nyuuzyou/wikis huggingface dataset:
2418: Humor Recalibration

==Explanation==
==The author writes:==
Possible alternate titles I considered: "In which I paraphrase my own reaction to the original strip into Garfield's mouth", or "Metajoke Garfield 3".
Humor can be hard to calibrate. Is the joke funnier if we reduce the strip to the last panel? How about if we expand it over 6? And then there's wording: Would the strip be funnier if I changed "mow the lawn with my shirt off" to "run naked through the street" or "shovel the snow with my shirt off" (the latter of which is actually pretty rugged and manly - and something Jon could have been doing if he lived in the Northeastern United States on the day this strip was published). I'm hoping to see other attempts to fix this particular joke, but knowing how SRoMG memes work, I probably won't, and knowing the queue size for SRoMG (I submitted this strip the day the original was published), even if I do, it'll be sometime in September or October [Ed: *cough*].
Meta question: Would this annotation be funnier if I removed the sentence that begins "I'm hoping to see..."?
Further meta question: Should I reference xkcd's "Hofstadter" strip here, or instead refer to the actual man?
Further further meta question: Would this annotation be funnier if I removed all these meta questions?
...Okay, I think I'll stop now... (Would this line be funnier if I added "I'm getting dizzy now"? Hmm....)
Original strip: .
==Transcript==
Jon: I think I'll do something rugged and manly
Liz: Like what?
Jon: Mow the lawn with my shirt off!
{Jon appears with his shirt partway removed; an art gag that's really hard to describe, other then with Jon's next line}
Jon: I'm stuck
Garfield: Nothing I could ever say would make this any funnier then it already is.
Category:Lubaf
2419: Purple Stain

==Explanation==
In the original, Garfield thinks they don't make vicious like they used to. Here, he assumes that the dog's dealings with blueberries have stained his fur.
The title is a pun on the Prince song "Purple Rain", which is the title track for the movie of the same name.
==The author writes:==
Original strip: .
==Transcript==
Dog: BARK! BARK! BARK! BARK!</br>
SFX: Ding!</br>
Dog: Ooh, goody! My blueberry muffins are ready!</br>
Garfield: Well, that explains the purple.
Category:Nyperold
Category:Music references
241: Continuity: Negative

==Explanation==
==The author writes:==
Garfield is, for the most part, continuity-neutral, each strip self-contained and maintaining the status quo. Sometimes it lapses into "positive" continuity (like a themed week of strips, or Liz becoming Jon's girlfriend) and sometimes into "negative" continuity (Garfield destroys something that comes back without explanation next strip, the ever-shifting colour and design of recurring objects). So, what if one strip were taken to both extremes?
Negative Continuity is based upon with a slightly modified panel from . I admit it's more of a non sequitur, and it wouldn't be negative continuity if I intended to do a series of modified strips showing a long hospitalisation for our heroes and a rebuilding of their house, but I don't, so... tah-dah!
==Transcript==
{Jon and Garfield are sitting in the lounge room. A mouse walks by.}</br>
Mouse: Squeak.</br>
Jon: Fine! Just let him walk by!</br>
{The entire house crashes down on top of Jon and Garfield.}</br>
SFX: KA-BOOM!
Category:Len Pitre
2420: Grootfield

==Explanation==
==The author writes:==
Groot.
Original strip: .
==Transcript==
{baby Groot sits on the windowsill}
Groot: Groot
Groot: Grooooot
Groot: Groot, Groot, Groot
Groot: Grrrrrrrrroot
Groot: Ggggggroooooot
{Garfield walks by}
Groot: ...
{Garfield continues onward, having eaten Groot}
Garfield's stomach: Groot
Category:JLH
Category:Comic book references
2421: Garfield's Error Theatre 3

