63. John Bender
The Breakfast Club
A princess, a jock, a nerd, a basket case, a criminal, and a jock. They met once, but their lives changed forever. Who the fuck writes that shit? And why did it work so well? Blame John Hughes and his wonderful cast.
Every single character in "The Breakfast Club" worked in their own stupid stereotype because they felt closer to it. The best being Judd Nelson's portrayal of Bender (who is actually the namesake for "Futurama"'s robot). A troublemaker from a broken home, Bender is a tough guy with almost no qualms when it comes to letting people know what his life is like.
He has a special love for just plain pissing others off, needling nerd Brian about being a virgin and bugging Principal Vernon enough to net himself another eight weeks of detention. Yet even though he enjoys being a pain to others, he is still able to sacrifice himself to solitary confinement by causing a ruckus in the empty gymnasium. He's not too bad, he's just been hurt.
Defining moment: His impression of life at Brian's house mimicking an old '50s sitcom. Asked for an example of his own life, he displays an angry mother and physically abusive father. When jock Andrew calls bullshit on his "tough guy act," Bender shows him a cigar burn on his arm given by his father for spilling paint in the garage.
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