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Christmas Shopping

Four-panel comic. A little blue robot goes Christmas shopping down a toy aisle stacked with identical boxed Bender lookalike dolls dated 1999 to 2000, including a Complete edition, all scowling from the clearance shelves. Digging through the stock, the robot pulls out a green box with a familiar robot face on it and asks: Papa?
Transcript

Transcript of “Christmas Shopping”

Panel 1. In a toy store aisle, the little blue robot pulls a red sled past shelves packed with identical boxed robot dolls, each scowling from a window labeled "1999 - 2000," and reaches for one. Panel 2. The robot eyes the box with a skeptical sidelong look. Panel 3. Close-up of the box: above the scowling gray robot's bent antenna and gritted teeth, handwritten text reads "Complete." Panel 4. Clutching a green box printed with a different robot's face, the little blue robot asks: "Papa?"