2008-12-17
Original: 2008-12-17 on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1: A tropical island seen across open water, lush and green under a blue sky with scattered clouds. No text.
Panel 2: The interior of a jungle. A man in a safari hat and outfit walks down a path holding a rifle. Scattered around the jungle floor are several naked human babies looking up at him.
Panel 3 (left): Close-up of the man's face, aiming down the scope of his dart rifle.
Panel 3 (right): A baby, arms raised, as two darts whiz toward it.
SOUND EFFECT: FOOMP! FOOMP!
Panel 4: A baby lies face-down on the jungle floor with two tranquilizer darts sticking out of its back.
Panel 5 (left): The hunter crouches beside the tranquilized baby, examining it.
Hunter: GOOD. IT'S A CUTE ONE.
Panel 5 (right): The hunter stands, looking pleased.
Hunter: THIS'LL BRING TOP DOLLAR BACK IN THE STATES.
Panel 6: A domestic scene. A child with brown hair looks up at a man with red hair (the father), who stands by a dresser looking startled.
Child: DADDY, WHERE DO BABIES COME FROM?
Father (panicked, stammering): MAMA'S TUMMY! MAMA'S TUMMY!
Votey: A black-and-white panel. A smiling woman holds and admires a baby that a hand is passing to her.
Woman: AHH, THE MIRACLE OF LIFE.
The baby is being handed over in a cardboard box labeled "KIDS."
Panel 2: The interior of a jungle. A man in a safari hat and outfit walks down a path holding a rifle. Scattered around the jungle floor are several naked human babies looking up at him.
Panel 3 (left): Close-up of the man's face, aiming down the scope of his dart rifle.
Panel 3 (right): A baby, arms raised, as two darts whiz toward it.
SOUND EFFECT: FOOMP! FOOMP!
Panel 4: A baby lies face-down on the jungle floor with two tranquilizer darts sticking out of its back.
Panel 5 (left): The hunter crouches beside the tranquilized baby, examining it.
Hunter: GOOD. IT'S A CUTE ONE.
Panel 5 (right): The hunter stands, looking pleased.
Hunter: THIS'LL BRING TOP DOLLAR BACK IN THE STATES.
Panel 6: A domestic scene. A child with brown hair looks up at a man with red hair (the father), who stands by a dresser looking startled.
Child: DADDY, WHERE DO BABIES COME FROM?
Father (panicked, stammering): MAMA'S TUMMY! MAMA'S TUMMY!
Votey: A black-and-white panel. A smiling woman holds and admires a baby that a hand is passing to her.
Woman: AHH, THE MIRACLE OF LIFE.
The baby is being handed over in a cardboard box labeled "KIDS."
Alt text
A six-part SMBC comic. Panel 1: a tropical island across the ocean. Panel 2: a man in safari gear walks through a jungle holding a rifle while naked human babies sit scattered on the ground, as if wild animals. Panel 3: he aims his dart gun and fires two tranquilizer darts (FOOMP! FOOMP!) at a baby. Panel 4: a baby lies face-down with two darts in its back. Panel 5: the hunter inspects it and says, 'GOOD. IT'S A CUTE ONE,' then, 'THIS'LL BRING TOP DOLLAR BACK IN THE STATES.' Panel 6: at home, a child asks a red-haired father, 'DADDY, WHERE DO BABIES COME FROM?' and he panics, stammering 'MAMA'S TUMMY! MAMA'S TUMMY!' implying the truth is that babies are hunted in the wild and sold. Votey (black-and-white): a smiling woman receives a baby being handed to her in a cardboard box labeled 'KIDS' and says, 'AHH, THE MIRACLE OF LIFE.'
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.