wanna-evolve
Original: wanna-evolve on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1:
Green fish: HEY, FRANK! WANNA EVOLVE TO WALK ON LAND?
Yellow fish (Frank): SURE!
Panel 2:
(The two fish, now amphibious, have crawled onto a rocky shore.)
Frank: BLECH. IT'S DRY AND SMELLY UP HERE, AND THERE ARE SPIDERS.
Panel 3:
(The two animals on land, now more lizard-like.)
Green one: LET'S STAY UP JUST LONG ENOUGH TO EVOLVE INTERNAL FERTILIZATION.
Frank: PERFECT.
Panel 4:
(A woman sits on a couch with a child, telling a story.)
Woman: AND THAT'S WHERE DOLPHINS COME FROM.
Votey:
A close-up silhouette of a smiling dolphin's face/snout.
Green fish: HEY, FRANK! WANNA EVOLVE TO WALK ON LAND?
Yellow fish (Frank): SURE!
Panel 2:
(The two fish, now amphibious, have crawled onto a rocky shore.)
Frank: BLECH. IT'S DRY AND SMELLY UP HERE, AND THERE ARE SPIDERS.
Panel 3:
(The two animals on land, now more lizard-like.)
Green one: LET'S STAY UP JUST LONG ENOUGH TO EVOLVE INTERNAL FERTILIZATION.
Frank: PERFECT.
Panel 4:
(A woman sits on a couch with a child, telling a story.)
Woman: AND THAT'S WHERE DOLPHINS COME FROM.
Votey:
A close-up silhouette of a smiling dolphin's face/snout.
Alt text
A four-panel SMBC comic. Panel 1: Two cartoon fish swim underwater; a green fish says "Hey, Frank! Wanna evolve to walk on land?" and a yellow fish (Frank) replies "Sure!". Panel 2: The two fish, now amphibious creatures, have crawled onto a rocky shore; Frank complains "Blech. It's dry and smelly up here, and there are spiders." Panel 3: The two animals, now lizard-like, stand on land; the green one says "Let's stay up just long enough to evolve internal fertilization," and Frank answers "Perfect." Panel 4: A woman sits on a couch with a child and finishes her story: "And that's where dolphins come from." The joke: dolphins are mammals (internal fertilization) that returned to the sea, so this absurd evolutionary tale frames a brief land trip purely to acquire internal fertilization before going back to water. Votey: a black-and-white close-up silhouette of a grinning dolphin's face and snout.
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.