junk
Original: junk on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1 (narration over a starfield with debris): "The solar system was once a huge mass of space junk."
Panel 2 (narration over a planet orbiting): "But, a few of those planets kept some of that junk orbiting around."
Panel 3 (narration over more planets): "Over time, most of it accreted into planets."
Panel 4 (narration over a ringed planet): "One in particular kept the most, and it is considered the most beautiful planet of all..."
Panel 5 (a woman with a ponytail speaking dismissively to a person with dark hair):
Woman (Jessica): "Just throw out your old power cords! You'll never use them!"
Person with dark hair: "I AM SATURN, JESSICA. SATURN."
Votey:
An angry close-up face with a speech bubble: "I'm gonna treat you like Pluto."
Panel 2 (narration over a planet orbiting): "But, a few of those planets kept some of that junk orbiting around."
Panel 3 (narration over more planets): "Over time, most of it accreted into planets."
Panel 4 (narration over a ringed planet): "One in particular kept the most, and it is considered the most beautiful planet of all..."
Panel 5 (a woman with a ponytail speaking dismissively to a person with dark hair):
Woman (Jessica): "Just throw out your old power cords! You'll never use them!"
Person with dark hair: "I AM SATURN, JESSICA. SATURN."
Votey:
An angry close-up face with a speech bubble: "I'm gonna treat you like Pluto."
Alt text
A five-panel SMBC comic. The first four panels show space scenes with narration: "The solar system was once a huge mass of space junk," then "But, a few of those planets kept some of that junk orbiting around," then "Over time, most of it accreted into planets," and finally, over a ringed planet, "One in particular kept the most, and it is considered the most beautiful planet of all..." The fifth panel cuts to two people: a ponytailed woman tells the other, "Just throw out your old power cords! You'll never use them!" The dark-haired person retorts indignantly, "I AM SATURN, JESSICA. SATURN." The joke: Saturn's beautiful rings are reframed as the hoarded junk (old power cords) it refuses to throw away. Votey: a hand-drawn angry close-up face says, "I'm gonna treat you like Pluto" — a threat to demote the other person the way Pluto was demoted from planet status.
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.