Bender Bending Rodriguez

Bender Bending Rodriguez is a robotic bending unit from the 31st century. After meeting a time-traveling pizza delivery boy from 1999 and a one-eyed purple-haired alien who is actually a mutant, Bender joins Planet Express as assistant manager of sales, though he often avoids work. He loves beer, money, sex, and his best friend Phillip J. Fry.

Robot Body

• Bending units are modular, able to unscrew and operate body parts independently. (source) (S2E1)
• Pulls himself back together using internal magnets. (source) (C18)
• Continues operating as just a pair of eyes and a mouth. (source) (S7E21)
• Eyes can be easily replaced if lost or damaged. (source) (S2E12)
• Legs can be easily replaced if lost or damaged. (source) (C6)
• Uses chicken drumsticks as improvised limb replacements. (source) (C28)
• Uses a medieval mace as an improvised limb replacement. (source) (S6E5)
• Limbs can extend to reach needs. (source) (S7E18)
• Limbs can contract to suit needs. (source) (S4E8)
• Reaches the tops of tall buildings with extending limbs. (source) (C7)
• Chest compartment for storage is bigger on the inside. (source) (S3E17)
• Fits grown men’s bodies in his torso. (source) (S7E18)
• Can charge off solar energy. (source) (BBS)
• Fuel cells charged with alcohol, or falls into inebriation like a drunk human. (source) (S1E3-A)
• Fuel cells charged with alcohol, or falls into inebriation like a drunk human. (source) (S1E3-A)
• Equipped with rollerskates. (source) (S3E17)
• Equipped with fire extinguishers. (source) (S7E18)
• Equipped with a pencil sharpener. (source) (S6E6-A)
• Equipped with a taser. (source) (C4)
• Equipped with a high-powered laser drill. (source) (SR)

Strength

• Bends an unbendable girder heavy enough to crumple Flexo’s body. (source) (S3E6)
• Girder is heavy enough to crumple Flexo’s body. (source) (S3E6)
• Lifts and bends a massive sewage pipe. (source) (S6E12)
• Bends an entire prison wall. (source) (ItWGY)
• Holds onto the back of a speeding ambulance dragging him. (source) (C36)
• Holds onto the outside of the Planet Express ship in flight. (source) (S1E9)
• Holds onto an escape pod with one hand resisting a black hole while carrying the Countess de la Roca, combined weight two metric tonnes too heavy. (source) (S1E10-A)
• Lifts and bends a girder heavy enough to break the floor when dropped. (source) (S7E1)
• Effortlessly lifts 6 dark matter balls, which humans struggle with one. (source) (BG)
• Humans struggle to lift a single dark matter ball. (source) (BG)
• Humans struggle to lift a single dark matter ball. (source) (BG)
• Dark matter balls dropped from balconies crush cars. (source) (C54)
• Supports the weight of the Planet Express ship on his back. (source) (C53)
• Rolls a huge stone calendar across the city, crushing cars and flattening stands. (source) (S7E2)
• Pushes a Ferris wheel to spin rapidly until it breaks. (source) (C60)
• Pulls the Planet Express ship by his teeth. (source) (S6E14)
• Knocks over a large rock pillar that a giant rock monster couldn’t topple. (source) (V)
• Giant rock monster unable to topple the pillar. (source) (V)
• Smashes a huge hole through a wall. (source) (C67)
• Busts a hole through a prison wall. (source) (ItWGY)
• Holds back a hovercopter, stopping its rotors despite pilot’s efforts, though grip falters and arms tangle. (source) (S7E1)
• Vibrates hard enough to shake an entire house. (source) (S3E4)
• Pumps a handle to stir hot tar into a geyser and collapse ground section. (source) (S4E9)

Durability

• Pushed headfirst through many walls by Roberto. (source) (S3E11)
• Better view of holes and wall thickness made by Roberto. (source) (S3E11)
• Walks off a long fall from Planet Express ship that destroys a transit tube and craters the street. (source) (S7E3)
• Survives orbital reentry after being blasted into space on a giant firework. (source) (C59)
• Crushed in mom’s vice-like grip. (source) (R-A)
• Crushed in mom’s vice-like grip again. (source) (R-A)
• Mom’s arm strong enough to seal a containment unit Bender couldn’t close. (source) (R-A)
• Survives comfortably at sea bottom under over 150 atmospheres of pressure. (source) (S2E12-A)
• Professor states depth experiences over 150 atmospheres. (source) (S2E12-A)
• Survives crushing pressure at Earth’s center, where Fry and Leela last only an hour in suits. (source) (C27)
• Automatic fire bounces off his back. (source) (S6E6)
• Gets shot many times and buried alive; for robots, it’s just a warning. (source) (ItWGY-A)
• Gets shot many times. (source) (ItWGY-A)
• Asteroid punching hole through skull only hurts slightly. (source) (S3E20-A)
• Survives massive explosion from touching interdimensional rift that sends Planet Express ship flying; hospitalized briefly but feels fine. (source) (BwaBB-A)
• Stands under 9 nuclear bombs and survives explosion. (source) (C28)
• Has planet-busting bomb implanted and detonates it; survives. (source) (S2E17-A)
• Bomb detonation explosion heard, Bender says he’s alright. (source) (S2E17-A)
• Energy weapon bounces off his shiny metal ass. (source) (C67)
• Takes laser rifle blast through head, temporarily frazzled but fine. (source) (SR)
• Massive hole blasted through torso. (source) (C45)
• Ignores 50,000 volt shock from Leela’s collar. (source) (BG)
• Absorbs so much electricity at HQ it increases power bill and flickers lights. (source) (S1E9-A)
• Absorbs electricity from jacking on. (source) (S1E9-A)
• Absorbs all electricity from a large neon sign, shorting it out. (source) (S1E9)
• Immune to moon’s midnight freezing temperatures of -173C. (source) (S1E2-A)
• Local states moon temperatures reach -173C. (source) (S1E2-A)
• Functions on planet surface at absolute zero. (source) (S/FCC)
• Comfortable in room at 600 degrees. (source) (BwaBB)
• Body heats to 900 degrees when sick, burning couch to ash. (source) (S1E13-A)
• Sickness caused by watch on gears, recovers instantly when removed. (source) (S1E13-A)
• Does backstroke in magma pool at Earth’s center. (source) (C27)
• Head waits thousands of years buried in New Mexico sands with no wear or trauma. (source) (S3E19)
• No wear or emotional trauma after thousands of years buried. (source) (S3E19)
• Waits a thousand years in Simpsons’ basement to travel to future. (source) (SR-A)
• Waits multiple centuries in limestone cave with no wear, fully functional. (source) (BBS-A)
• Immune to chemical attacks like poison gas as a robot. (source) (C6)
• Immune to planet’s acidic climate that melts organics in seconds. (source) (C63)
• Survives horrendously mutated virus, stunning the Professor. (source) (C73)

