nyuuzyou/wikis huggingface dataset:
4815: Garfield attempts to steal from a friendly

==Explanation==
==The author writes:==
Heavy update when?
I thought it would be funny if I incorporated a pootis bird into a Garfield strip.
Edit made using GIMP (resynthesizer plugin) and Krita.
Original strip: .
==Transcript==
{Garfield attempts to steal sandviches from a pootis bird}
Garfield: It's that time of year again
Garfield: When my animal instincts send me into the wild to forage for food
Garfield: And the birds start carrying sandwiches
{Heavy pootis bird walking down road with sandviches}
Category:Vcuum
4816: Garfield's past already being disturbing

==Explanation==
This strip is a simple mashup of two original Garfield strips, in which the 1980 strip is framed as a flashback being experienced by the Garfield of the 1988 strip. Both have the common subject of the Stock Animal Diet of cats drinking milk, Jon attempting to perpetuate the trope while Garfield seeks to avoid it; Garfield's dialogue in the 1988 third panel here is shown to invoke a flashback to the 1980 strip, implying the cow from the 1980 strip to have the udder the Garfield in the 1988 strip remembers being frightened by.
==The author writes:==
I made this strip years before SRoMG #4589 was published. Might as well submit it now.
The title is based on SRoMG #1783.
Original strips: , .
==Transcript==
{Jon is bringing Garfield's bowl to him}
Jon: Here you go, Garfield
Garfield: That's milk
Jon: It'll make your coat nice and shiny
Garfield: I think I'll opt to molt
Jon: All cats love milk!
Garfield: When I was young I was frightened by an udder
{Garfield thinks about the time when...}
Jon: This is where milk comes from, Garfield
Garfield: How interesting, how informative
Garfield {despairingly}: I'll never EVER drink milk again as long as I live
Category:Mr. Skullhead
4818: An Edgy Joke

==Explanation==
==The author writes:==
I know it's a bit of an edge case, but I think you have to draw the line somewhere. It's what separates the squares from the... other squares? I don't know; I ran out of puns at this point, not being an actual maths teacher.
What more do you want from me? I searched for ten whole minutes for a more mathematically interesting punchline, but the best ones I could dig up were still kind of un-Canny...
Original Square Root of Minus Garfield strip: 2021-09-16.
Original strip: .
==Transcript==
{Garfield is standing in front of a window, with a mischievous grin}
Garfield: There are lots of funny 'edgy' jokes out there! There's, um...
{Beat panel, in which Garfield frowns, fumbling for some dark biting satire with which to drive home his point}
{Garfield grins again}
Garfield: So, two faces meet on a solid...
Category:Linguanaut
4819: Shoefield

==Explanation==
==The author writes:==
Sometimes two strips just seem to go together far too well. Though separated by years, it takes but a small tweak to link them into a larger story. One day I will compose the epic tale of Jon's Shoes, using hundreds of strips from across the years. But today is not that day.
Original Square Root of Minus Garfield strip: 2022-03-23.
Original strips: , .
==Transcript==
Jon: I could be an action hero
{Beat panel}
Jon: But I have the wrong kind of shoes
Garfield {arms waving wildly}: I KNEW THERE WAS A REASON!
Jon: I got some action hero shoes!
{Another beat panel}
Jon: They don't seem to work
Garfield Maybe there's an on/off switch
Category:Levellass
4820: Garfield Minuette Garfield

==Explanation==
Another strip in which Garfield is replaced by something -- or someone -- that sounds a little bit like "minus", this one was inspired by a strip in which the middle panel was replaced by a picture illustrating the minuet.
Minuette is a mostly-background pony seen somewhere in most episodes of My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic. She finally got a prominent role in "Amending Fences", a season 5 episode in which Twilight Sparkle visits a group of friends who live in Canterlot. Minuette is the first pony she goes to see; she has Spike take a picture, and the image of her in this strip comes from that picture-taking session.
One of the ideas fans have had about Minuette is that she's a dentist, presumably because her mane resembles a distinctive popular toothpaste. Thus, her seeming excitement that Jon's taking this oath seems appropriate, from this perspective.
==The author writes:==
When I saw Garfield Minuet Garfield for the first time in a while (thanks to SRoMG 1 of 1 of #1, 2 of 2 of #2, and 3 of 3 of #3), I knew I had to do something like this. However, I didn't want to just throw in Minuette with no reason to put her in other than "her name sounds a little bit like 'minus'"; like "Garfield Minuet Garfield", I wanted something appropriate.
Fanon can be very convenient on occasion.
Original strip: .
==Transcript==
Jon: Garfield, I'm taking the personal-hygiene pledge
{Jon raises his right hand and closes his eyes. Suddenly, Garfield is replaced by a grinning Minuette}
Jon: I promise to brush my teeth everyday
{Minuette is gone again, and Garfield is back}
Jon: Even if I'm not going anywhere
Garfield: This is a cult, right?
Category:Nyperold
Category:Cartoon references
Category:Television references
Category:My Little Pony references
4821: The Understatement of a Revolving World (or Why Garfield Accepts Being a Worldwide Phenomenon with Pride)

