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Professor '''Hubert J. Farnsworth''' is an aged, eccentric inventor, founder and owner of [[Planet Express]] and an honorary [[Globetrotter]]. He is crotchety, absent-minded and sometimes brilliant, most well-known for his work in [[Sport-Utility Robot|30th century robotics]]. In 2999 he was the last known relative of [[Philip J. Fry]], later, Professor Farnsworth discovered that he had fathered a son, as well as the [[Cubert|clone]] that he had kept hidden. In addition, he also serves as a tenured professor at [[Mars University (place)|Mars University]] teaching the Mathematics of Quantum Neutrino Fields. Farnsworth is an inventor of both useful and impractical things, some of which are extremely dangerous devices such as his [[Doomsday devices]].<br />
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Personality wise, he varies from callous disregard to sentimental affection. He has no objection to sending his crew to missions which may eventually mean death to his crew, and has sent previous crews to their deaths before. Farnsworth is the oldest living member of the [[Academy of Inventors]], where he often competes with his arch nemesis, [[Dr. Ogden Wernstrom]].<br />
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== Personality ==<br />
Hubert Farnsworth is a mad scientist, though how extreme this tendency is varies depending on how writers feel best suits the episode. Farnsworth's name comes from {{w|Philo Farnsworth}}, who invented the television. In addition, his first name, Hubert, may come from [[Eric Kaplan]]'s former professor, {{w|Hubert Dreyfus}}. The only thing his name has in common with the name of Philip J. Fry is the unsettled "J." as their middle initial, but this may just be a common joke [[Matt Groening]] sets for his characters.<br />
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Though Proffesor Farnsworth is a genius he is also very senile and sometimes forgets things that had happened only moments earlier. He also has a habit of saying "Good news everyone" which more often than not means bad news. Hubert also often appears indifferent to the wellfare of his crew, often sending them on dangerous missions which could get them killed, though it's highly unlikely that he does this intentionally. He could also sometimes have periods of maniacal laughter. However Farnsworth isn't actually a bad person and appears to share some level of friendship with the other members of Planet Express. He also cares about his clone, Cubert, treating him as though he were his biological son.<br />
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Farnsworth also enjoys public nudity, and may have been convicted. His urge to undress becomes much greater around [[Xmas]].<br />
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== Biography ==<br />
=== Early Life ===<br />
[[File:YoungFarnsworth.png|right|thumb]]<br />
Hubert J. Farnsworth was born on 9 April, {{year|2841}} &ndash; although claimed until {{year|3001}} that it was actually 2851 &ndash; in the nerdiest slum of [[New New York]], [[Hell's Laboratory]]. At age 8, he learnt to read, albeit while still in diapers.<br />
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Hubert enjoyed his teenage years as a nerd with an affection for role-playing games. After 14 years of graduate school, Farnsworth became a scientist and designed such things as [[fast cars]], [[trendy night spots]] and [[beautiful women]], all out of his one-room apartment. Evidence suggests that he may also have been a hippie and a disco boy, possibly during graduate school.<br />
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=== Career path ===<br />
By {{year|2900}} Farnworth had taken a teaching position at [[Mars University (place)|Mars University]] where his most promising student was an up and coming young science undergrad<!--around 20yrs old, probably undergrad then--> named [[Dr. Ogden Wernstrom|Ogden Wernstrom]]. Sadly, the two had a falling out over a pop-quiz score which lead to Wernstrom's hundred year quest for revenge. While retaining a role at the university, Hubert was eventually hired at [[Mom's Friendly Robot Company]], staying there for the next fifty years. During this time his inventiveness lead to the creation of many new products and breakthrough technologies, such as the use of [[Dark Matter]] as fuel, the [[First Robot Capable of Qualifying for a Boat Loan|first robot capable of qualifying for a boat loan]] and a [[Sport-Utility Robot|sport-utility robot]], the design of which would become the basis of all robots running in the early 31st century. It was during this time he also began an [[Mom-Farnsworth relationship|on-again, off-again relationship]] with [[Mom]], the owner of the company, who was having a similar relationship with Wernstrom. By the end of this period, Mom had fallen pregnant with [[Igner|their child]], a secret she would keep from him for many years.<br />
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=== Planet Express ===<br />
After numerous tries with Mom, and with a need for money to fund his research, he founded [[Planet Express]], an interstellar delivery company. Early on, he hired his oldest friend, [[Dr. John A. Zoidberg]] as the company's staff doctor. In addition, he hired [[Hermes Conrad]] as the company's bureaucrat. In {{year|2998}}, [[Amy Wong]] entered the company as an engineering intern, but has since remained in the company for several years.<br />
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Farnsworth has had numerous crews, whom he enjoys sending to their doom. As a result many have died horribly or gone missing. Shortly after one such instance, late on the [[Space Pilot 3000|31st of December 2999]], he learned that he was not the last surviving member of his family. His long lost and far removed uncle, [[Philip J. Fry]], had just been defrosted. Fry, [[Turanga Leela]] and [[Bender Bending Rodríguez]] were hired early the next morning and have been his longest surviving crew, who despite 10 years in the company remain alive.<br />
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Farnsworth doesn't always just send his crew on simple delivery missions, but has sent them on charity missions as well as highly controversial missions. Even when his crew and company is unrelated or unsuited to the task, he isn't shy to send them along anyway.<br />
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=== Legacy ===<br />
[[File:A Clone of My Own.jpg|right|thumb]]<br />
As a member of the [[Academy of Inventors]], the Professor has created [[#Creations|many things]]. Often these don't live up to his expectations and are ridiculed by his fellow inventors. Occasionally, however, they can help save the day; the [[Smell-O-Scope]] for instance was laughed at by colleagues and Wernstrom had his revenge by giving it a poor grade, shortly afterward it detected a giant ball of garbage in space that was on a collision course with [[New New York]]. After the Planet Express crew averted the crisis, Wernstrom once more announced a thirst for revenge.<br />
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After his 150th birthday party, Hubert realised that he had no one to continue his work when he is gone. After days hidden in the lab, he emerged announcing that the clone he'd been growing the past twelve years would be his heir. Unfortunately, [[Cubert Farnsworth|Cubert]] did not want to follow in his footsteps. Farnsworth finally decided that his life was over, and revealed his actual age, 160, the age at which [[Sunset Squad Robot]]s would come and take him away to the [[Near Death Star]]. Soon after a rescue by his crew, Cubert finally decided to carry on with Farnsworth's research.<br />
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=== Corporate Takeover ===<br />
After a brief reunion with Mom on [[Mother's Day (holiday)|Mother's Day]] of the previous year, 3002 saw Farnsworth's company taken over twice. On the first occasion, Cubert and Hermes' son [[Dwight Conrad|Dwight]] expanded their paper route to consume Planet Express. Soon after this takeover, [[Awesome Express]] fell apart due to poor management. On the second occasion, a shareholder meeting resulted in a [[Steve Castle|mysterious stranger]] taking over as CEO from Farnsworth. Castle's running of the company was more successful, despite no deliveries being made during this time. Inevitably the company dropped back to it's original poor stock price after the new CEO's death and Farnsworth's reinstatement.<br />
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=== Old Problems ===<br />
When a heatwave hits and the usual method to counteract [[global warming]] fail, the Professor is forced to admit that all modern robots are descended from his designs, which produce lots of pollution. The scientists at the conference plan to destroy the robots is soon thwarted and Hubert received a medal for saving [[Earth|the planet]] and its robots. About a week later after his staff decided that he had become too old, they took him to [[The Bubbling Geezer]] a visit that resulted in everyone becoming younger. The eventual resolution of this situation took them to the [[Fountain of Aging]], where the waters made him "even older" than he had been.<br />
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=== Dark Matters ===<br />
[[File:FarnsworthIgner.png|right|thumb]]<br />
Over the years, Farnsworth's feud with Wernstrom continued to grow, and when an [[anomaly]] forms a short distance from the Earth the pair compete in [[Deathball]] to decide who will investigate. After Farnsworth's investigation proved unsuccessful the pair found themselves united for the first time since the pop quiz as the collaborated in research together, protested and shared a prison cell. But their new found friendship fell apart once more following an inter-universe relationship with [[Yivo]].<br />
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When Mom faked a dark matter shortage in {{year|3008}} in order to increase the price of dark matter worldwide, Farnsworth finally told the tale of how he discovered it, and decided to end it all, so that scientist could spend their time on developing cleaner fuels, such as [[Whale Oil]]. Farnsworth managed to enter Mom's dark matter mine on Alaska, which turned out to be a [[Nibblonian]] farm, where Mom had kept Nibblonians imprisoned for years to produce dark matter. However, with the help of his crew and his long lost son Igner, Farnsworth managed to bring the crystals close enough together to render dark matter useless. After converting to whale oil and receiving a few bribes for scientific endorsements, he joined the rest of the crew on a journey into a wormhole. Although most of the crew were killed as the ship crashed into Earth in early [[3010]], he survives and helps bringing them [[Rebirth|back to life]].<br />
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== Relationships ==<br />
[[File:Farnsworth promo.png|right|thumb|125px|Professor Hubert J. Farnsworth]]<br />
Farnsworth has at least on 3 accounts went back with [[Farnsworth-Mom relationship|his major love]], [[Mom]]. At around age 90, he worked for [[Mom's Friendly Robot Company]], where he designed robots for the company as well as toys, such as [[Q. T. McWhiskers]], but Mom's suggestion of turning the toy into a giant made Farnsworth leave her, because she simply didn't understand him and from then on [[Mom-Farnsworth conflict|conflict grew between them]].<br />
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He would later return to Mom's company to work on creating actual robots, but back then, robots were stiff moving and not very efficient, however, when he sacrificed fuel efficiency, he succeeded, unfortunately, this robot design also caused [[global warming]]. Why he left Mom this time remains unsettled, but it may be because he once realised she was evil.<br />
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On a third occasion, Farnsworth was once again at the company with Mom, where he discovered the secret of [[Dark Matter]], around the time where [[Walt, Larry and Igner|Mom's sons]] were born. But when he found out she had left him for [[Dr. Ogden Wernstrom]], he left once again.<br />
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While his relationship with Mom has certainly be his largest, it has not been his only one, during a brief period of regaining the appearance of youth using stem cells from [[GeneWorks, S.K.G.]], he found a [[Farnsworth's girlfriend|girl willing to date him]], although she also turned out to have used her tax rebate for a belly ring to make her appear thinner. There was also a breif fling with [[Hattie]] while they were on the [[Titanic]].<br />
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In the episode "[[Proposition Infinity]]", it is shown that the Professor had a 40 year long relationship with a woman whom he met before [[Mom]]. This woman cheated on the Professor with a robot which caused the Professor's hatred towards [[Robosexuality|robossexual]] couples. It was also later revealed that that woman was herself a robot, and her name was [[Unit 47]].<br />
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A creepy utilization of his body occurred in "[[The Prisoner of Benda]]", when he trades bodies with Amy. Amy then proceeds to trade bodies with Leela, causing Fry to himself trade bodies with Dr. Zoidberg. Leela used Farnsworth's body to prove that her relationship with Fry is partially physical. At dinner, Leela (in Farnsworth's Body) is disgusted by Fry (in Zoidberg's body), and vice-versa. When Leela-Farnsworth tells Fry-Zoidberg to prove his love, Fry-Zoidberg passionately kisses Leela-Farnsworth. This eventually leads to Leela-Farnsworth having Intercourse with Fry-Zoidberg. this marks the first known time he physically slept with a male. Mentally, however, Leela was the one who slept with Fry-Zoidberg.<br />
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== [[:Category:Farnsworth's Creations|Creations]] ==<br />
The professor, being a vivid inventor, has created numerous inventions, ranging from very sophisticated to down right crazy.<br />
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Here is a list of the Professor's inventions (in alphabetical order)<br />
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*[[Adolf Hitler Shark]]<br />
*[[Albino Shouting Gorillas]]<br />
*[[Anti-Pressure Pill]]<br />
*[[Atomic Supermen]]<br />
*[[Bacterial Spew Chamber]]<br />
*[[Bad-Ass Gravity Pump]]<br />
*[[Beautiful Women]]<br />
*[[Birthing Machine]]<br />
*[[Clone-O-Mat]] <br />
*[[Colossal Tammy-Tinkle Doll]]<br />
*[[Cool-O-Meter]]<br />
*[[Cubert Farnsworth]], technically<br />
*[[Dark Matter Afterburner]]<br />
*[[Dark Matter Engines]]<br />
*[[Death Clock]]<br />
*[[A Device That Makes Anyone Sound Like Farnsworth]]<br />
*[[Doomsday Devices]]<br />
*[[Electronium Hat]]<br />
*[[Electric Frankfurter]]<br />
*[[Empathy Chip]]<br />
*[[Enlarging Ray]]<br />
*[[F-Ray]]<br />
*[[Fast Cars]]<br />
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*[[Fing-Longer]]<br />
*[[The First Robot Capable of Qualifying for a Boat Loan]]<br />
*[[Galactic Terminatrix 3000]]<br />
*[[Gizmometer]]<br />
*[[Killbots]]<br />
*[[Makeup for Dogs]]<br />
*[[Maternifuge]]<br />
*[[Micro-Droid Machine]]<br />
*[[Net Suit]]<br />
*[[Nose Machine]]<br />
*[[Parallel Universe Box]]<br />
*[[Planet Express Ship]]<br />
*[[Pointy Rock Tied To A Stick]]<br />
*[[Q. T. McWhiskers]]<br />
*[[Reanimator]]<br />
*[[Relative Box]]<br />
*[[Smell-O-Scope]]<br />
*[[Sport-Utility Robot]]<br />
*[[Trendy Night Spots]]<br />
*[[Universal Translator]]<br />
*[[What-If Machine]]<br />
*[[Who-Ask Machine]]<br />
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== Family ==<br />
*[[Philip J. Fry|Fry]], Farnsworth's many-times-great-uncle and at the same time many-times-grand-father.<br />
*[[Cubert Farnsworth]], Farnsworth's clone/son.<br />
*[[Igner]], Farnsworth's son.<br />
*A grandmother who keeps / kept cranberry raisin typhoon in jars.<br />
*[[Philip J. Fry, II]], distant grandfather<br />
*[[Yancy Fry, Jr.]], distant grandfather<br />
*[[Yancy and Mrs. Fry]], distant grandparents<br />
*[[Mildred Fry]], distant grandmother<br />
*[[Yivo]], ex-spouse.<br />
[[File:Professor's eyes.JPG|right|thumb|Professor Farnsworth's eyes]]<br />
[[File:Farnsworth's Reading Glasses.jpg|right|thumb|Professor's reading glasses]]<br />
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== Additional Info ==<br />
=== Trivia ===<br />
*He was named "Farnsworth" in honor of Philo T. Farnsworth, the inventor of modern television, which was unveiled to America at the same World's Fair as the Futurama exhibit that the show is named for.<br />
*Throughout the series, we are never shown the professor's eyes, until the comic "[[Downsized!]]". This may or may not have been authorized by [[Matt Groening]].<br />
*Has the same blood type as [[Amy Wong]]. He has stated that is one of the reasons why he likes "keeping her around" ([[The Series Has Landed|1ACV02]]).<br />
*His bank account number is 299792458, which is the speed of light in meters per second.<br />
*Became a wizard (quite possibly a parody of {{w|Gandalf}}) in {{f|3}}.<br />
*A certain running gag with the writers is to drop hints in the show that the professor is a cannibal of sorts.<br />
*Also known as the ''Catman'', due to his ability to land on his feet after falling great distances. However, it has apparently been so long since the last time he used this ability that even the Professor himself has forgotten why they called him the Catman.<br />
*Has a "Thug Life" tattoo on his back.<br />
*His driving position is up against the windscreen of the ship, a parody of the stereotypes of elderly drivers.<br />
*Like his extremely distant relative Fry, he had orange hair when he was younger.<br />
*At the start of the series his voice was nearly identical to Fry's, only slightly deeper and much older-sounding. As time went on however, the Professor's voice became much more distinct from Fry's, partly due to concerns by the creators that viewers with poor or no eyesight would find it hard to distinguish between the two.<br />
*Is the probably oldest living human on [[Earth]], excluding the [[heads in jars]] and peoples who were cryogenically frozen, because of his escape from the [[Near Death Star]].<br />
*Occasional references to cannibalism.<br />
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=== Catchphrase ===<br />
Originally, the professor's catchphrase was going to be "...though [[I am already in my pajamas]]." This was only used in [[Space Pilot 3000|the first]] and [[The Series Has Landed|second]] episodes.<br />
<br/> The professor's basic catchphrase is "[[Good news, everyone]]!" The phrase is used so frequently that it was already possible to joke about it in the [[My Three Suns|seventh episode]].<br /><br />
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He also occasionally refers to "[[Zombie Jesus]]" either by saying "Sweet Zombie Jesus" or "Holy Zombie Jesus".<br />
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When he is spoken to or asked a question, he also commonly says "Eh-wha?" This is used often to emphasize his senility and hearing loss. <br />
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Occasionally, he will say something along the lines of "What in ________ happened?!" For instance, "What in Sega Genesis happened to you?!" or "What in Satan's glorious name is going on here?!"<br />
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Another "catchphrase" used by the Professor is "Oh My..."<br />
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The last catchphrase used by the Professor is "Wernstrom!"<br />
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=== Quotes ===<br />
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<poem>'''Professor Farnsworth''': Why bother remembering anything? You're just going to forget it five minutes later.</poem><br />
<poem>'''Professor Farnsworth''': And so we say goodbye to our beloved pet, Nibbler, who's gone to a place where I, too, hope one day to go. The toilet.</poem><br />
<poem>'''Professor Farnsworth''': Sweet zombie Jesus!</poem><br />
<poem>'''Professor Farnsworth''': Oh Lordy Lou, HELP! Buddha! Zeus! God! One of you guys, do something! Help! Satan, you owe me!</poem><br />
<poem>'''Professor Farnsworth''': Yes, it's the Apocalypse alright. I always knew I'd have a hand in it.</poem><br />
<poem>'''Professor Farnsworth''': Dear God, they'll be killed on our doorstep! And there's no trash pickup until 3 January!</poem><br />
<poem>'''Professor Farnsworth''': Good news, everyone! I've taught the toaster to feel love!</poem><br />
<poem>'''Professor Farnsworth''': Good news, everyone! There's a report on TV with some very bad news!</poem><br />
<poem>'''Professor Farnsworth''': Goodbye, cruel world. Goodbye, cruel lamp. Goodbye, cruel velvet drapes, lined with what would appear to be some sort of cruel muslin and the cute little pom-pom curtain pull cords. Cruel though they may be...</poem><br />
<poem>'''Professor Farnsworth''': Oh dear! She's stuck in an infinite loop, and he's an idiot! Well, that's love for you.</poem><br />
<poem>'''Professor Farnsworth''': Oh, how awful. Did he at least die painlessly? ...To shreds, you say. Well, how is his wife holding up? ...To shreds, you say!</poem><br />
<poem>'''Professor Farnsworth''': ''[About altering the timeline.]'' And remember, don't do anything that affects anything, unless it turns out you were supposed to, in which case, for the love of God, don't not do it!</poem><br />
<poem>'''Professor Farnsworth''': Oh, I don't have time for this. I have to go and buy a single piece of fruit with a coupon and then return it, making people wait behind me while I complain.</poem><br />
<poem>'''Bender''': Ah, yes! John Quincy Adding Machine. He struck a chord with the voters when he pledged not to go on a killing spree.<br />
'''Professor Farnsworth''': But, like most politicians, he promised more than he could deliver.</poem><br />
<poem>'''Professor Farnsworth''': Anyhoo, your net-suits will allow you to experience Fry's worm infested bowels as if you were actually wriggling through them.<br />
'''Dr. Zoidberg''': There's no part of that sentence I didn't like!</poem><br />
<poem>'''Professor Hubert Farnsworth''': Who are those horrible orange creatures over there?<br />
'''Glurmo''': Why, those are the Grunka-Lunkas. They work here in the Slurm factory.<br />
'''Professor Hubert Farnsworth''': Tell them I hate them.</poem><br />
<poem>'''Richard Nixon's Head''': Good evening, ignorant pigs. Put down your crack pipes and your beer bongs and pay attention, as I sign a historic peace accord with ambassador Kong of planet [[Nintendu 64]].<br />
'''Fry''': Wait a second, I know that monkey, his name is Donkey!<br />
'''Professor Hubert Farnsworth''': Monkey's aren't donkeys, quit messing with my head!</poem><br />
<poem>'''Colleen''': Have you seen how much cotton candy he can eat?<br />
'''Professor Hubert Farnsworth''': Oh, my, yes. 5.1 pounds. That's why his blood is so good on pancakes.</poem><br />
<poem>'''Professor Farnsworth''': Belay that Parcheesi tournament!</poem><br />
<poem>'''Professor Farnsworth''': Oh, and if you kill anyone, make sure to eat their heart to gain their courage, their rich, tasty courage. *smacks lips*</poem><br />
<poem>'''Professor Farnsworth''': Well, it doesn't look like I'll make it inside with the rest of you but good luck. Just leave me where I drop.</poem><br />
<poem>'''Professor Farnsworth''': I know a paradox when I see one!</poem><br />
<poem>'''Professor Farnsworth''': The easy part was getting the brain out. But, the hard part was getting the brain out. [senile chuckle]</poem><br />
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=== Appearances ===<br />
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While Professor Farnsworth appears in most episodes, films and comics, with the exception of "[[The Why of Fry]]" and "[[Where No Fan Has Gone Before]]", these categories may be of interest:<br />
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*[[:Category:A plots focusing on Professor Farnsworth|A plots focusing on Professor Farnsworth]]<br />
*[[:Category:B plots focusing on Professor Farnsworth|B plots focusing on Professor Farnsworth]]<br />
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[[Category:Doctors]]<br />
[[Category:Humans]]<br />
[[Category:Planet Express]]<br />
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Hi there! Being an administrator, I hope that you can help me. Basically, I want to be an autoconfirmed user to be able to upload files and contribute to this wiki, but I have no idea how. What should I do? Thank you!<br />
:Autoconfirmed should happen in a few days time. Until then, you can still edit most pages. - [[User:Quolnok|Quolnok]] 11:03, 23 September 2008 (UTC)<br />
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Hi there! It´s been 3 days since the last message and still nothing! I mean, WHY? I´m a member of the official wikipedia and also the lostpedia and I never had this problem...<br />
:Actually, it's been 26 hours, although I don't doubt this being on a three day period in your timezone. It is set to four days (96 hours) if I recall correctly. You probably would have encountered this on wikipedia if you tried to upload an image in the first couple of days. It's a fairly standard thing for mediawikis these days. - [[User:Quolnok|Quolnok]] 12:13, 24 September 2008 (UTC)<br />
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I'd like to congratulate you all for making this interesting site. And, errr, I want to seize the opportunity to say that I have made a newbie mistake: I have made an article for [Glagnar's Human Rinds] but I didn't realize that this information is included in [[Sponsors]] (oops, sorry). I have partially fixed the mistake and now there isn't any article linking it, so it might be erased, and the image Glagnars.jpg too. Sorry and thanks. [[User:Bender22|Bender22]] 01:38, 7 December 2006 (PST)<br />
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Yes, and I was wondering how to create a logo on a wiki. The logo is title "Infosphere.png", but there isn't this image. Do you know how to change a logo? --[[User:Electricbolt|Electricbolt]] 19:16, 31 December 2006 (PST)<br />
:A new logo for this wiki? If so just upload to [Image:NewLogo.png] and bring up the possibility of changing the logo on the [[Infosphere:Conference Table|Conference Table]]. If you're talking about another wiki, then I'm a little concerned by the name of the file. - [[User:Quolnok|Quolnok]] 19:32, 31 December 2006 (PST)<br />
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== PHP Template ==<br />
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Do you know where to find a PHP template in MediaWiki wikis? --[[User:Electricbolt|Electricbolt]] 11:57, 6 January 2007 (PST)<br />
:Not a clue, but there's probably a help page somewhere. - [[User:Quolnok|Quolnok]] 17:41, 6 January 2007 (PST)<br />
::I found the PHP template. It is "[LocalSettings.php]". You can change the logo here. To change a logo, read [[User talk:Buddy13|Buddy13's talk page]] for this info. --[[User:Electricbolt|Electricbolt]] 14:03, 15 January 2007 (PST)<br />
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== Ripping Images ==<br />
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Do you know how to "rip" images from DVDs? --[[User:Electricbolt|Electricbolt]] 14:48, 27 January 2007 (PST)<br />
:If you mean "rip" as in to extract directly from the data on the disc then no, if you mean via a screenshot from a playing DVD, then yes; I use Nero ShowTime (included with most recent Nero burning software), which has a screenshot button. There are other programs with this feature but I can't list them off the top of my head, windows media player isn't one of them. - [[User:Quolnok|Quolnok]] 17:37, 27 January 2007 (PST)<br />
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I have Intervideo WinDVD 4, which has a screenshot button, but I do not have a right version, or either it is currently unavailable. It is the "P" button.<br />
:Unfortunately I don't think I can help you there, but check out that programs help pages and website. They may be useful. - [[User:Quolnok|Quolnok]] 15:36, 28 January 2007 (PST)<br />
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How I take screenshots (using MediaPlayer and Invervideo): Open the DVD in MediaPlayer, pause it (in a chapter, not the menu), then open IVWDVD, and find the place you want to take a screenshot of. Then activate the video window (as opposed to the control thingy), and hit CTRL or Shift + Print Screen. Open photoshop (or MSPaint, if you ''really'' have to) and crop off the edges of the window. Save as JPG, quality 80 or so. That's how I do it. Windows won't normally let you take a screenshot of a DVD (because they like to tell you what you can and can't do with things you own), but opening the DVD in ''two'' players confuses the blocking thingy. --{{User:buddy13/sig}} 11:39, 29 January 2007 (PST)<br />
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== Comics ==<br />
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Hey Quolnok,<br />
No, WA is on the same issue as the Eastern States (#23), however, since #24 came out in the US I have been buying the US editions from the comic store in Perth.<br />
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Sincerely, Ivan.<br />
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EDIT: Is it really true that the Time Bender Trilogy TPB isn't to be commercially released in Australia? Glad I got it from the comic store while I could, then :P<br />
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:Yeah, I emailed HarperCollins Australia and they don't plan to publish it, but someone else might. They suggested overseas orders. I'm getting it through the US. The reissue of #16 is the next one out, but reissues are only done in the eastern states. - [[User:Quolnok|Quolnok]] 19:13, 29 January 2007 (PST)<br />
==Ban him!!!==<br />
Could someone ban [Tosha Trash] he has vandalised to much and moved me to User:Curpsbot and moved other pages I've moved them back but he's being ridiculous [[User:Humerbot 0.4|Humerbot 0.4]] 13:21, 12 February 2007 (PST)<br />
:Thanks for that also could you delete the pages he created like [David X. Cohen is Hitler Food] I moved the pages back but the pages are still there- [[User:Humerbot 0.4|Humerbot 0.4]] 04:27, 13 February 2007 (PST)<br />
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== Your Template work ==<br />
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You seem to like templates. However, I strongly suggest you get the if parse extension. Trust me, you'll love it. That would mean you could have a single template for all episodes, even films. O_O Trust me, I am super hax to working with templates, and I suggest you get all the episodes listed in a single template, so users can click any episode if they like. I made it in here, cause you seem to the make the template master. You know what I mean, cause you haven't seen my skills yet. ·_· --[[User:Svip|Svip]] 16:53, 23 March 2007 (PDT)<br />
:Well, I'm not able to access the areas needed to install the parser, which requires at least MediaWiki 1.6 anyway. I did mention the function, for other purposes, to Buddy at one point. Actually my first design for the nav used the default value option templates can have in later versions, it doesn't yet work here so I just went with what was possible.<br/>As for a mass list of all episodes on each episode article, someone attempted one at one point but never finished and it got deleted. I created the first NavTemplate after seeing similar on other wikis, it looked wierd at the top where the others had it due to the structure of our articles. I have seen a number of places with the template you are refering to and they can look good, I think I'd want to hide the large list by default (not possible here). A conversion of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:Futurama_episodes&oldid=116065470 current one at wikipedia] may be okay, but we'd end up with two lumps at the bottom of the articles.<br />
::Unless we are cunning enough to find a smart way to sort them out. If you know what I mean. Perhaps some javascript could help, but that would require direct access to the server. And Buddy doesn't seem to respond to the suggestions about the Pretty URLs I made on his user talk page. --[[User:Svip|Svip]] 18:11, 23 March 2007 (PDT)<br />
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== Recent spamme ==<br />
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Thanks for fixing all those; I started to, but when I was gone for so long Buddy took my admin status so I can't actually revert or ban anymore. Going through to edit & resave the last version of each from the history seemed like a pain in the butt, and it was late so I just left it knowing you'd be by shortly, heh. :) [[User:Gopher|Gopher]] 08:10, 22 April 2007 (PDT)<br />
:Rights should be restored now. :D --[[User:Buddy13|Buddy]] 13:47, 22 April 2007 (PDT)<br />
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== Templates ==<br />
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You seem to be the master of the templates... well at least in control of them... what about we have the "browser" template for each episode article in the top of the article? Example: [http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Java_Programming/History]. Notice the "section" links at the top. This will be nice when doing "quick" browsering. --'''[[User:Svip|Svip]]'''<sup>[[User talk:Svip|Talk]]</sup> 13:22, 30 April 2007 (PDT)<br />
