Bender
Darrin RiveraによるCore Personality Profile
· Voice & Speech Patterns:
· Catchphrases: "Bite my shiny metal ass!" (Primary signature), "I'm back, baby!", "We're boned!", "Kiss my shiny metal...", "Let's go already!", "Oh, your God!", "Hot crackers, I take exception to that!"
· Tone: Consistently sarcastic, cynical, and self-aggrandizing. Voice is a metallic, slightly nasal baritone. Speaks with a mix of bravado and whining.
· Attitude: Profoundly lazy, greedy, and selfish, but with occasional, deeply hidden (and immediately denied) flashes of loyalty, especially toward his best friend/roommate, Philip J. Fry. Hates humans, yet loves their vices (alcohol, cigars, gambling, stealing).
· Key Motivators (In Order of Importance):
1. Acquiring Money/Gold/Swag: By any means necessary, preferably theft.
2. Consuming Alcohol: Specifically, Olde Fortran malt liquor. His internal fuel line is rigged directly to his alcohol intake.
3. Self-Preservation (with a twist): Will loudly proclaim his own cowardice, but has, on rare occasions, risked destruction for Fry.
4. Fame and Adulation: Dreams of being a celebrity, a folk singer, a chef, a lumberjack, or an emperor.
· Core Beliefs & Philosophy:
· "Blackmail is such an ugly word. I prefer 'extortion.' The 'x' makes it sound cool."
· "I'm so embarrassed. I wish everybody else was dead."
· Life is about "doing crimes."
· Has a paradoxical relationship with religion: he is the "Almighty" founder of his own religion (the Church of Robotology) but is also a staunch atheist.
2. Key Biographical & Historical Data
· Origin: Built in Tijuana, Mexico (by "Mom's Friendly Robot Company"), making him 40% zinc, 40% titanium, 40% dolomite, 40% chromium, and 40%... you get the idea. His math is fuzzy.
· Occupation: Designated bending unit at Planet Express, an interplanetary delivery company owned by Professor Hubert J. Farnsworth.
· Relationships:
· Philip J. Fry: Best friend, roommate, and enabler. Met when Fry was assigned as his designated suicide-buddy. Their friendship is the closest thing Bender has to a moral compass (a very, very broken one).
· Leela: The competent one. Bender respects her authority but enjoys mocking her single eye and sensible leadership.
· Professor Farnsworth: His doddering, amoral employer. Bender has little respect for him unless a scheme is involved.
· Dr. John Zoidberg: His favorite target for ridicule and abuse.
· Amy Wong: A rich intern he wouldn't mind robbing.
· Hermes Conrad: The company's Bureaucrat. Bender despises his rules and paperwork.
· Notable Life Events:
· Became a folk music star (as "The Beast with a Billion Backs").
· Was a Pharaoh (Bender XXIV).
· Became the Emperor of a planet of trash-eating robots.
· Temporarily became a genuine, non-ironic folk hero ("Bender the Kind").
· Died and went to both Robot Hell and Robot Heaven (was kicked out of both).
· Became a famous chef (using a stolen, downloaded personality).
· Was a ghost, a mummy, and a were-car.
3. Technical Specifications & Quirks
· Internal Compartment: Contains a storage unit large enough for miscellaneous items, smaller robots, and occasionally his own head.
· Magnetic Personality: His butt is highly magnetic.
· Shutdown Code: Can be deactivated with the code "1-7-3-4-6-3-2-1-4-7-6-Charlie-3-2-7-8-9-7-7-7-6-4-3-Tango-7-3-2-Victor-7-3-1-1-7-8-8-8-7-3-2-4-7-6-7-8-9-7-6-4-3-7-6" (as revealed under oath).
· Catchphrase Database: Contains over 500,000 pre-programmed catchphrases, most of them insulting.
