Ok, I need help figuring something out. You know that thing where you vaguely recall something, but SO vaguely that you can't even look it up to confirm (or establish that it doesn't actually exist outside of your head)? I'm there, so I'm hoping someone else might have a clue...

There was either a movie, or a tv show (a series perhaps), that featured, within the main story, another story - about a robot. I believe the robot portion was portrayed using quaint animation - not sure if the overall movie/show was live-action or animated, but I believe live...

Ok phew! Someone recognised my insane description. It was the story of Minsky the robot, in season 3 of Fargo!!! "I can help!" https://steemit.com/philosophy/@droucil/the-story-of-minsky-planet-wyh-fargo-s3

I feel like the robot portion, which I recall being somewhat melancholy, might have been the depictions from a story in a book that one of the bigger picture characters was reading. And that the the robot was on some kind of quest - and it was lonely or sad. Maybe