Technically
Original: Technically on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1:
Two children (one with reddish hair, one in green) standing on a grassy hill at dusk, looking up at the sky.
Child with reddish hair: AWW, COME ON!
Child with reddish hair: NOT AGAIN!
A parent figure stands beside a tall electronic console/control unit (with a red illuminated panel) operating it.
Parent: YOU SHOULD ENJOY IT MORE, CHILDREN! IT'S TECHNICALLY HARDER!
Caption (below panel):
Weekend activity:
Testing my missile defense system on fireworks displays.
Votey:
Close-up of a person (the parent) speaking.
Parent: I ALSO HAVE AN ENERGY BEAM SYSTEM THAT CAN TAKE OUT A PUPPET FROM 2 KILOMETERS AWAY.
Two children (one with reddish hair, one in green) standing on a grassy hill at dusk, looking up at the sky.
Child with reddish hair: AWW, COME ON!
Child with reddish hair: NOT AGAIN!
A parent figure stands beside a tall electronic console/control unit (with a red illuminated panel) operating it.
Parent: YOU SHOULD ENJOY IT MORE, CHILDREN! IT'S TECHNICALLY HARDER!
Caption (below panel):
Weekend activity:
Testing my missile defense system on fireworks displays.
Votey:
Close-up of a person (the parent) speaking.
Parent: I ALSO HAVE AN ENERGY BEAM SYSTEM THAT CAN TAKE OUT A PUPPET FROM 2 KILOMETERS AWAY.
Alt text
Main comic (single panel): Two children stand on a grassy hill at dusk looking up at the sky, while a parent operates a tall electronic console with a glowing red panel. The red-haired child groans, 'AWW, COME ON! NOT AGAIN!' The parent cheerfully says, 'YOU SHOULD ENJOY IT MORE, CHILDREN! IT'S TECHNICALLY HARDER!' A caption beneath reads: 'Weekend activity: Testing my missile defense system on fireworks displays.' The joke: the parent shoots down the family's fireworks with a missile defense system as a hobby, ruining the show for the kids. Votey (aftercomic): A close-up of the parent's face as they add, 'I ALSO HAVE AN ENERGY BEAM SYSTEM THAT CAN TAKE OUT A PUPPET FROM 2 KILOMETERS AWAY,' escalating the absurd over-engineering to bizarrely specific anti-puppet capability.
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.