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4404: The Pudding Pops Protest

==Explanation==
This strip and its corresponding author's notes are basically a giant jab at the "constantly changing"/"pudding pops" running gag initially started by 268: Garfield Linus Garfield. The author points out the disproportionate ratio of strips part of that singular running gag (figures calculated as of when the author's notes were written, written around the time 3440: Donut Infighting--itself part of another Square Root of Minus Garfield running gag--first ran) and compares the running gag to the sizable number of memes floating about on the rest of the Internet.
The author explicitly asks contributors to stop contributing to the "constantly changing"/"pudding pops" running gag, implies the special slow-rate queue designed for that running gag does not work, and even begged Manyhills to start outright rejecting such strips instead of maintaining a slow-trickle queue of them.
The author makes further jabs against the "constantly changing"/"pudding pops" running gag in an "original strip credit" designed to parody the way original strip credits have been rendered for many strips that first ran prior to the implementation of the original Garfield strip date search function on the Square Root of Minus Garfield site after said function was implemented, wrapping up said rant with a paraphrase of one of the lines from the original Garfield strip. 
==The author writes:==
I hate frozen pudding pops. I hate them with a burning passion. When I go back through the early archives, I can't go five strips without stumbling on this meme. Why has it grown so big?! At the time I write this, there are 3440 SRoMG strips, around 150 of which are this meme. That's 4.3%, too much. It's pretty much impossible that much of the entire Internet is a singular meme, maybe even every meme put together.
Contributors, it's time to end this rampage of strips. SRoMG is a beautiful website, and this meme has done nothing but corrupt its splendor. The extra-slow queue has done nothing. There are still many, many strips in it. Manyhills, you're delaying the inevitable. After this strip goes in, I urge you to not even put the pudding pops strips in a separate buffer. Unless they're very good, I urge you to warn the contributor and then straight up delete them. This madness must end.
[[Original strip: You KNOW it already! You've seen it more than 100 times before! All those other memes (of which there are many: Jon's Donut, Beware of Dog, Blender, Snail, etc.) have got nothing on this. I have been reading SRoMG since it only had 2 strips, and when the meme was at a nice level, I actually enjoyed it. Now it has cascaded into an overflow of bad humor. It's done nothing good for the site. Nothing. Whenever one escapes from the buffer, I want to scream. As with everything, memes are good in moderation. This greatly, greatly exceeds moderation. My eyes were burning by the time I finished this strip. I hope you're happy.
No.
The world is not constantly changing.
And it's time it did. ]]
Original strip: .
==Transcript==
{100 monstrosities}
Category:Memes-In-Your-Dreams
Category:Jabs
4405: The jokes are constantly fusing

==Explanation==
==The author writes:==
I wouldn't be surprised if this combo has been done and is in the backlog, but I feel like this is a combination that needed to happen, with the amount of "Never understand women" strips that have happened semi-recently.
Original strips: , , .
==Transcript==
{Liz, with a blender glued to her face, walks up to Jon}
Liz: Jon?
Jon: Yes?
{Garfield is replaced by Linus from Peanuts}
Liz: The world is constantly changing
{Liz leaves, Garfield has replaced Linus}
Jon: I will NEVER understand women
Garfield: Is it Saturday night already?
Category:MoJa
4406: Liz, with linguistics

==Explanation==
==The author writes:==
You see, because 'radish' is derived from 'radix', which is Latin for 'root', and... wait, please don't go!
Bonus strip: Liz with linguistics, but Liz is meaner (AKA I thought of two punch lines)
Transcript: Jon: Liz, what's a radish?
Liz {clearly unimpressed}: Radish
Liz {making a goofy face}: A root, vegetable!
Garfield: Fantastic
Original strip: .
==Transcript==
Jon: Liz, what's a radish?
Liz {clearly unimpressed}: Radish
Liz {making a goofy face}: The root of all vegetable!
Garfield: Fantastic
Category:Linguanaut
4408: Garflirious

