Futurama character
Bender Bending Rodriguez
Age	Unknown thousands of years due to overuse of time travel;[1] head is 1055 years older than body[2]
Gender	Man-Bot
Species	Robot
Planet of Origin	Earth, specifically Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico
Job	Assistant sales manager and cook for the Planet Express Delivery Company
Relatives	Builder: Mom's Friendly Robot Company Mother: Robot Arm Father: Unknown (Deceased) Uncle: Vladimir (Deceased) Aunt: Rita Same-Model Robot: Flexo Temporal Duplicates: Hundreds due to overuse of time travel (All deceased)[1]
First Appearance	Space Pilot 3000
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Voiced by	John DiMaggio

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Role

Bender serves as one of the crew members hired by Hubert J. Farnsworth to deliver goods for Planet Express. Professor Hubert J Farnsworth (born April 9 2841, New New York City New New York, USA) is a Fictional character appearing in the He is one of Fry's closest friends, though the relationship is often one sided. Bender is heavy drinker, smoker, and gambler. He also constantly steals, ranging from the petty theft of wallets to much higher crimes.

Bender is a robot built by Mom's Friendly Robot Company at its plant in Tijuana, Mexico, circa 2998. Tijuana (ˌtiːəˈwɑːnə Spanish, ti'xwana|ti'ʍana is the largest city of the Mexican state of Baja California, situated on the U The United Mexican States ( or commonly Mexico (ˈmɛksɪkoʊ () is a federal constitutional Republic in North America. The 30th century of the Anno Domini ( common) era will span the years 2901&ndash3000 of the Gregorian calendar. He is a Bending-Unit 22, serial number 2716057, chassis number 1729. References to 1729 The television show Futurama contains several jokes about the Hardy-Ramanujan number He was created for the task of bending metal girders for the construction of suicide booths. This article is about structural behavior For other meanings see Bending (disambiguation. A girder is a support beam used in Construction. Girders often have an I beam cross section for strength but may also have a box shape Z shape A suicide booth is a fictional machine for committing Suicide. While different creation processes have been shown, David X. Cohen stated that the viewer has only been shown Bender emerging from the machine that created him, while what happened inside the machine was not revealed. ^[5]

Character

Creation

The name Bender was chosen by series creator Matt Groening as an homage to the character John Bender from The Breakfast Club. The Breakfast Club is a 1985 American Teen film widely considered as the definitive work in the genre ^[6] The design for Bender went through multiple changes before reaching it's final state. One of the decisions which Matt Groening found to be particularly difficult was whether Bender's head should be square or round. Initially he worked under the idea that all robots would have square heads in 3000 however it was later decided that Bender's head should be round, a visual play on the idea that Bender is a "round peg in a square hole". ^[7] Bender's antennae, which would have been positioned in place of his ears, were also changed to give him a more streamlined appearance. ^[7] Groening later states in commentary for the episode "Crimes of the Hot" that the robot built by Professor Farnsworth in that episode is very similar to the original design for Bender. “Crimes of the Hot” is the eighth episode of the fourth production season of the television show Futurama. Professor Hubert J Farnsworth (born April 9 2841, New New York City New New York, USA) is a Fictional character appearing in the ^[8]

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. ^[9] Because of this, every voice actor who auditioned, no matter for what character, 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. David X Cohen (born July 13 1966 born David Samuel Cohen, is an American Television writer ^[10] 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. Professor Hubert J Farnsworth (born April 9 2841, New New York City New New York, USA) is a Fictional character appearing in the ^[11] DiMaggio has noted that he had difficulty singing as Bender in "Hell Is Other Robots" because he was forced to sing the harmony part in a low key. " Hell Is Other Robots " is the ninth episode of season one of Futurama. ^[12]

Reception and cultural influence

Bender has made several cameos in in different episodes of the Simpsons, another series by Matt Groening. Within the Simpsons, Bender has appeared episodes "Future-Drama", "Bart vs. Lisa vs. The Third Grade", and "Missionary: Impossible". " Future-Drama " is the fifteenth episode of the sixteenth season of The Simpsons. " Bart vs Lisa vs The Third Grade " is the third episode of The Simpsons ' fourteenth season. " Missionary Impossible " is the fifteenth episode of the eleventh season of The Simpsons, which originally aired February 20 He also appears as one of the enemies in The Simpsons Game along with Zoidberg. The Simpsons Game is a Video game based on the animated Television series The Simpsons, made for the Wii, PlayStation Dr John A Zoidberg is a fictional character in the television series Futurama.

In 2008 Bender took second place behind the Terminator in a poll for the "Baddest Movie Robot" on Techradar.com. "The Terminator" is a fictional character portrayed by Arnold Schwarzenegger &mdash a Cyborg, initially portrayed as a programmable Assassin Future plc ( is an international special-interest media company jointly based in Bath and London ^[13]

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