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Bender, full name Bender Bending Rodríguez or designated Bending Unit 22, is a fictional robot 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 Turanga Leela as an "alcoholic, whore-mongering, chain-smoking gambler"^[1] and by himself as possessing a "swarthy Latin charm."^[2]. Image File history File links Emblem-important. ... This article is about the television series. ... Image File history File links Size of this preview: 456 × 599 pixelsFull resolution (485 × 637 pixel, file size: 27 KB, MIME type: image/png)Bender Bending Rodríguez. ... Bender, the shows breakout robot character The animated television series Futurama takes place in a future where advanced technologies, such as robotics have become a part of everyday life. ... This article is about Earth as a planet. ... Tijuana (Spanish [], English usually []), is the largest city in the Mexican state of Baja California and the seat of the municipality of Tijuana. ... Location within Mexico Municipalities of Baja California Country Capital Municipalities 5 Largest City Tijuana Government  - Governor José Guadalupe Osuna Millán (PAN)  - Federal Deputies PAN: 8  - Federal Senators Alejandro González (PAN) Rafael Díaz (PAN) Fernando Castro (PRI) Area Ranked 12th  - Total 69,921 km² (26,996. ... Look up cook, Cook in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... This article is about the television series. ... This is a list of fictional places featured in the television series Futurama. ... Futuramas recurring robot characters: // Boxy Boxy is a crude, Dalek-like robot similar to the Gonk droid from Star Wars, that is capable of communicating only by beeping. ... Space Pilot 3000 is the first episode of Futuramas first season, which originally aired in North America on March 28, 1999. ... John William DiMaggio (born September 4, 1968) is an American voice actor. ... Bender, the shows breakout robot character The animated television series Futurama takes place in a future where advanced technologies, such as robotics have become a part of everyday life. ... An animated series or cartoon series is a television series produced by means of animation. ... This article is about the television series. ... John William DiMaggio (born September 4, 1968) is an American voice actor. ... In literature and film, an anti-hero is a central or supporting character that has some of the personality flaws and ultimate fortune traditionally assigned to villains but nonetheless also have enough heroic qualities or intentions to gain the sympathy of readers or viewers. ... Turanga Leela (often referred to simply as Leela) (born A.D. 2975) is the primary female character in the animated television series Futurama. ... King Alcohol and his Prime Minister circa 1820 Alcoholism is the consumption of or preoccupation with alcoholic beverages to the extent that this behavior interferes with the alcoholics normal personal, family, social, or work life. ... Whore redirects here. ... Chain smoking is the practice of lighting a new cigarette for personal consumption immediately after one that is finished, sometimes using the finished cigarette to light the next one. ... Caravaggio, The Cardsharps, c. ... For the Brazilian pop singer, see Latino (singer). ...

Casting

When casting for Futurama Bender's voice was the most difficult to cast in part because the show's creators had not yet decided what a robot should sound like.^[3] Because of this every voice actor that auditioned, no matter what character they auditioned for, was asked to also read for Bender. After about 300 auditions series co-creator David X. Cohen even attempted to audition after being told he sounded like a robot.^[4] John Dimaggio was eventually chosen for the role after his second audition. He originally auditioned using his Bender voice for the role of Professor Farnsworth and used a different voice for Bender.^[5] David X. Cohen (born 1966), born David Samuel Cohen, is an American television writer. ... Professor Hubert Farnsworth Professor Hubert J. Farnsworth is the extremely elderly proprietor of the Planet Express delivery service in the animated television series Futurama. ...

