Episode Number: 3ACV06
Title: Bendless Love
Original Airdate: February 11, 2001
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Plot
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- The title of this episode is a reference to both the 1981 film Endless Love, and the song by the same title.
- The "L-unit" in the beginning is made of "340 pounds of Tonka-tough steel."
- Zoidberg says, "Well gang, looks like we have another mystery on our hands!". This line is frequently said at the beginning of episodes from the original Scooby-Doo series.
- After the group watches Bender bend the Professor, Zoidberg yells at him, "J'accuse!" (even though in "A Clone of My Own," it was implied that French is a dead language in the 30th century).
- In order to bend the unbendable girder Bender applies "Bendgay"; this is a reference to Bengay pain relieving cream.
- At one point, Hermes mutters "Haile H. Selassie!" This is a reference to both Haile Selassie I, Emperor of Ethiopia, spiritual leader of the the Rastafari movement. Selassie is considered by many Rastafarians to be God incarnate, and therefore the phrase can be considered analagous to the exclamation "Jesus H. Christ!"
- Bender, Flexo and Fry go to a robot strip joint named "Electric Ladyland", a reference to the album and song by Jimi Hendrix.
- Professor Farnsworth sings a song, the tune of which is from the end of Monty Python's "The Life of Brian".
- The names of robot Angelyne and California model Angelyne share the same spelling, but the robot character's name is pronounced with a hard 'g', a play on the word "angle".
- Bender uses the line, "I try to keep out but they keep pulling me back in", an adaptation from Michael Corleone's line in The Godfather Part III.