Bend Her
11-01-2007, 08:52 PM
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* David Herman
A criminally insane robot who appears to be some kind of stab-bot, although he claims: "I'm not crazy, I'm just not user-friendly!" His first line was "Gee, I've seen lines move faster in a sperm bank." His insane acts include targeting the same establishment for robbery three times in a row (apparently the first time was just to "case the joint and rob it a little"), killing other robots to provide a disguise and "practicin' my stabbin'." He is believed to have had a rather traumatic childhood (in "Insane in the Mainframe", he suggests that his mother often welded him to the wall as a form of punishment for "leaking transmission fluid" as he says "No mommy! Please don't weld me to the wall!" when he believes he is in danger which is similar to the pasts of Norman Bates and Francis Dolarhyde). His catchphrase is, "Ha-HAAAA!", yelled in an increasingly high pitch when he attempts to stab someone, or makes a stabbing gesture. This violent nature is enhanced by a body that Daxid X. Cohen and Matt Groening say is based on the shape of a tombstone.
He most notably appears in "Insane in the Mainframe" (which was also his debut episode) when Fry and Bender are implicated in one of his bank robberies.
He also appears shortly in "Obsoletely Fabulous". When Bender is in line to be upgraded at Mom's Friendly Robot Company, he sees Roberto in front of him. When Bender asks Roberto what he is doing there, Roberto says, "Parole officer says I gotta upgrade, or he won't give me back my stabbin' knife! Ha-HAAAA!" His last words before the upgrade are, "DEATH TO THE 1-X ROBOTS!" He is upgraded, and after the upgrade says, "I love those magnificent 1-X robots. The 1-X robots are my friends."
He appears momentarily in "Crimes of the Hot". When Bender kicks over Boxy and yells at all the robots to, "Shut up and listen to me, Bender", a pan shot of the crowd shows Roberto stabbing a random robot whose arms are being held by two other random robots.
The Robot Devil
* Voice Actor: Dan Castellaneta (normal voice), Maurice LaMarche (substitute voice)
The Robot Devil lives in Robot Hell, which is hidden beneath the "Inferno ride" at the amusement park "Reckless Ted's Funland" in New Jersey. His function is to torment robots who have committed various sins, though it seems that this right only applies to those in his religion. He is aided in this task by several 'DemonBots,' as well as occasionally The Beastie Boys. He kidnapped and intended to forever torment Bender after Bender briefly became involved with the religion "Robotology" but then slid back into his former decadent and criminal habits ("Hell Is Other Robots"). Fry and Leela tracked Bender to Robot Hell and in accordance with law ("The Fairness in Hell Act of 2275") , the Robot Devil was obliged to release Bender if Leela could best him in a fiddle contest (in parody of the song The Devil Went Down to Georgia). She could not outplay him, so she clubbed the Robot Devil with her fiddle, giving the trio a chance to escape.
The Robot Devil also played a major role in "The Devil's Hands are Idle Playthings" in which Fry makes a Deal with the Devil to improve his holophonor skills. The Robot Devil exchanges hands with Fry and immediately regrets it, since Fry's human hands are vastly inferior to his own mechanical ones (he claims that the hands constantly "touched him in places"). He spends the remainder of the episode scheming and ultimately succeeding in reversing the trade.
Though the Robot Devil likes to act dramatically and even provides his own special effects, he is never seen doing anything supernatural. His tricks are generally quickly revealed as mundane, such as his departure after suddenly arriving at Planet Express, exclaiming "It looks like I wasted a bus trip!" Similarly, the Robot Devil makes a dramatic exit from a theatre, filling the stage with smoke, but is visible in the next shot sneaking away up a darkened aisle. The only genuine supernatural 'Power' that the Robot Devil possesses is the ability to conjure flames from his hands and other objects, though he only uses this to torment Bender by setting him on fire in the episode Hell Is Other Robots and setting an opera stage alight in The Devil's Hands are Idle Playthings. He is also far stronger than an average robot, able to completely overpower Bender with his bare hands and knock him out with a single strike.
The Robot Devil has extensive musical skills, taught in part by Mrs. Mellinger, who much later instructed Fry in the holophonor. The robot actor Calculon credits the Robot Devil for bestowing his "unholy acting talent". The Robot Devil has brief cameos in "A Tale of Two Santas" (where Maurice LaMarche briefly voiced him) and "Crimes of the Hot."
Leela at one point addresses him as "Beelzebot" (a play on the name of the demon Beelzebub) but this is more sarcastic than official, as she has just met him and earlier in the episode had no idea Robot Hell existed (or that it was in New Jersey).