Origin

Left: Bender's "birth" in "Bendless Love"
Right: A young Bender in "Teenage Mutant Leela's Hurdles"

In the series, Bender is a robot built by Mom's Friendly Robot Company at its plant in Tijuana, Mexico, circa 2998. He is a Bending-Unit 22, serial number 2716057, chassis number 1729. He was created for the task of bending metal girders for the construction of suicide booths. He swears, fights, argues, smokes cigars, drinks, and gambles. A petty thief, Bender steals other peoples' wallets, watches and other valuables at any opportunity. He claims to have no emotions but occasionally he is portrayed as having them, usually for comedic purpose. 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. This is supported by the appearance of Flexo, another Bending-Unit 22 robot identical to Bender with the addition of a goatee. 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.^{[citation needed]} His full name is revealed to be Bender Bending Rodríguez in "The Luck of the Fryrish", and in "The Cyber House Rules" the "Cookieville Minimum Security Orphanarium" is renamed the "Bender B. Rodríguez Orphanarium" after him. Bender was educated at Bending State University (with a major in Bending and a minor in Robo-American Studies) and was a member of the Robot House fraternity, as disclosed in "Mars University". Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Bendless Love is the sixth episode in season three of Futurama. ... The subject of this article may not satisfy the notability guideline for Television episodes. ... For other uses, see robot (disambiguation). ... Tijuana (Spanish [], English usually []), is the largest city in the Mexican state of Baja California and the seat of the municipality of Tijuana. ... The 30th century of the anno Domini (common) era will span the years 2901–3000 of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1729 Cardinal One thousand seven hundred [and] twenty-nine Ordinal 1729th Factorization Divisors 7, 13, 19, 91, 133, 247 Roman numeral MDCCXXIX Binary 11011000001 Octal 3301 Duodecimal 1001 Hexadecimal 6C1 1729 is known as the Hardy-Ramanujan number, after a famous anecdote of the British mathematician G. H. Hardy regarding... Figure 1. ... This page is a candidate to be copied to Wiktionary. ... A Stop and drop style Suicide Booth on Futurama A suicide booth is a fictional machine for committing suicide. ... This page is about the tobacco product; for other meanings of Cigar, see Cigar (disambiguation). ... The late Waylon Jennings with a goatee in 1999. ... The subject of this article may not satisfy the notability guideline for Television episodes. ... The structure of part of a DNA double helix Deoxyribonucleic acid, or DNA, is a nucleic acid molecule that contains the genetic instructions used in the development and functioning of all known living organisms. ... The Luck of the Fryrish is the fourth episode in season three of Futurama. ... The Cyber House Rules is the ninth episode in season three of Futurama. ... Mars University is episode eleven of season one of Futurama. ...

Gold Bender

Gold parallel version of Bender in "The Farnsworth Parabox"

In "The Farnsworth Parabox", Bender meets his parallel version, who has a gold finish. This stems from the fact that, when deciding on his paint job, Bender flipped a coin to choose between "gold" and "fog-hat grey". Evidently, Gold Bender received the opposite result to normal Bender. Gold Bender's catch-phrase is "Bite my glorious golden ass", instead of normal Bender's "Bite my shiny metal ass". Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... “The Farnsworth Parabox” is the fifteenth episode of the fourth production season of Futurama. ... “The Farnsworth Parabox” is the fifteenth episode of the fourth production season of Futurama. ...

They each thought the other to be evil, due to each Professor being paranoid about the other universe's inhabitants. They eventually agree to go to a strip club, ask each others forgiveness for thinking the other was evil, and simultaneously steal each others wallets.

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 numbers (952³ + (-951)³). He shares this trait with Flexo, another Bending Unit he meets, whose serial number is 3370318 (119³ + 119³). This is one of several joke references to obscure mathematical facts; such as the Hardy-Ramanujan number. A serial number is a unique number that is one of a series assigned for identification which varies from its successor or predecessor by a fixed discrete integer value. ... In arithmetic and algebra, the cube of a number n is its third power — the result of multiplying it by itself two times: n3 = n × n × n. ... Futuramas recurring robot characters: // Boxy Boxy is a crude, Dalek-like robot similar to the Gonk droid from Star Wars, that is capable of communicating only by beeping. ... 1729 Cardinal One thousand seven hundred [and] twenty-nine Ordinal 1729th Factorization Divisors 7, 13, 19, 91, 133, 247 Roman numeral MDCCXXIX Binary 11011000001 Octal 3301 Duodecimal 1001 Hexadecimal 6C1 1729 is known as the Hardy-Ramanujan number, after a famous anecdote of the British mathematician G. H. Hardy regarding...

