then deletes them anyway.<br />
*'''CD Player''': Bender can open his mouth panel to insert and play music CDs, as revealed in "[[Obsoletely Fabulous]]".<br />
*'''Projector''': A deleted scene from the opening of ''[[The Beast with a Billion Backs]]'' shows Bender projecting the Futurama logo, and the blue beams displayed behind it, from the top of his head, possibly from his antenna.<br />
*'''Spray Paint''': Bender is capable of spraying paint from his mouth, and does this when writing graffiti as seen in "[[A Pharaoh to Remember]]".<br />
*'''Suction Cup Feet''': Bender can use his feet as suction cups, allowing him to walk on walls. This is seen in "[[Bendless Love]]".<br />
*'''Vacuum''': Bender's arm can also can be used as a vacuum. As seen in the fourth movie; ''[[Into the Wild Green Yonder]]'', sucking up slot coins.<br />
*'''Pencil Sharpener''': Bender can sharpen a pencil, as seen in "[[Lethal Inspection]]".<br />
*'''Gyroscope''': Bender is gyroscopically stable, as seen in "[[The Mutants Are Revolting]]".<br />
*'''Roller Skates''': Roller Skates can extend from Bender's feet. Only seen once in "[[A Pharaoh to Remember]]".<br />
*'''Flash Camera''': He uses his eyes to take pictures for the [[Girly Calendars]] in "[[Neutopia]]".<br />
*'''Cannon''': If cannon ball is placed in his chest cabinet, his antenna can be lit to activate his cannon function. Bender didn't know he could do this. Seen in "[[All the Presidents' Heads]]". <br />
*'''Bicycle''': He serves as a bicycle for himself and his son [[Ben]] in "[[The Bots and the Bees]]".<br />
*'''Tripod''': He grows a third leg so that he can be his own tripod to photograph Leela, Farnsworth, Fry, Amy, Hermes and Zoidberg - in "[[The Thief of Baghead]]".<br />
*'''Defibrillators''': Located inside his chest cabinet as seen in "[[How Much is that Mutant in the Window?]]".<br />
*'''Telephone Device''': This was seen in "How Much is that Mutant in the Window?" on the inside of Bender's chest door, the tip of his antenna lit up red when he used it to call a tow ship to get himself, [[Fry]], [[Leela]] and [[Nibbler]] home.<br />
***Jack- in volume two, episode two "Brannigan, Begin Again" Bender is used by Fry as a jack to lift the hover cart high enough to dump all the dark matter into the left engines furnace.<br />
*'''Fire Extinguisher''': Located in his wrists. Seen in "[[The Inhuman Torch]]".<br />
*'''Airbag''': Located in his chest cabinet. Seen in "[[Meanwhile]]".<br />
<br />
=== Quotes ===<br />
{{q|<br />
<poem>'''Bender''': Dream on, skin tube.</poem><br />
<poem>'''Bender''': I can't see what's happening. Are we boned?<br />
'''[[Turanga Leela|Leela]]''': Yeah, we're boned.</poem><br />
<poem>'''Bender''': I love stealin'; I love takin' things!</poem><br />
<poem>'''Bender''': Ah, TV's Elzar. This is the greatest nanosecond of my life. No, this one is. No, this one. Wait, that one was slightly worse. So far so good on this one.</poem><br />
<poem>'''Bender''': Ah, I'm so excited I wish I could wet my pants.</poem><br />
<poem>'''Bender''': Oh wait, you're serious, let me laugh even harder.</poem><br />
<poem>'''Bender''': Bite my shiny, metal ass!</poem><br />
<poem>'''[[Professor Hubert J. Farnsworth|The Professor]]''': I was just regaling your former coworkers with a tale of bedroom antics, the likes of which-<br />
'''Bender''': Yeah yeah, big whoop, no one cares; I've got ''Bender'' related news.</poem><br />
<poem>'''Bender''': Our love isn't any different than yours, except ours is hotter because I'm involved.</poem><br />
<poem>'''Bender''': Something's happening on television!</poem><br />
<poem>'''Bender''': I'm Bender baby! Please insert liquor!</poem><br />
<poem>'''Hookerbot''': Bender, honey, we love you.<br />
'''Bender''': Shut up baby, I know it!</poem><br />
<poem>'''Bender''': Look, [[Lrrr|hoss]], [[Ndnd|your wife]] threw you out. That’s your license to be a jerk. Do whatever you want, then walk away and light a cigar!</poem><br />
<poem>'''Bender''': Aww, [[Thubanian leader|its]] anus looks like an asterisk!</poem><br />
<poem>'''Bender''': ''[in [[Emperor Nikolai|Emperor Nikolai's]] body.]'' Ah! I have everything I ever wanted. Money, wealth, riches. Yet something's missing. [[Princess Flavia|A hot princess with whom to get grizzly]].</poem><br />
<poem>'''[[Amy Wong|Amy]]''': Remember, [[Robosexuality|love between]] a [[Human]] and a [[Robot]] is taboo. ''[She takes a brush from Bender's cabinet and fixes her hair.]'' We can't tell anyone, not even [[Planet Express crew|our co-workers]].<br />
'''Bender''': ''[To [[Amy Wong|Amy]].]'' Got it. I'll show the utmost discretion as we get nasty in this [[Tube Transport System|glass tube]].</poem><br />
<poem>'''Robot Santa''': I'm not here to kill you, Bender. I need you to help me save X-mas.<br />
'''Bender''': Gee whiz, Santa. You want me to help you?<br />
'''Fry''': Don't do it! He's evil!<br />
'''Santa''': I know he is, but I have no choice. I'm running late. And if I don't complete my brutal rampage, well, it just wouldn't be X-mas.</poem><br />
|2}}<br />
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=== Appearances ===<br />
While Bender appears in every episode, film or comic, the following categories may be of interest;<br />
*[[:Category:A plots focusing on Bender|A plots focusing on Bender]]<br />
*[[:Category:B plots focusing on Bender|B plots focusing on Bender]]<br />
<br />
== References ==<br />
{{reflist}}<br />
<br />
[[Category:Formally deceased characters]]<br />
[[Category:All My Circuits]]<br />
[[Category:Bender's family]]<br />
[[Category:Planet Express]]<br />
[[Category:Robosexuals]]<br />
[[Category:Robots]]<br />
[[Category:Ultimate Robot Fighting]]</div>82.9.42.196http://theinfosphere.org/index.php?title=Kif_Kroker&diff=132851Kif Kroker2013-09-07T09:04:19Z<p>82.9.42.196: /* Appearances */</p>
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<div>{{character infobox<br />
|type=s<br />
|name=Kif Kroker<br />
|image=[[File:Kif Kroker.jpg|225px]]<br />
|image text=A classic drawing of Kif.<br />
|age=Unknown, likely mid-fifties<br />
|gender=Male<br />
|species=[[Amphibiosans|Amphibiosan]]<br />
|origin=[[Amphibios 9]], [[Clan Kroker's Sacred Birthing Grounds]]<br />
|job=[[DOOP]] Fourth Lieutenant<br />
|family=''See [[#Family|Family]] section''<br />
|first appear={{e|1ACV04}}<br />
|voiced by=Maurice LaMarche<br />
}}<br />
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Fourth Lieutenant '''Kif Kroker''' is an [[Amphibiosan]] working for the [[Democratic Order of Planets]], serving aboard the [[Nimbus]] as first officer to [[Zapp Brannigan]]. Zapp is generally abusive towards Kif, forcing him to do a variety of demeaning tasks, including shaving his armpits, but Kif meekly tolerates this abuse, as he apparently lacks the confidence to defend himself. However, Kif sometimes seeks out advice from Zapp and is called his most loyal officer and best friend. Since [[3003]] he has had [[Kif-Amy relationship|a relationship]] with [[human]] [[Amy Wong]].<br />
<br />
== Biography ==<br />
Kif Kroker has fought in wars against the [[Spheroids]] of [[Spheron 1]] ([[War Is the H-Word|2ACV17]]), the [[Spiderians]] of [[Tarantulon 6]] ([[Three Hundred Big Boys|4ACV16]]), the [[Decapodian Army]] in the [[Decapodian Invasion of Earth]] ([[A Taste of Freedom|4ACV05]]), and in all the [[Omicronians|Omicronian]] invasions of [[Earth]] ([[When Aliens Attack|1ACV12]], [[The Problem with Popplers|2ACV15]], [[Lrrreconcilable Ndndifferences|6ACV11]]). However, he was at one point discharged from the [[DOOP]] when [[Zapp Brannigan]] blamed most of his mistake on him ([[Brannigan, Begin Again|2ACV02]]).<br />
<br />
Kif also briefly served as first officer on the ill-fated intergalactic cruise ship [[Titanic]], and, even more briefly, as captain of said vessel after [[Zapp Brannigan]] abandoned his command leaving Kif to go down with the ship. However, Kif managed to evacuate the ship via the escape pods, which is where he first met [[Amy Wong]].<br />
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Kif fell in love with [[Amy Wong]] after only a brief meeting with her on the [[Titanic]] ([[A Flight to Remember|1ACV10]]). For a whole year, he was too nervous to speak to Amy, but eventually admitted his feelings for her ([[Amazon Women in the Mood|3ACV01]]). Despite [[Leo and Inez Wong|her parents]]' dislike of him, Amy returned his feelings. Ironically, though, it was them who set Kif and Amy up when Zapp forced the captainship upon him after the vessel crashed. They have been together since their first date ([[Amazon Women in the Mood|3ACV01]]).<br />
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[[Kif's offspring|Hundreds of unnamed children]] of whom [[Turanga Leela|Leela]] is the mother and [[Amy Wong|Amy]] is the [[smizmar]] when ([[Kif Gets Knocked Up a Notch|4ACV01]]). They are currently living in the [[Clan Kroker's Sacred Birthing Grounds|the same place where their father was born]], in an immature, tadpole form, and will have grown legs and emerged from the water by [[3023]]. [[Mr. and Mrs. Kroker|Kif's parents]] live there with them ([[The Beast with a Billion Backs|TBWABB]]).<br />
<br />
== Character Description ==<br />
<br />
=== Personality ===<br />
Kif Kroker is a nervous and selfconscious individual who suffers from lack of confidence. He is submissive towards [[Zapp Brannigan]], even though Zapp frequently has him do humiliating things. Kif seems like the ideal candidate for General of the [[DOOP Army]], however, he often gets the blame when Zapp makes a mistake and has the credit taken from him by Zapp when he suceeds. However, when under the influence of alcohol, he finds Zapp's statements to be extremely funny.<br />
<br />
=== Friendships and relationships ===<br />
==== Zapp Brannigan ====<br />
[[Zapp Brannigan]] considers Kif to be his closest friend and most loyal officer, and he even tried to comfort Kif after discovering he was in love with [[Amy Wong]], though with very limited success. Kif has been known to insult Zapp behind his back, and despite being rather submissive towards Zapp, Kif once punched Zapp in the stomach after discovering he and Amy had had a brief sexual relationship ([[The Beast with a Billion Backs|TBWABB]]).<br />
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==== Amy Wong ====<br />
[[File:Fonfon Rubok.png|thumb|275px|Kif and Amy's [[Fonfon Rubok|marriage]].]]<br />
{{main|Kif-Amy relationship}}<br />
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In [[3001]], Kif met the [[Mars|Martian]] engineering student [[Amy Wong]] at the [[Titanic]], and exchanges a passionate kiss {{et|1ACV10}}. In [[3003]] they developed an intimate relationship {{et|3ACV01}}, and in [[3008]] Amy became Kif's [[fonfon ru]] ([[The Beast with a Billion Backs|BwaBB]]). They briefly broke up {{et|6ACV04}}, but got back together soon afterwords.<br />
<br />
=== Family ===<br />
*[[Kif's offspring|Hundreds of unnamed children]], through [[Turanga Leela]].<br />
*[[Amy Wong]], Kif's [[Coinage#F|Fonfon Ru]], or wife, and [[smizmar]] (''see [[Kif-Amy relationship]] for more info'').<br />
*[[Mr. and Mrs. Kroker]], parents.<br />
*Amy's entire [[Amy Wong#Family|family]] through [[Coinage#F|Fonfon Rubok]].<br />
*At least one sister was briefly seen in "[[Six Characters in Search of a Story]]".<br />
<br />
=== Age ===<br />
Kif is thought to be at least 55 years old, counting his 20 years as a tadpole, his childhood, long enough in the [[DOOP Army]] to become a lieutenant, and the 10 years of [[Futurama|the show]]. Part of this is speculation, though.<br />
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== Image Gallery ==<br />
<gallery><br />
Image:Kif's Children.jpg|[[Kif's offspring|Kif, Leela, and Amy's children]].<br />
Image:Stubbly Kif.jpg|Kif with stubble.<br />
Image:KifUncontrolledCamoflauge.png|Kif with uncontrolled camoflauge.<br />
</gallery><br />
<br />
== Additional Info ==<br />
=== Trivia ===<br />
*[[Maurice LaMarche]] stated that Kif's voice is a combination of {{w|Jon Lovitz}} and {{w|Truman Capote}}.<br />
*Kif is featured on one of the discs of ''[[Futurama: The Complete Collection 1999-2009|The Complete Collection 1999-2009]]''.<br />
*Although Kif is somewhat like an amphibian, he is apparently capable of growing stubble ([[Brannigan, Begin Again|2ACV02]]).<br />
*Kif has no bones, but is supported by a system of fluid filled bladders.<br />
*Can walk on walls and ceilings.<br />
*Has three nipples ([[Amazon Women in the Mood|3ACV01]]).<br />
*Has a camouflage reflex which turns him almost transparent.<br />
**He loses control of this reflex when he becomes nervous.<br />
*Is actually a highly competent crewman, as evidenced during his brief stint with [[Planet Express]] ([[Brannigan, Begin Again|2ACV02]]).<br />
*Is a skilled combatant, as he can hit two spiders with a giant double-headed fly swat ([[Three Hundred Big Boys|4ACV16]]).<br />
*Is a great karaoke singer, in particular ''{{w|Total Eclipse Of The Heart}}'', due to his time in the DOOP Boys' Chorus.<br />
*Was killed twice and has been ressurected by [[Yivo]] ([[The Beast with a Billion Backs|TBWABB]]) and the [[birthing machine]] ([[Rebirth|6ACV01]]).<br />
*When he is really sick and/or has a hangover, he actually becomes liquid.<br />
*He is a good yet unusual breakdancer ([[That Darn Katz!|6ACV08]]).<br />
*Was shortly promoted to a Captain in the [[DOOP]].<br />
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=== Catchphrase ===<br />
