joking
Original: joking on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1:
Robin (to Batman): Hey Batman, why do we spend so much on complex equipment and costuming and stuff, instead of efficient ways of fighting crime?
Batman: Goddammit, Robin, the Joker will hear you!
Panel 2:
Batman: Look, the Joker mirrors us. As long as we spend our time on elaborate, inefficient hero stuff, he'll spend his time on elaborate villainy. That's the moment we--
The Joker (offscreen): Hee hee hee! Ho ho ho!
Panel 3:
Batman: Dammit. There you go. He's heard everything. Great job, boy wonder.
Panel 4 (labeled "IMMEDIATELY:"):
Newspaper headline: JOKER REDUCES FUNDING FOR MALARIA NETS AND PRENATAL CARE IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA!
Subheading/caption: Batman seen looking sad while throwing batarang at offices of UN
Votey:
The Joker (continuing his maniacal laughter): Now to advocate for appealing but ultimately counterproductive energy policy. Hee hee hee hee ho ho ho ho!
(The Joker is shown grinning and gesturing as he speaks.)
Robin (to Batman): Hey Batman, why do we spend so much on complex equipment and costuming and stuff, instead of efficient ways of fighting crime?
Batman: Goddammit, Robin, the Joker will hear you!
Panel 2:
Batman: Look, the Joker mirrors us. As long as we spend our time on elaborate, inefficient hero stuff, he'll spend his time on elaborate villainy. That's the moment we--
The Joker (offscreen): Hee hee hee! Ho ho ho!
Panel 3:
Batman: Dammit. There you go. He's heard everything. Great job, boy wonder.
Panel 4 (labeled "IMMEDIATELY:"):
Newspaper headline: JOKER REDUCES FUNDING FOR MALARIA NETS AND PRENATAL CARE IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA!
Subheading/caption: Batman seen looking sad while throwing batarang at offices of UN
Votey:
The Joker (continuing his maniacal laughter): Now to advocate for appealing but ultimately counterproductive energy policy. Hee hee hee hee ho ho ho ho!
(The Joker is shown grinning and gesturing as he speaks.)
Alt text
A four-panel SMBC comic parodying Batman. Panel 1: Robin asks Batman why they spend so much on complex equipment and costumes instead of efficient crime-fighting. Batman snaps, "Goddammit, Robin, the Joker will hear you!" Panel 2: Batman explains that the Joker mirrors them — as long as the heroes waste time on elaborate, inefficient hero stuff, the Joker spends his time on elaborate villainy. Offscreen, the Joker cackles "Hee hee hee! Ho ho ho!" Panel 3: Batman, defeated: "Dammit. There you go. He's heard everything. Great job, boy wonder." Panel 4, labeled "IMMEDIATELY:", shows a newspaper with the headline "JOKER REDUCES FUNDING FOR MALARIA NETS AND PRENATAL CARE IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA!" and a caption noting Batman was seen looking sad while throwing a batarang at the offices of the UN. The joke: freed from elaborate theatrics, the Joker turns to genuinely harmful but mundane evil — cutting effective global-health aid. Votey: the Joker, grinning and gesturing, declares amid his laughter, "Now to advocate for appealing but ultimately counterproductive energy policy. Hee hee hee hee ho ho ho ho!"
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.