Bender's habit of hard drinking is a result of his design; like most robots on Futurama, he uses alcohol as fuel to recharge his fuel cells, and produces greenhouse gases as a result in the form of fire whenever he belches or sometimes farts. He suffers symptoms of intoxication only when he stops drinking, becoming disoriented and developing rust around his mouth, the robot equivalent of a five o'clock shadow. While alcohol is his primary fuel source, he is also capable of processing mineral oil and dark matter. He is also equipped with a nuclear pile which is revealed in "Godfellas". Five OClock Shadow is an a cappella group from Boston, Massachusetts, existing from 1991 to 2003. ... Mineral oil or liquid petrolatum is a by-product in the distillation of petroleum to produce gasoline. ... For other uses, see Dark matter (disambiguation). ... Core of a small nuclear reactor used for research. ... Godfellas is the twentieth episode of the third season of Futurama. ...

His "extenso-matic" limbs are extendable, detachable, retractable, and capable of functioning independently of his body. Bender can also retract his limbs and head into his chest cavity. He seems to have trouble with the seam below his right underarm, however, because 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 (resembling light bulbs or vacuum tubes), but are generally replaceable as necessary for the plot. The only time Bender's eyes were different was in "The Deep South". When they shattered, Bender screwed in new ones that resembled lightbulbs. Bender also had a pair of "bent" eye cylinders to help him look around corners, etc. in "The Farnsworth Parabox". The housing for Bender's eyes is detachable, and function like binoculars, as Fry did in "Roswell That Ends Well". Structure of a vacuum tube diode Structure of a vacuum tube triode In electronics, a vacuum tube, electron tube, or (outside North America) thermionic valve or just valve, is a device used to amplify, switch or modify a signal by controlling the movement of electrons in an evacuated space. ... The Deep South is episode twelve in season two of Futurama. ... “The Farnsworth Parabox” is the fifteenth episode of the fourth production season of Futurama. ... Roswell That Ends Well is the nineteenth episode of the third production season of the TV show Futurama. ...

Bender's chest cavity uses the fictional idea of hammerspace, as Bender frequently pulls and stores objects within it that are far bigger than what physics would normally allow. In the episode, "The Route of All Evil", Bender ferments 5 gal. 6 oz. worth of ale in his chest cavity. Also, in "I Second That Emotion", Bender uses his chest cavity as an oven, to bake a four-layer cake for Nibbler's birthday. Examples of Hammerspace pictured in a WikiWorld cartoon Hammerspace is a fan-envisioned extradimensional, instantly accessible storage area in fiction, which is used to explain how animated, comic and game characters can produce objects out of thin air. ... The Route of All Evil is episode twelve in season three of the Futurama DVDs. ... For other uses, see Ale (disambiguation). ... I Second That Emotion is episode 1 in season 2 of Futurama. ...

Like his limbs, Bender's head is detachable and retractable, appears to be attached to a thin, maneuverable wire, as seen in "Insane in the Mainframe," and can continue to function when not attached to his body, even for 1,000 years in "Roswell That Ends Well". This clashes with Bender's past breakdowns into a delusional state with a 5 o’clock shadow when he goes without alcohol in a matter of days, such as "I, Roommate" and "Obsoletely Fabulous"; but since Bender's head was detached from his body, he must have not needed a lot of energy, or had just turned off to save power. Bender's head is capable of various functions depending on the situation. It has been seen functioning as an audio tape recorder, answering machine, CD player, film projector, camera, martini shaker, a bell, credit card terminal, and a can of spray paint. The camera aspect of his head is a consistent feature, which he uses in multiple episodes, often zooming in on items, people or robots of interest. In other episodes, he is seen using a small purple camera. When he sees something interesting, he says "neat" and takes a picture. On top of his head is a retractable antenna, which is multi-functional and can work as a radio transmitter, a remote control receiver, sword, toilet flusher, or laser light show generator, or an all purpose push button. In "I, Roommate", Bender's antenna interferes with satellite signals and cell phone signals, the latter capable of picking up his thoughts via antenna. Bender is sensitive about it, seemingly equating it with a human penis. But in the episode, he willingly cuts it off and eventually has it reattached. “Insane in the Mainframe” is the eleventh episode in season three of Futurama. ... Roswell That Ends Well is the nineteenth episode of the third production season of the TV show Futurama. ... I, Roommate is the third episode of season one of Futurama. ... Obsoletely Fabulous is the fourteenth episode of the fourth production season of Futurama. ... Aerosol spray can Aerosol spray is a type of canister that sprays an aerosol when its button is pressed or held down. ... I, Roommate is the third episode of season one of Futurama. ... The penis (plural penises, penes) is an external male sexual organ. ...