*Kif's most notable word (or in this case, noise) would be his trademark sigh. Usually used when confronted with the ineptitude of his superior, Zapp Brannigan.<br />
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=== Quotes ===<br />
{{q|<br />
<poem>'''Kif''': ''[After holding Amy's hand.]'' Dear Diary, I just made love for the ''second'' time...</poem><br />
<poem>'''Leela''': What planet is this anyway?<br />
'''Zapp''': I 'unno. This whole sector is uncharted.<br />
'''Kif''': It is ''not'' uncharted, you ''lost'' the chart!</poem><br />
<poem>'''Zapp''': Show them my medal, Kif.<br />
'''Kif''': ''[Kif points at a medal on Zapp's chest.]'' He rented it with his tax refund.</poem><br />
<poem>'''Kif''': Use a brush, [[Philip J. Fry|you dunderhead]]! And mix these mixed nuts. I see two almonds touching!</poem><br />
<poem>'''Bender''': Ow, my arms! I'll never paint again! ''[He feigns crying.]''<br />
'''Kif''': You can't sue the military!<br />
'''Bender''': Oh. I'm alright then.</poem><br />
<poem>'''Amy''': But my doctoral exam is in ten minutes! On Mars! ''[She runs out of bed but steps on something.]'' Eww! Kif, did you yack on the floor?<br />
'''Kif''': ''[The green puddle Amy stepped on grows a mouth, it is Kif.]'' Yes, I did.</poem><br />
}}<br />
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=== Appearances ===<br />
{{appear-begin}}<br />
*[[Opening sequence]]<br />
*{{e|1ACV04}}<br />
*{{e|1ACV10}}<br />
*{{e|1ACV12}}<br />
*{{e|2ACV02}}<br />
*{{e|2ACV15}}<br />
*{{e|2ACV16}}<br />
*{{e|2ACV17}}<br />
*{{e|3ACV01}}<br />
*{{e|3ACV10}}<br />
*{{e|3ACV21}}<br />
*{{e|4ACV01}}<br />
*{{e|4ACV03}}<br />
*{{e|4ACV05}}<br />
*{{e|4ACV11}}<br />
*{{e|4ACV16}}<br />
*{{f|1}}<br />
**{{e|5ACV01}} <small>(mentioned only)</small><br />
**{{e|5ACV04}}<br />
*{{f|2}}<br />
**{{e|5ACV05}}<br />
**{{e|5ACV06}}<br />
**{{e|5ACV07}} <small>(mentioned only)</small><br />
**{{e|5ACV08}}<br />
*{{f|3}} {{cameo}}<br />
*{{f|4}}<br />
**{{e|5ACV14}}<br />
**{{e|5ACV15}}<br />
**{{e|5ACV16}}<br />
*{{e|6ACV01}}<br />
*{{e|6ACV02}}<br />
*{{e|6ACV04}}<br />
*{{e|6ACV07}} <small>(montage)</small><br />
*{{e|6ACV08}}<br />
*{{e|6ACV11}}<br />
*{{e|6ACV17}}<br />
*{{e|6ACV19}}<br />
*{{e|6ACV24}}<br />
*{{e|7ACV02}}<br />
*{{e|7ACV05}}<br />
*{{e|7ACV06}}<br />
*{{e|7ACV13}}<br />
*{{e|7ACV16}}<br />
*{{e|7ACV18}}<br />
*{{e|7ACV19}}<br />
*{{e|7ACV26}}<br />
*{{clink|US#002|...But Deliver Us to Evil!}}<br />
*{{clink|US#004|DOOP the Right Thing!}}<br />
*{{clink|US#014|Six Characters in Search of a Story}}<br />
*{{clink|US#021|More than a Filling!}}<br />
*{{clink|US#033|Attack of the 50-ft Amy}}<br />
*{{clink|US#034|Planet Michelle}}<br />
*{{clink|US#041|Soldier Boys}}<br />
*{{clink|US#042|Homeward Boned}}<br />
*{{clink|US#044|The Fry and the Furious!}}<br />
*{{clink|US#045|Anthology of Interest II|Anthology of Interest II (comic)}}<br />
*{{clink|US#046|Follow the Reader}}<br />
*{{clink|US#050|Your Mother Wears Pilot Boots}}<br />
*{{clink|US#057|Steampunk'd}}<br />
*{{cmlink|US#051-mini|Captain Zapp Brannigan in The Seven Day Itch|Fry Cook!#Special Features}}<br />
*{{cmlink|US#052-mini|Captain Zapp Brannigan in Purple Tentacle Tour|Ro-Botox!#Special Features}}<br />
*{{cmlink|US#054-mini|Captain Zapp Brannigan in Rank Call!|How Much is that Mutant in the Window?#Special Features}}<br />
*{{clink|US#X03|Slaves of New New York!}}<br />
*{{clink|US#X04|The Read Menace!}}<br />
{{appear-end}}<br />
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[[Category:Aliens]]<br />
[[Category:Amphibiosans]]<br />
[[Category:DOOP]]<br />
[[Category:Military personnel]]<br />
[[Category:Planet Express]]<br />
[[Category:Former Deceased characters]]</div>82.9.42.196http://theinfosphere.org/index.php?title=Category:Former_Deceased_characters&diff=132850Category:Former Deceased characters2013-09-07T09:03:26Z<p>82.9.42.196: Created page with "Characters which have either died or were killed for a limited time, but later brought back to life."</p>
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<div>Characters which have either died or were killed for a limited time, but later brought back to life.</div>82.9.42.196http://theinfosphere.org/index.php?title=Headless_clone_of_Agnew&diff=123562Headless clone of Agnew2013-06-29T14:52:55Z<p>82.9.42.196: </p>
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<div>{{character infobox<br />
|name=Headless clone of Spiro Agnew<br />
|image=[[File:Nixon and the headless clone of Agnew.png|225px]]<br />
|image text=The headless clone of Agnew with [[Richard Nixon's head]] in [[3012]] {{et|7ACV02}}.<br />
|type=s<br />
|type2=d<br />
|age=No older than {{age|3009}}<br />
|birth date=Between [[3009]] and [[3012]]<br />
|death date=[[3013]]<br />
|species=[[Humans|Human]] clone<br />
|origin=[[Earth]]<br />
|job=[[Vice-President of Earth]]<br />
|first appear={{e|7ACV02}}<br />
|voiced by=Maurice LaMarche<br />
|wikipedia=Spiro Agnew<br />
}}<br />
The '''headless clone of Spiro Agnew''' is [[Vice President of Earth]], serving under [[President of Earth]] [[Richard Nixon's head|Richard Nixon]], and is the clone of the [[headless body of Agnew]]. He was created between [[3009]] and [[3012]] after the [[Feministas]] accidentally killed the original Agnew with a runaway golf cart {{et|5ACV14}}. The new Agnew is identical to his predecessor, including being a body preserved without a head (instead of the [[heads in jars|other way around]]), and can make noises without any vocal cords. The clone of Agnew is first seen attempting to evacuate [[Earth]] with President Nixon in the presidential spaceship while a solar flare knocks out the Earth's electricity {{et|7ACV02}}.<br />
<br />
Agnew was killed by [[Omicronian]] leader [[Lrrr]]'s son [[Jrrr]] in [[3013]] {{et|7ACV16}}.<br />
<br />
== Additional info ==<br />
=== Trivia ===<br />
* The Agnew clone's vice presidency contradicts "[[The Futurama Holiday Spectacular]]", where [[Dick Cheney]] is seen serving as Vice President. However, due to the non-canonical nature of the episode, Cheney may not have actually been Vice President in the series.<br />
** It is also possible that Cheney was filling the post while Agnew was being cloned, and stepped down once the clone was completed.<br />
* According to Nixon, this particular clone is his "second-to-last Agnew".<br />
<br />
=== Quotes ===<br />
{{q|<br />
<poem>''[Inside the presidential spaceship. Nixon and Agnew are seated. Agnew is pushing a button, attempting to start up the ship.]''<br />
'''Agnew''': ''[Grunts.]''<br />
'''[[Richard Nixon's head|Nixon]]''': Oh, let me try, headless clone of Agnew! ''[Nixon's robotic arm presses the button, but fails to start the ship.]'' Damn thing just won't turn over. It's like [[Pat Nixon|Pat]] on a Sunday morning!</poem><br />
}}<br />
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=== Appearances ===<br />
*{{e|7ACV02}}<br />
*{{e|7ACV03}}<br />
*{{e|7ACV05}}<br />
*{{e|7ACV16}}<br />
*{{e|7ACV26}} <ref>{{cite web|url=http://comedycentral.tumblr.com/post/52810289870/countdown-to-futurama-leela-and-fry-on-a-swing|title=Countdown to Futurama: Leela and Fry on a Swing Made of People|date=2013-6-12|site=[http://comedycentral.tumblr.com/ Comedy Central's Tumblr page]|accessdate=2013-6-18}}</ref> <ref>{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/supercinski/status/347000766608850948|title=supercinski|author=[[Lee Supercinski]]|date=2013-6-18|site={{w|Twitter}}|accessdate=2013-6-18}}</ref><br />
*{{clink|US#059|How to Secede Without Really Trying}}<br />
*{{clink|US#060|The Bot Who Cried Wolf}}<br />
*{{clink|US#065|The Sun Also Raises!}}<br />
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== References ==<br />
{{reflist}}<br />
<br />
[[Category:Articles with outdatable content|9]]<br />
[[Category:Humans]]<br />
[[Category:Vice-Presidents]]</div>82.9.42.196http://theinfosphere.org/index.php?title=Jrrr&diff=123516Jrrr2013-06-29T10:59:10Z<p>82.9.42.196: </p>
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<div>{{update}}<br />
{{character infobox<br />
|name=Jrrr<br />
|type=s<br />
|image=[[File:Jurr.jpg|225px]]<br />
|first appear={{e|2ACV15}}<br />
|voice A=[[2ACV15]]<br />
|voice A by=Lauren Tom<br />
|voice B=[[7ACV16]]<br />
|voice B by=Tress MacNeille<br />
|gender=Male<br />
|species=[[Omicronians|Omicronian]]<br />
|origin=[[Omicron Persei 8]]<br />
}}<br />
<br />
'''Jrrr''' is a baby [[Omicronians|Omicronian]] who was an essential participant in the [[Second Omicronian Invasion of Earth]]. He was discovered by [[Turanga Leela]] in a box of week-old [[Popplers]]. When he first spoke, Leela found out Popplers were actually an intelligent species and so she tried to save his brothers' and sisters' lives. In return, he saved her from being eaten by [[Lrrr]].<br />
<br />
== Additional Info ==<br />
=== Trivia === <br />
*His name is a pun on his ruler's name, Lrrr, and Junior, abbreviated as Jr.<br />
*He is one among few ''Futurama'' [[:Category:Male characters voiced by women|male characters to be voiced by a woman]].<br />
*He has darker horns similar to those of his ruler Lrrr, indicating he is royalty or related to Lrrr.<br />
*In a Futurama Live session, David X. Cohen revealed that an adolescent Jrrr will return in a season 7 episode.<br />
<br />
=== Quotes ===<br />
{{q|<br />
<poem>'''Jrrr''': I am Jrrr, from the planet [[Omicron Persei 8]]! Could someone lower this thing for me?</poem><br />
<poem>'''Jrrr''': When my species grows up, we eat our moms.</poem><br />
<poem>'''Jrrr''': There are many good reasons to eat: Hunger, boredom, wanting to be the world's fattest man. But not revenge.</poem><br />
}}<br />
<br />
=== Appearances ===<br />
*{{e|2ACV15}}<br />
*{{e|7ACV16}}<br />
<br />
[[Category:Male characters voiced by women]]<br />
[[Category:Omicronians]]<br />
[[Category:Characters voiced by more than one person]]</div>82.9.42.196http://theinfosphere.org/index.php?title=Jrrr&diff=123514Jrrr2013-06-29T10:57:12Z<p>82.9.42.196: </p>
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<div>{{update}}<br />
{{character infobox<br />
|name=Jrrr<br />
|type=t<br />
|image=[[File:Jurr.jpg|225px]]<br />
|first appear={{e|2ACV15}}<br />
|voice A=[[2ACV15]]<br />
|voice A by=Lauren Tom<br />
|voice B=[[7ACV16]]<br />
|voice B by=Tress MacNeille<br />
|gender=Male<br />
|species=[[Omicronians|Omicronian]]<br />
|origin=[[Omicron Persei 8]]<br />
}}<br />
<br />
'''Jrrr''' is a baby [[Omicronians|Omicronian]] who was an essential participant in the [[Second Omicronian Invasion of Earth]]. He was discovered by [[Turanga Leela]] in a box of week-old [[Popplers]]. When he first spoke, Leela found out Popplers were actually an intelligent species and so she tried to save his brothers' and sisters' lives. In return, he saved her from being eaten by [[Lrrr]].<br />
<br />
== Additional Info ==<br />
=== Trivia === <br />
*His name is a pun on his ruler's name, Lrrr, and Junior, abbreviated as Jr.<br />
*He is one among few ''Futurama'' [[:Category:Male characters voiced by women|male characters to be voiced by a woman]].<br />
*He has darker horns similar to those of his ruler Lrrr, indicating he is royalty or related to Lrrr.<br />
*In a Futurama Live session, David X. Cohen revealed that an adolescent Jrrr will return in a season 7 episode.<br />
<br />
=== Quotes ===<br />
{{q|<br />
<poem>'''Jrrr''': I am Jrrr, from the planet [[Omicron Persei 8]]! Could someone lower this thing for me?</poem><br />
<poem>'''Jrrr''': When my species grows up, we eat our moms.</poem><br />
<poem>'''Jrrr''': There are many good reasons to eat: Hunger, boredom, wanting to be the world's fattest man. But not revenge.</poem><br />
}}<br />
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=== Appearances ===<br />
*{{e|2ACV15}}<br />
*{{e|7ACV16}}<br />
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[[Category:Male characters voiced by women]]<br />
[[Category:Omicronians]]</div>82.9.42.196http://theinfosphere.org/index.php?title=20th-century_kid&diff=12351220th-century kid2013-06-29T10:50:48Z<p>82.9.42.196: </p>
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<div>{{character infobox<br />
|name="20th-century kid"<br />
|catname=20th-century kid<br />
|type=t<br />
|type2=d<br />
|image=[[File:20th century kid.png|225px]]<br />
|image text=Seen here between Fry and the arcade machine<br />
|voiced by=Kath Soucie<br />
|origin=[[Earth]]<br />
|gender=Male<br />
|species=[[Human]]<br />
|first appear={{e|1ACV01}}<br />
}}<br />
The "'''20th-century kid'''" was a [[Human]] boy who regularly visited [[Panucci's Pizza]] and enjoyed playing on the [[Monkey Fracas Jr.]] machine and eating pizza slices in the [[20th century]]. He watched [[Philip J. Fry|Fry]] play poorly on New Year's Eve [[2000]].<br />
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== Additional Info ==<br />
<br />
=== Trivia ===<br />
*His line "You stink, loser!" was supposed to be much longer, having him saying "You stink, dude, even my grandmother could get past the first gorilla, and she thought this was a cigarette machine".<br />
*He is one among few ''Futurama'' [[:Category:Male characters voiced by women|male characters to be voiced by women]].<br />
*In the homage to "[[Space Pilot 3000]]" in "[[Law and Oracle]]", his role is fulfilled by [[Zoidberg]].<br />
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=== Quotes ===<br />
{{q|<br />
<poem>'''Fry''': And that's how you play the game.<br />
'''20th-century kid''': You stink, loser!</poem><br />
<poem>'''20th-century kid''': Yo, there's dog fur on my slice.</poem><br />
}}<br />
