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|name = Hugh Hefner
{{archive box|[[/Archive1|Through December 2006]]}}
|image = Hugh Hefner 2007.jpg
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|caption = Hefner in 2007.
|birth_date = {{birth date and age|mf=yes|1926|4|9}}
|birth_place = [[Chicago, Illinois]]
|occupation = [[Chief Creative Officer]] of [[Playboy Enterprises]], [[editing|Editor-in-chief]] of <br/> ''[[Playboy]]'' [[magazine]]
|website = [http://www.playboyenterprises.com/ www.playboyenterprises.com]
|spouse = Mildred Williams (1949–1959) <br/> [[Kimberley Conrad]] (1989-separated in 1999)
|children = [[Christie Hefner]] (b.1952) <br/> David Hefner (b.1955) <br/> Marston Hefner (b.1990) <br/> Cooper Hefner (b.1991)
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'''Hugh Marston Hefner''' (born April 9, 1926) is an American [[magazine]] [[publisher]], and best known as the [[editing|editor-in-chief]] of ''[[Playboy]]'' magazine, and founder and [[Chief Creative Officer]] of [[Playboy Enterprises]].<ref>[http://www.playboyenterprises.com/home/content.cfm?content=t_officers&ArtTypeID=CorpOfficers&MmenuFlag=profile&SmenuFlag=sub_corp_profile_officers_o Playboy Enterprisese Inc. Corporate Officers]</ref>


==Early life==
==Robot Years?==
It says Bender is nine, but 34 in robot years? I've watched every single Futurama episode and the movie but i've never heard of robot years.-Sean B.
Hefner was born in [[Chicago]], the son of Grace Caroline ([[married and maiden names|née]] Swanson) and Glenn Lucius Hefner. He went to Sayre Elementary School and [[Steinmetz High School]], in [[Chicago]], then served in the [[U.S. Army]] during the closing months of [[World War II]].


Hefner graduated from the [[University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign|University of Illinois]] in 1949 with a major in psychology and a double minor in creative writing and art. He explains that some of the ideas for the Playboy magazine came to him while he was a student there. Despite spending less than three years in college before graduating, Hefner found time to edit the magazine ''Shaft'' and sold [[cartoon]]s to magazines. His first salaried job was with a firm that produced and printed cardboard cartons.
In 1949, Hefner also completed his time at [[Northwestern University]], where he wrote a term paper examining U.S. sex laws in light of the newly published [[Kinsey Institute for Research in Sex, Gender and Reproduction|Kinsey Institute]] research on male human sexuality.<ref name='PlayboyTimeline'>[http://www.playboy.com/worldofplayboy/hmh/timeline/pre50s-content.html Playboy Time Line.]</ref>


== more nerd binary ==
After serving in the subscription department and as a [[copywriter]] for ''[[Esquire (magazine)|Esquire]]'', he left in January 1952 after being denied a $5 raise. He worked at ''Children's Activities,'' then took his biggest gamble in 1953 by lending his furniture for $600 and raising $8,000 from 45 investors -- including $1,000 from his mother ("Not because she believed in the venture," he told [[E!]] in 2006, "but because she believed in her son") -- to launch ''Playboy.'' The undated first issue was published in December, 1953 and featured [[Marilyn Monroe]] on the cover, as well as in nude photographs inside. In a possible homage to this fact, Hefner owns the crypt in the [[Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery]] in [[Westwood, Los Angeles, California|Westwood, California]], beside that of Monroe.<ref>
[http://www.seeing-stars.com/Buried2/PierceBros5.shtml Westwood Village Memorial Cemetery]</ref>


In the episode "the honking" there's a binary code on the wall 0101100101 (=357, "just jibberish"). Whereas the mirrored image 1010011010 which
==Private life==
finally frightens bender is the binary equivalent of 666. <small>—Preceding [[Wikipedia:Signatures|unsigned]] comment added by [[Special:Contributions/90.135.108.230|90.135.108.230]] ([[User talk:90.135.108.230|talk]]) 21:26, 31 March 2008 (UTC)</small><!-- Template:UnsignedIP --> <!--Autosigned by SineBot-->
Hefner married fellow [[Northwestern]] student Mildred Williams<ref name='PlayboyTimeline'/> on June 25, 1949, and had two children, [[Christie Hefner|Christie]] (b. November 8, 1952) and [[David Paul]] (b. August 30, 1955). Christie is [[Chairman]] of [[Playboy Enterprises]]. Before their wedding, Mildred told Hefner that she had had an affair; he has called the admission "the most devastating moment of [his] life." A 2006 ''[[E! True Hollywood Story|E! THS]]'' profile of Hefner revealed she allowed him to have sex with other women, out of guilt for her infidelity and the hopes that it would preserve their failing marriage. Mildred and Hugh divorced after ten years of marriage in 1959.


After his first marriage, Hefner's self-promoted public persona became that of [[womanizer]] and party animal. He has said that during some years, he was "'involved' with maybe eleven out of twelve months worth of Playmates."<ref>[http://www.newyorker.com/critics/content/articles/060320crbo_books Acocella, Joan. "The Girls Next Door." ''New Yorker'', March 20, 2006.]</ref>
Hefner has had sustained relationships with [[Donna Michelle]], [[Marilyn Cole]], [[Lillian Müller]], [[Patti McGuire]], [[Shannon Tweed]], and [[Brande Roderick]], all of whom were chosen "[[Playmate of the Year]]." Others include [[Barbi Benton]], [[Karen Christy]], ex-Sunday school teacher [[Sondra Theodore]], and actress [[Carrie Leigh]], who filed a $35 million [[alimony]] suit against him. Benton, who dated him for 8 years, remains a fixture in Hefner's life and a regular visitor to the [[Playboy Mansion]], which she found for him. In 1971, Hefner has acknowledged, he experimented in bisexuality.<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/magazine/5020806.stm "Faces of the Week." BBC News. May 26, 2006.]</ref>


== Bender alloys ==
In 1989, he ended a 30-year run as a [[bachelor]] and married [[Kimberley Conrad]], that year's [[Playboy Playmate of the Year]]. They separated in 1999, though have yet to [[divorce]].


In the episode where bender becomes pharaoh, it is claimed he is made of an Iron-Osmium alloy. (With a nickel impurity.) So many different materials! <small>—The preceding [[Wikipedia:Sign your posts on talk pages|unsigned]] comment was added by [[User:PiccoloNamek|PiccoloNamek]] ([[User talk:PiccoloNamek|talk]] • [[Special:Contributions/PiccoloNamek|contribs]]) 09:29, 28 September 2004 (UTC).</small><!-- [Template:Unsigned] -->
After his separation from Conrad, Hefner began living with an ever-changing coterie of women, ranging in age from 18 to 28. He told ''[[Vanity Fair magazine|Vanity Fair]]'': "And here's the surprise bit—it's what ''they'' want!" Soon, Hefner assembled another coterie of girlfriends, notably [[Brande Roderick]]. In 2000 she left to take a role in popular series ''[[Baywatch]]''. Later, [[Tina Marie Jordan]] became Hefner's "primary" girlfriend, and he quickly selected more young blondes for a changing posse of usually seven, one of whom was [[Holly Madison]] who joined in 2001. Shortly after [[Playboy]]'s 50th anniversary, five of the girlfriends, including [[Izabella St. James]], left, leaving Holly and [[Bridget Marquardt]] to tend to Hefner.


Also remember Bender sold his body in A Head in the Polls so the mix would change after that. --[[User:BenWoodruff|BenWoodruff]] 19:47, 6 February 2007 (UTC)
In 2004 [[Kendra Wilkinson]] (also blonde, aged 18) was asked to move into the Mansion to become girlfriend number 3. The 2005-Present E! [[reality television]] series ''[[The Girls Next Door]]'' follows these three girlfriends, [[Holly Madison]], [[Bridget Marquardt]] and [[Kendra Wilkinson]] in their life with Hef around the Mansion and on travel.
:::Yeah, but they got the body back, didn't they? The body was sold to Nixon, who gave it back after the Futurama team used a voice recording of him to get the body back. <small>—Preceding [[Wikipedia:Signatures|unsigned]] comment added by [[Special:Contributions/83.109.86.72|83.109.86.72]] ([[User talk:83.109.86.72|talk]]) 21:45, 5 February 2008 (UTC)</small><!-- Template:UnsignedIP --> <!--Autosigned by SineBot-->


