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Bender may refer to:
Places
- Bender, Moldova, also known as Bendery or Tighina
- Bender, California, a former settlement in Fresno County, California
- Bender Bayla District, a district of Bari, Somalia
- Bender, Saskatchewan, a ghost town in the province of Saskatchewan, Canada
People
Fiction
- Bender (Futurama), a character on animated television series Futurama
- Bender, one who can manipulate a classical element in Avatar: The Last Airbender and The Legend of Korra
- Elaine Bender, detective from the television series Blue Murder
- Goodloe Bender, a character from the movie The Road to Wellville (based on a novel by T. C. Boyle)
- John Bender (character), a character from the 1985 film The Breakfast Club played by Judd Nelson
- Ostap Bender, a fictional antihero by Ilf and Petrov
- Sally Bender Hyde, film character played by Jane Fonda in Coming Home (1978)
- Bender (TV series), 1979 TV series produced by Terry Becker
Objects
- B-Bender, a guitar accessory that allows the player to change the pitch of one or more strings "on the fly"
- Bender tent, a type of makeshift shelter made using bended tree branches
- Pipe and tube bender, a machine which bends tube, pipe and solid metals
Slang
- A binge drinking spree
- A curveball, a type of pitch thrown in baseball
- A male homosexual, in British derogatory slang
- Sixpence (British coin), in archaic British slang
- pitch bend controller on electronic keyboards and synthesizers
Other uses
- Bender (rapper), a Canadian rapper, member of hip hop group Flight Distance, and former King of the Dot champion
- Bender (band), an American hard rock band from Milwaukee, Wisconsin
- FC Dinamo Bender, a Moldovan football club based in Bendery (also known as Tighina or Bender)
See also
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