Bender (Futurama)

Bender (Futurama)

Bender Bending Rodríguez (commonly known as Bender) is a fictional robot character in the animated television series Futurama. The character, designated in the series as Bending Unit 22, was created by series creators Matt Groening and David X. Cohen, and is voiced by John DiMaggio. The character fulfills a comic, anti-hero-type role in Futurama and is described in a fourth season episode by central character Leela as an "alcoholic, whore-mongering, chain-smoking gambler".

According to the character's back-story, Bender was built in Mexico, with the other characters making reference to his "swarthy Latin charm" throughout the overall narrative. Viewers are informed, through the character's own testimony, of Bender's prejudice against non-robots and his dialogue often contains anti-human expressions, such as "kill all humans". Exceptions who are not subject to Bender's prejudicial attitude are those individuals on his "Do Not Kill" list, such as his best friend, Fry, Hermes, Amy, Leela and Dr. Zoidberg. However, Bender is also portrayed as a kind character, suggesting that he is not as belligerent as he claims, and this sentiment is also extended to human characters in the series.