Tanya

Tanya
Character Information
Gender
Status
Age	6
Species	Human
Planet	Earth
Relatives	Unknown
Background Information
First appearance	"Stench and Stenchibility"
Voiced by	Tara Strong

Tanya is a one-time character in Futurama, who made her only appearance in the episode, "Stench and Stenchibility".

Biography

Not much is known about her as we never see her family, where she lives, or anything from her personal life, but we do know that she is 6 years old and it is shown that she is a talented young tap dancer. She was Bender's rival in a tap dancing contest.

Tanya beats Bender in the tap dancing competition by breaking his leg, nearly winning, but dies due to her heart condition while accepting the trophy. Bender was gleeful at her demise and not able to contain himself to tap-dance on her grave, he begins dancing on her corpse as he is met with disgust by the crowd. However, this act accidentally restarts her pacemaker, allowing her to survive and wake up, to everyone's shock. The crowd cheer Bender on for being a "hero" while he is shocked by the praise received from them. Later on, Tanya and Bender tap dance outside the Planet Express Building where she tells him that despite him saving her, it won't cause her to hesitate to beat him again. Impressed by her irredeemable, evil nature, Bender teams up with her and they mug Hattie together when she tries to put a coin in their donation hat.

Personality

Despite her sweet appearance and how others perceive her, she is shown to be a very nasty little girl, as she attempts to sabotage Bender by breaking his legs so that he won’t be able to pose a threat to her in the contest.

Afterwards, she didn't seem to change her opinion once he saved her life, though did acknowledge it. It was shown that Bender has taken a liking to her nasty behavior, and the two of them begin to perform on the street so that they can swipe money from other people.

Appearances

• "Stench and Stenchibility"

Trivia

• Tanya's name and role in the episode are clearly a reference to Tonya Harding, a former competitive figure skater who was involved in an attack on rival skater Nancy Kerrigan.

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