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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)[reply]

In the newest episode, they say he's 40% Chromium now —Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.92.116.175 (talk) 18:08, 2 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I think it should be in there somewhere; it certainly seems more worthwhile than some of the other stuff. 24.207.132.240 (talk) 03:45, 19 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

"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)[reply]

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)[reply]

Your questing a cartoon? you sir, are a mad idiot!--Jakezing (talk) 03:06, 27 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Tortoise (Aka, the Blade Runner test)

I was just watching The Crimes of the Hot, and it occurred to me that the bit when he cries about the turtles migrating to holland it's a reference to Blade Runner with that test they do to detect Replicants. So, if anyone is better at writing than me, i reckon it should go in there somewheres. 70.179.98.58 (talk) 02:28, 8 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Creation

Are there any statements by the creators regarding Startling Comics #49? It seems clear that this was at least an inspiration for Bender's appearance, but I'm having trouble finding more information about it:

http://www.rtsunlimited.com/CoverPages/startling%2349.htm 74.131.110.31 (talk) 23:14, 30 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Processor

Bender has a MOS Technology 6502 Microprocessor in his head. Same chip as the Apple II and Commodore 64 computers. http://spectrum.ieee.org/semiconductors/processors/25-microchips-that-shook-the-world/0 —Preceding unsigned comment added by 79.180.69.235 (talk) 17:49, 6 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

The photo that shows Bender's processor is from the episode "Fry & The Slurm Factory". 79.180.69.235 (talk) 10:12, 13 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Since the article feels his "metallurgical composition" is relevant, his microprocessor should definitely be added as well. - Mecandes (talk) 00:00, 13 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

In the recent episode he is shown having an AMD Athlon II processor in his shiny metal ass, so he is a duel core? Rippey574 (talk) 11:27, 17 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Me, Bender

As a long-time fan of the show, I've noticed that whenever Bender refers to himself, he always says, "Me, Bender" rather than simply "Me". I'm not sure if this is relevant enough to warrant mention, but it is sort of a catch-phrase or mannerism of his. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.121.74.122 (talk) 05:09, 6 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Marvin the Paranoid Android

Did anybody ever noticed some similarities between Bender's personality and Marvin the Paranoid Android's personality?

Don't do it, he's evil!

If I'm not mistaken, on 2 occasions during a confrontation/deal with a percieved villain, Fry says this phrase. Now most'd think it meant for Bender not workin with Nixon/Robot Devil, however they're the one's who respond to Fry about Bender being the evil one. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 156.34.181.68 (talk) 01:25, 18 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Unilateral move

This page was just moved unilaterally by User:JoeLoeb. Such moves should be discussed and the move should only happen when there is consensus for it, but none of it happened in this case. Articles for all the other Futurama characters are named after the character's full name, and now this article is an odd one out. If nothing else, we should be consistent. I hereby call for the move to be reverted. Haakon (talk) 18:10, 4 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I reverted the move since there has been no reply here. There has also been no follow-up in regards to fixing redirects in the wake of the move. I am still open to moving the article, but we should gather consensus first. Haakon (talk) 17:40, 5 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Articles about people and characters are normally under the name they are best known by. I had no idea who "Bender Bending Roruiguez" was until I actually came to the article. DJ Clayworth (talk) 23:14, 20 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

This should be moved to Bender (Futurama) per WP:COMMONNAME. The original person who moved it was correct in doing so. I will be moving it now since it seems only a single user is objecting to it.--Jersey Devil (talk) 22:45, 13 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Requested move

The following discussion is an archived discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. No further edits should be made to this section.

The result of the move request was: page moved. Vegaswikian (talk) 01:24, 3 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Bender Bending Rodríguez → Bender (Futurama) — This name is used very little, in fact I only recall it being used in one episode. Per WP:COMMONNAME I believe this should be moved to simply Bender (Futurama), due to Bender on its own being a whole lot more used. Relisted. Arbitrarily0 ^(talk) 22:31, 20 June 2010 (UTC) Harry Blue5 (talk) 23:08, 12 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose Using a more complete name as opposed to an artificial parenthesized disambiguator (i.e. "(Futurama)") is preferred. --Cybercobra (talk) 00:27, 21 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

WP:PRECISION: "[Disambiguation] is often done by adding a disambiguating tag in parentheses (or sometimes after a comma); however in certain cases it may be done by choosing a different form of the title in order to achieve uniqueness. If there is a natural mode of disambiguation in standard English, as with Cato the Elder and Cato the Younger, use that instead." --Cybercobra (talk) 00:30, 21 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Support. I don't buy the precision argument The full name is only used in a relative handful of reliable sources (20ish news articles and 8 books), versus the thousands that use simply "Bender". Almost no readers will know who "Bender Bending Rodríguez" is, but many will know who "Bender (Futurama)" is. Fences&Windows 14:35, 2 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Support He is overwhelmingly known as simply Bender. Propaniac (talk) 18:44, 2 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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Benders weight

I reckon thats wrong in the article in "Into the wild green yonder" Bender says he weighs 2 tonnes If anyone wants to check its about 1 hour 5 minutes in 12:09, 18 April 2011 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 125.253.96.84 (talk)

I removed it, as it is trivial and not important to his character. CTJF83 12:12, 18 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Mexican accent

Most Mexican-Americans do not speak Spanish or have a Mexican accent. Reference to this should be ommitted. Bender is born in Mexico but has lived in the USA most of his life. He is Mexican-American.

Done CTJF83 12:49, 17 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Bender's relatives

I suggest removing Flexo from the list of Bender's relatives on the side bar. My reasoning is that there are no clear criteria for the inclusion of any character into the Bender's family other than Bender's own claims, which needless to say are also questionable at best. If Flexo is considered to be Bender's sibling, than Billy West, the Moon farmer, should be too...and that makes little sense because all other robots that share Bender's chassis, such as Anglelyne, Flexo's ex-wife, would begin falling into the category of Bender's relatives should the similarity in design and manufacture be used as a criterion for human-like family kinship for robots. 24.148.48.7 (talk) 20:04, 19 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

On a similar vein, ALL robot's built by Mom's Friendly Robot Company could be considered relatives of Bender. Bender refers to relatives occasionally, often as one-off jokes of questionable reliability (as in "screwier than my aunt Rita...and she's a screw!"), but rarely treats any robots as kin. 65.191.6.31 (talk) 02:15, 26 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Cleanup

I removed the quality cleanup tag/msg after fixing the cite error and getting rid of the red ink, shouldn't have other quality problems, left the other cleanup tags. TheHappiestCritic (talk) 20:02, 25 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Benders Make up

In 'A Pharaoh to Remember', the professor mentions that the standard bending unit is made up of an iron-osmium alloy, and Bender had a 0.04% nickle impurity, to which bender replied "It's what made me me". It might be worth mentioning. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Egreiner.idea (talk • contribs) 22:08, 25 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]