:I'm not sure. The style of navbar currently in use is only suitable down the bottom. Granted, if/when the episode infoboxes are applied to all the episodes those things may change completely. feel free to do test runs for new templates, but keep in mind that any info perovided by the existing templates needs to be provided in the article somewhere after the template is replaced (Gopher's episode infobox lacks the commentary link and he removed the navbar). If you need to, you can play with [Template:EpisodeNavTemplateV2|these]. The finalised version of the movie nav is the one with prodcodes, although variable order has been tweaked for that template. The last two are not yet in use, so we may neeed those later. - [[User:Quolnok|Quolnok]] 21:02, 30 April 2007 (PDT)<br />
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== Say... ==<br />
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I know this question makes me feel silly. But when you revert you seem to use some sort of feature in the system, how do you use it? It would good for my anti-spam bot. --'''[[User:Svip|Svip]]'''<sup>[[User talk:Svip|Talk]]</sup> 06:08, 12 June 2007 (PDT)<br />
:At the sysop (and beurucrat) userlevels, and possbily the bot userlevel, we have this slightly different line on the recent changes<br />
::(diff) (hist) . . ! Category:Organizations; 20:29 . . 77.69.65.15 (Talk | block)<br />
:the revert is done through (diff), over to the right is a [rollback] link if the change was the last done to the page, that may be available to other registered users too. There's an "undo" option on the most recent version of MediaWiki (used at wikipedia) that does the same. - [[User:Quolnok|Quolnok]] 06:21, 12 June 2007 (PDT)<br />
::Also on the user contribution page;<br />
:::23:21, 12 June 2007 (hist) (diff) User talk:Quolnok (→Say...) (top) [rollback]<br />
::wherever the user made the last edit to the page the label "top" is there and "rollback" is accessable. There is no confirmation page, clicking the link instantly triggers a rollback. If the page is new, you have to access the page and use the delete tab at the top of the page. - [[User:Quolnok|Quolnok]] 06:35, 12 June 2007 (PDT)<br />
:::Speaking of which, can you add SvipBot as a bot user? --'''[[User:Svip|Svip]]'''<sup>[[User talk:Svip|Talk]]</sup> 08:11, 12 June 2007 (PDT)<br />
::::In theory, yes. But that seems to beone of the things Bureaucrats can do and sysops can't, I'm the only sysop that isn't also a Bureaucrat. [http://futurama.overt-ops.com/index.php?title=Special%3AListusers&group=sysop&username=] Buddy is probably the one to go to, I'll copy this there. - [[User:Quolnok|Quolnok]] 18:15, 12 June 2007 (PDT)<br />
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==Merger==<br />
Hey {{BASEPAGENAME}}, I just wanted make sure you're aware of my message on [http://theinfosphere.org/Infosphere_talk:Community_Portal#Merge the Community Portal]. Just take a look and leave me some feedback, thanks! [[User:Joeyaa|Joeyaa]] 20:56, 8 March 2009 (UTC)<br />
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== Man! ==<br />
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I can't wait until the new season of Futurama! [[User:BenderZombie|BenderZombie]] 19:07, 17 September 2009 (UTC)<br />
:Verily. I believe everyone here would agree with you. [[User:Quolnok|Quolnok]] 11:04, 18 September 2009 (UTC)<br />
::Futurama? what a piece of shit show. --[[User:Scruffy|I&#39;m Scruffy... the Janitor.]] 01:54, 19 September 2009 (UTC)<br />
:::<nowiki>:|</nowiki> Nice. {{User:Chris of the Futurama2/sig}}<br />
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== French version ==<br />
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Hello ! I'm a french boy who is very interested by Futurama (excuse me if i've not a good english ^^). So I will begin to change articles and almost create articles. I just warn you that I will do many revisions in french version =) [[User:Lexours|Lexours]] 18:07, 29 October 2009 (UTC)<br />
:Well, from what can tell, the non-English versions are rarely edited, so it's good to know someone's editing them. - [[User:Quolnok|Quolnok]] 10:10, 30 October 2009 (UTC)<br />
::Certainly appreciate those members familiar with the another languages who are willing to do it. --[[User:Svip|Svip]] 11:14, 30 October 2009 (UTC)<br />
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==Happy Halloween==<br />
I wonder what became of Halloween in the year 3000. [[User:BenderZombie|BenderZombie]] 11:00, 31 October 2009 (UTC)<br />
:Happy Halloween; Although it isn't really celebrated in Australia. I've no idea what happened to the day in 3000. It certainly hasn't been mentioned on the show or comics. - [[User:Quolnok|Quolnok]] 01:14, 1 November 2009 (UTC)<br />
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== Character pictures ==<br />
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Hi, I'm new here, and just getting to grips with things! Anyway, I wanted to ask if it would be OK to add photos of the characters (to use in the infobox) with a transparent background, which various other wikis use. If you are OK with that, and the others?, I'll add then. But if not, no worries. Thanks! [[User:Effluvium|Effluvium]] 22:40, 25 May 2010 (CEST)<br />
:Welcome aboard! We generally prefer a nice character-centric, non-cropped screen capture for infoboxes, however where there is no [[promotional picture]] for a character and their article has space for one I think it would be nice to have a clean full length picture like on [[Amy_Wong#Trivia|Amy's page]]. Due to the black outline every character has and our site's black background, white may be better than transparent in most cases. - [[User:Quolnok|Quolnok]] 00:43, 26 May 2010 (CEST)<br />
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==A vandal is on the loose!==<br />
He is [[User:Vandalist]]. Please block the mother#@&$er so he can not do any harm to this wiki again.<br />
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[[User:BenderZombie|BenderZombie]] 21:21, 28 July 2010 (CEST)<br />
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Good job, but I think we should block him for a longer time than six months. Six months may go by a lot quicker than it will seem. I don't want that perverted sick son of a bitch to be coming back to vandalize this place EVER!<br />
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[[User:BenderZombie|BenderZombie]] 08:12, 29 July 2010 (CEST)<br />
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:yeah, he's back. can't you block his IP address? --[[User:Scruffy|I&#39;m Scruffy... the Janitor.]] 10:43, 29 July 2010 (CEST)<br />
::I blocked it the first time. Either he's got an IP that changes regularly, or he's at work/school now/previously. - [[User:Quolnok|Quolnok]] 13:44, 29 July 2010 (CEST)<br />
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== Chronological list of captains and their crew ==<br />
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I had made a section called "A chronological list of captains and their crew" under the Planet Express Ship section, was it spam or was it considered not necessary?</div>99.177.190.111http://theinfosphere.org/index.php?title=Hermes_Conrad&diff=66688Hermes Conrad2010-08-14T21:09:26Z<p>99.177.190.111: /* Additional Info */ added the newest Sweet ____ Of ____ Joke</p>
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<div>{{character infobox<br />
|name=Hermes Conrad<br />
|image=[[File:Hermes Conrad.jpg|225px]]<br />
|image text="Oho, ya don't want that!"<br />
|type=p<br />
|type2=<br />
|age={{age|2959}}<br />
|birth date=2959<br />
|gender=Male<br />
|species=[[Humans|Human]]<br />
|origin=[[Earth]]<br />
|job=Bureaucrat and Accountant<br />
|family=''[[#Family|See below]]<br />
|first appear={{e|1ACV02}}<br />
|voiced by= Phil LaMarr<br />
|bureaucrat grade= 36<br />
}}<br />
'''Hermes Conrad''' is a Jamaican Bureaucrat, and proud of both. He works at [[Planet Express]], handling stamping, filing, collating, and accounting - all the fiddly little paperwork that only a true bureaucrat can handle properly. He claims, however, that he is only anal 78.36% of the time. He is also an honorary [[Globetrotters|Globetrotter]], and has worked for [[Mom's Friendly Robot Company]] as Inspector #5.<br />
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== Personality ==<br />
Hermes is a bureaucrat working fot the [[Planet Express]] delivery company, under [[Hubert J. Farnsworth]]. He is friendly and hard working but can also be nasty at times, particularly to [[Dr. John A. Zoidberg|Dr. Zoidberg]]. Despite his wide frame, Hermes was an accomplished limboer. He has a rivalry with Barbados Slim. Hermes also has a habit of saying "Sweet (something) of (some place)".<br />
The show also hints that Hermes does not like his co-workers in the Farnsworth Parabox when he hesitates to not push the air lock release button.<br />
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== Biography ==<br />
=== Hurricane in Kingston town ===<br />
Hermes Conrad was born to a fat ugly Jamaican woman in 2959 and soon after began to develop into a fine young bureaucrat, crying when his alphabet blocks are knocked out of order as a four year old and making friends and family file long applications to get into his tenth birthday party.<br />
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=== Limbo champion ===<br />
[[File:Hermes Limbo 2980.png|right|thumb]]<br />
During his adult life, Hermes became an Olympic grade limboer. It was around this time that he married [[LaBarbara Conrad|LaBarbara]], the ex-wife of his rival [[Barbados Slim]]. On his honey moon, he limboed for 12 straight hours. When competing for the Earth team in [[2980 Olympics|2980]] a [[2980 Olympics Boy|young fan]] trying to emulate him ran onto the field and snapped his spine, Hermes dropped out of professional limbo immediately after the tragic accident. Turning to his other passion, Hermes and his wife moved to [[New New York]], home to the [[Central Bureaucracy]] and the couple had a son, [[Dwight Conrad|Dwight]].<br />
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=== Mom's Friendly Robot Company ===<br />
[[File:Young Hermes and Baby Bender.png|right|thumb]]<br />
Sometime after moving to New New York, Hermes got a job as Inspector #5 at Mom's Friendly Robot Company's [[Tijuana]] division. There he was responsible for letting [[Bender]] live, despite being a defective unit. After this he immediately quit the company.<br />
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=== Heroic Bureaucrat ===<br />
Hermes, as a grade 36 bureaucrat, joined the staff of [[Planet Express]]. When his limboing skills alone could save the entire crew from certain death in the destruction of the space cruise ship [[Titanic]], he overcame his aversion to the sport he loved. After a few bad experiences with [[Brain Slugs]], Hermes received a pair of letters from the Central Bureaucracy, the second of which informed him there would soon be an inspection - and a chance at a promotion. Unfortunately, his office was messed up by the angry staff of [[Applied Cryogenics]] and he was sent on paid vacation. On returning to the Central Bureaucracy building, he was able to sort the master "in" pile, with time to spare, and was demoted to grade 38. Shortly afterwards he was re-promoted back to grade 37.<br />
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=== It's called parenting ===<br />
When Dwight and [[Cubert Farnsworth]] started their own delivery company, Hermes and [[Professor Hubert J. Farnsworth|the Professor]] felt threatened, and rightly so; the pair soon took over the company, until they were revealed to not have been delivering their papers. Later, The pair of parents formed a [[Bender]] protest group, [[Fathers Against Rude Television]], which successfully protested [[All My Circuits]] to get him off the show and remove his influence on their children.<br />
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=== Old Habits ===<br />
[[File:Hermes Head Battles.png|right|thumb]]<br />
In 3004, when the entire Jamaican limbo team was detained at the airport because of their "other interests," Hermes was called back out of retirement to defend his country's pride, but he came in dead last due to a freak accident with his special limboing suit. Three years and three bureaucrat grade increases later Hermes, now grade 34, was decapitated when a decorative sword fell and sliced off his head after a limbo contest at Planet Express. Although he survived as a [[Head jars|head in a jar]], LaBarbara immediately left him and went back to Barbados Slim. At [[Lars Fillmore|Lars]] and [[Turanga Leela|Leela]]'s wedding, he won LaBarbara back when he received a new body (his own, stolen from the past by Bender). Soon after, he was jabbed in the eye with a pen and his head is chopped off once again when a Chandelier crystal falls, destroying the [[time paradox duplicate]] body. His head then provides useful guidance in the [[Battle for Earth, 3007|war to reclaim the earth]] where, using his mighty bureaucratic mind to coordinate the human fleet, he defeats the gold Death Stars and wins LarBabara back. He then regains his original body back and witnesses space ripping open.<br />
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=== Mysterious Destination ===<br />
In the same year, he attends Kif and Amy's wedding and participates in "[[Deathball]]" to win the right to explore the [[Anomaly]]. He is one of the many people who live with one of [[Yivo]]'s tentacles in his neck and joins everyone else in the universe in leaving to live on Yivo. After returning, Hermes comes to LaBarbara and the other [[Feministas]]' rescue, as they flee [[Zapp Brannigan]] and the [[Earth]]ican legal system through a [[Panama Wormhole|wormhole]].<br />
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=== Reborn ===<br />
Exiting the wormhole, only to crash land outside their workplace, Hermes and his colleagues are given new bodies by the Professor, as the old ones were reduced to skeletons. A few months later, Bender learned that he had been approved by "Inspector #5" despite lacking a backup unit. Hermes accompanies Bender on a quest to find the responsible party, allowing him to continue hiding the fact that he had been that inspector, and to protect Bender from any dangerous [[Killbots]]. By this time, Hermes had been demoted back to grade 36.<br />
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== Family ==<br />
*[[LaBarbara Conrad]], his wife<br />
*[[Dwight Conrad]], his son<br />
*Granny (deceased), a zombie.<br />
*Mamma (deceased), fat and ugly<br />
*Unnamed father (possibly deceased), along with Hermes' mother, he promised his son that he would never be attacked by tentacles when he gives up diapers.<br />
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== Additional Info ==<br />
[[File:Hermes is just fat.jpg|right|thumb|Hermes is just fat]]<br />
*Apparently Hermes has head lice. Probably due to how dreadlocks are made, and near impossible to wash.<br />
*Age is revealed in "[[Bender Breaks Out|"Bender Breaks Out" (US#020)]]", when he dies in an alternate timeline.<br />
*In [[Cornwood]], a universe created from Bender's imagination, Hermes counterpart is a [[Hermaphrodite|hermaphroditic centaur]].<br />
*In "[[Proposition Infinity]]", Hermes was coming down with [[Circusitis]].<br />
*It is revealed in "[[The Duh-Vinci Code]]" that Hermes is not big boned, but just fat.<br />
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=== Catchphrases and Running Gags ===<br />
[[File:Hermes promo.png|right|thumb|150px|Hermes Conrad]]<br />
Hermes' basic catchphrase is "Sweet [something] of [some place]!" (the 'something' and the 'some place' usually rhyme)<br /><br />
Variations include the following:<br />
*Sweet llamas of the Bahamas!<br />
*Sweet lion of Zion!<br />
*Sweet three-toed sloth of Ice Planet Hoth!<br />
*Sweet bongo of the Congo!<br />
*Sweet Yeti of the Serengeti! She's gone crazy-eddy in the heady!<br />
*Sweet guinea pig of Winnipeg!<br />
*Sweet gorilla of Manilla!<br />
*Sweet manatee of Galilee!<br />
*Sweet giant anteater of Santa Anita!<br />
*Sweet squid of Madrid!<br />
*Sweet sacred boa of Western ''and'' Eastern Samoa!<br />
*Sweet honeybee of infinity!<br />
*Cursed bacteria of Liberia!<br />
*Great cow of Moscow!<br />
*Sweet lamprey of Santa Fe!<br />
*S-s-s-s-s-sweet something of... some place.<br />
*Sweet coincidence of Port-au-Prince!<br />
*Sweet topography of cosmology!<br />
*Sweet dodo of Lesotho!<br />
*Sweet tornados of Barbados!<br />
*Sweet File-not-found of Puget Sound!<br />
*Sweet Robot Swan of Botsuana<br />
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A recurring joke involves Hermes about to eat a [[Wikipedia:Manwich|manwich]], until it is stolen by Bender or [[Zoidberg]], at which point Hermes cries "My Manwich!" (His son Dwight also has the same habbit.) <br />
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Hermes usually refers to [[LaBarbara Conrad]] as "wife", supporting his bureaucratic nature by referring to her by title.<br />
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Hermes sometimes mentions green snakes and sugar canes including:<br />
*Our electricity bill is climbing faster than a green snake up a sugar cane!<br />
*I'm hungrier than a green snake in a sugar cane field.<br />
*That's flatter than a green snake under a sugar cane truck.<br />
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Another [[Wiktionary:Running gag|running gag]] is that he shows hatred to Zoidberg for no real reason at bizarre times. For example, after witnessing a temporarily blind Leela destroying the ceiling of Planet Express, Hermes turned to Zoidberg and said "That's coming out of ''your'' pay!", which brought Zoidberg to tears. Also, when Fry suggested Zoidberg had a parasite, Hermes followed up with "Maybe he ''is'' a parasite!". Plus in the episode "[[The Deep South]]" when the Planet Express Ship is under water, Hermies made a suggestion to eat Dr. Zoidberg. However he secretly thinks that Zoidberg is "pathetic but lovable".<br />
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Hermes has been shown nude more times than any other character in the series.<br />
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=== Quotes ===<br />
{{q|<br />
<poem>'''Hermes''': When push comes to shove, you've got to do what you love, even if it's not a good idea.</poem><br />
<poem>'''Hermes''': Like my granny used to say back in her tar paper shack on Montego Bay, "If you want a box thrown into the sun, you got to do it yourself." [mournfully] God rest her zombie bones.</poem><br />
<poem>'''Fry''': ''Jamaican?'' I thought you were some kind of outer-space potato man.</poem><br />
<poem>'''Hermes''': My Speedos!</poem><br />
<poem>'''Hermes''': My manwich!</poem><br />
<poem>'''Hermes''': OK captain, dis is just a standard legal release, protecting Planet Express in de event of de unforeseen.<br />
'''Leela''': [reading] Death by airlock failure.<br />
'''Hermes''': Uh-huh.<br />
'''Leela''': Death by brain parasite.<br />
'''Hermes''': Yah.<br />
'''Leela''': Death by sonic diarrhea.<br />
'''Hermes''': Oh, you don't want dat...<br />
'''Leela''': Look, I don't know about your previous captains, but I intend to do as little dying as possible.<br />
'''Hermes''': [laughing] Oh-ho-ho-ho-ho! [dead serious] Sign de paper.</poem><br />
<poem>'''Hermes''': Welcome to stampy-town, population five.</poem><br />
<poem>'''Hermes''': I'm goin' to jump! ''[Fry, Leela, Amy, Zoidberg, and Farnsworth panic.]''<br />
'''Bender''': Do a flip!</poem><br />
<poem>'''Hermes''': That's a calculator. I ate it to gain its power.</poem><br />
}}<br />
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=== Appearances ===<br />
While Hermes appears in most episodes, films and comics, these categories may be of interest:<br />
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*[[:Category:A plots focusing on Hermes|A plots focusing on Hermes]]<br />
*[[:Category:B plots focusing on Hermes|B plots focusing on Hermes]]<br />
*[[The Conrads]]<br />
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[[Category:Athletes]]<br />
[[Category:Conrad family]]<br />
[[Category:Humans]]<br />
[[Category:Planet Express]]</div>99.177.190.111http://theinfosphere.org/index.php?title=Planet_Express_ship&diff=64328Planet Express ship2010-07-28T19:34:11Z<p>99.177.190.111: /* Chronological List of Captains and their Crew */</p>
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<div>{{character infobox<br />
|name=Planet Express Ship<br />
|type=p<br />
|image=[[File:Planet Express Ship.jpg|225px]]<br />
|species=[[Robot|Space ship]]<br />
|first appear={{e|1ACV01}}<br />
|voice A=Male personality<br />
|voice A by=Maurice LaMarche<br />
|voice B=Female personality<br />
|voice B by=Sigourney Weaver<br />
}}<br />
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The '''[[Planet Express]] ship''' was designed and built by [[Professor Hubert J. Farnsworth|Prof. Farnsworth]]. The ship's color is said to be "Electric Mucus." The ship is capable of traveling at 99% light speed (which is a lot faster than traditional light speed since the speed of light was increased in [[2208]]), but in fact it does not move at all. Instead, its engines move the universe around it. This is made possible in part by its incredible [[Dark Matter|dark matter]] reactor equipped with afterburners providing 200% fuel efficiency, and needs about 63 balls of dark matter to be full. However, due to dark matter becoming ineffective as fuel, the ship now runs on whale oil. According to ''[[Bender's Game]]'', the ship has the LX package. The only noted upgrade is a gold hood ornament which was stolen by a punk in a rough space neighbourhood.<br />
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The ship is surprisingly comfortable inside. It carries two [[Hover Dolly|Hover-Dollies]] to help move heavy cargo around. The ship can also be used in combat and has fought against the [[Robot Mafia]] and [[Space Pirates]]. It is so effective in battle that it fought in the defence of [[Earth]] with the [[DOOP Army|<br />
DOOP forces]].<br />
<br />
The ship's computer is sentient. For a while, it was involved in a romantic relationship with [[Bender Bending Rodríguez|Bender]] [[Love and Rocket|<sup>(4ACV03)</sup>]]. When things turned sour, they had to wipe the ship's memory to regain control.<br />
<br />
Like all leading characters in the show, the ship has an overbite.<br />
<br />
=== Parts of the Ship ===<br />
[[File:DOOP Army 3.jpg|right|thumb|Fry in the turret]]<br />
*The Bridge<br />
*[[Turanga Leela|Leela]]'s cabin<br />
*[[Philip J. Fry|Fry]] and [[Bender Bending Rodríguez|Bender's]] cabin <br />
*A Lounge<br />
*A Sauna <br />
*A full kitchen<br />
*A full bathroom (the shower is soundproof)<br />
*A laundry room<br />
*The cargo bay<br />
*The Med-bay<br />
*A Cage (complete with lion)<br />
*Brain Room<br />
*Emergency Supply Room<br />
*Engine Room<br />
**[[Dark Matter Afterburner]]<br />
**[[Dark Matter Engines]]<br />
*[[:Image:Ship Jungle Room.jpg|Jungle Room]]<br />
*[[:Image:Ship Military Strategy Room.jpg|Military Strategy Room]]<br />
*[[:Image:Ship Morgue.jpg|Morgue]]<br />
*Vending Room<br />
*Turret<br />
<br />
=== Chronological List of Captains and their Crew ===<br />
*Captain Musky <br />
** At least one man, one of them heard in the Black Box of the old Ship <br />
*Captain Leela<br />
**Fry<br />
**Bender <br />
*Captain Brannigan<br />
**Kiff<br />
**Fry<br />
**Bender <br />
*Captain Leela<br />
**Fry<br />
**Bender<br />
**Flexo (only for one mission)<br />
*Captain Auto-Pilot<br />
**Leela<br />
**Perhaps Bender, but it was never addressed <br />
*Captain Leela<br />
**Fry<br />
**Bender <br />
*Captain Bender<br />
**Fry<br />
**Zoidberg <br />
*Captain Fry<br />
**Zoidberg <br />
*Captain Leela<br />
**Fry<br />
**Bender <br />
*Captain Farnsworth<br />
**Hermes<br />
**Zoiddburg<br />
**Bender (unofficially) <br />
*Captain Leela<br />
**Bender<br />
**Fry<br />
<br />
=== Dewey, the autopilot ===<br />
[[File:Dewey.jpg|right|thumb|Dewey, the autopilot]]<br />
In addition, the ship carries a separate AI: The auto-pilot (possibly named Dewey). Bender and the auto-pilot have had drinking contests, but the auto-pilot is rarely seen on-screen. The auto-pilot appears in {{e|3ACV06}} and the voice is the same as the ship's (before the personality change) in {{e|4ACV03}} this suggests they may not actually be separate entities. Additionally, in ''Love and Rocket'', the Ship handled auto-pilot duties. Leela has referred to the autopilot as a drunk, although it is apparently standard protocol to carry a full compliment of olives with which to make Martinis.<br />
<br />
=== Holo-Pilot ===<br />
In the comic "[[Robot Santa's Little Helpers]]", Leela is shown to have designed a "Holopilot", with the appearance of a fat, ugly [[Amy|Amy Wong]]<br />
<br />
== Additional Info ==<br />
[[File:Ship Modification 1.jpg|right|thumb|The ship underwater]]<br />
<br />
=== Alternate Appearances/Modifications ===<br />
[[File:Old Planet Express Ship.png|right|thumb|The old ship]]<br />
*In {{e|2ACV12}}, the ship is modified to move underwater<br />
*In {{e|3ACV02}}, a miniature Planet Express Ship is shown<br />
*In {{e|3ACV12}}, the ship is painted red to suit the new business [[Awesome Express]]<br />
*In {{e|4ACV11}}, the ship loses its engines and has ''Star Trek''-style warp nacelles mounted to it<br />
*In {{e|4ACV12}}, the old Planet Express Ship is seen in purple<br />
*In the [[Opening_Sequence#The_Beast_With_A_Billion_Backs|Opening Sequence]] of {{f|2}}, the ship is drawn in a similar style to [[wikipedia:Steamboat Willie|''Steamboat Willie'']].<br />
*In the [[Opening_Sequence#Bender.27s_Game|Opening Sequence]] of {{f|3}}, the ship is yellow and looks like the Yellow Submarine from the movie [[wikipedia:Yellow Submarine (film)|''Yellow Submarine'']].<br />
*In ''[[Bender's Game]]'', with [[dark matter]] useless, dozens of [[Nibblonians]] are attached to the ship to pull it along.<br />
*In ''[[Into the Wild Green Yonder]]'', the [[Feministas]] colour the ship pink. <br />
*In ''[[Into the Wild Green Yonder]]'', since dark matter is inert, the engine has been converted to burn [[Whale Oil]].<br />
<br />
=== Appearances ===<br />
*[[Episode Listing|All Episodes]]<br />
*[[Comic Listing|Most Comics]]<br />
<br />
=== See Also ===<br />
*[http://web.archive.org/web/20071112090617/http://www.geocities.com/payndz2/planetblueprints.html A full layout of the Ship]<br />
<br />
[[Category:Farnsworth's creations]]<br />
[[Category:Planet Express]]<br />
[[Category:Robots]]<br />
[[Category:Ships]]<br />
[[Category:Technology]]<br />
[[Category:Transportation]]</div>99.177.190.111http://theinfosphere.org/index.php?title=Planet_Express_ship&diff=64327Planet Express ship2010-07-28T19:32:52Z<p>99.177.190.111: /* Parts of the Ship */ Added the Chronological list of Captains</p>
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<div>{{character infobox<br />
|name=Planet Express Ship<br />
|type=p<br />
|image=[[File:Planet Express Ship.jpg|225px]]<br />
|species=[[Robot|Space ship]]<br />
|first appear={{e|1ACV01}}<br />
|voice A=Male personality<br />
|voice A by=Maurice LaMarche<br />
|voice B=Female personality<br />
|voice B by=Sigourney Weaver<br />
}}<br />
{{update}}<br />
The '''[[Planet Express]] ship''' was designed and built by [[Professor Hubert J. Farnsworth|Prof. Farnsworth]]. The ship's color is said to be "Electric Mucus." The ship is capable of traveling at 99% light speed (which is a lot faster than traditional light speed since the speed of light was increased in [[2208]]), but in fact it does not move at all. Instead, its engines move the universe around it. This is made possible in part by its incredible [[Dark Matter|dark matter]] reactor equipped with afterburners providing 200% fuel efficiency, and needs about 63 balls of dark matter to be full. However, due to dark matter becoming ineffective as fuel, the ship now runs on whale oil. According to ''[[Bender's Game]]'', the ship has the LX package. The only noted upgrade is a gold hood ornament which was stolen by a punk in a rough space neighbourhood.<br />
<br />
The ship is surprisingly comfortable inside. It carries two [[Hover Dolly|Hover-Dollies]] to help move heavy cargo around. The ship can also be used in combat and has fought against the [[Robot Mafia]] and [[Space Pirates]]. It is so effective in battle that it fought in the defence of [[Earth]] with the [[DOOP Army|<br />
DOOP forces]].<br />
<br />
The ship's computer is sentient. For a while, it was involved in a romantic relationship with [[Bender Bending Rodríguez|Bender]] [[Love and Rocket|<sup>(4ACV03)</sup>]]. When things turned sour, they had to wipe the ship's memory to regain control.<br />
<br />
Like all leading characters in the show, the ship has an overbite.<br />
<br />
=== Parts of the Ship ===<br />
[[File:DOOP Army 3.jpg|right|thumb|Fry in the turret]]<br />
*The Bridge<br />
*[[Turanga Leela|Leela]]'s cabin<br />
*[[Philip J. Fry|Fry]] and [[Bender Bending Rodríguez|Bender's]] cabin <br />
*A Lounge<br />
*A Sauna <br />
*A full kitchen<br />
*A full bathroom (the shower is soundproof)<br />
*A laundry room<br />
*The cargo bay<br />
*The Med-bay<br />
*A Cage (complete with lion)<br />
*Brain Room<br />
*Emergency Supply Room<br />
*Engine Room<br />
**[[Dark Matter Afterburner]]<br />
**[[Dark Matter Engines]]<br />
*[[:Image:Ship Jungle Room.jpg|Jungle Room]]<br />
*[[:Image:Ship Military Strategy Room.jpg|Military Strategy Room]]<br />
*[[:Image:Ship Morgue.jpg|Morgue]]<br />
*Vending Room<br />
*Turret<br />
<br />
=== Chronological List of Captains and their Crew ===<br />
*Captain Musky <br />
** At least one man, one of them heard in the Black Box of the old Ship <br />
*Captain Leela<br />
**Fry<br />
**Bender <br />
*Captain Brannigan<br />
**Kiff<br />
**Fry<br />
**Bender <br />
*Captain Leela<br />
**Fry<br />
**Bender<br />
*Captain Auto-Pilot<br />
**Leela<br />
**Perhaps Bender, but it was never addressed <br />
*Captain Leela<br />
**Fry<br />
**Bender <br />
*Captain Bender<br />
**Fry<br />
**Zoidberg <br />
*Captain Fry<br />
**Zoidberg <br />
*Captain Leela<br />
**Fry<br />
**Bender <br />
*Captain Farnsworth<br />
**Hermes<br />
**Zoiddburg<br />
**Bender (unofficially) <br />
*Captain Leela<br />
**Bender<br />
**Fry<br />
<br />
=== Dewey, the autopilot ===<br />
[[File:Dewey.jpg|right|thumb|Dewey, the autopilot]]<br />
In addition, the ship carries a separate AI: The auto-pilot (possibly named Dewey). Bender and the auto-pilot have had drinking contests, but the auto-pilot is rarely seen on-screen. The auto-pilot appears in {{e|3ACV06}} and the voice is the same as the ship's (before the personality change) in {{e|4ACV03}} this suggests they may not actually be separate entities. Additionally, in ''Love and Rocket'', the Ship handled auto-pilot duties. Leela has referred to the autopilot as a drunk, although it is apparently standard protocol to carry a full compliment of olives with which to make Martinis.<br />
<br />
=== Holo-Pilot ===<br />
In the comic "[[Robot Santa's Little Helpers]]", Leela is shown to have designed a "Holopilot", with the appearance of a fat, ugly [[Amy|Amy Wong]]<br />
<br />
== Additional Info ==<br />
[[File:Ship Modification 1.jpg|right|thumb|The ship underwater]]<br />
<br />
=== Alternate Appearances/Modifications ===<br />
[[File:Old Planet Express Ship.png|right|thumb|The old ship]]<br />
*In {{e|2ACV12}}, the ship is modified to move underwater<br />
*In {{e|3ACV02}}, a miniature Planet Express Ship is shown<br />
*In {{e|3ACV12}}, the ship is painted red to suit the new business [[Awesome Express]]<br />
*In {{e|4ACV11}}, the ship loses its engines and has ''Star Trek''-style warp nacelles mounted to it<br />
*In {{e|4ACV12}}, the old Planet Express Ship is seen in purple<br />
*In the [[Opening_Sequence#The_Beast_With_A_Billion_Backs|Opening Sequence]] of {{f|2}}, the ship is drawn in a similar style to [[wikipedia:Steamboat Willie|''Steamboat Willie'']].<br />
*In the [[Opening_Sequence#Bender.27s_Game|Opening Sequence]] of {{f|3}}, the ship is yellow and looks like the Yellow Submarine from the movie [[wikipedia:Yellow Submarine (film)|''Yellow Submarine'']].<br />
*In ''[[Bender's Game]]'', with [[dark matter]] useless, dozens of [[Nibblonians]] are attached to the ship to pull it along.<br />
*In ''[[Into the Wild Green Yonder]]'', the [[Feministas]] colour the ship pink. <br />
*In ''[[Into the Wild Green Yonder]]'', since dark matter is inert, the engine has been converted to burn [[Whale Oil]].<br />
<br />
=== Appearances ===<br />
*[[Episode Listing|All Episodes]]<br />
*[[Comic Listing|Most Comics]]<br />
<br />
=== See Also ===<br />
*[http://web.archive.org/web/20071112090617/http://www.geocities.com/payndz2/planetblueprints.html A full layout of the Ship]<br />
<br />
[[Category:Farnsworth's creations]]<br />
[[Category:Planet Express]]<br />
[[Category:Robots]]<br />
[[Category:Ships]]<br />
[[Category:Technology]]<br />
[[Category:Transportation]]</div>99.177.190.111http://theinfosphere.org/index.php?title=Tickle_Me_Bender&diff=63514Tickle Me Bender2010-07-23T04:53:28Z<p>99.177.190.111: /* Trivia */</p>
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<div>{{item infobox<br />