==Explanation==
==The author writes:==
I noticed that this strip used the words "teddy bear" and went from there.
Only problem is that's really the only similarity between Garfield and Delirious. Whereas Garfield is lazy, selfish and egotistical, Delirious is energetic (note the numerous exclamation points I added), benevolent, and somewhat camera-shy. There's also the fact that Delirious is blue and Garfield is orange.
In all honestly, Vanoss is a far better fit for the cat, while Mr. Arbuckle better fits Del's often nonsensical antics. Which makes me wonder who Odie would be.
Original strip: .
==Transcript==
{Garfield is blue and wearing clown makeup}
Garflirious: So what if I'm lost! Big deal! I can handle it!
Garflirious: Cats are ADVENTUROUS! Cats are INDEPENDENT! Cats are strong...
Garflirious: I WANT MY TEDDY BEAR!
Category:PriffyViole
4409: The first strip for a really rude Garfield book

==Explanation==
==The author writes:==
This is actually my first strip for my second book, Garfield Eats & Sleeps. It is a rip-off.
Original strip: .
==Transcript==
{Garfield and Jon are sitting next to a drawing board in the Arbuckle residence}
Jon: Hi there... I'm Jon Arbuckle. I'm a cartoonist, and this is Garfield.
Garfield: Hi there. I'm Garfield. I'm a cat, and this is my cartoonist, Jon.
Jon: Our only thought is to make a rip-off of the original Garfield
Garfield: So sue me
Category:FatCatAnimations
4410: Different Timmy

==Explanation==
==The author writes:==
Cosmo must have granted that wish.
Original strip: .
==Transcript==
{Garfield is seen watching Nickelodeon}
Timmy Turner: My name is Timmy...
Timmy Turner {in large, panel-filling white text}: AND THESE ARE MY FAIRIES
Timmy Turner: And here's our nuclear pocket accelerator!
Garfield: And that's how you win the science fair
Category:MarioGarfield
Category:Cartoon references
Category:Television references
4413: Empires are constantly changing

==Explanation==
==The author writes:==
At the time I'm submitting this, a lot of people have been complaining about the overabundance of "Linguistics with Liz" strips. That got me to thinking of another long-running SRoMG gag that just repeats the same joke over and over with little to no variance...
Original Square Root of Minus Garfield strips: 2012-01-25, 2012-03-11, 2013-07-25, 2013-07-26, 2013-08-07, 2013-11-22, 2013-11-24, 2013-12-06, 2014-02-26, 2014-03-25, 2014-05-15, 2014-10-17, 2015-04-23, 2016-04-23, 2017-07-11, 2018-10-21, 2017-09-04, 2020-07-19, 2014-07-25.
Original strip: .
==Transcript==
Mouse: I declare this house property of the Empire of Manticore!
Mouse: I declare this house property of the Galactic Empire!
Mouse: I hereby claim this house for the Brotherhood of Nod!
Mouse: I declare this house property of the Alternian Empire!
Mouse: I declare this house property of Garfield!
Mouse: I declare this house property of the Terran Empire!
Mouse: I declare this house property of Cartoon Network!
Mouse: I declare this house property of Universal Uclick
Mouse: I declare this house property of the SOS Brigade, of the behalf of Haruhi Suzumiya
Mouse: I declare this house property of the Straw Hat pirates!
Mouse: The Lords of Gondor have returned, and all this land that is theirs they now take back.
Mouse: I declare this house property of the big oil companies.
Mouse: I declare this house property of New World Computing!
Mouse: I annex this house in the name of Lord Helix!
Mouse: I declare this house property of the Order of Rodentia
Mouse: I declare this house property of the People's Republic of China
Mouse: I declare this house property of the Swedish Empire!
Mouse: I declare this house property of the Empire Carpet!
Mouse: I declare this house property of the Klingon Empire!
Mouse: I declare this house property of S.H.O.C.K.E.R!
Mouse: I declare this strip property of the Empire of Viacom!
Garfield: I must kill something!
Mouse: I declare this house property of the Empire of Mice!
Garfield: Define "Empire"
Category:Twistedplant
Category:Anime and manga references
Category:Literature references
Category:Real world references
Category:Television references
Category:Webcomic references
Category:Video game references
4414: Garfield Plus CD

