Today let's talk about such a popular animated character as Bender Rodriguez. How was the image of the hero created? What is known about his personality? What quotes of Bender Rodriguez can be equated to aphorisms? We will talk about this and not only in our material.
Image creation
The idea of introducing the character of Bender Rodriguez into the plot of the animated series Futurama belongs to the artist Dave Cooper. It was he who decided to create the image of an atypical robot, which was different from all the canons and stamps common in science fiction works.
For a long time, the animators could not agree on what the head of Bender Rodriguez should be. Initially, a square-shaped project was created. However, in a subsequent robot left a rounded head with an antenna on the top.
The greatest difficulties arose with voicing the hero. The creators of the series did not agree on the sound of the character’s voice. Therefore, each actor who was approved to participate in the dubbing of the animated film was given the task of reading several replicas of the robot. Subsequently, all this grew into several hundred auditions, during which the actor John DiMaggio received the role of Bender. The creators of the series liked the artist’s idea to portray in his voice not a robotic creature, but an ordinary ignorant, prone to drunkenness.
Character Biography
According to the plot of the series “Futurama”, the robot Bender Rodriguez was assembled in 2998 at one of the Mexican plants. As soon as he got off the assembly line, the hero immediately emptied a bottle of beer. Here he got the skills of a metal bending machine. The robot was tasked with making suicide booths. After Bender found out the purpose of his work, he decided to check the effect of one of the devices. While waiting for the line to commit suicide, the character met his future companion - intergalactic traveler Philip Fry.
Having become friends with a new friend, Bender Rodriguez decided to escape from the factory. Fleeing from persecution, the robot, along with Fry, was on a spaceship conqueror of the unknown worlds Turanga Lila. The heroes began to fulfill the instructions of the Planet Express delivery service. At first, Bender simply lounged on board a flying saucer, but later began to occupy the position of an on-board cook.
Appearance
Bender Rodriguez is a standard version of the bending robot. His body is almost in equal proportions composed of iron, titanium, nickel and dolomite. The case is painted in a light gray shade. Usually appears on the screen without clothes. In the series where he is invited to social occasions, he prefers to appear in public with a magnetic bow tie attached to his neck. In the hollow body of Bender, there is a voluminous storage, where the most motley items fit, and in unlimited quantities. It uses a powerful processor with eight cores as a brain.
According to information from the series, the weight of the robot is more than 230 kilograms. However, in individual episodes of an animated film, its parameters vary markedly. Sometimes the characters cope with its movement without problems, and in some situations they are unable even to move Bender.
Personality
Futurama Robot Bender has a lot of hobbies. One of the character’s favorite activities is hard drinking, during which the hero is not ashamed to mock the problems of others. However, the real dream of his whole life remains the performance of folk music. Magnets attached to the head of the robot contribute to the development of this talent. The latter cause regular malfunctions in his program, forcing the character to sing songs of a personal composition.
Bender’s second passion is cooking. At first, the robot tried in every possible way to disown such a seemingly shameful hobby for him. However, he later admitted to being addicted to cooking. The only problem for Rodriguez is his complete lack of taste buds. Therefore, in most situations, the food prepared by him is life-threatening.
In addition to the above sides of the personality, Bender is fond of visiting bars, where he loves to participate in all kinds of cash games. Once in such places, the robot is engaged in theft, cheating and elevating itself above others by humiliating the weak and defenseless.
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During the showing of the animated series “Futurama”, a whole mass of “crown” character expressions was formed, many of which acquired the status of real aphorisms. So, consider the best quotes from Bender:
- Rocking is just one of the primitive forms of flexion.
- If robots are not destined to go to heaven, then heaven itself will come to us.
- How about figuring out a bottle of beer and watching the demise of the universe?
- Everything that does not concern gaining immortality is a waste of time.
- Our solutions open up a whole sea of opportunities. We all have intelligence, and the choice of each creature is priceless.
- But what if my whole life is the fruit of someone else’s sick imagination?
- For help! I am too lazy to be saved.
Interesting Facts
- Bender is left-handed.
- According to the robot itself, its cost is about $ 30, but he himself is ready to throw off about a dozen.
- In the series, Bender is positioned as the last creature in the universe to take pictures on a film camera.
- The robot has a twin brother named Flexo. The latter differs from our hero only in the presence of a triangular beard.
- The character’s favorite drink is Old Fortran. It is under the definition of “fortran” that the first multi-level programming language in history is known.
- The hero is an ardent fan of soap operas.