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=== Appearances ===<br />
*{{e|1ACV01}}<br />
*{{e|4ACV07}}<br />
*{{e|7ACV16}}<br />
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[[Category:Humans]]<br />
[[Category:Male characters voiced by women]]</div>82.9.42.196http://theinfosphere.org/index.php?title=Mort&diff=118715Mort2012-10-20T11:06:45Z<p>82.9.42.196: </p>
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<div>{{character infobox<br />
|name=Mort<br />
|type=t<br />
|type2=d<br />
|first appear = {{clink|US#007|New Year's Rockin' Evil}}<br />
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'''Mort''' is a deceased tramp from the [[20th-century]]. He was killed by a Bendernator looking for [[Fry]]. Not much is known about Mort apart from the fact that he predicted that there was a society run by mechanical brethren. He obviously lost his leg because if you look closely, you can see that he has a wooden leg. He also seemed to want revenge on non-belivers who called him mad.<br />
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==Additional Infomation==<br />
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===Family===<br />
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It is unknown if he has family at all, although it is possible that he had a mother to give birth to him.<br />
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===Quotes===<br />
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(Huge zap of lightning as time portal sends [http://theinfosphere.org/Bender_Bending_Rodriguez Bender] to the ground.)<br />
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Mort: What the?...<br />
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Bender: Ohhhh...<br />
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Mort: You're...you're a robot? God has been listening to my prayers!<br />
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Bender: Are you Phillip.J.Fry?<br />
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Mort: No, I'm Mort, your new master, and together we'll crush the non-belivers who called me mad when I predicted a society run by your mechanical brethren! Now first things first... I need a phaser gun and a snazzy outfit. Something that screams 'universal overlord' but is wrinkle free and breathes...hey,what are you doing?<br />
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(Lightning flashes)<br />
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Mort: YAAARRRRGH!<br />
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===Appearances===<br />
*{{clink|US#007|New Year's Rockin' Evil}}</div>82.9.42.196http://theinfosphere.org/index.php?title=Mr._Everyteen&diff=118598Mr. Everyteen2012-10-06T20:49:51Z<p>82.9.42.196: Created page with "{{character infobox |name=Mr. Everyteen |type=t |type2=d |type3=p |gender=Male |first appear={{e|I Dated a Robot}} |species=Human |}} '''Mr. Everyteen''' was the father o..."</p>
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|first appear={{e|I Dated a Robot}}<br />
|species=[[Human]]<br />
|}}<br />
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'''Mr. Everyteen''' was the father of [[Billy Everyteen]].</div>82.9.42.196http://theinfosphere.org/index.php?title=Mavis&diff=118597Mavis2012-10-06T20:47:22Z<p>82.9.42.196: Created page with "{{character infobox |name=Mavis |type=t |type2=p |gender=Female |species=Human |first appear={{e|I Dated a Robot}} |}} ''Mavis'' is the former girlfriend of [[Billy Every..."</p>
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|type=t<br />
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|gender=Female<br />
|species=[[Human]]<br />
|first appear={{e|I Dated a Robot}}<br />
|}}<br />
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''Mavis'' is the former girlfriend of [[Billy Everyteen]], until he downloaded [[Marilyn Monroe]]. She appears in the film [[Educational films#I Dated A Robot|I Dated a Robot!]].</div>82.9.42.196http://theinfosphere.org/index.php?title=Billy_Everyteen&diff=118484Billy Everyteen2012-09-28T20:39:58Z<p>82.9.42.196: </p>
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<div>{{character infobox<br />
|name=Billy Everyteen<br />
|image=[[File:I Dated a Robot 2.jpg|225px]]<br />
|image text=Billy and a blank robot.<br />
|birth date=1990s<br />
|age=<br />
|type=t<br />
|swastype=I Dated A Robot<br />
|type2=p<br />
|type3=d<br />
|job=<br />
|voiced by=Phil LaMarr<br />
|first appear={{e|I Dated a Robot}}<br />
|origin=[[Earth]]<br />
|species=Human<br />
|family=Deceased father<br/>Deceased mother<br />
}}<br />
'''Billy Everyteen''' was a teenager who downloaded [[Marilyn Monroe]] onto a blank robot, like [[Fry]] in the film ''[[Educational films#I Dated A Robot|I Dated a Robot!]]''. His former girlfriend was [[Mavis]].<br />
==Appearances==<br />
*{{e|I Dated a Robot}}</div>82.9.42.196http://theinfosphere.org/index.php?title=Evil_Wizard&diff=118390Evil Wizard2012-09-20T19:23:53Z<p>82.9.42.196: </p>
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<div>{{character infobox<br />
|name=Evil Wizard<br/>"Prince Hiroshi"<br />
|type=t<br />
|type2=p<br />
|image=[[File:Evil Wizard.png|225px]]<br />
|image text=The Evil Wizard in "[[Reincarnation]]".<br />
|gender=Male<br />
|species=[[Wizard]]<br />
|origin=<br />
|job=<br />
|first appear={{e|6ACV26}}<br />
|voiced by=<br />
}}<br />
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The '''Evil Wizard''', by [[Hermes Conrad|Hermes]] called "the crystal space devil", was an evil warlock who destroyed [[Zagtar]], the defender of space. When [[Amy Wong|Amy]] suggests the [[Planet Express crew]] summon Zagtar, Hermes reminds her of the Evil Wizard having destroyed him. Leela states that the devil used to be her brother Prince Hiroshi.<br />
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Whether the Evil Wizard is a [[canon]] or non-canon character is not known, and will depend on the style of the "[[Reincarnation]]" episode.<br />
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== Production ==<br />
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The Evil Wizard was first seen in the [[storyboard:Reincarnation|storyboard]] of "[[Reincarnation]]", released by the ''[[Countdown to Futurama]]'' on 13 June, 2011. The notes describe him as "a dark hooded warlock".<br />
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== Additional Info ==<br />
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=== Appearances ===<br />
*{{e|6ACV26}} (cameo){{disputed canon}}<br />
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[[Category:Wizards]]</div>82.9.42.196http://theinfosphere.org/index.php?title=1x10&diff=1183411x102012-09-18T06:27:37Z<p>82.9.42.196: </p>
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<div>'''1x10 AD''' (or 10 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 AD) is one of the last years that [[Fry]], [[Bender]] and [[Farnsworth]] visit in the [[forward time machine]]. It is a total blackout with virtually nothing for trillions and trillions of light years.<br />
== Additional Information==<br />
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===Trivia===<br />
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*The year 1x10 AD is the last year of the original [[Futurama]] universe.<br />
*The only possible still living characters are the [[Nibblonians]] and [[Yivo]].<br />
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===Appearances===<br />
*{{e|The Late Philip J. Fry}}</div>82.9.42.196http://theinfosphere.org/index.php?title=1x10&diff=1183401x102012-09-18T06:27:12Z<p>82.9.42.196: </p>
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<div>'''1x10 AD''' (or 10 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 AD) is one of the last years that [[Fry]], [[Bender]] and [[Farnsworth]] visit in the [[forward time machine]]. It is a total blackout with virtually nothing for trillions and trillions of light years.<br />
== Additional Information==<br />
<br />
===Trivia===<br />
<br />
The year 1x10 AD is the last year of the original [[Futurama]] universe.<br />
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The only possible still living characters are the [[Nibblonians]] and [[Yivo]].<br />
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===Appearances===<br />
*{{e|The Late Philip J. Fry}}</div>82.9.42.196http://theinfosphere.org/index.php?title=Robot_fox&diff=117899Robot fox2012-08-31T17:05:05Z<p>82.9.42.196: Created page with "{{character infobox |name=Robotic Fox |type=t |species=Robot |first appear = {{e|31st Century Fox}} |voiced by = Frank Welker }} {{stub}} == Additional Information == =..."</p>
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|name=Robotic Fox<br />
|type=t<br />
|species=[[Robot]]<br />
|first appear = {{e|31st Century Fox}}<br />
|voiced by = Frank Welker<br />
}}<br />
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== Additional Information ==<br />
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===Appearances===<br />
*{{e|31st Century Fox}}</div>82.9.42.196http://theinfosphere.org/index.php?title=Category:Characters_voiced_by_Patrick_Stewart&diff=117898Category:Characters voiced by Patrick Stewart2012-08-31T17:01:27Z<p>82.9.42.196: Created page with "These are the Characters voiced by Patrick Stewart."</p>
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<div>These are the Characters voiced by [[Patrick Stewart]].</div>82.9.42.196http://theinfosphere.org/index.php?title=Huntmaster&diff=117897Huntmaster2012-08-31T17:00:32Z<p>82.9.42.196: Created page with "{{character infobox |name=Hunts Master |type=s |type2=d |gender=Male |species=Robot |first appear = {{e|7ACV11}} |voiced by=Patrick Stewart }} ==Additional Infomation== ..."</p>
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|name=Hunts Master<br />
|type=s<br />
|type2=d<br />
|gender=Male<br />
|species=[[Robot]]<br />
|first appear = {{e|7ACV11}}<br />
|voiced by=Patrick Stewart<br />
}}<br />
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==Additional Infomation==<br />
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===Appearances===<br />
*{{e|7ACV11}}</div>82.9.42.196http://theinfosphere.org/index.php?title=Decapodians&diff=117896Decapodians2012-08-31T16:53:24Z<p>82.9.42.196: /* Notable Decapodians */</p>
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<div>{{species infobox<br />
|name=Decapodians<br />
|image=[[File:Decapodians.jpg|225px]]<br />
|homeworld=[[Decapod 10]]<br />
|member of=[[DOOP]]<br />
|first appear={{e|1ACV02}}<br />
}}<br />
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The '''Decapodians''' are a species of sentient lobster-like creatures, originating from [[Decapod 10]]. They have blue eyes, red skin and hand-like mouths. The Decapodians seem to be a bald species, much like the [[Antarians]], the [[Amphibiosans]] and the [[Morboians]], though they can grow hair that instantly turns white after experiencing a traumatizing event. Their society is often pictured in contrast to that of [[Earth]]. The Decapodians are ruled by the [[Decapodian Emperor]], but while many indications of their society seems to suggest a totalitarian government, they have a democratic process. They are also a member of the [[Democratic Order of Planets]]. The most well known of the Decapodians is [[Planet Express]] staff doctor [[Dr. John A. Zoidberg|John A. Zoidberg]].<br />
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== Society ==<br />
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=== Culture ===<br />
Decapodian culture shows the traits of being authoritarian and they seem to be strict beings, who do not welcome change to their society. Despite the authoritarian sense in the species' members, many of them are known to flock to other worlds, perhaps in search of a less strict society. It can be assumed that Decapodian society isn't strict in format, but essence of its authoritarianism is uncanny, and as a result the sense stems to its citizens.<br />
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[[File:Decapodian Vehicle.jpg|right|thumb|A Decapodian sedan {{et|2ACV05}}.]]<br />
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Decapodians live in buildings made of packed sand, and much of their infrastructure is based upon sea-based material and imagery, such as a crablike car. Decapodians often settle matters of honor and lesser matters such as whether abbreviations count in Scrabble during their ritual of [[Claw-Plach]], a battle to the death before an audience.<br />
For some reason, most Decapodians have generic Earthican names such as Edna, John, Norman, etc.<br />
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=== Parenting ===<br />
<br />
Parenting is perhaps one of the more complicated parts of Decapodian culture. And while clues are revealed during the course of the series, it remains unclear how exactly the parent-child combination works in Decapodian society.<br />
<br />
In "[[Why Must I Be a Crustacean in Love?]]", it is revealed that when Decapodians passed on their genes, they die. But in order for the establishment of Decapodian society to make any sense, a former generation (or more generations) must remain behind to take care of the offspring, in order to teach them with the cultures of society, which means that Decapodian society must have a regular "reboot" of society. This would mean that all decapodians are exactly the same age, except the ones who stayed behind to look after the offspring. Alternatively, there may be two generations active at any given time, with the majority of the older generation all dying during mating season.<br />
