2013-12-09
Original: 2013-12-09 on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Title: FUNTIME ACTIVITY: EPIC PHRASES IN APPROPRIATE CONTEXT
Panel 1: A cashier (a woman with curly blonde hair) leans over a counter.
Cashier: "Would you like to add 'funny fries' to your meal?"
Panel 2: A customer (a man) responds dramatically.
Customer: "Yes..."
Customer: "But at what cost?"
Panel 3: At the register, the price shows $3.99.
Register display: $3.99
Customer: "I'll take two."
Votey: Close-up on the man's face, mid-shout, with intense expression.
Cashier (off-panel): "Plus tax"
Customer: "SHE-DEVIL!"
Panel 1: A cashier (a woman with curly blonde hair) leans over a counter.
Cashier: "Would you like to add 'funny fries' to your meal?"
Panel 2: A customer (a man) responds dramatically.
Customer: "Yes..."
Customer: "But at what cost?"
Panel 3: At the register, the price shows $3.99.
Register display: $3.99
Customer: "I'll take two."
Votey: Close-up on the man's face, mid-shout, with intense expression.
Cashier (off-panel): "Plus tax"
Customer: "SHE-DEVIL!"
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A four-panel SMBC comic titled "FUNTIME ACTIVITY: EPIC PHRASES IN APPROPRIATE CONTEXT." Panel 1: A blonde cashier at a counter asks, "Would you like to add 'funny fries' to your meal?" Panel 2: A customer answers gravely, "Yes... But at what cost?" as if facing a momentous decision. Panel 3: The register shows the mundane price $3.99, and the customer simply says, "I'll take two." The joke is that he deploys an epic, dramatic phrase over a trivial fast-food order. Votey aftercomic: An extreme close-up of the customer's face, eyes wide and mouth open mid-shout, as the cashier adds, "Plus tax," and he bellows, "SHE-DEVIL!"
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.