|name = Tickle Me Bender<br />
|image = [[File:Ticklemebender.jpg|225px]]<br />
|image text = <br />
|inventor = <br />
|owner = [[Planet Express]]<br />
|type = Doll<br />
|use = <br />
|status = Unable to sell<br />
|creator = Unknown (Possibly [[Professor Farnsworth]])<br />
|voiced by = John DiMaggio<br />
|first appear = {{f|4}}<br />
}}<br />
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'''Tickle Me Bender''' were dolls modelled on [[Bender]] that [[Planet Express]] made. They didn't sell very well and, as a result, Planet Express went out of business (also because the delivery crew went missing). When the toy is "tickled", it laughs and (with an angry look) says "Quit touching my junk, you pervert!"<br />
<br />
== Additional Info ==<br />
<br />
=== Trivia ===<br />
*They are an obvious parody of [[wikipedia:Sesame Street|Sesame Street's]] [[wikipedia:Tickle Me Elmo|Tickle Me Elmo]] dolls.<br />
*This doll has gathered a strange cult following and has attracted a number of people wanting to purchase them in real life.<br />
<br />
=== Quotes ===<br />
{{q|<br />
<poem>'''Tickle me Bender doll''': He, he, he. Quit touching my junk, pervert!</poem><br />
}}<br />
<br />
=== Appearances ===<br />
*{{f|4}}<br />
<br />
[[Category:Farnsworth's creations]]</div>99.177.190.111http://theinfosphere.org/index.php?title=Hermes_Conrad&diff=63510Hermes Conrad2010-07-23T04:44:44Z<p>99.177.190.111: /* Catchphrases and Running Gags */</p>
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<div>{{character infobox<br />
|name=Hermes Conrad<br />
|image=[[File:Hermes Conrad.jpg|225px]]<br />
|image text="Oho, ya don't want that!"<br />
|type=p<br />
|type2=<br />
|age={{age|2959}}<br />
|birth date=2959<br />
|gender=Male<br />
|species=[[Humans|Human]]<br />
|origin=[[Earth]]<br />
|job=Bureaucrat and Accountant<br />
|family=''[[#Family|See below]]<br />
|first appear={{e|1ACV02}}<br />
|voiced by= Phil LaMarr<br />
|bureaucrat grade= 34<br />
}}<br />
'''Hermes Conrad''' is a Jamaican Bureaucrat, and proud of both. He works at [[Planet Express]], handling stamping, filing, collating, and accounting - all the fiddly little paperwork that only a true bureaucrat can handle properly. He claims, however, that he is only anal 78.36% of the time. He is also an honorary [[Globetrotters|Globetrotter]].<br />
<br />
== Personality ==<br />
<br />
Hermes was a bureaucrat and later became part of Planet Express, under Hubert Farnsworth. He was friendly and hard working but could also be nasty at times, particularly to Dr Zoidberg. Despite his wide frame, Hermes was an accomplished limboer. He also had a rivalry with Barbados Slim. Hermes also had a habit of saying "Sweet (object/animal) of (location)".<br />
<br />
== Biography ==<br />
=== Hurricane in Kingston town ===<br />
Hermes Conrad was born to a fat ugly Jamaican woman in 2959 and soon after began to develop into a fine young bureaucrat, crying when his alphabet blocks are knocked out of order as a four year old and making friends and family file long applications to get into his tenth birthday party.<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
=== Limbo champion ===<br />
[[File:Hermes Limbo 2980.png|right|thumb]]<br />
During his adult life, Hermes became an Olympic grade limboer. It was around this time that he married [[LaBarbara Conrad|LaBarbara]], the ex-wife of his rival [[Barbados Slim]]. When competing for the Earth team in [[2980 Olympics|2980]] a [[2980 Olympics Boy|young fan]] trying to emulate him ran onto the field and snapped his spine, Hermes dropped out of professional limbo immediately after the tragic accident. Turning to his other passion, Hermes and his wife moved to [[New New York]], home to the [[Central Bureaucracy]] and the couple had a son, [[Dwight Conrad|Dwight]].<br />
<br />
===Mom's Friendly Robot Company===<br />
Sometime after moving to New New York, Hermes got a job as the infamous Inspector #5 (or at least in Bender's eyes) at Mom's Friendly Robot Company's Tijuana division. He was technically responsible for letting [[Bender]] live, even though he suffered a life-threatening manufacturing defect. After this he immediately quit the company and probably joined Planet Express. To this day, Bender has no clue Hermes was Inspector Five.<br />
<br />
=== Heroic Bureaucrat ===<br />
Hermes, as a grade 36 bureaucrat, joined the staff of [[Planet Express]]. When his limboing skills alone could save the entire crew from certain death in the destruction of the space cruise ship [[Titanic]], he overcame his aversion to the sport he loved. After a few bad experiences with [[Brain Slugs]], Hermes received a pair of letters from the Central Bureaucracy, the second of which informed him there would soon be an inspection - and a chance at a promotion. Unfortunately, his office was messed up by the angry staff of [[Applied Cryogenics]] and he was sent on paid vacation. On returning to the Central Bureaucracy building, he was able to sort the master "in" pile, with time to spare, and was demoted to grade 38. Shortly afterwards he was re-promoted back to grade 37.<br />
<br />
=== It's called parenting ===<br />
When Dwight and [[Cubert Farnsworth]] started their own delivery company, Hermes and [[Professor Hubert J. Farnsworth|the Professor]] felt threatened, and rightly so; the pair soon took over the company, until they were revealed to not have been delivering their papers. Later, The pair of parents formed a [[Bender]] protest group, [[Fathers Against Rude Television]], which successfully protested [[All My Circuits]] to get him off the show and remove his influence on their children.<br />
<br />
=== Old Habits ===<br />
[[File:Hermes Head Battles.png|right|thumb]]<br />
In 3004, when the entire Jamaican limbo team was detained at the airport because of their "other interests," Hermes was called back out of retirement to defend his country's pride, but he came in dead last due to a freak accident with his special limboing suit. Three years and three bureaucrat grade increases later, he was decapitated when a decorative sword fell and sliced off his head after a limbo contest at Planet Express. Although he survived as a [[Head jars|head in a jar]], LaBarbara immediately left him and went back to Barbados Slim. At [[Lars Fillmore|Lars]] and [[Turanga Leela|Leela]]'s wedding, he won LaBarbara back when he received a new body (his own, stolen from the past by Bender). Soon after, he was jabbed in the eye with a pen and his head is chopped off once again when a Chandelier crystal falls, destroying the [[time paradox duplicate]] body. His head then provides useful guidance in the [[Battle for Earth, 3007|war to reclaim the earth]] where, using his mighty bureaucratic mind to coordinate the human fleet, he defeats the gold Death Stars and wins LarBabara back. He then regains his original body back and witnesses space ripping open.<br />
<br />
=== Mysterious Destination ===<br />
In the same year, he attends Kif and Amy's wedding and participates in "[[Deathball]]" to win the right to explore the [[Anomaly]]. He is one of the many people who live with one of [[Yivo]]'s tentacles in his neck and joins everyone else in the universe in leaving to live on Yivo. After returning, Hermes comes to LaBarbara and the other [[Feministas]]' rescue, as they flee [[Zapp Brannigan]] and the [[Earth]]ican legal system through a [[Panama Wormhole|wormhole]]. However, it is [[Rebirth|revealed]] he is back to [[Earth]] now.<br />
<br />
== Family ==<br />
*[[LaBarbara Conrad]], his wife<br />
*[[Dwight Conrad]], his son<br />
*Granny (deceased), a zombie.<br />
*Mamma (deceased), fat and ugly<br />
*Unnamed father (possibly deceased), along with Hermes' mother, he promised his son that he would never be attacked by tentacles when he gives up diapers.<br />
<br />
== Additional Info ==<br />
*Apparently Hermes has head lice.<br />
*Age is revealed in [[Bender Breaks Out|"Bender Breaks Out" (US#020)]], when he dies in an alternate timeline.<br />
*In [[Cornwood]], a universe created from Bender's imagination, Hermes counterpart is a [[Hermaphrodite|hermaphroditic centaur]].<br />
*In "[[Proposition Infinity]]", Hermes was coming down with [[Circuseitis]].<br />
<br />
=== Catchphrases and Running Gags ===<br />
[[File:Hermes promo.png|right|thumb|150px|Hermes Conrad]]<br />
Hermes' basic catchphrase is "Sweet [something] of [some place]!" (the 'something' and the 'some place' usually rhyme)<br /><br />
Variations include the following:<br />
*Sweet llamas of the Bahamas!<br />
*Sweet lion of Zion!<br />
*Sweet three-toed sloth of Ice Planet Hoth!<br />
*Sweet bongo of the Congo!<br />
*Sweet Yeti of the Serengeti! She's gone crazy-eddy in the heady!<br />
*Sweet guinea pig of Winnipeg!<br />
*Sweet gorilla of Manilla!<br />
*Sweet manatee of Galilee!<br />
*Sweet giant anteater of Santa Anita!<br />
*Sweet squid of Madrid!<br />
*Sweet sacred boa of Western ''and'' Eastern Samoa!<br />
*Cursed bacteria of Liberia!<br />
*Great cow of Moscow!<br />
*Sweet lamprey of Santa Fe!<br />
*S-s-s-s-s-sweet something of... some place.<br />
*Sweet coincidence of Port-au-Prince!<br />
*Sweet topography of cosmology!<br />
*Sweet tornados of Barbados!<br />
*Sweet File-not-found of Puget Sound!<br />
<br />
A recurring joke involves Hermes about to eat a [[Wikipedia:Manwich|manwich]], until it is stolen by Bender or [[Zoidberg]], at which point Hermes cries "My Manwich!" (his son Dwight also has the same habbit). <br />
<br />
Hermes usually refers to [[LaBarbara Conrad]] as "wife", supporting his bureaucratic nature by referring to her by title.<br />
<br />
Hermes sometimes mentions green snakes and sugar canes including:<br />
*Our electricity bill is climbing faster than a green snake up a sugar cane!<br />
*I'm hungrier than a green snake in a sugar cane field.<br />
*That's flatter than a green snake under a sugar cane truck.<br />
<br />
Another [[Wiktionary:Running gag|running gag]] is that he shows hatred to Zoidberg for no real reason at bizarre times. For example, after witnessing a temporarily blind Leela destroying the ceiling of Planet Express, Hermes turned to Zoidberg and said "That's coming out of ''your'' pay!", which brought Zoidberg to tears. Also, when Fry suggested Zoidberg had a parasite, Hermes followed up with "Maybe he ''is'' a parasite!". Plus in the episode "[[The Deep South]]" when the Planet Express Ship is under water, Hermies made a suggestion to eat Dr. Zoidberg. However he secretly thinks that Zoidberg is "pathetic but lovable".<br />
<br />
Hermes has been shown nude more times than any other character in the series.<br />
<br />
=== Quotes ===<br />
{{q|<br />
<poem>'''Hermes''': When push comes to shove, you've got to do what you love, even if it's not a good idea.</poem><br />
<poem>'''Hermes''': Like my granny used to say back in her tar paper shack on Montego Bay, "If you want a box thrown into the sun, you got to do it yourself." [mournfully] God rest her zombie bones.</poem><br />
<poem>'''Fry''': ''Jamaican?'' I thought you were some kind of outer-space potato man.</poem><br />
<poem>'''Hermes''': My Speedos!</poem><br />
<poem>'''Hermes''': My manwich!</poem><br />
<poem>'''Hermes''': OK captain, dis is just a standard legal release, protecting Planet Express in de event of de unforeseen.<br />
'''Leela''': [reading] Death by airlock failure.<br />
'''Hermes''': Uh-huh.<br />
'''Leela''': Death by brain parasite.<br />
'''Hermes''': Yah.<br />
'''Leela''': Death by sonic diarrhea.<br />
'''Hermes''': Oh, you don't want dat...<br />
'''Leela''': Look, I don't know about your previous captains, but I intend to do as little dying as possible.<br />
'''Hermes''': [laughing] Oh-ho-ho-ho-ho! [dead serious] Sign de paper.</poem><br />
<poem>'''Hermes''': Welcome to stampy-town, population five.</poem><br />
<poem>'''Hermes''': I'm goin' to jump! ''[Fry, Leela, Amy, Zoidberg, and Farnsworth panic.]''<br />
'''Bender''': Do a flip!</poem><br />
}}<br />
<br />
=== Appearances ===<br />
While Hermes appears in most episodes, films and comics, these categories may be of interest:<br />
<br />
*[[:Category:A plots focusing on Hermes|A plots focusing on Hermes]]<br />
*[[:Category:B plots focusing on Hermes|B plots focusing on Hermes]]<br />
*[[The Conrads]]<br />
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[[Category:Athletes]]<br />
[[Category:Conrad family]]<br />
[[Category:Humans]]<br />
[[Category:Planet Express]]</div>99.177.190.111http://theinfosphere.org/index.php?title=Professor_Hubert_J._Farnsworth&diff=62481Professor Hubert J. Farnsworth2010-07-13T21:35:41Z<p>99.177.190.111: /* Quotes */</p>
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<div>{{character infobox<br />
|name=Professor Hubert J. Farnsworth<br />
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|age={{age|2841|4|9}}<br />
|birth date=9 April, 2841<br />
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|species=[[Humans|Human]]<br />
|origin=[[Earth]]<br />
|job=Owner/CEO of [[Planet Express]]<br />
|family=[[#Family|See below]]<br />
|first appear={{e|1ACV01}}<br />
|voiced by=Billy West<br />
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Professor '''Hubert J. Farnsworth''' is an aged, eccentric inventor, founder and owner of [[Planet Express]] and an honorary [[Globetrotter]]. He is crotchety, absent-minded and sometimes brilliant, most well-known for his work in [[Sport-Utility Robot|30th century robotics]]. In 2999 he was the last known relative of [[Philip J. Fry]], later, Professor Farnsworth discovered that he had fathered a son, as well as the [[Cubert|clone]] that he had kept hidden. In addition, he also serves as a tenured professor at [[Mars University (place)|Mars University]] teaching the Mathematics of Quantum Neutrino Fields. Farnsworth is an inventor of both useful and impractical things, some of which are extremely dangerous devices such as his [[Doomsday devices]].<br />
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Personality wise, he varies from callous disregard to sentimental affection. He has no objection to sending his crew to missions which may eventually mean death to his crew, and has sent previous crews to their deaths before. Farnsworth is the oldest living member of the [[Academy of Inventors]], where he often competes with his arch nemesis, [[Dr. Ogden Wernstrom]].<br />
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== Description ==<br />
Farnsworth is a mad scientist, though how extreme this tendency is varies depending on how writers feel best suits the episode. Farnsworth's name comes from {{w|Philo Farnsworth}}, who invented the television. In addition, his first name, Hubert, may come from [[Eric Kaplan]]'s former professor, {{w|Hubert Dreyfus}}. The only thing his name has in common with the name of Philip J. Fry is the unsettled "J." as their middle initial, but this may just be a common joke [[Matt Groening]] sets for his characters.<br />
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Farnsworth also enjoys public nudity, and may have been convicted. His urge to undress becomes much greater around [[Xmas]]. <br />
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== Biography ==<br />
=== Early Life ===<br />
[[File:YoungFarnsworth.png|right|thumb]]<br />
Hubert J. Farnsworth was born on 9 April, {{year|2841}} &ndash; although claimed until {{year|3001}} that it was actually 2851 &ndash; in the nerdiest slum of [[New New York]], [[Hell's Laboratory]]. At age 8, he learnt to read, albeit while still in diapers.<br />
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Hubert enjoyed his teenage years as a nerd with an affection for role-playing games. After 14 years of graduate school, Farnsworth became a scientist and designed such things as [[fast cars]], [[trendy night spots]] and [[beautiful women]], all out of his one-room apartment. Evidence suggests that he may also have been a hippie and a disco boy, possibly during graduate school.<br />
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=== Career path ===<br />
By {{year|2900}} Farnworth had taken a teaching position at [[Mars University (place)|Mars University]] where his most promising student was an up and coming young science undergrad<!--around 20yrs old, probably undergrad then--> named [[Dr. Ogden Wernstrom|Ogden Wernstrom]]. Sadly, the two had a falling out over a pop-quiz score which lead to Wernstrom's hundred year quest for revenge. While retaining a role at the university, Hubert was eventually hired at [[Mom's Friendly Robot Company]], staying there for the next fifty years. During this time his inventiveness lead to the creation of many new products and breakthrough technologies, such as the use of [[Dark Matter]] as fuel, the [[First Robot Capable of Qualifying for a Boat Loan|first robot capable of qualifying for a boat loan]] and a [[Sport-Utility Robot|sport-utility robot]], the design of which would become the basis of all robots running in the early 31st century. It was during this time he also began an [[Mom-Farnsworth relationship|on-again, off-again relationship]] with [[Mom]], the owner of the company, who was having a similar relationship with Wernstrom. By the end of this period, Mom had fallen pregnant with [[Igner|their child]], a secret she would keep from him for many years.<br />
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=== Planet Express ===<br />
After numerous tries with Mom, and with a need for money to fund his research, he founded [[Planet Express]], an interstellar delivery company. Early on, he hired his oldest friend, [[Dr. John A. Zoidberg]] as the company's staff doctor. In addition, he hired [[Hermes Conrad]] as the company's bureaucrat. In around {{year|2999}}, [[Amy Wong]] entered the company as an engineering intern, but has since remained in the company for several years.<br />
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Farnsworth has had numerous crews, whom he enjoys sending to their doom. As a result many have died horribly or gone missing. Shortly after one such instance, late on the [[Space Pilot 3000|31st of December 2999]], he learned that he was not the last surviving member of his family. His long lost and far removed uncle, [[Philip J. Fry]], had just been defrosted. Fry, [[Turanga Leela]] and [[Bender Bending Rodríguez]] were hired early the next morning and have been his longest surviving crew, who despite 10 years in the company remain alive.<br />
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Farnsworth doesn't always just send his crew on simple delivery missions, but has sent them on charity missions as well as highly controversial missions. Even when his crew and company is unrelated or unsuited to the task, he isn't shy to send them along anyway.<br />
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=== Legacy ===<br />
[[File:A Clone of My Own.jpg|right|thumb]]<br />
As a member of the [[Academy of Inventors]], the Professor has created [[#Creations|many things]]. Often these don't live up to his expectations and are ridiculed by his fellow inventors. Occasionally, however, they can help save the day; the [[Smell-O-Scope]] for instance was laughed at by colleagues and Wernstrom had his revenge by giving it a poor grade, shortly afterward it detected a giant ball of garbage in space that was on a collision course with [[New New York]]. After the Planet Express crew averted the crisis, Wernstrom once more announced a thirst for revenge.<br />
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After his 150th birthday party, Hubert realised that he had no one to continue his work when he is gone. After days hidden in the lab, he emerged announcing that the clone he'd been growing the past twelve years would be his heir. Unfortunately, [[Cubert Farnsworth|Cubert]] did not want to follow in his footsteps. Farnsworth finally decided that his life was over, and revealed his actual age, 160, the age at which [[Sunset Squad Robot]]s would come and take him away to the [[Near Death Star]]. Soon after a rescue by his crew, Cubert finally decided to carry on with Farnsworth's research.<br />
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=== Corporate Takeover ===<br />
After a brief reunion with Mom on [[Mother's Day (holiday)|Mother's Day]] of the previous year, 3002 saw Farnsworth's company taken over twice. On the first occasion, Cubert and Hermes' son [[Dwight Conrad|Dwight]] expanded their paper route to consume Planet Express. Soon after this takeover, [[Awesome Express]] fell apart due to poor management. On the second occasion, a shareholder meeting resulted in a [[Steve Castle|mysterious stranger]] taking over as CEO from Farnsworth. Castle's running of the company was more successful, despite no deliveries being made during this time. Inevitably the company dropped back to it's original poor stock price after the new CEO's death and Farnsworth's reinstatement.<br />
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=== Old Problems ===<br />
When a heatwave hits and the usual method to counteract [[global warming]] fail, the Professor is forced to admit that all modern robots are descended from his designs, which produce lots of pollution. The scientists at the conference plan to destroy the robots is soon thwarted and Hubert received a medal for saving [[Earth|the planet]] and its robots. About a week later after his staff decided that he had become too old, they took him to [[The Bubbling Geezer]] a visit that resulted in everyone becoming younger. The eventual resolution of this situation took them to the [[Fountain of Aging]], where the waters made him "even older" than he had been.<br />
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=== Dark Matters ===<br />
[[File:FarnsworthIgner.png|right|thumb]]<br />
Over the years, Farnsworth's feud with Wernstrom continued to grow, and when an [[anomaly]] forms a short distance from the Earth the pair compete in [[Deathball]] to decide who will investigate. After Farnsworth's investigation proved unsuccessful the pair found themselves united for the first time since the pop quiz as the collaborated in research together, protested and shared a prison cell. But their new found friendship fell apart once more following an inter-universe relationship with [[Yivo]].<br />
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When Mom faked a dark matter shortage in {{year|3008}} in order to increase the price of dark matter worldwide, Farnsworth finally told the tale of how he discovered it, and decided to end it all, so that scientist could spend their time on developing cleaner fuels, such as [[Whale Oil]]. Farnsworth managed to enter Mom's dark matter mine on Alaska, which turned out to be a [[Nibblonian]] farm, where Mom had kept Nibblonians imprisoned for years to produce dark matter. However, with the help of his crew and his long lost son Igner, Farnsworth managed to bring the crystals close enough together to render dark matter useless. After converting to whale oil and receiving a few bribes for scientific endorsements, he joined the rest of the crew on a journey into a wormhole. Although most of the crew were killed as the ship crashed into Earth in early [[3010]], he survives and helps bringing them [[Rebirth|back to life]].<br />
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== Relationships ==<br />
[[File:Farnsworth promo.png|right|thumb|125px|Professor Hubert J. Farnsworth]]<br />
Farnsworth has at least on 3 accounts went back with [[Farnsworth-Mom relationship|his major love]], [[Mom]]. At around age 90, he worked for [[Mom's Friendly Robot Company]], where he designed robots for the company as well as toys, such as [[Q. T. McWhiskers]], but Mom's suggestion of turning the toy into a giant, made Farnsworth leave her, because she simply didn't understand him and from then on [[Mom-Farnsworth conflict|conflict grew between them]].<br />
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He would later return to Mom's company to work on creating actual robots, but back then, robots were stiff moving and not very efficient, however, when he sacrificed fuel efficiency, he succeeded, unfortunately, this robot design also caused [[global warming]]. Why he left Mom this time remains unsettled, but it may be because he once realised she was evil.<br />
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On a third occasion, Farnsworth was once again at the company with Mom, where he discovered the secret of [[Dark Matter]], around the time where [[Walt, Larry and Igner|Mom's sons]] were born. But when he found out she had left him for [[Dr. Ogden Wernstrom]], he left once again.<br />
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While his relationship with Mom has certainly be his largest, it has not been his only one, during a brief period of regaining the appearance of youth using stem cells from [[GeneWorks, S.K.G.]], he found a [[Farnsworth's girlfriend|girl willing to date him]], although she also turned out to have used her tax rebate for a belly ring to make her appear thinner. There was also a breif fling with [[Hattie]] while they were on the [[Titanic]].<br />
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In the episode "[[Proposition Infinity]]", it is shown that the Professor had a 40 year long relationship with a woman whom he met before [[Mom]]. This woman cheated on the Professor with a robot which caused the Professor's hatred towards [[Robosexuality|robossexual]] couples. It was also later revealed that that woman was herself a robot, and her name was [[Unit 47]].<br />
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== [[:Category:Farnsworth's Creations|Creations]] ==<br />
The professor, being a vivid inventor, has created numerous inventions, ranging from very sophisticated to down right crazy.<br />
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Here is a list of the Professor's inventions (in alphabetical order)<br />
{|<br />
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*[[Adolf Hitler Shark]]<br />
*[[Albino Shouting Gorillas]]<br />
*[[Anti-Pressure Pill]]<br />
*[[Atomic Supermen]]<br />
*[[Bacterial Spew Chamber]]<br />
*[[Bad-Ass Gravity Pump]]<br />
*[[Beautiful Women]]<br />
*[[Birthing Machine]]<br />
*[[Clone-O-Mat]] <br />
*[[Colossal Tammy-Tinkle Doll]]<br />
*[[Cool-O-Meter]]<br />
*[[Cubert Farnsworth]], technically<br />
*[[Dark Matter Afterburner]]<br />
*[[Dark Matter Engines]]<br />
*[[Death Clock]]<br />
*[[A Device That Makes Anyone Sound Like Farnsworth]]<br />
*[[Doomsday Devices]]<br />
*[[Electronium Hat]]<br />
*[[Electric Frankfurter]]<br />
*[[Empathy Chip]]<br />
*[[Enlarging Ray]]<br />
*[[F-Ray]]<br />
*[[Fast Cars]]<br />
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*[[Fing-Longer]]<br />
*[[The First Robot Capable of Qualifying for a Boat Loan]]<br />
*[[Galactic Terminatrix 3000]]<br />
*[[Gizmometer]]<br />
*[[Killbots]]<br />
*[[Makeup for Dogs]]<br />
*[[Maternifuge]]<br />
*[[Micro-Droid Machine]]<br />
*[[Net Suit]]<br />
*[[Nose Machine]]<br />
*[[Parallel Universe Box]]<br />
*[[Planet Express Ship]]<br />
*[[Pointy Rock Tied To A Stick]]<br />
*[[Q. T. McWhiskers]]<br />
*[[Reanimator]]<br />
*[[Relative Box]]<br />
*[[Smell-O-Scope]]<br />
*[[Sport-Utility Robot]]<br />
*[[Trendy Night Spots]]<br />
*[[Universal Translator]]<br />
*[[What-If Machine]]<br />
*[[Who-Ask Machine]]<br />
|}<br />
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== Family ==<br />
*[[Philip J. Fry|Fry]], Farnsworth's many-times-great-uncle and at the same time many-times-grand-father.<br />
*[[Cubert Farnsworth]], Farnsworth's clone/son.<br />
*[[Igner]], Farnsworth's son.<br />
*[[Philip J. Fry, II]], distant grandfather<br />
*[[Yancy Fry, Jr.]], distant grandfather<br />
*[[Yancy and Mrs. Fry]], distant grandparents<br />
*[[Mildred Fry]], distant grandmother<br />
*[[Yivo]], ex-spouse.<br />
[[File:Professor's eyes.JPG|right|thumb|Professor Farnsworth's eyes]]<br />
[[File:Farnsworth's Reading Glasses.jpg|right|thumb|Professor's reading glasses]]<br />
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== Additional Info ==<br />
=== Trivia ===<br />
*He was named "Farnsworth" in honor of Philo T. Farnsworth, the inventor of modern television, which was unveiled to America at the same World's Fair as the Futurama exhibit that the show is named for.<br />
*Throughout the series, we are never shown the professor's eyes, until the comic "[[Downsized!]]". This may or may not have been authorized by [[Matt Groening]].<br />
*Has the same blood type as [[Amy Wong]]. He has stated that is one of the reasons why he likes "keeping her around" ([[The Series Has Landed|1ACV02]]).<br />
*His bank account number is 299792458.<br />
*Became a wizard (quite possibly a parody of {{w|Gandalf}}) in {{f|3}}.<br />
*A certain running gag with the writers is to drop hints in the show that the professor is a cannibal of sorts.<br />
*Also known as the ''Catman'', due to his ability to land on his feet after falling great distances. However, it has apparently been so long since the last time he used this ability that even the Professor himself has forgotten why they called him the Catman.<br />
*Has a "Thug Life" tattoo on his back.<br />
*His driving position is up against the windscreen of the ship, a parody of the stereotypes of elderly drivers.<br />
*Like his extremely distant relative Fry, he had orange hair when he was younger.<br />
*At the start of the series his voice was nearly identical to Fry's, only slightly deeper and much older-sounding. As time went on however, the Professor's voice became much more distinct from Fry's, partly due to concerns by the creators that viewers with poor or no eyesight would find it hard to distinguish between the two.<br />
*Is the probably oldest living human in [[Earth]], except the [[heads in jars]] and peoples who were cryogenically frozen, because of his escape to the [[Near Death Star]].<br />
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=== Catchphrase ===<br />
Originally, the professor's catchphrase was going to be "...though [[I am already in my pajamas]]." This was only used in [[Space Pilot 3000|the first]] and [[The Series Has Landed|second]] episodes.<br />
<br/> The professor's basic catchphrase is "[[Good news, everyone]]!" The phrase is used so frequently that it was already possible to joke about it in the [[My Three Suns|seventh episode]].<br /><br />
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He also occasionally refers to "[[Zombie Jesus]]" either by saying "Sweet Zombie Jesus" or "Holy Zombie Jesus".<br />
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When he is spoken to or asked a question, he also commonly says "Eh-wha?" This is used often to emphasize his senility and hearing loss. <br />
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The final "catchphrase" used by the Professor is "Oh My..."<br />
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=== Quotes ===<br />
{{q|<br />
<poem>'''Professor Farnsworth''': Why bother remembering anything? You're just going to forget it five minutes later.</poem><br />
<poem>'''Professor Farnsworth''': And so we say goodbye to our beloved pet, Nibbler, who's gone to a place where I, too, hope one day to go. The toilet.</poem><br />
<poem>'''Professor Farnsworth''': Sweet zombie Jesus!</poem><br />
<poem>'''Professor Farnsworth''': Oh Lordy Lou, HELP! Buddha! Zeus! God! One of you guys, do something! Help! Satan, you owe me!</poem><br />
<poem>'''Professor Farnsworth''': Yes, it's the Apocalypse alright. I always knew I'd have a hand in it.</poem><br />
<poem>'''Professor Farnsworth''': Dear God, they'll be killed on our doorstep! And there's no trash pickup until 3 January!</poem><br />
<poem>'''Professor Farnsworth''': Good news, everyone! I've taught the toaster to feel love!</poem><br />
<poem>'''Professor Farnsworth''': Good news, everyone! There's a report on TV with some very bad news!</poem><br />
<poem>'''Professor Farnsworth''': Goodbye, cruel world. Goodbye, cruel lamp. Goodbye, cruel velvet drapes, lined with what would appear to be some sort of cruel muslin and the cute little pom-pom curtain pull cords. Cruel though they may be...</poem><br />
<poem>'''Professor Farnsworth''': Oh dear! She's stuck in an infinite loop, and he's an idiot! Well, that's love for you.</poem><br />
<poem>'''Professor Farnsworth''': Oh, how awful. Did he at least die painlessly? ...To shreds, you say. Well, how is his wife holding up? ...To shreds, you say!</poem><br />
<poem>'''Professor Farnsworth''': ''[About altering the timeline.]'' And remember, don't do anything that affects anything, unless it turns out you were supposed to, in which case, for the love of God, don't not do it!</poem><br />
<poem>'''Professor Farnsworth''': Oh, I don't have time for this. I have to go and buy a single piece of fruit with a coupon and then return it, making people wait behind me while I complain.</poem><br />
<poem>'''Bender''': Ah, yes! John Quincy Adding Machine. He struck a chord with the voters when he pledged not to go on a killing spree.<br />
'''Professor Farnsworth''': But, like most politicians, he promised more than he could deliver.</poem><br />
<poem>'''Professor Farnsworth''': Anyhoo, your net-suits will allow you to experience Fry's worm infested bowels as if you were actually wriggling through them.<br />
'''Dr. Zoidberg''': There's no part of that sentence I didn't like!</poem><br />
<poem>'''Professor Hubert Farnsworth''': Who are those horrible orange creatures over there?<br />
'''Glurmo''': Why, those are the Grunka-Lunkas. They work here in the Slurm factory.<br />
'''Professor Hubert Farnsworth''': Tell them I hate them.</poem><br />