==Explanation==
==The author writes:==
Original strip: .
==Transcript==
Garfield {slowly deteriorating}: Plam ng ahead
Garfield {with a weird red eye, still deteriorating}: be aaÃ¼Ã¼Ã¼
Garfield {falling apart and deteriorating even more}: If you ANIME AC pling NA never
CD: I miss Azaria.
==Trivia==
This strip's transcript was hit by a mojibake error in a later site recoding effort; the original transcript unaffected by mojibake is currently lost to the public due to this.
Category:CoolDerp25
Category:Mojibake
4415: More Worserer

==Explanation==
This strip is part of an effort of intentional lazy edits designed to lampoon lazy edits; while this strip's author cited 4160: One Even Better/Worse, they took a fresh copy of the original Garfield strip, placed obvious white rectangles over the original dialogue, then put the new dialogue onto those rectangles.
The author of 4543: let's get lazier!! would add an additional take of badly-drawn caricatures onto this effort, but ultimately this branch of the trend would stop there; 4576: Taking Lazy To The Next Level, 4704: One-downsmanship, and 5520: Take It To The Limit One More Time would follow up directly from strip #4160 in their own efforts at one-upping in the trend.
==The author writes:==
Saw strip #4160. Will not be out-lazied.
Original strip: .
==Transcript==
Jon: You know what the world needs more of?
Garfield: Lazy edits
Garfield and Jon: Lazy edits
Category:A Way With Word
Category:Intentional lazy edits
4416: Garfield Und Panzer

==Explanation==
The title is a reference to the anime, manga, and light novel series Girls Und Panzer, in which Japanese girls participate in a sport called sensha-do (lit., "way of the tank"; sometimes dubbed as "Panzerkraft" or "Tankery"). This sport involves girls manning tanks and shooting opposing tanks with them, in both elimination matches (disable all tanks on the opposing side) and flag matches (disable the flag tank; disabling other tanks is helpful, but not required).
In the original, Garfield informs Jon that he's received reports that his casserole has been leaking troop movement information to the enemy; in this edit, Garfield latches onto Jon's description of the toy tank as "cute", and quotes part of the presentation introducing sensha-do to the students of Ooarai Academy. (In that context, it was supposed to be an effect of taking sensha-do on its practitioners.)
"Green tank shot the food" is a reference to the Gauntlet video games. In them, players' health dropped without them even being attacked, and had to restore it by eating. The food could be shot instead, rendering it useless for that purpose, much as the tank did here, and causing the message "(player type) shot the food" to be displayed.
==The author writes:==
Original strip: .
==Transcript==
{Jon is sitting at a plate of food when he spots a toy tank roll up}
Jon: How cute, a toy tank
SFX: BLAM!
{Green tank shot the food}
Garfield: Cute and lively like the clattering of its track
Category:Nyperold
Category:Anime and manga references
Category:Video game references
4417: Be the Change You Wish to See

==Explanation==
==The author writes:==
I don't know if these "change" strips are still a thing but I felt compelled to make this one for some reason.
Original strip: .
==Transcript==
Jon: We need to make some changes around here!
Garfield: You're right!
{Garfield slowly fades out of existence over the course of six panels. Jon gives an aside glance to the viewer}
{Realizing what he has wrought upon this earth, Jon immediately descends into a state of horrified madness, turning the panel red and crispy in the process}
Category:captaingoosehead
4418: Why So Serious? - Unofficial Take 2

