What IS Bender, exactly?

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I mean, we all know he's a robot, a bending unit, but throughout the series he also serves many other functions. I wanted to make a list of all his uses. I'll start it off:
-Bender (Prior to SP3k, also in Bendless love and other episodes)
-Storage space [his chest cavity](many episodes)
-Camera [Video and Still](When Aliens Attack)
-Popcorn maker/Butter Dispenser (Fear of a Bot Planet)
-Beer Tap (Hell is Other Robots)
-Projector (Crimes of the Hot)

remember to include what episode(s) that is from.

[#1 :]

Chef (Many episodes)
Vibrater (The Luck Of The Fryrish)
Tape Player (A Head In The Polls)
Penguin (The Bird-bot of Ice-catraz)
Oven/Cooler (I Second That Emotion)
BBQ (When Aliens Attack)

[#2 :]

God/World ("Godfellas" )

[#3 :]

As a matter of fact, prior to my Hard drive crashing, i was half-way through a list of this very thing... I only ever got through the first season... Also on the list were the things Bender has pulled out of his chest cabinet.

I'll pitch in eventually... when i get my damn videos back...

[#4 :]

Subway train (The Luck of the Fryish)

[#5 :]

I don't know if it counts, but he can switch his voice from Robot/King(Bender gets made, season 2)

-Axl

[#6 :]

a bender unit is simply a robot with endless functions the mind can come up with for comedy reactions from the viewers....or so ive concluded.

[#7 :]

well obviously.

-audio recorder. in a head in the polls

[#8 :]

A robot.

[#9 :]

CD Player(Obsoletely Fabulous)

Although, that WAS just a dream/vision... So I don't know if it counts

[#10 :]

 

Originally posted by Rage Dump:
As a matter of fact, prior to my Hard drive crashing, i was half-way through a list of this very thing... I only ever got through the first season... Also on the list were the things Bender has pulled out of his chest cabinet.

I'll pitch in eventually... when i get my damn videos back...

I hope HDD crashes aren't a curse of being a TFH webmaster 

[#11 :]

He is also a whole set of tools, as demonstrated in "Less Than Hero", when he was used by Leela and Fry to put together swedish furniture.

He, Robot.

[#12 :]

A car (The Honking), well, technically a Were-Car

[#13 :]

A robot of many a function!

[#14 :]

A lean, mean, party/love machine.   

[#15 :]

Beer brewing tub (The Route Of All Evil)
Credit card reader (Leela's Homeworld)
Unicyclist (Leela's Homeworld)
Wrench (Less Than Hero)
Building blocks for kids (Teenage Mutant Leela's Hurdles)
Lighthouse (Obsoletely Fabulous)

 I would've liked to have seen an episode where he has a vortex in his chest cabinet though. 

[#16 :]

 

Originally posted by aslate:
 I hope HDD crashes aren't a curse of being a TFH webmaster   

So, the penny drops. 

[#17 :]

good job, everyone!
another idea of mine:
-Answering Machine (KGKUAN)

also, try to keep this limited to specific function of his body as a robot. for example:
unicyclist isn't a function, it's just something he's good at.
same with god/world. he's only a god/world because he happened to "acquire" a race of tiny humanoid beings.

i'm not just trying to make the 2 people who suggested these feel bad or anything, they just seemed like good examples (don't hurt me!)

[#18 :]

Hot butter maker?
(Fear of a Bot Planet)

[#19 :]

His head makes a good bowling ball.

[#20 :]

Toilet ("The Cyber House Rules" )

[#21 :]

-His head can function as a lifesaving blernsball helmet.
(A Leela of Her Own)
-His hand functions as a cigar lighter.
(The Sting, Where No Fan Has Gone Before)
-He states that in emergencies, his ass can be used as a floatation device.
(The Deep South)

[#22 :]

With all that firey burping he does, he could make a very nifty flamethrower.

[#23 :]

Would that be an actual function though? Or just a side affect?

[#24 :]

It's just a side affect of all the drinking he does. But it could be used in a bad situation like if the P.E gang are about to be attacked by some creature, Bender could puul out a bottle of beer, drink it and burp out a huge fire out of his mouth.

[#25 :]

Power Supply (BSNBAOTV I think!)

At any rate, he plugs a TV into his shiny metal ass in one episode 

[#26 :]

A safe buster. He vibrates Fry's old safe open in LOTF.

[#27 :]

wow! this is the most succesful thread i've started since i got here! soon i'll start recording all the functions of a bender and wheni think i'm done, i'll post them for anyone that's interested. keep 'em coming!

[#28 :]

Retractable neck. Sorry if it's already been mentioned.

[#29 :]

 

Originally posted by newhook_1:
Vibrater (The Luck Of The Fryrish)

A vibrator?  Really?   

[#30 :]

 

Originally posted by Pikka Bird:
A safe buster. He vibrates Fry's old safe open in LOTF.

 

[#31 :]

Retractable neck?? Is that something he is? I thought we were only discussing what he as a whole can be used for. If we're talking all the functions, then... *phew!*

[#32 :]

- A box/container.
 (Pretty much all episodes)

[#33 :]

His head can be a laser show! (Jurassic Bark)

[#34 :]

A Boiler (That's Lobstertainment!)
Safe (Put Your Head On My Shoulders)

[#35 :]

A fugitive smuggling device (WNFHGB)

[#36 :]

"A giant toy", as put by Albert in Teenage Leela's Mutant Hurdles.

Some sort of covert agent - The Deep South

[#37 :]

His head can be used as a spray paint can.
(A Pharoah to Remember)

[#38 :]

He has a cheating unit.
(A Flight to Remember)

[#39 :]

Means of propulsion (COTH)