== Origin: Asimov? ==
An [[urban legend]] persists about Hefner and the [[Playmate of the Month]] related to markings on the front covers of the magazine. From 1955 to 1979 (except for a six month gap in 1976), the "P" in ''Playboy'' had a number of stars printed in or around the letter. The legend claims that this was either a rating that Hefner gave to the Playmate according to how attractive she was, the number of times that Hefner had slept with her, or how good she was in bed. Another rumor was that if the stars were inside the "P", Hefner had slept with the Playmate, while if they were outside, he didn't sleep with her.{{Fact|date=August 2008}}
Hello there. In Asimov's [[Prelude To Foundation]] [[Hari Seldon]], when on [[Mycogen]], reads out of ''The Book'' "The robot you see near the center was, according to tradition, named Bendar and served twenty-two years, according to the ancient records, before being replaced.". Does anyone know of a relation to Bender? --[[User:Reubenhonigwachs|Reuben Honigwachs]] 20:08, 21 December 2005 (UTC)


-Take a look at this:
Hefner has donated millions of dollars to the [[University of Southern California]]'s [[School of Cinematic Arts]]. In 1992, he gave USD $100,000 to create a course, Censorship in Cinema; in 1995 he donated $1.5 million to endow the Hugh M. Hefner Chair for the Study of American Film; and in 2007 he donated $2 million for a central exhibition space in the school's new headquarters complex.<ref name=AP111607>[http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5iF4fMFSrRMvJfzXniugOlAw1MvugD8SUB2PG0 Hefner Gives $2M to USC Film School], Associated Press, November 16, 2007.</ref>
http://www.samuelsdesign.com/comics/pages/super-war/startling49.htm
::Could his name be a reference to [[Eando_Binder]]? --[[User:AnotherDoth|AnotherDoth]] 14:22, 19 January 2007 (UTC)


== Lucy Liu ==
Hefner has 4 children: [[Christie Hefner]] (born November 8, 1952) and [[David Hefner]] (born August 30, 1955) with [[Mildred Williams]], and [[Marston Hefner]] (born April 9, 1990) and [[Cooper Hefner]] (born September 4, 1991) with [[Kimberley Conrad]].


It is stated that Lucy Liu from the episode "I Dated A Robot" 'frequently' appears in Bender's chest cavity, however I believe she only appears in one other episode, "Love And Rocket". No? <small>—The preceding [[Wikipedia:Sign your posts on talk pages|unsigned]] comment was added by [[User:58.160.205.248|58.160.205.248]] ([[User talk:58.160.205.248|talk]] • [[Special:Contributions/58.160.205.248|contribs]]) 10:17, 17 March 2006 (UTC).</small><!-- [Template:Unsigned] -->
==Politics==
Hefner has always espoused a shared [[Liberalism|liberal]]/[[libertarian]] stance in his editorials and in his life. On June 4, 1963, Hefner was arrested for selling obscene literature after an issue of ''Playboy'' featuring nude shots of actress [[Jayne Mansfield]] was released. Six months later, a jury was unable to reach a verdict.


: I do recall seeing him toss her head out in another episode. Might have been someone else though. [[User:75.153.221.227|75.153.221.227]] 08:05, 3 December 2006 (UTC)
His former secretary, [[Bobbie Arnstein]], was found dead in a [[Chicago]] hotel room at the age of 34 after an overdose of drugs in January 1975. Hefner called a press conference to allege that she had been driven to suicide by narcotics agents and federal officers. Hefner, whose mansions in Chicago and [[Beverly Hills]] had come under the scrutiny of federal agents because of alleged drugs parties, claimed the Government was out to get him because of ''[[Playboy]]'s'' philosophy and its advocacy of more liberal drug laws. Incidentally, Hefner insists to this day that no illegal drugs are allowed on the grounds of any of his mansions, and has stated that anyone found to have brought illegal drugs onto the grounds, or used them while on the grounds, is subjected to immediate and permanent expulsion from the Playboy Mansions.<ref>[http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0005005/bio IMDB January 3, 2008.]</ref>
The [[Hugh Hefner First Amendment Award|Hugh M. Hefner First Amendment Awards]] were created by daughter [[Christie Hefner|Christie]] in 1979 "to honor individuals who have made significant contributions in the vital effort to protect and enhance First Amendment rights for Americans."


Yeah it was the head of Pavarotti that was in his chest cabinet before Lucy Lui was --[[User:Jackacon|Jackacon]] 20:51, 8 January 2007 (UTC)
Hefner and his family have donated and raised great amounts of money for the [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic Party]].<ref>[http://archive.salon.com/politics/feature/2000/08/11/sanchez/index.html Tapper, Jake. "Hef in a Huff." Salon.com, August 11, 2000.]</ref>


== Bender Bending Rodriguez / Bender (Futurama) ==
==Health==
Hefner suffered a mild [[stroke]] in 1985.<ref>[http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9E06E4D81738F936A15750C0A963948260 Hefner Reported Well After a Mild Stroke - New York Times<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>


I don't think that the episode article should be called [[Bender Bending Rodriguez]]. Sure its his full name, but it is hardly ever used. [[Bender (Futurama)|Bender]] is used much more, and should be the name of the article. If no-one disagrees then I will change it. --[[User:DChiuch|DChiuch]] 09:05, 27 March 2006 (UTC)
==Hefner in pop culture==
*I say stick with "Bender Bending Rodriguez", because even though it's not used much, it's still a '''canonical''' full name. [[User:Pikawil|Pikawil]] 01:52, 18 April 2006 (UTC)
* Has a subspecies of [[Cottontail rabbit]] named in his honor (''Sylvilagus palustris hefneri'').<ref>[http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0005005/bio]</ref>
* He is the sponsor for the letter 'Y' in the famous [[Hollywood Sign]] in [[Hollywood, Los Angeles, California|Hollywood]].<ref>[http://www.viamagazine.com/weekenders/hollywood_sign06.asp]</ref> In 1978 he also threw a 'Playboy Party' at the mansion in order to raise money for the renovation of the sign.
* He has made numerous cameo appearances in film, including ''[[Beverly Hills Cop II]]'' and [[Mel Brooks]]'s film ''[[History of the World, Part I]]''. He has also made guest appearances on the television series ''[[The Bernie Mac Show]]'', ''[[Curb Your Enthusiasm]],'' ''[[Entourage (TV series)|Entourage]]'', ''[[According to Jim]]'', ''[[Family Guy]]'', ''[[The Fresh Prince of Bel Air]]'', ''[[Robot Chicken]]'', ''[[Saturday Night Live]]'', ''[[Sex and the City]]'', and ''[[The Simpsons]]''. He also appeared in the [[Weezer]] music video "[[Beverly Hills (song)|Beverly Hills]]", and the [[Nelly]] music video "[[Work It (Nelly song)|Work It]]", which were both filmed at the Playboy Mansion.
*Hefner makes regular appearances on his girlfriends' reality TV show ''[[The Girls Next Door]]'', which is filmed at the [[Playboy Mansion]].
*In the movie ''[[Iron Man]]'', [[Tony Stark]] passes an elderly man surrounded by beautiful women, calling him Hef. It is actually creator [[Stan Lee]].
*He was spoofed by [[Don Knotts]] in the 1969 film ''[[The Love God?]]''
*In 2008 he appeared prominently in the film ''[[The House Bunny]]'', the main premise of which involved a long-time mansion resident bunny being falsely ejected from the mansion to become a sorority house mother for a group of misfit sorority girls.
*In 2005, he appeared on the sitcom ''[[Curb Your Enthusiasm]]'', in the episode "The Smoking Jacket".<ref>[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0551420/]</ref>


**Canon schamon. Bender is his common name and unless you're a hardcore fan of the series, that's the name most casual viewers are gonna known him as. Besides, I don't trust the Simpsons/Futurama team to handle their canon, seeing how they often contradict themselves at one point or another. [[User:Jonny2x4|Jonny2x4]] 15:57, 26 December 2006 (UTC)
==References==
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In the first DVD, Matt Groening says that his full name is Bender Unit 22 (Or some number around there). [[User:Waniou|Waniou]] 23:03, 11 May 2006 (UTC)
==Further reading==
*Watts, Steven (2008). ''Mr. Playboy: Hugh Hefner and the American Dream''. Hoboken: John Wiley & Sons. ISBN 0-471-69059-7.
*[[Russell Miller|Miller, Russell]] (1985). ''Bunny: The Real Story of Playboy''. London: Corgi. ISBN 0-03-063748-1.