==Explanation==
==The author writes:==
Having come across the "Why So Serious?" strips, I immediately decided to do an unofficial take (like pookypal's) that took the joke to a new extreme.
Original strip: .
==Transcript==
{Jon is eating a dinner, with Odie and Garfield looking on}
Odie {with face make-up like The Joker}: How about a magic trick?
Odie: I'm going to make this dinner disappear
{The entire third panel has vanished}
Category:Redgreen
4419: Shavian Horror Story

==Explanation==
==The author writes:==
ð‘§ð‘šð‘¤ð‘§ ð‘ð‘¦ ð‘®ð‘§-ð‘ð‘§ð‘µð‘•ð‘ª ð‘ð‘®ð‘¦ ð‘ð‘©ð‘®ð‘‘ð‘¦ ð‘–ð‘ªð‘©ð‘¢ð‘µ. ð‘’ð‘¦ð‘ª ð‘•ð‘”ð‘¦ð‘¨ð‘•, ð‘ð‘®ð‘¦ ð‘’ð‘¦ð‘© ð‘¦ð‘¤ð‘¦ ð‘ð‘¤ð‘¨ð‘µð‘¨ð‘•!
==Transcript==
{The entire strip is hand-drawn, with the paper being crumpled}
Garfield {reading letter}: "ð‘’ð‘¨ð‘®ð‘¨ Â·ð‘œð‘¨ð‘®ð‘“ð‘¦ð‘¤ð‘›, ð‘«ð‘¦ ð‘§ð‘•ð‘‘ð‘¨ð‘• ð‘–ð‘ªð‘©, ð‘’ð‘¨ð‘¢ ð‘«ð‘¦ ð‘ð‘§ð‘µð‘¨ð‘• ð‘ð‘©ð‘® ð‘«ð‘©ð‘®ð‘‘ð‘¦ð‘œð‘¦ ð‘ð‘¦ð‘µ"
Garfield {looking shocked}: ð‘£ð‘© ð‘ð‘§...
{A shoe with a bloody knife appears}
Garfield {running away}: ð‘¨ð‘¨ð‘¨ð‘¨ð‘¨ð‘¨ð‘¨ð‘¨ð‘¨
Shoe {rapidly approaching}: ð‘¢ð‘§ð‘µ ð‘ð‘¦ð‘¨ ð‘“ð‘¦ð‘µð‘©!!
==Trivia==
This strip's transcript and author's notes were hit by mojibake errors in a later site recoding effort; the original transcript and author's notes unaffected by mojibake are currently lost to the public due to this.
Category:Fußmatte
Category:No original strip
4421: SROMTD

==Explanation==
==The author writes:==
For those who know about SiIvaGunner, they would consider this terrifying.
Original strip: .
==Transcript==
Garfield: Welcome to "Garfield's Horror Theater"
{the second panel is replaced with "the nutshack theme but the first nutshack is replaced with me ending the SiIvaGunner channel"}
Garfield: You have been watching "Garfield's Horror Theater"
Category:ItsThe
Category:Internet references
4422: Screen Capture, Screen Captured, Screen Captured, Screen Captured

==Explanation==
==The author writes:==
Original Square Root of Minus Garfield strips: 2017-01-08, 2015-12-28, 2012-10-04.
[Ed: All four authors listed submitted similar strips independently; I have chosen Redgreen's image as the one to run because their submission was earliest.]
==Transcript==
{A screenshot of SRoMG #2791}
Category:PartyEscortBotBeans
Category:Redgreen
Category:DonutKing
Category:J.D. Sadler
Category:No original strip
4423: The Super Silly Fiesta is coming to the diet!

