About a week ago, I had another weird Astro Boy-related dream where I saw parts of the movie dream (see my drawings from a few pages ago) I hadn't seen before. Turns out the reason Astro was so angriliy breaking into Skunk's hideout was because Skunk kidnapped Michi to get the rest of Tenma's money. (He'd gone into hiding, but everyone thought he was dead.) Skunk and that kid - I'll just call him Harry like Mr. Skunk does - picked her up at a department store while Astro and Uran were at home.
THEN, I had an EVEN WEIRDER dream where I was Harry (not quite, really, I could see through his eyes and see what he was thinking, but not control him) and Skunk and Harry were on a bus. I remember it was 10:30 on a June night. There was this lovely blue glow coming from the street signs and the moon, and everything was "Who Framed Roger Rabbit"-esque, where the people were cartoons and the world was realistic.
I remember the two had been searching for someone at a mall, but were now on the bus and heading towards a Walmart. I could feel Harry was getting sleepy and sick of finding this person, and as the bus passed a hotel, he asked Skunk if they could just rent a room and get some sleep, as they'd been searching for hours. Skunk said no, as this was their only chance to get the person, and he only had enough money for a one-bed room and it would be too awkward, even if Harry slept on the floor. Then the bus headed up close by the Walmart, and the dream ended.
Despite they never said the name of the person, I think they were looking for Michi.
But enough of my yipping...
Here's a little drawing I did shortly after of the two watching TV at the hotel, if they'd stopped by. (I used to be able to spin the remote with two fingers like what Skunk's doing, but the last time I tried, I got myself in the face. He'd better be careful.)
Also, I just noticed that Michi is simply a human incarnate of Astro's robot mom from the manga.