Panel 1: Title panel that shows a glass slipper, pumpkin and birds. Text: Robot Theatre Presents: Samerella. Panel 2: Samerella (a spherical robot with a mechanical grin) in a shabby brown dress, sits on the floor. Two stick figure humans stand over her accusatorily. Narration: Once upon a time there was a little robot. Her Stepmother and Stepfather were not very kind to her. Stepmother: Do the dishes! Stepfather: Wallow in filth! Panel 3: Closeup of Samerella kneeling in prayer. Narration: So she wished really hard. Panel 4: Samerella reacts in surprise as her grandmother (A squat robot whose head is a crescent shape) comes down from the rafters with some birds, a dress and some shoes. Wires holding all of these above the stage are clearly visible. Narration: And her Fairy Grandmother employed an army of birds of her behalf. Panel 5: Samerella is in a bright orange pumpkin on wheels, pulled by an ostrich past trees that are clearly actors in costume. Narration: And so she took a pumpkin to the castle. Panel 6: Samerella (in the blue dress) dances with a prince (a box robot with a circular head, who is muscular with pigtails and frills around her waist) along with her parents and some courtiers in front of a dais holding the king (A robot shaped like the letter A, dressed in militaristic garb) and queen (A robot shaped like the letter V, with shaggy hair, a vacuum hand, and angular, mesh-like legs) on thrones. Narration: And then danced with a prince. Panel 7: Samerella runs down some stairs tossing a blue slipper behind her while giggling. The prince stands atop the stairs with a shocked look. Narration: And then decided to mess with the prince. Panel 8: The prince kneels before Samerella (in the brown dress) and places the blue slipper on her foot. Nearby courtiers look surprised and her stepfather faints into her stepmother’s arms. Narration: But the prince used his unlimited wealth of the ruling class to find her. Panel 9: Samerella (in the blue dress) and the prince hold hands as they ride atop ostriches, with birds dangling from wires behind them. Narration: And they wed, going on to conquer the realm with their new bird army.

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Panel 1: Title panel that shows a glass slipper, pumpkin and birds.
Text: Robot Theatre Presents: Samerella.
Panel 2: Samerella (a spherical robot with a mechanical grin) in a shabby brown dress, sits on the floor. Two stick figure humans stand over her accusatorily.
Narration: Once upon a time there was a little robot. Her Stepmother and Stepfather were not very kind to her.
Stepmother: Do the dishes!
Stepfather: Wallow in filth!
Panel 3: Closeup of Samerella kneeling in prayer.
Narration: So she wished really hard.
Panel 4: Samerella reacts in surprise as her grandmother (A squat robot whose head is a crescent shape) comes down from the rafters with some birds, a dress and some shoes. Wires holding all of these above the stage are clearly visible.
Narration: And her Fairy Grandmother employed an army of birds of her behalf.
Panel 5: Samerella is in a bright orange pumpkin on wheels, pulled by an ostrich past trees that are clearly actors in costume.
Narration: And so she took a pumpkin to the castle.
Panel 6: Samerella (in the blue dress) dances with a prince (a box robot with a circular head, who is muscular with pigtails and frills around her waist) along with her parents and some courtiers in front of a dais holding the king (A robot shaped like the letter A, dressed in militaristic garb) and queen (A robot shaped like the letter V, with shaggy hair, a vacuum hand, and angular, mesh-like legs) on thrones.
Narration: And then danced with a prince.
Panel 7: Samerella runs down some stairs tossing a blue slipper behind her while giggling. The prince stands atop the stairs with a shocked look.
Narration: And then decided to mess with the prince.
Panel 8: The prince kneels before Samerella (in the brown dress) and places the blue slipper on her foot. Nearby courtiers look surprised and her stepfather faints into her stepmother’s arms.
Narration: But the prince used his unlimited wealth of the ruling class to find her.
Panel 9: Samerella (in the blue dress) and the prince hold hands as they ride atop ostriches, with birds dangling from wires behind them.
Narration: And they wed, going on to conquer the realm with their new bird army.

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Posted on November 1, 2026 by JDVM

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