rapunzel-2
Original: rapunzel-2 on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1 (top):
A prince at the base of a tower calls up to Rapunzel, who is at the top with very long hair.
Prince: RAPUNZEL! RAPUNZEL! LET DOWN YOUR HAIR!
Panel 2 (middle):
A physics-style diagram.
Label: FREE BODY DIAGRAM:
Legend: ● = RAPUNZEL'S CENTER OF MASS
A sequence of five drawings of the long hair hanging down from the tower like a rope. In each successive drawing, Rapunzel's center of mass (a black dot) slides further down the strand of hair, depicting her sliding/falling down the length of her own hair.
Panel 3 (bottom):
Caption (banner across top): INEVITABLY...
The knight/prince in armor stands at the base of the tower, looking dismayed, as a large impact erupts beside him.
Sound effect: SPLAT!
Votey:
A simple line-drawing of a man's face with a small mustache/goatee, looking sour.
Hand-lettered text beside him: GIRLS ARE GROSS.
A prince at the base of a tower calls up to Rapunzel, who is at the top with very long hair.
Prince: RAPUNZEL! RAPUNZEL! LET DOWN YOUR HAIR!
Panel 2 (middle):
A physics-style diagram.
Label: FREE BODY DIAGRAM:
Legend: ● = RAPUNZEL'S CENTER OF MASS
A sequence of five drawings of the long hair hanging down from the tower like a rope. In each successive drawing, Rapunzel's center of mass (a black dot) slides further down the strand of hair, depicting her sliding/falling down the length of her own hair.
Panel 3 (bottom):
Caption (banner across top): INEVITABLY...
The knight/prince in armor stands at the base of the tower, looking dismayed, as a large impact erupts beside him.
Sound effect: SPLAT!
Votey:
A simple line-drawing of a man's face with a small mustache/goatee, looking sour.
Hand-lettered text beside him: GIRLS ARE GROSS.
Alt text
Three-panel SMBC comic. Panel 1: a prince stands at the base of a tower and calls up to Rapunzel at the top, 'RAPUNZEL! RAPUNZEL! LET DOWN YOUR HAIR!' Panel 2 is a mock physics 'FREE BODY DIAGRAM' where a black dot marked 'RAPUNZEL'S CENTER OF MASS' is shown sliding progressively down the length of her hanging hair across five drawings, implying she will simply slide down. Panel 3, captioned 'INEVITABLY...', shows the armored knight standing beside a big 'SPLAT!' impact as Rapunzel hits the ground next to him. The joke: treating the fairy-tale hair-ladder as real physics means Rapunzel just plummets down her own hair and splats. Votey (aftercomic): a sour-faced man with a goatee and the hand-lettered caption 'GIRLS ARE GROSS.'
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.