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126: Garfield Plus i times Odie

==Explanation==
In the original strip, the "invisible opponent" was a fully-visible Odie. Here, he's imaginary... sort of? You can kind of see where he was excised from in the third and fifth panels, and you can see his effects. More accurately, he could possibly be classified as "invisible".
==The author writes:==
Original strip: .
==Transcript==
{Garfield apparently engaged in a wrestling match with an invisible opponent}</br>
SFX: poke!</br>
SFX: grrrrrr</br>
SFX: choke! gasp!</br>
SFX: kick!</br>
SFX: kong!</br>
{Jon looks to see what is happening and Garfield grins innocently at him}
Category:Dliessmgg
Category:Garfield Minus Garfield
1275: Square Root of Minus The Arbuckle Family in Reruns

==Explanation==
The author's note below explains everything perfectly fine, but one thing that should be appended is that the edit satirizes the plot holes introduced by the syndication cuts - here, the Garfields bring up ham out of nowhere, as the transition panel has been omitted.
==The author writes:==
For those too young to understand the joke: When a "first run" television show (that is, still having new episodes produced in prime time network television) was released for reruns to syndication (that is, it would be shown sometimes besides prime time on television stations that lacked anything better to put on then reruns), it would frequently have two modifications done to it: First, if it was still being produced, the syndicated version would frequently be retitled (for example, Gunsmoke became Marshal Dillon), and secondly, it would be edited for time (sometimes creating plot holes), since syndicated programming has more advertisements per hour.
Original Square Root of Minus Garfield: #2.
Original Garfield: .
==Transcript==
Jon: Garfield, all I think about is Liz...</br>
Garfields: We can't get our minds off that ham in the fridge.
Category:Lubaf
Category:Television references
127: A Week in a Day

==Explanation==
This edit takes a week of strips, condenses each strip into a single panel, and turns the whole thing into essentially a Sunday strip. Some dialogue has been moved into the single panel; some others have been moved into captions below most of the panels. The biggest change is Jon's "Isn't nature great?" to "Nature is great". All dialogue found in this edit has been retyped, probably for consistency.
==The author writes:==
More than applaud brevity (although modest brevity often pays off) or ridicule long comics, the lesson here is, that when you have a joke you want to make into a strip, choosing a format is only a matter of refinement. Most gags can be told in a single panel; most gags can be stretched into a nine panel monster.
Original strips from: , , , , , , .
==Transcript==
Caption: A Week in a Day: Single Panel Garfield Strip Collection
1: Liz: {seeing Jon covered in cat hair} Shedding season already?
2: Jon: {arms wide, mouth wide open} Ah, nature!
2: SFX: ZZZZZ {A bee is flying straight into Jon's mouth}
2: Caption: Nature has a sense of humour
3: {Garfield looking at a hot and bright sun}
3: Caption: Today could use a dimmer switch
4: Off-panel voice: Hey! Bring that back! {Garfield is running off with a picnic basket}
4: Caption: A beautiful day for a picnic - unless you're those people
5: Rock: Hey cat, What'cha doin'?
5: Garfield: Nothing much. What are you doing?
5: Rock: Waiting for the next glacier.
5: Caption: Oh, to be a rock
6: Garfield: {offering a bag to Jon while munching on a burger} Squirrel burger?
6: Caption: One with nature
7: SFX: BONK! {A walnut falls out fo a tree and bounces off Garfield's head}
7: Caption: Nature s great—if you like concussions
Category:qvaak
1283: Mr. Arbuckle's Cat

