2009-04-29
Original: 2009-04-29 on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1:
A man with red/flame-like hair (facing away): IT CAN'T WALK?! WHAT ABOUT THE ULTRA-FLAME? WHAT ABOUT THE DEATH RAYS IN THE EYES?!
A bearded man (Bartholdi): I'M SORRY MONSIEUR BARTHOLDI. BUDGET CUTS.
Panel 2:
The bearded man (Bartholdi), now alone, hand on chin, thinking: HMM... WE'LL NEED A NEW GEOPOLITICAL STRATEGY.
Panel 3:
Bartholdi, now in a tuxedo with a red bow tie, gestures toward a small green Statue of Liberty figure standing on a pedestal, an American flag behind them. An older man watches at left.
Bartholdi: IT'S A GIFT!
Votey:
A caption at the top reads: 2076
The Statue of Liberty is shown animated and attacking, its head tilted forward and mouth open, firing star-shaped energy blasts (death rays) from its face.
A man with red/flame-like hair (facing away): IT CAN'T WALK?! WHAT ABOUT THE ULTRA-FLAME? WHAT ABOUT THE DEATH RAYS IN THE EYES?!
A bearded man (Bartholdi): I'M SORRY MONSIEUR BARTHOLDI. BUDGET CUTS.
Panel 2:
The bearded man (Bartholdi), now alone, hand on chin, thinking: HMM... WE'LL NEED A NEW GEOPOLITICAL STRATEGY.
Panel 3:
Bartholdi, now in a tuxedo with a red bow tie, gestures toward a small green Statue of Liberty figure standing on a pedestal, an American flag behind them. An older man watches at left.
Bartholdi: IT'S A GIFT!
Votey:
A caption at the top reads: 2076
The Statue of Liberty is shown animated and attacking, its head tilted forward and mouth open, firing star-shaped energy blasts (death rays) from its face.
Alt text
A four-panel comic. Panel 1: A flame-haired man, seen from behind, angrily demands of a bearded man, "It can't walk?! What about the ultra-flame? What about the death rays in the eyes?!" The bearded man replies, "I'm sorry Monsieur Bartholdi. Budget cuts." Panel 2: Bartholdi alone, hand on chin, thinking, "Hmm... we'll need a new geopolitical strategy." Panel 3: Bartholdi, now in a tuxedo, presents a small green Statue of Liberty on a pedestal beside an American flag to an older man, saying "It's a gift!" The joke: France's planned weaponized colossus got budget-cut, so Bartholdi instead gifted the harmless Statue of Liberty to the United States. Votey: A black-and-white panel captioned "2076" shows the Statue of Liberty come to life, mouth open, firing star-shaped death rays from its face -- the weapon finally activating decades later.
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.