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Further evidence are introduced in "[[That's Lobstertainment!]]", when Zoidberg mentions to [[Harold Zoid]], that he is the boy of Norm, Sam and Sadie. The "mother" shown in "[[A Taste of Freedom]]" can be assumed to be a parental figure, rather than Zoidberg's actual biological mother (who he could never have known, especially since she notes that his parents are in graves). A possible explanation can be that Norm, Sam and Sadie are all parental figures, who took care of Zoidberg among others. An alternative explanation is that two of the "parents" are his actual biological figures, and the last is his parental figure; either "Sadie" or "Sam[antha]".<br />
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=== Politics ===<br />
<br />
Politics in Decapodian society seems at best complex. They are known to have an Emperor, but at the same time, they have a democratic process to elect new leaders. It is also possible that the elections are essentially a show for the citizens.<br />
<br />
Despite the chain of leadership, Decapodian ambassadors are allowed to declare war upon other governments and lead the wars. For instance, [[Ambassador Mervin]] lead the war against Earth in [[3003]]. The [[Decapodian Army]]'s foremost advantage is their warships, but these unfortunately are expensive, so replacements for the warships, such as the [[Mobile Oppression Palace]] are built to maintain the oppression of newly conquered worlds. Unfortunately for Decapod 10, Dr. Zoidberg destroyed the Mobile Oppression Palace that was in place on Earth.<br />
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== Anatomy ==<br />
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=== Organs ===<br />
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==== Exterior ====<br />
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[[File:Ink defense.png|thumb|left|170px|Zoidberg using his [[ink defense]] {{et|6ACV06}}.]]<br />
[[File:Zoidberg burp.png|thumb|right|170px|Zoidberg burping {{et|6ACV10}}.]]<br />
[[File:Armpit things.png|thumb|right|170px|Decapodian armpits (6ACV10).]]<br />
[[File:Alien mouth.png|thumb|left|170px|Decapodians (or at least Zoidberg) have an additional head inside their mouth (6ACV10).]]<br />
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Like lobsters or crabs on Earth, Decapodians have no bones. Instead they have an exoskeleton&mdash;a hard, chitinous shell which gives their body the rigidity needed to move about. These shells&mdash;like seemingly most of their other organs&mdash;are not an integral part of the body, but are molted and replaced when they grow too large {{et|3ACV01}}. They may vary in colour from pink, red, or brown, and all hues in between. They have claws instead of hands and feet, and have a row of four small finger-like flaps that cover their mouths. The thorax has three ridges, possibly containing orifices, and ink pouches are set in the armpits. A blowhole is set on top of the head, and the males possess a decorative fin in the same place that can be erected at will in times of the mating frenzy. Males also have testicles located at the back of their necks. Decapodians also breathe through gills that are on the sides of their necks, and Zoidberg has been seen burping using these fins.<br />
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Other than above mentioned organs and functions, Decapodians have an extremely complex nature, with many functions and organs that really have no use (for example their four hearts). It has also been hinted that disemboweling a Decapodian is nonlethal, and a lot of their organs may be the result of their numerous parasites.<br />
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When threatened, a Decapodian can unleash an [[ink defense]] similar to that of an octopus. The Decapodian rapidly takes off their clothes, releases black ink from their armpits while screaming, and run away while their enemy stands shocked and, hopefully, momentarily blinded.<br />
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Decapodians (or at least Zoidberg) also appear to have an additional head inside their mouth {{et|6ACV10}}, but this might also be some sort of parasite, such as the {{w|Cymothoa exigua}}.<br />
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[[File:Decapodian Organs.jpg|right|thumb|Decapodian organs {{et|3ACV19}}.]]<br />
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Decapodians seem to be able to grow hair when exceptionally surprised or frightened {{et|6ACV15}}.<br />
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==== Interior ====<br />
Decapodians are cold-blooded, and the blood appears to be light purple in color. Internal organs are numerous and seem to be vestigial or redundant. They include, but are not limited to:<br />
*Four hearts (though they could survive with less)<br />
*A Gas bladder<br />
*An empathy bladder<br />
*A stink gland, which gives off foul odors when they're bored<br />
*A freshwater stomach and a saltwater stomach (vomiting from both of them is a sign of happiness)<br />
*A brain in their rump.<br />
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=== Life cycle ===<br />
Decapodians go through many different stages during their lives. Starting off as tiny larvae in a puddle, they progress through no less than a dozen forms {{et|4ACV09}}. In their "Coral Form", their siblings bud off. In their mature form, Decapodians are bipedal humanoids. The mating phase is probably not part of their life cycle, but a ritual they go through during their mating season.<br />
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They seem to age more slowly than humans, as Zoidberg has known [[Professor Farnsworth]] for at least {{age|2927}} years {{et|6ACV18}}.<br />
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[[File:Decapodian Life Cycle.jpg|center|600px]]<br />
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=== Pearls ===<br />
[[File:Decapodian Warships.jpg|thumb|right|[[Decapodian Warship]]s {{et|4ACV05}}.]]<br />
Like many Earth mollusks, Decapodians create pearls when irritants are introduced into their throats. These pearls are blue in appearance and can be used to make jewelry {{et|3ACV03}}.<br />
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=== Reproduction ===<br />
As with life on Earth, female Decapodians carry eggs, which are fertilized by the males. Like many sea creatures, their survival strategy is to produce massive numbers of offspring, rather than to protect a small number of children until adulthood. Decapodians have no concept of love, and enter into relationships only for reproduction. When their mating season arrives, each male attempts to attract a female with an erotic display in the same place as the humans does their erotic display&mdash;the beach. Successful couples will participate in the mating frenzy, while less successful ones lose their chance of reproduction.<br />
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After participating in the frenzy, the Decapodians die a gruesome death. This brings into question how Zoidberg knew his parents, but not enough is known to draw any conclusions (i.e., they may have been adoptive parents from another generation). Zoidberg also states that he is "Norm and Sam and Sadie's boy" {{et|3ACV08}}, which implies Decapodians may have three parents, whether that be one biological and two adoptive or some other combination (or all biological), however it may also be coincidence, that three Decapodians picked up Zoidberg, which may also suggest that some children are taken care of, after they return to shore. It may also be that two parents are biological, and one adoptive who didn't get the chance to mate. Nevertheless, one of Zoidberg's memories showed him with a mother figure when he was a young humanoid {{et|4ACV05}}.<br />
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It is also possible that not all matings result in death, but only matings related to the frenzy; [[Yivo]] was able to mate with Decapodians without causing any known deaths ([[The Beast with a Billion Backs|TBwaBB]]), and [[Philip J. Fry|Fry]] mated with [[Turanga Leela|Leela]] while in Zoidberg's body {{et|6ACV10}}. This suggests that they may be able to mate with members of other species without it resulting in their death, or that they can choose whether to unleash their productive jelly. It can also mean that a Decapodian mind must be present in its original Decapodian body in order for the Decapodian to fully mate.<br />
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== Notable Decapodians ==<br />
[[File:Decapodian Weapons.jpg|right|thumb|Decapodian weapons (2ACV05).]]<br />
*[[Dr. John A. Zoidberg]]<br />
*[[Edna]]<br />
*[[Decapodian Emperor]]<br />
*[[Harold Zoid]]<br />
*[[Ambassador Mervin]]<br />
*[[Hugh Man]]<br />
*[[Squidward Scissorhands]]<br />
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== Additional Information ==<br />
=== Trivia ===<br />
*"Decapod" means "having 10 feet"&mdash;a common trait of crustaceans, though one the Decapodians lack in their mature, bipedal forms.<br />
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=== Quotes ===<br />
{{q|<br />
<poem>'''Dr. Zoidberg''': Fry, it's been years since medical school, so remind me. Disemboweling in your species: Fatal or non-fatal?</poem><br />
<poem>'''Decapodian Emperor''': Once invoked, the sacred tradition of Claw-Plach can not be taken back. It is a recent tradition, only 18 years old, but it is a tradition nonetheless.</poem><br />
}}<br />
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=== Appearances ===<br />
''Not all episodes featuring Zoidberg are listed, only episodes showing other Decapodians, or those revealing new information about the species.''<br />
*{{e|1ACV02}}<br />
*{{e|1ACV06}}<br />
*{{e|2ACV05}}<br />
*{{e|2ACV13}}<br />
*{{e|3ACV01}}<br />
*{{e|3ACV08}}<br />
*{{e|3ACV13}}<br />
*{{e|3ACV19}}<br />
*{{e|4ACV05}}<br />
*{{e|4ACV09}}<br />
*{{f|2}}<br />
*{{e|6ACV06}}<br />
*{{e|6ACV10}}<br />
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[[Category:Intelligent species]]</div>82.9.42.196http://theinfosphere.org/index.php?title=Squidward_Scissorhands&diff=117892Squidward Scissorhands2012-08-31T14:32:24Z<p>82.9.42.196: Created page with "{{character infobox |name=Squidward Scissorhands |type=s |gender=Male |species=Decapodian |origin=Decapod 10 |job=Owner of 'Nvasions 'N Such Space Uniforms |first appe..."</p>
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<div>{{character infobox<br />
|name=Squidward Scissorhands<br />
|type=s<br />
|gender=Male<br />
|species=[[Decapodian]]<br />
|origin=[[Decapod 10]]<br />
|job=Owner of 'Nvasions 'N Such Space Uniforms<br />
|first appear={{e|7ACV11}}<br />
|voiced by =Maurice LaMarche<br />
}}<br />
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'''Squidward Scissorhands''' is a [[Decapodian]] and owner of [['Nvasions 'N Such Space Uniforms]]. One of his usual customers is The [[Planet Express Crew]] looking for new uniforms.<br />
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==Additional Infomation==<br />
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===Trivia===<br />
*'''Squidward Scissorhands''' is a reference to {{w|Edward Scissorhands}} and the character of {{w|Squidward Tentacles}} from {{w|SpongeBob SquarePants}}.<br />
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===Appearances===<br />
*{{e|7ACV11}}</div>82.9.42.196http://theinfosphere.org/index.php?title=Maurice_LaMarche&diff=117805Maurice LaMarche2012-08-30T14:09:18Z<p>82.9.42.196: /* One-time characters */</p>
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<div>{{crew infobox<br />
|firstname=Maurice<br />
|surname=LaMarche<br />
|image=[[File:Maurice LaMarche.png|225px]]<br />
|birth date=30 March, [[1958]]<br />
|profession=Voice actor<br />
|imdb=nm0005606<br />
|wikipedia=Maurice LaMarche<br />
|voice category=Maurice LaMarche<br />
|commentary category=Maurice LaMarche<br />
}}<br />
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'''Maurice LaMarche''' is the talented Emmy award winning<ref>[http://www.emmys.com/nominations/2011/Outstanding%20Voice-Over%20Performance Primetime Emmy Awards nominations for 2011 - Outstanding Voice-Over Performance]</ref> actor who gives voice to [[Calculon]], [[Kif Kroker]], [[Walt]], and many other [[characters]]. He has done voice work for an incredible array of series, including the Brain on ''{{w|Pinky and the Brain}}'', Egon Spengler in ''{{w|The Real Ghostbusters}}'', and [http://cleveland.wikia.com/wiki/Keith_Lieb Keith Lieb] on ''[[The Cleveland Show]]''. LaMarche was also the third person to voice {{w|Popeye}} in the history of the character. According to him, "[[Morbo]], [[Horrible Gelatinous Blob|H. G. Blob]], and [[Lrrr]] are ''not'' the same voice". Maurice is also well known for his impression of {{w|Orson Welles}}, which he has [[Orson Welles' head|used on ''Futurama'']] and other places including ''{{w|The Critic}}'', ''{{w|Ed Wood (film)|Ed Wood}}'' and ''[[The Simpsons]]''. In 2011, LaMarche received a Primetime Emmy for Outstanding Voice-Over Performance for his performances as Lrrr and Orson Welles' head in "[[Lrrreconcilable Ndndifferences]]".<br />
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== Characters voiced ==<br />
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[[File:Creditsbwabb.jpg|thumb|left|220px|The characters played by Maurice LaMarche in ''[[The Beast with a Billion Backs]]'', as seen in the [[ending credits]].]]<br />
