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4843: From the Network That Couldn't Be Bothered to Spell "Beckett" Correctly In The Closing Minutes

==Explanation==
This strip transplants a gag from a Garfield strip into panels derived from a Quantum Leap episode; both the strip and episode involve mirrors. The author's notes themselves tend to explain the reasoning behind this strip's creation; indeed, the Square Root of Minus Garfield site search, which the author actually linked to within said author's notes, implies no Quantum Leap references prior to this strip.
In addition to the Innovation line mentioned in the author's notes, the author also threw a jab toward NBC, the network that aired Quantum Leap, in the strip's title, and also mentioned the incident in the original series's final episode "Mirror Image"--the episode depicted in this strip--where an end card misspelled the name of lead character Sam Beckett. It is likely that the author misblamed NBC for the end card flub, as all NBC really did at the time was air the show and determine whether or not it would have gotten a sixth season; although NBC did drop a cancellation order on Quantum Leap at the end of the fifth season thus necessitating the use of the end card, the end card flub itself was likely committed within one the production units of either Belisarius Productions (then as now not an NBC in-house unit) or Universal Television (was not co-owned with NBC at the time; the original series of Quantum Leap ended in 1993, Universal Televion didn't become co-owned with NBC until 2003).
==The author writes:==
This is mainly being done to ease my mind. For the longest time, I have been so sure that someone had already done a Quantum Leap reference comic for this site involving Garfield and a mirror, the one my mind keeps jumping towards being based on .
However, for the life of me, I can't work up the effort of combing through the archive to confirm this potentially Mandela Effect-induced memory, so I went this route instead upon seeing the strip where Garfield decides a mirror is out of order after seeing his fat reflection.
But hey, at the very least, I still put more effort into this Quantum Leap comic than Innovation did for its Quantum Leap line.
Original Quantum Leap episode: 1993-05-05 (US).
Original strip: .
==Transcript==
{Just as a warning, there is no dialogue in this strip, and I'm being extra descriptive. Buckle up}
{Sam Beckett is at a bar, enjoying a beer in the morning, proving he is currently in the past. The bartender is putting away some money in a cash register}
{Sam casually walks along the front of the bar's counter, happy}
{He pauses upon seeing his own reflection in the bar's mirror, and is taken aback}
{Sam grabs at his head in confusion}
{The bartender looks at Sam in concern}
{He then turns to the bar's mirror}
{As Sam still grabs at his head, the bartender has put an "Out of Order" sticky note on the glass}
{The transcript's author is now probably regretting doing an eight-panel comic with no dialogue}
{C'est la vie}
Category:Crazy56U
Category:Photo comics
Category:Television references
Category:Jabs
4844: Comic in a Blender Reblended

==Explanation==
==The author writes:==
A mashup of "Comic in a Blender" and "Blender Reblended". I'm very surprised nobody's thought of this yet!
Original Square Root of Minus Garfield strips: 2011-06-13 and 2011-07-02.
Original strip: .
==Transcript==
{Jon has a blender on his face; Garfield looks shocked}
{Jon walks off}
{Garfield looks stunned}
Category:Redgreen
4845: Charred Side of the Diet Book

==Explanation==
==The author writes:==
Instead of using these vector sprites for custom comics, I was unable to overcome the pareidolia.
Original strip: .
==Transcript==
Jon {looking at Garfield}: That's a nice fire
{Jon looks at the fire}
Garfield: Yup
Garfield: Diet books make great kindling
{Throughout the strip, Jon's eyes have been replaced with vector sprites of Jon's nose and mouth, resembling disturbingly small, round and black eyes with disturbingly protuberant and pointy eyelids}
Category:Nikumubeki
4846: Beautiful irises

==Explanation==
==The author writes:==
I replaced Garfield with Flower because she thinks she's beautiful. BTW, you should watch BFDI [YouTube animation series Battle for Dream Island]. It's awesome.
Original strip: .
==Transcript==
Jon: Liz's eyes are so beautiful...
Flower: More beautiful than mine?
Jon: You're strange
Flower {angrily}: Why do I even bother to keep myself up?
Category:BFDIFan
Category:Internet references
4848: Still doing nothing

