Bender Bending Rodríguez is the wisecracking robot from Futurama, the animated science fiction series created by Matt Groening that first aired in 1999 and is voiced by John DiMaggio. Clips of Bender shouting, laughing and repeating his own name have circulated for years as reaction sounds on forums, chats and video edits. The triple repetition works like a catchphrase, making it easy to loop, remix and recognise even without the picture, which is why Futurama fans still drop it into memes today.