Actually It's ''Bending'' Unit 22
==External links==
{{commons|Hugh Hefner|Hugh Hefner}}
*[http://www.playboyenterprises.com/home/content.cfm?content=t_template&packet=00061D22-C172-1C7A-9B578304E50A011A&MmenuFlag=profile Profile of Hefner] from [[Playboy Enterprises]] corporate site
*{{imdb name|id=0005005|name=Hugh M. Hefner}}
*[http://entrepreneurs.about.com/od/famousentrepreneurs/p/hughhefner.htm Hugh Hefner: The Ultimate Lifestyle Entrepreneur] ([[About.com]] Entrepreneurs
* "[http://www.salon.com/people/bc/1999/12/28/hefner/index.html Brilliant Careers: Hugh Hefner]" ([[Salon.com]], December 28, 1999)
*[http://www.wwe.com/inside/superstartosuperstar/exclusives/s2sashleyhefner World Wrestling Entertainment interviews Hugh Hefner (March 14, 2007)]


:I added him to "fictional Mexicans" anyway. I hope that's okay.--[[User:T. Anthony|T. Anthony]] 13:10, 17 June 2007 (UTC)
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::He was actually already in it but someone removed it when they added him to fictional atheists...which is probably wrong based on the events of [[Godfellas]] so anyway, it should be fine. [[User:Stardust8212|Star]][[User talk:Stardust8212|dust]][[Special:Contributions/Stardust8212|8212]] 03:04, 18 June 2007 (UTC)
:::He's said things indicated God is indifferent and that no one has souls, but I'd agree he's not really an atheist. I'm not sure he has any clear or consistent thoughts on the matter, but if we were to try to categorize him he might be closer to deist of some kind. Anyway I thought he'd been in "fictional Mexicans" before, but wasn't 100% certain.--[[User:T. Anthony|T. Anthony]] 05:35, 18 June 2007 (UTC)
::::I agree entirely, it's not made clear and therefore he shouldn't be categorized as such. [[User:Stardust8212|Star]][[User talk:Stardust8212|dust]][[Special:Contributions/Stardust8212|8212]] 14:03, 18 June 2007 (UTC)


==Super King==
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Why does "Super King" redirect here? What significance does it have to Bender? <small>—Preceding [[Wikipedia:Signatures|unsigned]] comment added by [[Special:Contributions/203.214.121.72|203.214.121.72]] ([[User talk:203.214.121.72|talk]]) 12:13, 22 May 2008 (UTC)</small><!-- Template:UnsignedIP --> <!--Autosigned by SineBot-->
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:In the episode "[[Less Than Hero]]" Bender uses the name Super King for his super hero alter ego. [[User:Stardust8212|Star]][[User talk:Stardust8212|dust]][[Special:Contributions/Stardust8212|8212]] 15:07, 22 May 2008 (UTC)
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==Benders Age Listed Differently==
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[[de:Hugh Hefner]]
The info box has his head age as 1057. The trivia section has it down as 1060. The latter seems to be a bit more accurate, but which are we going with? -- [[User:Jelly Soup|Jelly Soup]] 10:35, 2 January 2007 (UTC)
[[es:Hugh Hefner]]
:This information is now incorrect. Good luck figuring out Benders current age as it is now likely in the hundreds of thousands if not millions. [[User:Generalleoff|Generalleoff]] ([[User talk:Generalleoff|talk]]) 04:31, 23 November 2007 (UTC)
[[fa:هیو هیفنر]]
:: The commentary to [[Bender's Big Score]] though said that he could live hundreds or thousands of years but not hundreds of thousands of years. Besides which a single Bender doing all this wouldn't have created dups; time paradox duplicates are created when past versions don't close the circle by themselves going back in time. (Example: Bender of 19 seconds ago) [[Special:Contributions/76.97.135.125|76.97.135.125]] ([[User talk:76.97.135.125|talk]]) 15:16, 28 December 2007 (UTC)
[[fr:Hugh Hefner]]

[[ko:휴 헤프너]]
The fact remains Bender is at least the oldest living person on the planet- hirf <small>—Preceding [[Wikipedia:Signatures|unsigned]] comment added by [[User:Hirf|Hirf]] ([[User talk:Hirf|talk]] • [[Special:Contributions/Hirf|contribs]]) 21:53, 25 March 2008 (UTC)</small><!-- Template:Unsigned --> <!--Autosigned by SineBot-->
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== Name ==
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[[ja:ヒュー・ヘフナー]]
Either this article should be moved to Bender Bending Rodriguez or Fry and Leela's pages should be moved to shorter names, because this page uses Bender's common name and the other two use their full names, which aren't used very commonly, just like Bender's full name. Some level of consistency should be aimed for here. --Kevin W. 02:41, 7 January 2007 (UTC)
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== Hardware and Software ==
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[[ru:Хью Хефнер]]
Maybe it's just me but I think the Bender page is still far too large. In addition some of this information is completely unecessary in fact there are whole sections that I could do without. In my opinion the Hardware and Software sections should be flat-out deleted. However, I would like some consensus on this issue and even know if this is an issue at all. What do you think? [[User:Stupidhumanzz|Stupidhumanzz]] 22:48, 10 January 2007 (UTC)
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:I'd agree the software section seems pretty pointless and hardware should be greatly trimmed but not nessecarily deleted. I'd be more likely to support a move to delete the "Bender's Top Ten most used words section". It's a joke from a single episode and already described on that page, it really seems trivial to me without adding to the article. [[User:Stardust8212|Stardust8212]] 14:55, 11 January 2007 (UTC)
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::I did some cleanup, probably not nearly enough as some sections could really use a complete rewrite. I removed some of the fancruft items and overly long plot element descriptions and portions trying to recreate the humor of the show (un-encyclopedic). If people want to know specific situations where these events occurred they should go to the episode pages, that's what they are there for. [[User:Stardust8212|Stardust8212]] 06:39, 27 January 2007 (UTC)
[[fi:Hugh Hefner]]
Since February this article has grown massively again ([http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bender_%28Futurama%29&diff=165632666&oldid=108686267 diff]). I think it really needs to be trimmed of some of the in-universe fancruft and brought more in line with the preferred out-of-universe style. I may try to start this next week but it would be helpful if a few more pairs of eyes took the time to cut any one-off jokes, original research, speculation or generally trivial content. [[User:Stardust8212|Star]][[User talk:Stardust8212|dust]][[Special:Contributions/Stardust8212|8212]] 21:08, 19 October 2007 (UTC)
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:I'm feeling '''[[WP:BOLD|bold]]''' tonight. [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bender_%28Futurama%29&diff=167327997&oldid=167231985 Major trimming!] [[User:Stardust8212|Star]][[User talk:Stardust8212|dust]][[Special:Contributions/Stardust8212|8212]] 00:34, 27 October 2007 (UTC)
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== Benders Thoughts ==
[[zh:休·海夫納]]

In 1ACV03, it is revealed that Benders thoughts are transmitted on the same frequency as cell phones. <small>—The preceding [[Wikipedia:Sign your posts on talk pages|unsigned]] comment was added by [[Special:Contributions/71.231.129.45|71.231.129.45]] ([[User talk:71.231.129.45|talk]]) 09:37, 4 February 2007 (UTC).</small><!-- HagermanBot Auto-Unsigned -->

English please? :P Meh, not really worth a mention. [[User:Mumbles|Mumbles]] ([[User talk:Mumbles|talk]]) 01:32, 18 June 2008 (UTC)

== Is Flexo really a twin? ==

Though Bender and [[Flexo]] look and sound exactly the same (disregarding Flexo's magnetic goatee), can it not be assumed that there are millions more Bending Units that also look and sound almost identical to these two?

I suggest that Flexo be removed from the "Family" section of the short description. [[User:KewlioMZX|Kewlio]] 03:09, 5 February 2007 (UTC)

:They are referred to as twins by the characters in the show. There may be plenty of possible ways robot kinship occurs, like the one you pose. I'm sure we could come up with plenty of scenarios that do or do not imply that they might be considered twins. But they ''are'', according to what goes on in the show - I say that's what we should go by. [[User:Cheeser1|Cheeser1]] 03:26, 5 February 2007 (UTC)
:I brought up the same thing [[#Bender_The_Evil_Twin.3F|here]] but never got a response. I'm personally tempted to agree with you though [[User:Cheeser1|Cheeser1]] does bring up a valid point. [[User:Stardust8212|Stardust8212]] 03:32, 5 February 2007 (UTC)

== Binary 00100100 as "Middle finger and horns" ==

This is fundamentally flawed. Even on a person with cartoon style four fingered hands. First of all, making "The horns" is incorrect, it would be the third finger on the left hand and the second finger on the right hand which is not horns but two "middle finger"s on a five fingered person. Of course if you assume there are only four fingers then there ''is no middle finger''. Anyway, unless someone has said somewhere that this was the actual intent of the creators then this qualifies as [[WP:OR|original research]] and is completely [[WP:Verifiability|unverifiable]]. [[User:Stardust8212|Stardust8212]] 13:57, 6 February 2007 (UTC)

:It's clearly sticking up both middle fingers, in counting binary - I reverted the change, instead of correcting it. I mistook it for saying both middle fingers, not something about the horns (yes, it's not that, but it is still something). And there is a middle finger - four digits on both hands means three fingers, meaning there is a middle finger (if it isn't already clearly analogous to our so-called middle finger). You can't seriously want to bust this up because you think it's OR and unverifiable - that's 95% of this article and every article that spends pages talking about a cartoon character. I mean, you didn't even delete the ''other'' speculative comment about his apartment number. [[User:Cheeser1|Cheeser1]] 15:01, 6 February 2007 (UTC)
::Per your suggestion I removed the rest of the speculation from the Trivia section with the exception of the "Mirror, Mirror" reference because I think that may have actually been mentioned in the commentary, feel free to delete it if it wasn't. I believe I can find a source that says 00100100 is binary for $ but that's not really a good reason for it to stay. I'd be perfectly happy to see that entire section deleted seeing as the general policy is to [[Wikipedia:Avoid trivia sections in articles|Avoid trivia sections in articles]] but people tend to get angry when entire sections are deleted. Information about Flexo should probably be integrated into the article in some useful way rather than as a bullet point in a list but I don't have that sort of time right now. [[User:Stardust8212|Stardust8212]] 15:38, 6 February 2007 (UTC)

about the middle finger possibility, Bender has 3 fingers. therefore the code for such would be 010010. i hope that helps. if you disagree than 645 or 18 you.