==Explanation==
==The author writes:==
I actually made this in 2016, I finally decided to remake it today and submit it as a strip!
Original strip: .
==Transcript==
{Jon and Garfield are at the table, with an orange by them}
Jon: An orange is a healthy fruit
{Garfield looks off into space}
{Garfield looks off into space}
Category:Tygreenie
4849: TTN VS DDLC

==Explanation==
==The author writes:==
TTN (ととの, "Totono", or 君と彼女と彼女の恋, "Kimi to Kanojo to Kanojo no Aoi", lit. "The love between you and she and she") is another psychological horror galgame like Doki Doki Literature Club which came out earlier than it.
Original strip: .
==Transcript==
{Monika and Miyuki stand facing each other}
Monika: Hello. I'm a galgame character who killed the other characters to make the player love me!
Miyuki: What's your name?
Monika: Monika
Miyuki: Wait right here
{Miyuki walks over to Aoi in another room}
Miyuki: Call our lawyer
{Aoi looks alarmed}
Category:Reisen U. Inaba
Category:Video game references
4850: All Hail Orbulon

==Explanation==
==The author writes:==
I was looking through old strips, and was inspired by #1648 and #1649. This may be my most intensive edit yet, not helped by GIMP being more of a pain to navigate than Adobe Photoshop®. I thought about making Jon into Wario since they both have curly hair, but I figured this was good enough.
Despite having spent over 20 years planning to conquer the Earth, Orbulon doesn't actually have a flag planned out for his future empire, so I made one up. For some reason bright pink has been Orby's theme color for two games in a row, so I used it for the backdrop. My best guess is it's his favorite color since it's so mysterious, with it not being on the visible spectrum and all.
Original strips: , .
==Transcript==
Mouse: I declare this planet property of Orbulon!
{The mouse's flag is bright pink and emblazoned with Orbulon's icon from WarioWare: Get It Together!. The mouse walks away. Orbulon enters, smiling as usual}
Jon: Orbulon...
Orbulon: Welcome to my planet!
Category:PriffyViole
Category:Video game references
4851: That Yarn Cat!

==Explanation==
The original had Garfield play with a ball of spaghetti. This edit simply reverses it, turning the ball of spaghetti into yarn. Jon found it adorable and comments on how cute it is that cats like to play with balls of spaghetti. When Jon opens the fridge, he realizes the yarn is missing, suggesting that Jon might believe cats use spaghetti as a toy.
==The author writes:==
Just a simple reversal of a normal strip, maybe Jon believes that cats simply like using spaghetti as a toy?
Original strip: .
==Transcript==
{Garfield runs out of the kitchen holding a ball of yarn}
Jon: Isn't it cute the way cats like to play with balls of spagetti?
{Jon opens the fridge}
Jon: Where's the yarn?
Category:ThatMadMan68
Category:Film references
4852: Garfield Floor Magnet

==Explanation==
==The author writes:==
"Liz, help! My roof has a hole!"
Original strip: .
==Transcript==
{Jon and Garfield are sleeping}
Garfield: Z
{Suddenly, Garfield begins floating and rising up, much to his and Jon's surprise}
{Eventually, Garfield disappears from panel boundaries. Jon annoyingly looks at you. That's right. You know what is happening}
Category:limmey comic
4853: Now They Are