:This article's title is incorrect due to technical limitations. The correct title is 2421: Garfield's Error Theatre #3.
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==Explanation==
==The author writes:==
I'm surprised I haven't seen this thing being done yet on SRoMG. So, I did it.
Original strip: .
==Transcript==
Garfield: Welcome to Garfield's Error Theater!
(the rest of the comic is covered by a Windows XP style error)
Error: garfielderrortheater.exe Not Responding
Error: Garfield's Error Theater not work no more. What do you want to do?
Option: Stop making Pudding Pops
Option: Glue a Blender to your face
Category:Cartoonosaurus Rex
2422: My Neighbor Garfield

==Explanation==
==The author writes:==
Garfield tries to watch My Neighbor Totoro.
Original strip: .
==Transcript==
TV: Hey, let's go! Hey, let's go! I'm happy as can be!
TV: Let's go walking, you and me! Ready, set, come on, let's go!
Garfield: Weird. {changes TV channel}
Category:TheNoahGuy1
Category:Anime and manga references
2423: Cleverfield

==Explanation==
Garfield's font is in the original comic, but here, Garfield says some things that Cleverbot says when the author acted as Jon.
==The author writes:==
Everything Garfield says is replaced with what Cleverbot said when I acted as Jon.
Original strip: .
==Transcript==
Jon: Hi there... I'm Jon Arbuckle. I'm a cartoonist, and this is my cat, Garfield. 
Garfield: About men. 
Jon: Our only thought is to entertain you. 
Garfield: Thought so.
Category:Insquamous
2424: MST3Kfield

==Explanation==
==The author writes:==
Mystery Science Theater 3000 was a show about mocking movies. When I saw the original strips, I knew I had to do this.
In a way, SRoMG is a lot like MST3K. They both "riff", parody, and generally mock things.
Also, MST3K predicted SRoMG with the Cartuner.
Original strips: , .
==Transcript==
Person on TV: And now the story of Garfield
Person on TV: On Mystery Science Theater 3000!
Garfield: Weird
Crow T. Robot: Same to you, bub!
Category:Minerman
Category:Television references
2425: A different artist invades

==Explanation==
==The author writes:==
Original strips: , .
==Transcript==
Jon: Hi! My name is Jon Arbuckle. I am a cartoonist, and this is my cat, Garfield.
Garfield: Hi! My name is Garfield. I am a cat and this is my cartoonist, Jon.
Jon: Our only thought is to entertain you.
Garfield: Feed me
Jon: Happy birthday, Garfield. I have a surprise for you.
Jon: A rubber mousey!
Garfield: Could've used a little salt
Category:XQ22
2426: Jon and Calvin and Garfield

==Explanation==
==The author writes:==
Original Calvin and Hobbes: 1985-11-18.
Original strips: , .
==Transcript==
{Jon is washing his car. Calvin stands beside him}
Calvin: So long, Jon! I'm off to check my cat trap!
Calvin: I rigged a lasagna yesterday, so I'm SURE to have a cat by now!
Garfield: {drooling before a pan of lasagna} LASAGNA!
Category:Renke
Category:Comic strip references
Category:Non-Garfield comics
2427: Garfield Minus The Ability To See Frozen Thoughts

==Explanation==
==The author writes:==
There's a lot of weird stuff that goes on in Garfield strips, like Jon being able to see Garfield's thoughts, Garfield's ability to digest infinite amounts of lasagna and coffee, and many many other things. However, for some reason, the most outlandish thing I have seen in a comic was the fact that pictures of them also recorded their thoughts and words. Thus, I have fixed this problem.
Original strip: .
==Transcript==
{Garfield sits on a table as usual while Jon talks at him}
Jon: Hey Garfield, I just ran across the old family album.
Garfield: Ho Boy
{Various panels of silent strips from older comics. Garfield is doing exciting things such as sitting, leaning, walking, skyward arm extensions and threatening}
Jon: You've really changed in ten years, Garfield.
Garfield: Feed me.
Category:Houndkeeper
2428: Melon Collie

