Bendin' in the Wind

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Season 3 episode
Bendin' in the Wind
Bendin' in the Wind.jpg
No.45
Production number3ACV13
Written by[[Eric Horsted]][[Category:Episodes written by Eric Horsted|Bendin' in the Wind]]
Directed by[[Ron Hughart]][[Category:Episodes directed by Ron Hughart|Bendin' in the Wind]]
Title captionFederal law prohibits changing the channel
First air date22 April, 2001
Broadcast numberS03E13
Title referenceThe song "Blowin' in the Wind" by Bob Dylan
Special guest(s)Beck
Additional
Commentary
(Transcript)
Transcript

Pictures

Season 3
  1. Amazon Women in the Mood
  2. Parasites Lost
  3. A Tale of Two Santas
  4. The Luck of the Fryrish
  5. The Birdbot of Ice-Catraz
  6. Bendless Love
  7. The Day the Earth Stood Stupid
  8. That's Lobstertainment!
  9. The Cyber House Rules
  10. Where the Buggalo Roam
  11. Insane in the Mainframe
  12. The Route of All Evil
  13. Bendin' in the Wind
  14. Time Keeps on Slippin'
  15. I Dated a Robot
  16. A Leela of Her Own
  17. A Pharaoh to Remember
  18. Anthology of Interest II
  19. Roswell that Ends Well
  20. Godfellas
  21. Future Stock
  22. The 30% Iron Chef
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"Bendin' in the Wind" is the forty-fifth episode of Futurama, the thirteenth of the third production season and third broadcast season. It aired 22 April, 2001 on FOX. It guest stars Beck as himself. Bender becomes a folksinger after being broken, and starts touring with Beck.

The Story

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Act I: "This thing can't go faster than 80,000 miles per hour?"

While walking, Fry and Bender come across the NNY Hole Project and Fry gets a free Volkswagen Transporter microbus (VW) and pushes it back to the Planet Express. Though gas (petroleum) doesn't exist anymore, a can of whale oil is supplied and Bender starts to open it via the can opener, but he is caught by the magnetic forces and is horribly damaged.

Act II: "We can't just dump him in the gutter like Grandma's ashes!"

Bender is now unable to move, and while at the hospital, he notices Beck, his favourite folksinger. Beck invites Bender to be his new washboard player, giving him robotic mini-arms, which allow him to play by scraping them across his broken chest.

Act III: "My shell ran."

Bender and Beck go on tour, while Fry, Leela, Amy and Zoidberg cram into the VW and follow them. While at a laundromat, their money is ruined, leaving Fry and the rest without any money, food, or clean clothes. Beck and Bender organize a benefit for broken robots and Bender starts writing his own song. After he finishes writing his song, he is visited by Fry and the rest; they are shocked to find he is capable of moving again.

Act IV: "I didn't get my beads!"

Bender is wondering how he can play at his upcoming concert, Bend-Aid and thinks of something... by faking still being injured. At his concert, Bender sings with Beck, while the others make money by selling "love beads", a pearl made by Zoidberg in his throat. Bender receives a giant check before singing the song he wrote, "My Broken Friend", and right before he finishes his song, his secret is exposed as he gets too cocky and starts to dance. Bender escapes, lands in the VW, and drives off.

Act V: "Put the metal to the pedal to the other metal!"

Bender and the rest start driving through town, trying to outrun Beck and his minions, and the VW falls off the Golden Gate Bridge, because it is a hover bridge. Bender slingshots off one of the wires of the bridge, and lands near Beck's bus (a woman breaking his fall instead of a fat person like he had hoped). Beck recovers the huge check, but he spares Bender. With a magnet placed on his head, singing "Bender is Great", Bender returns to the crew, paddling home on the bus.

Additional Info

"My Broken Friend" lyrics

See List of song performances#My Broken Friend.

Trivia

Continuity

Allusions

  • Bender eats some Olestra chips from the 1990's and suffers the usual side effects of the product.
  • Patchcord Adams is a spoof of real life medical doctor Patch Adams who was made famous when he was portrayed by Robin Williams in the movie of the same name. His voice is more of a dead-on impression of Williams.
  • Cylon and Garfunkel are the 31st century equivalent of Simon and Garfunkel. They sing the latter's "Scarborough Fair".

Quotes

  • Hippie: Wow, look at the colours. These'll go great with my soul.
    Zoidberg: Glad you like them. I've been making fine jewellery for years, apparently.
  • Bender: Hey, yeah, I could write a song! With real words, not phoney ones like "odelay".
    Beck: "Odelay" is a word. Just look it up in the Becktionary.
  • Zoidberg: Oh, I don't know, Fry. I think I'm too poor to follow a band around in a van.
  • Beck: (honks horn) Come on. We have to get to the concert in time and make the audience wait for it to start.
  • Bender: (falling from the bridge) Somebody fat get in my waaaaaayyyyy!!! (Bender lands on a skinny woman, who was standing next to a fat man)

Characters

(In alphabetic order)

Episode Credits