==Explanation==
==The author writes:==
Another take on this. Dora is wearing a party hat, she is coming to Jonâ€™s house for a Super Silly Fiesta! Why should Dora visit with Garfield for a party?
Original strip: .
==Transcript==
Jon: Garfield, it's time
Jon: Time to clean the kitchen
Jon: Dora the Explorer is wearing a party hat
Garfield: Lot of birthdays today
==Trivia==
This strip's author's notes were hit by a mojibake error in a later site recoding effort; the original author's notes unaffected by mojibake are unaffected by this.
Category:MaisieMacKenzieFan2000
Category:Cartoon references
Category:Television references
Category:Mojibake
4424: Garfielddlc

==Explanation==
==The author writes:==
I used some special characters in the text version of the strip for a better visual effect*.
If you see a bunch of âŠ 's or ï¿½'s, you should stop using Windows XP.
[*The original email used mathematical bold capitals for the text in Garfield's final line; per Unicode guidelines I have replaced this with markup. -Ed]
Original strip: .
==Transcript==
Garfield {to Odie}: I'm depressed
{Odie takes out a symbol of Doki Doki Literature Club}
Garfield: ARE YOU TRYING TO MAKE ME WORSEâ“â—
==Trivia==
*This strip's transcript appears to have been hit with a mojibake error in a later site recoding effort; the originally-deployed transcript unaffected by mojibake is currently lost to the public due to this. The mojibake errors would have likely been greater had the original transcript not been edited upon publishing to comply better with Unicode standards.
*The mojibake-like characters in the author's notes are presumably intentional, as the line they're on takes a jab at people still using a no-longer-supported operating system.
Category:Reisen U. Inaba
Category:Video game references
Category:Jabs
Category:Mojibake
4425: Meatball in traction

==Explanation==
==The author writes:==
The phrase "meatball in traction" caught my imagination.
And now it refuses to return it, please help.
Original strips: , , , , , , .
==Transcript==
Jon: Here he comes. Say something nice
{Meatball drifts past}
Lyman: Lookin' good, Meatball
Jon: Sharp body cast ol' buddy
{Meatball has left}
Lyman: Sad
Jon: Looks like Garfield in a sweater
Category:Calebyte
4426: Garfield Minus Everything (or Plus Everything?)

==Explanation==
==The author writes:==
Original strips: , .
==Transcript==
Garfield: Gobble! Gobble! Gobble!
Jon: Where's my dinner?!! Where's your dinner?!!
Garfield: Once my eating gains momentum it's hard to shut down
{Over seven successive panels, elements of the cartoon disappear, including food, crockery, background elements and the infrastructure of the cartoon itself, until only Garfield remains}
Garfield: Burp
Category:Wes White
4427: La Garfieldette rÃ©volutionnaire

:The strip this page is about has had its title subject to mojibake errors. These errors are currently being replicated, as the strip's intended title, and by extension this article's as well, is currently unknown due to the mojibake.
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==Explanation==
==The author writes:==
At last, a Revolutionary Girl Utena reference on SRoMG (credit to Lubaf for the specific idea though. As I described it on the forums, Revolutionary Girl Utena is a surreal shÅjo manga series that deconstructs a lot of tropes of the genre and has a multitude of layers and interpretations, as well as strong LGBT themes. In other words, it ain't PokÃ©mon. And yes, Chu-Chu is a monkey even though he looks like a mouse (most fans in the old days just called him a monkey-mouse).
Credit for the Anthy and Chu-Chu pics goes to the gallery of the FANTASTIC Utena fansite Empty Movement, whose creators I hope see this and get a kick out of it.
Original strip: .
==Transcript==
Anthy: Hi, there... I'm Anthy Himemiya, and this is my monkey, Chu-Chu.
Chu-Chu: Hi, there. I'm Chu-Chu. I'm a monkey and this is my Rose Bride, Anthy.
Anthy: Our only thought is to confuse you.
Chu-Chu: Feed me.
==Trivia==
Both this strip's title and author's notes were hit by mojibake errors in a later site recoding effort; the original title and author's notes are currently lost to the public due to this.
*The words hit by the errors themselves suggest these errors should be easy fixes, as all are implied to be characters with diacritic marks of some sort.
Category:Garlene1987
Category:Anime and manga references
Category:Mojibake
4428: Hole Sweet Hole