[edit] The Robot Elders
Why no props to the Robot Devil. I love the song and dance he did when Bender went to Robot hell. :P
* David Herman
A criminally insane robot who appears to be some kind of stab-bot, although he claims: "I'm not crazy, I'm just not user-friendly!" His first line was "Gee, I've seen lines move faster in a sperm bank." His insane acts include targeting the same establishment for robbery three times in a row (apparently the first time was just to "case the joint and rob it a little"), killing other robots to provide a disguise and "practicin' my stabbin'." He is believed to have had a rather traumatic childhood (in "Insane in the Mainframe", he suggests that his mother often welded him to the wall as a form of punishment for "leaking transmission fluid" as he says "No mommy! Please don't weld me to the wall!" when he believes he is in danger which is similar to the pasts of Norman Bates and Francis Dolarhyde). His catchphrase is, "Ha-HAAAA!", yelled in an increasingly high pitch when he attempts to stab someone, or makes a stabbing gesture. This violent nature is enhanced by a body that Daxid X. Cohen and Matt Groening say is based on the shape of a tombstone.
He most notably appears in "Insane in the Mainframe" (which was also his debut episode) when Fry and Bender are implicated in one of his bank robberies.
He also appears shortly in "Obsoletely Fabulous". When Bender is in line to be upgraded at Mom's Friendly Robot Company, he sees Roberto in front of him. When Bender asks Roberto what he is doing there, Roberto says, "Parole officer says I gotta upgrade, or he won't give me back my stabbin' knife! Ha-HAAAA!" His last words before the upgrade are, "DEATH TO THE 1-X ROBOTS!" He is upgraded, and after the upgrade says, "I love those magnificent 1-X robots. The 1-X robots are my friends."
He appears momentarily in "Crimes of the Hot". When Bender kicks over Boxy and yells at all the robots to, "Shut up and listen to me, Bender", a pan shot of the crowd shows Roberto stabbing a random robot whose arms are being held by two other random robots.
The Robot Devil
* Voice Actor: Dan Castellaneta (normal voice), Maurice LaMarche (substitute voice)
The Robot Devil lives in Robot Hell, which is hidden beneath the "Inferno ride" at the amusement park "Reckless Ted's Funland" in New Jersey. His function is to torment robots who have committed various sins, though it seems that this right only applies to those in his religion. He is aided in this task by several 'DemonBots,' as well as occasionally The Beastie Boys. He kidnapped and intended to forever torment Bender after Bender briefly became involved with the religion "Robotology" but then slid back into his former decadent and criminal habits ("Hell Is Other Robots"). Fry and Leela tracked Bender to Robot Hell and in accordance with law ("The Fairness in Hell Act of 2275") , the Robot Devil was obliged to release Bender if Leela could best him in a fiddle contest (in parody of the song The Devil Went Down to Georgia). She could not outplay him, so she clubbed the Robot Devil with her fiddle, giving the trio a chance to escape.
The Robot Devil also played a major role in "The Devil's Hands are Idle Playthings" in which Fry makes a Deal with the Devil to improve his holophonor skills. The Robot Devil exchanges hands with Fry and immediately regrets it, since Fry's human hands are vastly inferior to his own mechanical ones (he claims that the hands constantly "touched him in places"). He spends the remainder of the episode scheming and ultimately succeeding in reversing the trade.
Though the Robot Devil likes to act dramatically and even provides his own special effects, he is never seen doing anything supernatural. His tricks are generally quickly revealed as mundane, such as his departure after suddenly arriving at Planet Express, exclaiming "It looks like I wasted a bus trip!" Similarly, the Robot Devil makes a dramatic exit from a theatre, filling the stage with smoke, but is visible in the next shot sneaking away up a darkened aisle. The only genuine supernatural 'Power' that the Robot Devil possesses is the ability to conjure flames from his hands and other objects, though he only uses this to torment Bender by setting him on fire in the episode Hell Is Other Robots and setting an opera stage alight in The Devil's Hands are Idle Playthings. He is also far stronger than an average robot, able to completely overpower Bender with his bare hands and knock him out with a single strike.
The Robot Devil has extensive musical skills, taught in part by Mrs. Mellinger, who much later instructed Fry in the holophonor. The robot actor Calculon credits the Robot Devil for bestowing his "unholy acting talent". The Robot Devil has brief cameos in "A Tale of Two Santas" (where Maurice LaMarche briefly voiced him) and "Crimes of the Hot."
Leela at one point addresses him as "Beelzebot" (a play on the name of the demon Beelzebub) but this is more sarcastic than official, as she has just met him and earlier in the episode had no idea Robot Hell existed (or that it was in New Jersey).
[edit] The Robot Elders
Why no props to the Robot Devil. I love the song and dance he did when Bender went to Robot hell. :P