MeowTown

Sick

A three-panel MeowTown comic that parodies the 'Soft Kitty' bit from The Big Bang Theory — but with a sick cat demanding the song instead of a sick human, and the song's lyrics inverted into the cat's contempt for his caretaker. Panel one: Cheddar (an orange tabby cat) lies bundled in a gray blanket on a couch with half-lidded eyes and a thermometer in his mouth. The person in the green shirt stands beside the couch, expression neutral. Cheddar says weakly, 'I'm sick... sing the song.' Panel two: The shot tightens. The person crosses his arms and refuses defiantly: 'No. It's demeaning and stupid, and I won't do it.' Cheddar's pitiful demeanor drops entirely — eyes narrowed, fangs bared, head thrust forward in menace — and he commands, 'Sing the song.' Panel three: The shot widens back out. Cheddar is bundled up exactly as before, eyes closed in a pleased smile. The person stands beside him with a flat, defeated expression, singing: 'Soft human, fat human, stinky hairless ape. Stupid human servant human, no escape.' The lyrics scan to the same melody as the original Soft Kitty song. The joke: Cheddar has cast himself as the Sheldon Cooper of his household — rigid, demanding, requiring a specific ritual when ill — and his human, in the Penny role, complies because the love is real even when the song is contempt.
Transcript

Panel 1:

Cheddar (an orange tabby cat) lies bundled in a gray blanket on a couch with half-lidded eyes and a thermometer sticking out of the corner of his mouth. The person in the green shirt stands beside the couch with a neutral expression.

Cheddar (weakly): 'I'm sick... sing the song.'

Panel 2:

The shot tightens to a closer view. The person has turned, crossing his arms in defiance, his expression angry. Cheddar's sick-and-pitiful demeanor has dropped entirely — his eyes are narrowed, his fangs are bared, his head thrust forward in open menace, even as he remains bundled in the blanket.

Person: 'No. It's demeaning and stupid, and I won't do it.'

Cheddar (commanding): 'SING THE SONG.'

Panel 3:

The shot pulls back to the original framing. Cheddar is bundled up exactly as before, eyes closed contentedly in a pleased smile. The person stands beside him, his arms now at his sides, expression flat and defeated, singing aloud to the melody of 'Soft Kitty' from The Big Bang Theory.

Person (singing, monotone): 'Soft human, fat human, stinky hairless ape. Stupid human servant human, no escape.'