Frender

Frender is the slash ship between Philip J. Fry and Bender Rodriguez from the Futurama fandom.

Canon
Fry and Bender are best friends, roommates, and coworkers at Planet Express. They first meet upon Fry awakening in the year 3000 and searching for a phone booth to call home. He stumbles into a suicide booth by mistake, and finds Bender. The two go on the run together from Leela, who is trying to implant Fry with his career chip.

Fry seems to be one of the only humans (or "meat bags") that Bender truly cares for.

Fanon
Frender is the most popular Futurama ship on AO3. Although it is most often rivalled by the canon Freela, some fans choose to ship the three characters together in a poly relationship to reconcile this. Fans of Frender enjoy the dynamic between the two, and the fact that Fry and Bender will do anything for each other. On multiple occasions they have been shown to risk their lives for each other, and some see these sacrifices as romantic rather than strictly platonic.

Some fans worried that Bender would be left behind in the series reboot, with Freela finally being presented as a long-term relationship. While this worry became plot relevant in the episode "Related to Items You've Viewed", the episode concludes with Bender, Fry, and Leela agreeing to live together harmoniously in Fry and Bender's shared apartment.

Frender currently has over 200 works on AO3.

Fandom
FAN FICTION
 * Fry/Bender on FanFiction.Net
 * Fry/Bender on FanFiction.Net
 * Fry/Bender on FanFiction.Net