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{{Futurama character
| name = Bender B. Rodríguez
| image = [[Image:Bender.png|250px|Bender]]
| age = 6 year-old body <br/> 1057 year-old head
| gender = Male (Manbot)
| species = [[Robot]]
| planet = [[Earth]]
| job = [[Cook]] for the [[Futurama#Planet Express|Planet Express]] Delivery Company.
| relatives = Builder: [[List of Futurama places#Mom's Friendly Robot Company|Mom's Friendly Robot Company]]</br> Mother: Robot Arm </br> Father: Unknown (killed by electric can opener) <br/> Aunt: Rita (Although, this may not be true due to the fact that it was stated during a hallucination) <br/> Uncle: Vladimir (Deceased)<br/> Cousin: Tandy </br> Same model robot: [[List of recurring robot characters from Futurama#Flexo|Flexo]]
| appearance = [[Space Pilot 3000]]
| line = "Bite my shiny metal ass."
| voiced = [[John DiMaggio]]
}}
'''Bender''', full name '''Bender Bending Rodríguez''' and nickname '''Bending Unit 22''', is a fictional character in the [[animated television series]] ''[[Futurama]]''. He is voiced by actor [[John DiMaggio]]. In the series, Bender plays the role of a comic [[anti-hero]], and is described by [[Leela (Futurama)|Leela]] as an "[[alcoholic]], [[whore]]-mongering, [[chain-smoking]] [[gambling|gambler]]" as well as possessing a "swarthy [[Latino|Latin]] charm". According to the [[Robot Devil]], he is also one of the most evil robots in the universe.
==Origin==
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Bender is a [[robot]], who was built at the ''Mom's Friendly Robot Company'' plant in "America's heartland", [[Tijuana]], [[Mexico]], circa AD 2998. He is a Bending-Unit 22, serial number 2716057, chassis number [[1729 (number)|1729]]. As his name indicates, he was created for the task of [[bending]] metal [[girder]]s. In fact, without his personality (which can be copied onto a 3.5 inch [[floppy disk]]), his responses and actions are limited to saying "I am Bender. Please insert girder." He curses, fights, argues, smokes [[cigars]], and drinks. A [[kleptomania]]c, Bender steals other characters' wallets, watches and other valuables at every opportunity. It is often stated that he has no [[emotion]]s, referring instead to his dependence on his, "superior/mighty robo-[[logic]]". The series provides contradictory information about Bender's origin. In several episodes, he is portrayed as having been assembled in a factory in his current form only a few years prior to the start of the series, as an ordinary machine would be. However, in "[[Teenage Mutant Leela's Hurdles]]" he is shown as going through growth and development like an animal and said to have "robo- or RNA", a [[DNA]] equivalent. In the DVD commentaries, David X. Cohen states that the viewer only sees a full-sized Bender emerge from the machine that built him, while what happened inside the machine was not revealed. Despite his Mexican origin, he displays a poor ability to pronounce Spanish words or imitate Mexican-accented English in "[[Bender Should Not Be Allowed on TV]]". His full name is revealed to be Bender Bending Rodríguez in "[[The Luck of the Fryrish]]". This is also confirmed in "[[The Cyber House Rules]]" when the "Cookieville Minimum Security Orphanarium" is renamed the "Bender B. Rodríguez Orphanarium" in light of Bender's generous donation of twelve orphans and a government check for 1200 "wing wangs" (dollars).
==In the show==
On [[December 31]], [[2999]], Bender was waiting in line to use one of New New York City's public [[suicide booth]]s, having lost the will to live after learning that the girders he bent were used to make those very booths. There, he met [[Philip J. Fry]], and after the booth failed to kill them, Bender and Fry go to a bar. Later, in their efforts to evade [[Leela (Futurama)|Leela]], an electrical surge alters Bender's programming, thus allowing him to bend deconstructively. After Leela decides not to implant Fry with his career chip, and quit her own career advising cryogenic defrostees, the three end up being hired to work at [[Planet Express]] by Fry's great-great-great-...-nephew, [[Professor Hubert Farnsworth]] ("[[Space Pilot 3000]]").