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=== Recurring characters ===<br />
*[[Calculon]], star of ''[[All My Circuits]]''<br />
*[[Kif Kroker]], an officer of the ''[[Nimbus]]''<br />
*[[Walt]], one of [[Mom's sons|Mom's three sons]]<br />
*[[Morbo]], the ''[[Channel √2 News]]'' monster<br />
*[[Horrible Gelatinous Blob]]<br />
*[[Lrrr]], ruler of the planet [[Omicron Persei 8]]<br />
*[[Donbot]]<br />
*[[Clamps]]<br />
*[[Destructor]]<br />
*[[The Scary Door narrator|''The Scary Door'' narrator]]<br />
*[[Hedonism Bot]]<br />
*[[Dr. Perceptron]]<br />
*[[Raoul Inglis]]<br />
*[[Transition Announcer]]<br />
*[["Fishy" Joseph Gilman|Fishy Joe]]<br />
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=== One-time characters ===<br />
*[[Yuri]], The Organ Dealer {{et|1ACV07}}<br />
*The [[Horny Scientist]], Docuporn feature ''[[Educational Films#The Great Garbage Crisis of 2000|The Garbage Crisis of 2000]]'' {{et|1ACV08}}<br />
*The croupier at [[Bender Bending Rodríguez|Bender]]'s craps table {{et|1ACV10}}<br />
*The [[Neutral President]] {{et|2ACV02}}<br />
*[[iHawk]] {{et|2ACV17}}<br />
*The [[Robot Devil]], when [[Dan Castellaneta]] was unavailable {{et|3ACV03}}<br />
*The [[Mad Hatterbot]] {{et|3ACV11}}<br />
*[[Patchcord Adams]] {{et|3ACV13}}<br />
*[[Aracneon]] {{et|3ACV14}}<br />
*The [[Osirian High Priest]] {{et|3ACV17}}<br />
*The [[Πkea Robot]] {{et|4ACV04}}<br />
*The [[Pain Monster]] {{et|4ACV05}}<br />
*The [[Grumpy Snail (character)|Grumpy Snail]], growling {{et|4ACV18}}<br />
*[[Leelu]] ([[Bender's Big Score|BBS]])<br />
*[[Leroy]] (BBS)<br />
*[[Harold Zoid]] ([[The Beast with a Billion Backs|TBWABB]])<br />
*The [[Morcs]] ([[Bender's Game|BG]])<br />
*[[Leonardo da Vinci]] {{et|6ACV05}}<br />
*[[Orson Welles' head]] {{et|6ACV11}}<br />
*[[Erwin Schrödinger]] {{et|6ACV16}}<br />
*The [[small rock alien]] {{et|6ACV20}}<br />
*The [[Borax Kid]] (6ACV20)<br />
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== References ==<br />
{{reflist}}<br />
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{{voice actors}}<br />
{{DEFAULTSORT:LaMarche, Maurice}}<br />
[[Category:The Simpsons]]<br />
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|type=t<br />
|type2=p<br />
|image=[[File:Big brain.png|225px]]<br />
|image text=Miss Elizabeth Bennet (to the right) mingling with the [[Big Brain]] {{et|3ACV07}}.<br />
|age=20<br />
|gender=Female<br />
|species=[[Human]]<br />
|origin=Fictional version of [[Earth]]<br />
|job=<br />
|family=<br />
|first appear={{e|3ACV07}}<br />
|voiced by=Lauren Tom<br />
|wikipedia=Elizabeth Bennet<br />
}}<br />
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'''Miss Elizabeth Bennet''' is the main protagonist of the [[1813]] {{w|Jane Austen}} novel ''{{w|Pride and Prejudice}}''. In ''[[Futurama]]'', [[Philip J. Fry|Fry]], [[Turanga Leela|Leela]] and the [[Big Brain]] met her when they [[Mental Realm|entered the novel]] in [[3001]] {{et|3ACV07}}.<br />
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== Additional Info ==<br />
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=== Appearances ===<br />
*{{e|3ACV07}}<br />
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|voiced by=Tress MacNeille<br />
|wikipedia=Tom Sawyer<br />
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'''Tom Sawyer''' is a fictional character from the {{w|Mark Twain}} novel, {{w|The Adventures of Tom Sawyer}}. When [[Fry]] and [[Leela]] are trapped inside some books, by The [[Big Brain]], Tom scams the Big Brain into painting the fence.<br />
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*{{e|The Day the Earth Stood Stupid}}</div>82.9.42.196http://theinfosphere.org/index.php?title=Tom_Sawyer&diff=117612Tom Sawyer2012-08-26T10:02:48Z<p>82.9.42.196: Created page with "{{character infobox |name=Tom Sawyer |type=t |type2=p |first appear={{e|The Day the Earth Stood Stupid}} }} '''Tom Sawyer''' is a fictional character from the {{w|Mark Twain}..."</p>
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'''Tom Sawyer''' is a fictional character from the {{w|Mark Twain}} novel, {{w|The Adventures of Tom Sawyer}}. When [[Fry]] and [[Leela]] are trapped inside some books, by The [[Big Brain]], Tom scams the Big Brain into painting the fence.<br />
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===Appearances===<br />
*{{e|The Day the Earth Stood Stupid}}</div>82.9.42.196http://theinfosphere.org/index.php?title=Pet-show_judge&diff=117606Pet-show judge2012-08-26T09:56:42Z<p>82.9.42.196: /* Quotes */</p>
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|name=Pet Show Judge<br />
|image=[[File:Pet Show Judge.png|225px]]<br />
|image text=<br />
|age=<br />
|gender=Male<br />
|species=[[Humans|Human]]<br />
|origin=[[New New York]], [[Earth]]<br />
|job=Pet show judge<br />
|family=<br />
|first appear={{e|3ACV07}}<br />
|voiced by=David Herman<br />
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'''The Pet Show Judge''' is an unnamed [[New New York|New New Yorker]] who worked as a judge at the pet show in "[[The Day the Earth Stood Stupid]]". He later appeared at the [[100th Delivery Party]] in "[[The Mutants Are Revolting]]".<br />
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== Additional Info ==<br />
=== Quotes ===<br />
{{q|<br />
<poem>'''Pet Show Judge''': And the grand prize winner... ''[The [[Hypnotoad]] stares at him.]'' THE HYPNOTOAD.<br />
''[Single clap in unison.]''</poem><br />
}}<br />
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=== Appearances ===<br />
*{{e|3ACV07}}<br />
*{{e|6ACV12}} ([[100th Delivery Party#Guests|cameo]])<br />
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|origin=[[New New York]], [[Earth]]<br />
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'''The Pet Show Judge''' is an unnamed [[New New York|New New Yorker]] who worked as a judge at the pet show in "[[The Day the Earth Stood Stupid]]". He later appeared at the [[100th Delivery Party]] in "[[The Mutants Are Revolting]]".<br />
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== Additional Info ==<br />
=== Quotes ===<br />
{{q|<br />
<poem>'''Pet Show Judge''': And the winner is ... ''[The [[Hypnotoad]] stares at him.]'' THE HYPNOTOAD.<br />
''[Single clap in unison.]''</poem><br />
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=== Appearances ===<br />
*{{e|3ACV07}}<br />
*{{e|6ACV12}} ([[100th Delivery Party#Guests|cameo]])<br />
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|name=The Day the Earth Stood Stupid<br />
|no=39<br />
|image=[[File:The Day the Earth Stood Stupid.jpg|225px]]<br />
|season=3<br />
|broadcast season=<br />
|number=3ACV07<br />
|caption=80% Entertainment by volume<br />
|first aired=18 February, 2001<br />
|written A=Story and teleplay<br />
|written A by=Jeff Westbrook<br />
|written B=Story<br />
|written B by=David X. Cohen<br />
|directed by=Mark Ervin<br />
|title reference=''The Day the Earth Stood Still''<br />
|caption reference=<br />
|opening cartoon=<br />
|sponsor=<br />
|broadcast number=S03E07<br />
|prev ep=Bendless Love<br />
|next ep=That's Lobstertainment!<br />
|broad prev=<br />
|broad next=<br />
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"'''The Day the Earth Stood Stupid'''" is the thirty-ninth episode of ''[[Futurama]]'', the seventh of the [[Season 3|third production season]] and [[Broadcast season 3|third broadcast season]]. It aired 18 February, 2001 on FOX. A mystic fleet of [[Brain Spawn|brains]] travel the universe and turns every into idiots, and now the turn has come to [[Earth]]. [[Nibbler]] explains her plan to [[Turanga Leela|Leela]] and explains how [[Philip J. Fry|Fry]] is the key to solving the attacks by the brains.<br />
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== The Story ==<br />
=== Act I: "All glory to the Hypnotoad!" ===<br />
One day's brain flight from Earth, the planet [[List of Planets#Tweenis 12|Tweenis 12]] is destroyed by a swarm of [[Brain Spawn|flying brains]].<br />
<br />
Meanwhile, on [[Earth]], [[Turanga Leela|Leela]] enters [[Nibbler]] in a pet competition. She hopes to win since she put Nibbler through strict training, but it is apparent she has just been spoiling him because his half-hearted attempts are so adorable. After learning the prize is five hundred dollars and a year's supply of dogfood, [[Bender Bending Rodriguez|Bender]] and [[Dr. John Zoidberg|Zoidberg]] decide to enter themselves. During the sheep-herding competition, the [[Hypnotoad]] displays his amazing abilities (both on the sheep and the judges). On Nibbler's attempt, he simply devours the sheep.<br />
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Bender enters Zoidberg into the contest, claiming him to be a "Hard-Shelled Whooping Terrier". Bender forces Zoidberg through the obstacle course, then through a talent competition, by whipping him. Leela tries to get Nibbler to perform, but is unable. Nibbler sees a pig-shaped balloon and attacks. The balloon pops and launches Nibbler high into the air, after which he lands in a bowl of milk, splashing people with the milk and causing them to be attacked by dozens of cats.<br />
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Bender and Zoidberg get second place, losing to the Hypnotoad, whose win was most likely illegitimate (though no-one notices, thanks to its powers). Leela and Nibbler are awarded "Dumbest Pet in Show".<br />
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=== Act II: "I guess I'll have to eat this raw, dripping ham by myself!" ===<br />
[[File:Big brain.png|left|thumb|The Big Brain]]<br />
Back at [[Planet Express]], Leela accepts that Nibbler may be dumb, but Fry sticks up for him. The [[Professor Hubert J. Farnsworth|Professor]] enters with "good news" about the destruction of Tweenis 12. [[Hermes Conrad|Hermes]] points out that there have been a string of such planetary destructions, and Fry (with the help of Leela) points out that Earth is next. Nibbler gets anxious and runs away.<br />
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Leela attempts to track him down in an alley, luring him with a ham. She encounters a dumpster emitting an ominous light from within. As Leela cautiously approaches, a giant floating brain emerges. Leela is chased through the alleys by several brains, where she sees Nibbler donned in a mysterious body suit and pulling a small spacecraft from a shed. He takes off and waves goodbye, but Leela begs for him to come back as she tries to hold off the floating brains. Nibbler decides to return to Leela, and she jumps into the extremely cramped little ship where they escape.<br />
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=== Act III: "I thought you were a furry little moron!" ===<br />
The floating brains continue their attack on the Earth, engulfing entire buildings in a blue glow, including the Planet Express building. Bender is concerned that his heart has stopped beating and that his skin is hard and clanky, but Fry points out that he doesn't ''have'' a heart and that he's made of metal. The Professor and Zoidberg are acting equally stupid.<br />
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Nibbler and Leela are flying through space, and Nibbler transmits his thoughts directly to Leela's brain to communicate. Nibbler explains the situation to Leela, and informs her that they're going to his home planet. Then he tells her how the universe began, and Leela realizes that ''every'' religion is wrong.<br />
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Hermes is standing with his mouth open in the shower. Fry turns on the news and finds that the news anchors are acting stupid as well. The PE crew then expresses a desire to play the lottery, buy internet stock (on margin), and join the Reform Party. Fry finally understands that they aren't just acting strange, but have indeed become idiots.<br />
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Nibbler and Leela finally arrive on Planet Eternium, at the exact center of the universe, and land at the Hall of Eternity, which is ten miles west of the exact center of the universe. After this point, we hear Nibbler speak not in mindless garbled chattering, but with a deep and dignified voice in English. Other creatures that look like Nibbler are waiting inside, and greet Nibbler as "Lord Nibbler, Ambassador to Earth". However Nibbler points out that the name "Lord Nibbler" is for Leela's sake. His own name would be impossible (and time-consuming) to pronounce. One millisecond after the universe was created, a terrible enemy known as the [[Brain Spawn]] came into existence. This explanation is interrupted by "the Feast of a Thousand Hams."<br />
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Nibbler explains that the Brain Spawn are attacking all intelligent life, as they hate all consciousness; the thoughts of others are unpleasant to them. They travel from world to world, making everyone stupid to wipe out all thought in the universe. Nibbler then indicates that Fry is the hope of the universe, as he is immune to the Brain Spawn's attack. Fry, meanwhile, tries to help the people of New New York, but foils himself because though he is smarter than everyone else on Earth at this point, he is still pretty stupid...<br />
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=== Act IV: "Time to re-educate you duncebags!" ===<br />
[[File:Mental Realm.png|right|thumb|The Big Brain acceses some Mental Realms]]<br />