<poem>'''Richard Nixon's Head''': Good evening, ignorant pigs. Put down your crack pipes and your beer bongs and pay attention, as I sign a historic peace accord with ambassador Kong of planet [[Nintendu 64]].<br />
'''Fry''': Wait a second, I know that monkey, his name is Donkey!<br />
'''Professor Hubert Farnsworth''': Monkey's aren't donkeys, quit messing with my head!</poem><br />
<poem>'''Colleen''': Have you seen how much cotton candy he can eat?<br />
'''Professor Hubert Farnsworth''': Oh, my, yes. 5.1 pounds. That's why his blood is so good on pancakes.</poem><br />
<poem>'''Professor Farnsworth''': Belay that Parcheesi tournament!</poem><br />
|2}}<br />
Professor Farnsworth: Oh, and if you kill anyone, remember to eat their heart to gain their courage, their rich tasty courage *smacks lips*<br />
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=== Appearances ===<br />
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While Professor Farnsworth appears in most episodes, films and comics, with the exception of "[[The Why of Fry]]" and "[[Where No Fan Has Gone Before]]", these categories may be of interest:<br />
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*[[:Category:A plots focusing on Professor Farnsworth|A plots focusing on Professor Farnsworth]]<br />
*[[:Category:B plots focusing on Professor Farnsworth|B plots focusing on Professor Farnsworth]]<br />
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[[Category:Humans]]<br />
[[Category:Planet Express]]<br />
[[Category:Scientists]]</div>99.177.190.111http://theinfosphere.org/index.php?title=Jim&diff=62478Jim2010-07-13T21:06:56Z<p>99.177.190.111: /* Quotes */</p>
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|image text =Jim prior to his death<br />
|age =42 (to his death)<br />
|birth date =2968<br />
|gender =Male<br />
|species =[[Humans|Human]]<br />
|origin =probably [[Earth]]<br />
|job =[[Channel √2 News]] hovercopter reporter<br />
|first appear ={{e|6ACV04}}<br />
|voiced by =<br />
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'''Jim''' was a reporter for the [[Channel √2 News]]. He was once the main subject of the news when talking about an hovercopter crash, however that was his hovercopter crash, then he died.<br />
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== Additional Info ==<br />
=== Quotes ===<br />
{{q|<br />
<poem>'''[[Morbo]]''': I HATED JIM!</poem><br />
}}<br />
Jim: I have just been informed that my last words were, "back to you Linda".<br />
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=== Appearances ===<br />
*{{e|6ACV04}}</div>99.177.190.111http://theinfosphere.org/index.php?title=Jim&diff=62477Jim2010-07-13T21:06:36Z<p>99.177.190.111: /* Quotes */</p>
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|age =42 (to his death)<br />
|birth date =2968<br />
|gender =Male<br />
|species =[[Humans|Human]]<br />
|origin =probably [[Earth]]<br />
|job =[[Channel √2 News]] hovercopter reporter<br />
|first appear ={{e|6ACV04}}<br />
|voiced by =<br />
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'''Jim''' was a reporter for the [[Channel √2 News]]. He was once the main subject of the news when talking about an hovercopter crash, however that was his hovercopter crash, then he died.<br />
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== Additional Info ==<br />
=== Quotes ===<br />
{{q|<br />
<poem>'''[[Morbo]]''': I HATED JIM!</poem><br />
}}<br />
<poem>'''[Jim]''': I have just been informed that my last words were, "back to you Linda".<br />
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=== Appearances ===<br />
*{{e|6ACV04}}</div>99.177.190.111http://theinfosphere.org/index.php?title=Jim&diff=62476Jim2010-07-13T21:06:08Z<p>99.177.190.111: /* Quotes */</p>
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<div>{{character infobox<br />
|name =Jim<br />
|type =t<br />
|type2 =d<br />
|image =[[File:Jim Hovercopter Crash.png|225px]]<br />
|image text =Jim prior to his death<br />
|age =42 (to his death)<br />
|birth date =2968<br />
|gender =Male<br />
|species =[[Humans|Human]]<br />
|origin =probably [[Earth]]<br />
|job =[[Channel √2 News]] hovercopter reporter<br />
|first appear ={{e|6ACV04}}<br />
|voiced by =<br />
}}<br />
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'''Jim''' was a reporter for the [[Channel √2 News]]. He was once the main subject of the news when talking about an hovercopter crash, however that was his hovercopter crash, then he died.<br />
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== Additional Info ==<br />
=== Quotes ===<br />
{{q|<br />
<poem>'''[[Morbo]]''': I HATED JIM!</poem><br />
}}<br />
{{q|<br />
<poem>'''[Jim]''': I have just been informed that my last words were, "back to you Linda".<br />
}}<br />
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=== Appearances ===<br />
*{{e|6ACV04}}</div>99.177.190.111http://theinfosphere.org/index.php?title=Number_1.0&diff=62339Number 1.02010-07-11T20:31:24Z<p>99.177.190.111: /* Quotes */ Added the forms quote</p>
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|family=<br />
|first appear={{e|2ACV11}}<br />
|voiced by=David Herman<br />
|bureaucrat grade=1.0<br />
}}<br />
'''Number 1.0''' is a bureaucrat at the [[Central Bureaucracy]]. He flies around on a plane/desk and is the head bureaucrat. He orders [[Hermes Conrad|Hermes]] to finish sorting the master "in" pile by 1:00 p.m. Hermes finished with four seconds to spare but he demoted him by two ranks because a good bureaucrat never finishes early, only to promote him by one rank a few minutes later after Hermes pointed out [[Morgan Proctor|a fellow bureaucrat]] had stamped a document 4 times when it needed to be stamped 5 times.<br />
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== Additional Info ==<br />
=== Quotes ===<br />
*'''Number 1.0:''' Don't quote me regulations. I co-chaired the committee that reviewed the recommendation to revise the color of the book that regulation's in.<br/>We kept it gray.<br />
*'''Number 1.0:''' Bureaucrat Conrad, you are technically correct - the best kind of correct.<br />
*'''Number 1.0:''' GUARDS! Bring me the forms I need to fill out to have her taken away!<br />
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=== Appearances ===<br />
*{{e|2ACV11}}<br />
{{f|2}}<br />
*{{f|4}} (seen in [[Audience scene|audience]])<br />
{{clink|US#011|The Cure for the Common Clod}}<br />
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[[Category:Humans]]</div>99.177.190.111http://theinfosphere.org/index.php?title=List_of_products&diff=62291List of products2010-07-11T03:20:15Z<p>99.177.190.111: /* All Purpose Spray */ added another function of all purpose spray</p>
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<div>__NOTOC__<br />
''[[Futurama]]'' is full of countless products and pieces of merchandise, which can be seen in nearly every episode, splattered on the hundreds of billboards and commercials throughout [[New New York]], and [[Earth]]'s many other major cities. Ads are often recurring, and can be seen many times in one episode, or constantly throughout the show.<br />
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=== π-in-1 Oil ===<br />
[[File:Pi-in-1 oil.jpg|right|150px]] <br />
'''First Appearance:''' "[[Insane in the Mainframe]]"<br><br />
'''Description:''' Ship oil. Seems to have 3.14159 oils combined into 1!<br /> <br />
'''Type:''' Commercial.<br />
{{Clear}}<br />
<br />
=== Admiral Crunch ===<br />
[[File:Admiral Crunch.jpg|right|150px]]<br />
'''First Appearance:''' "[[The Series Has Landed]]"<br><br />
'''Description:''' Based on the 20th century Captain Crunch. In the intervening millenium the titular mascot has been promoted, a reference to Star Trek and its habit of depicting future versions of prominent captains as admirals.<br /><br />
'''Type''': Commercial.<br />
{{Clear}}<br />
<br />
=== All Purpose Spray ===<br />
[[File:All Purpose Spray.jpg|right|150px]]<br />
'''First Appearance:''' "[[Roswell that Ends Well]]"<br><br />
'''Description:''' A spray that apparently produces pretty much anything needed, including bikinis, Christmas lights, and early 20th century army fatigues.<br /><br />
'''Type''': Unknown, possibly a Professor Farnsworth creation.<br />
{{Clear}}<br />
<br />
=== Angry Norwegian Anchovies ===<br />
{{see|Angry Norwegian}}<br />
[[File:Angry_Norwegian_Anchovies.jpg|right|150px]]<br />
'''First Appearances''': "[[A Fishful of Dollars]]"<br /><br />
'''Description''': A thousand-year can of anchovies. Due to the anchovy's extinction in the 2200s, they are now extremely valuable.<br /><br />
'''Type''': Commercial. Probably went out of business when the anchovies became extinct.<br />
{{Clear}}<br />
<br />
=== Arachno Spores ===<br />
[[File:Arachno Spores.jpg|right|150px]]<br />
'''First Appearances''': "[[The Lesser of Two Evils]]" <br><br />
'''Description''': "The fatal spore with the funny name!" <br><br />
'''Type''': Commercial.<br />
{{Clear}}<br />
<br />
=== Archduke Chocula ===<br />
[[File:Archduke Chocula.jpg|right|150px]]<br />
'''First Appearances''': "[[The Series Has Landed]]"<br /><br />
'''Description''': 31st Century version of Count Chocula.<br /><br />
'''Type''': Commercial.<br />
{{Clear}}<br />
<br />
=== Bachelor Chow ===<br />
{{see|Bachelor Chow}}<br />
[[File:Bachelor Chow.jpg|right|150px]]<br />
'''First Appearances''': "[[Space Pilot 3000]]"<br /><br />
'''Description''': Cheap, dog-food-like substance sold in bulk to bachelors. Just add water!<br /><br />
'''Slogan''': [[Bachelor Chow]], now with flavour.<br /><br />
'''Type''': Commercial.<br />
{{Clear}}<br />
<br />
=== Bamboo Boogie Boots ===<br />
[[File:Bamboo Boogie Boots.jpg|right|150px]]<br />
'''First Appearances''': "[[Three Hundred Big Boys]]"<br /><br />
'''Description''': An entertainment product consisting of boots that produces long bamboo stilts, which are apparently hard to get the hang of. Carries a large and prominent warning label.<br /><br />
'''Type''': Commercial.<br />
{{Clear}}<br />
<br />
=== Bean-Bay Beans ===<br />
[[File:Bean Bay Beans.jpg|right|150px]]<br />
'''First Appearances''': "[[A Leela of Her Own]]"<br /><br />
'''Description''': A brand of Beans advertised by [[Turanga Leela|Leela]] when she becomes the world's first woman Blurnsball player.<br /><br />
'''Type''': Commercial.<br />
{{Clear}}<br />
<br />
=== Bendërbrāu ===<br />
[[File:Benderbrau.jpg|right|150px]]<br />
'''First Appearances''': "[[The Route of All Evil]]"<br /><br />
'''Description''': A beer brewed by the Planet Express crew inside [[Bender Bending Rodríguez|Bender's]] body cavity as an alternative to having to choose a commercial brand.<br /><br />
'''Trivia''': The label on the beer is the actual label that the graphics department created for the real-life beer brewed by the staff. The name seems to refer to the German beer brand '''Löwenbräu''' albeit the '''ë''' and '''[[wikipedia:Ā|ā]]''' does not exist in German. The correct spelling in German would be '''Benderbräu'''.<br /><!-- Note people; there is a line, not an umlaut over the a. There is a difference. --><br />
'''Type''': Homebrewed.<br />
{{Clear}}<br />
<br />
=== Bender's Favorite ===<br />
[[File:Bender's Favourite.jpg|right|150px]]<br />
'''First Appearances''': "[[Bender Should Not Be Allowed on Television]]"<br /><br />
'''Description''': One of the Bender brand tobacco products.<br /><br />
'''Type''': Commercial, probably out of production due to Bender's resignation from All My Circuits.<br />
{{Clear}}<br />
<br />
=== Benderillos ===<br />
[[File:Benderillos.jpg|right|150px]]<br />
'''First Appearances''': "[[Bender Should Not Be Allowed on Television]]"<br /><br />
'''Description''': One of the Bender brand tobacco products.<br /><br />
'''Type''': Commercial, probably out of production due to Bender's resignation from All My Circuits. The name refers to {{w|Cigarillos}}.<br />
{{Clear}}<br />
<br />
=== Bender Smokes ===<br />
[[File:Bender Smokes.jpg|right|150px]]<br />
'''First Appearances''': "[[Bender Should Not Be Allowed on Television]]"<br /><br />
'''Description''': One of the Bender brand tobacco products.<br /><br />
'''Type''': Commercial, probably out of production due to Bender's resignation from All My Circuits.<br />
{{Clear}}<br />
<br />
=== Big Pink ===<br />
[[File:Big Pink.jpg|right|150px]]<br />
'''First Appearances''': "[[War Is the H-Word]]"<br /><br />
'''Description''': A brand of ham-based bubblegum, consisting mostly of bones. It pinkens your teeth while you chew and provides "breath as fresh as a summer ham".<br /><br />
'''Type''': Commercial.<br />
{{Clear}}<br />
<br />
=== Dr. FlimFlam's Miracle Cream ===<br />
{{see|Dr. FlimFlam's Miracle Cream}}<br />
[[File:FlimFlam2.jpg|right|150px]]<br />
'''First Appearance:''' "[[Less than Hero]]"<br><br />
'''Description:''' A rub-on cream that soothes aching muscles and causes superpowers in humans.<br /><br />
'''Type''': Medical.<br />
{{Clear}}<br />
<br />
=== Dutch Butts ===<br />
[[File:Dutch Butts.jpg|right|150px]]<br />
'''First Appearance''': "[[Three Hundred Big Boys]]"<br /><br />
'''Description''': A brand of Cigars sold at [[New New York|Hacking Jack's Fine Smokables]].<br /><br />
'''Type''': Commercial.<br />
{{Clear}}<br />
<br />
===Glagnar's Human Rinds=== <br />
[[File:Glagnar's Human Rinds.jpg|right|150px]]<br />
'''First Appearance''': "[[I Second that Emotion]]" <br><br />
'''Description''': Human rinds. <br /> <br />
'''Type''': Commercial. <br><br />
'''Slogan''': It's a buncha muncha cruncha humans!<br />
{{Clear}}<br />
<br />
=== Gobble Wieners ===<br />
[[File:Gobble Wieners.png|right|150px]]<br />
'''First Appearance''': "[[Three Hundred Big Boys]]"<br /><br />
'''Description''': A 31st Century Turkey Dog.<br /> <br />
'''Type''': Commercial. <br />
{{Clear}}<br />
<br />
=== Hairibo ===<br />
[[File:Hairibo.png|right|150px]]<br />
'''First Appereance:''' ''[[Bender's Big Score]]''<br><br />
'''Description:''' Hairibo refers to the biggest producer of gummi and jelly sweets [[wikipedia:Haribo|Haribo]] from Germany.<br /><br />
'''Type:''' Commercial.<br />
{{Clear}}<br />
<br />
=== Hubble Bubble ===<br />
[[File:Hubble Bubble.jpg|right|150px]]<br />
'''First Appearance:''' "[[War Is the H-Word]]"<br><br />
'''Description:''' A brand of bubble gum. Refers to Wrigley's Hubba Bubba and the world famous Hubble Space Telescope.<br /><br />
'''Type''': Commercial.<br />
{{Clear}}<br />
<br />
=== Iffy Pop ===<br />
[[File:Iffy Pop.jpg|right|150px]]<br />
'''First Appearance''': "[[Roswell that Ends Well]]"<br /><br />
'''Description''': A popcorn that should not be put in a microwave. A parody of ''[[Wikipedia:Jiffy Pop|Jiffy Pop]]''.<br /><br />
'''Type''': Commercial.<br />
{{Clear}}<br />
<br />
=== Kibbles 'N' Snouts ===<br />
{{see|Kibbles 'N' Snouts}}<br />
[[File:Kibbles_n_Snouts.jpg|right|150px]]<br />
'''First Appearance''': "[[I Second that Emotion]]"<br /><br />
'''Description''': A 31st century brand of pet food, suitable for dogs and Nibblonians. It refers to the dog food brand [[Wikipedia:Kibbles 'n Bits|Kibbles 'n Bits]].<br /><br />
'''Slogan''': If you've got the nibbles, go for some kibbles!<br /><br />
'''Type''': Commercial.<br />
{{Clear}}<br />
<br />
=== Klein's Beer ===<br />
[[File:Kleins Beer.jpg|right|150px]]<br />
'''First Appearance''': "[[The Route of All Evil]]"<br /><br />
'''Description''': A brand of beer sold in a topologically bizarre [[wikipedia:Klein bottle|bottle]].<br /><br />
'''Type''': Commercial.<br />
{{Clear}}<br />
<br />
=== Le Grand Cigar ===<br />
{{see|Le Grand Cigar}}<br />
[[File:Le Grand Cigar.jpg|right|150px]]<br />
'''First Appearance''': "[[Three Hundred Big Boys]]"<br /><br />
'''Description''': A very special antique cigar sold at [[New New York|Hacking Jack's Fine Smokables]] costing $10,000. According to [[Hacking Jack]], this cigar's wrapper is a piece of the original U.S. constitution, was rolled by Queen Elizabeth (during her "wild years"), and was buried with George Burns until grave-robbing space mushrooms, well, you know the rest. The price is significant, as $10,000 is the minimum value for a stolen item to be considered 'grand theft'; Bender makes off with it and is later charged with Grand Theft Tobacco for stealing it.<br /><br />
'''Type''': Speciality.<br />
{{Clear}}<br />
<br />
=== Lightspeed Briefs ===<br />
{{see|Lightspeed Briefs}}<br />
[[File:Lightspeed briefs.jpg|right|150px]]<br />
'''First Appearance:''' "[[A Fishful of Dollars]]"<br /><br />
'''Description''': Lightspeed Briefs are comfortable underwear that cost around $30. They were advertised in dreams.<br /><br />
'''Type''': Commercial.<br />
{{Clear}}<br />
<br />
=== Liquid Nitrogum ===<br />
[[File:Liquid Nitrogen.jpg|right|150px]]<br />
'''First Appearance:''' "[[War Is the H-Word]]"<br><br />
'''Description:''' A brand of bubble gum. It clearly refers to [[wikipedia:Wm. Wrigley Jr. Company#Brands|Wrigley's Chewing Gum]] albeit the actual Wrigley's design was modernized, and is obviously a play on words of the chemical 'liquid nitrogen'.<br /><br />
'''Type''': Commercial.<br />
{{Clear}}<br />
<br />
=== LöBrau Beer ===<br />
[[File:LoBrau.jpg|right|150px]]<br />
'''First Appearance''': "[[Space Pilot 3000]]"<br><br />
'''Description''': A brand of beer that was sold in both the 20th and 31st centuries, possibly all throughout the millenium. The umlauts above the 'o' are apparently a selling point. This brand clearly refers to the German brand [[wikipedia:Löwenbräu|Löwenbräu]] which is very popular in the USA; it is also a play on words of the phrase 'low brow', which describles a person who has uncultivated or nonintellectual tastes.<br /><br />
'''Type''': Commercial.<br />
{{Clear}}<br />
<br />
=== Lovey Bears ===<br />
{{see|Lovey Bears}}<br />
[[File:Lovey Bears.jpg|right|150px]]<br />
'''First Appearance''': "[[Love and Rocket]]"<br><br />
'''Description''': These cute bears are genetically engineered by Romanticorp. They are raised in the "Lovey Forest" until their first birthday, then, the cuddly-uddliest ones are killed then stuffed full of "fire-retardant love fluff".<br /><br />
'''Type''': Commercial.<br />
{{Clear}}<br />
<br />
=== Mobil Dick Whale Oil ===<br />
{{see|Whale Oil}} <br />
[[File:Whale Oil.png|right|150px]] <br />
'''First Appearance''': "[[Bendin' in the Wind]]"<br><br />
'''Description''': The alternate fuel of the future, whale oil is used to power certain vehicles and machines. The name and logo are references to {{w|Moby Dick}} and {{w|ExxonMobil}}.<br /><br />
'''Type''': Commercial.<br />
{{Clear}}<br />
<br />
=== Molten Boron ===<br />
[[File:Molten Boron.jpg|right|150px]]<br />
'''First Appearance''': "[[The Problem with Popplers]]"<br><br />
'''Description''': A large drum of boron, at 2,075 degrees Celsius or more.<br /><br />
'''Type''': Commercial. <br><br />
'''Slogan:''' Nobody doesn't like Molten Boron!<br />
{{Clear}}<br />
<br />
=== Mom's Old-Fashioned Robot Oil ===<br />
{{see|Mom's Old-Fashioned Robot Oil}}<br />
[[File:Robot Oil.jpg|right|150px]]<br />
'''First Appearance''': "[[A Fishful of Dollars]]"<br /><br />
'''Descripton''': Produced by [[MomCorp]], [[Mom's Old-Fashioned Robot Oil]] is the most popular Oil brand.<br /><br />
'''Slogan''': Made with 10% more love than the next leading brand.<br /><br />
'''Type''': Commercial.<br />
{{Clear}}<br />
<br />
=== Monsieur Carton ===<br />
[[File:Monsieur Carton.jpg|right|150px]]<br />
'''First Appearance''': "[[Spanish Fry]]"<br><br />
'''Description''': A brand of boxed wine.<br /><br />
'''Type''': Commercial.<br />
{{Clear}}<br />
<br />
=== Mr. Wino ===<br />
[[File:Mr Wino.png|right|150px]]<br />
'''First Appearance''': ''[[The Beast with a Billion Backs]]''<br /><br />
'''Description''': A mechanical wine dispenser that quickly renders grapes into wine, bottles it and immediately uncorks it.<br /><br />
'''Type''': Household appliance.<br />
{{Clear}}<br />
<br />
=== Old Farmer's Wikipedia ===<br />
{{see|Old Farmer's Wikipedia}}<br />
[[File:Wiki.jpg|right|150px]]<br />
'''First Appearance''': ''[[The Beast with a Billion Backs]]''<br /><br />
'''Description''': An agricultural calendar and encyclopedia. The name is a reference to the [[wikipedia:Old Farmer's Almanac|Old Farmer's Almanac]] and the Internet database [[wikipedia:Wikipedia|Wikipedia]].<br /><br />
'''Type''': Unknown<br />
{{Clear}}<br />
<br />
=== Olde Fortran Malt Liquor ===<br />
[[File:Olde Fortran Malt Liquor.jpg|right|150px]]<br />
'''First Appearance''': "[[Space Pilot 3000]]"<br /><br />
'''Descripton''': A brand of liquor popular among robots, especially Bender. The name is a reference to the computer language ''Fortran'' and the [[wikipedia:Olde English 800|Olde English]] malt liquor.<br /><br />
'''Type''': Commercial.<br />
{{Clear}}<br />
<br />
=== Orlon Candy ===<br />
[[File:Orlon Candy.jpg|right|150px]]<br />
'''First Appearance''': "[[The Series Has Landed]]"<br /><br />
'''Descripton''': A [[Luna Park]] version of cotton candy. Named after the old DuPont brand of acrylic Fibers.<br /><br />
'''Type''': Commercial.<br />
{{Clear}}<br />
<br />
=== Pabst Blue Robot ===<br />
[[File:Pabst Blue Robot.jpg|right|150px]]<br />
'''First Appearance''': "[[Space Pilot 3000]]"<br /><br />
'''Descripton''': A brand of beer, presumably specifically designed for robots. Consumption by humans is inadvisable due to the presence of throat-bloodying metal shavings. It is a play on "Pabst Blue Ribbon," a popular beer<br /><br />
'''Type''': Commercial.<br />
{{Clear}}<br />
<br />
=== Popplers ===<br />
{{see|Popplers}}<br />
[[File:Omicronian Larva.jpg|right|150px]]<br />
'''First Appearance:''' "[[The Problem with Popplers]]"<br><br />
'''Description:''' A delicious foodstuff resembling fried prawn/shrimp. It was sold for a time by [[Fishy Joe's]], until the snack was revealed to be [[Omicronians|Omicronian]] young.<br /><br />
'''Type''': Commercial, went out of use when their true origin was discovered.<br />
{{Clear}}<br />
<br />
=== Red Minotaur ===<br />
[[File:Red Minotaur.png|right|150px]]<br />
'''First Appearance:''' ''[[The Beast with a Billion Backs]]''<br><br />
'''Description:''' An energy drink that, when ingested, is visible within the body to the naked eye. Refers to {{w|Red Bull}} Energy Drink.<br><br />
'''Type''': Commercial.<br />
{{Clear}}<br />
<br />
=== Robo Fresh ===<br />
[[File:Robo-fresh.jpg|right|150px]]<br />
'''First Appearance:''' "[[I, Roommate]]"<br><br />
'''Description:''' A robot hygiene product that at one point sponsored [[All My Circuits]].<br><br />
'''Slogan:''' Robo-Fresh, designed by a [[Robot]], for a Robot.<br /><br />
'''Type''': Commercial.<br />
{{Clear}}<br />
<br />
=== Royal Kooparillo ===<br />
[[File:Royal Kooparillo.jpg|right|150px]]<br />
'''First Appearance''': "[[Three Hundred Big Boys]]"<br /><br />
'''Description''': A brand of Cigars sold at [[New New York#Hacking Jack.27s Fine Smokables|Hacking Jack's Fine Smokables]].<br /><br />
'''Type''': Commercial.<br />
{{Clear}}<br />
<br />
=== Sam Adams' Head Boston Lager ===<br />
[[File:Sam Adams' Head Boston Lager.jpg|right|150px]]<br />
'''First Appearance''': "[[The Route of All Evil]]"<br /><br />
'''Description''': A brand of lager. It also refers to the brand "[[wikipedia:Boston Beer Company|Samuel Adams]]".<br /><br />
'''Type''': Commercial.<br />
{{Clear}}<br />
<br />
=== Shiz ===<br />
[[File:Shiz.jpg|right|150px]]<br />
'''First Appearance''': "[[The Why of Fry]]"<br /><br />
'''Description''': A soda drink.<br /><br />
'''Type''': Commercial.<br />
{{Clear}}<br />
<br />
=== Slurm ===<br />
{{see|Slurm}}<br />
[[File:Slurm Splat Logo.png|right|150px]]<br />
'''First Appearance''': "[[Space Pilot 3000]]"<br /><br />
'''Description''': A highly addictive, highly popular soft drink, exuded from the behind of a giant worm queen. Parody of [[wikipedia:Coca-Cola|Coca-Cola]], which is made using similar production techniques.<br /><br />
'''Slogan''': ''Slurm its highly addictive'' or ''Enjoy Slurm''.<br /><br />
'''Trivia''': Slurm is apparently advertised in every episode of [[Futurama]].<br /><br />
'''Type''': Commercial.<br />
{{Clear}}<br />
<br />
=== Slurmee ===<br />
{{see|Slurm#Types of Slurm|Slurmee}}<br />
[[File:Slurmee.jpg|right|150px]]<br />
'''First Appearance''': "[[Fry and the Slurm Factory]]"<br><br />
'''Description''': Slurmee is an icy version of [[Slurm]]. A parody of ''[[wikipedia:Slurpie|Slurpee]]'' <br /><br />
'''Type''': Commercial.<br />
{{Clear}}<br />
<br />
=== Soylent Products ===<br />
{{see|Soylent Products}}<br />
[[File:Soylentgreen.png|right|150px]]<br />
'''First Appearance''': "[[Fry and the Slurm Factory]]" (Mentioned)<br /><br />
'''Description''': A variety of food products made from people.<br /><br />
'''Type''': Commercial.<br />
{{Clear}}<br />
<br />
=== Spider Yum ===<br />
[[File:Spider Yum.jpg|right|150px]]<br />
'''First Appearance''': "[[War Is the H-Word]]"<br /><br />
'''Description''': A brand of bubblegum. An obvious parody of gum brand ''Bubble Yum'' as well as various rumors that they contain spider eggs. <br /><br />
'''Type''': Commercial.<br />
{{Clear}}<br />
<br />
=== St. Pauli Exclusion Principle Girl ===<br />
[[File:Saint Pauli Exclusion Principle Girl.jpg|right|150px]]<br />
'''First Appearance''': "[[The Route of All Evil]]"<br /><br />
'''Description''': A brand of beer. A dual reference to a mathematical principle and real beer brand [[wikipedia:St. Pauli Girl|St. Pauli Girl]].<br /><br />
'''Type''': Commercial.<br />
{{Clear}}<br />
<br />
=== Tanning Butter ===<br />
[[File:TanningButter.png|right|150px]]<br />
'''First Appearance''': "[[When Aliens Attack]]"<br /><br />
'''Description''': A generic type of tanning butter used by [[Leela]].<br /><br />
'''Type''': Commercial.<br />
{{Clear}}<br />
<br />
=== Thompson's Teeth ===<br />
[[File:Thompson's Teeth.jpg|right|150px]]<br />
'''First Appearance''': "[[Insane in the Mainframe]]" <br><br />
'''Description''': Dentures sturdy enough to allow the wearer to eat other teeth.<br /><br />
'''Slogan''': "The only teeth strong enough to eat other teeth." <br><br />
'''Type''': Commercial.<br />
{{Clear}}<br />
<br />
=== Tickle Me Bender Dolls ===<br />
{{see|Tickle Me Bender}}<br />
[[File:Ticklemebender.jpg|right|150px]]<br />
'''First Appearance''': ''[[Into the Wild Green Yonder]]'' <br><br />
'''Description''': Small Bender dolls that can get tickled, and doesn't want you to touch his junk. Parody of [[wikipedia:Tickle Me Elmo|Tickle Me Elmo dolls]]. <br /><br />
'''Type''': Commercial.<br />
{{Clear}}<br />
<br />
=== Torgo's Executive Powder ===<br />
{{see|Torgo's Executive Powder}}<br />
[[File:Torgo's Executive Powder.png|right|150px]]<br />
'''First Appearance''': ''[[Bender's Big Score]]''<br /><br />
'''Description''': A pink powder, made from executives, that has "a million and one" uses.<br /><br />
'''Type''': Commercial.<br />
{{Clear}}<br />
<br />
=== Zuban Cigars ===<br />
[[File:Fine Zubans.jpg|right|150px]]<br />
'''First Appearance''': "[[Bender Gets Made]]"<br /><br />
'''Description''': The finest cigars in the universe. Parody of ''[[wikipedia:Cigars#Cuban cigars|Cuban Cigars]]''.<br /><br />
'''Type''': Commercial.<br /><br />
'''Motto''': "Just Add Fire!"<br />
{{Clear}}<br />
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[[Category:Lists|Products]]<br />
[[Category:Products|*]]</div>99.177.190.111http://theinfosphere.org/index.php?title=Brain_slugs&diff=62095Brain slugs2010-07-08T05:48:05Z<p>99.177.190.111: /* Additional Info */ added the location of the brain slug planet!</p>
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<div>{{species infobox<br />
|name=Brain Slugs<br />
|image=[[File:Brain Slugs.jpg|225px]]<br />
|homeworld=[[The Brain Slug Planet]]<br />
|first appear={{e|2ACV03}}<br />
}}<br />
'''Brain Slugs''' are little parasitic slugs that attach themselves to the heads of intelligent beings (such as humans) and control them. They are about as big as a fist, green, translucent and have two feelers and one enormous eye.<br />
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=== Symptoms of Posession ===<br />
A person possessed by a brain slug will be likely to speak in a monotone voice and do everything to further the spreading of brain slugs throughout the universe, but the easiest way to tell a person is infected is by the brain slug sitting on their head. The person possessed retains awareness of his condition, which Hermes referred to as a "nightmare". The recommended procedure of dealing with a brain slug victim is to act natural and switch to a garlic shampoo. Another way to deny attachment is wearing a helmet. Fortunately, brain slugs are not very intelligent and can be easily removed without harming the possessed person, minimizing the risk. Once removed from the afflicted persons' head, the person returns immediately to normal.<br />
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=== Brain Slug Party ===<br />
There is a '''Brain Slug Party''' on Earth, naturally organized by citizens of Earth with brain slugs attached to them. Its political goals include awarding unreasonably high subsidies to the Brain Slug Planet and attaching brain slugs to "the working man"- and basically everyone else on Earth.<br />
<br />
=== Characters Assimilated ===<br />
Two employees of Planet Express have had experience with brain slugs. [[Hermes Conrad|Hermes]] was afflicted in "[[A Head in the Polls]]", and again in "[[Raging Bender]]" when he managed to infect [[Philip J. Fry|Fry]]. In Fry's case, the brain slug died of starvation shortly after attaching to his head. This raises interesting questions about whether the brain slugs feed on the victim's [[Delta Brain Wave]] to survive, for Fry lacks this particular wave form. [[The Day the Earth Stood Stupid|(3ACV07)]] However, it is also possible that Fry is just an idiot and lacks the mental energy to sustain an adult brain slug. In the [[Futurama (video game)|Futurama video game]] Hermes is again infected.<br />
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== Additional Info ==<br />
=== Trivia ===<br />
*On the [[Raging Bender (commentary)|audio commentary]] for "[[Raging Bender]]", [[David X. Cohen]] states that the brain slugs were initially planned to fulfill a different, larger role. They would have hung on ceilings and dropped on the heads of people, making them smarter for a time, but ultimately covering their entire heads.<br />
*A brain-slug-like hat is featured in Valve's Team Fortress 2 and is named Triboniophorus Tyrannus after a green Australian native bug.<br />
*Their home planet is located in the "Spleef" nebula according to Amy, although this could have been sarcasm or a mispronunciation.<br />
<br />
=== Quotes ===<br />
{{q|<br />
<poem>'''Hermes''': [monotonous] The flight had a stopover on the Brain Slug Planet. Hermes liked it so much he decided to stay of his own free will.</poem><br />
<poem>'''Hermes''': [monotonous] I got you an official Bender hat. ''[He takes a Brain Slug out of his jacket and hands it to Fry.]''<br />
'''Fry''': Wow! Thanks, Hermes! ''[He raises it to his head.]'' I-- Hey! Cut that out!</poem><br />
<poem>'''Hermes''': ''[After Bender knocks the slug off Hermes head.]'' Oh sweet god, thanks for freeing me from that nightmare ''[Bender replaces the brain slug.]'' [monotonous] Thanks. It was cold down there on the floor.</poem><br />
<poem>'''Hermes''': [monotonous] I suggest we all go to the Brain Slug planet.<br />
'''Fry''': What do we do there?<br />
'''Hermes''': [monotonous] Just walk around, not wearing a helmet.</poem><br />
}}<br />
<br />
=== Appearances ===<br />
*{{e|2ACV03}}<br />
*{{e|2ACV08}}<br />
*{{clink|US#034|Planet Michelle}}<br />
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<div>{{character infobox<br />
|name=Bender Bending Rodríguez<br />
|image=[[File:Bender.jpg|225px]]<br />
|birth date=2998<br />
|age={{age|2998}} plus unknown thousands of years due to [[Bender's Big Score|continuous time travel]]; [[Roswell that Ends Well|head]] is 1055 years older than body, see [[#Age|age section]] for details <!-- please refrain from adding the comic book "fact", as it is not necessarily canon. --><br />
|type=p<br />
|job=Assistant Manager of Sales at [[Planet Express]]<br />
|voiced by=John DiMaggio<br />
|first appear={{e|1}}<br />
|origin=[[Earth]] (Hecho en Mexico)<br />
|species=[[Robot]] ([[Bending Units|Bending Unit]])<br />
|family=''See [[#Family|family]] section.''<br />
}}<br />
'''Bender Bending Rodr&iacute;guez''' (Model: '''[[Bending Units|Bending Unit]] 22''') is a bending unit, who works at [[Planet Express]] as Assistant Manager of Sales, formerly chef of the company. He is one of the primary characters and is known for his "in-your-face interface".<br />
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He weighs 525 pounds (238kg) and his central processing unit is a {{w|MOS Technology 6502|MOS Technologies 6502 processor}}. His arms and legs can be separated from the body and may act independently from it, and his head is able to survive without his body.<br />
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His internal fuel cells are recharged by drinking alcohol or any other liquid capable of delivering chemical energy, such as mineral oil or [[Dark Matter|dark matter oil]]. If he does not drink alcohol for a while, he suffers symptoms of intoxication, develops five-o'-clock rust around his mouth and leaks oil from his armpits. He carries a nuclear pile that seems to be composed of fissionable material, enabling the construction of miniature nuclear weapons.<br />
