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“You commit an incredibly boring sort of fraud.”
looks at hands
“Oh my god”
"Quantum climate calculator"? "IR Magic Wand"? "Galactic Soldering Arena"?
None of that is remotely on-brand.
The butter passing robot was a perfect early encapsulation of Rick and Morty's recurring themes of casual indifference to suffering, ennui, and abuse of sentience for convenience.
Vaguely science-magic sounding technobabble is so out of tune with the product's (ironically) purpose it's almost unreal.
I remember wanting one of those so badly as a kid and they didn't even do much.
I too wanted an Omnibot so bad I could taste it. Those were pricey little numbers, though, for something that barely did anything. Either that or a Heathkit HERO, as seen on Mr. Wizard's World, which was actually programmable. Was more than happy with the Radio Shack Armatron I got.