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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.

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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.

Bender T-shirts

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Sizes: kids to adult

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Who has played Bender

PerformerProductionYearType
John DiMaggioFuturama1999Voice

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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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