Bendless Love story
"Bendless Love" is the sixth episode in the third season of Futurama. It originally aired on the Fox network in the United States on February 11, 2001. Directed by: Swinton O. Scott III. Story by: Eric Horsted.
14 total · 4 major · 10 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| humanoid robot | major | The story surrounded Bender's bent up need to bend things, and other bending robots. |
| love triangle | major | Bender, Angelyne, and Flexo. |
| obsessive love | major | Bender and the fembot Angelyne. |
| romantic jealousy | major | Bender was wildly jealous of Flexo over fembot Angelyne. |
| divorce | minor | Flexo and Angelyne were divorced. |
| figuring out what to do with one's life | minor | Bender was thrown out of Planet Express and wandered around New New York pondering what to do with himself. |
| labor strikes in society | minor | There was a robot strike at the bending plant. |
| old flames | minor | Flexo and Angelyne. |
| organized crime | minor | The robot mafia was involved in the robot union. |
| romantic infidelity | minor | Bender assumed his relationship with Angelyne ought to be monogamous, and worried that Angelyne was cheating on him with Flexo, and in so doing he tested Angelyne’s fidelity. |