The [[Nibblonians|Nibblonian]] fleet approaches Earth. It is explained why Fry is immune to the Brain Spawn's attack: Fry's immunity is due to his lack of the Delta brainwave, due to [[Roswell that Ends Well|other events]] which have not happened yet. Leela is sent to instruct Fry to locate and attack [[The Big Brain]], but she cannot be trusted to complete this task, since she'll be affected by the Brain Spawn's stupifaction rays once she lands on Earth. The Nibblonians pin a note to Leela's shirt and send her off.<br />
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Fry is attempting to re-educate the PE crew, but even [[George Washington's head]] forgets who was the first president of the United States. Leela suddenly crashes through the window, and attempts to communicate with Fry, but she's been turned dumb. She hands him the note, but he misunderstands and blows his nose on it. Then he throws it in the fire, and Leela tries to retrieve it, only to discover that fire is hot. The Professor confirms her conclusion. Leela tries again to communicate, then points out the flying brains outside the window. Leela tells Fry to find the biggest brain, and Fry concludes that he might find it at the library.<br />
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Fry and Leela run to the New New York Public Library, and Fry confronts the Big Brain in the Ancient Literature room, where it is absorbing the knowledge of the human race. The Big Brain attempts to stupefy Fry, only to find him immune. Fry throws a book at the it, but the Big Brain is impervious to physical attack. Fry tries to think of another plan, and finds that his thoughts cause pain for the Big Brain. Fry frantically searches through a pile of books to find a book to make himself think. He reads the book, which causes the smaller brains outside to fall from the air. The Nibblonians prepare to land in order to clean up the mess.<br />
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The Big Brain then uses his abilities to take Fry and Leela into [[Mental Realm|the world]] of ''Moby Dick''. Fry almost attacks the Big Brain, but Queequeg stops him, on the grounds that it's not a white whale, but a grey thinky whale. The Big Brain escapes, and Fry, Leela, Queequeg, and Captain Ahab follow. They end up in ''Tom Sawyer'', where they meet the eponymous character, who has tricked the Big Brain into whitewashing the fence. The Big Brain tries again to escape, and pulls everyone into ''Pride and Prejudice''. Fry throws Tom Sawyer's whitewash onto the Big Brain, and Captain Ahab proclaims him to be white now, and he and Queequeg begin assaulting him. Fry gets an idea and jumps out the window.<br />
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=== Act V: "The big brain am winning again!" ===<br />
Fry escapes from the Brain's field, and climbs a bookshelf. He attempts to electrocute the Big Brain with a broken chandelier, but crashes into the wall. A bookshelf then falls on top of him, breaking his neck. Leela tries to help, but Fry dies. The Big Brain laughs in triumph, but the Fry on the floor disappears, revealing that Fry is writing a book of his own. The Big Brain is trapped in this new book (filled with plot holes and spelling errors), in which Fry causes the Big Brain to leave Earth for no reason{{iiw}}. The Big Brain falls for the trick, and flies off.<br />
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Outside, the Nibblonians "clean up" by consuming the fallen [[Brain Spawn]]. The population of Earth is returned to their normal levels of intelligence, but the process forces them to forget the entire incident. Only Fry remembers, but nobody believes him, nor do they really care. Nibbler returns to Leela to remain in disguise until the next time he is needed to protect the universe...<br />
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== Additional Info ==<br />
=== Trivia ===<br />
*The plot of this episode draws heavily from Star Trek episode #29, "Operation: Annihilate!" in which a string of planets are destroyed by space-bound brain cells that cause their victims to act suicidal.<br />
*The planet Tweenis 12 is a reference to the fact that children aged 12 are called "tweens" because they're (''supposedly'') not children and not yet teens. According to the commentary, the word "tweenis" is also a synonym for a part of human anatomy sometimes called the "[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taint_%28slang%29 taint]".<br />
*Madison Cube Garden's sign reads "Champion Pet Show Today" "Kids: See Toucan Sam's Death Mask". Toucan Sam is the mascot for Fruit Loops, making another cereal reference.<br />
*One booth at the pet show is for "[[Soylent Products|Soylent Chow]]"; The picture shows a dog surrounded by the recycling symbol. The reference could either be for the butchering of humans as pet food or cannibalism of canines.<br />
*[[Frank Welker]] plays both [[Nibbler]]'s animal voice ''and'' his speaking voice.<br />
*This episode was named #18 on IGN's list of [http://tv.ign.com/articles/716/716663p1.html Top 25 Futurama Episodes].<br />
*Bender's line "Hey, let's all join the Reform Party!" was changed to "Hey, let's all join the Tea Party!" in current broadcasts.<br />
*The first book Fry and Leela are trapped in is "Moby-Dick". A later episode, "[[Möbius Dick]]" would draw from it.<br />
*The second book Fry and Leela are trapped in is "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer". The song "Tom Sawyer" by Rush would appear in "[[Anthology of Interest II]]".<br />
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=== Quotes ===<br />
{{q|<br />
<poem>'''The Big Brain''': The Big Brain am winning again! I am the greetest! Muahahaha! Now I am leaving Earth for no raeson{{iiw}}!</poem><br />
<poem>'''Prize Judge''': [normal voice] And the grand prize winner... [monotonous] The Hypnotoad!<br />
''[The Hypnotoad, which was glaring at the judge, turns its gaze on the crowd. They all clap in unison.]''<br />
'''Prize Judge''': [monotonous] All glory to the Hypnotoad!</poem><br />
<poem>'''Leela''': ''[Attempting to retrieve the note from the fire.]'' Ow! Fire hot!<br />
'''Professor Farnsworth''': The professie will help. ''[Catches on fire.]'' Uwahh! Fire indeed hot!</poem><br />
<poem>'''Leela''': So your name is Lord Nibbler, that's a coincidence.<br />
'''Nibbler''': That is for your sake, in the time it would take to pronounce one letter of my true name, a trillion cosmoses would flare up and then sink into eternal night.</poem><br />
<poem>'''Leela''': You can count on me.<br />
'''Fiona''': No, we can't. Once on Earth, you will be too stupid to remember the message.<br />
'''Nibbler''': That's why we wrote it down for you.<br />
'''Ken''': We've also prepared a bag lunch and some mittens.</poem><br />
<poem>'''Ken''': Welcome, Lord [[Nibbler]], ambassador to [[Earth]], homeworld of the pizza bagel.</poem><br />
<poem>'''The Big Brain''': What do you want?<br />
'''Fry''': I'm here to kick your ass!<br />
'''The Big Brain''': Wishful thinking! We have long since evolved beyond the need for asses!</poem><br />
|2}}<br />
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=== Fast Forward ===<br />
*[[Planet Eternium]] is visited again in "[[The Why of Fry]]", where [[Nibbler]] again displays his ability to speak.<br />
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=== Goofs ===<br />
*The booths at the pet show seem to move around in order; Kibbles & Snouts starts next to the Soylent Chow booth, then an information booth is placed where K & S should be, and then the Cream booth ends up between K & S and Soylent Chow. This could be explained by multiple booths in different places.<br />
*When [[Philip J. Fry|Fry]] holds [[George Washington's head|the head of George Washington]], the letters spelling his name shift from upper to lower case.<br />
*In one scene in the Planet Express employee lounge, Bender is cross-eyed.<br />
*After the bookshelf collapses on Fry, the purple ray from the Brain to Leela has disappeared.<br />
*Fry's writing does not appear in his book, ''[[Fry Tricks The Brain]]''.<br />
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=== Allusions ===<br />
*The title of the episode is a reference to the 1951 classic sci-fi film ''The Day the Earth Stood Still''.<br />
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=== Characters ===<br />
{{chars-begin}}<br />
*[[Amy Wong|Amy]]<br />
*[[Chester A. Arthur's head]]<br />
*[[Bender Bending Rodriguez|Bender]]<br />
*'''Debut''': [[The Big Brain]] (Antagonist)<br />
*'''Debut''': [[Fiona]]<br />
*[[Dave Spiegel and Fluffers]]<br />
*[[Philip J. Fry|Fry]]<br />
*[[Hermes Conrad|Hermes]]<br />
*'''Debut''': [[Hypnotoad]]<br />
*[[Turanga Leela|Leela]]<br />
*[[Linda]]<br />
*'''Debut''': [[Ken]]<br />
*[[Morbo]]<br />
*[[Nibbler]]<br />
*'''Debut''': [[Pet Show Judge]]<br />
*[[Professor Hubert J. Farnsworth|Professor Farnsworth]]<br />
*[[Rover and Pepper]]<br />
*[[Dr. John Zoidberg|Zoidberg]]<br />
*'''Debut''': [[Captain Ahab]]<br />
*'''Debut''': [[Queequeg]]<br />
*'''Debut''': [[Tom Sawyer]]<br />
*'''Debut''': [[Elizabeth Bennet]]<br />
*[[George Washington's head]]<br />
{{chars-end}}<br />
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== Episode Credits ==<br />
{{credits-begin}}<br />
*Writer<br />
**[[Jeff Westbrook]], Story and Teleplay<br />
**[[David X. Cohen]], Story<br />
*Director<br />
**[[Mark Ervin]]<br />
*Voice Actors<br />
**[[Billy West]]<br />
**[[Katey Sagal]]<br />
**[[John DiMaggio]]<br />
**[[Maurice LaMarche]]<br />
**[[Tress MacNeille]]<br />
*DVD Commentary<br />
**[[Jeff Westbrook]]<br />
**[[Billy West]]<br />
**[[Tress MacNeille]]<br />
**[[John DiMaggio]]<br />
**[[Matt Groening]]<br />
**[[Brian Sheesley]]<br />
**[[David X. Cohen]]<br />
{{credits-end}}<br />
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[[Category:Media featuring invasions]]</div>82.9.42.196http://theinfosphere.org/index.php?title=Time_Keeps_on_Slippin%27&diff=117603Time Keeps on Slippin'2012-08-26T09:52:53Z<p>82.9.42.196: /* Characters */</p>
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|name=Time Keeps on Slippin'<br />
|no=46<br />
|image=[[File:Time keeps on slipping.png|225px]]<br />
|season=3<br />
|broadcast season=<br />
|number=3ACV14<br />
|caption=For proper viewing, take red pill now<br />
|first aired=6 May, 2001<br />
|written by=Ken Keeler<br />
|directed by=Chris Loudon<br />
|title reference=Lyric in ''Fly Like an Eagle'' by The Steve Miller Band.<br />
|caption reference=''The Matrix''<br />
|opening cartoon=''{{w|Out of the Inkwell#1921-1926|It's the Cats}}'' (1926)<br />
|sponsor=<br />
|broadcast number=S03E14<br />
|prev ep=Bendin' in the Wind<br />
|next ep=I Dated a Robot<br />
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"'''Time Keeps on Slippin{{'}}'''" is the forty-seventh episode of ''[[Futurama]]'', the fifteenth of the [[Season 3|third production season]] and [[Broadcast season 3|third broadcast season]]. It aired 6 May, 2001 on FOX. After collecting [[chroniton]]s in an attempt to beat the [[Globetrotters]] in a basketball game, [[Professor Hubert J. Farnsworth|Farnsworth]] inadvertently causes time to start skipping forward randomly. Meanwhile, [[Philip J. Fry|Fry]] tries to win [[Turanga Leela|Leela]]'s affection, and during a time skip he manages to do so, while [[Bender Bending Rodríguez|Bender]] tries to become a member of the Globetrotters.<br />
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== The Story ==<br />
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=== Act I: "Your face can take a lot of punishment. That's good to know." ===<br />
While the staff of [[Planet Express]] are visiting [[Central Park Lake]], a spaceship lands and the [[Globetrotters]] emerge and challenge [[Earth]] to a game of basketball simply to embarrass them if they lose. [[Professor Hubert J. Farnsworth|Professor Farnsworth]] offers to play them and plans to beat them with a team of mutant atomic supermen, however they are currently only babies. To speed up the growth, Farnsworth sends the crew to collect [[chroniton]]s. While collecting the chronitons, [[Philip J. Fry|Fry]] tries but fails to impress [[Turanga Leela|Leela]]. Professor gives the [[Mutant Atomic Supermen|supermen]] the chronitons and they grow into adults; mutations include a man with a cannon in his chest and a giant spider. The basketball game starts and is commentated by Marv Albert's head. The supermen are winning 48-42.<br />
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=== Act II: "Enough about your promiscuous mother, Hermes!" ===<br />
While playing, however, a strange flash occurs, causing everyone to reappear in a different position. Another flash happens, and Professor times the game out; he determines that time is lurching forward randomly, due to interference from the Chronotons. Time and space are ripping apart. In addition, Aracneon is killed and Fry offers to play to show Leela his skills. However, in two minutes he allows the Globetrotters to win 200 points, causing Earth to lose the game. The leader of the Globetrotters, [[Ethan 'Bubblegum' Tate]] offers to help find out what is happening with time and space. The Professor concludes that by Thursday it will be the end of existence.<br />
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=== Act III: "Hello, lawsuit." ===<br />
