laser
Original: laser on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1: A green alien spaceship floats in space near Earth.
Alien (from the ship, in a caption box): PREPARE TO BE DESTROYED BY THE ULTRA-LASER EARTHLINGS!
Panel 2: The spaceship fires a red laser beam down toward the surface of Earth, leaving a small red glowing mark.
Panel 3: A group of people (the Earthlings) react.
Person 1: I DON'T GET IT!
Person 2: IT'S NOT EVEN POWERFUL ENOUGH TO BURN HAIR.
Panel 4: A woman with long hair looks thoughtful.
Woman: UNLESS--
Panel 5: In space again, the laser beam strikes a cat that is floating in front of/near the Earth.
Cat (or onlookers): NOOOOOOO!
Votey:
A hand-drawn, sketchy close-up of a cat's face with a small red laser dot on it.
Speech balloon: And yet so cute
Alien (from the ship, in a caption box): PREPARE TO BE DESTROYED BY THE ULTRA-LASER EARTHLINGS!
Panel 2: The spaceship fires a red laser beam down toward the surface of Earth, leaving a small red glowing mark.
Panel 3: A group of people (the Earthlings) react.
Person 1: I DON'T GET IT!
Person 2: IT'S NOT EVEN POWERFUL ENOUGH TO BURN HAIR.
Panel 4: A woman with long hair looks thoughtful.
Woman: UNLESS--
Panel 5: In space again, the laser beam strikes a cat that is floating in front of/near the Earth.
Cat (or onlookers): NOOOOOOO!
Votey:
A hand-drawn, sketchy close-up of a cat's face with a small red laser dot on it.
Speech balloon: And yet so cute
Alt text
A five-panel SMBC comic. Panel 1: a green alien spaceship hovers in space near a small blue-green Earth, declaring "Prepare to be destroyed by the ultra-laser, Earthlings!" Panel 2: the ship fires a thin red laser beam at Earth, leaving only a tiny red glowing dot. Panel 3: a crowd of unimpressed people; one says "I don't get it!" and another says "It's not even powerful enough to burn hair." Panel 4: a thoughtful woman says "Unless--". Panel 5: back in space, the weak red laser is shown striking a cat floating near Earth, and a cry of "Nooooooo!" rings out -- the joke being the alien weapon is a laser pointer, irresistible and thus deadly to cats. Votey: a loose hand-drawn close-up of a cat's face with the red laser dot on it, with a speech bubble reading "And yet so cute," the word "cute" underlined.
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.