warming
Original: warming on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1: A woman addresses a man.
Woman: The oceans are warming, but that's altering turtle reproduction so that the vast majority of offspring are female.
Panel 2: The man reacts with alarm.
Man: Wait! That means...
Man: OH MY GOD!
Panel 3: The man runs off past a signpost, sprinting frantically.
Panel 4: The man, still running, cries out.
Man: NOOOOOO! I'M TOO LATE!
Panel 5: The man arrives at a gleaming golden city rising from the water, with a banner reading "WELCOME TO UTOPIA."
Votey: A close-up of an irritated turtle-like figure (a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle-esque character), glaring.
Turtle: Now leave.
Woman: The oceans are warming, but that's altering turtle reproduction so that the vast majority of offspring are female.
Panel 2: The man reacts with alarm.
Man: Wait! That means...
Man: OH MY GOD!
Panel 3: The man runs off past a signpost, sprinting frantically.
Panel 4: The man, still running, cries out.
Man: NOOOOOO! I'M TOO LATE!
Panel 5: The man arrives at a gleaming golden city rising from the water, with a banner reading "WELCOME TO UTOPIA."
Votey: A close-up of an irritated turtle-like figure (a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle-esque character), glaring.
Turtle: Now leave.
Alt text
A five-panel SMBC comic. Panel 1: a woman tells a man, "The oceans are warming, but that's altering turtle reproduction so that the vast majority of offspring are female." Panel 2: the man looks alarmed and says, "Wait! That means... OH MY GOD!" Panel 3: he sprints away frantically past a signpost. Panel 4: still running, he shouts, "NOOOOOO! I'M TOO LATE!" Panel 5: he reaches a shining golden city emerging from the sea beneath a banner reading "WELCOME TO UTOPIA" — the joke being that a population of mostly-female turtles has built an idyllic society. Votey (aftercomic): a close-up of a scowling, anthropomorphic turtle face that flatly says, "Now leave."
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.