Pygmalion T01 (01)

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Luka's song "Leia" features a man who fell in love with his painting, to the point of burning himself and the portrait when he realized it couldn't return his feelings, so as to be Together in Death.

Shaman Blues has a golem animator who tries to invoke this - she creates golem after golem, hoping that one of them will prove to be her perfect love. Markoff, John (13 March 2008), "Joseph Weizenbaum, Famed Programmer, Is Dead at 85", The New York Times, archived from the original on 1 April 2011 , retrieved 7 January 2009 Originally the Greek myth of the sculptor Pygmalion, and his statue brought to life by the gods. Ovid never gave the statue-girl a name, but the name Galatea was given in (Pseudo-)Apollodorus's Bibliotheca. It's Older Than Feudalism, dating to Ovid at least, but most modern versions will probably claim to be more directly descended from My Fair Lady, where the "creation" is figurative — manners, polish, and a new wardrobe. Keep an ear out for references such as "by Jove, I think she's got it!" or "The rain in Spain stays mainly on the plain." However, with the advent of modern Science Fiction, possibilities for Mad Scientists to patch up their own sentient Robot Girls are prominent, and this trope seems to have come full circle. As the title suggests, "My Fair Laddy" parodies My Fair Lady, in which Lisa plays the Pygmalion role and the Galatea is Groundskeeper Willie. It probably doesn't really need to be said that no romance occurs. Referenced in a Cerebus Syndrome retool where the Metal Men themselves underwent a human makeover with the help of a scientist their new mentor hired. The scientist's name? Dr. Peter Pygmalion.

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Princess Jellyfish: Fashion-savvy crossdresser Kuranosuke easily makes the insecure jellyfish-obsessive Tsukimi beautiful, but it is her shy, nerdy side he ends up falling for.

Evans, T.F. (ed.) (1997). George Bernard Shaw (The Critical Heritage Series). ISBN 0-415-15953-9, pp. 223–30.Julia Stiles Stars in The Makeover". Archived from the original on 1 January 2013 . Retrieved 21 January 2013. The game's plot varies wildly from how you interact with Galatea: Galatea could be anything from a shapeshifting demon, to a real person, to a woman behind the curtain controlling a robot. The Makeover, a 2013 Hallmark Hall of Fame modern adaptation of Pygmalion, starring Julia Stiles and David Walton and directed by John Gray. [26] [27] In Doctor Who, the character of Leela is loosely based on Eliza Doolittle. She was a regular in the programme from 1977 to 1978, and later reprised in audio dramas from 2003 to present. In Ghost Light, the character of Control is heavily based upon Eliza Doolittle, with Redvers Fenn-Cooper in a similar role as Henry Higgins; the story also features reference to the "Rain in Spain" rhyme and the Doctor referring to companion Ace as "Eliza". My Fair Lady (1956), the Broadway musical by Lerner and Loewe (based on the 1938 film), starring Rex Harrison as Higgins and Julie Andrews as Eliza.

The main basis of the story is derived from the ancient Greek myth bearing the same name, a grand sculptor and king of Cyprus who falls in love with an ivory statue of the perfect woman he created . After praying at the altar of Aphrodite, the statue is brought to life by the goddess as the King and his creation both live happily ever after. Regardless of this basis, the manga flips the perspective of this mythology and instead focuses on the fate of the sculptor’s artwork itself as an emotive symbol, being thrust into an unavoidable relationship to which her feelings and opinions matter not – essentially becoming a slave. The flip in objectivity is an interesting take on the myth, being implemented well as a basis for an unscrupulous display of body horror in a fresh take.Joseph Weizenbaum named his chatterbot computer program ELIZA after the character Eliza Doolittle. [22] Notable productions [ edit ] Lynn Fontanne as Eliza Doolittle in the Theatre Guild production of Pygmalion (1926) Doolittle is announced; he emerges dressed in splendid wedding attire and is furious with Higgins, who after their previous encounter had been so taken with Doolittle's unorthodox ethics that he had recommended him as the "most original moralist in England" to a rich American, a founder of Moral Reform Societies; the American had subsequently left Doolittle a pension worth three thousand pounds a year, as a consequence of which Doolittle feels intimidated into joining the middle class and marrying his missus.