==Explanation==
The original strip had a plate of toroid doughnuts with pink icing. Figuring Garfield should know his pastries better than that, the author removed the holes, making it quite likely that they are, indeed, iced jelly-filled doughnuts.
The author's note is a reference to the animutation "Hyakugojyuuichi" ("One Hundred Fifty-One"), the first ending theme song of the first Japanese Pokémon anime series. This animutation mishears a part of the song as "TV says doughnuts are high in fat", giving the author a connection to the strip content; the misheard lines in the rest of the chorus are represented in the author's notes.
==The author writes:==
Kazoo found a hobo in my room. It's Princess Leia, the yodel of life; gimme my sweater back, or I'll play the guitar!
Original strip: .
==Transcript==
{Jon has a plate of iced jelly doughnuts, and is about to eat one when Garfield comes rushing in, all in a panic}
Garfield: Jon! Jon! The TV just said that giant mutant spiders are crushing the city!!
Garfield: And that a five thousand foot tidal wave is headed directly our way!! And... and...
{Garfield notices the pastries, and leans over them with clasped paws and a smile}
Garfield: Are those jelly doughnuts?
Category:Nyperold
4855: Jon Plus Jon Plus Jon

==Explanation==
Jon said that he was a tough guy and that scars make a guy look tough. Garfield noticed the scar and said that it was a paper cut. In this strip, Jon introduces himself multiple times in different ways saying "I'm Jon" and "My name is Jon" and "This one's designation is Jon Arbuckle". Garfield responds "I've known you for 43 years. 
==The author writes:==
Original strip: .
==Transcript==
Jon: I'm Jon
Jon: My name is Jon
Jon: This one's designation is Jon Arbuckle
Garfield: I've known you for 43 years
Category:Simon Winters
4857: AI Generated Garfield

==Explanation==
==The author writes:==
As a follow-up to Subbly Nugmare Garfield, here's another machine-generated SRoMG comic. The dialogue was generated using GPT-3. The data I supplied was a basic summary of Garfield, Jon, and Odie's personalities, and three transcripts of sample comics. I refreshed it a few times to get this result, then edited the dialogue into actual Garfield panels.
Original strips: , , .
==Transcript==
Jon: You are not funny.
Garfield: That wasn't a laugh, that was a snorta sound.
Jon: Showoff.
Jon: I'm gonna get you one day, ya big lug.
Category:Muk
4858: Garfield Plus Supreme

==Explanation==
==The author writes:==
Jon was mistaken; Garfield values food so much he's been trading Supreme bricks ($70 to $1,000 in 2016]) with the ice cream man.
Original strip: .
==Transcript==
{Jon looks at Garfield holding an ice cream}
Jon: Another one?!
Jon: The ice cream man is giving free samples again?!
Jon: I'm getting one!
{Garfield holds up a Supreme brick}
Garfield: You'll need this brick
Category:John Murtha
Category:Real world references
4859: Garfluoxetine

==Explanation==
==The author writes:==
Original strip: .
==Transcript==
Garfield: You see, ever since Nermal put those "happy pills" in my lasagna, I've been feeling nothing but happiness, all the time.
{Jon looks at Garfield, traumatized by his awfully big grin}
Garfield: Help me please
Category:FlyHey
485: Garfield Minus Fly

==Explanation==
In the original strip, the fly keeps bothering Garfield. Here, the fly has been removed from the strip.
==The author writes:==
Original strip: 
==Transcript==
{Garfield appears disgruntled, disturbed}
SFX: {Garfield swings fly swatter} Swish
SFX: {Garfield swings fly swatter repeatedly} Swish swish swish swish
SFX: {Garfield slides past Jon, who is eating cereal} screee
SFX: {Garfield backhands Jon with the fly swatter} Smack
SFX: {Garfield hits Jon on the back of the head with the fly swatter, Jon's head goes into the cereal bowl} Swack! Splot!
Jon: I'm going to... 
Garfield: {Brandishing fly swatter and grinning} Hold still!
Category:OSborn
Category:Garfield Minus Garfield
4860: Second-Guessing

==Explanation==
==The author writes:==
Inspired by #4631 and #3118. Now Garfield is either confused about whether Odie's reaction is an insult, or (as was my intent) he's too stupid to know when he's insulting someone.
I tried to thicken the outlines of the 2020 Garfield to better fit the old art style, but that didn't turn out so great.
Original strips: , .
==Transcript==
Garfield: Odie, is it true you're too stupid to know when you're being insulted?
{Odie shrugs}
Garfield: Was that a compliment or an insult?
Category:wye
4861: Ooh, I get the Shivers

