2005-09-11
Original: 2005-09-11 on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1:
A mother sits on the edge of a child's bed, one arm around a small pigtailed girl who sits on the bed looking apprehensive.
Mother: "Sweetie, I know it's not the nightlight you wanted, but Daddy spent all weekend making it, so you'll just have to LEARN to like it, okay?"
(Below the panel: the homemade "nightlight" sits on the floor — a dark gray box with skeletal mechanical arms, a glowing skull face, and lettering across its front.)
Nightlight text: "YOU WILL DIE SOON"
Votey:
Close-up of a man (the father) speaking proudly, with a doodle/sketch visible beside him.
Father: "I'm an animator! Like Walt Disney!"
A mother sits on the edge of a child's bed, one arm around a small pigtailed girl who sits on the bed looking apprehensive.
Mother: "Sweetie, I know it's not the nightlight you wanted, but Daddy spent all weekend making it, so you'll just have to LEARN to like it, okay?"
(Below the panel: the homemade "nightlight" sits on the floor — a dark gray box with skeletal mechanical arms, a glowing skull face, and lettering across its front.)
Nightlight text: "YOU WILL DIE SOON"
Votey:
Close-up of a man (the father) speaking proudly, with a doodle/sketch visible beside him.
Father: "I'm an animator! Like Walt Disney!"
Alt text
Main comic, one panel: a mother sits on a child's bed with her arm around a worried little pigtailed girl, saying, "Sweetie, I know it's not the nightlight you wanted, but Daddy spent all weekend making it, so you'll just have to LEARN to like it, okay?" On the floor below sits Daddy's homemade nightlight: a sinister dark gray box with skeletal robotic arms and a glowing skull face, its front reading "YOU WILL DIE SOON." Votey: a close-up of the father beaming beside a sketch, declaring, "I'm an animator! Like Walt Disney!" — implying the menacing death-box is his idea of cheerful children's craftsmanship.
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.