== Soaps ==

Should we add something about him being on soaps.

== orgonise ==

can some one please orgonise the page because it goes from one thing to something completely different

SHORE I WILL ORGONISE IT RITE AWAY JUST FORE U OKAY BAI

== orphans ==
It says he has a fondness for orphanse but he only adopted them so that he could get money from the goverment ans when he relised they costed him more then the government gave him he sought to get rid of them

== Bender's favorite phrase ==

Well, although I've seen most of the episodes several times and was completely sure that it's "kiss my shiny...", you made me watch the last episode (S05E16) again. To my frustration, you're right :(, it's really "bite", not "kiss". Sorry, now you can laugh at me :)

- [[User:Jkt|Jkt]] 15:27, 7 June 2007 (UTC)

== Bender's Name ==

In the [[Futurama Comics|Time Bender Trilogy]], Bender's name is spelled 'Bender Bending Rodriquez'. There may have been an [[Acute accent|acute]] over the final 'e' as well, I don't entirely remember. Should this be mentioned? - <font face="comic sans ms" >[[User:The Good Ol' Country Doctor|ТģØ]][[Special:Contributions/The Good Ol' Country Doctor|(Đ]]</font> <font face="Matisse ITC" size="1">{[[User_talk:The Good Ol' Country Doctor|ŧª∫Қ ↑¤ Мә]]}</font> 01:12, 11 July 2007 (UTC)

== Breakfast Club? ==

Can anyone provide a source that his name comes from the breakfast club character? [[User:CPitt76|CPitt76]] 03:11, 19 July 2007 (UTC)

== Bender's trouble with the law ==

I'd like to see a section detailing Bender's run-ins with the law - like the court order that says he's not supposed to sing -- and others [[User:71.14.115.135|71.14.115.135]] 11:10, 23 July 2007 (UTC)alvastarr

:Yes, let's fill this article with trivia, lists, and in-universe garbage ''even more'' than it already is! Wait, no, let's not do that. --[[User:Cheeser1|Cheeser1]] 13:05, 23 July 2007 (UTC)

== Ethnicity ==

Are you sure he's not from an Irish Catholic family? Everyone else on Wikipedia is. ;o) [[User:86.17.211.191|86.17.211.191]] 18:32, 18 October 2007 (UTC)

== bender.. ==

wow this article is so bad. u shouldnt describe bender as if he wasn't fictional. maybe in origin instead of his fictional origin we can have something that isn't totally useless. maybe we can put that he was created as a way to get around the censors.. visit the futurama page for info about that. all of the information in this page shouldn't span more than one paragraph <small>—Preceding [[Wikipedia:Signatures|unsigned]] comment added by [[Special:Contributions/66.102.205.199|66.102.205.199]] ([[User talk:66.102.205.199|talk]]) 01:12, 21 November 2007 (UTC)</small><!-- Template:UnsignedIP --> <!--Autosigned by SineBot-->

== Processor number - Relevant/irrelevant ==

An edit war is brewing over the relevance of Bender's processor. One person argues that it has no "real world relevance" while I feel that Bender's processor (6502) is a real microprocessor used in early home computers such as Atari and Apple and thus warrants inclusion. I back this up by the fact that other parts of Bender are listed in the description such as his unit number, serial number, and chassis number. What argument is there against including his processor type? [[User:Lighthope|Lighthope]] ([[User talk:Lighthope|talk]]) 20:50, 22 November 2007 (UTC)

:There is only an edit war brewing if you fail to [[WP:BRD|heed the consensus-building process]]. Otherwise, we can continue to have this discussion. The processor type has no real-world relevance because this is an article about a fictional character. If some [[WP:RS|source]] says something about the processor, connects it through some meaningful (or even meaningless) analysis to a real world significance, then it's worth including. The fact that the article is chocked full of other meaningless in-universe information is irrelevant. Efforts to scale back the in-universe drivel in this article may have not succeeded yet, but that's no excuse to continue to add such information and make the problem worse. Refer to the large tag at the top of the page. --[[User:Cheeser1|Cheeser1]] ([[User talk:Cheeser1|talk]]) 22:53, 22 November 2007 (UTC)
::As an aside to this, about a month ago I trimmed quite a bit of the in universe info from the article including the processor type ([http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bender_%28Futurama%29&diff=167327997&oldid=167231985 here]) and I still think more needs trimming. That being said I agree with Cheeser1 and think that users who really want to expand and improve this article would do better to find out of universe evidence of notability rather than re-adding minor details and jokes from the show. Honestly, other than the one time it is mentioned did Bender's CPU have any impact on his character's role, does it affect how he is received by critics? Should the unit number, serial number or chassis number be included? Probably not, it's a game of balance to describe the character without going too overboard. If you can find a [[WP:RS|reliable source]] that discusses the processor (or any other aspect of Bender) then by all means add the info to the article, otherwise I wouldn't recommend it. Just my 2 cents of course. [[User:Stardust8212|Star]][[User talk:Stardust8212|dust]][[Special:Contributions/Stardust8212|8212]] 23:18, 22 November 2007 (UTC)

:If we are going to add part and model numbers, then we can not not discriminate. Add it all or delete it all. At least the processor type was more interesting because it was a real processor, rather than made up stuff like the rest of his parts.

:And Cheeser1, if you want to take the high road, than you should have started a discussion on relevance on the talk page first, rather than deleting information and presuming your edits are "best". [[User:Lighthope|Lighthope]] ([[User talk:Lighthope|talk]]) 23:53, 23 November 2007 (UTC)

::First of all, this is not all or nothing. If something is [[WP:V|verifiably]] relevant by being mentioned in [[WP:RS|reliable sources]], then we include it. If only one part or model number is relevant, we (should) mention only one. As for "the high road" - the onus is on you to substantiate your edits. I am not reverting to "my" version or the "best" version - I am reverting to the version that previously exists by [[WP:CONS|consensus]]. My attempt to steer this discussion in the proper direction is not an opportunity for you to criticize me.--[[User:Cheeser1|Cheeser1]] ([[User talk:Cheeser1|talk]]) 00:16, 24 November 2007 (UTC)

::: I have justified my edit. ''You'' are the only person who seems not to like it. Unless ''you'' can muster support for the exclusion of the processor type, the information should be replaced. I reject your assertion that the burden is upon me. <small>—Preceding [[Wikipedia:Signatures|unsigned]] comment added by [[User:Lighthope|Lighthope]] ([[User talk:Lighthope|talk]] • [[Special:Contributions/Lighthope|contribs]]) 05:02, 27 November 2007 (UTC)</small><!-- Template:Unsigned --> <!--Autosigned by SineBot-->
::::Note: I have already stated that I agree with Cheeser1 which means s/he is not the "only person". Secondly, [[WP:BURDEN]] is Wikipedia policy and if you take issue with it I recommend you take it up on the talk page there as we are not going to attempt to change policy here. [[User:Stardust8212|Star]][[User talk:Stardust8212|dust]][[Special:Contributions/Stardust8212|8212]] 12:14, 27 November 2007 (UTC)

:::::The [[WP:BURDEN]] article you present has to do with citations and sources, not whether or not something is relevant. However, since you have agreed with Cheeser1 regarding the 6502 processor of Bender not being relevant to the article (which is illogical since, as I pointed out, there are other parts of Bender which survive in the article), I will bow to the majority and leave it out. If more people come along in the future and change the majority, then we will reinsert it. [[User:Lighthope|Lighthope]] 22:10, 30 November 2007 (UTC)