==Explanation==
Queen Elizabeth II died the day before this strip was aired. This adds humor to the "there isn't any other news happening" remark.
==The author writes:==
Big Man the sizeable manta ray is a member of Splatsville idol group Deep Cut in Splatoon 3, released today. I wanted to make a topical strip and as far as I can tell there isn't any other news happening.
Original strip: .
==Transcript==
Jon {passive-aggressively}: I thought chasing mice was what cats did...
Jon {passive-aggressively}: But I guess I was mistaken!
{A mouse pats Jon condescendingly on the back}
SFX: PAT PAT
Mouse: And it takes Big Man to admit he's wrong!
Big Man: Ay! Ay!
Category:Manyhills
Category:Video game references
4862: Garfield plus Splatoon

==Explanation==
==The author writes:==
Do you like Splatoon? Here's Jon's house getting splattered.
Splatoon © Nintendo
Original strip: .
==Transcript==
{Jon reads the newspaper}
SFX: Thump!
SFX: Thump! Thump!
SFX: Thump! Thump! Thump!
SFX: Thump! Thump! Thump!
SFX: Splot
Jon: I've been inked!
{An Inkling appears}
Category:Captain Lhurgoyf
Category:Video game references
4863: Cookie Run-field

==Explanation==
==The author writes:==
Hi, I'm Narwhal Ball. For my first SRoMG strip I'm gonna be using the 2016-10-27 strip and replacing Garfield with Tiger Lily Cookie (from Cookie Run), because the date that this strip was made was the same day as Cookie Run: OvenBreak's release date.
Original strip: .
==Transcript==
Tiger Lily Cookie: ROWR!
Jon: YAAAH!
Jon: Don't sneak up behind me like that!
{Tiger Lily Cookie looks unimpressed}
Tiger Lily Cookie: ROWR!
Jon: YAAAH!
Category:Narwhal Ball
Category:Video game references
4864: Garfield Plus The Secret To Happiness

==Explanation==
==The author writes:==
Well, now you know. If in future anyone else tries to tell you what the secret to happiness is, you can rest assured in the knowledge that what it really is, is a cartoon dinner-plate sliding down the page in a way that breaks perspective and framing.
Original strip: .
==Transcript==
{Jon and Garfield are sitting at a table, eating dinner}
Jon: You know, Garfield, today wasn't a total loss...
Jon: And this dinner isn't terrible
{Garfield looks to the audience, wryly}
Garfield: The secret to happiness is lowering your dinner
{Jon's dinner has lowered itself part-way out of the panel, overlapping the border. I'm not really sure how to properly transcribe an attempt at a visual gag, if I'm honest. Sorry about that}
Category:Linguanaut
4865: Garfield's Punishment

==Explanation==
==The author writes:==
I know it's kinda obvious to jab on those cash grabs* at this point, but Jon's actually being lenient to Garf here. He could've forced him to watch Space Jam 2. At least ten times in a row.
*[Ed: Views expressed are author's own and do not necessarily represent those of Square Root of Minus Garfield.]
Original strip: .
==Transcript==
{Jim Davis' legendary rotund feline™ sits on a chair watching TV. He does NOT look like he's on cloud nine}
Garfield: I still think Jon's being a bit excessive.
Garfield: I mean, I did shred his curtains and all...
Garfield: ...but forcing me to watch Disney's Star Wars trilogy? Too far, man.
Category:Trevor
Category:Film references
4866: Sock Puppets

==Explanation==
==The author writes:==
i decided to try making a sromg strip. it's not very good, but it's the best i can do.
Original strip: .
==Transcript==
Jon {speaking in an abnormal font}: do you ﬁ nd my life interesting, garﬁ eld?
Garfield {in normal font}: Absolutely!
Garfield {now using the abnormal font}: but not as interesting as these sock puppets
Category:Sparky
4868: picture

