2014-12-11
Original: 2014-12-11 on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1:
Two bacteria (drawn as fuzzy, rod/oval-shaped cells with flagella-like spikes) face each other in apparent distress.
First bacterium: OH GOD, BABY! THE CELL WALL BROKE!
First bacterium: DID YOU RELEASE ANY PLASMIDS?!
Second bacterium: I DON'T KNOW! MAYBE A LITTLE?!
Votey:
A close-up of the spiky surface of one of the bacteria. A speech bubble emerges from off-panel.
Voice: HOW WILL I EXPLAIN THIS TO MY CLONES?!
Two bacteria (drawn as fuzzy, rod/oval-shaped cells with flagella-like spikes) face each other in apparent distress.
First bacterium: OH GOD, BABY! THE CELL WALL BROKE!
First bacterium: DID YOU RELEASE ANY PLASMIDS?!
Second bacterium: I DON'T KNOW! MAYBE A LITTLE?!
Votey:
A close-up of the spiky surface of one of the bacteria. A speech bubble emerges from off-panel.
Voice: HOW WILL I EXPLAIN THIS TO MY CLONES?!
Alt text
A single-panel comic showing two cartoon bacteria — fuzzy oval cells covered in spikes — facing each other in a panic. One says, "Oh god, baby! The cell wall broke! Did you release any plasmids?!" The other replies, "I don't know! Maybe a little?!" The joke frames bacterial conjugation and plasmid exchange as a sexual mishap, like an accidental pregnancy scare. Votey (aftercomic): a close-up of the spiky surface of one bacterium with a speech bubble reading, "How will I explain this to my clones?!" — a nod to bacteria reproducing by cloning themselves through division.
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.