::::::The point I was trying to make is that that particular factoid is not notable, you clearly believe it is notable therefore the burden is on you to prove it is notable by providing reliable sources discussing it, that is how we establish notability. And as I've already stated I believe more in-universe cruft needs to be trimmed from the article. The problem of having too much cruft in the article will not be solved by adding more cruft to the article so the argument that we should not add this bit of cruft is perfectly logical. Anyway, I'm glad we've all come to an agreement for the moment, let's get back to the real job of writing an encyclopedic well sourced article. [[User:Stardust8212|Star]][[User talk:Stardust8212|dust]][[Special:Contributions/Stardust8212|8212]] 22:38, 30 November 2007 (UTC)

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==Special Thanks in Contra 4 Credits==
"Bender Bending Rodríguez" is given a special thanks in the credits because one of the directors behind the game is a huge futurama fan, worth mentioning in the article? <small>—Preceding [[Wikipedia:Signatures|unsigned]] comment added by [[Special:Contributions/203.97.120.37|203.97.120.37]] ([[User talk:203.97.120.37|talk]]) 14:49, 27 November 2007 (UTC)</small><!-- Template:UnsignedIP --> <!--Autosigned by SineBot-->
:Is there a [[WP:RS|Reliable Source]] discussing this? [[User:Stardust8212|Star]][[User talk:Stardust8212|dust]][[Special:Contributions/Stardust8212|8212]] 14:58, 27 November 2007 (UTC)
::I know this is worth absolutely nothing, but I was talking to a friend who contributed to the game (he's also in the credits) and told me to look for bender and explained why. At the very least, the fact is that Bender is in the credits, I could take a photo if you want, I'd just have to finish the game again :P <small>—Preceding [[Wikipedia:Signatures|unsigned]] comment added by [[Special:Contributions/203.97.120.37|203.97.120.37]] ([[User talk:203.97.120.37|talk]]) 02:34, 28 November 2007 (UTC)</small><!-- Template:UnsignedIP --> <!--Autosigned by SineBot-->

== Job ==
Could someone update his job in the info box in accordance with the new dvd? <small>—Preceding [[Wikipedia:Signatures|unsigned]] comment added by [[Special:Contributions/193.244.33.47|193.244.33.47]] ([[User talk:193.244.33.47|talk]]) 13:51, 5 December 2007 (UTC)</small><!-- Template:UnsignedIP --> <!--Autosigned by SineBot-->


Done! The idea of Bender being "assistant manager of sales" cracked me up too :) [[Special:Contributions/85.28.125.37|85.28.125.37]] ([[User talk:85.28.125.37|talk]]) 23:29, 5 December 2007 (UTC)

== Bender's Age ==

In the episode of The Simpsons, "Future-Drama", Bender appears with Homer and Bart. Through the actions that he does in that episode, that makes Bender more than 950 years old. This is due to the fact that Bender appears in the late 2000's, and he is still alive in 3000.

Also, in the episode where Fry becomes his own grandfather (I cannot remember the episode's title.) he gets left behind, making him EVEN older than usual. [[User:Stickmeister|Stickmeister]] ([[User talk:Stickmeister|talk]]) 22:09, 16 January 2008 (UTC)

hte episode you are refering to is rosewell that ends well.

:Cannoity of that Simpsons issue in the Futurama universe is questionable. But in any case it's trumped by the events of Big Bender's Big Score. While we can place a lower bound on his age by the end of it, we can not place an upper bound other than DVD commetary saying Bender "can live hundreds or thousands of years but not hundreds of thousands of years." We also know that there is a whole room full of time-paradox Benders that start spontiously exploding in the last minute of the film which would indicate the vast majority of the trips are time-parodox Benders. [[User:Joncnunn|Jon]] ([[User talk:Joncnunn|talk]]) 23:15, 24 February 2008 (UTC)

::I suppose if someone were to work out the age of the actual original Bender, you could determine his actual age. Although I don't know it's possible... It would be something like 1016 (9 plus the 1007 years he waits for)? I suppose you would have to take into account all the years he spent waiting to return to return when he was logically supposed to when time travelling, but wouldn't continuously going back into different time periods somehow negate that? My brain hurts. Maybe it IS best if we stick with the normal age or change it to "Unknown" or something. In fact, it would be an interesting thing to include into the article, as it doesn't go into very much detail about it all. '''[[User talk:.:Alex:.|<span style="color:#66CDAA">.:</span>]][[User:.:Alex:.|<span style="color:#5F9EA0">Alex</span>]][[User talk:.:Alex:.|<span style="color:#66CDAA">:.</span>]]''' 16:29, 20 April 2008 (UTC)

I saw Benders big score and it was riddled with time pardoxs that shouldn't happen. we should disgard that all together. when bender went back in time to steal stuff, why didn't he just wake up occasionally and steal instead of going back thousands of times over.
:Good point, although he wouldn't know what to steal as he is only given the next item on the list when he returns. --'''[[User talk:.:Alex:.|<span style="color:#66CDAA">.:</span>]][[User:.:Alex:.|<span style="color:#5F9EA0">Alex</span>]][[User talk:.:Alex:.|<span style="color:#66CDAA">:.</span>]]''' 21:05, 13 October 2008 (UTC)

== The Countess de la Roca ==

I feel she should be mentioned in the info box. I realize she only appeared in one episode but, She appears to be the only fem-bot Bender has ever fallen head over heels in love with. He seemed to care about her deeply. And was slightly saddened by her death. <small>—Preceding [[Wikipedia:Signatures|unsigned]] comment added by [[Special:Contributions/98.226.221.176|98.226.221.176]] ([[User talk:98.226.221.176|talk]]) 22:54, 15 May 2008 (UTC)</small><!-- Template:UnsignedIP --> <!--Autosigned by SineBot-->
:What about Angleyne in [[Bendless Love]]? [[User:L'Aquatique|<font face="Georgia"><font color="#000000">'''L'Aquatique'''</font></font>]][[User talk:L'Aquatique|<font color="#838B8B">[<font face="Monotype Corsiva">talk</font>]</font>]] 02:56, 17 May 2008 (UTC)

==Removal of information==
The information previously in this article is not suitable for this site, so it has been removed. Most of the information was just pure original research, while the rest is just not suitable for an in-universe description of the character. Both his role in the series and his overall personality should be described within two or three paragraphs. That information should be directly sourced by something, preferably information from the creators rather than the episodes. The current layout is based on [[Troy McClure]], which is a featured article. If you believe that the information was fine, you're currently on the wrong site. Finding a good wiki on [http://www.wikia.com/wiki/Wikia Wikia] would be a good goal. [[User:TTN|TTN]] ([[User talk:TTN|talk]]) 19:38, 9 June 2008 (UTC)
:I didn't believe this edit was very helpful. We don't work to a deadline or use other articles as templates. Perhaps you'd be better off forking if you don't like our articles. [[User:Catchpole|Catchpole]] ([[User talk:Catchpole|talk]]) 07:23, 10 June 2008 (UTC)

:I agree with TTN's removal of the in-universe plot summary; its restoration -- esp. the trivial hardware, software, alternative appearances sections -- is a step in the wrong direction. --[[User:EEMIV|EEMIV]] ([[User talk:EEMIV|talk]]) 18:37, 10 June 2008 (UTC)

:While I think this is obviously a drastic change I feel that starting with more of a bare bones approach will put more of an emphasis on including only what is necessary and sourcing claims, eventually resulting in a much improved article from what we started with. Sometimes the first step in cleanup is getting rid of all the junk standing in your way. Also note previous discussion about issues with hardware and software sections at [[#Hardware and Software]]. [[User:Stardust8212|Star]][[User talk:Stardust8212|dust]][[Special:Contributions/Stardust8212|8212]] 19:02, 10 June 2008 (UTC)
==Suicidal ? ==
In both [[Space_Pilot_3000]] and [[Futurama: The Beast with a Billion Backs]] bender has tried to kill himself .Should this be added to the article [[User:Gnevin|Gnevin]] ([[User talk:Gnevin|talk]]) 00:37, 25 June 2008 (UTC)
:there are suicide booths in the world, we don't need to single his out, and he lost the will to live when he found out his girders were for suicide booths--[[User:Jakezing|Jakezing]] ([[User talk:Jakezing|talk]]) 02:25, 1 July 2008 (UTC)