==Explanation==
==The author writes:==
It's amazingly easy to make a strip disturbing by simply deleting a frame and changing a few colours.
Original strip: .
==Transcript==
{Garfield is eating a watermelon, and notices Odie looking on.}
{Jon looks on in shock, as Odie is now eating something large with orange and black colouring...}
Category:William Pieper
2429: Bloom County 2015field

==Explanation==
==The author writes:==
There have been a couple of Bloom County influences in SRoMG; and Bloom County collective has always riffed off of Garfield, mostly in the form of Bill the Cat. Here's another one. I wasn't sure about cat twizzling or what it was when I read the original comic, but I think Jon's look gives it away. And don't ask about cat twizzling. -Mgmt.
Original Bloom County 2015: 2015-09-28.
Original strip: .
==Transcript==
Narration: Our candidates now realize they will be getting no "federal matching funs."
Opus: The cat twizzling {don't ask} has been cancelled.
Opus: Fun's over!! Send the celebrity volunteers home!!.
{Binkley holds Garfield, ready to be twizzled, in his arms.}
{Jon looks on at the scene, presumably aghast that Garfield volunteered to be twizzled.}
Category:Superfoo Turret Opera
Category:Comic strip references
Category:Non-Garfield comics
242: Advantages to Growing Older

==Explanation==
The original strip was just the first row. This edit repeats the last two panels -- without the copyright information in the gutter or the signature and date in the corner of the panel -- six times, making it seem like Garfield went an entire week without remembering a single advantage to growing older. It is possible that he even forgot the subject.
==The author writes:==
Original strip from .
==Transcript==
Garfield: There are lots of advantages to growing older! There's, uh... 
{Garfield pauses}</br>
{night falls, Garfield still paused}</br>
{day dawns, Garfield still paused}</br>
{night falls, Garfield still paused}</br>
{day dawns, Garfield still paused}</br>
{night falls, Garfield still paused}</br>
{day dawns, Garfield still paused}</br>
{night falls, Garfield still paused}</br>
{day dawns, Garfield still paused}</br>
{night falls, Garfield still paused}</br>
{day dawns, Garfield still paused}</br>
{night falls, Garfield still paused}</br>
{day dawns, Garfield still paused}</br>
{night falls, Garfield still paused}</br>
{day dawns, Garfield still paused}
Category:Nottoostupid
2430: Passed

==Explanation==
As implied by the author's notes, this strip is a recreation of what the author believes to be the original idea for the original Garfield strip; this strip is still an invocation of the Death by Adaptation trope in comparison to the finalized version of the original Garfield strip.
==The author writes:==
From the placement of the original text, it looks like they replaced "passed" with "moved" pretty late in development. Of course, now it looks like they're happy about the death of someone's beloved pet.
Original strip: .
==Transcript==
Jon: Hey, Garfield, you know the dog next door?
Jon: He passed away yesterday
{They share a smile}
Category:Talzuz
2431: Sparkyfield

==Explanation==
The author's notes explain this strip's core premise; the strip's title is a pun on Schulz's nickname mashed up with Garfield's. As all of the Peanuts references were in place in the original Garfield strips, this very wiki page is not placed in the comic strip references category as a result.
As this strip was first ran in January 2016 and was likely created at least months, if not years, before then, this strip no longer makes reference to every Peanuts reference in Garfield as a result of the strip (the strip that ran on what would've been Schulz's 100th birthday); Square Root of Minus Garfield authors have since made use of that strip in their material.
==The author writes:==
Panels from all three of Garfield's tributes to Charles "Sparky" Schulz, creator of Charlie Brown and Snoopy and friends.
Panel #1: During Garfield's first week, Jim Davis gives a nod to his inspiration for good luck. Panel #2: At the height of Garfield's popularity, Davis and Schulz are good friends, and do a playful crossover between their equally loved characters. Panel #3: Several months after Schulz's death, Davis has Garfield take Snoopy's iconic place on the doghouse, showing that Sparky's work will live on in all the people he inspired.
Original strips: , , .
==Transcript==
{Garfield is sitting on a TV}
Garfield: Happiness is a warm television set.
{Garfield sees Snoopy in the mirror}
{Garfield lies atop Snoopy's doghouse}
Garfield: sigh
Category:Jacob Huller
2433: Garfield Plus Googly Eyes

