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Brainley and Dobbsey are in the lab. Dobbsey is looking at a tablet computer with a brain logo on the back.

Dobbsey: Hey, it says here that PETA's trying to get Punxsutawney Phil replaced by a robot groundhog.

Brainley: Ha! Good luck with that. They already tried to do that a few years ago. Hired me to build them a prototype, even.

Dobbsey sets down the tablet, revealing a large bezel and a touchscreen.

Dobbsey: Oh? Why didn't they make the switch, then?

Brainley: It....didn't go so well.

Switch to a shot of a groundhog with gears for ears, glowing red eyes, and antenna nose (tip also glowing red), and sitting in a hole in the ground, paws resting on the ground.

Robot Groundhog (in a mechanical font): SHADOW SCAN INITIATED.

Robot Groundhog: SCAN COMPLETED. NO SHADOWS FOUND. SCANNER SHUTTING DOWN.

Robot Groundhog: INITIATING LASER SHADOW GENERATOR...