Bender has semi-secret aspirations to be a famous [[cook (profession)|cook]] and/or [[folk singer]], however due to a court order he is not allowed to sing. If [[magnet]]s are placed on his head they interfere with his inhibition unit, which causes him to act out his desire to be a folk singer by performing folk staples. Bender has a soft spot for [[turtle]]s. As he described it, they both have hard outer shells but lead rich inner lives. Also like a turtle, Bender has great difficulty getting back on his feet after he has been knocked onto his back. After a short stint believing he was a [[penguin]], he became their ruler and encouraged them to attack humans, only to be attacked himself after removing the tuxedo he had used to imitate them. He has also shown affection toward [[orphan]]s, adopting twelve at one point and re-donating them after learning they were costing him money. Bender desperately wants to be a part of the [[Harlem Globetrotters]], but was turned down.
Bender has periodically stated a desire to kill all humans, and has made several remarks (asleep or otherwise) indicating a repressed bloodlust. In the episode "[[The Sting (Futurama)|The Sting]]", in which Fry is thought to be dead, Bender reveals that every time he stated that he wished to kill all humans, he would then whisper "except one," the one being Fry. This may not be canon, as this scene is part of a realistic dream Leela had while she was in a coma. Bender's bloodlust is likely a reference to the many movies set in the future in which robots turn against their creators. At one point, on a planet controlled by human-hating robots, he became a celebrity after claiming to have killed "a million-billion" humans. In "[[The Farnsworth Parabox]]", Bender claims to have once "pounded a guy into the ground like a stake with a shovel". In "[[Xmas Story]]", he claimed to have [[Blood donation|donated blood]], but admitted that the blood he donated belonged to "some guy".
Bender is an example of the series' [[breakout character]], and also served as a symbolic representative once Futurama was cancelled (having guest appeared in two Simpsons episodes).
== Hardware ==
There is very little consistency in Bender's hardware throughout the series, and his internal workings vary as required for the story or for comic effect.
Like all robots in the series, Bender has square pupils. All of the biological characters have round pupils.
Bender's [[serial number]] is 2716057, which is expressible as the sum of two [[cube (arithmetic)|cube numbers]] ((952)³ + (-951)³). He shares this trait with another Bending Unit he meets called [[List of recurring robot characters from Futurama#Flexo|Flexo]], whose serial number is 3370318 ((119)³ + (119)³), and they both laughed heartily at this fact. This is one of several joke references to obscure mathematical facts; such as the [[1729 (number)|Hardy-Ramanujan number]].
In "[[Fry and the Slurm Factory]]" it is revealed that Bender's [[Central processing unit|CPU]] is a [[MOS Technology 6502]].
Bender's habit of hard drinking is a result of his design; like most robots on ''Futurama'', he uses alcohol as fuel and produces greenhouse gases as a result. He actually only suffers symptoms of intoxication when he ''stops'' drinking, becoming disoriented and developing a robot equivalent of a [[five o'clock shadow]] (the area around his mouth becomes rusted and brown). While alcohol is his primary fuel source, he is also capable of processing [[mineral oil]] and [[Dark matter (Futurama)|dark matter]]. He is also equipped with a [[nuclear reactor|nuclear pile]] which is revealed in "[[Godfellas]]".
He has been shown to operate in both [[vacuum]] and at the bottom of the sea. While deep under water Bender can open his chest compartment to reveal breathing masks similar to the emergency equipment used in commercial aircraft. He also notes that "in the event of an emergency, [his] ass can be used as a floatation device." This is likely a reference to the same capacity noted by [[Data (Star Trek)|Data]] in ''[[Star Trek: Insurrection]]''.
His "extend-o-matic" limbs are extendable, detachable, and capable of functioning independently of his body. He seems to have trouble with the seam below his right underarm, however, as he is seen welding it or asking someone to weld it at various times throughout the series. In most cases, his eyes are shown to be extending cylinders with rounded ends but are generally replacable as necessary for the plot.
