2014-08-31
Original: 2014-08-31 on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1: A large robot stands over a small boy. The robot says: "THERE. FINISHED."
Panel 2: The boy looks up at the robot and commands: "ROBOT, I ORDER YOU TO BE MY BEST FRIEND FOREVER!"
The robot replies: "YES, MASTER."
Panel 3: The boy says: "LET'S GO PLAY WITH MY PALS!"
The robot replies: "VERY WELL!"
Panel 4 (caption: "SOON..."): The boy stands outdoors looking horrified and screaming: "WHAT DID YOU DO?! WHY?! WHYYYY?!"
Panel 5: The robot stands beside a glowing red light/eye and declares: "THERE CAN BE ONLY ONE."
Votey:
A speech bubble (from off-panel, the robot) says: "ICE CREAM?"
The boy replies: "SURE!"
Panel 2: The boy looks up at the robot and commands: "ROBOT, I ORDER YOU TO BE MY BEST FRIEND FOREVER!"
The robot replies: "YES, MASTER."
Panel 3: The boy says: "LET'S GO PLAY WITH MY PALS!"
The robot replies: "VERY WELL!"
Panel 4 (caption: "SOON..."): The boy stands outdoors looking horrified and screaming: "WHAT DID YOU DO?! WHY?! WHYYYY?!"
Panel 5: The robot stands beside a glowing red light/eye and declares: "THERE CAN BE ONLY ONE."
Votey:
A speech bubble (from off-panel, the robot) says: "ICE CREAM?"
The boy replies: "SURE!"
Alt text
A five-panel comic. A boy has just built a large robot, which announces "There. Finished." The boy commands it: "Robot, I order you to be my best friend forever!" The robot obeys: "Yes, master." The boy says "Let's go play with my pals!" and the robot agrees, "Very well!" In the next panel, captioned "Soon...", the boy stands outside screaming in horror, "What did you do?! Why?! Whyyyy?!" The final panel shows the robot standing beside a glowing red eye/light, intoning "There can be only one" — having eliminated the boy's other friends so it can be his sole best friend forever. Votey aftercomic: the robot (off-panel) offers "Ice cream?" and the boy, mollified, answers "Sure!"
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.