2008-08-15
Original: 2008-08-15 on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1:
A young man with orange/red hair stands behind his parents, who are seated. He makes a dramatic confession.
Young man: "MOM, DAD, I HAVE A CONFESSION! NONE OF THIS IS REAL! YOU'RE BOTH IN A VIRTUAL REALITY MACHINE IN MY BASEMENT! I'M USING YOUR BODY HEAT AS A POWER SOURCE! I'M A MONSTER! A MONSTER!"
Panel 2:
The "real" scene is revealed: the parents (a balding man in a blue shirt and a blonde woman in a red top) stand looking on, while the young man is actually a green, alien-like creature wired into a glowing apparatus, tubes and cables connected to its body, suspended in a chamber.
Green creature (the son): "UH... THAT'S... THAT'S HORRIBLE, SON..."
Votey:
A black-and-white panel. A hand presses a button on a device labeled "MEMORY WIPE". A profile of a face is visible at the upper left.
A young man with orange/red hair stands behind his parents, who are seated. He makes a dramatic confession.
Young man: "MOM, DAD, I HAVE A CONFESSION! NONE OF THIS IS REAL! YOU'RE BOTH IN A VIRTUAL REALITY MACHINE IN MY BASEMENT! I'M USING YOUR BODY HEAT AS A POWER SOURCE! I'M A MONSTER! A MONSTER!"
Panel 2:
The "real" scene is revealed: the parents (a balding man in a blue shirt and a blonde woman in a red top) stand looking on, while the young man is actually a green, alien-like creature wired into a glowing apparatus, tubes and cables connected to its body, suspended in a chamber.
Green creature (the son): "UH... THAT'S... THAT'S HORRIBLE, SON..."
Votey:
A black-and-white panel. A hand presses a button on a device labeled "MEMORY WIPE". A profile of a face is visible at the upper left.
Alt text
A two-panel SMBC comic. Panel one: a young man with red hair dramatically confesses to his seated parents: "Mom, Dad, I have a confession! None of this is real! You're both in a virtual reality machine in my basement! I'm using your body heat as a power source! I'm a monster! A monster!" Panel two reveals the actual reality: the human-looking parents stand beside a green, tentacled alien creature wired into a glowing power apparatus with tubes and cables. The alien is the real son, and it replies, "Uh... that's... that's horrible, son..." The joke flips the Matrix-style confession: the alien is the one trapped/being used, yet apologizes as if it were the wrongdoer. Votey (black-and-white aftercomic): a hand presses a button on a device labeled "MEMORY WIPE," implying the confession will simply be erased and the cycle continues.
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.