Rattle wrote:

] Sort of. Bender is kind of an idiot and he is 100% robot.
] Bender would not fight corrupt corporations or help old ladies
] cross the street without doing something nasty immediately
] after. Bender cannot code and cannot upgrade himself on the
] fly, he has limited posibility of personal growth. Bender
] lacks blasters.

Coding skills aside, you may not have seen the episodes where he:

o gets a part human body
o gets upgraded with weapons
o does indeed help a lady across the street

I think there's more in common with your vision and Bender than you care to admit. ;-)

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