bending history...
I have it under no authority that Bender the robot of Futurama is based on Остап Бендер — a Russian character otherwise know as Ostap Bender, or Ostap-Suleyman-Berta-Maria-Bender-Bey or even Bender-Zadunaysky, until his name settled on Ostap Ibragimovich Bender. Bender, the fictional Russian character, is a con man. Bender in Futurama is a con-artist robot. Bender is an attractive, resourceful crook, full of energy while operating within the law. Bender knew 400 relatively legal ways to make the population part with their money. He is known as "The Great Combina...
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