evolved
Original: evolved on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1: Two fish swim in the water below a rocky shore where another fish (Frank) has climbed out onto land.
Fish in water: HA! LOOK AT FRANK THE FREAK! MIGRATING TO LAND LIKE AN IDIOT!
Panel 2: Frank, now a four-finned fish, stands on the muddy bank beside the water, with trees behind him. Other fish watch from the water.
Frank (on land): I'LL SHOW YOU! I'LL EVOLVE A BUNCH AND THEN YOU'LL SEE.
Fish in water: SURE THING, FREAK!
Caption bar: THREE MILLION GENERATIONS LATER...
Panel 3: A bald man in a dark blazer and white shirt sits at a table with a whole cooked fish on a plate, holding a knife and fork, looking troubled.
Man: WHY DOES EATING FISH MAKE ME FEEL SO POWERFUL?
Votey: A close-up of an angry-looking man's face, drawn in rough black-and-white sketch style.
Man: You lose, salmoniformes.
Fish in water: HA! LOOK AT FRANK THE FREAK! MIGRATING TO LAND LIKE AN IDIOT!
Panel 2: Frank, now a four-finned fish, stands on the muddy bank beside the water, with trees behind him. Other fish watch from the water.
Frank (on land): I'LL SHOW YOU! I'LL EVOLVE A BUNCH AND THEN YOU'LL SEE.
Fish in water: SURE THING, FREAK!
Caption bar: THREE MILLION GENERATIONS LATER...
Panel 3: A bald man in a dark blazer and white shirt sits at a table with a whole cooked fish on a plate, holding a knife and fork, looking troubled.
Man: WHY DOES EATING FISH MAKE ME FEEL SO POWERFUL?
Votey: A close-up of an angry-looking man's face, drawn in rough black-and-white sketch style.
Man: You lose, salmoniformes.
Alt text
A four-panel SMBC comic about evolution. Panel 1: Two fish swim underwater below a rocky shore, where another fish has crawled up onto land. One of the swimming fish jeers, "Ha! Look at Frank the freak! Migrating to land like an idiot!" Panel 2: Frank, the fish on land (now sprouting little limb-like fins), stands on a muddy riverbank with trees behind him while the others watch from the water. Frank declares, "I'll show you! I'll evolve a bunch and then you'll see." A fish in the water replies mockingly, "Sure thing, freak!" A red caption bar reads "Three million generations later..." Final panel: A bald man in a blazer sits at a table, knife and fork in hand, a whole cooked fish on the plate before him. Looking uneasy, he asks, "Why does eating fish make me feel so powerful?" The joke: Frank's descendants evolved into humans who now eat fish, fulfilling his threat. Votey: A rough black-and-white sketch of an angry man's face who says, "You lose, salmoniformes" (salmoniformes being an order of fish).
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.