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Bender has a highly addictive personality, and his favorite pastimes are watching [[All My Circuits]], stealing things, drinking, and smoking. He lives in the [[New New York#Robot Arms Apartments|Robot Arms Apartments]] with his roommate [[Philip J. Fry|Fry]]. In spite of his general selfishness and family-sized ego, he has occasionally demonstrated a capacity for generosity, even self-sacrifice, where his good friends are involved.<br />
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One of Bender's life-long dreams is to be a folk singer&mdash;a dream he briefly lived when he toured with [[Beck]] ([[Bendin' in the Wind|3ACV13]]). Normally his inhibition unit keeps his musical urges under control, but it tends to shut down in the presence of strong magnetic fields (especially in close proximity to his head). Ultimately things turned out tragically; fortunately for Bender, he's a robot with many life-long dreams. Another is being a great chef, like his idol [[Elzar]]. He achieved this dream as well when he defeated Elzar on the show ''[[Iron Cook]]'' ([[The 30% Iron Chef|3ACV22]]).--><br />
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== Biography ==<br />
[[File:Montholdbender.png|thumb|left|Bender when he was only a month old]]<br />
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=== Early years ===<br />
Bender Bending Rodríguez was built in Tijuana, Mexico in [[Timeline|2998]] by [[Mom's Friendly Robot Company]]. There is some speculation about what happened in the following two years, except few things are certain, he briefly studied Bending at Bending State University, though he also graduated from the facility he was built in.<br />
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He soon got a job bending girders, but after realizing that the purpose of the girders he bent were for [[suicide booth]]s, he figured that his purpose was meaningless and thus decided to kill himself in one of the suicide booths he had helped construct.<br />
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=== You really want a robot for a friend? ===<br />
{{further|Season 1}}<br />
While waiting in line to kill himself on 31 December, 2999, [[Philip J. Fry|Fry]], who was clearly not familiar with suicide booths, stood in front of him, thinking it was a phone booth. Bender helped him along. But they managed to get out of the suicide booth alive. Bender soon learns that Fry is from the 20th Century and had been frozen for a thousand years.<br />
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But since Fry refused to get [[Career chip|assigned]] to his job, [[Turanga Leela|Leela]] was on his tail. Bender helped him escape through the [[Head Museum]] and soon down to [[Old New York]] below [[New New York]]. Here Leela finally caught up with them and agreed to help Fry. Bender decided to stay with them and they headed over to Fry's nephew, [[Professor Hubert J. Farnsworth|Professor Farnsworth]]. Farnsworth soon offered them jobs, and luckily for them, he had the proper career chips.<br />
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=== Farnworth's asset ===<br />
As an employee at Planet Express he continued his kleptomania, drinking and smoking. He convinced Fry to move in with him and soon [[Hermes Conrad]] forced him to actually do something around the company. He got assigned as chef of the company, one of his dreams was apparently to cook, but having no sense of taste made vile meals for the staff.<br />
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Bender got into trouble when he began abusing electricity (jacking on), and his friends were not in favor of it. Saddened by their discontent, he sought new opportunities in [[religion]]. He joined Robotology, but this just made him a lot more annoying to his friends. So they decided to make him sin to become his regular self again, and during a visit to [[Robot Hell]] and the [[Robot Devil]], Fry and Leela managed to save him.<br />
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Bender himself never found true love, and one of the few close fembots he knew got sucked into a black hole after [[Zapp Brannigan]] had crashed the [[Titanic]] into it. But his personality continued to be a problem for his friends, and Leela became very upset with him when he flushed [[Nibbler]] down the toilet. The Professor "carefully" implanted an empathy chip in Bender, which forced him to feel Leela's every emotion for a short while.<br />
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[[File:Bender.png|thumb|right|180px|Bender Bending Rodríguez]]<br />
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=== The lesser of two evils ===<br />
{{further|Season 2}}<br />
During a visit to [[Past-O-Rama]] they bumped into [[Flexo]], another Bending Unit, possibly also of the same model number (22). Flexo and Bender became good friends, but Fry feared that Flexo is evil, and in a mix up at the Miss Universe contest Flexo was arrested for Bender's attempt to steal the tiara.<br />
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Bender briefly joined the [[Robot Mafia]] and fought in the [[Ultimate Robot Fighting]] League until his popularity slipped and he was rigged out of the league. Together with his fellow robots he rebelled against [[Humans|humanity]].<br />
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=== Well - I'm rich ===<br />
Bender's Uncle [[Vladimir]] died and Bender was to inherit his castle. He asked the crew to stay there for one night and they agreed to it. Bender was not at all comfortable in his new castle and the start up sound of Windows 98 was not helping either.<br />
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While being chased by several hologram ghosts, he fled out in the yard where he was run over by a [[Were-Car|were-car]]. The collision caused a virus to be beamed into him and he became a were-car. Bender did not realize this until later, but the [[Gypsy]] told them the only way to get rid of the virus would be destroy the original were-car. So through a long journey they found the original were-car and destroyed it, and thus Bender was free of the virus.<br />
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Whether he kept the castle or not is unknown.<br />
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=== When I'm found in a thousand years, they will know what the score was ===<br />
{{further|Season 3}}<br />
Bender continued his life with many adventures together with Fry and Leela. He temporarily worked for [[Calculon]] as his water heater. He met up with Flexo again, but this time he was not happy to see him, because Bender figured that his second true love was still in love with Flexo. Bender screwed it up and the divorcees got back together.<br />
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He was briefly sent to an institute for insane robots, got to tour around with [[Beck]] and fulfil his dream of becoming a folk-singer, became Pharaoh of an entire planet and beat [[Elzar]] on the [[television]] show [[Iron Cook]].<br />
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During a battle with [[Space Pirates]] Bender got shot out through the torpedo slot and was forced to drift through space. He for some time became the God of the [[Shrimpkins]] which was a life form that had grown on his stomach. But after they all died out, Bender met up with the [[Galactic Entity]] who he believes ''is'' God. And the Entity sent Bender back to [[Earth]].<br />
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=== [I] should not be allowed on TV! ===<br />
{{further|Season 4}}<br />
Bender was still wanting his fame, he found interest in becoming [[Bender (All My Circuits)|the new]] [[Antonio Calculon, Jr.|Antonio]] on [[All My Circuits]]. He got the job. But Calculon was hardly impressed by Bender's performance, however the Network executives disagreed. So Bender got to continue on the show, but in his true nature.<br />
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But when Bender realized that his behaviour on TV causes [[Dwight Conrad|Dwight]] and [[Cubert Farnsworth|Cubert]] to steal his stuff, he called off the show.<br />
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Bender joined Fry and Leela briefly as they gained super powers in [[the New Justice Team]], he has had an affair with the [[Planet Express Ship]], he got modeled into a fembot and had a relationship shortly with Calculon and helped [[Robot Santa]] as a replacement.<br />
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=== Dumb dumb away! ===<br />
{{further|Bender's Big Score}}<br />
But the company got into trouble when the [[Box Network]] canceled its license, and for two years they were not able to deliver packages. Luckily though, their license was renewed and they went back in business.<br />
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Bender became the centre of attention as the new masters of the company lead by [[Nudar]] infected him with an [[iObey]] virus and they forced him to go back in time and steal all of Earth's valuables. But when Fry managed to escape back into the past, they send him after Fry to kill him, and after 12 years tireless hunting, he managed to do so.<br />
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But he soon learnt 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 decided to fight back, and after with the help of Hermes the war was won, he revealed that he himself had kept [[the Spheroboom]] that the scammers had told him to keep safe, thus saving the day. <br />
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However, while on a trip back in time to make sense out of everything that had happened that year, a mishap led to him accidentally tearing the universe open.<br />
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=== Death to humans... ===<br />
{{further|The Beast with a Billion Backs}}<br />
After becoming an official stalker for [[Calculon]] by Calculon, Bender fell into a deep depression after Calculon informed him that there was no such thing as the [[League of Robots]], a society of robots which came to the aid of robots abused by humans, and which Bender had worshipped for his entire life. He contemplated commiting suicide until he was approached by the League led by Calculon himself; he lied about its non-existence to ensure its secrecy.<br />
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Bender became the newest member of the League and began to personally enforce the no-humans policy of the organization, becoming very famous within it. However, Bender was caught helping his human friends and his bluffs were called by Calculon, whom Bender challenged to a duel. Bender broke the rules of the duel, severely injuring Calculon and nearly exposing the League, but instead of being kicked out of the League, Calculon resigned his position as President and gave it to Bender.<br />
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Bender organized the [[Army of the Damned]] (trading [[Bender's First Born Son|his firstborn son]] to the [[Robot Devil]] for it) to take over the world, only to discover that its entire population was already leaving to live on the body of a giant tentacled monster named [[Yivo]]. Bender soon received a letter from Fry describing how wonderful life was there, but Bender ended up interfering by [[The Robot Invasion of Heaven|attacking Yivo]] and attempting to bring humanity back. Soon, for personal reasons, Yivo unwittingly complied with Bender and had everybody return to Earth.<br />
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=== I know not of this Bender ===<br />
{{further|Bender's Game}}<br />
Bender finds himself attempting to catch up with a game of Dungeons and Dragons, played by [[Cubert Farnsworth]] and his friends. He soon hits the obstacle of realising he has no imagination. But the more he tries, he eventually believes he is [[Titanius Anglesmith]], Fancy Man of [[Cornwood]].<br />
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Unfortunately, his imagination grows wild, and he is sent to [[HAL Institute]] to be cured. The therapy is unsuccessful and they decide to give him a lobotomy. But during the operation, the [[dark matter]] crystals becomes close enough, allowing Bender's imagination to become real.<br />
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In his fantasy, he is the owner of a castle. When he hears of [[Waltazar, Larius and Ignus|Black Knights]] approaching, he sets out with his friends, [[Leegola]] and [[Frydo]]. Discovering the [[Die of Power]], he sets off to [[The Great Wizard Greyfarn|Greyfarn]], where they learn of the story behind the Die. Titanius is slightly against the quest, but decides to tag along. On several occasions, he refers to going back, such as when they have just passed through the [[Cave of Hopelessness]].<br />
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On the other side, [[the Fellowship]] decides to seek [[Wipe Castle]] for help. Unfortunately, [[Roberto|the king]] is a loon, and the entire royal army is gone. As [[Momon]]'s forces arrive, they have a large, unwinnable battle at hand. But as things seems darkest, [[Leegola]] and her centaur army saves Wipe Castle. Knowing of Frydo's quest, the Fellowship decides to go help him. However, they are too late and Momon wins the battle, causing them to return to their world.<br />
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=== I'm...so...GREAT!! ===<br />
{{further|Into the Wild Green Yonder}}<br />
Bender takes a trip to [[Mars Vegas]] with the rest of the crew. There, he falls in love with [[Fanny]], a burlesque dancer, who is the Don Bot's wife. He enters the [[Universal Poker Championship]] Tournament for her and wins against Fry with five kings.<br />
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After returning to Earth, Bender feels upset that the [[Feministas]] are committing more felonies than him. He gets hired by [[Zapp Brannigan]] to help him capture the Feministas. By getting Bender to wire tap Fry's "cellphone-telephone" Zapp finds out where the Feministas are hiding and chases them aboard the [[Nimbus]], along with Bender and [[Kif Kroker|Kif]]. After an exciting space chase, Bender captures the Feministas and goes against them in court. They are found guilty and sent to [[Maxi-Padlock]] Prison.<br />
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Bender then breaks into the women's prison and helps the Feministas escape, because by doing so, he would have committed way more felonies than the women. He bends a brick wall and calls Farnsworth, who pilots the Planet Express Ship down to rescue them from the prison's forces. They crash a demolition ceremony, and in the end, Bender is sent through a [[Panama Wormhole|wormhole]] with the rest of the Planet Express Crew.<br />
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== Character description ==<br />
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{{update}}<br />
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=== Composition ===<br />
Bender routinely claims to be made of thirty to forty percent of various metals, typically following his claims up by knocking on his own chassis. Unfortunately, his credibility on this matter is thrown into question by the fact that they add up to well over one hundred percent. Bender has alternately claimed to be:<br />
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*40% Zinc ([[Fry and the Slurm Factory|1ACV13]])<br />
*40% Titanium ([[A Head in the Polls|2ACV03]])<br />
*30% Iron,([[The 30% Iron Chef|3ACV22]]), presumably mixed with osmium as stated in A Pharaoh to Remember([[A Pharaoh to Remember|3ACV17]]) <br />
*40% Dolemite ([[Jurassic Bark|4ACV07]])<br />
*40% Lead ([[Futurama (video game)]])<br />
*40% Luck/horseshoes ([[Into the Wild Green Yonder|ItWGY]])<br />
*40% Chromium ([[Attack of the Killer App|6ACV03]])<br />
Total: 230% - 270% or greater. The number is dependent on whether or not one counts the "40% Horseshoes" claim, as the supposed horseshoes could have been made of one of the other metals (Titanium, Iron, or Lead) meaning that one could have been a restatement rather than a new figure. Regardless, the number is far above 100%. This error can be explained as due to Bender's being bad with math, making it plausible that he has given the wrong percentages ([[The Cyber House Rules|3ACV09]]). <br />
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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. <br />
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There's also a mention that robots are made from recycled beer cans (and beer cans are made from recycled robots), so depending on the year 3000 composition of beer cans, he may have a certain percentage of aluminum in his alloy.<br />
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As a side note, "Dolemite" is also the name of a movie from 1974. The main character, Dolemite, is a pimp who leads an army of Kung Fu hookers. [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0072895/ IMDB - Dolemite] Bender has been been a pimp many times throughout the series.<br />
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=== Family ===<br />
[[File:Bender's Xmas 2.jpg|right|thumb|Bender's Mother, whom he refers to as his mommy]]<br />
*[[Professor Hubert J. Farnsworth|Professor Farnsworth]], creator of the sports utility robot on which Bender and all/most other modern robots are based.<br />
*[[Flexo]], another Bending unit of the same model.<br />
*[[Mom]], owner of Mom's Friendly Robot Co.<br />
*[[Bender's mother|His mother]], a robotic arm who sends him [[Xmas]] cards.<br />
*His father, who was killed by a giant can opener ([[I Second that Emotion|2ACV01]]).<br />
*[[Vladimir|Uncle Vladimir]], who lived in [[Thermostadt]], capital of the [[Robo-Hungarian Empire]], and died at the ripe old age of 211.<br />
*[[Tandy]], Uncle Vladimir's son and hence Bender's cousin.<br />
*Screwy Aunt Rita, who ''is'' a screw. (Note that Bender stated that he had an Aunt Rita during Leela's coma fantasy in the episode "[[The Sting]]", so this may not be true.)<br />
*Albert, Bethany, Sally, Nina & 8 other orphans, briefly adopted from the [[Cookieville Minimum-Security Orphanarium]]<br />
*Three penguin "children" ([[The Birdbot of Ice-Catraz|3ACV05]])<br />
*[[Junior]], a child born to [[The Crushinator]] ([[Freaky Fry-day|US#009]])<br />
*[[Bender's First Born Son]], Bender exchanges him for an [[Army of the Damned]].<br />
*Bender's grandmother, who is a bulldozer.<br />
*Buster, Bender's identical cousin.<br />
*Commodore LXIV, or Commodore 64. A painting of this robot is hanging in [[Vladimir|Uncle Vladimir]]'s dining hall and can be assumed to be one of Bender's ancestors.<br />
* [[Bender's guinea pig|Pet guinea pig]]<br />
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=== Age ===<br />
Bender was originally constructed in 2998, making him 1-2 years old when Fry met him in 2999. The events in "[[Roswell that Ends Well]]" make his head 1055 years older than the rest of his body. The incident in "[[Teenage Mutant Leela's Hurdles]]" does largely not count as an ageing or the opposite, and fans largely regard his age to remain intact. In ''[[Bender's Big Score]]'', Bender travels back in time several times, though the amount of times is unknown, the amount of Benders that appear at the end, may suggest at least a couple of thousand times. Given how many of these travels seems to be between 1000 to 5000 years in the past (from about 3007), an educated guess would make him at least a million years old, but probably more. An alternative theory could suggest when the time duplicates explode at the end of the first film, Bender is the same age he was at the end of the original run plus 995 years, as the Bender that went back 995 years in time to kill Fry is presumed to be the orginal and therefore wouldn't expire like the rest of them.<br />
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In the comic, "[[Rust in Peace]]", it is revealed that Bender, due to too much time travelling, must be inserted into a renewed unit. Farnsworth determines his age to be 27 203 before moving him to his new body. But 27 203 seems a lot less than what would be a quick educated guess. 27 203 would require Bender to have gone at least about a thousand years back each time and only gone 27 times, or instead gone more years back and done fewer than 27 times. But regardless of the ordeal, the amount of Benders appearing at the end of ''Bender's Big Score'' seems to contradict this fact. The event in the comic is thus not necessarily considered [[canon]].<br />
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=== Durability ===<br />
Bender frequently displays incredible durability, to the point that he appears to be indestructible. He has been completely flattened, hit point-blank with a shotgun, had several chips removed from his severed head, then had his head [[Roswell That Ends Well|buried for over a thousand years]], been [[Godfellas|launched out of a torpedo tube]], withstood atmospheric reentry, [[Jurassic Bark|submerged himself in lava]], and been burned to nothing but his eyes and mouth after converting his body entirely into wood<br />
(though this was a [[Obsoletely Fabulous|dream]]). In "[[Rebirth]]", after having been nearly eaten by a [[cyclophage]] and have a [[Doomsday Devices|doomsday device]] explode inside him,he remarks "What does it take to kill me?!".<br />
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== Additional Info ==<br />
[[File:Anthology.jpg|right|thumb|Giant Bender as seen in a "What If?" scenario, about to get attacked by giant [[Dr. John Zoidberg|Zoidberg]].]]<br />
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=== Trivia ===<br />
*He has been [[New New York v. Bender|charged]] for pimping.<br />
*Bender's apartment number is 00100100. This is a binary representation of the ASCII character '$' or 36 in decimal.<br />
*Bender's serial number is 2716057. This can be expressed as the sum of 2 cubes. Specifically, 952<sup>3</sup> + (-951)<sup>3</sup><br />
*Additionally, he seems to be the [[1729]]<sup>th</sup> unit produced by his "mommy".<br />
*The word "bender" can refer to a drinking spree, hinting at Bender's heavy alcohol use.<br />
*Bender is powered by a 6502 Microprocessor.<br />
*Bender dies at the end of both of his what-if scenarios in each Anthology of Interest and both have one of the characters saying "Goodnight, sweet prince"(Fry in the first and Farnsworth in the second) to Bender when he dies.<br />
*His self-destruct code is 1A2B3.<br />
*Bender cannot have magnets attached to his head, or it will "screw up his inhibition unit", thus causing him to sing crazy variations of folk songs.<br />
*Apparently stole the Prime Minister of Norway's arm.<br />
*His birthstone is [[Robobium]]<br />
*Is able to simultaneously reattach each of his severed arms with the other.<br />
*He cannot get up when he is knocked on his back. At least not until he learns how to from the majestic turtle.<br />
*His antenna interferes with satelite televisions, along with some cellphones.<br />
*He, along with [[Philip J. Fry|Fry]] and [[Turanga Leela|Leela]], appears in all episodes of the series.<br />
*No one can say he doesn't own John Laraquette's Spine<br />
*Bender has Hexakosioihexekontahexaphobia, fear of the number 666, as hinted in "[[The Honking]]".<br />
*Bender is the most evil robot in the series, as acknowledged by [[Robot Santa]] and the [[Robot Devil]].<br />
*Bender has named his hands "Grabby and Squeezy," and his footcups "Stompy and Smashy."<br />
*Bender's favorite cause of death is being crushed to death by a big rig driven by The Incredible Hulk<br />
*In Firefox 3, if you type "about:robots" into the address bar, a page with several cultural references to robots is displayed. The fourth bullet point says "Robots have shiny metal posteriors which should not be bitten."<br />
*His vanity plate reads “1 DVS BSTD” (one devious bastard).<br />
*He said the last full sentence in all 4 films - "Well, we're boned" (Benders Big Score), "I love you, meatbags!" (The Beast with a Billion Backs), "Whip harder, Professor!" (Benders Game), "Into the breach, meatbags. Or not, whatever." (Into the Wild Green Yonder)<br />
*Bender's waste management facilities may convert material he consumes into bricks.<br />
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=== Voice ===<br />
Of all the voices on the show, Bender's voice was the most difficult to cast. This is because none of the creators and crew were sure what a robot should sound like yet. So they had every voice actor who auditioned also audition for the role of Bender. Even [[David X. Cohen]] was suggested for the role.<br />
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[[John DiMaggio]] originally auditioned with Bender's voice for Professor Farnsworth. Among the bases for the voice were the character of Taggart from [[Wikipedia:Blazing Saddles|Blazing Saddles]] and DiMaggio's original character "Charlie the Sausage Lover". In the [[Commentary:Spanish Fry|audio commentary of Spanish Fry]], David X. Cohen joked about it also being "90 parts John DiMaggio."<br />
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=== Catchphrases ===<br />
Bender's basic catchphrase is "[[Bite my shiny metal ass]]".<br />
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Variations on this include the following:<br />
*Bite my red-hot glowing ass! [[When Aliens Attack|(1ACV12)]]<br />
*Lick my frozen metal ass! [[Xmas Story|(2ACV04)]]<br />
*Bite my colossal metal ass! [[Anthology of Interest I|(2ACV16)]]<br />
*The modern world can bite my splintery wooden ass! [[Obsoletely Fabulous|(4ACV14)]]<br />
*Bite my glorious golden ass! [[The Farnsworth Parabox|(4ACV15)]]<br />
*Bite my shiny metal face!! (''[[Bender's Game]]'')<br />
*Bite my shiny metal hat. (Said by [[Fry]], [[Into the Wild Green Yonder]])<br />
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Other common catchphrases are:<br />
*"[[Me, Bender]]": whenever he says "me", he usually follows it with "Bender", thus producing the sentence "me, Bender." Thus making this the most said character name on the show.<br />
*"Well, we're boned.", said in situations where he, or a group of people including him, are in a large amount of trouble.<br />
*"I'm back, baby!" whenever he makes an intriguing appearance on the scene; Bender had also said the phrase "We're back, baby!" on numerous occasions, particularly in reference to the series' revival. At one point, Bender just said, "Yeah, we're back." while filing his "nails" after escaping the wormhole.<br />
*"Neat!", when Bender is taking a picture with his purple camera.<br />
*"Cheese it!" whenever he encourages other characters to run away from trouble. This is used less commonly.<br />
*"Fun on the bun!", another less common catchphrase that is used whenever Bender describes amusement.<br />
*"He's pending for a bending.", a phrase used as a warning very few times throughout the show.<br />
*"[[Bender is great!]]", like "Me, Bender", he usually likes to say this to emphasize his enormous ego.<br />
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Bender also has a tendency to call humans "meatbag" when he is displeased or annoyed with them. Additionally, Bender regularly says "Kill all humans", although, in [[The Sting|Leela's dream]] he claims to whisper "except one", referring to Fry, every time too.<br />
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As stated in "[[War Is the H-Word]]", the top ten words that Bender uses more than any others is as follows:<br />
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<ol start="10"><br />
<li>Chump</li><br />
<li value="9">Chumpette</li><br />
<li value="8">Yours</li><br />
<li value="7">Up</li><br />
<li value="6">Pimpmobile</li><br />
<li value="5">Bite</li><br />
<li value="4">My</li><br />
<li value="3">Shiny</li><br />
<li value="2">Daffodil</li><br />
<li value="1">Ass</li><br />
</ol><br />
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It is by no means impossible that the second word in the list is not "metal" considering all the variations of his catchphrase. In reference to his use of the word "daffodil", he said the sentence "Hot-diggidy-daffodil" in this episode and again in ''[[The Beast with a Billion Backs]]''. "Chumpette" is only uttered once though. "Pimpmobile" was also spoken by Bender in [[Futurama (video game)|the game]]. However, in all likelihood, Bender's real most spoken words would most likely be along the lines of any other speaker of the English language: the, and, I, a, so; etc.<br />
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=== Assets and Titles ===<br />
Bender has, over the years gained many assets and ranks in various organizations and a large amount of wealth. Some of these include:<br />
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*Served as Prime Minister of [[Trisol]] under the brief rule of [[Philip J. Fry|Fry the Solid]] (possibly terminated when the old emperor came back into power)<br />
*A castle, inherited from his [[Vladimir|uncle]]<br />
*Leader of the [[League of Robots]]<br />
*Commander of the [[Army of the Damned]]<br />
*[[Iron Cook]], on the television show of the same name (Zinc Saucier)<br />
*The [[Dirty Double Cross]], Earth's highest honor in swindling<br />
*[[Calculon]]'s official stalker (possibly fired when he maimed Calculon during a duel)<br />
*Spy for the [[DOOP]]<br />
*An enormous amount of wealth from various crimes<br />
*Pharaoh of [[Osiris 4]]<br />
*Prime Minister of Norway, due to him having the real Prime Minister of Norway's hand AND career chip<br />
<br />
=== Alternate Appearances ===<br />
[[File:Were-Car.jpg|right|thumb|Bender as a were-car]][[File:Human Bender.jpg|right|thumb|Human Bender, with floozies]]<br />
*'''Giant Bender:''' In "[[Anthology of Interest I]]", Bender asks what it would be like if he were 500 feet tall. During the episode, he claims to weigh 7 billion tons (14 trillion pounds).<br />
*'''Parallel Bender:''' The only difference apparent between Bender and his counterpart in the parallel universe (the ''only'' alternate universe at the time) was that parallel Bender (along with the rest of the parallel Planet Express crew) was wearing a cowboy hat and vest when both crews visited the [[Edge of the Universe]]. Whether this is the norm for the parallel Crew, or was due to some difference in parallel Fry's [[I Dated a Robot|touristy adventure]] that day was never mentioned.<br />
*'''[[iObey]] Bender:''' In ''[[Bender's Big Score]]'', Bender was tricked into downloading the iObey obedience virus. He is forced to do anything the naked scammers tell him, and his pupils become red pixel swirls.<br />
*'''Were-Car Bender:''' In "[[The Honking]]", Bender is transformed each night at midnight into a malicious were-car, determined to kill his closest friend.<br />
*'''Human Bender:''' In "[[Anthology of Interest II]]", Bender asks what it would be like if he were human. Despite being Mexican, he appears to be Caucasian.<br />
*'''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.<br />
*'''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.<br />
*'''Coilette:''' 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]].<br />
*'''Wooden Bender:''' Bender downgrades to a wooden, steam-powered version in "[[Obsoletely Fabulous]]".<br />
*'''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.<br />
*'''Go-Kart Bender:''' After being murdered by [[Turanga Leela|Leela]] in "[[Anthology of Interest I]]", she reassembles his parts into a sporty go-kart.<br />
*'''[[Robot Santa Claus|Santa]] Bender:''' In "[[A Tale of Two Santas]]" Bender becomes a good Santa. This appearance basically has Bender's body painted red.<br />
*'''Bender the Offender/Gender Bender''' In "[[Raging Bender]]", Bender joins the Ultimate Robot Fighting League, and became 'Bender the Offender', but after he became less popular, [[Abner Doubledeal]], the Commissioner of the URFL, changed his persona to 'The Gender Bender'<br />
*'''Superking:''' Bender joins the [[New Justice Team]], as a superhero in "[[Less than Hero]]".<br />
*'''LOR Bender:''' Bender is given a luxurious ascot to wear, as he becomes a new member of the [[League of Robots]].<br />
*'''Pirate Bender:''' He dressed as a pirate in honor of Fry in his attempt to retrieve him from [[Yivo]]'s body in ''[[The Beast with a Billion Backs]]''.<br />
*'''[[Titanius Anglesmith]]:''' While playing ''Dungeons & Dragons'' in ''[[Bender's Game]]'', Bender convinces himself that he is a knight and goes insane. <!-- When [[Cornwood]] is created, his delusions are made real. --><br />
*'''Benderine:''' In "[[Planet X-Press Men]]", Fry falls unconscious and dreams of Bender becoming a Wolverine like character.<br />
<br />
=== Bender's Functions, Attachments, and Accessories ===<br />
As we can see during the episodes, Bender has a lot of different functions. Here is a list of them:<br />
<br />
*'''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 himself.<br />
*'''Extenso-matic Eyes :''' His eyes can zoom out of his normal layer, so he can get a better view on things; they tend to fall out when he zooms too far. First seen also in "[[Space Pilot 3000]]".<br />
*'''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]]".<br />
*'''Extenso-matic arms :''' Bender's arms and legs are capable of extending to many times their normal length. First seen in "[[The Series Has Landed]]".<br />
*'''[[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]]".<br />
*'''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.<br />
