Bender Bending Rodriguez

Bender Bending Rodr&iacute;guez (Model: Bending Unit 22) is a bending unit, who works at Planet Express as Assistant Manager of Sales, formerly chef of the company. He is only of the primary characters.

Early years
Bender Bending Rodríguez is built in Tijuana, Mexico in 2998 by Mom's Friendly Robot Company. There is some speculation about what happens in the following two years, except few things are certain, he briefly briefly studied Bending at Mars University, though he also graduated at the facility he was build in.

He soon got a job bending. But after realising that the purpose of the girders he bended were for suicide booths, he figured that his purpose were meaningless and thus decided to kill himself in one of the suicide booths he had help construct.

You really want a robot for a friend?
While waiting in line on December 31st, 2999, Fry stands in front of him, and this person is clearly not familiar with suicide booths. Bender helps him along. But they manage to get out of the suicide booth alive. Bender soon learns that Fry is from the 20th Century and had been frozen down for a thousand years.

But since Fry refused to get assigned to his job, Leela is on his tail. Bender helps them escape through the Head Museum and soon down to Old New York below New New York. Here Leela finally catches up with them. Bender decides to stay with them and they decide to head over to Fry's nephew, Professor Farnsworth. Farnsworth soon accepts their offer, and luckily for them, he has the proper carrier chips.

Farnworth's asset
As employee at Planet Express he continues his kleptomania, his drinking and smoking. He gets Fry to move in with him and soon Hermes Conrad forces to actually do something around the company. He gets assigned as chef of the company, one of his dreams is apparently to cook.

But Bender comes in trouble when he get addicted to electricity, but his friends are not in favour of it. Sadden by their discontent, he seeks new opportunities in religion. He joins Robotology. But this just makes him a lot more annoying towards his friends. So they decide to make him sin to become his regular self again, and during a visit to Robot Hell and the Robot Devil, Fry and Leela manages to save him.

Bender himself never finds true love, and one of the few close gets sucked into a black hole after Zapp Brannigan had crashed the Titanic into it. But his personality continues to be a problem for his friends, and Leela becomes much upset when he flushes Nibbler down the toilet. Which makes him for a brief moment continue to feel Leela's every emotion.



The less of two evils
During a visit to Past-O-Rama they bump into Flexo, another Bending Unit, possibly also of the same model number (22). Flexo and Bender become good friends, but Fry fears Flexo is evil, and in a mix up at the Miss Universe contest Flexo is arrested for Bender's attempt to steal the tiara.

Bender briefly joins the Robot Mafia and fights in the Ultimate Robot Fighting League until his popularity slips and he is rigged out of the league. And together with his fellow robots he rebels against humanity.

Well - I'm rich
Bender's Uncle Vladimir dies and Bender is to inherit his castle. He asks the crew to stay their for one night and they agree to it. But Bender is not at all comfortable in his new castle. And the start up sound of Windows 95 is not helping either.

While being chased by several hologram ghosts, he flees out in the yard where he is run over by a were-car. The collision causes a virus to be beamed into him and causes him to be a were-car. Bender does not realise this until later, but the Gypsy tells them the only way to get rid of them would be destroy the original were-car. So through a long journey they find the original were-car and it gets melted and Bender is free of the virus.

Whether he kept the castle or not is unknown.

When I'm found in a thousand years, they will know what the score was
Bender continues his life with many adventures together with Fry and Leela. He temporary works for Calculon as his water heater. He meets up with Flexo again, but this time he is not happy to see him, because Bender figures that his second true love is still in love with Flexo. Bender screws it up and they get back together.

He is briefly sent to institute for insane robots, gets to tour around with Beck and fulfil his dream of becoming a folk-singer, becomes Pharaoh of an entire planet and beats Elzar on the television show Iron Cook.

But during a battle with Space Pirates Bender gets shut out through the torpedo slot and is caused to drift forever through space. And he is for some time the God of the Shrimpkins which is a life form that had grown on his stomach. But after they all die out, Bender meet up with the Galactic Entity who he believes is God. And the Entity can send Bender back to Earth.

I should not be allowed on TV!
Bender is still wanting his fame, finds interest in becoming the new Antonio on All My Circuits. And he gets the job. But Calculon is hardly impressed by Bender's performance, however the Network disagrees. So Bender gets to continue on the show, but in his true nature.

