2011-07-16
Original: 2011-07-16 on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1:
Robin: Stop crook!
Robin: Batman!
Batman: That's right.
Panel 2:
Batman: Ever since my parents were murdered, I stalk the night, fighting crime.
Robin: Wow, really?!
Panel 3:
Robin: My parents were murdered too!
Batman: Yeah, but it wasn't rich, so it was either starve to death or a life of crime. I figured, being nice that you could afford having lessons and gadgets and a secret hideout.
Panel 4:
Robin: Um... yeah. I mean--
Batman: Anyway, go ahead and arrest me. I managed to steal $43.42. Nice job.
Panel 5:
Robin: Just... um... just be good from now on.
Batman: Bless you, Batman. Here, but for the grace of god go you.
Robin: Yeah.
Panel 6 (captioned LATER):
Caption: LATER
Robin: Batman! The Joker is about to drive a bound-and-gagged woman off a cliff! You've got to save them!
Panel 7:
Batman: I don't deserve to.
Votey:
Batman sits eating from a tub of ice cream labeled "BEN & JERRY'S" with a spoon, looking forlorn.
Robin: Stop crook!
Robin: Batman!
Batman: That's right.
Panel 2:
Batman: Ever since my parents were murdered, I stalk the night, fighting crime.
Robin: Wow, really?!
Panel 3:
Robin: My parents were murdered too!
Batman: Yeah, but it wasn't rich, so it was either starve to death or a life of crime. I figured, being nice that you could afford having lessons and gadgets and a secret hideout.
Panel 4:
Robin: Um... yeah. I mean--
Batman: Anyway, go ahead and arrest me. I managed to steal $43.42. Nice job.
Panel 5:
Robin: Just... um... just be good from now on.
Batman: Bless you, Batman. Here, but for the grace of god go you.
Robin: Yeah.
Panel 6 (captioned LATER):
Caption: LATER
Robin: Batman! The Joker is about to drive a bound-and-gagged woman off a cliff! You've got to save them!
Panel 7:
Batman: I don't deserve to.
Votey:
Batman sits eating from a tub of ice cream labeled "BEN & JERRY'S" with a spoon, looking forlorn.
Alt text
A tall SMBC comic re-imagining Batman and Robin, drawn in a loose cartoon style. Robin, in a red mask, shouts "Stop crook! Batman!" and Batman replies "That's right." Batman explains he stalks the night fighting crime ever since his parents were murdered, and Robin reacts with awed surprise. But this Batman is a thief: he says that when his parents were murdered it "wasn't rich," so he faced starving or a life of crime, and figured being a thief he could afford lessons, gadgets, and a secret hideout. He tells Robin to go ahead and arrest him, bragging he managed to steal $43.42 -- "nice job." A flustered Robin just tells him to be good from now on, and Batman gratefully says "Bless you, Batman. Here, but for the grace of god go you." In a final captioned "LATER" panel, Robin cries that the Joker is about to drive a bound-and-gagged woman off a cliff and Batman must save them, but a defeated Batman replies, "I don't deserve to." Votey: a black-and-white panel of Batman, looking sad, eating directly from a tub of ice cream labeled "BEN & JERRY'S" with a spoon.
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.