Bender's Game

Bender's Game is the third of the four Direct-to-DVD films and was released on 3 November, 2008 in Europe, 4 November, 2008 in the US and 10 December in Australia.

For the first time, the Blu-Ray (HD) edition of the films was released on the same date as the normal DVD.

Guest stars include George Takei and Rich Little as themselves. In addition, Gary Gygax has an appearance at the end of the credits, and the film is dedicated in honour of him. Gary Gygax is listed at a guest star as well.

Miscellany

 * See Miscellany of Bender's Game for trivia, goofs, etc.

Goofs: When Leela and Zoidberg visit Leela's mutant parents, the mailbox says, "Turanga," which is actually Leela's first name. Her full name is Turanga Leela, NOT Leela Turanga.

Characters

 * Amy Wong / Debut: Gynecaladriel
 * Bender Bending Rodríguez / Debut: Titanius Anglesmith
 * Calculon
 * Debut: Chinese Boy
 * Cubert Farnsworth
 * Debut: The Dixie Chicks
 * Dwight Conrad
 * George Takei's Head
 * Hermaphrobot
 * Hermes Conrad / Debut: Hermaphrodite
 * Horrible Gelatinous Blob
 * Professor Hubert J. Farnsworth / Debut: The Great Wizard Greyfarn
 * Debut: Indian Boy
 * Dr. John A. Zoidberg / Debut: Monster Zoidberg
 * Killbots
 * Linda
 * Lrrr
 * Mad Hatterbot
 * Mom / Debut: Momon
 * Morbo
 * Debut: Morcs
 * Nibbler
 * Dr. Perceptron
 * Pay 'n' Chew Robot
 * Debut: Peaches
 * Philip J. Fry / Debut: Frydo
 * Nurse Ratchet
 * Rich Little's Head
 * Roberto / Debut: King of Wipe Castle
 * Debut: Rosie the Robot Maid
 * Sal
 * Sal's Friend
 * Debut: Scott Bakula's Head
 * Slurm Queen
 * Smitty
 * Debut: Swamp Hag
 * Debut: Treedledum
 * Debut: Tunneling Horror
 * Debut: Lego man
 * Turanga Leela / Debut: Leegola
 * Turanga Morris and Munda
 * URL
 * Walt, Larry and Igner / Debut: Waltazar, Larius and Ignus‎

Cast

 * Billy West as Philip J. Fry/Frydo, Professor Hubert Farnsworth/The Great Wizard Greyfarn, Dr. Zoidberg/Monster Zoidberg, Farmer, Dwarf, Smitty, Treedledum and Additional Voices
 * Katey Sagal as Turanga Leela/Leegola
 * John DiMaggio as Bender/Titanius Anglesmith, Igner/Ignus, Sal, Hood Ornament Thief, Hermaphrobot, Frydo's Reflection #1, URL, Bellboy Robot, and Additional Voices
 * Tress MacNeille as Mom/Momon, Turanga Munda, Nurse Ratchet, Linda, Slurm Queen, Ship's Computer, Natalie Maines, Intercom Robot, Rosie the Robot Maid, Swamp Hag, Centaurette and Additional Voices
 * Maurice LaMarche as Walt/Waltazar, The Scary Door Narrator, Dr. Perceptron, Morbo, Calculon, Lrrr, Horrible Gelatinous Blob, Mad Hatterbot, Killbots, Morcs, Centaur, and Additional Voices
 * Phil LaMarr as Hermes Conrad/Hermaphrodite, Dwight Conrad, Pay 'n' Chew Robot, Nibblonian #1, Slave Robot, Peaches and Additional Voices
 * Lauren Tom as Amy Wong/Gynecaladriel, and Chinese Boy
 * David Herman as Larry/Larius, Turanga Morris, Scruffy, Dr. Ogden Wernstrom, Roberto, Nibblonian #2, Cook, Redneck, Military Man, Frydo's Reflection #2 and Additional Voices
 * Kath Soucie as Cubert Farnsworth, Indian Boy
 * Frank Welker as Nibbler, Trolls, Tyrannosaurus Rex, Monkey, Polar Bear, Rat, Chickens, Tunneling Horror, and Additional Voices
 * Rich Little as Himself as Howard Cosell
 * George Takei as Himself
 * Gary Gygax as Himself (footage from "Anthology of Interest I")
 * David X. Cohen, Paul D. Calder, and Danik Thomas as the Die of Power (uncredited)

The DVD
The DVD includes the following
 * The film itself
 * Commentary by Matt Groening, David X. Cohen, Billy West, John DiMaggio, Tress MacNeille, Michael Rowe, Claudia Katz and Dwayne Carey-Hill.
 * Storyboard Animatic: Bender's Game, Part One
 * Futurama Genetics Lab - Cross-breed Your Favorite Characters!
 * Dungeons & Dragons & Futurama featurette
 * How To Draw "Futurama" In 83 Easy Steps Featurette
 * 3D Models Featurette With Animator Discussion
 * Deleted Scene: "Cup or Nozzle?"
 * Blooperama 2: Outakes From Bender's Game
 * Bender's Anti-Piracy Warning
 * A Sneak Peek at the Next "Futurama" Epic, Into the Wild Green Yonder
 * Two hidden extras:
 * Billy West's attempt at a single line - '...really wedgie it on in there'
 * David X. Cohen's Dodecahedron Collection

For the Blu-Ray version:


 * The contents mentioned above, but with the following technical enhancements;
 * Picture-in-Picture capabilities.
 * Authored in BD-J with AVC (MPEG 4) compression.
 * 50 GB dual-layer disc
 * English 5.1 DTS HD Lossless Master Audio
 * English, French, Spanish, Korean, Mandarin and Cantonese subtitles.