==Explanation==
==The author writes:==
Imagine taking someone else's strip and rearranging the words to make a new strip. Wouldn't be me. *Looks around*
Original Square Root of Minus Garfield strip: 2018-05-25.
Original strips: , , .
==Transcript==
Jon: The world does not revolve around you
Garfield: Oh! Good one!
Garfield: That would take too long!
==Trivia==
Although this strip's title is lengthy in its own right, Square Root of Minus Garfield's Archive page lists the "shortening ellipsis" (a string formatted ". . ."), common to very lengthy titles, as this strip's entire title.
Category:Jared Funtime
Category:Long titles
4822: Jon Adventure 2

==Explanation==
==The author writes:==
About time I did a Sonic strip. Based on a text edit I saw on Twitter, so I took it to the next level where the plane is legit flying (also on my Twitter, though that's now Jpegged. Then again the source was...)
Garf is Big the Cat for those wondering.
Original strip: .
==Transcript==
{The strip's text is in Comic Sans}
{Jon is holding a purple Garfield under one arm as he deplanes}
Jon: Talk about low budget flights!
{Jon noticeably is now on top of the plane)
Jon: No food or movies... I'm outta here!
Category:Sonikku A
Category:Video game references
4823: While the mice are away, the cat gets testy

==Explanation==
==The author writes:==
Original strip: .
==Transcript==
{Jon sits at the usual ledge/table holding a mug while Garfield stands facing him}
Garfield: Jon, I don't think you appreciate me
{Garfield looks at Jon expectantly while Jon looks taken aback}
{Garfield glares at Jon while Jon gives an aside glance}
Category:Conor
4824: Garfield Cares About the Chicken?

==Explanation==
==The author writes:==
Garfield should leave Jon alone if he does the same thing. What if Stretch was there when he ate an entire chicken?
Original strips: , .
==Transcript==
Stretch {actually Garfield}: Pwoooock, pwock, pwock, pwock
{Garfield glares in shock in front of what's happening next to him}
{It is revealed to be just Jon eating chicken}
Garfield: Don't look, Stretch! It's not a pretty sight!
Text: ALSO GARFIELD:
{Garfield is seen with his mouth wide open with sharp teeth about to eat an entire roast chicken in one bite}
Category:MarioGarfield
4825: Available While Supplies Last

==Explanation==
==The author writes:==
Original strips: , , .
==Transcript==
Jon: I love lasagna
{Jon finds Garfield in his lasagna}
{Jon sets Garfield back in the pan and eats cat food instead}
Caption: GARFIELD LASAGNA. Now with 20% MORE Garfield! Order yours today!
Category:U. N. Owen
4826: Godrefield Part 2

==Explanation==
==The author writes:==
This is a sequel to my horror strip #4783 Godrefield, where for the first time Garfield meets his Evil god-Eldritch counterpart; obviously the latter let Garfield escape (although who knows if he did the same with the bird and the worm).
This again uses the final scene of the TV special Garfield: His 9 Lives.
Original strips: , , .
==Transcript==
{A disturbing undulating TV static appears}
{Cut to a worm about to be hunted by a bird}
Bird: Oooh! A worm!
{Garfield appears in turn about to hunt the bird}
Garfield: Oooh! A bird!
{Garfield, the bird and the worm hear a sinister triple voice that greets them, and they look with fear at the owner of that same voice}
Sinister triple voice: Oooh! Hello, guys!
{Cut to the owner of the sinister triple voice, who turns out to be none other than Godrefield}
Godrefield {to the trio}: I'm Godrefield!
{Garfield, the bird and the worm yell quite scared at the same time}
SFX: AAAYIEEE!
{Cut to more TV static, but with the word END?!! in red letters melting like blood}
Category:IQ-ranger
Category:Cartoon references
Category:Television references
Category:Non-strip Garfield material
4827: Alterations on a Gag

