History Recap / FuturamaS3E6BendlessLove

When Bender's pent-up urge to bend leads him to sleep-bending, he goes to a factory hiring non-union workers during a strike to vent. There, he meets a shapely fembot named Angleyne, who just happens to be Flexo's ex-wife. Meanwhile, the Robot Mafia have their own plans for the factory...

* BeyondTheImpossible: Bender manages to bend an unbendable girder to save Flexo.

* DescriptionCut: Bender hears from the robot workers that the management of the bending factory are hiring scabs, and decides to confront them. Once he marches inside, it cuts to him happily joining up as a scab.

* IndestructibleEdible: Bender, who has demonstrated the ability to effortlessly bend girders, takes a moment of strain just to bend a week old baguette, and his arms still fall off.

* OhMyGods: When Hermes (A Rastafarian) tries to straighten his straight edge, he says "Haile H. Selassie!" instead of "Jesus H Christ!" or the like.
* OldFashionedRowboatDate: Robot Bender and fembot Angleyne have a date on a rowboat. Part of their love montage.

* UnionsSuck: It's revealed the factory of Bending Robots strike is supported by the Robot Mafia, who are even the "duly elected" mobsters of the union. They likewise try to kill Flexo for being a scab, though granted this is cause Donbot is enraged at the idea of money being paid out to workers without him getting a cut.

* BuxomBeautyStandard: When Bender first lays eyes on her, Angleyne looks like a GenericCuteness type of {{Fembot}}, which Bender [[BeautyEqualsGoodness begins to feel slightly attracted to]]...until a pair or robots carrying a glass panel move out of the way, showing this trope in full effect and causing Bender to really get attracted to her.

* FallingInLoveMontage: Bender helps Angleyne bend Hands-On Approach (and they bend the girder into a heart), the two share a HeldGaze and kiss with sparkles, set to an instrumental version of "Unchained Melody". Then they start dating and have a montage over "Bend Me Shape Me". Bender tries to win her a prize in a carnival booth (he steals the toy and the seller's wallet moments later), they have a rowboat date (with Bender's arms rowing the boat), and they ride a tandem bicycle (which is actually a race between Fry and the bent Professor Farnsworth, which ends with Fry and the Professor flying backwards into a lake and Bender winning).

* RuleOfThree: It takes the Robot Mafia watching Bender-as-Flexo flash his money earned scabbing before they decide to murder him.
* StrongAsTheyNeedToBe: In one scene, Bender's arms break off when he tries to bend a baguette. Another scene in the same episode has him save Flexo by bending a girder that was thought to be unbendable.

* BuxomIsBetter: When Bender first lays eyes on her, Angleyne looks like a GenericCuteness type of {{Fembot}}, which Bender [[BeautyEqualsGoodness begins to feel slightly attracted to]]...until a pair or robots carrying a glass panel move out of the way, showing this trope in full effect and causing Bender to really get attracted to her.

When Bender's pent-up urge to bend leads him to sleep-bending, he goes to a factory hiring non-union workers during a strike to vent. There, he meets a shapely fembot named Angleyne (voiced by former ''Saturday Night Live'' cast member Creator/JanHooks[[note]]who also did voicework on ''The Simpsons'' as Apu's arranged wife, Manjula from season 9 to season 13[[/note]]), who just happens to be Flexo's ex-wife. Meanwhile, the Robot Mafia have their own plans for the factory...

* FallingInLoveMontage: Bender helps Angelyne bend Hands-On Approach (and they bend the girder into a heart), the two share a HeldGaze and kiss with sparkles. Set to instrumental version of "Unchained Melody". Then they start dating and have a montage over "Bend Me Shape Me". Bender tries to win her a prize in a carnival booth (he steals the toy and the seller's wallet moments later), they have a rowboat date (with Bender's arms rowing the boat), and they ride a tandem bicycle (which is actually a race between Fry and the bent Professor Farnsworth, which ends with Fry and the Professor flying backwards into a lake and Bender winning).

