2005-05-02
Original: 2005-05-02 on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1:
Batman (leaping in, arm outstretched): DROP IT CREEPAZOID!
Sound effect: THWACK!
A frightened man with curly brown hair (holding a small Batman action figure/toy): ZOIKS!
Caption (below panel): When a toy company infringes on your copyrights without paying out royalties, there's only one place you can find justice - the streets.
Votey:
Batman (cowl visible in lower right, white silhouette against black): I AM THE NIGHT. PLEASE RESPECT THE NIGHT'S INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY.
Batman (leaping in, arm outstretched): DROP IT CREEPAZOID!
Sound effect: THWACK!
A frightened man with curly brown hair (holding a small Batman action figure/toy): ZOIKS!
Caption (below panel): When a toy company infringes on your copyrights without paying out royalties, there's only one place you can find justice - the streets.
Votey:
Batman (cowl visible in lower right, white silhouette against black): I AM THE NIGHT. PLEASE RESPECT THE NIGHT'S INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY.
Alt text
Main comic: A single panel parodying the famous "Batman slapping Robin" meme setup. Batman lunges from the right shouting "DROP IT CREEPAZOID!" and strikes a startled curly-haired man on the left, with a green "THWACK!" burst between them. The man, who is clutching a small Batman action figure, cries "ZOIKS!" A caption beneath reads: "When a toy company infringes on your copyrights without paying out royalties, there's only one place you can find justice - the streets." The joke: Batman personally beats up a counterfeit-toy maker to enforce his copyright. Votey (aftercomic): A black panel showing only the white-outlined lower half of Batman's cowl in the corner, with handwritten text reading "I AM THE NIGHT. PLEASE RESPECT THE NIGHT'S INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY."
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.