*'''Cowcatcher :''' 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.<br />
*'''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]]".<br />
*'''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]]".<br />
*'''Refrigerator :''' His cavity can also be used to refrigerate, as seen also in "[[I Second that Emotion]]"<br />
*'''Projector :''' A light can come out of his cavity. He used it for the first time in "[[When Aliens Attack]]"<br />
*'''AC Power''' generator: Bender plugs a television power cord into his side in [[Bender Should Not Be Allowed on TV]].<br />
*'''Pop-Corn maker :''' Bender can make some pop-corn in his cavity. First seen in "[[Fear of a Bot Planet]]".<br />
*'''Keg :''' Bender can also serve some beers within is cavity. First seen in "[[Hell Is Other Robots]]".<br />
*'''Toilet :''' Bender's cavity is used as a toilet in the episode "[[The Cyber House Rules]]". He pushes his antenna to flush.<br />
*'''Recorder :''' Bender can record things with is head. First seen in "[[A Head in the Polls]]", to record [[Richard Nixon's head]]'s words.<br />
[[File:Lighthouse bender.png|right|thumb|Bender as Lighthouse]]<br />
*'''Oxygen Supplier :''' In the episode "[[The Deep South]]", Bender is used as an Oxygen Supplier, that comes via some masks.<br />
*'''Exhaust Port:''' Bender's exhaust port is present in his ass, as seen in "[[Crimes of the Hot]]".<br />
*'''Flotation Device :''' In "[[The Deep South]]", Bender refer to his ass as a Flotation Device.<br />
*'''Pepper Grinder :''' In "[[The 30% Iron Chef]]", Bender inserts peppercorns in his mouth and shakes ground pepper out of his ass.<br />
*'''Beer Tub :''' Beer ferments in Bender's chest cavity in the episode "[[The Route of All Evil]]".<br />
*'''Pager:''' Antenna glows and vibrates to notify the New Justice Team of a call from the mayor in "[[Less than Hero]]".<br />
*'''Oil Sprayer :''' Bender sprays oil on a cosmetic saleswoman in "[[A Fishful of Dollars]]".<br />
*'''Mail Box''': Bender's antenna indicates when he is receiving mail. First seen in "[[Crimes of the Hot]]".<br />
*'''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]]".<br />
*'''EFTPOS Machine''': In "[[Leela's Homeworld]]", Bender takes the Professor's credit card and swipes it between his teeth to check its balance.<br />
*'''Laser Show :''' In "[[Jurassic Bark]]", Bender projects an expensive-looking laser show with his head.<br />
*'''Flamethrower :''' Bender boils some water using flames coming out of his mouth in "[[Anthology of Interest I]]".<br />
*'''Stadium air horn :''' In "[[The Devil's Hands Are Idle Playthings]]", the [[Robot Devil]] installs a stadium air horn under Bender's nose.<br />
*'''Voice Modifier :''' In "[[Bender Gets Made]]", Bender changed his voice via a control panel. Two voices are available : Robot, and King.<br />
*'''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.<br />
*'''Lighthouse''': In "[[Obsoletely Fabulous]]", Bender's revolving head and luminous eyes acted as a fully functional lighthouse.<br />
*'''Pistol''': In the cover of [[Futurama (video game)|the game]], Bender is shown using his finger as a pistol.<br />
*'''Cheating Unit''': In "[[A Flight to Remember]]", Bender speaks of his "cheating unit" which predicts (inaccurately) the coming roll of the dice at craps.<br />
*'''Water Boiler''': Boils and produces hot water for [[Calculon]] in "[[That's Lobstertainment!]]".<br />
*'''Safe''': In "[[Put Your Head on My Shoulder]]", Bender stores money in his cavity, the combination lock dial can be seen on his door.<br />
*'''Movie Projector''': In "[[Crimes of the Hot]]" Bender's head projects an educational film.<br />
*'''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]]".<br />
*'''Cigar Lighter''': His finger also flips up to reveal a cigar lighter. He uses this throughout the series to light his cigars. <br />
*'''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]].<br />
*'''Food Processor''': Bender purées fish and regurgitates it to his surrogate penguin children in "[[The Birdbot of Ice-Catraz]]".<br />
*'''Answering Machine''': In "[[Kif Gets Knocked Up a Notch]]", [[Amy]] apparently uses him as an answering machine. He isn't a very good one, though, as he doesn't alert people to new messages, and then deletes them anyway.<br />
*'''CD Player''': Bender can open his mouth panel to insert and play music CDs, as revealed in "[[Obsoletely Fabulous]]".<br />
*'''Projector''': A deleted scene from the opening of ''[[The Beast with a Billion Backs]]'' shows Bender projecting the Futurama logo, and the blue beams displayed behind it, from the top of his head, possibly from his antenna.<br />
*'''Spray Paint''': Bender is capable of spraying paint from his mouth, and does this when writing graffiti as seen in "[[A Pharaoh to Remember]]" <br />
*'''Suction Cup Feet''': Bender can use his feet as suction cups, allowing him to walk on walls. This is seen in "[[Bendless Love]]"<br />
*'''Vacuum''': Bender also can be used as a vacuum. As seen in the fourth movie; Into The Wild Green Yonder, sucking up slot coins.<br />
<br />
=== Quotes ===<br />
{{q|<br />
<poem>'''Bender''': Dream on, skin tube.</poem><br />
<poem>'''Bender''': I can't see what's hapenning. Are we boned?<br />
'''Leela''': Yeah, we're boned.</poem><br />
<poem>'''Bender''': I love stealin'; I love takin' things!</poem><br />
<poem>'''Bender''': Ah, TV's Elzar. This is the greatest nanosecond of my life. No, this one is. No, this one. Wait, that one was slightly worse. So far so good on this one.</poem><br />
<poem>'''Bender''': Ah, I'm so excited I wish I could wet my pants.</poem><br />
<poem>'''Bender''': Oh wait, you're serious, let me laugh even harder.</poem><br />
<poem>'''Bender''': Bite my shiny, metal ass!</poem><br />
<poem>'''The Professor''': I was just regaling your former coworkers with a tale of bedroom antics, the likes of which-<br />
'''Bender''': Yeah yeah, big whoop, no one cares; I've got ''Bender'' related news.</poem><br />
}}<br />
<br />
=== Appearances ===<br />
While Bender appears in every episode, film or comic. The following categories may be of interest;<br />
*[[:Category:A plots focusing on Bender|A plots focusing on Bender]]<br />
*[[:Category:B plots focusing on Bender|B plots focusing on Bender]]<br />
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[[Category:All My Circuits]]<br />
[[Category:Planet Express]]<br />
[[Category:Robots]]</div>99.177.190.111http://theinfosphere.org/index.php?title=Osiris_4&diff=61876Osiris 42010-07-04T06:41:12Z<p>99.177.190.111: /* Locations of Interest */ added a couple tombs and a river</p>
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<div>{{place infobox<br />
|name = Osiris 4<br />
|image = [[File:Osiris_4.jpg|225px]]<br />
|first appear = {{e|3ACV17}}<br />
|inhabited by = [[Osirians]]<br />
}}<br />
'''Osiris 4''' is a desert planet with a culture similar to that of ancient Egypt, because the two races were apparently in brief contact when the [[Osirians]] visited Egypt thousands of years ago. The Upper Classes and High Priest live lazily while numerous Slaves work building numerous large monuments and other structures. It was briefly ruled by [[Bender Bending Rodríguez|Bender]] following the death of Pharaoh [[Hamenthotep]].<br />
<br />
=== Locations of Interest ===<br />
*[[Bender Bending Rodríguez|Bender]]'s tomb<br />
*Hamenthotep's tomb<br />
*Anopsis's tomb<br />
*Cleo-tut's tomb<br />
*Whatshisname's tomb<br />
*The Nile river<br />
*Giant Statue of [[Bender Bending Rodríguez|Bender]]<br />
*Slave Quarter<br />
*[[Wall of Prophecy]]<br />
{{Clear}}<br />
[[File:Giant Bender.jpg|left|thumb|Remember Me!!!]]<br />
<br />
== Additional Info ==<br />
=== Trivia ===<br />
*Osiris 4 is clearly based on Ancient Egypt as [[Philip J. Fry|Fry]] points out in the episode.<br />
*It vaguely resembles Sebek from {{w|Fury³}}. The planet resembles Ancient Egypt due to the pyramids, rivers and wide open desert.<br />
*Also vaguely resembles the planet from the movie Stargate.<br />
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=== Appearances ===<br />
*{{e|3ACV17}}<br />
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[[Category:Places]]<br />
[[Category:Planets]]</div>99.177.190.111http://theinfosphere.org/index.php?title=LaBarbara_Conrad&diff=61873LaBarbara Conrad2010-07-04T05:33:53Z<p>99.177.190.111: /* Additional Info */ added her quotes</p>
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<div>{{character infobox<br />
|name=LaBarbara Conrad<br />
|image=[[File:LaBarbara Conrad.JPG|225px]]<br />
|image text=<br />
|type=s<br />
|type2=<br />
|age=<br />
|birth date=<br />
|gender=<br />
|species=[[Humans|Human]]<br />
|origin=[[Earth]] (Jamaica)<br />
|job=<br />
|family=[[Hermes Conrad]], husband<br/>[[Dwight Conrad]], son<br/>[[Barbados Slim]], ex-husband<br />
|first appear={{e|1ACV10}}<br />
|voiced by=Dawnn Lewis<br />
}}<br />
'''LaBarbara Conrad''' (formerly '''LaBarbara Slim''') is the wife of [[Hermes Conrad]], and mother to [[Dwight Conrad|Dwight]]. However, she has not always been attached to Hermes and was once married to [[Barbados Slim]], Hermes' bitter limboing rival during the [[2980 Olympics]] and again during the [[3004 Earth Olympiad|3004 Olympics]].<br />
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== Additional Info ==<br />
===Hermes variations===<br />
Along with her husband, she also makes the "of" references, including...<br />
*Sweet she-cattle of Seattle<br />
As well as green snake references<br />
*Like a green snake through a sugar cane cake!<br />
===Trivia=== <br />
*LaBarbara is much taller than her rather short husband<br />
*She can play the steel drum quite well<br />
*She admires Hermes for his accountancy, organizational and limboing skills<br />
*Joined the company vacation on board the [[Titanic]]<br />
*Like many women in the future (such as [[Amy Wong|Amy]]), when she dresses up she frequently chooses rather revealing outfits<br />
<br />
=== Appearances ===<br />
{{appear-begin}}<br />
*{{e|1ACV10}}<br />
*{{e|2ACV04}}<br />
*{{e|2ACV11}}<br />
*{{e|3ACV03}}<br />
*{{e|3ACV12}}<br />
*{{e|3ACV16}}<br />
*{{e|4ACV09}}<br />
*{{e|4ACV12}}<br />
*{{e|4ACV13}}<br />
*{{f|1}}<br />
*{{f|2}}<br />
*{{f|4}}<br />
*{{e|6ACV01}}<br />
*{{clink|US#003|The Owner of Mars Attacks!}}<br />
*{{clink|US#007|New Year's Rockin' Evil}}<br />
*{{clink|US#034|Planet Michelle}}<br />
{{appear-end}}<br />
<br />
[[Category:Conrad family]]<br />
[[Category:Humans]]</div>99.177.190.111http://theinfosphere.org/index.php?title=Hermes_Conrad&diff=61872Hermes Conrad2010-07-04T05:28:35Z<p>99.177.190.111: /* Catchphrases and Running Gags */ Added the "of" quote for the wormhole</p>
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<div>{{character infobox<br />
|name=Hermes Conrad<br />
|image=[[File:Hermes Conrad.jpg|225px]]<br />
|image text="Oho, ya don't want that!"<br />
|type=p<br />
|type2=<br />
|age={{age|2959}}<br />
|birth date=2959<br />
|gender=Male<br />
|species=[[Humans|Human]]<br />
|origin=[[Earth]]<br />
|job=Bureaucrat and Accountant<br />
|family=''[[#Family|See below]]<br />
|first appear={{e|1ACV02}}<br />
|voiced by= Phil LaMarr<br />
|bureaucrat grade= 34<br />
}}<br />
'''Hermes Conrad''' is a Jamaican Bureaucrat, and proud of both. He works at [[Planet Express]], handling stamping, filing, collating, and accounting - all the fiddly little paperwork that only a true bureaucrat can handle properly. He claims, however, that he is only anal 78.36% of the time. He is also an honorary [[Globetrotters|Globetrotter]].<br />
<br />
== Biography ==<br />
=== Hurricane in Kingston town ===<br />
Hermes Conrad was born to a fat ugly Jamaican woman in 2959 and soon after began to develop into a fine young bureaucrat, crying when his alphabet blocks are knocked out of order as a four year old and making friends and family file long applications to get into his tenth birthday party.<br />
<br />
=== Limbo champion ===<br />
[[File:Hermes Limbo 2980.png|right|thumb]]<br />
During his adult life, Hermes became an Olympic grade limboer. It was around this time that he married [[LaBarbara Conrad|LaBarbara]], the ex-wife of his rival [[Barbados Slim]]. When competing for the Earth team in [[2980 Olympics|2980]] a [[2980 Olympics Boy|young fan]] trying to emulate him ran onto the field and snapped his spine, Hermes dropped out of professional limbo immediately after the tragic accident. Turning to his other passion, Hermes and his wife moved to [[New New York]], home to the [[Central Bureaucracy]] and the couple had a son, [[Dwight Conrad|Dwight]].<br />
<br />
=== Heroic Bureaucrat ===<br />
Hermes, as a grade 36 bureaucrat, joined the staff of [[Planet Express]]. When his limboing skills alone could save the entire crew from certain death in the destruction of the space cruise ship [[Titanic]], he overcame his aversion to the sport he loved. After a few bad experiences with [[Brain Slugs]], Hermes received a pair of letters from the Central Bureaucracy, the second of which informed him there would soon be an inspection - and a chance at a promotion. Unfortunately, his office was messed up by the angry staff of [[Applied Cryogenics]] and he was sent on paid vacation. On returning to the Central Bureaucracy building, he was able to sort the master "in" pile, with time to spare, and was demoted to grade 38. Shortly afterwards he was re-promoted back to grade 37.<br />
<br />
=== It's called parenting ===<br />
When Dwight and [[Cubert Farnsworth]] started their own delivery company, Hermes and [[Professor Hubert J. Farnsworth|the Professor]] felt threatened, and rightly so; the pair soon took over the company, until they were revealed to not have been delivering their papers. Later, The pair of parents formed a [[Bender]] protest group, [[Fathers Against Rude Television]], which successfully protested [[All My Circuits]] to get him off the show and remove his influence on their children.<br />
<br />
=== Old Habits ===<br />
[[File:Hermes Head Battles.png|right|thumb]]<br />
In 3004, when the entire Jamaican limbo team was detained at the airport because of their "other interests," Hermes was called back out of retirement to defend his country's pride, but he came in dead last due to a freak accident with his special limboing suit. Three years and three bureaucrat grade increases later, he was decapitated when a decorative sword fell and sliced off his head after a limbo contest at Planet Express. Although he survived as a [[Head jars|head in a jar]], LaBarbara immediately left him and went back to Barbados Slim. At [[Lars Fillmore|Lars]] and [[Turanga Leela|Leela]]'s wedding, he won LaBarbara back when he received a new body (his own, stolen from the past by Bender). Soon after, he was jabbed in the eye with a pen and his head is chopped off once again when a Chandelier crystal falls, destroying the [[time paradox duplicate]] body. His head then provides useful guidance in the [[Battle for Earth, 3007|war to reclaim the earth]] where, using his mighty bureaucratic mind to coordinate the human fleet, he defeats the gold Death Stars and wins LarBabara back. He then regains his original body back and witnesses space ripping open.<br />
<br />
=== Mysterious Destination ===<br />
In the same year, he attends Kif and Amy's wedding and participates in "[[Deathball]]" to win the right to explore the [[Anomaly]]. He is one of the many people who live with one of [[Yivo]]'s tentacles in his neck and joins everyone else in the universe in leaving to live on Yivo. After returning, Hermes comes to LaBarbara and the other [[Feministas]]' rescue, as they flee [[Zapp Brannigan]] and the [[Earth]]ican legal system through a [[Panama Wormhole|wormhole]]. However, it is [[Rebirth|revealed]] he is back to [[Earth]] now.<br />
<br />
== Family ==<br />
*[[LaBarbara Conrad]], his wife<br />
*[[Dwight Conrad]], his son<br />
*Granny (deceased), a zombie.<br />
*Mamma (deceased), fat and ugly<br />
*Unnamed father (possibly deceased), along with Hermes' mother, he promised his son that he would never be attacked by tentacles when he gives up diapers.<br />
<br />
== Additional Info ==<br />
*Apparently Hermes has head lice.<br />
*Age is revealed in [[Bender Breaks Out|"Bender Breaks Out" (US#020)]], when he dies in an alternate timeline.<br />
*In [[Cornwood]], a universe created from Bender's imagination, Hermes counterpart is a [[Hermaphrodite|hermaphroditic centaur]].<br />
<br />
=== Catchphrases and Running Gags ===<br />
[[File:Hermes_promo.png|right|thumb|150px|Hermes Conrad]]<br />
Hermes' basic catchphrase is "Sweet [something] of [some place]!" (the 'something' and the 'some place' usually rhyme)<br /><br />
Variations include the following:<br />
*Sweet llamas of the Bahamas!<br />
*Sweet lion of Zion!<br />
*Sweet three-toed sloth of Ice Planet Hoth!<br />
*Sweet bongo of the Congo!<br />
*Sweet Yeti of the Serengeti! She's gone crazy-eddy in the heady!<br />
*Sweet guinea pig of Winnipeg!<br />
*Sweet gorilla of Manilla!<br />
*Sweet manatee of Galilee!<br />
*Sweet giant anteater of Santa Anita!<br />
*Sweet squid of Madrid!<br />
*Sweet sacred boa of Western ''and'' Eastern Samoa!<br />
*Cursed bacteria of Liberia!<br />
*Great cow of Moscow!<br />
*Sweet lamprey of Santa Fe!<br />
*Sweet topology of cosmology!<br />
*S-s-s-s-s-sweet something of......some place.<br />
*Sweet coincidence of Port Au Prince!<br />
*Sweet topography of cosmology!<br />
<br />
A recurring joke involves Hermes about to eat a [[Wikipedia:Manwich|manwich]], until it is stolen by Bender or [[Zoidberg]], at which point Hermes cries "My Manwich!" (his son Dwight also has the same habbit). <br />
<br />
Hermes usually refers to [[LaBarbara Conrad]] as "wife", supporting his bureaucratic nature by referring to her by title.<br />
<br />
Hermes sometimes mentions green snakes and sugar canes including:<br />
*Our electricity bill is climbing faster than a green snake up a sugar cane!<br />
*I'm hungrier than a green snake in a sugar cane field.<br />
*That's flatter than a green snake under a sugar cane truck.<br />
<br />
Another [[Wiktionary:Running gag|running gag]] is that he shows hatred to Zoidberg for no real reason at bizarre times. For example, after witnessing a temporarily blind Leela destroying the ceiling of Planet Express, Hermes turned to Zoidberg and said "That's coming out of ''your'' pay!", which brought Zoidberg to tears. Also, when Fry suggested Zoidberg had a parasite, Hermes followed up with "Maybe he ''is'' a parasite!". Plus in the episode "[[The Deep South]]" when the Planet Express Ship is under water, Hermies made a suggestion to eat Dr. Zoidberg. However he secretly thinks that Zoidberg is "pathetic but lovable".<br />
<br />
=== Quotes ===<br />
{{q|<br />
<poem>'''Hermes''': When push comes to shove, you've got to do what you love, even if it's not a good idea.</poem><br />
<poem>'''Hermes''': Like my granny used used to say back in her tar paper shack on Montego Bay, "If you want a box thrown into the sun, you got to do it yourself."(mournfully)God rest her zombie bones.</poem><br />
<poem>'''Fry''': ''Jamaican?'' I thought you were some kind of outer-space potato man.</poem><br />
<poem>'''Hermes''': My Speedos!</poem><br />
<poem>'''Hermes''': My manwich!</poem><br />
<poem>'''Hermes''': OK captain, dis is just a standard legal release, protecting Planet Express in de event of de unforeseen.<br />
'''Leela''': [reading] Death by airlock failure.<br />
'''Hermes''': Uh-huh.<br />
'''Leela''': Death by brain parasite.<br />
'''Hermes''': Yah.<br />
'''Leela''': Death by sonic diarrhea.<br />
'''Hermes''': Oh, you don't want dat...<br />
'''Leela''': Look, I don't know about your previous captains, but I intend to do as little dying as possible.<br />
'''Hermes''': [laughing] Oh-ho-ho-ho-ho!(dead serious)Sign de paper.</poem><br />
}}<br />
<br />
=== Appearances ===<br />
While Hermes appears in most episodes, films and comics, these categories may be of interest:<br />
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<div>{{character infobox<br />
|name=Bender Bending Rodríguez<br />
|image=[[File:Bender.jpg|225px]]<br />
|birth date=2998<br />
|age={{age|2998}} plus unknown thousands of years due to [[Bender's Big Score|continuous time travel]]; [[Roswell that Ends Well|head]] is 1055 years older than body, see [[#Age|age section]] for details <!-- please refrain from adding the comic book "fact", as it is not necessarily canon. --><br />
|type=p<br />
|job=Assistant Manager of Sales at [[Planet Express]]<br />
|voiced by=John DiMaggio<br />
|first appear={{e|1}}<br />
|origin=[[Earth]] (Hecho en Mexico)<br />
|species=[[Robot]] ([[Bending Units|Bending Unit]])<br />
|family=''See [[#Family|family]] section.''<br />
}}<br />
'''Bender Bending Rodr&iacute;guez''' (Model: '''[[Bending Units|Bending Unit]] 22''') is a bending unit, who works at [[Planet Express]] as Assistant Manager of Sales, formerly chef of the company. He is one of the primary characters and is known for his "in-your-face interface".<br />
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He weighs 525 pounds (238kg) and his central processing unit is a [[wikipedia:MOS Technology 6502|MOS Technologies 6502 processor]]. His arms and legs can be separated from the body and may act independently from it, and his head is able to survive without his body.<br />
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His internal fuel cells are recharged by drinking alcohol or any other liquid capable of delivering chemical energy, such as mineral oil or [[Dark Matter|dark matter oil]]. If he does not drink alcohol for a while, he suffers symptoms of intoxication, develops five-o'-clock rust around his mouth and leaks oil from his armpits. He carries a nuclear pile that seems to be composed of fissionable material, enabling the construction of miniature nuclear weapons.<br />
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Bender has a highly addictive personality, and his favorite pastimes are watching [[All My Circuits]], stealing things, drinking, and smoking. He lives in the [[New New York#Robot Arms Apartments|Robot Arms Apartments]] with his roommate [[Philip J. Fry|Fry]]. In spite of his general selfishness and family-sized ego, he has occasionally demonstrated a capacity for generosity, even self-sacrifice, where his good friends are involved.<br />
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One of Bender's life-long dreams is to be a folk singer&mdash;a dream he briefly lived when he toured with [[Beck]] ([[Bendin' in the Wind|3ACV13]]). Normally his inhibition unit keeps his musical urges under control, but it tends to shut down in the presence of strong magnetic fields (especially in close proximity to his head). Ultimately things turned out tragically; fortunately for Bender, he's a robot with many life-long dreams. Another is being a great chef, like his idol [[Elzar]]. He achieved this dream as well when he defeated Elzar on the show ''[[Iron Cook]]'' ([[The 30% Iron Chef|3ACV22]]).--><br />
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== Biography ==<br />
[[File:Montholdbender.png|thumb|left|Bender when he was only a month old]]<br />
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=== Early years ===<br />
Bender Bending Rodríguez was built in Tijuana, Mexico in [[Timeline|2998]] by [[Mom's Friendly Robot Company]]. There is some speculation about what happened in the following two years, except few things are certain, he briefly studied Bending at Bending State University, though he also graduated from the facility he was built in.<br />
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He soon got a job bending girders, but after realizing that the purpose of the girders he bent were for [[suicide booth]]s, he figured that his purpose was meaningless and thus decided to kill himself in one of the suicide booths he had helped construct.<br />
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=== You really want a robot for a friend? ===<br />
{{further|Season 1}}<br />
While waiting in line to kill himself on 31 December, 2999, [[Philip J. Fry|Fry]], who was clearly not familiar with suicide booths, stood in front of him, thinking it was a phone booth. Bender helped him along. But they managed to get out of the suicide booth alive. Bender soon learns that Fry is from the 20th Century and had been frozen for a thousand years.<br />
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But since Fry refused to get [[Career chip|assigned]] to his job, [[Turanga Leela|Leela]] was on his tail. Bender helped them escape through the [[Head Museum]] and soon down to [[Old New York]] below [[New New York]]. Here Leela finally caught up with them. Bender decided to stay with them and they headed over to Fry's nephew, [[Professor Hubert J. Farnsworth|Professor Farnsworth]]. Farnsworth soon accepted their offer, and luckily for them, he had the proper career chips.<br />
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=== Farnworth's asset ===<br />
As an employee at Planet Express he continued his kleptomania, drinking and smoking. He convinced Fry to move in with him and soon [[Hermes Conrad]] forced him to actually do something around the company. He got assigned as chef of the company, one of his dreams was apparently to cook, but having no sense of taste made vile meals for the staff.<br />
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Bender got into trouble when he began abusing electricity (jacking on), and his friends were not in favor of it. Saddened by their discontent, he sought new opportunities in [[religion]]. He joined Robotology, but this just made him a lot more annoying to his friends. So they decided to make him sin to become his regular self again, and during a visit to [[Robot Hell]] and the [[Robot Devil]], Fry and Leela managed to save him.<br />
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Bender himself never found true love, and one of the few close fembots he knew got sucked into a black hole after [[Zapp Brannigan]] had crashed the [[Titanic]] into it. But his personality continued to be a problem for his friends, and Leela became very upset with him when he flushed [[Nibbler]] down the toilet. The Professor "carefully" implanted an empathy chip in Bender, which forced him to feel Leela's every emotion for a short while.<br />
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[[File:Bender.png|thumb|right|180px|Bender Bending Rodríguez]]<br />
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=== The lesser of two evils ===<br />
{{further|Season 2}}<br />
During a visit to [[Past-O-Rama]] they bumped into [[Flexo]], another Bending Unit, possibly also of the same model number (22). Flexo and Bender became good friends, but Fry feared that Flexo is evil, and in a mix up at the Miss Universe contest Flexo was arrested for Bender's attempt to steal the tiara.<br />
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Bender briefly joined the [[Robot Mafia]] and fought in the [[Ultimate Robot Fighting]] League until his popularity slipped and he was rigged out of the league. Together with his fellow robots he rebelled against [[Humans|humanity]].<br />
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=== Well - I'm rich ===<br />
Bender's Uncle [[Vladimir]] died and Bender was to inherit his castle. He asked the crew to stay there for one night and they agreed to it. Bender was not at all comfortable in his new castle and the start up sound of Windows 98 was not helping either.<br />
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While being chased by several hologram ghosts, he fled out in the yard where he was run over by a [[Were-Car|were-car]]. The collision caused a virus to be beamed into him and he became a were-car. Bender did not realize this until later, but the [[Gypsy]] told them the only way to get rid of the virus would be destroy the original were-car. So through a long journey they found the original were-car and destroyed it, and thus Bender was free of the virus.<br />
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Whether he kept the castle or not is unknown.<br />
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=== When I'm found in a thousand years, they will know what the score was ===<br />
{{further|Season 3}}<br />
Bender continued his life with many adventures together with Fry and Leela. He temporarily worked for [[Calculon]] as his water heater. He met up with Flexo again, but this time he was not happy to see him, because Bender figured that his second true love was still in love with Flexo. Bender screwed it up and the divorcees got back together.<br />
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He was briefly sent to an institute for insane robots, got to tour around with [[Beck]] and fulfil his dream of becoming a folk-singer, became Pharaoh of an entire planet and beat [[Elzar]] on the [[television]] show [[Iron Cook]].<br />
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During a battle with [[Space Pirates]] Bender got shot out through the torpedo slot and was forced to drift through space. He for some time became the God of the [[Shrimpkins]] which was a life form that had grown on his stomach. But after they all died out, Bender met up with the [[Galactic Entity]] who he believes ''is'' God. And the Entity sent Bender back to [[Earth]].<br />
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=== [I] should not be allowed on TV! ===<br />
{{further|Season 4}}<br />
Bender was still wanting his fame, he found interest in becoming [[Bender (All My Circuits)|the new]] [[Antonio Calculon, Jr.|Antonio]] on [[All My Circuits]]. He got the job. But Calculon was hardly impressed by Bender's performance, however the Network executives disagreed. So Bender got to continue on the show, but in his true nature.<br />
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But when Bender realized that his behaviour on TV causes [[Dwight Conrad|Dwight]] and [[Cubert Farnsworth|Cubert]] to steal his stuff, he called off the show.<br />
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Bender joined Fry and Leela briefly as they gained super powers in [[the New Justice Team]], he has had an affair with the [[Planet Express Ship]], he got modeled into a fembot and had a relationship shortly with Calculon and helped [[Robot Santa]] as a replacement.<br />
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=== Dumb dumb away! ===<br />
{{further|Bender's Big Score}}<br />
But the company got into trouble when the [[Box Network]] canceled its license, and for two years they were not able to deliver packages. Luckily though, their license was renewed and they went back in business.<br />
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Bender became the centre of attention as the new masters of the company lead by [[Nudar]] infected him with an [[iObey]] virus and they forced him to go back in time and steal all of Earth's valuables. But when Fry managed to escape back into the past, they send him after Fry to kill him, and after 12 years tireless hunting, he managed to do so.<br />
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But he soon learnt 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 decided to fight back, and after with the help of Hermes the war was won, he revealed that he himself had kept [[the Spheroboom]] that the scammers had told him to keep safe, thus saving the day. <br />
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However, while on a trip back in time to make sense out of everything that had happened that year, a mishap led to him accidentally tearing the universe open.<br />
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=== Death to humans... ===<br />
{{further|The Beast with a Billion Backs}}<br />
After becoming an official stalker for [[Calculon]] by Calculon, Bender fell into a deep depression after Calculon informed him that there was no such thing as the [[League of Robots]], a society of robots which came to the aid of robots abused by humans, and which Bender had worshipped for his entire life. He contemplated commiting suicide until he was approached by the League led by Calculon himself; he lied about its non-existence to ensure its secrecy.<br />
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Bender became the newest member of the League and began to personally enforce the no-humans policy of the organization, becoming very famous within it. However, Bender was caught helping his human friends and his bluffs were called by Calculon, whom Bender challenged to a duel. Bender broke the rules of the duel, severely injuring Calculon and nearly exposing the League, but instead of being kicked out of the League, Calculon resigned his position as President and gave it to Bender.<br />
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Bender organized the [[Army of the Damned]] (trading [[Bender's First Born Son|his firstborn son]] to the [[Robot Devil]] for it) to take over the world, only to discover that its entire population was already leaving to live on the body of a giant tentacled monster named [[Yivo]]. Bender soon received a letter from Fry describing how wonderful life was there, but Bender ended up interfering by [[The Robot Invasion of Heaven|attacking Yivo]] and attempting to bring humanity back. Soon, for personal reasons, Yivo unwittingly complied with Bender and had everybody return to Earth.<br />
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=== I know not of this Bender ===<br />
{{further|Bender's Game}}<br />
