scrufles
Original: scrufles on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1:
A red-haired woman speaking to her dog.
Woman: SCRUFFLES, YOU LOOK SO GUILTY!
Panel 2:
Woman: OH SCRUFFLES, DID YOU EAT MY BOWL OF POPCORN? NO WONDER YOU'VE GOT THOSE BIG GUILTY EYES!
Panel 3:
The dog (Scruffles) looks away, with sad, downturned eyes.
Panel 4 (labeled EARLIER):
Two dogs talking. A brown dog and Scruffles.
Brown dog: SQUIRRELS ARE ALIVE, SCRUFFLES! LIKE US!
Panel 5:
Scruffles, now with a tear rolling down his face, looks distraught.
Caption: THEY'VE BEEN ALIVE THIS WHOLE TIME!
Votey:
A close-up of a sad-looking dog (drawn in a simpler, doodle style) with a thought bubble.
Dog (thinking): GOD IS DEAD.
A red-haired woman speaking to her dog.
Woman: SCRUFFLES, YOU LOOK SO GUILTY!
Panel 2:
Woman: OH SCRUFFLES, DID YOU EAT MY BOWL OF POPCORN? NO WONDER YOU'VE GOT THOSE BIG GUILTY EYES!
Panel 3:
The dog (Scruffles) looks away, with sad, downturned eyes.
Panel 4 (labeled EARLIER):
Two dogs talking. A brown dog and Scruffles.
Brown dog: SQUIRRELS ARE ALIVE, SCRUFFLES! LIKE US!
Panel 5:
Scruffles, now with a tear rolling down his face, looks distraught.
Caption: THEY'VE BEEN ALIVE THIS WHOLE TIME!
Votey:
A close-up of a sad-looking dog (drawn in a simpler, doodle style) with a thought bubble.
Dog (thinking): GOD IS DEAD.
Alt text
A five-panel SMBC comic. A red-haired woman cheerfully talks to her dog: 'Scruffles, you look so guilty! Oh Scruffles, did you eat my bowl of popcorn? No wonder you've got those big guilty eyes!' The dog looks away with sad, downcast eyes. A flashback panel labeled 'Earlier' shows another dog excitedly telling Scruffles, 'Squirrels are alive, Scruffles! Like us!' In the final panel Scruffles, with a tear running down his face, is captioned 'They've been alive this whole time!' The joke: the woman misreads the dog's existential grief over realizing squirrels are living beings as guilt over eating popcorn. Votey: a simply-drawn sad dog gazes out with a thought bubble reading 'God is dead.'
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.