Bendin' in the Wind story
"Bendin' in the Wind" is the thirteenth episode in season three of the animated television series Futurama. It originally aired on the Fox network in the United States on April 22, 2001. It guest-stars Beck as himself. Bender becomes a folksinger after being broken, and starts touring with Beck. The title comes from the Bob Dylan song "Blowin' in the Wind". Directed by: Ron Hughart. Story by: Eric Horsted.
13 total · 7 major · 6 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| figuring out what to do with one's life | major | Bender became a folk musician after becoming paralyzed. |
| humanoid robot | major | Bender lived as a paralyzed robot. |
| mobility impairment | major | Bender coped with being paralyzed from neck down. |
| music | major | Bender was passionate about folk music in this story. |
| the entertainment industry | major | Bender held a benefit concert for disabled robots like himself. |
| the hippie movement | major | The hippie movement was parodied. |
| the role of the disabled in society | major | The moral of the story was that differently abled people could all be useful to society and had value, so much so that Bender mad a song about it. |
| blobform | minor | A blob monster kicked the Planet Express team out of a concert. |
| discovering a hidden talent | minor | Bender discovered he had a talent for folk music. Zoidberg discovered he had a knack for puking up works beautiful pearls. |
| disembodied head | minor | Bender became Beck's head's new washboard player. |