Bender finds himself attempting to catch up with a game of Dungeons and Dragons, played by [[Cubert Farnsworth]] and his friends. He soon hits the obstacle of realising he has no imagination. But the more he tries, he eventually believes he is [[Titanius Anglesmith]], Fancy Man of [[Cornwood]].<br />
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Unfortunately, his imagination grows wild, and he is sent to [[HAL Institute]] to be cured. The therapy is unsuccessful and they decide to put him down. But while he is about to be put down, the [[dark matter]] crystals becomes close enough, allowing Bender's imagination to become real.<br />
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In his fantasy, he is the owner of a castle. When he hears of [[Waltazar, Larius and Ignus|Black Knights]] approaching, he sets out with his friends, [[Leegola]] and [[Frydo]]. Discovering the [[Die of Power]], he sets off to [[The Great Wizard Greyfarn|Greyfarn]], where they learn of the story behind the Die. Titanius is slightly against the quest, but decides to tag along. On several occasions, he refers to going back, such as when they have just passed through the [[Cave of Hopelessness]].<br />
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On the other side, [[the Fellowship]] decides to seek [[Wipe Castle]] for help. Unfortunately, [[Roberto|the king]] is a loon, and the entire royal army is gone. As [[Momon]]'s forces arrive, they have a large, unwinnable battle at hand. But as things seems darkest, [[Leegola]] and her centaur army saves Wipe Castle. Knowing of Frydo's quest, the Fellowship decides to go help him. However, they are too late and Momon wins the battle, causing them to return to their world.<br />
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=== I'm...so...GREAT!! ===<br />
{{further|Into the Wild Green Yonder}}<br />
Bender takes a trip to [[Mars Vegas]] with the rest of the crew. There, he falls in love with [[Fanny]], a burlesque dancer, who is the Don Bot's wife. He enters the [[Universal Poker Championship]] Tournament for her and wins against Fry with five kings.<br />
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After returning to Earth, Bender feels upset that the [[Feministas]] are committing more felonies than him. He gets hired by [[Zapp Brannigan]] to help him capture the Feministas. By getting Bender to wire tap Fry's "cellphone-telephone" Zapp finds out where the Feministas are hiding and chases them aboard the [[Nimbus]], along with Bender and [[Kif Kroker|Kif]]. After an exciting space chase, Bender captures the Feministas and goes against them in court. They are found guilty and sent to [[Maxi-Padlock]] Prison.<br />
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Bender then breaks into the women's prison and helps the Feministas escape, because by doing so, he would have committed way more felonies than the women. He bends a brick wall and calls Farnsworth, who pilots the Planet Express Ship down to rescue them from the prison's forces. They crash a demolition ceremony, and in the end, Bender is sent through a [[Panama Wormhole|wormhole]] with the rest of the Planet Express Crew.<br />
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== Character description ==<br />
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{{update}}<br />
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=== Composition ===<br />
Bender routinely claims to be made of thirty to forty percent of various metals, typically following his claims up by knocking on his own chassis. Unfortunately, his credibility on this matter is thrown into question by the fact that they add up to well over one hundred percent:<br />
*40% Zinc ([[Fry and the Slurm Factory|1ACV13]])<br />
*40% Titanium ([[A Head in the Polls|2ACV03]])<br />
*30% Iron, presumably mixed with osmium as stated in A Pharaoh to Remember ([[The 30% Iron Chef|3ACV22]])<br />
*40% Dolemite ([[Jurassic Bark|4ACV07]])<br />
*An unknown quantity of osmium ([[A Pharaoh to Remember|3ACV17]])<br />
*40% Lead ([[Futurama (video game)]])<br />
*40% Luck/horseshoes ([[Into the Wild Green Yonder|ItWGY]])<br />
Total: (greater than) 230%.<br />
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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. <br />
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There's also a mention that robots are made from recycled beer cans (and beer cans are made from recycled robots), so depending on the year 3000 composition of beer cans, he may have a certain percentage of aluminum in his alloy.<br />
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As a side note, "Dolemite" is also the name of a movie from 1974. The main character, Dolemite, is a pimp who leads an army of Kung Fu hookers. [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0072895/ IMDB - Dolemite] Bender has been been a pimp many times throughout the series.<br />
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=== Family ===<br />
[[File:Bender's Xmas 2.jpg|right|thumb|Bender's Mother, whom he refers to as his mommy]]<br />
*[[Professor Hubert J. Farnsworth|Professor Farnsworth]], creator of the sports utility robot on which Bender and all/most other modern robots are based.<br />
*[[Flexo]], another Bending unit of the same model.<br />
*[[Mom]], owner of Mom's Friendly Robot Co.<br />
*[[Bender's mother|His mother]], a robotic arm who sends him [[Xmas]] cards.<br />
*His father, who was killed by a giant can opener ([[I Second that Emotion|2ACV01]]).<br />
*[[Vladimir|Uncle Vladimir]], who lived in [[Thermostadt]], capital of the [[Robo-Hungarian Empire]], and died at the ripe old age of 211.<br />
*[[Tandy]], Uncle Vladimir's son and hence Bender's cousin.<br />
*Screwy Aunt Rita, who ''is'' a screw. (Note that Bender stated that he had an Aunt Rita during Leela's coma fantasy in the episode "[[The Sting]]", so this may not be true.)<br />
*Albert, Bethany, Sally, Nina & 8 other orphans, briefly adopted from the [[Cookieville_Minimum-Security_Orphanarium|Cookieville Minimum-Security Orphanarium]]<br />
*Three penguin "children" ([[The Birdbot of Ice-Catraz|3ACV05]])<br />
*[[Junior]], a child born to [[The Crushinator]] ([[Freaky Fry-day|US#009]])<br />
*[[Bender's First Born Son]], Bender exchanges him for an [[Army of the Damned]].<br />
*Bender's grandmother, who is a bulldozer.<br />
*Buster, Bender's identical cousin.<br />
*Commodore LXIV, or Commodore 64. A painting of this robot is hanging in [[Vladimir|Uncle Vladimir]]'s dining hall and can be assumed to be one of Bender's ancestors.<br />
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=== Age ===<br />
Bender was originally constructed in 2998, making him 1-2 years old when Fry met him in 2999. The events in "[[Roswell that Ends Well]]" make his head 1055 years older than the rest of his body. The incident in "[[Teenage Mutant Leela's Hurdles]]" does largely not count as an ageing or the opposite, and fans largely regard his age to remain intact. In ''[[Bender's Big Score]]'', Bender travels back in time several times, though the amount of times is unknown, the amount of Benders that appear at the end, may suggest at least a couple of thousand times. Given how many of these travels seems to be between 1000 to 5000 years in the past (from about 3007), an educated guess would make him at least a million years old, but probably more. An alternative theory could suggest when the time duplicates explode at the end of the first film, Bender is the same age he was at the end of the original run plus 995 years, as the Bender that went back 995 years in time to kill Fry is presumed to be the orginal and therefore wouldn't expire like the rest of them.<br />
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In the comic, "[[Rust in Peace]]", it is revealed that Bender, due to too much time travelling, must be inserted into a renewed unit. Farnsworth determines his age to be 27 203 before moving him to his new body. But 27 203 seems a lot less than what would be a quick educated guess. 27 203 would require Bender to have gone at least about a thousand years back each time and only gone 27 times, or instead gone more years back and done fewer than 27 times. But regardless of the ordeal, the amount of Benders appearing at the end of ''Bender's Big Score'' seems to contradict this fact. The event in the comic is thus not necessarily considered [[canon]].<br />
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== Additional Info ==<br />
[[File:Anthology.jpg|right|thumb|Giant Bender as seen in a "What If?" scenario, about to get attacked by giant [[Dr. John Zoidberg|Zoidberg]].]]<br />
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=== Trivia ===<br />
*He has been [[New New York v. Bender|charged]] for pimping.<br />
*Bender's apartment number is 00100100. This is a binary representation of the ASCII character '$' or 36 in decimal.<br />
*Bender's serial number is 2716057. This can be expressed as the sum of 2 cubes. Specifically, 952<sup>3</sup> + (-951)<sup>3</sup><br />
*Additionally, he seems to be the [[1729]]<sup>th</sup> unit produced by his "mommy".<br />
*The word "bender" can refer to a drinking spree, hinting at Bender's heavy alcohol use.<br />
*Bender is powered by a 6502 Microprocessor.<br />
*Bender dies at the end of both of his what-if scenarios in each Anthology of Interest and both have one of the characters saying "Goodnight, sweet prince"(Fry in the first and Farnsworth in the second) to Bender when he dies.<br />
*His self-destruct code is 1A2B3.<br />
*Bender cannot have magnets attached to his head, or it will "screw up his inhibition unit", thus causing him to sing crazy variations of folk songs.<br />
*Apparently stole the Prime Minister of Norway's arm.<br />
*His birthstone is [[Robobium]]<br />
*Is able to simultaneously reattach each of his severed arms with the other.<br />
*He cannot get up when he is knocked on his back. At least not until he learns how to from the majestic turtle.<br />
*His antenna interferes with satelite televisions, along with some cellphones.<br />
*He, along with [[Philip J. Fry|Fry]] and [[Turanga Leela|Leela]], appears in all episodes of the series.<br />
*No one can say he doesn't own John Laraquette's Spine<br />
*Bender has Hexakosioihexekontahexaphobia, fear of the number 666, as hinted in "[[The Honking]]".<br />
*Bender is the most evil robot in the series, as acknowledged by [[Robot Santa]] and the [[Robot Devil]].<br />
*Bender has named his hands "Grabby and Squeezy," and his footcups "Stompy and Smashy."<br />
*Bender's favorite cause of death is being crushed to death by a big rig driven by The Incredible Hulk<br />
*In Firefox 3, if you type "about:robots" into the address bar, a page with several cultural references to robots is displayed. The fourth bullet point says "Robots have shiny metal posteriors which should not be bitten."<br />
*His vanity plate reads “1 DVS BSTD” (one devious bastard).<br />
*He said the last full sentence in all 4 films - "Well, we're boned" (Benders Big Score), "I love you, meatbags!" (The Beast with a Billion Backs), "Whip harder, Professor!" (Benders Game), "Into the breach, meatbags. Or not, whatever." (Into the Wild Green Yonder)<br />
*Bender's waste management facilities may convert material he consumes into bricks.<br />
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=== Voice ===<br />
Of all the voices on the show, Bender's voice was the most difficult to cast. This is because none of the creators and crew were sure what a robot should sound like yet. So they had every voice actor who auditioned also audition for the role of Bender. Even [[David X. Cohen]] was suggested for the role.<br />
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[[John DiMaggio]] originally auditioned with Bender's voice for Professor Farnsworth. Among the bases for the voice were the character of Taggart from [[Wikipedia:Blazing Saddles|Blazing Saddles]] and DiMaggio's original character "Charlie the Sausage Lover". In the [[Commentary:Spanish Fry|audio commentary of Spanish Fry]], David X. Cohen joked about it also being "90 parts John DiMaggio."<br />
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=== Catchphrases ===<br />
Bender's basic catchphrase is "[[Bite my shiny metal ass]]".<br />
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Variations on this include the following:<br />
*Bite my red-hot glowing ass! [[When Aliens Attack|(1ACV12)]]<br />
*Lick my frozen metal ass! [[Xmas Story|(2ACV04)]]<br />
*Bite my colossal metal ass! [[Anthology of Interest I|(2ACV16)]]<br />
*The modern world can bite my splintery wooden ass! [[Obsoletely Fabulous|(4ACV14)]]<br />
*Bite my glorious golden ass! [[The Farnsworth Parabox|(4ACV15)]]<br />
*Bite my shiny metal face!! (''[[Bender's Game]]'')<br />
*Bite my shiny metal hat. (Said by [[Fry]], [[Into the Wild Green Yonder]])<br />
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Other common catchphrases are:<br />
*"[[Me, Bender]]": whenever he says "me", he usually follows it with "Bender", thus producing the sentence "me, Bender." Thus making this the most said character name on the show.<br />
*"Well, we're boned.", said in situations where he, or a group of people including him, are in a large amount of trouble.<br />
*"I'm back, baby!" whenever he makes an intriguing appearance on the scene; Bender had also said the phrase "We're back, baby!" on numerous occasions, particularly in reference to the series' revival.<br />
*"Neat!", when Bender is taking a picture with his purple camera.<br />
*"Cheese it!" whenever he encourages other characters to run away from trouble. This is used less commonly.<br />
*"Fun on the bun!", another less common catchphrase that is used whenever Bender describes amusement.<br />
*"He's pending for a bending.", a phrase used as a warning very few times throughout the show.<br />
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Bender also has a tendency to call humans "meatbag" when he is displeased or annoyed with them. Additionally, Bender regularly says "Kill all humans", although, in [[The Sting|Leela's dream]] he claims to whisper "except one", referring to Fry, every time too.<br />
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As stated in "[[War Is the H-Word]]", the top ten words that Bender uses more than any others is as follows:<br />
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<ol start="10"><br />
<li>Chump</li><br />
<li value="9">Chumpette</li><br />
<li value="8">Yours</li><br />
<li value="7">Up</li><br />
<li value="6">Pimpmobile</li><br />
<li value="5">Bite</li><br />
<li value="4">My</li><br />
<li value="3">Shiny</li><br />
<li value="2">Daffodil</li><br />
<li value="1">Ass</li><br />
</ol><br />
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It is by no means impossible that the second word in the list is not "metal" considering all the variations of his catchphrase. In reference to his use of the word "daffodil", he said the sentence "Hot-diggidy-daffodil" in this episode and again in ''[[The Beast with a Billion Backs]]''. "Chumpette" is only uttered once though. "Pimpmobile" was also spoken by Bender in [[Futurama (video game)|the game]]. However, in all likelihood, Bender's real most spoken words would most likely be along the lines of any other speaker of the English language: the, and, I, a, so; etc.<br />
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=== Assets and Titles ===<br />
Bender has, over the years gained many assets and ranks in various organizations and a large amount of wealth. Some of these include:<br />
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*Served as Prime Minister of [[Trisol]] under the brief rule of [[Philip J. Fry|Fry the Solid]] (possibly terminated when the old emperor came back into power)<br />
*A castle, inherited from his [[Vladimir|uncle]]<br />
*Leader of the [[League of Robots]]<br />
*Commander of the [[Army of the Damned]]<br />
*[[Iron Cook]], on the television show of the same name (Zinc Saucier)<br />
*The [[Dirty Double Cross]], Earth's highest honor in swindling<br />
*[[Calculon]]'s official stalker (possibly fired when he maimed Calculon during a duel)<br />
*Spy for the [[DOOP]]<br />
*An enormous amount of wealth from various crimes<br />
*Pharaoh of [[Osiris 4]]<br />
*Prime Minister of Norway, due to him having his hand AND career chip<br />
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=== Alternate Appearances ===<br />
[[File:Were-Car.jpg|right|thumb|Bender as a were-car]][[File:Human Bender.jpg|right|thumb|Human Bender, with floozies]]<br />
*'''Giant Bender:''' In "[[Anthology of Interest I]]", Bender asks what it would be like if he were 500 feet tall. During the episode, he claims to weigh 7 billion tons (14 trillion pounds).<br />
*'''Parallel Bender:''' The only difference apparent between Bender and his counterpart in the parallel universe (the ''only'' alternate universe at the time) was that parallel Bender (along with the rest of the parallel Planet Express crew) was wearing a cowboy hat and vest when both crews visited the [[Edge of the Universe]]. Whether this is the norm for the parallel Crew, or was due to some difference in parallel Fry's [[I Dated a Robot|touristy adventure]] that day was never mentioned.<br />
*'''[[iObey]] Bender:''' In ''[[Bender's Big Score]]'', Bender was tricked into downloading the iObey obedience virus. He is forced to do anything the naked scammers tell him, and his pupils become red pixel swirls.<br />
*'''Were-Car Bender:''' In "[[The Honking]]", Bender is transformed each night at midnight into a malicious were-car, determined to kill his closest friend.<br />
*'''Human Bender:''' In "[[Anthology of Interest II]]", Bender asks what it would be like if he were human. Despite being Mexican, he appears to be Caucasian.<br />
*'''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.<br />
*'''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.<br />
*'''Coilette:''' 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]].<br />
*'''Wooden Bender:''' Bender downgrades to a wooden, steam-powered version in "[[Obsoletely Fabulous]]".<br />
*'''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.<br />
*'''Go-Kart Bender:''' After being murdered by [[Turanga Leela|Leela]] in "[[Anthology of Interest I]]", she reassembles his parts into a sporty go-kart.<br />
*'''[[Robot Santa Claus|Santa]] Bender:''' In "[[A Tale of Two Santas]]" Bender becomes a good Santa. This appearance basically has Bender's body painted red.<br />
*'''Bender the Offender/Gender Bender''' In "[[Raging Bender]]", Bender joins the Ultimate Robot Fighting League, and became 'Bender the Offender', but after he became less popular, [[Abner Doubledeal]], the Commissioner of the URFL, changed his persona to 'The Gender Bender'<br />
*'''Superking:''' Bender joins the [[New Justice Team]], as a superhero in "[[Less than Hero]]".<br />
*'''LOR Bender:''' Bender is given a luxurious ascot to wear, as he becomes a new member of the [[League of Robots]].<br />
*'''Pirate Bender:''' He dressed as a pirate in honor of Fry in his attempt to retrieve him from [[Yivo]]'s body in ''[[The Beast with a Billion Backs]]''.<br />
*'''[[Titanius Anglesmith]]:''' While playing ''Dungeons & Dragons'' in ''[[Bender's Game]]'', Bender convinces himself that he is a knight and goes insane. <!-- When [[Cornwood]] is created, his delusions are made real. --><br />
*'''Benderine:''' In "[[Planet X-Press Men]]", Fry falls unconscious and dreams of Bender becoming a Wolverine like character.<br />
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=== Bender's Functions, Attachments, and Accessories ===<br />
As we can see during the episodes, Bender has a lot of different functions. Here is a list of them:<br />
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*'''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 himself.<br />
*'''Extenso-matic Eyes :''' His eyes can zoom out of his normal layer, so he can get a better view on things; they tend to fall out when he zooms too far. First seen also in "[[Space Pilot 3000]]".<br />
*'''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]]".<br />
*'''Extenso-matic arms :''' Bender's arms and legs are capable of extending to many times their normal length. First seen in "[[The Series Has Landed]]".<br />
*'''[[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]]".<br />
*'''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.<br />
*'''Cowcatcher :''' 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.<br />
*'''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]]".<br />
*'''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]]".<br />
*'''Refrigerator :''' His cavity can also be used to refrigerate, as seen also in "[[I Second that Emotion]]"<br />
*'''Projector :''' A light can come out of his cavity. He used it for the first time in "[[When Aliens Attack]]"<br />
*'''AC Power''' generator: Bender plugs a television power cord into his side in [[Bender Should Not Be Allowed on TV]].<br />
*'''Pop-Corn maker :''' Bender can make some pop-corn in his cavity. First seen in "[[Fear of a Bot Planet]]".<br />
*'''Keg :''' Bender can also serve some beers within is cavity. First seen in "[[Hell Is Other Robots]]".<br />
*'''Toilet :''' Bender's cavity is used as a toilet in the episode "[[The Cyber House Rules]]". He pushes his antenna to flush.<br />
*'''Recorder :''' Bender can record things with is head. First seen in "[[A Head in the Polls]]", to record [[Richard Nixon's head]]'s words.<br />
[[File:Lighthouse bender.png|right|thumb|Bender as Lighthouse]]<br />
*'''Oxygen Supplier :''' In the episode "[[The Deep South]]", Bender is used as an Oxygen Supplier, that comes via some masks.<br />
*'''Exhaust Port:''' Bender's exhaust port is present in his ass, as seen in "[[Crimes of the Hot]]".<br />
*'''Flotation Device :''' In "[[The Deep South]]", Bender refer to his ass as a Flotation Device.<br />
*'''Pepper Grinder :''' In "[[The 30% Iron Chef]]", Bender inserts peppercorns in his mouth and shakes ground pepper out of his ass.<br />
*'''Beer Tub :''' Beer ferments in Bender's chest cavity in the episode "[[The Route of All Evil]]".<br />
*'''Pager:''' Antenna glows and vibrates to notify the New Justice Team of a call from the mayor in "[[Less than Hero]]".<br />
*'''Oil Sprayer :''' Bender sprays oil on a cosmetic saleswoman in "[[A Fishful of Dollars]]".<br />
*'''Mail Box''': Bender's antenna indicates when he is receiving mail. First seen in "[[Crimes of the Hot]]".<br />
*'''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]]".<br />
*'''EFTPOS Machine''': In "[[Leela's Homeworld]]", Bender takes the Professor's credit card and swipes it between his teeth to check its balance.<br />
*'''Laser Show :''' In "[[Jurassic Bark]]", Bender projects an expensive-looking laser show with his head.<br />
*'''Flamethrower :''' Bender boils some water using flames coming out of his mouth in "[[Anthology of Interest I]]".<br />
*'''Stadium air horn :''' In "[[The Devil's Hands Are Idle Playthings]]", the [[Robot Devil]] installs a stadium air horn under Bender's nose.<br />
*'''Voice Modifier :''' In "[[Bender Gets Made]]", Bender changed his voice via a control panel. Two voices are available : Robot, and King.<br />
*'''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.<br />
*'''Lighthouse''': In "[[Obsoletely Fabulous]]", Bender's revolving head and luminous eyes acted as a fully functional lighthouse.<br />
*'''Pistol''': In the cover of [[Futurama (video game)|the game]], Bender is shown using his finger as a pistol.<br />
*'''Cheating Unit''': In "[[A Flight to Remember]]", Bender speaks of his "cheating unit" which predicts (inaccurately) the coming roll of the dice at craps.<br />
*'''Water Boiler''': Boils and produces hot water for [[Calculon]] in "[[That's Lobstertainment!]]".<br />
*'''Safe''': In "[[Put Your Head on My Shoulder]]", Bender stores money in his cavity, the combination lock dial can be seen on his door.<br />
*'''Movie Projector''': In "[[Crimes of the Hot]]" Bender's head projects an educational film.<br />
*'''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]]".<br />
*'''Cigar Lighter''': His finger also flips up to reveal a cigar lighter. He uses this throughout the series to light his cigars. <br />
*'''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]].<br />
*'''Food Processor''': Bender purées fish and regurgitates it to his surrogate penguin children in "[[The Birdbot of Ice-Catraz]]".<br />
*'''Answering Machine''': In "[[Kif Gets Knocked Up a Notch]]", [[Amy]] apparently uses him as an answering machine. He isn't a very good one, though, as he doesn't alert people to new messages, and then deletes them anyway.<br />
*'''CD Player''': Bender can open his mouth panel to insert and play music CDs, as revealed in "[[Obsoletely Fabulous]]".<br />
*'''Projector''': A deleted scene from the opening of ''[[The Beast with a Billion Backs]]'' shows Bender projecting the Futurama logo, and the blue beams displayed behind it, from the top of his head, possibly from his antenna.<br />
*'''Spray Paint''': Bender is capable of spraying paint from his mouth, and does this when writing graffiti as seen in "[[A Pharaoh to Remember]]" <br />
*'''Suction Cup Feet''': Bender can use his feet as suction cups, allowing him to walk on walls. This is seen in "[[Bendless Love]]"<br />
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=== Quotes ===<br />
{{q|<br />
<poem>'''Bender''': Dream on, skin tube.</poem><br />
<poem>'''Bender''': I can't see what's hapenning. Are we boned?<br />
'''Leela''': Yeah, we're boned.</poem><br />
<poem>'''Bender''': I love stealin'; I love takin' things!</poem><br />
<poem>'''Bender''': Ah, TV's Elzar. This is the greatest nanosecond of my life. No, this one is. No, this one. Wait, that one was slightly worse. So far so good on this one.</poem><br />
<poem>'''Bender''': Ah, I'm so excited I wish I could wet my pants.</poem><br />
<poem>'''Bender''': Oh wait, you're serious, let me laugh even harder.</poem><br />
<poem>'''Bender''': Bite my shiny, metal ass!</poem><br />
<poem>'''The Professor''': I was just regaling your former coworkers with a tale of bedroom antics, the likes of which-<br />
'''Bender''': Yeah yeah, big whoop, no one cares; I've got ''Bender'' related news.</poem><br />
}}<br />
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=== Appearances ===<br />
While Bender appears in every episode, film or comic. The following categories may be of interest;<br />
*[[:Category:A plots focusing on Bender|A plots focusing on Bender]]<br />
*[[:Category:B plots focusing on Bender|B plots focusing on Bender]]<br />
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[[Category:All My Circuits]]<br />
[[Category:Planet Express]]<br />
[[Category:Robots]]</div>99.177.190.111http://theinfosphere.org/index.php?title=Bender_Bending_Rodriguez&diff=60230Bender Bending Rodriguez2010-06-19T23:59:08Z<p>99.177.190.111: /* Composition */</p>
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<div>{{character infobox<br />
|name=Bender Bending Rodríguez<br />
|image=[[File:Bender.jpg|225px]]<br />
|birth date=2998<br />
|age={{age|2998}} plus unknown thousands of years due to [[Bender's Big Score|continuous time travel]]; [[Roswell that Ends Well|head]] is 1055 years older than body, see [[#Age|age section]] for details <!-- please refrain from adding the comic book "fact", as it is not necessarily canon. --><br />
|type=p<br />
|job=Assistant Manager of Sales at [[Planet Express]]<br />
|voiced by=John DiMaggio<br />
|first appear={{e|1}}<br />
|origin=[[Earth]] (Hecho en Mexico)<br />
|species=[[Robot]] ([[Bending Units|Bending Unit]])<br />
|family=''See [[#Family|family]] section.''<br />
}}<br />
'''Bender Bending Rodr&iacute;guez''' (Model: '''[[Bending Units|Bending Unit]] 22''') is a bending unit, who works at [[Planet Express]] as Assistant Manager of Sales, formerly chef of the company. He is one of the primary characters and is known for his "in-your-face interface".<br />
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He weighs 525 pounds (238kg) and his central processing unit is a [[wikipedia:MOS Technology 6502|MOS Technologies 6502 processor]]. His arms and legs can be separated from the body and may act independently from it, and his head is able to survive without his body.<br />
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His internal fuel cells are recharged by drinking alcohol or any other liquid capable of delivering chemical energy, such as mineral oil or [[Dark Matter|dark matter oil]]. If he does not drink alcohol for a while, he suffers symptoms of intoxication, develops five-o'-clock rust around his mouth and leaks oil from his armpits. He carries a nuclear pile that seems to be composed of fissionable material, enabling the construction of miniature nuclear weapons.<br />
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Bender has a highly addictive personality, and his favorite pastimes are watching [[All My Circuits]], stealing things, drinking, and smoking. He lives in the [[New New York#Robot Arms Apartments|Robot Arms Apartments]] with his roommate [[Philip J. Fry|Fry]]. In spite of his general selfishness and family-sized ego, he has occasionally demonstrated a capacity for generosity, even self-sacrifice, where his good friends are involved.<br />
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One of Bender's life-long dreams is to be a folk singer&mdash;a dream he briefly lived when he toured with [[Beck]] ([[Bendin' in the Wind|3ACV13]]). Normally his inhibition unit keeps his musical urges under control, but it tends to shut down in the presence of strong magnetic fields (especially in close proximity to his head). Ultimately things turned out tragically; fortunately for Bender, he's a robot with many life-long dreams. Another is being a great chef, like his idol [[Elzar]]. He achieved this dream as well when he defeated Elzar on the show ''[[Iron Cook]]'' ([[The 30% Iron Chef|3ACV22]]).--><br />
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== Biography ==<br />
[[File:Montholdbender.png|thumb|left|Bender when he was only a month old]]<br />
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=== Early years ===<br />
Bender Bending Rodríguez was built in Tijuana, Mexico in [[Timeline|2998]] by [[Mom's Friendly Robot Company]]. There is some speculation about what happened in the following two years, except few things are certain, he briefly studied Bending at Bending State University, though he also graduated from the facility he was built in.<br />
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He soon got a job bending girders, but after realizing that the purpose of the girders he bent were for [[suicide booth]]s, he figured that his purpose was meaningless and thus decided to kill himself in one of the suicide booths he had helped construct.<br />
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=== You really want a robot for a friend? ===<br />
{{further|Season 1}}<br />
While waiting in line to kill himself on 31 December, 2999, [[Philip J. Fry|Fry]], who was clearly not familiar with suicide booths, stood in front of him, thinking it was a phone booth. Bender helped him along. But they managed to get out of the suicide booth alive. Bender soon learns that Fry is from the 20th Century and had been frozen for a thousand years.<br />
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But since Fry refused to get [[Career chip|assigned]] to his job, [[Turanga Leela|Leela]] was on his tail. Bender helped them escape through the [[Head Museum]] and soon down to [[Old New York]] below [[New New York]]. Here Leela finally caught up with them. Bender decided to stay with them and they headed over to Fry's nephew, [[Professor Hubert J. Farnsworth|Professor Farnsworth]]. Farnsworth soon accepted their offer, and luckily for them, he had the proper career chips.<br />
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=== Farnworth's asset ===<br />
As an employee at Planet Express he continued his kleptomania, drinking and smoking. He convinced Fry to move in with him and soon [[Hermes Conrad]] forced him to actually do something around the company. He got assigned as chef of the company, one of his dreams was apparently to cook, but having no sense of taste made vile meals for the staff.<br />
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Bender got into trouble when he began abusing electricity (jacking on), and his friends were not in favor of it. Saddened by their discontent, he sought new opportunities in [[religion]]. He joined Robotology, but this just made him a lot more annoying to his friends. So they decided to make him sin to become his regular self again, and during a visit to [[Robot Hell]] and the [[Robot Devil]], Fry and Leela managed to save him.<br />
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Bender himself never found true love, and one of the few close fembots he knew got sucked into a black hole after [[Zapp Brannigan]] had crashed the [[Titanic]] into it. But his personality continued to be a problem for his friends, and Leela became very upset with him when he flushed [[Nibbler]] down the toilet. The Professor "carefully" implanted an empathy chip in Bender, which forced him to feel Leela's every emotion for a short while.<br />
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[[File:Bender.png|thumb|right|180px|Bender Bending Rodríguez]]<br />
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=== The lesser of two evils ===<br />
{{further|Season 2}}<br />
