Flake It ‘Til You Make It

Panel 1: [Jay is holding an empty fishbowl, looking confused.]
BRANDO:Dude, where’s your fish?
JAY: Where’s my fish, dude?
Panel 2:
BRANDO: Did it escape? it couldn’t have gotten far. It’s a fish
TREY: Oh, yeah… uh… we ran out of food.
Panel 3: [Jay holds up a fish flakes container, grinning.]
JAY: We’ve got plenty of fish flakes left!
Panel 4:[Trey is playing video games, with the cat lifted by its scruff in one hand. Trey looks irritated while the cat dangles.]
TREY: No, no. We ran out of cat food.