==Explanation==
In the original strip, Jon left for a date and discovered that his bow tie collection was used as kindling for the fire. In this edit, he leaves to go out on a night in Chicago's downtown, only to discover that Garfield somehow managed to burn the entire city in the fireplace. This is, of course, referencing the Great Chicago Fire of 1871 (which more or less destroyed the entire town).
The description facetiously claims that the strip ran in the Chicago Tribune exactly one month after the fire (hence the faded look), and that it is "proof" that Garfield somehow caused it. Both the title and description allude to "Mrs. O'Leary's cow" -- the traditional explanation for the fire's beginning is that said bovine had kicked over a lantern in O'Leary's barn. In 1893, the reporter that originated this admitted that he made it up "as colorful copy", long after the real Mrs. O'Leary's life had been ruined as a result of the story.
==The author writes:==
I have uncovered proof that it was Garfield the Cat, not Mrs. O'Leary's cow, that set the Great Chicago Fire of 1871. Here it is. A strip from the Chicago Tribune, November 8, 1871.
Original SRoMG strips: #51, #1223.
Original Garfield strip: .
==Transcript==
{The strip is yellowed and faded with time.}</br>
{Jon and Garfield relax before a roaring fire in the fireplace.}</br>
Jon: Garfield, you make a lovely fire.</br>
Garfield: I do make a lovely fire.</br>
{Jon gets up, petting Garfield.}</br>
Jon: I must make ready for my night on the town. You enjoy your lovely fire.</br>
Garfield: I'll enjoy my lovely fire.</br>
{Jon goes out-of-frame. He shouts back to Garfield:}</br>
Jon: Hey! What happened to Chicago ?!?!</br>
Garfield: It made a lovely fire.
Category:The Madb
Category:Real world references
1287: Omeglefield

==Explanation==
==The author writes:==
Garfield remixing is not medical science; why limit collaboration to willing volunteers? I rewrote the dialogue for this comic over Omegle, a chat service which matches you with an anonymous other user for a one-to-one conversation. I played the part of Myron and Stranger played the part of Garfield.
This is the log, for anyone who may wish to study my research methods further.
Original strip: .
==Transcript==
Spider: Hi! I'm new around here. My name's Myron
Spider: Put 'er there!
Garfield: female 18 usa
==Trivia==
Due to Omegle permanently shutting down in November 2023, the link to the Omegle log as well as to Omegle's homepage are now hopelessly broken.
Category:Manyhills
Category:Real world references
128: Garfield Minus (Garfield Minus Garfield)

==Explanation==
Removing everything from a strip of Garfield except Garfield himself, then removing everything from the original strip that was not removed, leaves just the cat himself. Expressed mathematically, Strip - (Strip - Garfield) = Strip - Strip + Garfield = Garfield.
This particular strip was chosen to exploit Garfield's apparent recognition of everything else having disappeared.
==The author writes:==
I'm actually surprised this idea hasn't been used yet (unless it has and it's still in the buffer).
Original strip: 
==Transcript==
{A field of white, with only Garfield in it}
Garfield: Jon? Odie?
Garfield: Anybody home?
Garfield: I'm alone.
Category:Andrew McGrae
Category:Garfield Minus Garfield
129: Frank Miller's Garfield

==Explanation==
The author has simply changed most of the strip to greyscale, to imitate film noir and Frank Miller's work in The Dark Knight Returns and Sin City. Rick's Cafe Americain and "Here's lookin' at you", retained from the original strip, are both from Casablanca.
==The author writes:==
Frank Miller is a comic book writer and artist, known for making comics "darker and edgier" with The Dark Knight Returns and his Sin City series. Although he was initially acclaimed for both, his repeated use of the latter's tropes (over-the-top violence, loose women, and choppy sentences) have turned him into something of a joke amongst comic book lovers.
If Frank Miller made a Garfield strip, it would look a lot like this. Except with much clippier writing.
Original strip: 
==Transcript==
{A scene in subdued black and white with red and yellow highlights.}
Garfield: A dimly lit street corner at midnight. This puts me in the mood for some snappy patter.
Garfield: Hey, good-lookin', what's happenin'?
Lady cat: Who are you?
Garfield: Names aren't important. Some call me a soldier of fortune, some call me a Renaissance man. You can call me "Major".
Lady cat: I love men in uniform.
Garfield: What say we go to Rick's Café Americain for a soda pop?
Lady cat: I'm with you, big boy.
Garfield: Here's lookin' at you, sweetheart.
SFX: SMACK!
Garfield: Rats. I think I chucked her chin a little hard.
Category:Colin Foster
Category:Comic book references
12: The Garfield & Poochie Show