During a visit to [[Past-O-Rama]] they bumped into [[Flexo]], another Bending Unit, possibly also of the same model number (22). Flexo and Bender became good friends, but Fry feared that Flexo is evil, and in a mix up at the Miss Universe contest Flexo was arrested for Bender's attempt to steal the tiara.<br />
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Bender briefly joined the [[Robot Mafia]] and fought in the [[Ultimate Robot Fighting]] League until his popularity slipped and he was rigged out of the league. Together with his fellow robots he rebelled against [[Humans|humanity]].<br />
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=== Well - I'm rich ===<br />
Bender's Uncle [[Vladimir]] died and Bender was to inherit his castle. He asked the crew to stay there for one night and they agreed to it. Bender was not at all comfortable in his new castle and the start up sound of Windows 98 was not helping either.<br />
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While being chased by several hologram ghosts, he fled out in the yard where he was run over by a [[Were-Car|were-car]]. The collision caused a virus to be beamed into him and he became a were-car. Bender did not realize this until later, but the [[Gypsy]] told them the only way to get rid of the virus would be destroy the original were-car. So through a long journey they found the original were-car and destroyed it, and thus Bender was free of the virus.<br />
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Whether he kept the castle or not is unknown.<br />
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=== When I'm found in a thousand years, they will know what the score was ===<br />
{{further|Season 3}}<br />
Bender continued his life with many adventures together with Fry and Leela. He temporarily worked for [[Calculon]] as his water heater. He met up with Flexo again, but this time he was not happy to see him, because Bender figured that his second true love was still in love with Flexo. Bender screwed it up and the divorcees got back together.<br />
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He was briefly sent to an institute for insane robots, got to tour around with [[Beck]] and fulfil his dream of becoming a folk-singer, became Pharaoh of an entire planet and beat [[Elzar]] on the [[television]] show [[Iron Cook]].<br />
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During a battle with [[Space Pirates]] Bender got shot out through the torpedo slot and was forced to drift through space. He for some time became the God of the [[Shrimpkins]] which was a life form that had grown on his stomach. But after they all died out, Bender met up with the [[Galactic Entity]] who he believes ''is'' God. And the Entity sent Bender back to [[Earth]].<br />
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=== [I] should not be allowed on TV! ===<br />
{{further|Season 4}}<br />
Bender was still wanting his fame, he found interest in becoming [[Bender (All My Circuits)|the new]] [[Antonio Calculon, Jr.|Antonio]] on [[All My Circuits]]. He got the job. But Calculon was hardly impressed by Bender's performance, however the Network executives disagreed. So Bender got to continue on the show, but in his true nature.<br />
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But when Bender realized that his behaviour on TV causes [[Dwight Conrad|Dwight]] and [[Cubert Farnsworth|Cubert]] to steal his stuff, he called off the show.<br />
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Bender joined Fry and Leela briefly as they gained super powers in [[the New Justice Team]], he has had an affair with the [[Planet Express Ship]], he got modeled into a fembot and had a relationship shortly with Calculon and helped [[Robot Santa]] as a replacement.<br />
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=== Dumb dumb away! ===<br />
{{further|Bender's Big Score}}<br />
But the company got into trouble when the [[Box Network]] canceled its license, and for two years they were not able to deliver packages. Luckily though, their license was renewed and they went back in business.<br />
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Bender became the centre of attention as the new masters of the company lead by [[Nudar]] infected him with an [[iObey]] virus and they forced him to go back in time and steal all of Earth's valuables. But when Fry managed to escape back into the past, they send him after Fry to kill him, and after 12 years tireless hunting, he managed to do so.<br />
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But he soon learnt 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 decided to fight back, and after with the help of Hermes the war was won, he revealed that he himself had kept [[the Spheroboom]] that the scammers had told him to keep safe, thus saving the day. <br />
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However, while on a trip back in time to make sense out of everything that had happened that year, a mishap led to him accidentally tearing the universe open.<br />
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=== Death to humans... ===<br />
{{further|The Beast with a Billion Backs}}<br />
After becoming an official stalker for [[Calculon]] by Calculon, Bender fell into a deep depression after Calculon informed him that there was no such thing as the [[League of Robots]], a society of robots which came to the aid of robots abused by humans, and which Bender had worshipped for his entire life. He contemplated commiting suicide until he was approached by the League led by Calculon himself; he lied about its non-existence to ensure its secrecy.<br />
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Bender became the newest member of the League and began to personally enforce the no-humans policy of the organization, becoming very famous within it. However, Bender was caught helping his human friends and his bluffs were called by Calculon, whom Bender challenged to a duel. Bender broke the rules of the duel, severely injuring Calculon and nearly exposing the League, but instead of being kicked out of the League, Calculon resigned his position as President and gave it to Bender.<br />
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Bender organized the [[Army of the Damned]] (trading [[Bender's First Born Son|his firstborn son]] to the [[Robot Devil]] for it) to take over the world, only to discover that its entire population was already leaving to live on the body of a giant tentacled monster named [[Yivo]]. Bender soon received a letter from Fry describing how wonderful life was there, but Bender ended up interfering by [[The Robot Invasion of Heaven|attacking Yivo]] and attempting to bring humanity back. Soon, for personal reasons, Yivo unwittingly complied with Bender and had everybody return to Earth.<br />
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=== I know not of this Bender ===<br />
{{further|Bender's Game}}<br />
Bender finds himself attempting to catch up with a game of Dungeons and Dragons, played by [[Cubert Farnsworth]] and his friends. He soon hits the obstacle of realising he has no imagination. But the more he tries, he eventually believes he is [[Titanius Anglesmith]], Fancy Man of [[Cornwood]].<br />
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Unfortunately, his imagination grows wild, and he is sent to [[HAL Institute]] to be cured. The therapy is unsuccessful and they decide to put him down. But while he is about to be put down, the [[dark matter]] crystals becomes close enough, allowing Bender's imagination to become real.<br />
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In his fantasy, he is the owner of a castle. When he hears of [[Waltazar, Larius and Ignus|Black Knights]] approaching, he sets out with his friends, [[Leegola]] and [[Frydo]]. Discovering the [[Die of Power]], he sets off to [[The Great Wizard Greyfarn|Greyfarn]], where they learn of the story behind the Die. Titanius is slightly against the quest, but decides to tag along. On several occasions, he refers to going back, such as when they have just passed through the [[Cave of Hopelessness]].<br />
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On the other side, [[the Fellowship]] decides to seek [[Wipe Castle]] for help. Unfortunately, [[Roberto|the king]] is a loon, and the entire royal army is gone. As [[Momon]]'s forces arrive, they have a large, unwinnable battle at hand. But as things seems darkest, [[Leegola]] and her centaur army saves Wipe Castle. Knowing of Frydo's quest, the Fellowship decides to go help him. However, they are too late and Momon wins the battle, causing them to return to their world.<br />
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=== I'm...so...GREAT!! ===<br />
{{further|Into the Wild Green Yonder}}<br />
Bender takes a trip to [[Mars Vegas]] with the rest of the crew. There, he falls in love with [[Fanny]], a burlesque dancer, who is the Don Bot's wife. He enters the [[Universal Poker Championship]] Tournament for her and wins against Fry with five kings.<br />
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After returning to Earth, Bender feels upset that the [[Feministas]] are committing more felonies than him. He gets hired by [[Zapp Brannigan]] to help him capture the Feministas. By getting Bender to wire tap Fry's "cellphone-telephone" Zapp finds out where the Feministas are hiding and chases them aboard the [[Nimbus]], along with Bender and [[Kif Kroker|Kif]]. After an exciting space chase, Bender captures the Feministas and goes against them in court. They are found guilty and sent to [[Maxi-Padlock]] Prison.<br />
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Bender then breaks into the women's prison and helps the Feministas escape, because by doing so, he would have committed way more felonies than the women. He bends a brick wall and calls Farnsworth, who pilots the Planet Express Ship down to rescue them from the prison's forces. They crash a demolition ceremony, and in the end, Bender is sent through a [[Panama Wormhole|wormhole]] with the rest of the Planet Express Crew.<br />
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== Character description ==<br />
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{{update}}<br />
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=== Composition ===<br />
Bender routinely claims to be made of thirty to forty percent of various metals, typically following his claims up by knocking on his own chassis. Unfortunately, his credibility on this matter is thrown into question by the fact that they add up to well over one hundred percent:<br />
*40% Zinc ([[Fry and the Slurm Factory|1ACV13]])<br />
*40% Titanium ([[A Head in the Polls|2ACV03]])<br />
*30% Iron, presumably mixed with osmium as stated in A Pharaoh to Remember ([[The 30% Iron Chef|3ACV22]])<br />
*40% Dolemite ([[Jurassic Bark|4ACV07]])<br />
*An unknown quantity of osmium ([[A Pharaoh to Remember|3ACV17]])<br />
*40% Lead ([[Futurama (video game)]])<br />
*40% Luck/horseshoes ([[Into the Wild Green Yonder|ItWGY]])<br />
Total: (greater than) 230%.<br />
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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. <br />
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There's also a mention that robots are made from recycled beer cans (and beer cans are made from recycled robots), so depending on the year 3000 composition of beer cans, he may have a certain percentage of aluminum in his alloy.<br />
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As a side note, "Dolemite" is also the name of a movie from 1974. The main character, Dolemite, is a pimp who leads an army of Kung Fu hookers. [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0072895/ IMDB - Dolemite] Bender has been been a pimp many times throughout the series.<br />
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=== Family ===<br />
[[File:Bender's Xmas 2.jpg|right|thumb|Bender's Mother, whom he refers to as his mommy]]<br />
*[[Professor Hubert J. Farnsworth|Professor Farnsworth]], creator of the sports utility robot on which Bender and all/most other modern robots are based.<br />
*[[Flexo]], another Bending unit of the same model.<br />
*[[Mom]], owner of Mom's Friendly Robot Co.<br />
*[[Bender's mother|His mother]], a robotic arm who sends him [[Xmas]] cards.<br />
*His father, who was killed by a giant can opener ([[I Second that Emotion|2ACV01]]).<br />
*[[Vladimir|Uncle Vladimir]], who lived in [[Thermostadt]], capital of the [[Robo-Hungarian Empire]], and died at the ripe old age of 211.<br />
*[[Tandy]], Uncle Vladimir's son and hence Bender's cousin.<br />
*Screwy Aunt Rita, who ''is'' a screw. (Note that Bender stated that he had an Aunt Rita during Leela's coma fantasy in the episode "[[The Sting]]", so this may not be true.)<br />
*Albert, Bethany, Sally, Nina & 8 other orphans, briefly adopted from the [[Cookieville_Minimum-Security_Orphanarium|Cookieville Minimum-Security Orphanarium]]<br />
*Three penguin "children" ([[The Birdbot of Ice-Catraz|3ACV05]])<br />
*[[Junior]], a child born to [[The Crushinator]] ([[Freaky Fry-day|US#009]])<br />
*[[Bender's First Born Son]], Bender exchanges him for an [[Army of the Damned]].<br />
*Bender's grandmother, who is a bulldozer.<br />
*Buster, Bender's identical cousin.<br />
*Commodore LXIV, or Commodore 64. A painting of this robot is hanging in [[Vladimir|Uncle Vladimir]]'s dining hall and can be assumed to be one of Bender's ancestors.<br />
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=== Age ===<br />
Bender was originally constructed in 2998, making him 1-2 years old when Fry met him in 2999. The events in "[[Roswell that Ends Well]]" make his head 1055 years older than the rest of his body. The incident in "[[Teenage Mutant Leela's Hurdles]]" does largely not count as an ageing or the opposite, and fans largely regard his age to remain intact. In ''[[Bender's Big Score]]'', Bender travels back in time several times, though the amount of times is unknown, the amount of Benders that appear at the end, may suggest at least a couple of thousand times. Given how many of these travels seems to be between 1000 to 5000 years in the past (from about 3007), an educated guess would make him at least a million years old, but probably more. An alternative theory could suggest when the time duplicates explode at the end of the first film, Bender is the same age he was at the end of the original run plus 995 years, as the Bender that went back 995 years in time to kill Fry is presumed to be the orginal and therefore wouldn't expire like the rest of them.<br />
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In the comic, "[[Rust in Peace]]", it is revealed that Bender, due to too much time travelling, must be inserted into a renewed unit. Farnsworth determines his age to be 27 203 before moving him to his new body. But 27 203 seems a lot less than what would be a quick educated guess. 27 203 would require Bender to have gone at least about a thousand years back each time and only gone 27 times, or instead gone more years back and done fewer than 27 times. But regardless of the ordeal, the amount of Benders appearing at the end of ''Bender's Big Score'' seems to contradict this fact. The event in the comic is thus not necessarily considered [[canon]].<br />
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== Additional Info ==<br />
[[File:Anthology.jpg|right|thumb|Giant Bender as seen in a "What If?" scenario, about to get attacked by giant [[Dr. John Zoidberg|Zoidberg]].]]<br />
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=== Trivia ===<br />
*He has been [[New New York v. Bender|charged]] for pimping.<br />
*Bender's apartment number is 00100100. This is a binary representation of the ASCII character '$' or 36 in decimal.<br />
*Bender's serial number is 2716057. This can be expressed as the sum of 2 cubes. Specifically, 952<sup>3</sup> + (-951)<sup>3</sup><br />
*Additionally, he seems to be the [[1729]]<sup>th</sup> unit produced by his "mommy".<br />
*The word "bender" can refer to a drinking spree, hinting at Bender's heavy alcohol use.<br />
*Bender is powered by a 6502 Microprocessor.<br />
*Bender dies at the end of both of his what-if scenarios in each Anthology of Interest and both have one of the characters saying "Goodnight, sweet prince"(Fry in the first and Farnsworth in the second) to Bender when he dies.<br />
*His self-destruct code is 1A2B3.<br />
*Bender cannot have magnets attached to his head, or it will "screw up his inhibition unit", thus causing him to sing crazy variations of folk songs.<br />
*Apparently stole the Prime Minister of Norway's arm.<br />
*His birthstone is [[Robobium]]<br />
*Is able to simultaneously reattach each of his severed arms with the other.<br />
*He cannot get up when he is knocked on his back. At least not until he learns how to from the majestic turtle.<br />
*His antenna interferes with satelite televisions, along with some cellphones.<br />
*He, along with [[Philip J. Fry|Fry]] and [[Turanga Leela|Leela]], appears in all episodes of the series.<br />
*No one can say he doesn't own John Laraquette's Spine<br />
*Bender has Hexakosioihexekontahexaphobia, fear of the number 666, as hinted in "[[The Honking]]".<br />
*Bender is the most evil robot in the series, as acknowledged by [[Robot Santa]] and the [[Robot Devil]].<br />
*Bender has named his hands "Grabby and Squeezy," and his footcups "Stompy and Smashy."<br />
*Bender's favorite cause of death is being crushed to death by a big rig driven by The Incredible Hulk<br />
*In Firefox 3, if you type "about:robots" into the address bar, a page with several cultural references to robots is displayed. The fourth bullet point says "Robots have shiny metal posteriors which should not be bitten."<br />
*His vanity plate reads “1 DVS BSTD” (one devious bastard).<br />
*He said the last full sentence in all 4 films - "Well, we're boned" (Benders Big Score), "I love you, meatbags!" (The Beast with a Billion Backs), "Whip harder, Professor!" (Benders Game), "Into the breach, meatbags. Or not, whatever." (Into the Wild Green Yonder)<br />
*Bender's waste management facilities may convert material he consumes into bricks.<br />
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=== Voice ===<br />
Of all the voices on the show, Bender's voice was the most difficult to cast. This is because none of the creators and crew were sure what a robot should sound like yet. So they had every voice actor who auditioned also audition for the role of Bender. Even [[David X. Cohen]] was suggested for the role.<br />
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[[John DiMaggio]] originally auditioned with Bender's voice for Professor Farnsworth. Among the bases for the voice were the character of Taggart from [[Wikipedia:Blazing Saddles|Blazing Saddles]] and DiMaggio's original character "Charlie the Sausage Lover". In the [[Commentary:Spanish Fry|audio commentary of Spanish Fry]], David X. Cohen joked about it also being "90 parts John DiMaggio."<br />
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=== Catchphrases ===<br />
Bender's basic catchphrase is "[[Bite my shiny metal ass]]".<br />
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Variations on this include the following:<br />
*Bite my red-hot glowing ass! [[When Aliens Attack|(1ACV12)]]<br />
*Lick my frozen metal ass! [[Xmas Story|(2ACV04)]]<br />
*Bite my colossal metal ass! [[Anthology of Interest I|(2ACV16)]]<br />
*The modern world can bite my splintery wooden ass! [[Obsoletely Fabulous|(4ACV14)]]<br />
*Bite my glorious golden ass! [[The Farnsworth Parabox|(4ACV15)]]<br />
*Bite my shiny metal face!! (''[[Bender's Game]]'')<br />
*Bite my shiny metal hat. (Said by [[Fry]], [[Into the Wild Green Yonder]])<br />
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Other common catchphrases are:<br />
*"[[Me, Bender]]": whenever he says "me", he usually follows it with "Bender", thus producing the sentence "me, Bender." Thus making this the most said character name on the show.<br />
*"Well, we're boned.", said in situations where he, or a group of people including him, are in a large amount of trouble.<br />
*"I'm back, baby!" whenever he makes an intriguing appearance on the scene; Bender had also said the phrase "We're back, baby!" on numerous occasions, particularly in reference to the series' revival.<br />
*"Neat!", when Bender is taking a picture with his purple camera.<br />
*"Cheese it!" whenever he encourages other characters to run away from trouble. This is used less commonly.<br />
*"Fun on the bun!", another less common catchphrase that is used whenever Bender describes amusement.<br />
*"He's pending for a bending.", a phrase used as a warning very few times throughout the show.<br />
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Bender also has a tendency to call humans "meatbag" when he is displeased or annoyed with them. Additionally, Bender regularly says "Kill all humans", although, in [[The Sting|Leela's dream]] he claims to whisper "except one", referring to Fry, every time too.<br />
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As stated in "[[War Is the H-Word]]", the top ten words that Bender uses more than any others is as follows:<br />
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<ol start="10"><br />
<li>Chump</li><br />
<li value="9">Chumpette</li><br />
<li value="8">Yours</li><br />
<li value="7">Up</li><br />
<li value="6">Pimpmobile</li><br />
<li value="5">Bite</li><br />
<li value="4">My</li><br />
<li value="3">Shiny</li><br />
<li value="2">Daffodil</li><br />
<li value="1">Ass</li><br />
</ol><br />
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It is by no means impossible that the second word in the list is not "metal" considering all the variations of his catchphrase. In reference to his use of the word "daffodil", he said the sentence "Hot-diggidy-daffodil" in this episode and again in ''[[The Beast with a Billion Backs]]''. "Chumpette" is only uttered once though. "Pimpmobile" was also spoken by Bender in [[Futurama (video game)|the game]]. However, in all likelihood, Bender's real most spoken words would most likely be along the lines of any other speaker of the English language: the, and, I, a, so; etc.<br />
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=== Assets and Titles ===<br />
Bender has, over the years gained many assets and ranks in various organizations and a large amount of wealth. Some of these include:<br />
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*Served as Prime Minister of [[Trisol]] under the brief rule of [[Philip J. Fry|Fry the Solid]] (possibly terminated when the old emperor came back into power)<br />
*A castle, inherited from his [[Vladimir|uncle]]<br />
*Leader of the [[League of Robots]]<br />
*Commander of the [[Army of the Damned]]<br />
*[[Iron Cook]], on the television show of the same name (Zinc Saucier)<br />
*The [[Dirty Double Cross]], Earth's highest honor in swindling<br />
*[[Calculon]]'s official stalker (possibly fired when he maimed Calculon during a duel)<br />
*Spy for the [[DOOP]]<br />
*An enormous amount of wealth from various crimes<br />
*Pharaoh of [[Osiris 4]]<br />
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=== Alternate Appearances ===<br />
[[File:Were-Car.jpg|right|thumb|Bender as a were-car]][[File:Human Bender.jpg|right|thumb|Human Bender, with floozies]]<br />
*'''Giant Bender:''' In "[[Anthology of Interest I]]", Bender asks what it would be like if he were 500 feet tall. During the episode, he claims to weigh 7 billion tons (14 trillion pounds).<br />
*'''Parallel Bender:''' The only difference apparent between Bender and his counterpart in the parallel universe (the ''only'' alternate universe at the time) was that parallel Bender (along with the rest of the parallel Planet Express crew) was wearing a cowboy hat and vest when both crews visited the [[Edge of the Universe]]. Whether this is the norm for the parallel Crew, or was due to some difference in parallel Fry's [[I Dated a Robot|touristy adventure]] that day was never mentioned.<br />
*'''[[iObey]] Bender:''' In ''[[Bender's Big Score]]'', Bender was tricked into downloading the iObey obedience virus. He is forced to do anything the naked scammers tell him, and his pupils become red pixel swirls.<br />
*'''Were-Car Bender:''' In "[[The Honking]]", Bender is transformed each night at midnight into a malicious were-car, determined to kill his closest friend.<br />
*'''Human Bender:''' In "[[Anthology of Interest II]]", Bender asks what it would be like if he were human. Despite being Mexican, he appears to be Caucasian.<br />
*'''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.<br />
*'''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.<br />
*'''Coilette:''' 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]].<br />
*'''Wooden Bender:''' Bender downgrades to a wooden, steam-powered version in "[[Obsoletely Fabulous]]".<br />
*'''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.<br />
*'''Go-Kart Bender:''' After being murdered by [[Turanga Leela|Leela]] in "[[Anthology of Interest I]]", she reassembles his parts into a sporty go-kart.<br />
*'''[[Robot Santa Claus|Santa]] Bender:''' In "[[A Tale of Two Santas]]" Bender becomes a good Santa. This appearance basically has Bender's body painted red.<br />
*'''Bender the Offender/Gender Bender''' In "[[Raging Bender]]", Bender joins the Ultimate Robot Fighting League, and became 'Bender the Offender', but after he became less popular, [[Abner Doubledeal]], the Commissioner of the URFL, changed his persona to 'The Gender Bender'<br />
*'''Superking:''' Bender joins the [[New Justice Team]], as a superhero in "[[Less than Hero]]".<br />
*'''LOR Bender:''' Bender is given a luxurious ascot to wear, as he becomes a new member of the [[League of Robots]].<br />
*'''Pirate Bender:''' He dressed as a pirate in honor of Fry in his attempt to retrieve him from [[Yivo]]'s body in ''[[The Beast with a Billion Backs]]''.<br />
*'''[[Titanius Anglesmith]]:''' While playing ''Dungeons & Dragons'' in ''[[Bender's Game]]'', Bender convinces himself that he is a knight and goes insane. <!-- When [[Cornwood]] is created, his delusions are made real. --><br />
*'''Benderine:''' In "[[Planet X-Press Men]]", Fry falls unconscious and dreams of Bender becoming a Wolverine like character.<br />
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=== Bender's Functions, Attachments, and Accessories ===<br />
As we can see during the episodes, Bender has a lot of different functions. Here is a list of them:<br />
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*'''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 himself.<br />
*'''Extenso-matic Eyes :''' His eyes can zoom out of his normal layer, so he can get a better view on things; they tend to fall out when he zooms too far. First seen also in "[[Space Pilot 3000]]".<br />
*'''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]]".<br />
*'''Extenso-matic arms :''' Bender's arms and legs are capable of extending to many times their normal length. First seen in "[[The Series Has Landed]]".<br />
*'''[[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]]".<br />
*'''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.<br />
*'''Cowcatcher :''' 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.<br />
*'''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]]".<br />
*'''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]]".<br />
*'''Refrigerator :''' His cavity can also be used to refrigerate, as seen also in "[[I Second that Emotion]]"<br />
*'''Projector :''' A light can come out of his cavity. He used it for the first time in "[[When Aliens Attack]]"<br />
*'''AC Power''' generator: Bender plugs a television power cord into his side in [[Bender Should Not Be Allowed on TV]].<br />
*'''Pop-Corn maker :''' Bender can make some pop-corn in his cavity. First seen in "[[Fear of a Bot Planet]]".<br />
*'''Keg :''' Bender can also serve some beers within is cavity. First seen in "[[Hell Is Other Robots]]".<br />
*'''Toilet :''' Bender's cavity is used as a toilet in the episode "[[The Cyber House Rules]]". He pushes his antenna to flush.<br />
*'''Recorder :''' Bender can record things with is head. First seen in "[[A Head in the Polls]]", to record [[Richard Nixon's head]]'s words.<br />
[[File:Lighthouse bender.png|right|thumb|Bender as Lighthouse]]<br />
*'''Oxygen Supplier :''' In the episode "[[The Deep South]]", Bender is used as an Oxygen Supplier, that comes via some masks.<br />
*'''Exhaust Port:''' Bender's exhaust port is present in his ass, as seen in "[[Crimes of the Hot]]".<br />
*'''Flotation Device :''' In "[[The Deep South]]", Bender refer to his ass as a Flotation Device.<br />
*'''Pepper Grinder :''' In "[[The 30% Iron Chef]]", Bender inserts peppercorns in his mouth and shakes ground pepper out of his ass.<br />
*'''Beer Tub :''' Beer ferments in Bender's chest cavity in the episode "[[The Route of All Evil]]".<br />
*'''Pager:''' Antenna glows and vibrates to notify the New Justice Team of a call from the mayor in "[[Less than Hero]]".<br />
*'''Oil Sprayer :''' Bender sprays oil on a cosmetic saleswoman in "[[A Fishful of Dollars]]".<br />
*'''Mail Box''': Bender's antenna indicates when he is receiving mail. First seen in "[[Crimes of the Hot]]".<br />
*'''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]]".<br />
*'''EFTPOS Machine''': In "[[Leela's Homeworld]]", Bender takes the Professor's credit card and swipes it between his teeth to check its balance.<br />
*'''Laser Show :''' In "[[Jurassic Bark]]", Bender projects an expensive-looking laser show with his head.<br />
*'''Flamethrower :''' Bender boils some water using flames coming out of his mouth in "[[Anthology of Interest I]]".<br />
*'''Stadium air horn :''' In "[[The Devil's Hands Are Idle Playthings]]", the [[Robot Devil]] installs a stadium air horn under Bender's nose.<br />
*'''Voice Modifier :''' In "[[Bender Gets Made]]", Bender changed his voice via a control panel. Two voices are available : Robot, and King.<br />
*'''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.<br />
*'''Lighthouse''': In "[[Obsoletely Fabulous]]", Bender's revolving head and luminous eyes acted as a fully functional lighthouse.<br />
*'''Pistol''': In the cover of [[Futurama (video game)|the game]], Bender is shown using his finger as a pistol.<br />
*'''Cheating Unit''': In "[[A Flight to Remember]]", Bender speaks of his "cheating unit" which predicts (inaccurately) the coming roll of the dice at craps.<br />
*'''Water Boiler''': Boils and produces hot water for [[Calculon]] in "[[That's Lobstertainment!]]".<br />
*'''Safe''': In "[[Put Your Head on My Shoulder]]", Bender stores money in his cavity, the combination lock dial can be seen on his door.<br />
*'''Movie Projector''': In "[[Crimes of the Hot]]" Bender's head projects an educational film.<br />
*'''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]]".<br />
*'''Cigar Lighter''': His finger also flips up to reveal a cigar lighter. He uses this throughout the series to light his cigars. <br />
*'''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]].<br />
*'''Food Processor''': Bender purées fish and regurgitates it to his surrogate penguin children in "[[The Birdbot of Ice-Catraz]]".<br />
*'''Answering Machine''': In "[[Kif Gets Knocked Up a Notch]]", [[Amy]] apparently uses him as an answering machine. He isn't a very good one, though, as he doesn't alert people to new messages, and then deletes them anyway.<br />
*'''CD Player''': Bender can open his mouth panel to insert and play music CDs, as revealed in "[[Obsoletely Fabulous]]".<br />
*'''Projector''': A deleted scene from the opening of ''[[The Beast with a Billion Backs]]'' shows Bender projecting the Futurama logo, and the blue beams displayed behind it, from the top of his head, possibly from his antenna.<br />
*'''Spray Paint''': Bender is capable of spraying paint from his mouth, and does this when writing graffiti as seen in "[[A Pharaoh to Remember]]" <br />
*'''Suction Cup Feet''': Bender can use his feet as suction cups, allowing him to walk on walls. This is seen in "[[Bendless Love]]"<br />
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=== Quotes ===<br />
{{q|<br />
<poem>'''Bender''': Dream on, skin tube.</poem><br />
<poem>'''Bender''': I can't see what's hapenning. Are we boned?<br />
'''Leela''': Yeah, we're boned.</poem><br />
<poem>'''Bender''': I love stealin'; I love takin' things!</poem><br />
<poem>'''Bender''': Ah, TV's Elzar. This is the greatest nanosecond of my life. No, this one is. No, this one. Wait, that one was slightly worse. So far so good on this one.</poem><br />
<poem>'''Bender''': Ah, I'm so excited I wish I could wet my pants.</poem><br />
<poem>'''Bender''': Oh wait, you're serious, let me laugh even harder.</poem><br />
<poem>'''Bender''': Bite my shiny, metal ass!</poem><br />
<poem>'''The Professor''': I was just regaling your former coworkers with a tale of bedroom antics, the likes of which-<br />
'''Bender''': Yeah yeah, big whoop, no one cares; I've got ''Bender'' related news.</poem><br />
}}<br />
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=== Appearances ===<br />
While Bender appears in every episode, film or comic. The following categories may be of interest;<br />
*[[:Category:A plots focusing on Bender|A plots focusing on Bender]]<br />
*[[:Category:B plots focusing on Bender|B plots focusing on Bender]]<br />
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[[Category:All My Circuits]]<br />
[[Category:Planet Express]]<br />
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