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| + | Robot who occasionally wants to be a folk singer from the animated sci-fi television series ''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Futurama Futurama]''. | ||
| − | In the "Bendin' in the Wind" episode (first aired 22 April 2001), robot Bender (full name '''Bender Bending Rodriguez''') finally fulfills his dream of being a folk singer. A run in with a giant can-opener leaves Bender paralyzed with his hydraulics shot. A chance meeting in the hospital with the head of real rocker Beck (voiced by himself) gets Bender on tour with him as a washboard player. | + | In the [https://futurama.fandom.com/wiki/Bendin%27_in_the_Wind "Bendin' in the Wind"] episode (first aired 22 April 2001), robot Bender (full name '''Bender Bending Rodriguez''') finally fulfills his dream of being a folk singer. A run in with a giant can-opener leaves Bender paralyzed with his hydraulics shot. A chance meeting in the hospital with the head of real rocker Beck (voiced by himself) gets Bender on tour with him as a washboard player. |
Bender becomes a cause célèbre for broken robots and he and Beck put together the Bend-Aid benefit concert, which also features [[Cylon and Garfunkel]] and [[Wailing Fungus]]. | Bender becomes a cause célèbre for broken robots and he and Beck put together the Bend-Aid benefit concert, which also features [[Cylon and Garfunkel]] and [[Wailing Fungus]]. | ||
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Bender is also shown briefly strumming the banjo in various other episodes. | Bender is also shown briefly strumming the banjo in various other episodes. | ||
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| + | * https://futurama.fandom.com/wiki/Bender_Bending_Rodr%C3%ADguez | ||
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[[Category:Fictional songwriters]] | [[Category:Fictional songwriters]] | ||
Revision as of 16:18, 14 March 2025
Robot who occasionally wants to be a folk singer from the animated sci-fi television series Futurama.
In the "Bendin' in the Wind" episode (first aired 22 April 2001), robot Bender (full name Bender Bending Rodriguez) finally fulfills his dream of being a folk singer. A run in with a giant can-opener leaves Bender paralyzed with his hydraulics shot. A chance meeting in the hospital with the head of real rocker Beck (voiced by himself) gets Bender on tour with him as a washboard player.
Bender becomes a cause célèbre for broken robots and he and Beck put together the Bend-Aid benefit concert, which also features Cylon and Garfunkel and Wailing Fungus.
Alas, Bender is discredited as a fraud just as he finishes his only song, "My Broken Friend," because his mobility miraculously comes back.
Shifting genres, the ninth-season episode "Free Will Hunting" (first aired 8 August 2012) ends with a throwaway gag featuring Bender in a mid-'00s-style bacchanalian rap video for "D€¢i$ionz I Made," which is credited to Young Biddy.
In the final-season episode "Forty Percent Leadbelly" (first aired 3 July 2013), Bender returns to his folk-singing career as Ramblin' Rodriguez after meeting Silicon Red.
Bender is also shown briefly strumming the banjo in various other episodes.
