Futurama episode
"Bendless Love"
Episode no.	38
Prod. code	3ACV06
Airdate	February 11, 2001
Writer(s)	Eric Horsted
Director	Swinton Scott
Opening subtitle	Torn From Tomorrow's Headlines
Opening cartoon	Unknown
Guest star(s)	Jan Hooks
Season 3 January 2001 – December 2002
Amazon Women in the Mood Parasites Lost A Tale of Two Santas The Luck of the Fryrish The Birdbot of Ice-Catraz Bendless Love The Day the Earth Stood Stupid That's Lobstertainment! The Cyber House Rules Where the Buggalo Roam Insane in the Mainframe The Route of All Evil Bendin' in the Wind Time Keeps on Slippin' I Dated a Robot A Leela of Her Own A Pharaoh to Remember Anthology of Interest II Roswell That Ends Well Godfellas Future Stock The 30% Iron Chef
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"Bendless Love" is the sixth episode in season three of Futurama. It originally aired in North America on February 11, 2001. Futurama is an Emmy Award-winning animated American sitcom created by Matt Groening, also the creator of The Simpsons, and developed by Groening and David X. Cohen for the Fox network. ... Image File history File links Futurama_ep38. ... February 11 is the 42nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2001 (MMI) was a common year starting on Monday (link displays the 2001 Gregorian calendar). ... Eric Horsted is American television writer. ... Swinton O. Scott III is an animation director on the animated series The Simpsons. ... Jan Hooks in 1988 Jan Hooks (born April 23, 1957 in Decatur, Georgia) is an American actress and comedian best known for her work on NBCs Saturday Night Live, on which she appeared from 1986 to 1991. ... The complete Futurama DVD collection The following is an episode list for the FOX animated television series Futurama. ... Amazon Women in the Mood is the first episode in season three of Futurama. ... Parasites Lost is the 2nd episode in series 3 of Futurama. ... A Tale of Two Santas is the third episode in season 3 of Futurama. ... The Luck of the Fryrish is the fourth episode in season three of Futurama. ... The Birdbot of Ice-Catraz is the fifth episode in season three of Futurama. ... The Day the Earth Stood Stupid is the seventh episode in season three of Futurama. ... Thats Lobstertainment! is the 8th episode in season 3 of Futurama. ... The Cyber House Rules is the ninth episode in season three of Futurama. ... Where the Buggalo Roam is the tenth episode in season three of the animated television series Futurama. ... “Insane in the Mainframe” is the eleventh episode in season three of Futurama. ... The Route of All Evil is the 12th episode in season 3 of Futurama. ... This section has been identified as trivia. ... The subject of this article may not satisfy the notability guideline for Television episodes. ... I Dated a Robot is the fifteenth episode in season three of Futurama. ... A Leela Of Her Own is the sixteenth episode in the third season of the animated series Futurama. ... A Pharaoh to Remember is episode seventeen of Futuramas third season. ... Anthology of Interest II is the eighteenth episode of the third season of Futurama. ... Roswell That Ends Well is the nineteenth episode of the third production season of the TV show Futurama. ... Godfellas is the twentieth episode of the third season of Futurama. ... Future Stock is the 21st episode in the third season of Futurama. ... “The 30% Iron Chef” is the twenty-second episode in season three of Futurama. ... The complete Futurama DVD collection The following is an episode list for the FOX animated television series Futurama. ... Futurama is an Emmy Award-winning animated American sitcom created by Matt Groening, also the creator of The Simpsons, and developed by Groening and David X. Cohen for the Fox network. ... North America North America is a continent[1] in the Earths northern hemisphere and (chiefly) western hemisphere. ... February 11 is the 42nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2001 (MMI) was a common year starting on Monday (link displays the 2001 Gregorian calendar). ...

Plot

After an overly dramatic takeoff results in an inelegant crash onto the streets of New New York, Leela discovers that the Planet Express ship's essential L-unit has been straightened. After discovering that other objects in the office (including Professor Farnsworth) have been bent, suspicion naturally turns to Bender. In order to confirm their suspicions, Hermes plays the security tape from the night before, which shows Bender sleep-bending. The professor sends Bender away to satisfy his psychological need for bending. This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Turanga Leela (referred to as simply Leela) is the primary female character in the animated television series Futurama. ... Futurama is an animated United States cartoon series (March 28, 1999-2003) created by Matt Groening (who also created The Simpsons). ... Professor Hubert Farnsworth Professor Hubert J. Farnsworth is the extremely elderly proprietor of the Planet Express delivery service in the animated television series Futurama. ... “Bender” redirects here. ... Hermes Conrad is a character in the Futurama animated series. ... Sleepwalking (also called somnambulism or noctambulism), under the larger category of parasomnias, is a sleep disorder where the sufferer engages in activities that are normally associated with wakefulness while they are asleep or in a sleeplike state. ...

Bender gets hired at a bending plant as a scab worker during a strike, and discovers that Flexo, who was sent to prison in Bender's place in a previous episode, is also employed as a scab. Also working at the factory is a solidly-built fembot named Angleyne. Bender quickly develops an affection for Angleyne, and they begin dating. Their relationship goes well, until Bender discovers that Angleyne and Flexo were previously married and then divorced, and that they may still be affectionate. 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. ...

In an attempt to discover Angleyne's true feelings, Bender disguises himself as Flexo, and meets her at an orbital night club. While there, Bender flashes the wad of cash he has made as a strikebreaker, which angers the members of the Robot Mafia who are present. Bender (as Flexo) succeeds in seducing Angleyne, and rushes off to kill Flexo. 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. ...

