lion-autocracy
Original: lion-autocracy on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1: A lion and a lion cub sit together in silhouette on a cliff edge overlooking a savanna (a Lion King-style Pride Rock scene). The adult lion: "SOME DAY MY BOY, THIS WILL ALL BE YOURS."
Panel 2: Close-up of the adult lion and cub, now in full color. The lion: "OR MAYBE WE'LL HAVE A PARLIAMENT! MAYBE IT WILL BE FOR ALL THE ANIMALS!"
Panel 3: The lion and cub sit in silhouette on the cliff again, in silence.
Panel 4: The same cliff, but now the adult lion stands alone in silhouette, having tossed the cub off the cliff — the small cub is shown falling/tumbling down off the edge.
Votey: A close-up silhouette of the lion's head and mane against a white background. The lion: "WELL, BACK TO THE HAREM FOR ME."
Panel 2: Close-up of the adult lion and cub, now in full color. The lion: "OR MAYBE WE'LL HAVE A PARLIAMENT! MAYBE IT WILL BE FOR ALL THE ANIMALS!"
Panel 3: The lion and cub sit in silhouette on the cliff again, in silence.
Panel 4: The same cliff, but now the adult lion stands alone in silhouette, having tossed the cub off the cliff — the small cub is shown falling/tumbling down off the edge.
Votey: A close-up silhouette of the lion's head and mane against a white background. The lion: "WELL, BACK TO THE HAREM FOR ME."
Alt text
A four-panel Lion King parody. In silhouette on a Pride Rock-style cliff, an adult lion tells its cub, "Some day my boy, this will all be yours." In a colored close-up the lion adds, "Or maybe we'll have a parliament! Maybe it will be for all the animals!" The third panel shows the two sitting in silence on the cliff. In the final panel the lion stands alone, having thrown the cub off the cliff (the cub is shown tumbling over the edge) — the joke being the lion would rather kill its heir than give up sole power. Votey: a close-up silhouette of the lion's maned head saying, "Well, back to the harem for me."
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.