==Explanation==
==The author writes:==
Original strip: .
==Transcript==
{Garfield is holding a marker pen in front of a photo frame, which contains a picture of Bugs Bunny in black tie}
Jon: Garfield!
Jon: Fix it!
Garfield: Oh, all right
{Jon has been replaced with Bugs Bunny in black tie}
Category:FakeMoth
Category:Cartoon references
Category:Film references
4869: Clip-art

==Explanation==
==The author writes:==
This comic references the web series RWBY, by Rooster Teeth. Jacques Schnee, the character in question, is a wealthy, amoral businessman, abusive parent, and neglectful spouse.
Apparently there is/was a meme about this character, in his CG model, wearing a clip-on tie. I thought of this some time ago, and finally made it.
Original strip: .
==Transcript==
{Garfield is sitting on a dresser}
Garfield: Some tasteless people wear clip-on ties
{Garfield observes Jacques Schnee walking past in a tacky outfit}
Garfield: Jacques wears clip-on suits
Category:hatless_nuance
Category:Webcomic references
4870: Heavy Meta, Or Choose Your Own Punchline

==Explanation==
The DOW has since reached the 36,000 milestone, doing so during intraday trading on November 1, 2021. It is unknown whether that milestone was reached before or after this strip was submitted due to the nature of the Square Root of Minus Garfield strip queue.
==The author writes:==
I wanted to go one more layer of meta-commentary deeper, but thought better (or worser, depending on how you look at it) of it, so here we are.
For the uninitiated, DOW 36,000 is a real book, written in 1999, predicting the DOW would hit 36,000 by 2004. For the record, the DOW dropped from a high of 11,000 shortly after the book was published to a low of around 7,200 in October 2002. It took until 2017 for the DOW to hit 23,000 (halfway between where the market was when they published the book, and where they predicted it would go). And Rudy Giuliani... let's just say he's probably earned this Take That in the years since the book was written, and leave it at that.
Original strip: .
==Transcript==
Garfield: I enjoy reading absolute trash
Garfield: {picking up a book} For example:
Garfield: [SEE BELOW]
{Below is printed the following:}
I'll be honest with you, you could pick one of three different kinds of books to put here, and the joke would work perfectly fine.
-First, books that have aged very poorly for one reason or another. For example, LEADERSHIP, by Rudy Giuliani, or DOW 36,000.
-Second, the usual "Twilight" or "Fifty Shades of Gray" Take That. (I find it boring, but an easy laugh is an easy laugh.)
-Third, we can go for something whose title is the joke; for example, "Why Haskell is the Best Programming Language", or
"Great Memes of 2017, Volume 7: Pickle Rick to The Ting Goes Skrra", or "Garfield Listens to His Gut: His 62nd Book".
Since I couldn't actually choose between them, I'll leave the choice up to you, the reader.
- Lubaf, July 27th, 2019
Category:Lubaf
Category:Literature references
4871: Cartoonist Needs Hug Badly

==Explanation==
==The author writes:==
I originally made this edit to #4452, but decided it was stronger when applied to the original strip. Your opinion may vary, however.
Original strip: .
==Transcript==
{Jon walks in and begins talking to an uninterested Garfield}
Jon: That was odd
Jon: I was just hugged by a stranger
{Jon looks overjoyed. Garfield remains uninterested}
Category:Conor
4872: D'OH!