Bender claims to have a total of eight senses including four of the five classical senses and "smision" (A possible combination of smell and eyesight); however; he lacks the regular sense of taste. Aside from his own faculties, Bender has several external devices which he uses in the series including the following: "gaydar", a purple box with pushbuttons and a radar; a built-in but unreliable "cheating unit" that calculates odds; and a hilarity unit. Bender's computational abilities are self-admittedly poor, which he reveals in "The Cyber House Rules". Bender seems to have four different buttons for deleting information: one on his shoulder, one on his chest, his antenna, and one on his ass. Bender also has a 'Patriotism Circuit' which forces 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. Senses are the physiological methods of perception. ... For other uses, see Gaydar (disambiguation). ... The Cyber House Rules is the ninth episode in season three of Futurama. ... Major General Webelo Zapp Brannigan is a fictional character in the television series Futurama. ... When Aliens Attack is episode twelve in season one of Futurama. ...

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 the Futurama video game. No explanation for the total of over 150% is 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", it is revealed that Bender weighed 525 lb (~238 kg). For other uses, see Iron (disambiguation). ... “The 30% Iron Chef” is the 22nd episode in season 3 of Futurama. ... General Name, symbol, number zinc, Zn, 30 Chemical series transition metals Group, period, block 12, 4, d Appearance bluish pale gray Standard atomic weight 65. ... Fry and the Slurm Factory is the thirteenth episode and season finale of season one of Futurama. ... General Name, symbol, number titanium, Ti, 22 Chemical series transition metals Group, period, block 4, 4, d Appearance silvery metallic Standard atomic weight 47. ... ‹ The template below (Unreferenced episode) is being considered for deletion. ... For other uses, see Dolomite (disambiguation). ... Jurassic Bark is the seventh episode of season four of Futurama, airing November 17, 2002. ... General Name, Symbol, Number osmium, Os, 76 Chemical series transition metals Group, Period, Block 8, 6, d Appearance silvery, blue cast Standard atomic weight 190. ... For other uses, see Nickel (disambiguation). ... A Pharaoh to Remember is episode seventeen of Futuramas third season. ... Raging Bender is episode 8 in season 2 of Futurama. ...

In "Where No Fan Has Gone Before", Bender's self-destruct code is "1A 2B 3", a reference to the destruct codes on Star Trek. The self-destruct mechanism is located somewhere on his body ("A Head in the Polls"). This blew up only Bender's head, leaving his mouth intact. Unlike most other robots in the series, the Bending Unit seems especially tough. Bender and Flexo have both shown incredible resistance to severe physical abuse. Flexo, in "Bendless Love," survived being hit and crushed by a 50 ft. "unbendable" steel girder; and Bender was drilled, axed, flattened, and beaten in the Robot Fighting Feague. They have withstood crushing, can openers, explosives, fire, water, guns, extreme temperatures, and even supermagnets. Bender has been shown to operate in vacuum of space and the crushing pressure at the bottom of the sea. Where No Fan Has Gone Before is the eleventh episode of the fourth season of the animated series Futurama. ... This article is about the entire Star Trek franchise. ... ‹ The template below (Unreferenced episode) is being considered for deletion. ... Futuramas recurring robot characters: // Boxy Boxy is a crude, Dalek-like robot similar to the Gonk droid from Star Wars, that is capable of communicating only by beeping. ... Bendless Love is the sixth episode in season three of Futurama. ... Look up Vacuum in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ...

