Raging Bender story
"Raging Bender" is the eighth episode in the second production season of the American animated television series Futurama. It originally aired on the Fox network in the United States on February 27, 2000 as the twelfth episode of the second broadcast season. The episode was written by Lewis Morton and directed by Ron Hughart. The story focuses on Bender becoming a professional robot wrestler. Directed by: Ron Hughart. Story by: Lewis Morton.
21 total · 6 major · 15 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| combat sports | major | The story centered around Bender joining the Ultimate Robot Fighting league. |
| confronting an old ghost | major | Leela introspected and confronted her old nemesis sensei Snog. |
| female empowerment | major | Leela showed that she could kick as just as well as any man or green insectoid alien. |
| humanoid robot | major | The story centered around Bender joining the Ultimate Robot Fighting league. |
| robot prizefighter | major | Bender participated in a robot fighting league. |
| the desire for vengeance | major | Leela trained Bender for the fight against Destructor as a way to get revenge against her old sensei Snog. |
| classic films | minor | The Planet Express team discussed films that were clearly parodies of classic films. |
| coping with an obnoxious jerk | minor | Bender was being a jerk to The Masked Unit at the movie theater. |
| crustacean-like being | minor | Zoidberg wanted to see "Planet of the Clams", a film where crab-like creatures took over the Earth, at the theater. |
| disembodied head | minor | Rich Little and George Foreman's disembodied heads called the Bender title fight against Destructor. |