2004-04-23
Original: 2004-04-23 on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1:
The Trix Rabbit (standing at right, looking gaunt and desperate): PLEASE KIDS! YA GOTTA HELP ME! MY BLOOD SUGAR LEVEL IS CRITICAL! I'VE ALREADY LOST A TOE, AND I CAN'T SEE OUT ONE OF MY EYES!
Two children stand at left. A boy holds a box of cereal labeled "TRIX."
The boy (laughing): SILLY RABBIT!
Votey:
A mostly blank panel showing only the lower half of a face (two eyes, a nose, and a small frowning mouth).
Handwritten text (top left): I didn't want to kill them.
The Trix Rabbit (standing at right, looking gaunt and desperate): PLEASE KIDS! YA GOTTA HELP ME! MY BLOOD SUGAR LEVEL IS CRITICAL! I'VE ALREADY LOST A TOE, AND I CAN'T SEE OUT ONE OF MY EYES!
Two children stand at left. A boy holds a box of cereal labeled "TRIX."
The boy (laughing): SILLY RABBIT!
Votey:
A mostly blank panel showing only the lower half of a face (two eyes, a nose, and a small frowning mouth).
Handwritten text (top left): I didn't want to kill them.
Alt text
Main comic, single panel: A parody of the Trix cereal mascot. The white Trix Rabbit, looking gaunt and frantic, pleads with two children: "Please kids! Ya gotta help me! My blood sugar level is critical! I've already lost a toe, and I can't see out one of my eyes!" The rabbit's diabetes symptoms reframe his lifelong craving for the sugary cereal as a deadly medical condition. A blond girl and a brown-haired boy stand at left; the boy grins and holds a box of Trix cereal, replying with the brand's classic tagline: "Silly rabbit!" The kids deny the rabbit the cereal as usual, but here that means letting him die. Votey (aftercomic): A nearly empty panel with only the bottom of a sad face visible at the lower right (downcast eyes, nose, and frowning mouth), with handwritten text reading "I didn't want to kill them." — implying the rabbit, now denied help, contemplates a darker turn against the children.
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.