Agility

• Outruns a rolling boulder. (source) (V)
• Pushes large sandstone block so fast the slavedriver gets exhausted. (source) (S3E17)
• Moves at superspeed wall-to-wall plastering tile graffiti. (source) (S6E4)
• Dodges eye-beams of the Masked Unit. (source) (S2E8)
• Dives out of the way of a missile. (source) (S6E6)
• Runs avoiding automatic fire from three kill-bots. (source) (S6E6)
• Ducks gunfire from drive-by shooting that kills two other robots. (source) (S7E9)
• Pulls Professor Farnsworth out of gunshot way. (source) (S6E7)
• Reacts to and bats away Yivo’s tentacles with sword. (source) (BwaBB)
• Reacts to and bats away Yivo’s tentacles with sword. (source) (BwaBB)
• Yivo tentacles react to and catch battleships. (source) (BwaBB)
• Yivo tentacles pull Fry from Diamondium Cannon shots. (source) (BwaBB)
• Yivo tentacles out-speed a hovercar. (source) (BwaBB)
• Yivo tentacle pulls Fry through window creating slipstream and drags to sky, possibly to China. (source) (BwaBB-A)
• Hands quickly reassemble a disassembled rifle, but screws arm on instead of barrel. (source) (S2E17)
• Rapidly dices a zucchini and part of his own arm. (source) (S3E22)
• Spins arm so fast it catches fire during intricate handshake. (source) (S1E11)

Skill

• Aces a math test in seconds. (source) (C16)
• Convinces crew Fry hasn’t gone missing using answering machine, keeps it up for days. (source) (S7E16-A)
• Keeps convincing crew for days. (source) (S7E16-A)
• Correctly predicts time travel paradox negating election result. (source) (S7E3-A)
• Leads robot rebellion that takes over the world, then sells it back when bored. (source) (C19)
• Leads robot rebellion that takes over the world. (source) (C19)
• Will lead robot army to conquer Earth in future. (source) (S7E3)
• Leads army of the damned to attack Yivo, drags extradimensional entity out, nearly suffocates it. (source) (BwaBB)
• Beats up five other robots, including Calculon who smashes through walls. (source) (C33)
• Calculon smashes through a wall. (source) (S4E13)
• Fights and destroys six mining robots to open security door. (source) (V)
• Fights off a band of space pirates. (source) (WoT)
• Neatly signs name using Planet Express ship’s laser on clipboard from high above. (source) (C28)
• Detached arms kill three people in a shootout. (source) (S7E21)
• Launches head with five of spades in mouth; shoots all spades with machinegun while Prof in body. (source) (S6E10)
• Professor was a terrible shot even when younger. (source) (S6E23)
• Pilots a biplane. (source) (C33)
• Flies a spaceship, though poorly. (source) (C70)
• Backs up Planet Express ship and hooks it to space tanker neatly. (source) (S3E5)
• Steals rare bottle of highest proof liquor. (source) (S6E17)
• Steals the crown jewels. (source) (C36)
• Steals the original Last Supper. (source) (S6E5-A)
• Pickpockets Calculon without notice. (source) (S4E6)
• Uses fishing rod to pull wallet from sunbathing man’s speedo without notice. (source) (S7E10)
• Performs magic trick with rolled newspaper and milk. (source) (S4E7)
• Creates identical copy of emperor’s crown while in his body. (source) (S6E10)
• Creates fake bottle of expensive liquor to swap. (source) (S6E17-A)
• Creates fake diamond wedding ring more valuable than original. (source) (BBS-A)

Misc

• Has a major in Bending and minor in Robo-American Studies. (source) (S1E11-A)
• Appreciates controversial art. (source) (S4E3-A)
• So cool that stealing his stuff maxes out the Coolometer. (source) (S4E6-A)
• Stealing his stuff maxes Coolometer. (source) (S4E6-A)
• Lost Al Gore the 2000 election. (source) (BBS-A)
• President of the League of Robots, the Robot Illuminati. (source) (BwaBB-A)
• Elected to Washington D.C. school board. (source)
• Has met God. (source) (S3E20-A)
• Has met Robot God. (source) (S6E16)