But when Bender realises that his behaviour on TV causes Dwight and Cubert to steal his stuff, he calls off the show.

Bender joins Fry and Leela briefly as they gain super powers in the New Justice Team, he has an affair with the Planet Express Ship, he gets modelled into a fembot and has a relationship shortly with Calculon and helps Robot Santa as a replacement.

Dumb dumb away!
But the company gets into trouble when the Box Network cancels its license, and for two years they are not able to deliver packages. Luckily though, their license is renewed and they are back in business.

Bender becomes the centre of attention as the new masters of the company lead by Nudar infects him with an iObey virus and they force him to go back in time and steal all of Earth's valuables. He does as told. But when Fry manages to escape back into the past, they send him after Fry to kill him, and after 12 years tireless hunting, he manages.

But he soon learns 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 decides to fight back. And after with the help of Hermes the war is won, he reveals that he himself had kept the Spheroboom that scammers had told him to keep safe. Thus saving the day.

Family

 * Professor Farnsworth, creator of the sports utility robot on which Bender and all/most other modern robots are based.
 * Flexo, another Bending unit of the same model.
 * Mom, owner of Mom's Friendly Robot Co.
 * His mother, who sends him an Xmas card.
 * His father, who was killed by a giant can opener (2ACV01).
 * Uncle Vladimir, who lived in Thermostadt, capital of the Robo-Hungarian Empire, and died at the ripe old age of 211.
 * Tandy, Uncle Vladimir's son.
 * Screwy Aunt Rita (who is a screw)
 * Albert, Bethany, Sally, Nina & 8 other orphans, briefly adopted from the Cookieville Minimum-Security Orphanarium
 * Three penguin "children" (3ACV05)
 * [[Media:Junior.jpg|Junior]], a child born to The Crushinator (US#009)

Trivia

 * Bender's apartment number is 00100100. This is a binary representation of the ASCII character '$' or 36 in decimal.
 * Bender's serial number is 2716057. This can be expressed as the sum of 2 cubes. Specifically, 9523 + (-951)3
 * Additionally, he seems to be the 1729th unit produced by his "mommy".
 * The word "bender" can refer to a drinking spree, hinting at Bender's heavy alcohol use.
 * Bender is powered by a 6502 Microprocessor.
 * Bender dies at the end of both of his what-if scenarios in each Anthology of Interest.
 * His self-destruct code is 1A2B3.
 * Apparently stole the Prime Minister of Norway's arm.
 * Is able to simultaneously reattach each of his severed arms with the other.
 * He cannot get up when he is knocked on his back.
 * His antenna interferes with satelite televisions, along with some cellphones.
 * He, along with Fry and Leela, appears in all episodes of the series.

Catchphrase
Bender's basic catchphrase is "Bite my shiny metal ass!"

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Variations on this include the following: Another common catchphrase of his is whenever he says "me", he has to follow it by "Bender", thus always producing the sentence "me, Bender." Thus making him the most said character name on the show. A third common catchphrase Bender is "Well, we're boned.", said in situations where he, or a group of people including him, are in a large amount of trouble. "Boned" in American English is a euphemism for intercourse, and thus "We're boned!" could be interpreted as a less vulgar way of saying another common phrase.
 * Bite my red-hot glowing ass! (1ACV12)
 * Lick my frozen metal ass! (2ACV04)
 * Bite my colossal metal ass! (2ACV16)
 * Bite my splintery wooden ass! (4ACV14)
 * Bite my glorious golden ass! (4ACV15)
 * Oww my shiny you-know-what! (Futurama the game)

Composition
Bender routinely claims to be made of thirty to forty percent of various metals. Unfortunately, his credibility on this matter is thrown into question by the fact that they add up to well over one hundred percent: Total: (greater than) 150%.
 * 40% Zinc (1ACV13)
 * 40% Titanium (2ACV02)
 * 30% Iron (3ACV22)
 * 40% Dolemite (4ACV07)
 * An unknown quantity of osmium (3ACV17)

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.

