Bite my shiny metal ass
"Bite my shiny metal ass" is one of Bender Bending Rodríguez's most used catchphrases, and it is one of the most famous catchphrases on Futurama, together with the Professor's "Good news, everyone". It is commonly used by Bender as a retort to a comment at his expense. The catchphrase is also Bender's first uttered line on the show, in "Space Pilot 3000" to Fry, where he describes his reasoning with that his ass is "shinier than [Fry's]". The other of Bender's common catchphrases is "Me, Bender".
Major appearances
In "War Is the H-Word", Bender was prevented from saying the 'last word' of the quote because he had a bomb inside him which would explode if he said it. It could not be removed, so the word which would blow up a planet was changed to 'antiquing', one of Bender's least said words. Surpisingly, his second most said word was revealed to be 'daffodil'.
After Bender's death in "Ghost in the Machines", Hermes shows a graph of how the usage of the catchphrase has decreased by 98 %. The remaining 2 % is shortly thereafter explained as being of Scruffy's usage.
Variations
Already in the first season of the show, the line had been uttered enough to be a joke of itself, as "When Aliens Attack" feature Bender giving a parody of it when his ass is in fact not shiny, but "red-hot glowing". In subsequent episodes, there have been many other variations of the phrase, said by both Bender and other characters. This is sometimes done as a conscious parody of the phrase, such as when Fry tells Bender to "bite [his] shiny metal hat" (ItWGY). In other variations, it is done by characters who are probably unaware of the catch phrase, for example when Princess Num Num says that Bender "sure has a shiny metal bubbledeeboop" (6ACV21).
- "Bite my red-hot glowing ass". "When Aliens Attack" (1ACV12) -- said while Bender cooks burgers on the beach.
- "Lick my frozen metal ass". "Xmas Story" (2ACV04) -- stated by Bender while skiing.
- "Bite my colossal metal ass". "Anthology of Interest I" (2ACV16) -- Bender says this as he is 500 feet tall in the segment "Terror at 500 Feet".
- "Maybe you can interface with my ass - by biting it". "Amazon Women in the Mood" (3ACV01) -- Bender's response when Leela suggests he interface with the Femputer.
- "1947 can kiss my shiny metal-AAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH!". "Roswell that Ends Well" (3ACV19) -- said by Bender, as his body-less head fell off the Planet Express ship to the ground.
- "The modern world can bite my splintery wooden ass". "Obsoletely Fabulous" (4ACV14) -- said by Bender after he gets "downgraded"
- "Bite my glorious golden ass". "The Farnsworth Parabox" (4ACV15) -- said by Bender-1 since he chose the golden finish as opposed to Bender-A, who chose the fog hat grey.
- "Bite my shiny metal- OHHH NOOOOOOOO". "The Devil's Hands Are Idle Playthings" (4ACV18) -- said by Bender after he realizes he traded his ass plate to the Robot Devil in exchange for an airhorn.
- "Bite my shiny metal face". Bender's Game -- said by Titanius Anglesmith before he smashes his shiny metal face against the Die of Power.
- "Bite my shiny metal hat". Into the Wild Green Yonder - said by Fry in reference to the headpiece made of aluminum foil on his head to protect him from reading other people's thoughts.
- "Is there an app for kissing my shiny metal ass?" "Attack of the Killer App" (6ACV03) - about the new eyePhone
- "That guy can bite my shiny metal clamps!". "The Silence of the Clamps" (6ACV14) - said by Clamps, in reference to Zoidberg.
- "Bite my tiny metal ass!". "Benderama" (6ACV17) - said by one of the Bender duplicates.
- "As you can see, since Bender's death, requests to bite one's shiny metal ass are down 98%."- "Ghost in the Machines" (6ACV19) said by Hermes
- A few seconds later, Scruffy interrupts Hermes with a vacuum cleaner. When told to be quiet, he responds with "Bite my shiny metal ass."
- "Wife? What are you doin' with Bender's shiny metal, gas compressor?" "Neutopia" (6ACV20) - said by Hermes in reference to LaBarbara stealing Bender's gas compressor.
- "He sure has a shiny metal bubbledeeboop." "Yo Leela Leela" (6ACV21) - said by Princess Num Num.
- "Bite my 8-bit metal ass. [Bender turns to Hermes.] That's "Bite" with a Y." "Reincarnation" (6ACV26)
- "He can bitty my shiny metal ass!" "Dummy Up!" (US#049) - said towards Bender's mini-duplicate, Bitty Bender.
- "Behold! Mr. Oscar Wilde once bit my shiny metallic buttocks!" "Steampunk'd" (US#057) - said by Bender whilst acting as "Benderplate" on the show "Steampunk'd".
- "Bite my shiny metal box!" - said by Boxer the Robot, a character based on Bender in Fry's Delivery-Boy Man comic. (Seen on the "Fry's Crudely-Drawn Comic Book - The Crudely Animated Edition" special feature on Volume 5)
Additional Info
Nibbler actualy does bite Bender in the ass in "I Second that Emotion" (2ACV01)
. This is the only time such an act is performed.
Although there are two parodies of it in Season 3, the phrase itself does not appear in that season.