Futurama

Overclocked Bender

Overclocked Bender

In the episode Overclockwise, Bender’s processor can be overclocked by a gifted 12-year-old, making him faster, more agile, and more intelligent. Over the course of the episode, Bender progresses through three stages of overclocking, becoming increasingly powerful with each stage.

Stage 1

  • Cubert Farnsworth performs the first overclock on Bender to enhance his video game performance. (source) (^S6E25-A)
  • Bender rapidly races around a room, reveling in newfound knowledge and instantly counting a large number of rat kidneys in a jar. (source) (^S6E25-A)
  • Bender avoids point-blank automatic fire from three sources in a VR game, requiring him to physically move his body due to motion capture tracking. (source) (Game tracked with motion capture cameras like a Kinect (https://gfycat.com/dearestincrediblehog); ^S6E25-A)
  • In the same VR game, Bender intercepts and slices apart a V2 rocket in flight, then throws its explosive payload back at the enemy. (source) (^S6E25)

Stage 2

  • Bender performs the second overclock on himself after discovering a secondary processor, subsequently requiring external coolant to prevent overheating. (source) (^S6E25-A)
  • Bender rapidly reads through books at blur speed. (source) (^S6E25)
  • Becomes somewhat precognicant, anticipating when a ceiling fan will fall and hit Zoidberg. (source) (^S6E25-A)
  • Anticipates the arrival of MomCo droids hunting him down and prepares countermeasures against them. (source) (^S6E25-A)

Stage 3

  • After stealing ten more processors from Mom’s hunter droids, Bender ascends to a new level of omnipotence, requiring a vast amount of coolant and hydroelectric power, leading him to move to Niagara Falls. (source) (Moved to Niagara Falls due to power/coolant needs (https://gfycat.com/aliverepentantamericanlobster); ^S6E25-A)
  • Sees “all existence” as a chess game, in which he claims to see “50 moves ahead.” (source) (^S6E25-A)
  • Manipulates Mom into dropping charges against Cubert Farnsworth and reveals a legal loophole preventing Hubert Farnsworth’s trial on double jeopardy grounds, as Cubert is legally his clone. (source) (Second part of manipulation (https://gfycat.com/phonyklutzycoypu); ^S6E25-A)
  • Claims the entire universe is his processor. (source) (^S6E25-A)
  • Predicts where another ceiling fan will fall and manipulates Zoidberg into place underneath it. (source) (^S6E25-A)
  • Compiles the answers to what he considers life’s greatest questions, including the meaning of existence, precise locations and times for every falling ceiling fan, and the future of Fry & Leela’s relationship. (source) (^S6E25-A)
  • Rearranges atoms with his mind to create new elements. (source) (^S6E25-A)
  • Warps space, transforming a courtroom into the inside of his head. (source) (^S6E25)
  • Shrinks himself down into a new portable body with an advanced cooling system. (source) (^S6E25)
  • Creates new galaxies by belching. (source) (^S6E25-A)
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