Alternate Appearances

 * Giant Bender: In Anthology of Interest I, Bender asks what it would be like if he were 500 feet tall.
 * Cowboy Bender: The only apparent differences being that the Bender of the alternate universe (the only alternate universe at the time) is that he wears a cowboy hat and a vest.
 * iObey Bender: Bender under the iObey obedience virus. He is forced to do anything the nscammers tell him, and his pupils become red pixel swirls.
 * Were-Car Bender: In The Honking, Bender is transformed each night at midnight into a malicious were-car, determined to kill his closest friend.
 * Human Bender: In Anthology of Interest II, Bender asks what it would be like if he were human.
 * 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.
 * 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.
 * Fembot Bender: 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.
 * Wooden Bender: Bender downgrades to a wooden, steam-powered version in Obsoletely Fabulous.
 * 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.
 * Go-Kart Bender: After being murdered by Leela in Anthology of Interest I, she reassembles his parts into a sporty go-kart.
 * Santa Bender: In A Tale of Two Santas Bender becomes a good Santa. This appearance basically has Bender's body painted red.

Bender's Functions, Attachments, and Accessories
As we can see during the episodes, Bender has a lot of differents functions. Here is a list of them:


 * 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 him.
 * Zooming Eyes : His eyes can zoom out of his normal layer, so he can get a better view on things. First seen also in Space Pilot 3000.
 * 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
 * Extensomatic arms : Bender's arms and legs are capable of extending to many times their normal length. First seen in The Series Has Landed
 * 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.
 * 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.
 * Cowcatcher Bender: 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.
 * 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.
 * 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
 * Refrigerator : His cavity can also be used to refrigerate, as seen also in I Second that Emotion
 * Projector : A light can come out of his cavity. He used it for the first time in When Aliens Attack
 * AC Power generator: Bender plugs a television power cord into him in Bender Should Not Be Allowed on TV.
 * Pop-Corn maker : Bender can make some pop-corn in his cavity. First seen in Fear of a Bot Planet
 * Beer maker : Bender can also serve some beers within is cavity. First seen in Hell is Other Robots­
 * Toilet : Bender's cavity is used as a toilet in the episode The Cyber House Rules. He pushes his antenna to flush.
 * Recorder : Bender can record things with is head. First seen in A Head in the Polls, to record Richard Nixon's head's words.
 * Oxygen Supplier : In the episode The Deep South, Bender is used as an Oxygen Supplier, that comes via some masks.
 * Exhaust Port: Bender's exhaust port is present in his ass, as seen in Crimes of the Hot.
 * Floatation Device : In The Deep South, Bender refer his ass as a Floatation Device.
 * Pepper Grinder : In The 30% Iron Chef, Bender inserts peppercorns in his mouth and shakes ground pepper out of his ass.
 * Beer Tub : Bender fermentates some beer in his chest, in the episode The Route of All Evil.
 * Pager: Antenna glows and vibrates to notify the New Justice Team of a call from the mayor in Less than Hero.
 * Oil Sprayer : Bender sprays oil on a comsetic saleswoman in A Fishful of Dollars
 * Mail Box: Bender's antenna indicates when he is receiving mail. First seen in Crimes of the Hot.
 * 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.
 * Laser Show : In Jurassic Bark, Bender projects an expensive-looking laser show with his head.
 * Flamethrower : Bender boils some water using flames coming out of his mouth in Anthology of Interest I.
 * Stadium air horn : In The Devil's Hands are Idle Playthings, the Robot Devil installs a stadium air horn under Bender's nose.
 * Voice Modifier : In Bender Gets Made, Bender changed his voice via a control panel. Two voices are available : Robot, and King.
 * 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.
 * Lighthouse: In Obsoletely Fabulous, Bender's revolving head and luminous eyes acted as a fully functional lighthouse.
 * Cheating Unit: In A Flight to Remember, Bender speaks of his "cheating unit" which predicts (inaccurately) the coming roll of the dice at craps.
 * Water Boiler: Boils and produces hot water for Calculon in That's Lobstertainment!
 * Safe: In Put Your Head on My Shoulder, Bender is stores money in his cavity, combination lock dial can be seen on his door.
 * 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.
 * 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.
 * Food Processor: Bender purées fish and regurgitates it to his surrogate penguin children in The Birdbot of Ice-Catraz.