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Fender Pinwheeler is the deuteragonist of Robots. He is Rodney's best friend, and acts as the comedic relief.
He was voiced by the late Robin Williams.
Physical Appearance
Fender is a rusty red robot with light brown eyes, light yellow sclera, a cylindrical head with (what looks like) a hand crank on top, a big nose, a pointy chin, a thin waist, flat-bottomed feet, and thin limbs that are prone to falling apart.
During the film, Fender loses his right eye, head, arms, and rear end. After he is captured by a sweeper and taken to the Chop Shop, Fender's legs fall off right before he is about to be melted down. In a panicked attempt to escape, he hastily grabs a different set of legs and puts it on. However, Fender discovers it is a set of female legs, complete with high heels and a skirt. He is seen with these new legs for the rest of the film. Shortly after, he is shown wearing wires on his hand crank that resembles long hair. Additionally, during the final battle, he dons a headpiece resembling viking horns, a chest plate and wields a spear and a shield.
However, since Rodney and Bigweld are put back in charge of Bigweld industries and spare parts are placed back into production, it is very likely that Fender got back his former legs, which is further supported in the last picture inside the Robots Movie storybook.
Personality
Fender is quirky, upbeat, whimsical, and sometimes melodramatic. He often serves as a comic relief during otherwise dreary or serious scenes. However, he is also very loyal. After his head falls off and Jack Hammer cannot supply him with the proper pieces to get it reattached, Rodney is able to fix his neck. In return, Fender takes him in to live with him and his friends at Aunt Fanny's boarding house. During this time, he offers a sympathetic ear for Rodney to tell his troubles to, and tries to cheer him up afterwards. He also helps Rodney crash a party to meet Bigweld, and later attacks Cappy, believing she is trying to arrest Rodney. Fender cares very much about the well-being of his sister, Piper, as he tries to keep her out of trouble and away from danger. However, the two still often squabble, as any siblings would. During the movie, Fender meets a girl named Loretta Geargrinder and falls in love with her. The two are seen reuniting with each other at the end of the movie, and she apparently does not mind his new, female lower-half.
At the beginning of the movie, Fender is depicted as somewhat of a scammer. When he first meets Rodney, he takes his picture and tries to charge him $50 for it (it is later revealed that there wasn't any film in the camera). He also attempts to sell him a map to the stars' homes. Later, when Rodney is unconscious and stuck in a garbage can, Fender steals his foot. However, this side of Fender disappears as he gets to know Rodney better and becomes his best friend.