2010-03-09
Original: 2010-03-09 on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1: The Pope (in white robes and mitre with purple vestments) shouts urgently and points, standing beside Jesus (haloed, brown hair and beard, white robe and purple sash).
Pope: "MECHA-SATAN! DUCK, CHRIST! DUCK!"
Panel 2: A giant gray robotic devil head (Mecha-Satan) lunges from a fiery explosion, its mechanical jaws and claw reaching out. The Pope shoves Jesus aside, taking the brunt of the attack himself.
Panel 3: Close-up of Jesus, smiling warmly at the Pope.
Jesus: "THANK YOU SO MUCH..."
Panel 4: Jesus and the Pope lean in close, faces nearly touching, gazing at each other.
Panel 5: A wide shot of a church interior. In the foreground, several clergymen watch from the shadows; one (bald, glasses, red garment) holds a finger to his lips. In the background, the Pope kneels alone before an altar, lost in thought.
Clergyman (finger to lips): "SHH! THE POPE IS LOST IN THOUGHT."
Votey: Two bald clergymen stand together talking, watching the Pope.
First clergyman: "WHAT'S HE SAYING TO HIMSELF?"
Second clergyman (with glasses): "I'M NOT SURE. SOMETHING ABOUT 'BODY OF CHRIST.'"
Pope: "MECHA-SATAN! DUCK, CHRIST! DUCK!"
Panel 2: A giant gray robotic devil head (Mecha-Satan) lunges from a fiery explosion, its mechanical jaws and claw reaching out. The Pope shoves Jesus aside, taking the brunt of the attack himself.
Panel 3: Close-up of Jesus, smiling warmly at the Pope.
Jesus: "THANK YOU SO MUCH..."
Panel 4: Jesus and the Pope lean in close, faces nearly touching, gazing at each other.
Panel 5: A wide shot of a church interior. In the foreground, several clergymen watch from the shadows; one (bald, glasses, red garment) holds a finger to his lips. In the background, the Pope kneels alone before an altar, lost in thought.
Clergyman (finger to lips): "SHH! THE POPE IS LOST IN THOUGHT."
Votey: Two bald clergymen stand together talking, watching the Pope.
First clergyman: "WHAT'S HE SAYING TO HIMSELF?"
Second clergyman (with glasses): "I'M NOT SURE. SOMETHING ABOUT 'BODY OF CHRIST.'"
Alt text
A five-panel comic. Panel 1: the Pope, in white robes and mitre, points and shouts beside a haloed Jesus, yelling "MECHA-SATAN! DUCK, CHRIST! DUCK!" Panel 2: a giant robotic devil head bursts from a fiery explosion to attack, and the Pope shoves Jesus out of the way, shielding him with his own body. Panel 3: close-up of Jesus smiling tenderly, saying "THANK YOU SO MUCH..." Panel 4: Jesus and the Pope lean in until their faces nearly touch, gazing into each other's eyes. Panel 5 reveals it was all a daydream: in a church, clergymen watch from the shadows while the Pope kneels alone before an altar; one shushes the others, "SHH! THE POPE IS LOST IN THOUGHT." Votey: two clergymen confer. One asks "WHAT'S HE SAYING TO HIMSELF?" The other replies "I'M NOT SURE. SOMETHING ABOUT 'BODY OF CHRIST.'" The joke implies the Pope is having a romantic fantasy about Jesus.
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.