2010-05-16
Original: 2010-05-16 on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1 — header banner: BOY TOYS
A red-haired boy in a blue shirt holds up a yellow box labeled "MB".
Boy: IT'S MECHABLOX!
Other voice (offscreen): WHAT'S IT DO?
Boy: BE ARRANGED IN LITERALLY INFINITE WAYS, THEN HOOKED TO A COMPUTER AND REMOTE CONTROLLED!
Panel 2 — header banner: GIRL TOYS
A red-haired girl in a pink shirt holds a blonde doll.
Girl: IT'S A DOLL!
Other voice (offscreen): WHAT'S IT DO?
Girl: BE A DOLL!
Panel 3 — header banner: SUBSEQUENTLY...
A man with light hair and glasses in a blue shirt stands next to a dark-skinned man with glasses in an orange shirt seated at a computer monitor.
Man in blue shirt: WHY ARE THERE SO FEW GIRL ENGINEERS?
Votey:
Header banner: ADVANCED GIRL TOYS
A child holds an unseen doll.
Voice: IT'S A DOLL!
Voice: WHAT'S IT DO?
Voice: PISS ITSELF!
A red-haired boy in a blue shirt holds up a yellow box labeled "MB".
Boy: IT'S MECHABLOX!
Other voice (offscreen): WHAT'S IT DO?
Boy: BE ARRANGED IN LITERALLY INFINITE WAYS, THEN HOOKED TO A COMPUTER AND REMOTE CONTROLLED!
Panel 2 — header banner: GIRL TOYS
A red-haired girl in a pink shirt holds a blonde doll.
Girl: IT'S A DOLL!
Other voice (offscreen): WHAT'S IT DO?
Girl: BE A DOLL!
Panel 3 — header banner: SUBSEQUENTLY...
A man with light hair and glasses in a blue shirt stands next to a dark-skinned man with glasses in an orange shirt seated at a computer monitor.
Man in blue shirt: WHY ARE THERE SO FEW GIRL ENGINEERS?
Votey:
Header banner: ADVANCED GIRL TOYS
A child holds an unseen doll.
Voice: IT'S A DOLL!
Voice: WHAT'S IT DO?
Voice: PISS ITSELF!
Alt text
A three-panel SMBC comic about gendered toys. Panel 1, titled "Boy Toys": a red-haired boy proudly holds up a yellow box marked "MB" and says "It's Mechablox!" When asked "What's it do?" he answers it can "be arranged in literally infinite ways, then hooked to a computer and remote controlled!" Panel 2, titled "Girl Toys": a red-haired girl holds a blonde doll and says "It's a doll!" Asked "What's it do?" she answers "Be a doll!" Panel 3, titled "Subsequently...": two men stand at a computer, and one asks "Why are there so few girl engineers?" — implying the gendered, dead-end girl toys are the cause. Votey aftercomic, titled "Advanced Girl Toys": a child holds a doll, says "It's a doll!", and when asked what it does, answers "Piss itself!" — a deadpan jab that even the upgraded girl toy does nothing engaging.
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.