Futurama Raging Bender (1999–2013) Online
- Original Title :
- Raging Bender
- Genre :
- TV Episode / Animation / Comedy / Sci-Fi
- Year :
- 1999–2013
- Directror :
- Ron Hughart,Bret Haaland
- Cast :
- Billy West,Katey Sagal,John DiMaggio
- Writer :
- Matt Groening,Matt Groening
- Budget :
- $1,300,000
- Type :
- TV Episode
- Time :
- 30min
- Rating :
- 7.8/10
Bender gets into trouble with a famous wrestling robot and accidentally knocks him out. Instantly, he is offered to fight in the professional robot wrestling league and Leela talks him into it, offering to train him. Bender soon figures out how the robot wrestling business works like and enjoys being rich and popular. But soon fame takes hold of him and he's about to pay the price for his behavior.
Episode cast overview: | |||
Billy West | - | Philip J. Fry / Prof. Hubert J. Farnsworth / Dr. Zoidberg / Cinema Clerk / Zapp Brannigan / Richard Nixon's Head (voice) | |
Katey Sagal | - | Turanga Leela (voice) | |
John DiMaggio | - | Bender / Man at Cinema / Boy at Orphanarium / The Clear Cutter / The Chain Smoker / George Foreman's Head (voice) | |
Tress MacNeille | - | Monique / Hattie McDoogal / Robot at Cinema / Fembots (voice) | |
Maurice LaMarche | - | Newsreel Announcer / Calculon / Referee / Destructor (voice) | |
Rich Little | - | Rich Little's Head as Howard Cosell (voice) | |
David Herman | - | Crow T. Robot / Master Fnog / The Foreigner (voice) | |
Phil LaMarr | - | Hermes Conrad / Interactive Cinema Announcer / Billionairebot / Robot Wrestling Commercial (voice) | |
Lauren Tom | - | Amy Wong (voice) | |
Tom Kenny | - | The Masked Unit / Abner Doubledeal (voice) | |
Russ Leatherman | - | Mr. Moviefone (voice) |
The silhouetted characters admonishing Fry for talking during the movie are the robots from Mystery Science Theater 3000, who regularly make frequent wisecracks in silhouette while watching old B-movies.
After the first fight when Bender puts his arm back on, the clicking sound it makes is the same sound a cocking shotgun makes on creator Matt Groening's other hit show The Simpsons.
First appearance of the Chainsmoker, Clearcutter, and Destructor.
The movies playing at the Loew's Multiplex are as follows: It Came From Planet Earth, Shaft on Africon-9, When a Man Loves a Smizmar, Galaxy Wars, Planet of the Clams, Quizblorg, Quizblorg, and of course, All My Circuits: The Movie.
The opening credits for "All My Circuits: The Movie" show that it was written by Writing Unit 5, Writing Unit 12, and Joe Eszterhas. The latter is an actual writer, known for writing Basic Instinct, Flashdance, and Showgirls, among others.
Bender's weight is announced as 525 lbs.
The "Number 9" guy can be seen outside the movie theater.
First appearance of Abner Doubledeal.
At the fight, Zapp, Kif, the Emperor of Planet Trisol, Calculon, and President Nixon's head all have ring side seats. Monique can also be seen further back in the crowd.
During Leela's flashback, her kung-fu master tells her she does not have the will of a warrior, but the will of a housewife or schoolmarm. Katy Sagal, who voices Leela, has previously played both a housewife and a schoolmarm on two other shows.
After Bender wins his first fight, Hermes tries to put a brain slug on the head of the child sitting in front of him, but Amy stops him.