Bender's chest cavity uses the fictional idea of [[hammerspace]], as Bender frequently pulls and stores objects within it that are far bigger than the laws of physics would normally allow. This access seems to be situational, as his chest cavity has been filled a number of times. The interior of Bender's chest cavity is actually shown in ''[[Futurama (video game)|Futurama: The Game]]'', wherein there are a variety of cogs, wheels, gyros, and various other mechanical components. The interior is shown to be larger than it should be. As with most [[spin-off]] material for television shows, the videogame may not be considered [[canon (fiction)|canon]]. In "[[Insane in the Mainframe]]", an [[X-ray]] like "Gamma Scan" reveals a variety of axles and cogs, as well as a small bat. The heads of [[Lucy Liu]] and [[Luciano Pavarotti]] were both stored in the cavity at one point. In one episode, Bender ferments about 30 bottles worth of [[malt liquor]] in his chest cavity, carrying it as though he were pregnant. Bender had a bomb in his chest at one point said to be capable of destroying a planet, placed in him by Zapp Brannigan in "[[War is the H-Word]]". Though [[Professor Farnsworth]] couldn't remove it, claiming it was "stuck in there with glue or something," Bender detonated it at the end of the episode; it was apparently a dud.
[[Image:Bender.jpg|220px|left|thumbnail|Bender congratulating himself for bending iron bars in "[[Space Pilot 3000]]".]]
Like his limbs, Bender's head is detachable, and can continue to function when not attached to his body. Bender's head seems capable of various functions depending on the situation. It has been seen functioning as an audio tape recorder (his pupils can change to play, rewind, eject etc. symbols with function), answering machine, CD player, film projector, camera (still and video), martini shaker, a bell, credit card terminal, and a [[Aerosol spray|spray can]]. The camera aspect of his head is a consistent feature, which he uses in multiple episodes. On top of his head is an antenna, which is multi-functional and can work as a radio transmitter, a remote control receiver, sword, or a toilet flusher. Bender is quite sensitive about it, seemingly equating it with a human [[penis]]. In "I, Roommate", Bender responds to Leela's suggestion of removing his antenna with "You're not a robot or a man, so you wouldn't understand." In the same episode, the peace-keeping officer(police) robot URL sees it and says in a degrading fashion "You call that an antenna." Despite this assertion, he can unscrew it. Also, in another episode he is turned into a human. He wonders where his antenna is, then finds it, stating: "Just let me adjust it." Fry shouts "No! You'll make God cry!" as if Bender were masturbating.
Bender claims to have a total of eight senses, four of which are regular human senses. Although he is equipped with "smision" (apparently a combination of smell and vision), he lacks the regular sense of taste. Aside from his own faculties, Bender has several external devices which he uses in the series. One such device is his "[[gaydar]]", which is shown as a black box with a radar array attached. Bender has a built-in, but unreliable, "cheating unit" for predicting the outcome of his own dice rolls. Bender makes mention of a Hilarity Unit (an opening subtitle for one episode of the show claims this unit may be powered by "[[Microsoft]] Joke"). Bender's computational abilities are self-admittedly poor, which he reveals in the episode "[[The Cyber House Rules]]". When Bender claims to need a calculator, Fry reminds him that Bender ''is'' a caculator, to which Bender asserts "I need a ''good'' caculator." Bender seems to have four different buttons for deleting information: one on his shoulder, one on his chest, his antenna, and one where his rear end would be. Bender also has a 'Patriotism Circuit' which compels him, when signaled, to fight and possibly give his life in times of crisis. [[Zapp Brannigan]] has a device that can trigger Bender's 'Patriotism Circuit', (as shown in "[[When Aliens Attack]]") and uses it to draft him into Earth's defense force. When triggered, Bender's antenna blinks and beeps, and Bender stands to attention and shouts a response phrase such as "It is every robot's duty to give his life for the good of humanity!"