== Bender's main image ==

I want to know why to keep the [[Bender's Big Score]] cover as '''Bender's main image''' instead of the Promotional Image [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Bender_Rodriguez.png Image:Bender_Rodriguez.png]] (PNG with Transparency). I would prefer the Promotional Image because is a standard image (like the promo image of the characters). Right now, it seems like the Article of the Movie instead of Bender --[[User:Javoec|javoec]] ([[User talk:Javoec|talk]]) 07:26, 28 June 2008 (UTC)
:The previous version of the promo image got deleted, I'm guessing there was a problem with the fair use rationale or something, someone put the dvd cover up instead since it was better than no image at all, good to see someone has uploaded it again, hopefully all the fair use issues have been dealt with. [[User:Stardust8212|Star]][[User talk:Stardust8212|dust]][[Special:Contributions/Stardust8212|8212]] 21:56, 28 June 2008 (UTC)

== Bender Toys ==

[http://www.scifi.com/sfw/cool/sfw6707.html This article] may be relevant to expanding an impact section for Bender, I'm not sure if it's worthwhile to add info on the various toy-benders that are available but that would be the place to start. [[User:Stardust8212|Star]][[User talk:Stardust8212|dust]][[Special:Contributions/Stardust8212|8212]] 12:51, 11 July 2008 (UTC)

== Composition ==

Bender's composition as stated in the 'Role' section of this article differs from that stated in the 'Composition' section and both fail to mention Bender's osmium content.
During the 4 production seasons Bender (and the Professor) claim that he is:
:40% Zinc ([[Fry and the Slurm Factory]])
:40% Titanium ([[A Head in the Polls]])
:An iron/osmium alloy with a 0.04% nickel impurity ([[A Pharaoh to Remember]])
:30% Iron ([[The 30% Iron Chef]])
:40% Dolomite ([[Jurassic Bark]])
I thought I could change the article to include this information however I'm not sure how to go about it... especially how much should be included in the 'Role' section and its wording. Thoughts? --[[User:Marshmellis|Marshmellis]] ([[User talk:Marshmellis|talk]]) 14:54, 30 September 2008 (UTC)

== "First born son" ==

There's a bit of disputed text that I added about the short sequence in BwaBB that shows bender's son- I think it's fairly obviously a reference to the biblical story about the plague of the firstborn, but I do agree it needs a source. I think the best bet for one would be in the audio commentary- anyone own the dvd and would be willing to take a listen to that scene? '''~''' [[User:L'Aquatique|<font face="Georgia"><font color="#000">'''L'Aquatique'''</font></font>]]<font color="#a96dfc">[<font face="Monotype Corsiva">[[User talk:L'Aquatique|<font color="#a96dfc">talk</font>]]</font>]</font> 00:39, 7 October 2008 (UTC)
:From what I can remember they ponder how Bender can possibly have a son, and suggest that there are possibly more children. I don't recall any mention of biblical stories or even where the inspiration for that came from. Might double check though. --'''[[User talk:.:Alex:.|<span style="color:#66CDAA">.:</span>]][[User:.:Alex:.|<span style="color:#5F9EA0">Alex</span>]][[User talk:.:Alex:.|<span style="color:#66CDAA">:.</span>]]''' 21:03, 13 October 2008 (UTC)

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Robot Years?

It says Bender is nine, but 34 in robot years? I've watched every single Futurama episode and the movie but i've never heard of robot years.-Sean B.


more nerd binary

In the episode "the honking" there's a binary code on the wall 0101100101 (=357, "just jibberish"). Whereas the mirrored image 1010011010 which finally frightens bender is the binary equivalent of 666. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 90.135.108.230 (talk) 21:26, 31 March 2008 (UTC)


Bender alloys

In the episode where bender becomes pharaoh, it is claimed he is made of an Iron-Osmium alloy. (With a nickel impurity.) So many different materials! —The preceding unsigned comment was added by PiccoloNamek (talk • contribs) 09:29, 28 September 2004 (UTC).

Also remember Bender sold his body in A Head in the Polls so the mix would change after that. --BenWoodruff 19:47, 6 February 2007 (UTC)

Yeah, but they got the body back, didn't they? The body was sold to Nixon, who gave it back after the Futurama team used a voice recording of him to get the body back. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 83.109.86.72 (talk) 21:45, 5 February 2008 (UTC)

Origin: Asimov?

Hello there. In Asimov's Prelude To Foundation Hari Seldon, when on Mycogen, reads out of The Book "The robot you see near the center was, according to tradition, named Bendar and served twenty-two years, according to the ancient records, before being replaced.". Does anyone know of a relation to Bender? --Reuben Honigwachs 20:08, 21 December 2005 (UTC)

-Take a look at this: http://www.samuelsdesign.com/comics/pages/super-war/startling49.htm

Could his name be a reference to Eando_Binder? --AnotherDoth 14:22, 19 January 2007 (UTC)

Lucy Liu

It is stated that Lucy Liu from the episode "I Dated A Robot" 'frequently' appears in Bender's chest cavity, however I believe she only appears in one other episode, "Love And Rocket". No? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 58.160.205.248 (talk • contribs) 10:17, 17 March 2006 (UTC).

I do recall seeing him toss her head out in another episode. Might have been someone else though. 75.153.221.227 08:05, 3 December 2006 (UTC)

Yeah it was the head of Pavarotti that was in his chest cabinet before Lucy Lui was --Jackacon 20:51, 8 January 2007 (UTC)

Bender Bending Rodriguez / Bender (Futurama)

I don't think that the episode article should be called Bender Bending Rodriguez. Sure its his full name, but it is hardly ever used. Bender is used much more, and should be the name of the article. If no-one disagrees then I will change it. --DChiuch 09:05, 27 March 2006 (UTC)

  • I say stick with "Bender Bending Rodriguez", because even though it's not used much, it's still a canonical full name. Pikawil 01:52, 18 April 2006 (UTC)
    • Canon schamon. Bender is his common name and unless you're a hardcore fan of the series, that's the name most casual viewers are gonna known him as. Besides, I don't trust the Simpsons/Futurama team to handle their canon, seeing how they often contradict themselves at one point or another. Jonny2x4 15:57, 26 December 2006 (UTC)

In the first DVD, Matt Groening says that his full name is Bender Unit 22 (Or some number around there). Waniou 23:03, 11 May 2006 (UTC)

Actually It's Bending Unit 22

I added him to "fictional Mexicans" anyway. I hope that's okay.--T. Anthony 13:10, 17 June 2007 (UTC)
He was actually already in it but someone removed it when they added him to fictional atheists...which is probably wrong based on the events of Godfellas so anyway, it should be fine. Stardust8212 03:04, 18 June 2007 (UTC)
He's said things indicated God is indifferent and that no one has souls, but I'd agree he's not really an atheist. I'm not sure he has any clear or consistent thoughts on the matter, but if we were to try to categorize him he might be closer to deist of some kind. Anyway I thought he'd been in "fictional Mexicans" before, but wasn't 100% certain.--T. Anthony 05:35, 18 June 2007 (UTC)
I agree entirely, it's not made clear and therefore he shouldn't be categorized as such. Stardust8212 14:03, 18 June 2007 (UTC)

Super King

Why does "Super King" redirect here? What significance does it have to Bender? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 203.214.121.72 (talk) 12:13, 22 May 2008 (UTC)

In the episode "Less Than Hero" Bender uses the name Super King for his super hero alter ego. Stardust8212 15:07, 22 May 2008 (UTC)

Benders Age Listed Differently

The info box has his head age as 1057. The trivia section has it down as 1060. The latter seems to be a bit more accurate, but which are we going with? -- Jelly Soup 10:35, 2 January 2007 (UTC)

This information is now incorrect. Good luck figuring out Benders current age as it is now likely in the hundreds of thousands if not millions. Generalleoff (talk) 04:31, 23 November 2007 (UTC)
The commentary to Bender's Big Score though said that he could live hundreds or thousands of years but not hundreds of thousands of years. Besides which a single Bender doing all this wouldn't have created dups; time paradox duplicates are created when past versions don't close the circle by themselves going back in time. (Example: Bender of 19 seconds ago) 76.97.135.125 (talk) 15:16, 28 December 2007 (UTC)

The fact remains Bender is at least the oldest living person on the planet- hirf —Preceding unsigned comment added by Hirf (talk • contribs) 21:53, 25 March 2008 (UTC)

Name

Either this article should be moved to Bender Bending Rodriguez or Fry and Leela's pages should be moved to shorter names, because this page uses Bender's common name and the other two use their full names, which aren't used very commonly, just like Bender's full name. Some level of consistency should be aimed for here. --Kevin W. 02:41, 7 January 2007 (UTC)

Hardware and Software

Maybe it's just me but I think the Bender page is still far too large. In addition some of this information is completely unecessary in fact there are whole sections that I could do without. In my opinion the Hardware and Software sections should be flat-out deleted. However, I would like some consensus on this issue and even know if this is an issue at all. What do you think? Stupidhumanzz 22:48, 10 January 2007 (UTC)

I'd agree the software section seems pretty pointless and hardware should be greatly trimmed but not nessecarily deleted. I'd be more likely to support a move to delete the "Bender's Top Ten most used words section". It's a joke from a single episode and already described on that page, it really seems trivial to me without adding to the article. Stardust8212 14:55, 11 January 2007 (UTC)
I did some cleanup, probably not nearly enough as some sections could really use a complete rewrite. I removed some of the fancruft items and overly long plot element descriptions and portions trying to recreate the humor of the show (un-encyclopedic). If people want to know specific situations where these events occurred they should go to the episode pages, that's what they are there for. Stardust8212 06:39, 27 January 2007 (UTC)

Since February this article has grown massively again (diff). I think it really needs to be trimmed of some of the in-universe fancruft and brought more in line with the preferred out-of-universe style. I may try to start this next week but it would be helpful if a few more pairs of eyes took the time to cut any one-off jokes, original research, speculation or generally trivial content. Stardust8212 21:08, 19 October 2007 (UTC)

I'm feeling bold tonight. Major trimming! Stardust8212 00:34, 27 October 2007 (UTC)

Benders Thoughts

In 1ACV03, it is revealed that Benders thoughts are transmitted on the same frequency as cell phones. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 71.231.129.45 (talk) 09:37, 4 February 2007 (UTC).

