2010-04-07
Original: 2010-04-07 on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1: An older woman in a white lab coat holds up a small vial, speaking to a man with orange hair (seen from behind).
Woman (scientist): "So, I implanted a neurochip that makes my scowling face appear when he sees something immoral."
Panel 2: The orange-haired man, looking concerned.
Man: "I hope that doesn't make your son form any weird mental connections."
Panel 3: The scientist, looking puzzled, eyes shifting.
Scientist: "What do you mean?"
Panel 4: The man avoiding eye contact.
Man: "Nothing, nothing... it's probably fine..."
Panel 5: A caption box reads "ELSEWHERE..." A brown-haired man lies in bed looking distressed/uneasy.
Panel 6: A nude red-haired woman is shown pole dancing on a stripper pole. The scientist's scowling face appears superimposed three times over the dancer's body, manifesting as the son's neurochip triggers on the "immoral" sight.
Votey: A close-up of the older woman scientist's scowling, disapproving face superimposed over the SMBC website header (logo: "SMBC SATURDAY MORNING BREAKFAST CEREAL," nav: ARCHIVE CONTACT FORUM STORE, "BY ZACH WEINER," with a Puzzle Pirates ad sidebar). Her judgmental glare looms over everything.
Woman (scientist): "So, I implanted a neurochip that makes my scowling face appear when he sees something immoral."
Panel 2: The orange-haired man, looking concerned.
Man: "I hope that doesn't make your son form any weird mental connections."
Panel 3: The scientist, looking puzzled, eyes shifting.
Scientist: "What do you mean?"
Panel 4: The man avoiding eye contact.
Man: "Nothing, nothing... it's probably fine..."
Panel 5: A caption box reads "ELSEWHERE..." A brown-haired man lies in bed looking distressed/uneasy.
Panel 6: A nude red-haired woman is shown pole dancing on a stripper pole. The scientist's scowling face appears superimposed three times over the dancer's body, manifesting as the son's neurochip triggers on the "immoral" sight.
Votey: A close-up of the older woman scientist's scowling, disapproving face superimposed over the SMBC website header (logo: "SMBC SATURDAY MORNING BREAKFAST CEREAL," nav: ARCHIVE CONTACT FORUM STORE, "BY ZACH WEINER," with a Puzzle Pirates ad sidebar). Her judgmental glare looms over everything.
Alt text
A six-panel SMBC comic. An older female scientist in a lab coat tells an orange-haired man she implanted a neurochip in her son that makes her scowling face appear whenever he sees something immoral. The man warns this could cause "weird mental connections," then nervously backpedals: "Nothing, nothing... it's probably fine." Caption: "ELSEWHERE..." shows the son lying in bed looking distressed. The final panel reveals why: as a nude woman pole-dances in front of him, the scientist mother's disapproving scowling face manifests superimposed three times across the dancer's body. The joke: the anti-immorality neurochip has fused his mother's judgmental face onto sexual arousal. Votey: a close-up of the scientist mother's scowling face looming over the SMBC website banner, her glare disapproving of everything.
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.