==Explanation==
==The author writes:==
This was based on a personal shenanigan where I was Skypeing with a close friend and I was putting googly eyes over their old art they disliked. As a net result, Googly eyes over things has become a sort of in-joke between my friends... This is me adapting googly eyes to Square Root of Minus Garfield.
Tune in next time when I glue googly eyes onto the site logo for April Fools 2016.
Original strip: .
==Transcript==
{Both Garfield and Jon have googly eyes over their eyes}
Jon: Hi, there... I'm Jon Arbuckle. I'm a cartoonist, and this is my cat, Garfield.
Garfield: Hi, there. I'm Garfield. I'm a cat, and this is my cartoonist, Jon.
Jon: Our only thought is to entertain you.
Garfield: Feed me.
Category:Camwoodstock & Tori
2435: Garfey Cyrus

==Explanation==
==The author writes:==
I was looking through my Garfield collections, and as soon as I saw the 1984-07-19 strip, this joke popped instantly into mind. This edit has the additional side effect of Garfield apparently being able to speak out loud, although apparently the wrecking ball operator is less excited about this miracle of nature and more concerned with getting the darn animal to shut up.
Since I used three different panels from three different strips, I elected to edit out the original dates and copyright information. I hope that doesn't make me a criminal.
Custom font for second panel: Kiss me my darling, kiss me
Original strips: , , .
==Transcript==
{Garfield is sitting atop his singing fence at night time}
Garfield: This next song is for all the pop music fans in the audience.
Garfield: {singing badly} I came in like a wrecking ball, I never hit so hard-
SFX: CRASH!
{Garfield's singing is cut off as a wrecking ball has demolished both the fence and Garfield}
Category:KelpTheGreat
Category:Music references
2436: Square Root of The Adventures of Minus Business Garfield

==Explanation==
This strip essentially involves Business Cat coming across 869: Garfmeme^2 (which had been a motivational poster in the original The Adventures of Business Cat strip) and reacting to it with disappointment.
==The author writes:==
Original The Adventures of Business Cat: 2014-02-21.
Original Square Root of Minus Garfield: 2011-10-05.
Original strips: , .
==Transcript==
{Business Cat reads a comic strip on a wall}
Jon: {reading newspaper with a blender glued to his face} The world is constantly changing.
{Garfield looks shocked}
Garfield: Is it Saturday night already?
{Business Cat releases a tear of sorrow}
Category:Teemu Hautala
Category:Webcomic references
Category:Non-Garfield comics
2437: You're a Peach, Irma!

==Explanation==
This strip essentially makes the punchline literal by portraying Irma as an actual peach; as stated in the author's notes, the author did the necessary redrawing.
==The author writes:==
I know when I heard what Jon said on the last line, I knew I had to do this. I drew the peach.
Original strip: .
==Transcript==
{We see that Irma has a peach for an head}
Irma: How do you want your eggs this morning, boys, too salty or too greasy?
Jon: I'm tired of the safe choice. Could you burn them?
Irma: I'll try.
Jon: You're a peach, Irma!
{Garfield is terrified}
Category:Nicholas Crawford
2438: Garfield Minus Garfield Plus Donut

==Explanation==
==The author writes:==
[Insert 'this is my first submission I hope I'm doing this right and nobody thought of this before I'm so nervous!' here]
What a rude donut...?
Original strips: , .
==Transcript==
Jon: Hi, there... I'm Jon Arbuckle. I'm a cartoonist, and this is my donut.
Donut: Hi there. I'm a donut, and this is my owner, Jon.
Jon: Our only thought is to entertain you.
Donut: Eat me.
Category:schmirdn
2439: Garfield and a Half, or, Garfield Is Better Than You At Everything