* HandsOnApproach: Angleyne wants to prove to Bender that she's just as strong as he is, but she can't bend the traverse on her own. Bender steps right behind her and helps her with the task. Together they shape the traverse into a heart.
* InsaneTrollLogic: Bender's jealousy over Angleyne's past relationship with Flexo drives him to prove she still has feelings for him by pretending to be him and seducing her. [[NiceJobBreakingItHero This just reignites her feelings for Flexo]].

* YoungerThanTheyLook: Bender turns out to be no older than four years old.

* Temporal Paradox: The CouchGag has this as the main joke. Provides the quote underneath the image on the page.

* FallingInLoveMontage: Bender helps Angelyne bend Hands-On Approach (and they bend the girder into a heart), the two share a HeldGaze and kiss with sparkles. Set to instrumental version of "Unchained Melody". Then they start dating and have a montage over "Bend Me Shape Me". Bender tries to win her a prize in a carnival booth (he steals the toy and the seller's wallet moments later), they have a rowboat date and they ride a tandem bicycle.

* MakeItLookLikeAnAccident: When the Donbot decides that Flexo should die in an "accident", Joey Mousepad suggests that [[ComicallyMissingThePoint instead of waiting for an accident to happen, the Robot Mafia should kill him themselves.[[ The Donbot {{facepalm}}s.

* MakeItLookLikeAnAccident: When the Donbot decides that Flexo should die in an "accident", Joey Mousepad suggests that instead of waiting for an accident to happen, the Robot Mafia should kill him themselves. The Donbot {{facepalm}}s.

When Bender's pent-up urge to bend leads him to sleep-bending, he goes to a factory hiring non-union workers during a strike to vent. There, he meets a shapely fembot named Angleyne (voiced by former ''Saturday Night Live'' cast member Creator/JanHooks[[note]]who also did voicework on ''The Simpsons'' as Apu's arranged wife, Manjula[[/note]], who just happens to be Flexo's ex-wife. Meanwhile, the Robot Mafia have their own plans for the factory...

When Bender's pent-up urge to bend leads him to sleep-bending, he goes to a factory hiring non-union workers during a strike to vent. There, he meets a shapely fembot, who just happens to be Flexo's ex-wife. Meanwhile, the Robot Mafia have their own plans for the factory...

* MakeItLookLikeAnAccident: When the Donbot decides that Flexo should die in an "accident", Joey Mousepad suggest that instead of waiting for an accident to happen, the Robot Mafia should kill him themselves.

-->'''Bender:''' Precocious little scamp, ain't I?

* GaussianGirl: Parodied. Bender first sees Anglelyne in soft focus, but only because there was a pane of dirty glass in the way.
* HandsOnApproach: Anglelyne wants to prove to Bender that she's just as strong as he is, but she can't bend the traverse on her own. Bender steps right behind her and helps her with the task. Together they shape the traverse into a heart.
* InsaneTrollLogic: Bender's jealousy over Anglelyne's past relationship with Flexo drives him to prove she still has feelings for him by pretending to be him and seducing her. [[NiceJobBreakingItHero This just reignites her feelings for Flexo]].
* IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy: Why Bender ends up rescuing Flexo.

* PaperThinDisguise: Bender's impersonation of Flexo, starting with him trying to solicit a date with Anglelyne by putting on an accent. His attempts at the club are even worse.

-->'''Sal:''' Welcomes aboards, Scab.

-->'''Sal:''' C'mon, I'll introduces yes to your scab coworkers whom you'll be scabbing with.

* InsaneTrollLogic: Bender's jealousy over Anglelyne's past relationship with Flexo drives him to prove she still has feelings for him by pretending to be him and seducing her. [[NiceJobBreakingItHero This just reignites her feelings for him]].

* MakeItLookLikeAnAccident: When the Donbot decides that Flexo should die in an "accident", Joey Mousepad suggest that instead of waiting for an accident to happen, the Robot Mafia should kill him themselves.

* MakeItLookLikeAnAccident: When the Donbot decides that Flexo should die in an accident, Joey Mousepad suggest that instead of waiting for an accident to happen, the Robot Mafia should kill him themselves.