Time continues to skip forward and the Professor concludes that everyone acts normally during a time skip, but they have no memory of it. [[Bender Bending Rodriguez|Bender]] expresses his love of the Globetrotters and his desire to be one. Fry shows Leela to a special room that will stop time skips; in reality, it is just a ploy for them to have sex, annoying Leela. She complains to [[Dr. John Zoidberg|Zoidberg]] that Fry is sweet but very immature. Through the [[Smell-O-Scope]], Farnsworth finds out that time is leaking, causing time skips on Earth. Bubblegum thinks that moving a cluster of stars to a certain area will cause the time skips to move to an empty part of the universe. Using all of Earth's money, a [[Bad-Ass Gravity Pump|gravity-pump]] is built to move the stars. After Leela successfully moves the stars, Bender shows Bubblegum his homemade Globetrotter uniform and Fry again tries to impress Leela. While Leela once again starts to reject Fry, saying she will ''never'' fall for him, a time skip occurs and Fry and Leela have just gotten married.<br />
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=== Act IV: "I deserve free money!" ===<br />
The time skips carry on and Leela, thinking that Fry tricked her into marriage, divorces him. The others try to console him. He tries to figure out how he managed to woo Leela. Farnsworth realises that Bubblegum's algebra was incorrect. The rest of the Globetrotters decide to cause an implosion in the Chronoton nebula to create a black hole. Farnsworth provides one of his doomsday devices for that to work. Bubblegum tells Bender he isn't 'funky' enough to be a Globetrotter, upsetting him. Fry apologizes to Leela about the possibility that he did trick her in marrying him, and begins to think that he will never find out how he and Leela married. However, he is taken aback when he finds out he really did win her heart by spelling "I Love You Leela" with the stars themselves; unfortunately, they are sucked into the black hole before he can show Leela. Leela wonders why Fry is upset, but Fry just keeps it to himself.<br />
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== Aditional Info ==<br />
=== Trivia ===<br />
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[[File:Promo 3ACV14.jpg|right|thumbnail|[[Promo pic]] of this episode]]<br />
[[File:Promo 3ACV14 (2).jpg|right|thumbnail|The second promo pic of this episode]]<br />
*The name of the episode is a reference to {{w|Steve Miller (musician)|Steve Miller}}'s song "{{w|Fly Like an Eagle (song)|Fly Like an Eagle}}".<br />
*It is revealed that Zoidberg's birthday is the day after Amy's.<br />
*The background music played when the Globetrotter ship lands is based on the music from ''{{w|A Clockwork Orange (film)|A Clockwork Orange}}.<br />
*Professor Farnsworth has mentioned [[Mutant Atomic Supermen|Atomic Monsters]] before, but the only other time we see any is at the end of "[[Mother's Day]]".<br />
*The cheque for ''All of Earth's Money'' has question marks for the date.<br />
*The nebula where Fry, Leela, and Bender go to collect the Chronitons is named the Tempus nebula. Tempus means "time" in Latin. <br />
*This episode was named #15 on IGN's list of [http://tv.ign.com/articles/716/716663p2.html Top 25 Futurama Episodes].<br />
*The Globetrotters consist of:<br />
**Ethan "Bubblegum" Tate<br />
**"Sweet" Clyde Dixon<br />
**"Curly" Joe<br />
**six others<br />
*The Earth team is:<br />
**Armo (five arms)<br />
**Lazar (laser eyes)<br />
**Thorias (cannon in chest)<br />
**Growtreant (very tall with super-long arms)<br />
**Arachneon (half-spider)<br />
**[[Philip J. Fry]] (as a substitute two minutes from the end)<br />
*While collecting chronitons, Leela is seen causing the rips in the nebula that will provoke the time skip. However, Fry and Bender's actions do not seem to create any disruptions.<br />
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=== Quotes ===<br />
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<poem>'''Fry''': So, Leela, how about a romantic ride in one of those swan boats? They're kinda dangerous, but I finally mastered them.<br />
'''Leela''': Those aren't swan boats, they're swans.<br />
'''Fry''': Oh. That explains these boat eggs. ''[He holds up some eggs.]''</poem><br />
<poem>'''Zoidberg''': Don't be so hard on yourself, Fry. You lost the woman of your dreams but you still have Zoidberg. You all still have Zoidberg!</poem><br />
<poem>'''Leela''': Fry, stop. I don't wanna hurt you, but there is absolutely, positively no way that you and I will ever, ever-<br />
''[Time skips.]''<br />
'''Preacherbot''': ...man and wife. You may kiss the bride.</poem><br />
<poem>'''Nixon''': Now, how long will it take to build?<br />
'''Tate''': It won't be easy, Nixon. A jim-jam this complex might take months or even-<br />
''[Time skips.]''<br />
'''Farnsworth''': Ah, there we are. One gravity pump. Powerful enough to move the stars themselves. Now to begin the arduous task of attaching it to the ship so th-<br />
''[Time skips. The Planet Express ship is taking off with the gravity pump attached.]''<br />
'''Farnsworth''': Off you go, apparently.</poem><br />
<poem>'''Farnsworth''': Doomsday device? Ah, now the ball's in Farnsworth's court!<br />
''[Platform rises from floor containing many doomsday devices.]''<br />
'''Farnsworth''': I suppose I could part with one and still be feared.</poem><br />
<poem>'''Bubblegum Tate''': Sweet Clyde, laugh derisively at him!<br />
'''Sweet Clyde''': Ha ha! Ha ha! Ah Ha ha ha!</poem><br />
<poem>'''Leela''': Guess we'll divide up the china. I'll take the NFC helmets and you take the AFC helmets.<br />
'''Fry''': Fine. Break my heart again.</poem><br />
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=== Outside References ===<br />
*The Globetrotter saucer is identical to the one featured in {{w|The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951 film)|The Day the Earth Stood Still}}<br />
*The front cover of the pop singer Wendy's album is a reference to Britney Spears' album {{w|...Baby One More Time}}<br />
*The basketball playing aliens, giant monsters, and title are all an allusion to the movie {{w|Space Jam}} which featured [[Billy West]] as a main character.<br />
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=== Goofs ===<br />
*After the time skip during the wedding, when Fry gets a bouquet in his mouth, Grotrian, who is to screen right, is duplicated.<br />
* In ''[[Bender's Big Score]]'', the [[Globetrotter]] ship is seen with a red-white-and-blue color scheme, unlike the tan and green seen in this episode.<br />
**They could have updated their ship or gotten an entirely new one.<br />
*The time skip between the basketball game and the circus does not follow the rules of the other times skips, because the characters have not behaved normally during the intervening time, but rather have stayed exactly where they were.<br />
**The Madison Cube Garden could be an isolated spot that skips time, like the Professor mentions later on.<br />
* The "champagne" which Fry buys Leela is described as "domestic, non-vintage". By international law, Champagne may only be produced in the {{w|Champagne (wine region)|Champagne}} region of France. The correct term would be "sparkling wine".<br />
**Seeing as how most current French culture changes a lot before the year 3000, it's a good chance that the law no longer exists.<br />
*It's actually impossible for time to skip in isolated areas.<br />
*In this episode, Fry briefly opens up his head mask to let in air in space. If this actually happened, he would vomit instantly, and his face would not contort in the way depicted.<br />
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=== Characters ===<br />
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*[[Amy Wong|Amy]]<br />
*'''Debut:''' [[Aracneon]]<br />
*[[Bender Bending Rodriguez|Bender]]<br />
*'''Debut:''' [[Curly Joe]]<br />
*'''Debut:''' [[Ethan 'Bubblegum' Tate]]<br />
*'''Debut:''' [[Armo]]<br />
*[[Philip J. Fry|Fry]]<br />
*'''Debut:''' [[Grotrian]]<br />
*'''Debut:''' [[Hermes' mother]] (Mentioned)<br />
*[[Hermes Conrad|Hermes]]<br />
*[[Judge Whitey]]<br />
*[[Turanga Leela|Leela]]<br />
*[[Linda]]<br />
*'''Debut:''' [[Marv Albert's head]]<br />
*[[Richard Nixon's head|Nixon]]<br />
*'''Debut:''' [[Lazar]]<br />
*[[Religion#Preacherbot|Preacherbot]]<br />
*[[Professor Hubert J. Farnsworth|Professor Farnsworth]]<br />
*'''Debut:''' [['Sweet' Clyde Dixon]]<br />
*'''Debut:''' [[Thorias]]<br />
*[[Dr. John Zoidberg|Zoidberg]]<br />
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== Episode Credits ==<br />
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*Writer<br />
**[[Ken Keeler]]<br />
*Director<br />
**[[Chris Loudon]]<br />
*Voice Actors<br />
**[[Billy West]]<br />
**[[Katey Sagal]]<br />
**[[John DiMaggio]]<br />
**[[Tress MacNeille]]<br />
**[[Maurice LaMarche]]<br />
**[[Phil LaMarr]]<br />
**[[David Herman]]<br />
**[[Lauren Tom]]<br />
**[[Jeff Cesario]]<br />
*DVD Commentary<br />
**[[Matt Groening]]<br />
**[[David X. Cohen]]<br />
**[[Ken Keeler]]<br />
**[[Susan Dietter]]<br />
**[[John DiMaggio]]<br />
**[[Billy West]]<br />
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'''Hermes' mother''' is the mother of [[Hermes Conrad]]. Hermes mentioned her after The [[Globetrotters]] won, saying that he was glad his fat, ugly mama wasn't alive to see this day.{{et|Time Keeps on Slippin'}} She also mentioned to Hermes that he wouldn't be attacked by [[Yivo|tentacles]] when he gave up diapers.<br />
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'''Hermes' mother''' is the mother of [[Hermes Conrad]]. Hermes mentioned her after The [[Globetrotters]] won, saying that he was glad his fat, ugly mama wasn't alive to see this day.{{et|Time Keeps on Slippin'}} She also mentioned to Hermes that he wouldn't be attacked by [[Yivo|tentacles]] when he gave up diapers.<br />
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'''Neil Armstrong''' was an astronaut, and the first man on the [[Moon]].</div>82.9.42.196http://theinfosphere.org/index.php?title=Little_Hermes&diff=117557Little Hermes2012-08-25T20:56:40Z<p>82.9.42.196: /* Appearances */</p>
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'''Little Hermes''' is a ventriloquist dummy, created by [[Dr. Zoidberg]], using [[Hermes Conrad]]'s human parts after upgrading with robot parts. When Hermes wanted his brain to be replaced with a robot brain, Zoidberg cuts off the top of his head, with his brain and places it back inside his human body.<br />
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'''Little Hermes''' is a ventriloquist dummy, created by [[Dr. Zoidberg]], using [[Hermes Conrad]]'s human parts after upgrading with robot parts. When Hermes wanted his brain to be replaced with a robot brain, Zoidberg cuts off the top of his head, with his brain and places it back inside his human body.<br />
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"'''Near-Death Wish'''" is the one hundred and twenty-fourth episode of ''[[Futurama]]'', the tenth of the [[Season 7|seventh production season]] and the [[Broadcast season 9|ninth broadcast season]].<br />
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When [[Professor Hubert J. Farnsworth|the Professor]] learns that his parents are coming out of virtual retirement from the [[Near-Death Star]], he becomes upset.<ref name="MSN TV"/><br />
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== Production ==<br />
On 28 July 2011, it was revealed at the {{w|San Diego Comic-Con}} that, in an episode of the seventh production season, Professor Farnsworth's parents would be revealed to be still alive and living in the [[Near Death Star]].<ref name="slurmed-comiccon">{{cite web |url=http://slurmed.com/news/2011-07-27/san-diego-comic-con-2011-futurama-panel-sneak-peeks-and-video |title=San Diego Comic-Con 2011 Futurama panel sneak peeks + videos |publisher=The Futurama Point |author=JavieR |date=2011-07-27 |accessdate=2011-08-22}}</ref> On 29 February 2012, [[CGEF]] revealed the episode's title, its writer to be [[Eric Horsted]] and its director to be [[Lance Kramer]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gotfuturama.com/Information/EpisodeGuide/7ACV/|title=Episode Guide: 7 ACV|date=2012-02-29|site=[[CGEF]]|accessdate=2012-02-29}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.peelified.com/index.php?topic=22731.msg1299002#msg1299002|title="Futurama: Futurama News (pre-season 7)"|site=[[PEEL]]|author="Just Fan"|date=2012-02-29|accessdate=2012-02-29}}</ref> On 29 June, {{w|MSN TV}} revealed the episode's air date.<ref name="MSN TV"/><br />
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On 12 July, following the broadcast of the episode "[[Zapp Dingbat]]", the public were given the opportunity to participate in a live chat with the ''Futurama'' cast and crew. Several clips of "Near-Death Wish" were shown during the live stream.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.peelified.com/index.php?topic=23178.msg1326287#msg1326287 |title="Newsarama! (Futurama News Thread)" (page 1) |site=[[PEEL]] |author="Tastes Like Fry" |date=2012-07-12 |accessdate=2012-07-13}}</ref><br />
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=== Continuity ===<br />
*The [[Fry-Leela relationship]] is featured again.<br />
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=== Allusions ===<br />
*The episode's title is a reference to the [[Near-Death Star]] and the term "{{w|Deathwish|death wish}}".<br />
*The "Theater in the Ground" is reference {{w|Theatre in the Round|Theatre in the Round}}.<br />