==Explanation==
Hyperbole and a Half, the source of the first part of the title of this comic, is a blog/journal comic by Allie Brosh. The "alot" is a creature she imagined as a coping mechanism for dealing with people typing "alot" when "a lot" is correct. Thus, when someone says "alot", she intentionally interprets it as though they mean the creature. It was originally featured in the blog entry "The Alot Is Better Than You At Everything", the source of the second part of the strip title.
The author's comment comes from the blog entry "Dogs Don't Understand Basic Concepts Like Moving"; in part of it, her "Simple Dog", an endearing but mentally handicapped dog, throws up during the car portion of a move... and seems to interpret this as a heretofore undiscovered ability to generate infinite food.
In the original strip, Garfield had eaten Jon's chicken, so Jon threw a large clump of mashed potatoes at him, dumped peas on him, stuck sliced radishes where his eyes were, and jammed celery stalks into the top of the lump, where his ears were, leading to something not all that different from his appearance here, but different enough.
==The author writes:==
I made food! I'm magical!
Trivia note: I was originally going to send this in without having edited the actual contents of the panel other than removing the thought balloon and the floating peas that were probably supposed to be part of it... but then I decided I wanted to make it look even more like the alot than it already did. So there you go.
Original strip: .
==Transcript==
{A mound of mashed potatoes sits there with radish-slice eyes, celery horns, and peas in various spots. And an upward-pointing sharp tooth. And claws.}</br>
Caption: Garfield sure eats alot of Jon's food
Category:Nyperold
Category:Webcomic references
Category:Long titles
243: A Nightmare on Elm Street

==Explanation==
The Nightmare on Elm Street series centers around Freddy Krueger, an evil spirit who murders people in their dreams. He is able to manipulate dreams and take on other forms within them.
The strip edits the chair Garfield is sitting in with Freddy's color scheme, implying his dream has been invaded by Freddy. Jon has also been edited to resemble Freddy's human self.
==The author writes:==
This year, for the week leading up to, and including, Halloween, I decided to watch all 7 Nightmare On Elm Street movies. That said, I remembered this strip (Originally from ) and decided to give it the Freddy Krueger treatment. Why Freddy's opted to target cats is a question best answered with the MST3K Mantra (Yes, I read TV Tropes, too!).
==Transcript==
{Garfield in a red lounge chair.}</br>
{The chair comes to life and grabs Garfield with red and green striped arms!}</br>
{It starts eating Garfield!}</br>
SFX: Munch munch munch munch</br>
{Garfield wakes up. It was just a dream!}</br>
Garfield: Whew.</br>
Sound: BURP!</br>
{Garfield flies up through the ceiling in shock.}</br>
Jon: {appearing, dressed as Freddy Krueger} Excuse me.
Category:Redhead64
Category:Film references
2440: Square Root of Minus Ebert

==Explanation==
==The author writes:==
Every character that Jim Davis pens into the comic is usually penned with a purpose, like when Lyman's face mysteriously appears on the newspaper in the original strip referenced in #1534, a little over three decades after his disappearance. As it so happened, this particular comic had an interesting looking fellow in the back taking notes while watching the movie, leading me to wonder who this person was intended to reference. My first guess was Roger Ebert, being that he is considered the most readily recognizable movie reviewer (as Robert Christgau is to music) so I did a quick image search. Lo and behold, I found a match.
Original strip: .
==Transcript==
Garfield: {checks his popcorn box, finds that it is empty, prepares to leave}
Jon: Where are you going? The movie isn't over yet.
Garfield: Roger Ebert's here. I'll just read his review.
Category:MadDogBV
Category:Print references
Category:Television references
2441: Autsch!