Software

Bender initially could not act against his programming and was deprogrammed after being subjected to an electric current. It is unknown whether this caused other habits, such as smoking or stealing. In the episode "Roswell That Ends Well", parts of Bender's brain, in the form of computer chips was mistaken as food and was eaten by Fry's uncle, Enos Fry, yet he functions normally without it throughout the episode. These were probably related to his body only. In "How Hermes Requisitioned His Groove Back", Bender's personality is stored on a floppy disk, and without it, is limited to bending girders and saying "I am Bender. Please insert girder." Roswell That Ends Well is the nineteenth episode of the third production season of the TV show Futurama. ... The human brain In animals, the brain (enkephalos) (Greek for in the skull), is the control center of the central nervous system, responsible for behavior. ... A microchip is, properly, an integrated circuit (IC). ... “How Hermes Requisitioned His Groove Back” is episode eleven in season two of Futurama. ... A floppy disk is a data storage device that is composed of a disk of thin, flexible (floppy) magnetic storage medium encased in a square or rectangular plastic shell. ...

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 attacked by a killer whale. The Birdbot of Ice-Catraz is the fifth episode in season three of Futurama. ...

Celebrity encounters

During several episodes, Bender has had encounters with celebrities. In episode "Bendin' in the Wind", Bender was paralyzed by a giant can opener and there he met popular folk singer Beck who offered him to join his band. Soon afterward, Bender regained motion and tried to fake paralysis. Thanks to his "natural showmanship", he started dancing; and Beck, Cylon and Art Garfunkel's descendant chased him until he gave up the chase and apologised to Beck. In episode "I Dated a Robot" Bender falls in love with Lucy Liu and she is later seen again with Bender in episode "Love and Rocket". In episode "Bender Should Not Be Allowed on TV" it's revealed that Bender has a feud with comedian/talkshow host Jay Leno; this is seen when Bender becomes famous and magazine "TV Week Monthly" says "BENDER: TV's Rowdiest robot opens up about drinking, smoking and his feud with Jay," complete with a photo of Bender with Jay Leno's head with the mouth duct taped inside Bender's chest cavity. In episode "Xmas Story", Conan O'Brian was doing a comedy routine about Y2K that Bender ruined by saying that Y2K was solved 900 years ago. This enrages Conan who tells Bender that he has something he'll never have: a soul. Bender doesn't care about that so Conan adds "and freckles!" which causes Bender to break down and cry. Bendin in the Wind is the thirteenth episode in season three of Futurama. ... This article is about the musician. ... Paralysed redirects here. ... Art Garfunkel in Bad Timing (1980) Arthur Ira Garfunkel (born November 5, 1941) is an American white gollywog and actor, best known as half of the folk duo Simon and Garfunkel. ... I Dated a Robot is the fifteenth episode in season three of Futurama. ... Lucy Alexis Liu (Chinese: 劉玉玲 Liú Yùlíng, born December 2, 1968 in Queens, New York) is an Emmy Award-nominated American actress. ... ‹ The template below (Unreferenced episode) is being considered for deletion. ... ‹ The template below (Unreferenced episode) has been proposed for deletion. ... Jay Leno (born April 28, 1950) is an Emmy-winning American comedian and writer who is best known as the current host of NBC televisions long-running variety and talk program The Tonight Show with Jay Leno. ... Xmas Story is the 4th episode in season 2 of Futurama. ... Conan OBrien hosts the NBC television talk show Late Night with Conan OBrien. ... The year 2000 problem (also known as the Y2K problem and the millennium bug) was a flaw in computer program design that caused some date-related processing to operate incorrectly for dates and times on and after January 1, 2000. ...

Production

• Voice actor John DiMaggio has noted that he has difficulty singing as Bender in "Hell Is Other Robots" because he was forced to sing the harmony part in a low key.^[6]
• Bender's apartment number is 00100100, which when translated into ASCII, is the $ symbol.
• The original proposed name for Bender was URL, which was to be pronounced "Earl". It was reused as the name of the smooth-talking robot police officer, also voiced by DiMaggio.

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