==Explanation==
This strip is a compilation of four different takes on a singular gag, involving a character running onto the scene, screeching to a halt, bragging about their running gear, and then running off. The first take is its origin in Gnorm Gnat, the second take is its first repurposing in Jon, the third take is its second repurposing in Garfield, and the fourth take is an homage from the author's own webcomic Life in the Third Lane. As the author had the means to make use of the colorized version of the Life in the Third Lane strip used in this compilation, that version was duly used here; colorized versions of that webcomic are typically reserved for Patreon backers.
The role of the unnamed worm in Gnorm Gnat, for the purposes of this comparison, evolved into Lyman for the second and third takes, and into Natalie for the fourth take. Gnorm Gnat's own role, for the purposes of this comparison, evolved into Jon for the second and third takes, and into Ramona in the fourth take.
The Jon strip does not include a source link; it can be found among the small number of 1978 Jon strips here.
==The author writes:==
just a little sample of how timeless garfield gags can be, with a small hint of self-promotion as well
Original Gnorm Gnat strip: 1974-02-21.
Original Jon strip: 1978-02-09.
Original Life in the Third Lane strip: 2021-10-11.
Original strip: .
==Transcript==
{Strip 1: the characters are bugs, and it's 4 panels long}
SFX: *ZOOM* *SCREEEE*
WORM: Triple-ply, steel-belted radial retread
SFX: *ZOOM*
{Strip 2: humanization takes effect, and the first "ZOOM" is replaced with a...}
SFX: *BAROOM* *SCREE*
LYMAN: Four-ply, steel-belted radial retread tenny pumps!
SFX: *ZOOOOM*
{Strip 3: the comic is in color, and the first panel is gone, leaving only...}
SFX: *SCREEE!*
LYMAN: Four-ply, steel-belted radial retread tenny pumps
SFX: *ZOOOOOM!*
{Strip 4: rule 63 happens, everyone is more fashionable, the first panel is back, rollerblades are included for contextualization, and the sound effects are now...}
SFX: *ZÜM!* *ERT!*
NATALIE: Four-ply, steel-belted radial retread rollerblades!
SFX: *P-YEOW!*
Category:Matthew Prower
Category:Gnorm Gnat
Category:Jon (1976)
Category:Webcomic references
4828: I think he heard that this time.

==Explanation==
==The author writes:==
Okay, so I had a minor peeve with the original version of this strip. Jon acted like he actually heard Garfield through Garfield's thought bubble, but it has been confirmed multiple times that Jon, and basically any other human in the strip, cannot hear Garfield's thoughts. I tried to fix that peeve through this, giving Garfield an actual speech bubble to talk through, actually allowing Jon to hear him. This submission was also inspired by strips #151 and #1962.
Original strip: .
==Transcript==
Jon: I have a date with the most beautiful woman on the planet tonight!
{silent beat panel}
Garfield {actually talking this time}: And which planet would that be?
Jon {offscreen}: I heard that!
Category:Cosmo6555
4829: Big Time

==Explanation==
==The author writes:==
this is my first submission to sromg.
Original strip: .
==Transcript==
Nermal: Hello there, I'm Nermal, the world's cutest kitten
Garfield: I know I know
Garfield: There's something more important than being cute you know
Nermal: Whatever could that be?
Garfield: Being big
{Garfield spanghews Nermal with a flick}
SFX: Flick
{six months later...}
{Nermal now appears to be bigger than six months ago}
Nermal: Hello there, I'm Nermal, the world's cutest kitten
Category:fourfiveuser
4830: Loquacity with Liz

==Explanation==
==The author writes:==
I never found the idea of Linguistics with Liz amusing, considering that it's (mostly) just Liz actually saying "You are a radish" in various languages... Obviously it's much better to have Liz spewing big words that Jon is too dumb to understand. Liz's line is taken from a Calvin and Hobbes strip.
Original Calvin and Hobbes strip: 1994-01-29.
Original strip: .
==Transcript==
Liz: Jon?
Jon: Yes?
Liz: Your simian countenance suggests a heritage unusually rich in species diversity.
Jon: I will never understand women
Garfield: I think she just called you a monkey
Category:that guy
Category:Comic strip references
4831: Making Garfield Slightly Weirder (2x Weirder, to be Exact)