==Explanation==
==The author writes:==
The German version of this strip uses the "Autsch!" sound, with the last panel (roughly) translated as shown. In the original English version, there's no reason for Jon to ask how many R's the word "Arrrrgh!" should have, since it obviously has to be six letters long. So, the German version seems to make more sense.
Original strip: .
==Transcript==
Jon: What's a six-letter-word for "pain," Garfield?
Jon: {as Garfield hits his hand} AUTSCH!!!
SFX: KROCK!
Jon: Is that with a "D" or a "T"?
Category:Densetsu Bros
2443: Brawl in the Family Minus King Dedede

==Explanation==
In short, the author did a simple "minus" strip, this time removing King Dedede from the first Brawl in the Family comic. Thus, Kirby goes from inhaling and turning into Dedede to just inhaling.
The author's comments may come off as somewhat ironic, though, as iToons, whose purpose is to remix comics other than Garfield, was already up and running by the time this strip ran.
==The author writes==
Riveting transcript, I know. Inspired by SRoMG #124, "Krazy Minus Kat". Surprised there's so few strips on this site that parody Garfield Minus Garfield by taking other comics and removing a major character.
Original Brawl in the Family: 2008-05-01.
==Transcript==
{Kirby is standing alone}
{Kirby inhales air}
{Kirby is standing alone again}
Category:Camwoodstock & Tori
Category:Garfield Minus Garfield
Category:Webcomic references
Category:Non-Garfield comics
Category:Joke removal
2444: Mike, Lu and ; or, "The Suite Life of Zack and Cody" Reference Gone Horribly Wrong

==Explanation==
The first half of the title and the strip in general are references to the Cartoon Network show Mike, Lu & Og. That show centers on a New Yorker, Mike (short for Michelanne), who, after applying as a foreign exchange student, is sent to a near-uncharted island inhabited by British shipwreck survivors gone feral; among these are the other two title characters -- the arrogant Lu, and the surprisingly intelligent Og. Of note is that the transcript seems to imply that Og is an extraterrestrial.
The second half of the title is a reference to the sitcom The Suite Life of Zack & Cody; specifically, in the episode "Risk It All," the title characters enter the the titular fictitious game show -- a sort of Double Dare-like show; the final challenge consists of using giant alphabet blocks to spell the word dog, but the timer runs out before the duo can complete the challenge, thus costing them the game. Only "O" and "G" are stacked on top of each other; as the host jokes, "Ice try!"
==The author writes==
Please please let there be somebody out there who remembers Mike, Lu and Og.
Original strip: .
==Transcript==
{There is a strange purple sign from another planet which reads "Beware of Og."}
Garfield: Just look at that...
Garfield: How sad is it when somebody can't even spell a simple word like
{As it turns out, the sign was spelled correctly - Garfield has just run into Og.}
Category:Dr. Manny
Category:Television references
Category:Cartoon references
2445: Garfield plus Time

==Explanation==
==The author writes:==
Sorry for the small purple bits. I tried removing them but that made it look too aliased.
Original Square Root of Minus Garfield: 2015-10-16.
Original xkcd: 2013-03-25.
[Ed: "Time" won the Hugo Award for Best Graphic Story at Loncon 3. I mainly bring this up so I can subtly mention that I was there.]
Original strip: .
==Transcript==
{Jon is sitting at the usual kitchen table, with his hand on his chin. In the background is an abridged depiction of xkcd's "Time" comic, with Cueball and Megan sitting at a beach}
Jon: I'm a lonely guy
{Cueball is building a large sand castle, which Megan is standing in}
Jon: Lonely, lonely, lonely, lonely, lonely...
{After a quick Jump Cut, we see the sand castle has grown humongous, with a cut-off platform to the right. Megan and Cueball have left the scene, and Jon is sitting in the exact same pose as the last 2 panels}
Jon: -lonely, lonely, lonely, lonely, lonely, lonely...
Category:Wibi
Category:Webcomic references
Category:Non-Garfield comics