bending_unit_22
26-01-2007, 05:06 PM
Talk about Bender's twin, Flexo here. I like him but he's too nice.
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Flexo
* Voice Actor: John DiMaggio
Like Bender, Flexo is a Bending-Unit 22 robot. Flexo's and Bender's serial numbers are 3370318 and 2716057 respectively; this gives both robots much amusement as both their serial numbers are expressible as the sum of two cubes: 3370318 = 1193 + 1193 and 2716057 = 9523 + (-951)3.
Flexo has a habit of speaking contrary to how he really feels, before correcting himself; this is seen most often when he slanders or insults an individual only to add, "Nah, I'm just messin' with ya; you're all right," or something similar. (This is heard in all the episodes Flexo appears in.) In "Bendless Love", when Bender punches Flexo in the back of the head, he says "Thanks, I appreciate that," laughing but then adding, "Nah, I'm joshing you. That was quite annoying."
Flexo looks and sounds exactly like Bender with the exception of having a small triangular metal goatee (a spoof of the Star Trek episode "Mirror, Mirror") on his chin. He first appeared in "Lesser of Two Evils" when Fry accidentally runs him over with a 20th century gasoline-fueled car (a 1992 Latoura), and gives him "ass-whiplash". He becomes good friends with Bender, inspiring jealousy and suspicion from Fry, especially as Flexo often plays cruel jokes on him (though only as much as Bender does) such as shooting a jet of poisonous chlorine in Fry's face for no reason. Fry originally believes that Flexo is an evil twin of Bender and suspects that he will try to steal the crown from the Miss Universe pageant. However, it turns out that Bender is the one attempting to steal the crown and Flexo is actually trying to stop him, therefore making Bender the evil twin. The confusion surrounding whether Flexo is good or evil is also not helped by his rather sinister laughter. When the police arrive at the scene, they mistake Flexo for Bender and, at the behest of Bob Barker, arrest him instead, sending him to a South American-Turkish prison.
In a scene deleted from the episode "Bender Gets Made", Bender is shown scratching out his serial code so the robot mafia will not find him, however the code scratched out is Flexo's, not Bender's. According to the DVD commentary, this scene was cut as it was thought to be too confusing and would infuriate fans; the implication seems to be that it was Bender, and not Flexo, who was arrested previously, meaning the Planet Express crew (if not police) had identified the wrong robot. However it is also possible that Bender had previously scratched off his serial code and used Flexo's as cover.
In "Bendless Love", Bender briefly dates Flexo's ex-wife Angleyne. Once Bender discovers that Angleyne used to be married to Flexo, Bender impersonates Flexo, and, for the second time, Flexo is punished for Bender's behavior when the robot mafia drops a large, unbendable metal beam onto Flexo, crushing him. This could have killed him had he been trapped under it for an entire year, but Bender rescues him. Flexo then gets back together with Angleyne, and the two have sex "right there on the factory floor," apparently with Bender still in the room. Flexo is the only recurring robot to not appear in the episode "Crimes of the Hot".
Flexo's head is also seen briefly in the box of heads at the assembly line where Bender was built in the episode "Bendless Love"
http://i14.tinypic.com/63acmkp.jpg
Flexo
* Voice Actor: John DiMaggio
Like Bender, Flexo is a Bending-Unit 22 robot. Flexo's and Bender's serial numbers are 3370318 and 2716057 respectively; this gives both robots much amusement as both their serial numbers are expressible as the sum of two cubes: 3370318 = 1193 + 1193 and 2716057 = 9523 + (-951)3.
Flexo has a habit of speaking contrary to how he really feels, before correcting himself; this is seen most often when he slanders or insults an individual only to add, "Nah, I'm just messin' with ya; you're all right," or something similar. (This is heard in all the episodes Flexo appears in.) In "Bendless Love", when Bender punches Flexo in the back of the head, he says "Thanks, I appreciate that," laughing but then adding, "Nah, I'm joshing you. That was quite annoying."
Flexo looks and sounds exactly like Bender with the exception of having a small triangular metal goatee (a spoof of the Star Trek episode "Mirror, Mirror") on his chin. He first appeared in "Lesser of Two Evils" when Fry accidentally runs him over with a 20th century gasoline-fueled car (a 1992 Latoura), and gives him "ass-whiplash". He becomes good friends with Bender, inspiring jealousy and suspicion from Fry, especially as Flexo often plays cruel jokes on him (though only as much as Bender does) such as shooting a jet of poisonous chlorine in Fry's face for no reason. Fry originally believes that Flexo is an evil twin of Bender and suspects that he will try to steal the crown from the Miss Universe pageant. However, it turns out that Bender is the one attempting to steal the crown and Flexo is actually trying to stop him, therefore making Bender the evil twin. The confusion surrounding whether Flexo is good or evil is also not helped by his rather sinister laughter. When the police arrive at the scene, they mistake Flexo for Bender and, at the behest of Bob Barker, arrest him instead, sending him to a South American-Turkish prison.
In a scene deleted from the episode "Bender Gets Made", Bender is shown scratching out his serial code so the robot mafia will not find him, however the code scratched out is Flexo's, not Bender's. According to the DVD commentary, this scene was cut as it was thought to be too confusing and would infuriate fans; the implication seems to be that it was Bender, and not Flexo, who was arrested previously, meaning the Planet Express crew (if not police) had identified the wrong robot. However it is also possible that Bender had previously scratched off his serial code and used Flexo's as cover.
In "Bendless Love", Bender briefly dates Flexo's ex-wife Angleyne. Once Bender discovers that Angleyne used to be married to Flexo, Bender impersonates Flexo, and, for the second time, Flexo is punished for Bender's behavior when the robot mafia drops a large, unbendable metal beam onto Flexo, crushing him. This could have killed him had he been trapped under it for an entire year, but Bender rescues him. Flexo then gets back together with Angleyne, and the two have sex "right there on the factory floor," apparently with Bender still in the room. Flexo is the only recurring robot to not appear in the episode "Crimes of the Hot".
Flexo's head is also seen briefly in the box of heads at the assembly line where Bender was built in the episode "Bendless Love"