A Dark Twist on the Classic E.T. Healing Scene

This four-panel comic by Dave Contra offers a humorous and slightly unsettling reimagining of the iconic healing scene from the film E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial. In the original movie, the alien uses his glowing finger to heal a boy's scraped knee. In this parody, the alien approaches the injured child and uses his glowing touch to heal the wound, but the final panel reveals that the alien has simply transferred the injury to his own finger, leaving the boy confused and the alien looking regretful as he hides his now-injured hand behind his back.