*Professor Farnsworth parodies the Phantom in {{w|Phantom of the Opera|Phantom of the Opera}} at Fry's Holophoner recital.<br />
*The Opening Title Caption "There's No Bismuth Like Show Bismuth" parodies the phrase "There's No Business Like Show Business" which is also the title to the 1954 movie and the song in the 1946 musical Annie Get Your Gun.<br />
*Fry states "We must boldly go where we have already gone once before," in an homage to Star Trek.<br />
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=== Goofs ===<br />
*In "[[The Sting]]", when [[Fry]] is thought to be dead, the [[Hubert J. Farnsworth|Professor]] claims to be the oldest living member left in his family.<br />
**There three possible solutions: the majority of the events of "[[The Sting]]" are part of a dream as part of Leela's coma and thus non-Canon, the Professor is senile, and/or the attribution of "living" only applies to non-dead persons who are not in "virtual retirement".<br />
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=== Trivia ===<br />
* It is revealed in this episode that the [[Hubert J. Farnsworth|Professor]] is uncircumcised.<br />
* It is revealed that the Professor has a younger brother named Floyd.<br />
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=== Characters ===<br />
{{chars-begin}}<br />
*[[Amy Wong|Amy]]<br />
*[[Bender Bending Rodríguez|Bender]]<br />
*[[Philip J. Fry|Fry]]<br />
*[[Professor Hubert J. Farnsworth|Professor Farnsworth]]<ref name="MSN TV"/><br />
*'''Debut:''' [[Farnsworth's father|Ned Farnsworth]]<ref name="MSN TV"/><br />
*'''Debut:''' [[Farnsworth's mother|Velma Farnsworth]]<ref name="MSN TV"/><br />
*[[Turanga Leela|Leela]]<br />
*[[Dr. John A. Zoidberg|Zoidberg]]<br />
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== References ==<br />
{{reflist}}<br />
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|name=Ned Farnsworth<br />
|image=<br />
|gender=Male<br />
|species=[[Human]]<br />
|origin= Probably [[Earth]]<br />
|voiced by=David Herman<br />
|image text=<br />
|first appear={{e|7ACV10}}<br />
}}<br />
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'''Ned Farnsworth''' is the father of [[Hubert J. Farnsworth]] an inhabitant of the [[Near Death Star]].<ref name="UGO">[http://www.ugo.com/tv/comic-con-2011-futurama-coverage-and-panel Futurama Panel and Coverage &ndash; Comic Con 2011 - Katey Sagal - UGO.com]</ref><br />
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== Production ==<br />
Ned Farnsworth, along with [[Velma Farnsworth]], were revealed to appear in an upcoming [[Season 7]] episode on 23 July [[2011]] at the ''[[Futurama]]'' panel of {{w|San Diego Comic-Con International}}.<ref name="UGO"/><br />
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== Additional Info ==<br />
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=== Appearances ===<br />
*{{e|7ACV10}}<br />
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=== See also ===<br />
*[[Velma Farnsworth]]<br />
*[[Farnsworth's grandmother]]<br />
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== References ==<br />
<references/></div>82.9.42.196http://theinfosphere.org/index.php?title=Velma_Farnsworth&diff=117048Velma Farnsworth2012-08-16T08:54:44Z<p>82.9.42.196: </p>
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|type=s<br />
|name=Velma Farnsworth<br />
|image=<br />
|gender=Female<br />
|origin=[[Earth]]<br />
|species=[[Human]]<br />
|voiced by=Estelle Harris<br />
|image text=<br />
|first appear={{e|7ACV10}}<br />
}}<br />
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'''Velma Farnsworth''' is the mother of [[Hubert J. Farnsworth]] an inhabitant of the [[Near Death Star]].<ref name="UGO">[http://www.ugo.com/tv/comic-con-2011-futurama-coverage-and-panel Futurama Panel and Coverage &ndash; Comic Con 2011 - Katey Sagal - UGO.com]</ref><br />
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== Production ==<br />
Velma Farnsworth, along with [[Ned Farnsworth]], were revealed to appear in an upcoming [[Season 7]] episode on 23 July [[2011]] at the ''[[Futurama]]'' panel of {{w|San Diego Comic-Con International}}.<ref name="UGO"/><br />
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== Additional Info ==<br />
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=== Appearances ===<br />
*{{e|7ACV10}}<br />
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=== See also ===<br />
*[[Ned Farnsworth]]<br />
*[[Farnsworth's grandmother]]<br />
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== References ==<br />
<references/></div>82.9.42.196http://theinfosphere.org/index.php?title=Velma_Farnsworth&diff=117047Velma Farnsworth2012-08-16T08:54:07Z<p>82.9.42.196: </p>
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|type=s<br />
|name=Velma Farnsworth<br />
|image=<br />
|gender=Female<br />
|origin=[[Earth]]<br />
|voiced by=Estelle Harris<br />
|image text=<br />
|first appear={{e|7ACV10}}<br />
}}<br />
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'''Velma Farnsworth''' is the mother of [[Hubert J. Farnsworth]] an inhabitant of the [[Near Death Star]].<ref name="UGO">[http://www.ugo.com/tv/comic-con-2011-futurama-coverage-and-panel Futurama Panel and Coverage &ndash; Comic Con 2011 - Katey Sagal - UGO.com]</ref><br />
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== Production ==<br />
Velma Farnsworth, along with [[Ned Farnsworth]], were revealed to appear in an upcoming [[Season 7]] episode on 23 July [[2011]] at the ''[[Futurama]]'' panel of {{w|San Diego Comic-Con International}}.<ref name="UGO"/><br />
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== Additional Info ==<br />
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=== Appearances ===<br />
*{{e|7ACV10}}<br />
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=== See also ===<br />
*[[Ned Farnsworth]]<br />
*[[Farnsworth's grandmother]]<br />
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== References ==<br />
<references/></div>82.9.42.196http://theinfosphere.org/index.php?title=Near-Death_Star&diff=117045Near-Death Star2012-08-16T08:23:14Z<p>82.9.42.196: /* Inhabitants */</p>
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<div>{{confused|Near-Death Wish}}<br />
{{item infobox<br />
|name=Near-Death Star<br />
|image=[[File:Near Death Star.PNG|225px]]<br />
|image text=<br />
|inventor=[[Unknown]]<br />
|type=Retirement home<br />
|usage=Assist the elderly<br />
|status=[[Unknown]]<br />
|first appear={{e|2ACV10}}<br />
}}<br />
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The '''Near-Death Star''' is a space station serving as a retirement home for people past the age of 160, whom are usually placed in tombstone-like structures by the [[Sunset Squad Robots]]. [[Professor Hubert J. Farnsworth|Professor Farnsworth]] was taken there after he revealed that he had been lying about his age and was not actually 150 {{et|2ACV10}}. According to the Professor, old people are hooked up to a life support system, making them think they are living in [[Florida]] with hundreds of other old people. During this fantasy, the old people could only play {{w|bingo}}, eat oatmeal and wait for their children to call. Sometimes also people aged less than 160 are brought there, such as Eloise Porter who was 145 years old by [[3001]].<br />
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== Staff ==<br />
*[[Barrier Bots]]<br />
*[[Sunset Squad Robots]]<br />
*[[Sunset Squad Chasers]]<br />
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== Inhabitants ==<br />
*Farnsworth (formerly)<br />
*Ava Porter<br />
*Eloise Porter<br />
*[[Ned Farnsworth]]<ref name="UGO">[http://www.ugo.com/tv/comic-con-2011-futurama-coverage-and-panel Futurama Panel and Coverage &ndash; Comic Con 2011 - Katey Sagal - UGO.com]</ref><br />
*[[Velma Farnsworth]]<ref name="UGO">[http://www.ugo.com/tv/comic-con-2011-futurama-coverage-and-panel Futurama Panel and Coverage &ndash; Comic Con 2011 - Katey Sagal - UGO.com]</ref><br />
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== Image Gallery ==<br />
<gallery perrow><br />
Image:SunsetSquadRobotCar.png|A Near-Death Star vehicle in [[New New York]].<br />
Image:SunsetSquadRobot.png|One of the [[Sunset Squad Robots]] in the [[Planet Express headquarters|HQ]].<br />
Image:BarrierBots.png|[[Barrier Bots]], the gatekeepers.<br />
Image:NearDeathStarRows.png|The endless rows within the Near-Death Star.<br />
Image:NearDeathStarTransport.png|A transport unit used within the Near-Death Star.<br />
Image:NearDeathStarFarnsworth.png|[[Professor Farnsworth]] hooked up within a drawer.<br />
Image:SunsetSquadChasers.png|The [[Sunset Squad Chasers]].<br />
</gallery><br />
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== Possible sighting in [[When Aliens Attack|1ACV12]] ==<br />
An unspiky sphere resembling the Near-Death Star is seen in [[When Aliens Attack|an earlier episode]], after [[Philip J. Fry|Fry]] spills beer on the transmitter and the camera zooms into space. Right after the asteroid belt and before [[Jupiter]], a white ball-like structure can be spotted with streaks. However, it is now clear this object is ''not'' the Near-Death Star, as proven by the following images.<br />
<gallery><br />
Image:NDS 4.png<br />
Image:NDS 3.png<br />
Image:NDS 2.png<br />
Image:NDS 1.png<br />
</gallery><br />
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== Additional Info ==<br />
=== Trivia ===<br />
*The Near-Death Star parodies the {{sw|Death Star}} in the ''[[Star Wars]]'' franchise.<br />
*The endless rows are similar to the Mines of Moria in the ''{{w|Lord of the Rings}}'', although the first of the ''LOTR'' films was released after this episode. Though they could be inspired by the original works of {{w|J. R. R. Tolkien|Tolkien}} or other animated adaptations, they are more likely an intentional evocation of ''{{w|The Matrix}}'' in that these endless rows are filled with towers, the towers filled with the elderly. The parallelism is confirmed when [[Professor Hubert J. Farnsworth|Professor Farnsworth]] is discovered in a capsule similar to {{w|Neo (The Matrix)|Neo}}'s. This is confirmed in Near-Death Wish when Leela states that the elderly are used to power the Near-Death Star and adds that the idea came from the movie itself.<br />
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=== Appearances ===<br />
*{{e|2ACV10}}<br />
*{{f|2}}<br />
*{{e|7ACV10}}<br />
*{{clink|US#039|Rust in Peace}}<br />
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== References ==<br />
{{reflist}}<br />
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[[Category:Space stations]]<br />
[[Category:Star Wars]]<br />
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'''Ned Farnsworth''' is the father of [[Hubert J. Farnsworth]] an inhabitant of the [[Near Death Star]].<ref name="UGO">[http://www.ugo.com/tv/comic-con-2011-futurama-coverage-and-panel Futurama Panel and Coverage &ndash; Comic Con 2011 - Katey Sagal - UGO.com]</ref><br />
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== Production ==<br />
Ned Farnsworth, along with [[Velma Farnsworth]], were revealed to appear in an upcoming [[Season 7]] episode on 23 July [[2011]] at the ''[[Futurama]]'' panel of {{w|San Diego Comic-Con International}}.<ref name="UGO"/><br />
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== Additional Info ==<br />
<br />
=== Appearances ===<br />
*{{e|7ACV10}}<br />
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=== See also ===<br />
*[[Velma Farnsworth]]<br />
*[[Farnsworth's grandmother]]<br />
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== References ==<br />
<references/></div>82.9.42.196http://theinfosphere.org/index.php?title=Farnsworth%27s_mother&diff=117041Farnsworth's mother2012-08-16T08:20:03Z<p>82.9.42.196: Redirected page to Velma Farnsworth</p>
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<div>#REDIRECT [[Velma Farnsworth]]</div>82.9.42.196http://theinfosphere.org/index.php?title=Velma_Farnsworth&diff=117040Velma Farnsworth2012-08-16T08:19:35Z<p>82.9.42.196: Created page with "{{character infobox |type=s |name=Velma Farnsworth |catname= |image= |voiced by=Estelle Harris |image text= |first appear={{e|7ACV10}} }} '''Velma Farnsworth''' is the mother..."</p>
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<div>{{character infobox<br />
|type=s<br />
|name=Velma Farnsworth<br />
|catname=<br />
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|voiced by=Estelle Harris<br />
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|first appear={{e|7ACV10}}<br />
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'''Velma Farnsworth''' is the mother of [[Hubert J. Farnsworth]] an inhabitant of the [[Near Death Star]].<ref name="UGO">[http://www.ugo.com/tv/comic-con-2011-futurama-coverage-and-panel Futurama Panel and Coverage &ndash; Comic Con 2011 - Katey Sagal - UGO.com]</ref><br />
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== Production ==<br />
Velma Farnsworth, along with [[Ned Farnsworth]], were revealed to appear in an upcoming [[Season 7]] episode on 23 July [[2011]] at the ''[[Futurama]]'' panel of {{w|San Diego Comic-Con International}}.<ref name="UGO"/><br />
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== Additional Info ==<br />
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=== Appearances ===<br />
*{{e|7ACV10}}<br />
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=== See also ===<br />
*[[Ned Farnsworth]]<br />
*[[Farnsworth's grandmother]]<br />
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== References ==<br />
<references/></div>82.9.42.196