==Explanation==
==The author writes:==
I finally gave in and made one of these strips more than slightly weirder. To be specific, I've added two extra points of weirdness. Note as well the clever adding of foreshadowing ("your clue to quality literature", to quote the literary giant Berke Breathed) in the first two panels.
Original strip: .
==Transcript==
{blender noises. No, this is not a "glued a blender to my face" strip, BTW}
SFX: RRRRRRRRRR
Jon {reading a newspaper}: Garfield, why are you using the blender this time? Not another lasagna smoothie, I hope...
Jon: On second thought, nevermind. I probably don't want to know.
Garfield {holding a cup with ears sticking out of it}: Could I interest you in some Easter-Bunny-Frappe?
==Trivia==
The author initially misplaced the opening quotation mark in the transcript two words further to the right than intended (before "blender" instead of the intended "glued"); this has since been fixed.
Category:Lubaf
4832: We See the Future Through the Binoculars of Garfield

==Explanation==
The author note is based on this section from "Origin And Theory Of The Tape Cut-Ups":
:When you experiment with cut-ups over a period of time, you find that some of the cut-ups and rearranged text seem to refer to future events. I cut up an article written by John Paul Getty, and got "It's a bad thing to sue your own father." This was a rearrangement and wasn't in the original text. And a year later, one of his sons did sue him. I mean, it's just, purely extraneous information, it meant nothing to me. I had nothing to gain on either side. We had no explanation for this at the time, it's just, uh, suggesting when you cut into the present, the future leaks out. But we simply accepted it and continued the experiments. The next step was cut-ups on the tape recorder, and Brion [Gyson] was the first to take this obvious step.
==The author writes:==
When you experiment with Garfield strips over a period of time, you find that some of the remixes and rearranged panels seem more humorous than future strips. I cut up the dialogue written in 2003-05-13, and got this strip; this was a rearrangement and wasn't in the original comic. And a year later, Garfield was still unfunny. We had no explanation for this at the time, it's just suggesting when you run a comic strip for 24 years, the humor leaks out. But we simply accepted it and continued the experiments. The next step was remixes of other comics...
Original strip: .
==Transcript==
{Garfield is watching TV}
TV voice #1: We have with us the pioneer of the cut-up technique
TV voice #1: Good evening, sir
TV voice #2: sir We cut the pioneer us good
TV voice #1: Now, stop that!
TV voice #2: stop have tech
{Garfield smirks and points to the set}
Garfield: watch television This evening
Category:Wibi
4833: It was all a dream

==Explanation==
==The author writes:==
I wish I was as satisfied as Garfield here when I wake up from a good dream only to realize I was temporarily living a lie.
Original strip: .
==Transcript==
{Garfield is in bed, wrapped up in a blanket, a dream bubble depicting several breakfast foods floating above his head}
{Zoom in on the dream, where we can see Garfield atop a stack of huge pancakes with an accompanying pancake blanket covering him. We can also see a large glass of orange juice, bowl of cereal and presumably fried egg}
Garfield: Here I am in the land of large breakfasts
{Garfield stands up atop the stack, eating his pancake blanket}
Garfield: This giant pancake sure tastes good
{Garfield lies back down, licking his paws with eyes closed in satisfaction}
{Cut back to Garfield in bed, now awake}
Garfield: What a nice dream
{Garfield remains blissful}
Category:Vincent W.
4834: Gomu Gomu no Cookie

==Explanation==
==The author writes:==
Monkey D. Luffy from One Piece is one of my favorite anime protags. Period. When I saw this strip, it immediately reminded me of him.
Original strip: .
==Transcript==
{Jon is eating some cookies}
Garfield: Ahem...
Jon {noticing}: If you want a cookie, you'll have to move
{Garfield stretches his arm out to take a cookie}
Jon: I forgot how far cats can stretch
Garfield {dressed as Luffy, and using his stretchy arms again while eating the cookie}: Now, I think I'll get some milk out of our neighbor's refrigerator
Category:AstralCat
Category:Anime and manga references
4835: You look shocked!

==Explanation==
==The author writes:==
What if Spider Jon Appears on Garfield Comic?
Original strip: .
==Transcript==
{A spider [its abdomen and rear legs are not visible from our point of view] with Jon's triumphantly scowling head emerging from a neck atop its thorax}
Category:Luis T.
Category:Cartoon references
Category:Television references
Category:Non-strip Garfield material
4836: Buckaroo Banzai!