English please? :P Meh, not really worth a mention. Mumbles (talk) 01:32, 18 June 2008 (UTC)

Is Flexo really a twin?

Though Bender and Flexo look and sound exactly the same (disregarding Flexo's magnetic goatee), can it not be assumed that there are millions more Bending Units that also look and sound almost identical to these two?

I suggest that Flexo be removed from the "Family" section of the short description. Kewlio 03:09, 5 February 2007 (UTC)

They are referred to as twins by the characters in the show. There may be plenty of possible ways robot kinship occurs, like the one you pose. I'm sure we could come up with plenty of scenarios that do or do not imply that they might be considered twins. But they are, according to what goes on in the show - I say that's what we should go by. Cheeser1 03:26, 5 February 2007 (UTC)
I brought up the same thing here but never got a response. I'm personally tempted to agree with you though Cheeser1 does bring up a valid point. Stardust8212 03:32, 5 February 2007 (UTC)

Binary 00100100 as "Middle finger and horns"

This is fundamentally flawed. Even on a person with cartoon style four fingered hands. First of all, making "The horns" is incorrect, it would be the third finger on the left hand and the second finger on the right hand which is not horns but two "middle finger"s on a five fingered person. Of course if you assume there are only four fingers then there is no middle finger. Anyway, unless someone has said somewhere that this was the actual intent of the creators then this qualifies as original research and is completely unverifiable. Stardust8212 13:57, 6 February 2007 (UTC)

It's clearly sticking up both middle fingers, in counting binary - I reverted the change, instead of correcting it. I mistook it for saying both middle fingers, not something about the horns (yes, it's not that, but it is still something). And there is a middle finger - four digits on both hands means three fingers, meaning there is a middle finger (if it isn't already clearly analogous to our so-called middle finger). You can't seriously want to bust this up because you think it's OR and unverifiable - that's 95% of this article and every article that spends pages talking about a cartoon character. I mean, you didn't even delete the other speculative comment about his apartment number. Cheeser1 15:01, 6 February 2007 (UTC)
Per your suggestion I removed the rest of the speculation from the Trivia section with the exception of the "Mirror, Mirror" reference because I think that may have actually been mentioned in the commentary, feel free to delete it if it wasn't. I believe I can find a source that says 00100100 is binary for $ but that's not really a good reason for it to stay. I'd be perfectly happy to see that entire section deleted seeing as the general policy is to Avoid trivia sections in articles but people tend to get angry when entire sections are deleted. Information about Flexo should probably be integrated into the article in some useful way rather than as a bullet point in a list but I don't have that sort of time right now. Stardust8212 15:38, 6 February 2007 (UTC)

about the middle finger possibility, Bender has 3 fingers. therefore the code for such would be 010010. i hope that helps. if you disagree than 645 or 18 you.

Soaps

Should we add something about him being on soaps.

orgonise

can some one please orgonise the page because it goes from one thing to something completely different

SHORE I WILL ORGONISE IT RITE AWAY JUST FORE U OKAY BAI

orphans

It says he has a fondness for orphanse but he only adopted them so that he could get money from the goverment ans when he relised they costed him more then the government gave him he sought to get rid of them

Bender's favorite phrase

Well, although I've seen most of the episodes several times and was completely sure that it's "kiss my shiny...", you made me watch the last episode (S05E16) again. To my frustration, you're right :(, it's really "bite", not "kiss". Sorry, now you can laugh at me :)

- Jkt 15:27, 7 June 2007 (UTC)

Bender's Name

In the Time Bender Trilogy, Bender's name is spelled 'Bender Bending Rodriquez'. There may have been an acute over the final 'e' as well, I don't entirely remember. Should this be mentioned? - ТģØ(Đ {ŧª∫Қ ↑¤ Мә} 01:12, 11 July 2007 (UTC)

Breakfast Club?

Can anyone provide a source that his name comes from the breakfast club character? CPitt76 03:11, 19 July 2007 (UTC)

Bender's trouble with the law

I'd like to see a section detailing Bender's run-ins with the law - like the court order that says he's not supposed to sing -- and others 71.14.115.135 11:10, 23 July 2007 (UTC)alvastarr

Yes, let's fill this article with trivia, lists, and in-universe garbage even more than it already is! Wait, no, let's not do that. --Cheeser1 13:05, 23 July 2007 (UTC)

Ethnicity

Are you sure he's not from an Irish Catholic family? Everyone else on Wikipedia is. ;o) 86.17.211.191 18:32, 18 October 2007 (UTC)

bender..

wow this article is so bad. u shouldnt describe bender as if he wasn't fictional. maybe in origin instead of his fictional origin we can have something that isn't totally useless. maybe we can put that he was created as a way to get around the censors.. visit the futurama page for info about that. all of the information in this page shouldn't span more than one paragraph —Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.102.205.199 (talk) 01:12, 21 November 2007 (UTC)

Processor number - Relevant/irrelevant

An edit war is brewing over the relevance of Bender's processor. One person argues that it has no "real world relevance" while I feel that Bender's processor (6502) is a real microprocessor used in early home computers such as Atari and Apple and thus warrants inclusion. I back this up by the fact that other parts of Bender are listed in the description such as his unit number, serial number, and chassis number. What argument is there against including his processor type? Lighthope (talk) 20:50, 22 November 2007 (UTC)

There is only an edit war brewing if you fail to heed the consensus-building process. Otherwise, we can continue to have this discussion. The processor type has no real-world relevance because this is an article about a fictional character. If some source says something about the processor, connects it through some meaningful (or even meaningless) analysis to a real world significance, then it's worth including. The fact that the article is chocked full of other meaningless in-universe information is irrelevant. Efforts to scale back the in-universe drivel in this article may have not succeeded yet, but that's no excuse to continue to add such information and make the problem worse. Refer to the large tag at the top of the page. --Cheeser1 (talk) 22:53, 22 November 2007 (UTC)
As an aside to this, about a month ago I trimmed quite a bit of the in universe info from the article including the processor type (here) and I still think more needs trimming. That being said I agree with Cheeser1 and think that users who really want to expand and improve this article would do better to find out of universe evidence of notability rather than re-adding minor details and jokes from the show. Honestly, other than the one time it is mentioned did Bender's CPU have any impact on his character's role, does it affect how he is received by critics? Should the unit number, serial number or chassis number be included? Probably not, it's a game of balance to describe the character without going too overboard. If you can find a reliable source that discusses the processor (or any other aspect of Bender) then by all means add the info to the article, otherwise I wouldn't recommend it. Just my 2 cents of course. Stardust8212 23:18, 22 November 2007 (UTC)
If we are going to add part and model numbers, then we can not not discriminate. Add it all or delete it all. At least the processor type was more interesting because it was a real processor, rather than made up stuff like the rest of his parts.
And Cheeser1, if you want to take the high road, than you should have started a discussion on relevance on the talk page first, rather than deleting information and presuming your edits are "best". Lighthope (talk) 23:53, 23 November 2007 (UTC)
First of all, this is not all or nothing. If something is verifiably relevant by being mentioned in reliable sources, then we include it. If only one part or model number is relevant, we (should) mention only one. As for "the high road" - the onus is on you to substantiate your edits. I am not reverting to "my" version or the "best" version - I am reverting to the version that previously exists by consensus. My attempt to steer this discussion in the proper direction is not an opportunity for you to criticize me.--Cheeser1 (talk) 00:16, 24 November 2007 (UTC)
I have justified my edit. You are the only person who seems not to like it. Unless you can muster support for the exclusion of the processor type, the information should be replaced. I reject your assertion that the burden is upon me. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Lighthope (talk • contribs) 05:02, 27 November 2007 (UTC)
Note: I have already stated that I agree with Cheeser1 which means s/he is not the "only person". Secondly, WP:BURDEN is Wikipedia policy and if you take issue with it I recommend you take it up on the talk page there as we are not going to attempt to change policy here. Stardust8212 12:14, 27 November 2007 (UTC)
The WP:BURDEN article you present has to do with citations and sources, not whether or not something is relevant. However, since you have agreed with Cheeser1 regarding the 6502 processor of Bender not being relevant to the article (which is illogical since, as I pointed out, there are other parts of Bender which survive in the article), I will bow to the majority and leave it out. If more people come along in the future and change the majority, then we will reinsert it. Lighthope 22:10, 30 November 2007 (UTC)
The point I was trying to make is that that particular factoid is not notable, you clearly believe it is notable therefore the burden is on you to prove it is notable by providing reliable sources discussing it, that is how we establish notability. And as I've already stated I believe more in-universe cruft needs to be trimmed from the article. The problem of having too much cruft in the article will not be solved by adding more cruft to the article so the argument that we should not add this bit of cruft is perfectly logical. Anyway, I'm glad we've all come to an agreement for the moment, let's get back to the real job of writing an encyclopedic well sourced article. Stardust8212 22:38, 30 November 2007 (UTC)

