dinosaurs
Original: dinosaurs on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1:
Narrator/Scientist (a scientist presenting): "...and it is now known that many dinosaurs were covered with feathers, making their look like big, turkey-than-monster lizards."
Panel 2:
A dinosaur (large feathered creature): "Are they buying it?"
A second dinosaur: "I think they're buying it."
Panel 3 (caption: TEN YEARS LATER):
Scientist: "It is now known that dinosaurs had feathers, and giant eye-stalks protruding from their sockets."
Panel 4:
A dinosaur: "My god. They trust us."
Another dinosaur: "Let's keep going."
Panel 5 (caption: TEN YEARS LATER):
Scientist: "It is now known that dinosaurs had feathers, eye-stalks, cilia, tornado-faces, and a sound like a sad trombone."
Panel 6:
A scientist: "We won't tell."
A dinosaur: "They're looking at us."
Another dinosaur: "They know we're back here."
Panel 7:
A dinosaur: "RUN!" (the dinosaurs flee as the humans crowd together)
Final panel (a newspaper / unfurling scroll):
"SCIENTISTS DEFEATED
DINOSAURS COOL AGAIN!
BUTTER NOW HEALTHY!
UNICORNS PROBABLE"
Votey:
A grinning man (shown close-up, smiling): "Let's turn Pluto into a Dwarf Planet. And when they fail to act, we'll turn Uranus into a comet."
Narrator/Scientist (a scientist presenting): "...and it is now known that many dinosaurs were covered with feathers, making their look like big, turkey-than-monster lizards."
Panel 2:
A dinosaur (large feathered creature): "Are they buying it?"
A second dinosaur: "I think they're buying it."
Panel 3 (caption: TEN YEARS LATER):
Scientist: "It is now known that dinosaurs had feathers, and giant eye-stalks protruding from their sockets."
Panel 4:
A dinosaur: "My god. They trust us."
Another dinosaur: "Let's keep going."
Panel 5 (caption: TEN YEARS LATER):
Scientist: "It is now known that dinosaurs had feathers, eye-stalks, cilia, tornado-faces, and a sound like a sad trombone."
Panel 6:
A scientist: "We won't tell."
A dinosaur: "They're looking at us."
Another dinosaur: "They know we're back here."
Panel 7:
A dinosaur: "RUN!" (the dinosaurs flee as the humans crowd together)
Final panel (a newspaper / unfurling scroll):
"SCIENTISTS DEFEATED
DINOSAURS COOL AGAIN!
BUTTER NOW HEALTHY!
UNICORNS PROBABLE"
Votey:
A grinning man (shown close-up, smiling): "Let's turn Pluto into a Dwarf Planet. And when they fail to act, we'll turn Uranus into a comet."
Alt text
A tall multi-panel SMBC comic about dinosaurs feeding scientists increasingly absurd "facts" about themselves. In the first panel, a scientist in a lab coat lectures: "...and it is now known that many dinosaurs were covered with feathers, making their look like big, turkey-than-monster lizards." Two large feathered dinosaurs lurk behind, whispering: "Are they buying it?" "I think they're buying it." The bit escalates over captions reading "TEN YEARS LATER": scientists now report dinosaurs had feathers plus "giant eye-stalks protruding from their sockets," then later add "cilia, tornado-faces, and a sound like a sad trombone." Each time the hidden dinosaurs marvel that humans believe them and decide to keep going. Eventually the scientists notice them lurking; the dinosaurs panic ("They know we're back here") and one yells "RUN!" The final panel is a newspaper-style banner: "SCIENTISTS DEFEATED, DINOSAURS COOL AGAIN! BUTTER NOW HEALTHY! UNICORNS PROBABLE." The votey panel shows a grinning man scheming: "Let's turn Pluto into a Dwarf Planet. And when they fail to act, we'll turn Uranus into a comet."
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.