==Explanation==
The most obvious change here is that Odie has been replaced with Poochie, a short-lived character on The Simpsons' show-within-a-show Itchy & Scratchy. In the episode "The Itchy & Scratchy & Poochie Show", he is added to the cast as part of an attempt to make the series relevant again, but is ill-received and killed off in his second appearance.
Getting back to the comic, it also adds a sound effect in the second panel to illustrate Garfield eating Poochie's food. This was not in the original, and (as the author's note points out) makes the strip a little too confusing.
==The author writes:==
The is kind of weird. Odie is clearly reacting to something in the second panel, but without a sound effect it's not at all clear what it is. This strip just seems to work better with a sound effect. And Poochie, of course.
==Transcript==
{Poochie stands next to a bowl of food, labelled "Poochie"} 
{Poochie walks away casually} 
SFX: Munch Munch 
{Poochie races back to his bowl, now empty} 
Garfield: {mouth full} Tooooooooo late.
Category:David Morgan-Mar
Category:Cartoon references
Category:Television references
Category:Improving humor
1300: Falling Garfield Fixed

==Explanation==
Contrary to what the author's notes imply, it is not known whether the original Garfield strip was even subject to a coloring error; while the colors in the third panel do indeed switch places compared to the first two, such differing color treatments were par for the course for that particular era, with all known digital archives of the original strip showing similar colors to each other. The shadow in the third panel could potentially be explained simply by Garfield standing up between panels two and three--he would not be casting the same shadows from an overhead viewpoint lying down as he would standing up. The author's "correction" simply involves making the floor and wall consistent between all three panels.
==The author writes:==
I've re-read the original 1994-01-03 strip a few times, trying to comprehend what in the world was going on, until I understood: the colourist screwed up! Both parts of the background (whatever these ambiguous rectangles are supposed to be - table and floor? floor and wall?) abruptly switch colours in the last panel, thus making it look (depending on what you think the background is) like Garfield either is suddenly standing on a wall in sheer defiance of gravity, or has suddenly teleported to the floor.
Here it is, then: the fixed version. However, it should be noted that Garfield suddenly casting a shadow in panel three, when there was none in panels one and two, looks rather messy. It would have been better if the viewpoint changed to show Garfield from the side, lying on the mysterious surface... except the colourist would probably screw up that, too.
Original strip: .
==Transcript==
Garfield: Help! I'm falling!
Garfield: Just kidding.
Garfield: It's an overhead shot.
Category:Jacek "Korodzik" Dobrzyniecki
1302: Garfield Plus Quality Control

==Explanation==
The original strip had Garfield remarking about "the ham in the the fridge". This one merely fixes it.
==The author writes:==
Original strip: .
==Transcript==
Jon: Garfield, all I think about is Liz...</br>
Jon: I can't think about anything else.</br> 
Garfield: I know what you mean...</br> 
Garfield: I can't get my mind off that ham in the fridge.
Category:Corrections
Category:Manyhills
1303: One-Piecers

== Explanation ==
The original strip's punchline was that Jon was struggling to solve a two-piece jigsaw puzzle. This strip escalates the joke by making the two pieces into one large square piece.
== The author writes ==
Behold, I have just made Jon even dumber.
Original strip: .
== Transcript ==
Jon: I don't want to be disturbed! 
Garfield: Jon's working on a jigsaw puzzle. 
Garfield: Those one-piecers can be vicious. {Jon is staring at a single piece of rectangular cardboard} 
== Later references ==
*This submission was later edited into #2567.
Category:pookypal
Category:Improving humor
130: Square Roots of Garfield

==Explanation==
==The author writes:==
Because strips have two square roots, not one. Besides, the other elementary mathematical functions were already done, and I didn't want to be left trying to do something funny with elliptical integrals.
Original strip: .
==Transcript==
{Whole strip is repeated in negative: with negative colours, and reflected as if into the negative axis of a number line.}
Garfield: I have this nagging feeling I'm forgetting something.
SFX: WHUMP! {Odie falls on Garfield}
Garfield: Oh yes, I forgot I kicked Odie into next week, last week.
Category:Tom Willis
Category:Math-based comics
1311: Don't make me kill you

==Explanation==
In the original strip, Garfield's last line was "...we live in a generation without absolutes." In this edit, the line is substituted with "...only a Sith deals in absolutes", which is a quote from Revenge of the Sith. In the film, Obi-Wan says this to Anakin right before their climactic showdown, in response to the latter's statement that one is either with him or against him. (Ironically, "only a Sith" is something of an absolute statement itself.) The title is another Obi-Wan quote from the same scene.
==The author writes:==
Original strip: .
==Transcript==
Garfield: I am absolutely not getting out of bed today. 
Jon: Hey, Garfield, there's a spider on your blanket. 
Garfield: I keep forgetting only a Sith deals in absolutes.
Category:Film references
Category:Manyhills
1312: Dumbfield Instead of Darkfield