Bender arrives at the bending plant where Flexo is working the night shift, and starts a fight. Meanwhile in the crane control booth, Clamps of the Robot Mafia moves an unbendable girder into position above Bender and Flexo. Because they don't know that Bender was disguised as Flexo, the Robot Mafia wants Flexo dead for Bender's monetary indiscretions.

Clamps releases the girder, which crushes Flexo. Angleyne confesses that she still loves Flexo, and Bender decides that her happiness is more important than his, and resolves to save Flexo by bending the unbendable girder. After a mighty struggle, he frees Flexo, earning Angleyne's appreciation, but not her love. Having satisfied his need for bending, Bender returns to his job at Planet Express. However, he didn't bend the Professor back to his right angle.

Continuity

This is the second episode where Bender keeps his sanity while wearing a magnet (the Flexo goatee on his date with Angelyne as Flexo), the other is "A Flight to Remember" while wearing a magnetic bowtie: both the goatee and the bowtie are below his head, and therefore don't affect Bender [from remarks by David X. Cohen in the commentary]. The subject of this article may not satisfy the notability guideline for Television episodes. ...

In this episode, Bender reveals that he was built in a Mexican factory and had his bending knowledge installed in his head, though in The Series Has Landed, it was implied that Bender went to high school (cf. the part where the crew is on the Whalers on the Moon ride, one of the robots yells "Bender! Hey, Bender, over here!" and Bender sheepishly replies that he went to high school with that robot) and in Mars University, he tells Leela that he went to bending school to major in bending (and minored in Robo-American Studies). The Series Has Landed is the 2nd episode in series 1 of Futurama. ... Mars University is episode eleven of season one of Futurama. ...

When the crew finds out that Bender was the one that bent all the things in the office, Zoidberg says "J'accuse", which is French for I accuse, but French is a dead language.

Production notes

• The design of Angelyne was originally going to be based around Audrey Hepburn.^{[citation needed]}
• When Elzar's restaurant is first seen in the episode, a sign in front shows that the special is "blackened leftovers". After the commercial break, Elzar's restaurant is shown again, but the special has been changed to "blackened blackened leftovers".

Audrey Hepburn (May 4, 1929 – January 20, 1993) was an Academy Award-winning Anglo-Dutch actress of film and theatre, Broadway stage performer, ballerina, fashion model, and humanitarian. ...

Awards

Actor John DiMaggio (Bender, Flexo, Sal, Joey Mousepad, Elzar) won an Annie Award for "Oustanding individual achievement for voice acting by a male performer in an animated television production" for his performance as Bender in this episode^[1]. John William DiMaggio (born September 4, 1968) is an American voice actor. ... Futuramas recurring characters: Spoiler warning: // In the episode A Big Piece of Garbage, Ron Popeil, his severed head floating in a large jar, mentions several of his inventions including the (fictional) technology to keep human heads alive in jars, implicitly arresting the aging process. ... The Annie Awards are given to an animation award show created by the International Animated Film Society ASIFA-Hollywood, and are animations highest honor[1]. Originally designed to celebrate lifetime or career contributions to animation in the fields of producing, directing, animation, design, writing, voice acting, sound and sound...

Cultural references

• The title of this episode is a reference to both the 1981 film "Endless Love", and the song by the same title.
• The "L-unit" in the beginning is made of "340 pounds of Tonka-tough steel."
• After the group watches Bender bend the Professor, Zoidberg yells at him, "J'accuse!" (even though in "A Clone of My Own," it was implied that French is a dead language in the 30th century).
• In order to bend the unbendable girder Bender applies "Bendgay" a reference to Bengay.
• The scene where Bender helps Angelyne bend a girder is a parody of a similar scene between Patrick Swayze and Demi Moore in the film Ghost.
• Zoidberg makes a reference to Scooby-Doo near the beginning of the episode. He says, "Well gang, looks like we have another mystery on our hands!". This line is frequently said by Fred at the beginning of the original Scooby-Doo series.
• At the end when asked to bend the professor back to his former erect posture (which would also bring him to his former rather dark mood), Bender responds by saying "every time I think I’m out, they pull me back in." An adaptation from Michael Corleone's line in The Godfather Part III.
• At one point, Hermes mutters "Haile H. Selassie!" This is a reference to both Haile Selassie I, God incarnate in the Rastafari movement, and the exclamation "Jesus H. Christ!"

// January 19 - Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer acquires beleaguered concurrent United Artists. ... Endless Love is a 1981 English language drama film and romance film directed by Franco Zeffirelli, starring Brooke Shields and Martin Hewitt. ... Endless Love is a song originally recorded as a duet between soul singer Diana Ross and pop singer Lionel Richie, who wrote the song. ... For the rocket fuel, see Tonka (fuel). ... The Dreyfus affair was a political scandal which divided France during the 1890s and early 1900s. ... Menthol is a covalent organic compound made synthetically or obtained from peppermint or other mint oils. ... Demi Moore and Patrick Swayze, in one of the most famous scenes from the movie Ghost is a 1990 romantic drama-fantasy-thriller film starring Patrick Swayze, Demi Moore, Whoopi Goldberg, written by Bruce Joel Rubin and directed by Jerry Zucker. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Haile Selassie Haile Selassie (Power of Trinity) (July 23, 1892 – August 27, 1975) was the last Emperor (1930–1936; 1941–1974) of Ethiopia, and is a religious symbol in the Rastafarian movement. ... Haile Selassie I Rasta, or the Rastafari movement, is a religion that accepts Haile Selassie I, the former Emperor of Ethiopia, as God incarnate, whom they call Jah. ...

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