Fair use rationale for Image:YoungBender.jpg

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Special Thanks in Contra 4 Credits

"Bender Bending Rodríguez" is given a special thanks in the credits because one of the directors behind the game is a huge futurama fan, worth mentioning in the article? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 203.97.120.37 (talk) 14:49, 27 November 2007 (UTC)

Is there a Reliable Source discussing this? Stardust8212 14:58, 27 November 2007 (UTC)
I know this is worth absolutely nothing, but I was talking to a friend who contributed to the game (he's also in the credits) and told me to look for bender and explained why. At the very least, the fact is that Bender is in the credits, I could take a photo if you want, I'd just have to finish the game again :P —Preceding unsigned comment added by 203.97.120.37 (talk) 02:34, 28 November 2007 (UTC)

Job

Could someone update his job in the info box in accordance with the new dvd? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 193.244.33.47 (talk) 13:51, 5 December 2007 (UTC)


Done! The idea of Bender being "assistant manager of sales" cracked me up too :) 85.28.125.37 (talk) 23:29, 5 December 2007 (UTC)

Bender's Age

In the episode of The Simpsons, "Future-Drama", Bender appears with Homer and Bart. Through the actions that he does in that episode, that makes Bender more than 950 years old. This is due to the fact that Bender appears in the late 2000's, and he is still alive in 3000.

Also, in the episode where Fry becomes his own grandfather (I cannot remember the episode's title.) he gets left behind, making him EVEN older than usual. Stickmeister (talk) 22:09, 16 January 2008 (UTC)

hte episode you are refering to is rosewell that ends well.

Cannoity of that Simpsons issue in the Futurama universe is questionable. But in any case it's trumped by the events of Big Bender's Big Score. While we can place a lower bound on his age by the end of it, we can not place an upper bound other than DVD commetary saying Bender "can live hundreds or thousands of years but not hundreds of thousands of years." We also know that there is a whole room full of time-paradox Benders that start spontiously exploding in the last minute of the film which would indicate the vast majority of the trips are time-parodox Benders. Jon (talk) 23:15, 24 February 2008 (UTC)
I suppose if someone were to work out the age of the actual original Bender, you could determine his actual age. Although I don't know it's possible... It would be something like 1016 (9 plus the 1007 years he waits for)? I suppose you would have to take into account all the years he spent waiting to return to return when he was logically supposed to when time travelling, but wouldn't continuously going back into different time periods somehow negate that? My brain hurts. Maybe it IS best if we stick with the normal age or change it to "Unknown" or something. In fact, it would be an interesting thing to include into the article, as it doesn't go into very much detail about it all. .:Alex:. 16:29, 20 April 2008 (UTC)

I saw Benders big score and it was riddled with time pardoxs that shouldn't happen. we should disgard that all together. when bender went back in time to steal stuff, why didn't he just wake up occasionally and steal instead of going back thousands of times over.

Good point, although he wouldn't know what to steal as he is only given the next item on the list when he returns. --.:Alex:. 21:05, 13 October 2008 (UTC)

The Countess de la Roca

I feel she should be mentioned in the info box. I realize she only appeared in one episode but, She appears to be the only fem-bot Bender has ever fallen head over heels in love with. He seemed to care about her deeply. And was slightly saddened by her death. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.226.221.176 (talk) 22:54, 15 May 2008 (UTC)

What about Angleyne in Bendless Love? L'Aquatique[talk] 02:56, 17 May 2008 (UTC)

Removal of information

The information previously in this article is not suitable for this site, so it has been removed. Most of the information was just pure original research, while the rest is just not suitable for an in-universe description of the character. Both his role in the series and his overall personality should be described within two or three paragraphs. That information should be directly sourced by something, preferably information from the creators rather than the episodes. The current layout is based on Troy McClure, which is a featured article. If you believe that the information was fine, you're currently on the wrong site. Finding a good wiki on Wikia would be a good goal. TTN (talk) 19:38, 9 June 2008 (UTC)

I didn't believe this edit was very helpful. We don't work to a deadline or use other articles as templates. Perhaps you'd be better off forking if you don't like our articles. Catchpole (talk) 07:23, 10 June 2008 (UTC)
I agree with TTN's removal of the in-universe plot summary; its restoration -- esp. the trivial hardware, software, alternative appearances sections -- is a step in the wrong direction. --EEMIV (talk) 18:37, 10 June 2008 (UTC)
While I think this is obviously a drastic change I feel that starting with more of a bare bones approach will put more of an emphasis on including only what is necessary and sourcing claims, eventually resulting in a much improved article from what we started with. Sometimes the first step in cleanup is getting rid of all the junk standing in your way. Also note previous discussion about issues with hardware and software sections at #Hardware and Software. Stardust8212 19:02, 10 June 2008 (UTC)

Suicidal ?

In both Space_Pilot_3000 and Futurama: The Beast with a Billion Backs bender has tried to kill himself .Should this be added to the article Gnevin (talk) 00:37, 25 June 2008 (UTC)

there are suicide booths in the world, we don't need to single his out, and he lost the will to live when he found out his girders were for suicide booths--Jakezing (talk) 02:25, 1 July 2008 (UTC)

Bender's main image

I want to know why to keep the Bender's Big Score cover as Bender's main image instead of the Promotional Image [Image:Bender_Rodriguez.png] (PNG with Transparency). I would prefer the Promotional Image because is a standard image (like the promo image of the characters). Right now, it seems like the Article of the Movie instead of Bender --javoec (talk) 07:26, 28 June 2008 (UTC)

The previous version of the promo image got deleted, I'm guessing there was a problem with the fair use rationale or something, someone put the dvd cover up instead since it was better than no image at all, good to see someone has uploaded it again, hopefully all the fair use issues have been dealt with. Stardust8212 21:56, 28 June 2008 (UTC)

Bender Toys

This article may be relevant to expanding an impact section for Bender, I'm not sure if it's worthwhile to add info on the various toy-benders that are available but that would be the place to start. Stardust8212 12:51, 11 July 2008 (UTC)

Composition

Bender's composition as stated in the 'Role' section of this article differs from that stated in the 'Composition' section and both fail to mention Bender's osmium content. During the 4 production seasons Bender (and the Professor) claim that he is:

40% Zinc (Fry and the Slurm Factory)
40% Titanium (A Head in the Polls)
An iron/osmium alloy with a 0.04% nickel impurity (A Pharaoh to Remember)
30% Iron (The 30% Iron Chef)
40% Dolomite (Jurassic Bark)

I thought I could change the article to include this information however I'm not sure how to go about it... especially how much should be included in the 'Role' section and its wording. Thoughts? --Marshmellis (talk) 14:54, 30 September 2008 (UTC)

"First born son"

There's a bit of disputed text that I added about the short sequence in BwaBB that shows bender's son- I think it's fairly obviously a reference to the biblical story about the plague of the firstborn, but I do agree it needs a source. I think the best bet for one would be in the audio commentary- anyone own the dvd and would be willing to take a listen to that scene? ~ L'Aquatique[talk] 00:39, 7 October 2008 (UTC)

From what I can remember they ponder how Bender can possibly have a son, and suggest that there are possibly more children. I don't recall any mention of biblical stories or even where the inspiration for that came from. Might double check though. --.:Alex:. 21:03, 13 October 2008 (UTC)
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