Bender

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

Fiction

• Airbender, Waterbender, Firebender, or Earthbender, in Avatar: The Last Airbender
• Bender (Futurama), a character on animated television series Futurama
• 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)

Objects

• B-Bender, a guitar accessory that allows the player to change the pitch of one or more strings "on the fly"
• Bender-Gestalt Test, a child psychological test used to screen for developmental disorders
• Bender tent, a type of makeshift shelter made using bended tree branches
• Bending brake, a sheet metal bender machine
• Mind Bender (Six Flags Over Georgia), a steel roller coaster
• Pipe and tube bender, a machine which bends tube, pipe and solid metals

Slang

• An expression for a binge drinking spree, referring to the act of bending over to vomit, or now used also for going on a legal or illegal binge drug spree, such as large use of alcohol, cocaine, or heroin over a long period of time
• Former British slang for a sixpence
• British derogatory slang for a male homosexual, from gender bender
• A curveball, a type of pitch thrown in baseball

Other

• 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)
• Gardner Bender, a manufacturer of professional electrician's tools and supplies