==Explanation==
==The author writes:==
Original strip: .
==Transcript==
{Garfeld walks}
{Upon seeing Pooky, Garfield turns around and slaps himself in the forehead}
SFX: SLAP!
Garfield: DOH!
{Homer Simpson slaps himself in the forehead}
Homer Simpson: D'OH!
Category:MarioGarfield
Category:Cartoon references
Category:Television references
4873: Evil Jon

==Explanation==
==The author writes:==
I'm amazed that nobody's done this yet. Removing Garfield's thoughts - and, as a result, making Jon look even MORE diabolical in addition to adding an element of "what does he mean by 'go get us a snack'? Why is he acting all evil and stuff? What is he planning?!" - is such an obvious edit for this site to do.
Original strip: .
==Transcript==
Jon {pointing at Garfield and making an evil expression}: You wait here while I go get us a snack
{Jon walks away, laughing wickedly}
Jon: BWA-HA-HA-HAHH!
{Garfield gives a nervous look to the reader}
Category:MichaelSar
4874: gar

==Explanation==
==The author writes:==
The author's notes section of this strip is completely blank.
==Transcript==
Jon: hgarfield why did you eat all of the
Garfield: it appears the time has come again to commune with jon telepathically
Garfield: jon i require food to survive and you refuse to feed me willingly
Jon: GARRRRRRRRRFIEELD-
Jon: DDDDDDDDD HOW COULD YOU EVEN DO THIS AAAAAA I AM SO ANGRY AT YOU I AM LITERALLY FIGURING OUT HOW TO SUSTAIN A PLOSIVE LIKE D FOR THE SAKE OF APPEARING ANGRY AT YOU
Jon: why is the table var(y)ing in height so often
Garfield: lasaga
Category:heav
Category:No original strip
4875: Great Kindling

==Explanation==
==The author writes:==
This is the first idea that popped into my head when I read today's strip. The more obvious (and lazy) edit came to me a few minutes later, but I'll leave that one to someone else...
Original strips: , , .
==Transcript==
{Garfield and Jon are relaxing on the couch, in front of the lit fireplace}
Jon: That's a nice fire
Garfield: Yup
{Jon's socks have caught on fire}
Garfield: Diet books make great kindl-
Jon: YAAAH!
Category:Flowermanvista
4877: Garfield Plus Mr. Krabs the Weatherman

==Explanation==
This strip has Jon and Garfield watch the weather forecast and Mr. Krabs from SpongeBob SquarePants takes on the role of a weather announcer, predicting continuous snow today, tomorrow, and the next day. This goes on for the next four panels.
==The author writes:==
Goodbye everyone, I'll remember you all in therapy!
Original strip: .
==Transcript==
TV announcer: ...And now, over to our weather desk
Weather announcer: Today's forecast calls for snow...
Weather announcer: And tomorrow more snow
Weather announcer: And the next day, and the next day,
Weather announcer: and the next day, and the next day,
Weather announcer: and the next day, and the next day,
Weather announcer: and the next day, and the next day,
Category:EBR
4878: Fried Lag

==Explanation==
==The author writes:==
You've seen anagrams of entire Garfield strips (#62, #4360), but what if every line in the strip was an anagram of "Garfield"? Coming up with phrases is easy. Arranging them into any kind of coherent conversation? Not so much.
I for one am glad Garfield is unable to articulate exactly why he fed entire trees to a girl, and that we will never know what that grey cat did in Latvia.
Original strip: .
==Transcript==
Garfield: Glide far?
Grey cat: Fled Riga, rage fil'd
Garfield: Fire? Glad
Garfield: Fed a girl
Grey cat: Alder? Fig?
Garfield: Fir glade
Garfield: Life drag
Category:A Way With Word
4879: The Garfield Zone

==Explanation==
==The author writes:==
That's one explanation for the infamous Halloween storyline from 1989-10-23 to 1989-10-28...
Original strips: , , , , , .
==Transcript==
Narrator: There is a fifth dimension, beyond that which is known to man.
Narrator: It is a dimension as vast as space... and as timeless as infinity. A dimension of sight, a dimension of mind.
Narrator: It is the middle ground between light and shadow, between science and superstition...
Narrator: And it lies between the pit of man's fears... and the summit of his knowledge.
Narrator: This is the dimension of imagination.
Garfield: Jon? Odie?
Narrator: It is an area which we call...
Narrator: The Twilight Zone.
Garfield: This doesn't feel like my home...
Category:U. N. Owen
Category:Television references