Fender Pinwheeler

Do-Gooder
Full Name	Bumper Pinwheeler
Alias(es)	Fender
Origin	Robots
Occupation	Rodney's Best Friend, Leader of the Rusties
Powers / Skills	No information
Hobby	No information
Goals	No information
Family	Piper Pinwheeler (Sister)
Friends / Allies	Rodney Copperbottom Cappy Bigweld Diesel Springer Crank Casey Wonderbot Lug Loretta Geargrinder (Girlfriend)
Enemies	Phineas T. Ratchet Madame Gasket
Type of Hero	Comic Relief Trickster

“	Tell you, the things that fall off me; it's embarrassing!	„
	~ Fender

Fender Pinwheeler is the tritagonist of Robots. He is Rodney Copperbottom's best friend.

He is voiced by the late Robin Williams, who also portrayed John Keating in Dead Poets Society, Batty Koda in FernGully, Genie in Aladdin, Peter Banning in Hook, Alan Parrish in Jumanji, Phillip Brainard in Flubber, Jack Powell in Jack, Daniel Hillard in Mrs. Doubtfire, Mork in Mork & Mindy, Lance Clayton in World's Greatest Dad, Popeye in Popeye, Ramón and Lovelace in Happy Feet and Happy Feet 2, Dan Rayburn in Old Dogs, Sean Maguire in Good Will Hunting, Rainbow Randolph in Death to Smoochy, and Theodore Roosevelt in the Night at the Museum franchise.

Biography

Fender first appears when he takes some pictures of Rodney Copperbottom's first moments in Robot City, whereupon he tries to scam Rodney by saying that he must buy the photo for $50.

He later meets Rodney again in Robot City and the two become friends. Throughout his role, Fender is whimsical and sometimes melodramatic. Fender has a "sister" named Piper Pinwheeler with whom he has a sometimes one-sided sibling rivalry.

At the Bigweld Ball later in the film, he meets a female robot named Loretta Geargrinder and has a crush on her. During a moment of carelessness, Fender is taken to the chop shop, where he loses his legs.

He puts on a replacement, only to find out his new waist once belonged to a female robot. With no time to find another replacement, he uses the new legs to escape the chop shop.

Trivia

• Robin Williams' first animated voice since Aladdin and the King of Thieves (1996).

• After Fender steals Rodney Copperbottom's foot, Robin Williams delivers the line "Foot, don't fail me now!", which is similar to the phrase "Feet, don't fail me now!", made famous by "Stepin Fetchit".

• Seth MacFarlane, Seth Green, Billy Crystal, Bruce Willis, and Danny DeVito were considered the role of Fender.

• Dave Thomas was considered for the role of Fender

Gallery

Images

Fender takes Rodney's picture

"Would you like to buy Maps of the Stars' homes?"

"Hey, where'd he go?"

Rodney and Fender riding the Crosstown Express.

"I'm fine! Look! No hands!"

"Whoops!"

Fender meets Loretta Geargrinder

"My life has turned around! From now on, I'M A WINNER!! (gets captured by sweeper)

Fender at the mercy of the Chop Shop

Fender checks out his new legs...

...which reveal to be a skirt. "This is so wrong! This is so wrong!"

"Guess what?! It's the sweepers they're roundin' up outmodes and taking them to the chopshop! And guess who's behind the whole thing?! (Rodney: Ratchet) RATCHET!!!

Fender, Piper, Lug, and Crank notice Rodney in trouble.

Rodney, Fender and the gang standing up against Gasket to save Bigweld

Fender does a dance battle against Gaskets' goons.

Fender hits Gasket's goons with one more time

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