surprise
Original: surprise on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1: Two children lie in bed at night in a dark bedroom. A sound effect near the door reads "click!"
Panel 2: A red glow fills the room. The two children scream, eyes wide.
Children: AAAH!!
Panel 3: A green monster figure stands in the room. Speaking from it (or beside it), a bald older man:
Man: This has been a simulated monster attack. I notice that not a single one of you made an orderly exit from the room.
Panel 4: Close on the man's face in profile; the two children sit small in the background.
Man: If this had been a real monster attack, you would both be dead.
Panel 5: One child speaks to the man, who wears a green monster costume.
Child: Dad, monsters aren't real.
Man: Oh?
Panel 6: Close on the man's face.
Man: What do you call a man who terrifies his kids at 3am on a school night entirely for his own amusement?
Panel 7: The children lie back in bed. The man, pulling the green monster mask up off his face and grinning, walks away.
Child: Touche
Man: See you in an hour!
Votey: Extreme close-up on the green monster mask/costume face. A speech bubble:
Monster (the dad in costume): Man, am I gonna be tired at work today.
Panel 2: A red glow fills the room. The two children scream, eyes wide.
Children: AAAH!!
Panel 3: A green monster figure stands in the room. Speaking from it (or beside it), a bald older man:
Man: This has been a simulated monster attack. I notice that not a single one of you made an orderly exit from the room.
Panel 4: Close on the man's face in profile; the two children sit small in the background.
Man: If this had been a real monster attack, you would both be dead.
Panel 5: One child speaks to the man, who wears a green monster costume.
Child: Dad, monsters aren't real.
Man: Oh?
Panel 6: Close on the man's face.
Man: What do you call a man who terrifies his kids at 3am on a school night entirely for his own amusement?
Panel 7: The children lie back in bed. The man, pulling the green monster mask up off his face and grinning, walks away.
Child: Touche
Man: See you in an hour!
Votey: Extreme close-up on the green monster mask/costume face. A speech bubble:
Monster (the dad in costume): Man, am I gonna be tired at work today.
Alt text
A seven-panel SMBC comic. Two kids lie in bed at night; a "click!" sounds at the door. The room flashes red and the kids scream "AAAH!!" A green monster looms — but a bald older man speaks deadpan: "This has been a simulated monster attack. I notice that not a single one of you made an orderly exit from the room. If this had been a real monster attack, you would both be dead." A child says, "Dad, monsters aren't real." The dad replies, "Oh? What do you call a man who terrifies his kids at 3am on a school night entirely for his own amusement?" The kid concedes, "Touche," and the dad, lifting his green monster mask and grinning, walks off saying "See you in an hour!" Votey: a close-up of the green monster mask, the dad inside thinking, "Man, am I gonna be tired at work today."
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.