Dilbert cartoon first published on Monday 30th November 1992

Dilbert//1325, first published 34 years ago on Monday 30th November 1992

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alien dilbert disguise dogbert media power space luck idiiots invader

Official transcript

Dilbert sits at his desk. Dogbert enters wearing a pair of antennae and asks, "What do you think of my disguise?"

Dogbert continues, "I'm going to tell the media that I'm a space alien with unstoppable powers. With luck, the nations of the world will surrender without a fight."

Dilbert asks, "You think people are idiots . . . Don't you?"

Dogbert shows Dilbert a photograph and says, "This is what I looked like before the disguise."

originally published on dilbert.com

Open source transcript

WHAT DO YOU THINK OF MY DISGUISE?

I'M GOING TO TELL THE MEDIA THAT I'M A SPACE ALIEN WITH UNSTOPPABLE POWERS.

WITH LUCK, THE NATIONS OF THE WORLD WILL SURRENDER WITHOUT A FIGHT.

YOU THINK PEOPLE ARE IDIOTS...

DON'T YOU?

THIS IS WHAT I LOOKED LIKE BEFORE THE DISGUISE.

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AI Analysis

Title: "The Space Alien's Disguise"

Summary:

The comic strip features Dilbert, a bespectacled man with a distinctive hairstyle, sitting at his desk in an office. He is engaged in a conversation with a small, white, round creature resembling a space alien.

• The alien asks Dilbert what he thinks of its disguise.
• Dilbert responds that he believes the media will portray him as a space alien with unstoppable powers, with luck, the nations of the world will surrender without a fight.
• The alien is disappointed to learn that people are not idiots, as it had hoped.
• The alien reveals that it has been observing Dilbert and notes that he resembles the alien before the disguise.
• The comic strip humorously highlights the absurdity of the situation and the miscommunication between the two characters.

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