According to information from various episodes, Bender is composed of 30% [[iron]] ("[[30% Iron Chef]]"), 40% [[zinc]] ("[[Fry and the Slurm Factory]]") , 40% [[titanium]] ("[[A Head in the Polls]]"), 40% [[dolomite]] ("[[Jurassic Bark]]") and an unknown quantity of [[osmium]] (in alloy with the iron) with a 0.04% [[nickel]] impurity ("[[A Pharaoh to Remember]]")and he also claims to be 40% lead in Futurama the game but this may not be canon. No explanation for the total of over 150.04% was offered in the series, though it is pointed out in the DVD commentary. David X. Cohen at one point suggests that the various substances may overlap as compounds. Bender's aforementioned calculation skills, or lack thereof, may also be a factor. In "[[Raging Bender]]", he is announced as weighing 525 lb (238 kg).
== Software ==
Bender initially couldn't act against his programming. In the first episode, Bender was deprogrammed after being electrocuted by a hanging light bulb. As mentioned above, when his personality is removed (by downloading) his vocabulary reverts to "I am Bender. Please insert girder." When he comes in contact with a magnet, it disrupts his [[social inhibition|inhibition]] unit and he sings various folk songs, including "[[She'll Be Coming 'Round the Mountain]]." He is unaffected by magnetism in his shoulder/'neck' area, as he is sometimes shown sticking a magnetic bow tie on there. He is also uneffected by a magnet on his rear end, as in one episode he is carried by a magnet there and responds with WHEEEE!!!
On the episode "[[Roswell That Ends Well]]", Bender's [[brain]] (in the form of [[computer chips]]) was mistaken as food and was eaten by Enos Fry, yet he functions normally without it throughout the whole episode.
When Bender is reactivated, he automatically takes on the traits of the first organism he encounters. In "[[The Birdbot of Ice-Catraz]]", Bender reboots as a penguin after being mauled by a killer whale. His primary tasks in "Penguin Mode" are to acquire food and frolic. When he reboots back to "Human Mode" after being shot by Leela, his two primary tasks are to bend and "Cheese it!"
== Appearances outside of Futurama ==
[[Image:GABF12.jpg|thumb|right|Bender makes a cameo appearance in ''[[The Simpsons]]'']]
[[Image:Bender Futurama Saint Petersburg cropped.jpg|thumb|right|[[Graffiti]] featuring Bender in [[Saint Petersburg]], [[Russia]]]]
* Bender appears with [[Al Gore]] in ''A Terrifying Message from Al Gore'', promoting (or in Bender's case, disparaging) ''[[An Inconvenient Truth]]''.
* Bender has made [[cameo appearance]]s in several episodes of [[Matt Groening]]'s other show, ''[[The Simpsons]]'':
:*In "[[Future-Drama]]", [[Bart Simpson|Bart]] and [[Homer Simpson|Homer]] go through a portal/tunnel on a hovercraft. At the other side, Bender is seen in between Bart and Homer, saying "All right! You guys are my new best friends". Homer says "You wish, loser!" and throws him out of the car, where he breaks apart (a joke on the fact that Futurama had been cancelled at the time).
:*Bender also appears in "[[Bart vs. Lisa vs. The Third Grade]]". Due to a lack of sleep brought on by watching too much TV, Bart begins to hallucinate in class. The characters from various shows Bart had been watching (such as Bender, a [[bulimia|bulimic]] [[Tom Brokaw]], [[Pikachu]], and an [[anthropomorphic]] [[clock]]) greet Bart and throw him on their shoulders while singing the [[Jewish]] [[folk song]] [[Hava Nagila]].
:*In the episode "[[My Big Fat Geek Wedding]]", Groening himself appears, but is identified as "the creator of ''Futurama.''" [[Milhouse]] is shown to have a Bender doll.
:*In the episode "[[Missionary: Impossible]]", Bender appears on the fundraising panel as a phone operator.
== Production notes ==
* Bender's apartment number is 00100100, which when translated into [[ASCII]], is the $ symbol.
* Creator [[Matt Groening]] admits to naming Bender after [[John Bender]], a character in film, [[The Breakfast Club]].[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0149460/trivia]
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