==Explanation==
==The author writes:==
In addition to being a surgeon, samurai, scientist, inventor, explorer and rock-and-roll superstar, the esteemed Buckaroo Banzai is also a cat whisperer.
Buckaroo Banzai as performed by Peter Weller.
Original Square Root of Minus Garfield strip: 2021-09-18.
Original strips: , , , , .
==Transcript==
Garfield: Banzai!
Garfield: Banzai!
Garfield: Banzai!
Garfield: Banzai!
Garfield: Banzai!
Buckaroo Banzai: Hey, hey now, be nice Garfield. Remember... No matter where you go... there you are.
Category:Luke99
Category:Film references
4838: Garfield and Fatty Bear's Activity Pack

==Explanation==
==The author writes:==
Ever heard of Putt-Putt and Fatty Bear's Activity Pack? Here is Garfield playing Go Fish with Fatty Bear.
Original strip: .
==Transcript==
{Jon walks}
Jon: Well!
Jon: For once it's nice to see you on the job!
Jon: It's about time you earned your keep around here!
Jon: Keep up the good work!
SFX: PAT PAT PAT
{Jon walks away}
Garfield: Got any threes?
Fatty Bear: Go fish
Category:Captain Lhurgoyf
Category:Video game references
483: Imaginary Garfield: Humouring

==Explanation==
Previously in the "Imaginary Garfield" series, Jon had been alone with his imaginary cat, but now, he brings his friend Lyman into it. In the original, Lyman's "Sad", applied to Garfield's appearance in his sweater, was spoken, but here, his mouth is erased and his speech balloon exchanged for a thought balloon, as it's directed at Jon's insistence upon imagining he has a cat.
The author asks if it's good or bad when your friends do this; is it good that they're willing, or bad that they see indulging your fantasies as the only way to get through a visit with you?
==The author writes:==
Is it a good thing or a bad thing when your friends humour you?
This is another in the series of "Imaginary Garfield", in which Jon just imagines that he lives with a cat.
Original strip: 
==Transcript==
Jon: {whispering to Lyman} Here he comes. Say something nice.</br>
Lyman: Lookin' good, Garfield.</br>
Jon: Sharp sweater ol' buddy.</br>
Lyman: {thinking} Sad.</br>
Jon: Looks like a meatball in traction.
Category:Richard L. Dodson
4840: Part of the Family

==Explanation==
==The author writes:==
Since when does Garfield care about chickens who have names? He once had feeling for a chick with no name.
Original strips: , .
==Transcript==
{Jon serves a bowl of soup as Garfield holds a spoon}
Jon: This soup is from an old family recipe
Jon: Grandma named it after the chicken who inspired it
Jon: "Cream of Gladys"
{Garfield, horrified, throws away the spoon}
Garfield: She was family!
Category:Kavviyenta
4841: Garfield minus swearing

==Explanation==
==The author writes:==
remember when this was acceptable? Yeah me neither
Original strip: .
==Transcript==
{Garfield's bed blanket is seen shooting out of the bed}
{Garfield's bed blanket is then seen zooming around the place}
{Garfield is no longer hidden under the blanket}
Garfield: Stupid leg cramps
Category:LochlannDS
4842: Connect the Dots Through Jon's Eyes

==Explanation==
==The author writes:==
I thought of this idea (and another edit the inspiration of which will probably be very obvious after reading this note) after seeing the original SRoMG the day it debuted. As I was reading it, my mind went to that old site for Garfield edits from the mid-to-late 2000s called Arbuckle, which took Garfield strips and removed the eponymous cat's thought bubbles, making Jon look much more pathetic by talking about his worries, hopes, and thoughts to his pets, who were ordinary animals in this version.
One such edit just had the original strip with Garfield's thought bubbles removed and that edit came to mind when seeing this SRoMG. By removing Garfield's thought bubbles (and in one of the earlier panels, removing his arm so he still seemed indifferent), I made the already wonderfully absurd original SRoMG even more so by having Jon have a serious discussion about connect-the-dots, of all things, to his indifferent cat.
Original Square Root of Minus Garfield strip: 2022-01-14.
Original strips: , , , , , , , , , , .
==Transcript==
{Note: Throughout this whole strip, Garfield remains silent and doesn't produce any thought bubbles whatsoever}
Jon: Never play this game.
Jon: Never play connect-the-dots.
Jon: It's more than that. It messed me up for life. Don't do it.
{Silent beat. Jon glares at us as Garfield just stands there not saying anything, as he is a cat}
Jon: Yeah, but there's so much more to it. You have to think.
Jon: It's not just connecting lines.
Jon: It's about trying to find order in them.
Jon: You have to think about where the lines go.
Jon: It's thinking. It's also about probability.
Jon: The line you choose in one spot has a chance to lead somewhere else.
Jon: There's also symmetry and logic.
Jon: If you draw a line from one dot to another, there's another line that goes back to the first one.
Jon: It has to have a right and a left, or it's not even right.
Jon: It has to make sense.
Jon: There's so much more than just connecting dots.
Jon: Don't do it.
Category:Michael Jacoby