== Explanation ==
The Author's Note does most of the explanation here: The original strip had Jon attempting to cut down a Christmas Tree, and cutting down a Telephone Pole instead; here, the reversed punchline is that Jon went out, intending to cut down a Telephone Pole (presumably, as a stupid prank) and instead cut down somebody else's Christmas Tree.
== Transcript ==
{Garfield and Jon are standing outside in the snow. Jon is holding a chainsaw.}
Jon: I thought it would be fun.
Jon: Outdoors... Cutting down our own telephone pole...
Garfield: That was a Christmas Tree.
Jon: We should leave now....
==The author writes:==
This particular strip, when remixed, could go really d a r k really easily. So instead I did a really stupid reversed punchline instead.
Discussion Question: Is something this stupid better or worse than a median quality Pudding Pops remix?
Original strip: .
== Notes ==
Lubaf was not the only one to take inspiration from this particular original strip; see 1313 for a strip using the same original.
Category:Lubaf
Category:Joke reversal
1313: Dumbfield and Darkfield

== Explanation ==
The Author's Note explains this strip quite well: Jon appears to have confused a woman in a green dress for a Christmas tree, and attempted to cut her as if she was one, presumably resulting in her death.
== Transcript ==
{Jon is standing in shock with a bloody chainsaw}
Jon: I thought this would be fun.
Jon: Outdoors... cutting down our own Christmas tree....
Garfield: That was a mother of five.
{Jon turns around}
Jon: We should leave now.
== The author writes: ==
This was the first thing that came to mind when I saw this particular Garfield strip. A woman in a green dress is as close to a Christmas tree as a telephone pole is anyway.
Original strip: .
Admin note: This was received just a couple of hours after yesterday's strip. Clearly, where one contributor dare not tread, another dares all too easily.
== Note ==
As a further note, "Dumbfield and Darkfield" is not the original intended name of this strip; David Morgan-Mar renamed this SRoMG strip, to go with the previous day's "Dumbfield instead of Darkfield".
Category:conceptualWellspring
Category:Dark strips
131: Garfield: Lost in Translation Minus Garfield

==Explanation==
Garfield: Lost in Translation is a blog where Garfield strips are translated into Japanese, then back to English, with the resulting dialogue being significantly stranger.
The strip takes one of these translated strips and applies the Garfield Minus Garfield approach to it, removing all appearances of Garfield.
==The author writes:==
As Jon begins to lose his ability to speak coherently, the tragedy of his existence increases.
Auto-translation from the Japanese and back - http://garfieldlostintranslation.blogspot.com/2009/06/garfield-lost-in-translation-6309.html
Original strip: 
==Transcript==
Jon: Everything where I buy it is and the chi goes.
Jon: It is strange but. Still shortcake there that.
SFX: Criticism.
Category:tudza
Category:Foreign language
1322: The Last SRoMG Strip

==Explanation==
In the original, Jon assumed the ice cream man was giving out free samples again. (Based on what follows, whether or not the original was intended to be free is doubtful.) When Jon decided to go get one for himself, Garfield offered him the brick he used to get the one he has.
In this edit, Garfield apparently has a frozen pudding pop, which had not only stopped being made, but had recently started being made again. Despite the existence of Square Root of Minus Garfield not being tied to the absence of frozen pudding pops, Garfield figures this will get the strip cancelled. (To those wondering, as of the writing of this article, Garfield and Square Root of Minus Garfield are both still going.
==The author writes:==
Upon seeing this strip, it hit me that Garfield's popsicle looked a lot like a frozen pudding pop. So with a little tweaking with the artwork as well as a rewrite to the text, I formed this strip. Oh, and I just had to break the fourth wall here. SRoMG will be cancelled now that they make frozen pudding pops again.
Original strips: , .
==Transcript==
Jon: What's that?
{Garfield's holding an ice cream}
Jon: It looks a lot like a frozen pudding pop!
{Garfield licks the pudding pop}
Jon: Hey, they're making them again!
Garfield: {still licking the ice cream} We'll be cancelled for sure, now.
Category:Cody
1323: The Mailman's Dog

