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Television Animation
Bender
Bender is an industrial robot built to bend girders, who develops a personality consisting almost entirely of vices — theft, drinking, vanity and a stated ambition to kill all humans that the show never quite treats as a joke or as a threat. Futurama's writing room was famously overqualified: several writers held advanced degrees in mathematics and computer science, and the series contains original mathematical work, including a theorem proved specifically to resolve a plot about body-swapping.
- First appearance
- Futurama (1999), Fox
- Created by
- Matt Groening, David X. Cohen
- Also known as
- Bender Bending Rodríguez, Bender B. Rodríguez
- Universe
- Futurama
- Appears in
- animation, television, comics, games
Who is Bender?
Bender is an industrial robot built to bend girders, who develops a personality consisting almost entirely of vices — theft, drinking, vanity and a stated ambition to kill all humans that the show never quite treats as a joke or as a threat. Futurama's writing room was famously overqualified: several writers held advanced degrees in mathematics and computer science, and the series contains original mathematical work, including a theorem proved specifically to resolve a plot about body-swapping. That combination of genuine rigour and complete stupidity is the show's register, and Bender embodies it. He runs on alcohol, which is a fuel rather than an indulgence, and the series occasionally lets that land as something sadder than the gag suggests.
Bender: the details
- First appearance
- Futurama, March 1999
- Created by
- Matt Groening and David X. Cohen
- Built to bend girders
- An industrial unit whose actual designed function is in his name
- An overqualified writing room
- Several writers held advanced degrees in mathematics and computer science
- An original theorem
- The series contains a mathematical proof written specifically to resolve a body-swapping plot
- Runs on alcohol
- A fuel rather than a vice, which the show occasionally plays as sadder than the joke implies
- Cancelled repeatedly
- Cancelled and revived several times across different networks and streaming services
Why Bender endures
The breakout character of a comedy whose writing room produced genuine mathematics, and one of animation's most durable examples of a wholly amoral character played entirely for affection.
What Bender looks like on a shirt
Signature motif: A grey cylindrical robot with a domed head, eye visor and antenna
A cylinder with a dome and an antenna — extremely simple and readable in pure silhouette. Metallic and chrome inks suit it, and the shape is distinctive enough that no colour is required at all.
A cylinder, a dome and an antenna — readable in pure silhouette with no colour at all. Metallic and chrome inks suit it particularly well. Grey and black. Teen and adult sizing.
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Sizes: kids to adult
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| Band | Ages | US sizes | Search |
|---|---|---|---|
| Toddler | 2–4 years | 2T, 3T, 4T | Search toddler sizes |
| Kids | 4–7 years | XS (4/5), S (6/7) | Search kids sizes |
| Youth | 8–14 years | M (8), L (10/12), XL (14/16) | Search youth sizes |
| Adult | 15+ | S–3XL | Search adult sizes |
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Who has played Bender
| Performer | Production | Year | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| John DiMaggio | Futurama | 1999 | Voice |
Bender T-shirts: common questions
Who created Bender?
Bender was created by Matt Groening and David X. Cohen, first appearing in Futurama in 1999 (Fox).
What does a Bender T-shirt usually look like?
A grey cylindrical robot with a domed head, eye visor and antenna. A cylinder, a dome and an antenna — readable in pure silhouette with no colour at all. Metallic and chrome inks suit it particularly well. Grey and black. Teen and adult sizing.
Are Bender T-shirts made for children?
No. Bender comes from work made for older audiences, so we keep the character off our kids pages even where children's sizes are manufactured.
Who has played Bender?
Bender has been voiced by John DiMaggio (Futurama, 1999).
How much does a Bender T-shirt cost?
Bender shirts we currently track start from around $10.38 on amazon.com. Every price on this page is dated, because they move.
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