Bender is a Unit 22 Bending Unit and was his mothers 1729 th son. His father was killed by a can opener. Comprising of 40% Zinc and 40% Titanium he later attended Bending State college where he majored in Bending and minored in Robo-American studies.
His pastimes include watching TV, smoking cigars and stealing. To be able to function properly he needs the chemical energy from alcohol, so excessive drinking is mandatory or he will become sober and unable to control his body. Magnets stuck to his head make him sing like a folk singer.

Phillip J Fry was born in 1974. He suffered 3 heart attacks in high school after drinking 100 cans of Cola a week. After dropping out of Coney Island college he took three years off during which he continuously watched TV, knowing that someday it would help him save the world. He then got a job delivering pizzas for Panuccis Pizza during which, on December 31 1999, he got frozen while delivering a pizza to Applied Cryogenics. Leaving his two-timing girlfriend Michelle behind he woke up on December 31 2999.
Here he met Bender and shortly after joined the Futu-Rammers. He lives with Bender in the Robot Arms Appartments and enjoys watching TV and drinking Slurm.

Dr Zoidberg left his home planet to become a rich doctor but instead he became the Planet Express staff doctor. He went to high school where he made people laugh by having barnacles on his face. When it is time for mating season on his planet, Decapod 10, he becomes angry and violent as well as producing a large fin atop his head. But once his species has mated they die. His species have their small brains in their rump.

Hermes Conrad is a certified 37th class bureaucrat and is married to LaBarbara Conrad. He is an expert limboist, so much so he represented earth in the 2980 Olympics but his competition was tragically cut short when a fan, trying to be just like Hermes, limboed too low and broke his back. Feeling partly responsible, Hermes never limboed again. Even from an early age Hermes was identified as a potential bureaucrat. With the help of Bio-Tech, Hermes' back was fixed and he joined the Futu-Rammers and now dreams of being a star.

Zapp Brannigan is a 25 star General of the Democratic Order of Planets and has been responsible for several successful wars including a triumph of the pacifists of the Ghandi Nebula and his most famous - defeating the killbots in the octilian system. He is responsible for the directive B10.81, otherwise known as Brannigans law, which prohibits the involvement with undeveloped worlds. But behind all this success and heroism is a wimp who is not very intelligent at all and who uses battle moves such as sending wave after wave of men into battle to be killed, just so the killbots would reach their preset kill limit. He joined the Futu-Rammers to show the world that he is indeed a hero, and maybe to score Leela.

Elzar II is a replica of Elzar. Elzar is the TV chef so adored by Bender on his TV show "The Essence of Elzar". He is a carasmatic chef who also owns his own restaraunt, "Elzar's Cuisine". In real life though, he is an easily annoyable person who is sometimes selfish. His restaraunt is often attended by the MobBots Joey Mouse Pad, Clamps and DonBot. A favourite ingredient of his is the spice weasel.

Lrrr is the ruler of Omicron Persei 8 and is a big fan of the 20th century TV show Jenny McNeal. So much so that they invaded earth when the last episode was cut. He has problems with his weight which he is constantly reminded of my his wife.

Flexo is a bending unit which is why he looks like Bender. He is divorced from his wife, Angeline but they are back together now thanks to the interventions of Bender.

Donbot is head of the only organised crime gang in New New York. He is involved in various operations including the lottery. He is very calm and knows what he is doing usually letting Joey Mouse Pad and Clamps do the work. That said he isn't all that ruthless and will sometimes just let you off with a savage beating. He has a passion for the very expensive Zuban cigars.

Calculon is a TV character from the show All My Circuits. Presently he is engaged to Monique but he has also faked his own death, had inoperable cancer and his wife was presumed dead when she crashed his jet into his uninsured home. However he was seen with her in a later episode. He also has an on screen evil half brother. He is also a big movie star. He was originally a car making bot and was infected with the werecar curse when he was programmed to build project Satan. He upgrades his appearance every few decades to evade questions about his age.

Nibbler is a respected Lord on his home planet Eternium and is posted under cover as a 'dumb' pet so as to guard against impending attacks from the flying brains, Nibblonian's arch enemies. Their race was there since the begining of time and are very intelligent, if a little TOO cute. Rescued from Vergon 6 by Leela when the planet started to implode. His excrement (dark matter) is used as starship fuel and previously it filled the core of Vergon 6 until a DOOP mining crew mined the planet hollow. He has an enormous appetite and can eat large animals whole, one of his favourites being puppies. He does not, however, eat humans or even hurt them. He lives with Leela.

Leela is the only person from her species that lives on earth. She was brought up in an orphanage and attended high school where she was a bit of an outcast for having oneeye and went dateless to her prom. She took up kick boxing and other similar sports to make up for the lack of friends. Whether she attended college is unknown. She later got a job as a fate assignment officer and after a while met Fry while she was assigning a career to him. He convinced her to quit and she was then offered a job, along with Fry and Bender, on the Planet Express delivery crew where she impressed Professor Farnsworth enough for him to make her captain. She still has problems with men and often gets jealous of Amy's popularity among the opposite sex.