==Explanation==
This strip is a remix of a number of original strips where Garfield takes on mailmen, to where a mailman sics a dog onto Garfield. It is unknown whether it is supposed to be the same mailman in the 1984 and 1992 strips in use; if it is indeed supposed to be the same mailman, said mailman is presumed to be the established mailman character Herman Post, and one can see an evolution in the strip's character design over the eight-year span (if it is indeed supposed to be two different mailmen, the 1984 mailman is the one that is presumed to be Mr. Post; the different mailmen presumption is indeed possible, as the Herman Post character is presumed to have debuted roughly two months before the 1984 original strip used in this remix, with Garfield presumably having faced at least one different mailman before that point, and confirmed to have interacted with at least one different mailman after Herman Post's introduction with Stan appearing on 2024-02-11). As the strip is presented, 1992!Mailman is the one bragging about and siccing the dog, Garfield launches his attack against 1984!Mailman, the dog is first depicted as a 1984 design but then changes to a 1989 design (note the zipper; the mailman in the 1989 original strip actually wore this "dog" as a costume), and Garfield taking refuge is circa 1992.
The author's note also makes note of an effective comic predator character from another strip.
==The author writes:==
A one-sided assault can get boring quickly if the comedic victim doesn't allow themselves to defend against these constant attacks. And the mailman counters as best as he can.
Of all the comic predators, I think the Anteater (Eatanter) from B.C. is the most successful. He has as much chance of devouring his prey as he does of not eating the ants due to his tongue getting tangled or something. And he routinely displays dislike for only eating ants.
Original strips: , , , .
==Transcript==
Mailman: Watch it, cat! I have Fido with me today!
Garfield: {making martial arts moves} Well, bring on this Fido.
Mailman: {whistles} Here, Fido!
Garfield: REARRR!
Garfield: {wrestling with the dog} It's the old "bring in the reinforcements" trick.
{Garfield hides from a man in a big dog suit}
Garfield: {running into the house, all scratched and scraped up} The mailman and his big dog are here!
Category:DanielBT
1327: Love, Pastries, Action, and Pudding

==Explanation==
Another strip pointing out blatant joke recycling: two strips involving Garfield declaring a need for some broad human emotion, then correcting himself to mention a food item instead have had their text swapped. The fact that both still make sense just goes to show how obvious this is.
==The author writes:==
Both these strips, a year apart, have the same basic joke, so I swapped them around.
Original strips: , .
==Transcript==
Garfield: Love is what I'm all about!</br>
Garfield: Did I say "love"?</br>
Garfield: I meant to say "pastry"</br>
Garfield: I crave action!</br>
Garfield: Wait, that's not right {facepalms}</br>
Garfield: I crave pudding!
Category:Spot the Difference
Category:tardis2334
132: Jon Loses His Lunch

==Explanation==
In the original strip, Jon tried to gain Ellen's sympathy by telling her he'd be dead in a week, but (predictably) failed. Here, it's turned into a reference to the Garfield parody Barfield Loses His Lunch, which predates SRoMG by a few months. Originally displaying simple toilet humor, it became an increasingly, unabashedly NSFW comic. The Barfield strip referenced here is one of the tamer examples.
==The author writes:==
Original Garfield strip: . 
Original Barfield strip: Strip 54.
==Transcript==
Jon: {into phone} Ellen, I have something to tell you.
Jon: I only have a week to live.
Ellen: {over phone} Bummer, dude.
Category:NES Boy
Category:Webcomic references
1330: Choose Your Own Garfield 2

:This article's title is incorrect due to technical limitations. The correct title is 1330: Choose Your Own Garfield #2.
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==Explanation==
==The author writes:==
If today's science fiction society read-through of Choose Your Own Adventure #45: You Are A Shark taught me anything, it's that the previous Choose Your Own Garfield comic omitted a vital part of the experience: arbitrary and horrific deaths.
Original strips: , , with dialogue from Be an Interplanetary Spy #1: Find the Kirillian.
==Transcript==
Caption: 1.
Garfield: Time to take a break, Odie.
Caption: To take a break, turn to 2. To not take a break, turn to 3.
Caption: 2.
{Garfield and Odie take a break}
Garfield: Our breaks are so long, our breaks need breaks.
Caption: THE END
Caption: 3.
SFX: BOOM!
Caption: You made the wrong choice! Everything blows up.
Caption: THE END
Category:Manyhills
Category:Print references