==Explanation==
==The author writes:==
Be it ever so humble, there's no place like hole. (I wonder what his rent is? If he lives in Manhattan, it's probably at least $1,000 a month, if not more, even for a tiny hole like that.)
Original strip: .
==Transcript==
Mouse {to Garfield}: My new place isn't real convenient
Mouse: But it has a great view
{Third panel: Jon looks in askance at a mousehole level with his head, with a window and a rope ladder}
Category:Lubaf
4429: What The World Needs More Of

==Explanation==
==The author writes:==
This seemed like the logical next step.
This is the first SRoMG strip I've made since the takedown of the high-res art, using just the GoComics strips. The desaturation of the color is my biggest complaint, but working with the assets isn't as bad as I was expecting. Still, I miss the "glory days." =/
Original Square Root of Minus Garfield strip: 2021-01-27.
Original strips: , , , .
==Transcript==
Jon: You know what the world needs more of?
Garfield {excited}: Lazy edits?
Jon: Frozen pudding pops
Garfield {sad}: Too soon
Category:KelpTheGreat
4430: Odie's a Witch

==Explanation==
==The author writes:==
Oh god, he's floating! Kill him! He's a witch!
Original strip: .
==Transcript==
Garfield: Look, Odie. No feet!
Garfield: Look, Odie. Only one hand!
{Odie appears, floating}
Garfield: I hate showoffs
Category:AQ206
4431: Jon Fricking Dies

==Explanation==
==The author writes:==
Original strips: , .
==Transcript==
Garfield {to Jon, who is eating}: I like your cut, J.
{Garfield smacks Jon in the head}
SFX: WHACK
{A graveyard is depicted}
Tombstone: Jon Arbuckle R.I.P Wrong Dummy
Category:DB
4432: Christmas in July

==Explanation==
==The author writes:==
Grandfather, speaking to his grandchildren from a lounge chair:
Children, remember: One day, you may have a house, a family, many gifts from people who care about you, a cat, and a Christmas tree. And, one day, all of that could be taken away from you in one blink, and, then, you will only have Slenderman. And for the next 2 years, you'll have to get his nails done. And that's the story of why I have never blinked on Christmas Day in 50 years.
Original strip: .
==Transcript==
Garfield: It's Christmas! Don't blink!
{Unseen person addressed by Garfield in the previous panel closes his eyes}
{Person opens eyes, sees Slenderman}
Category:ZBang Music
Category:Internet references
4433: White

==Explanation==
==The author writes:==
Yes, it goes on. I've decided to use Windows Paint and Comic Sans for speed and quality, relatively speaking.
Do I have to be careful about including Mr. Davis' signature?
Original strip: .
==Transcript==
Jon {unseen}: Everything is white and dull
Jon {unseen}: Time for the shampoo Liz gave us?
Garfield {unseen}: Yup
Category:AlvinHB
4434: Orange you glad I didn't say Garfield

==Explanation==
==The author writes:==
Original strip: .
==Transcript==
Jon: Knock Knock
Garfield {laughing}: Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha!
Garfield: Knock Knock jokes get on my nerves
==Trivia==
*This strip marked the debut of the 700th credited author of Square Root of Minus Garfield strips.
Category:GoldenSB
4435: Garkiplier

==Explanation==
==The author writes:==
Right year, but it was really more of a CHOMP...
Original strip: .
==Transcript==
{Markiplier looks on, slightly puzzled, as Garfield shoves a multi-layered sandwich into his mouth. A note is seen: (C) 1987 PAWS, INC}
{Markiplier looks absolutely shocked as Garfield proceeds to CHOMP! the sandwich down in one bite}
{As the sheer girth of the sandwich causes Garfield's mouth to SPRONG! back open, Mark exclaims:}
Markiplier: Was that the Bite of '87?
Category:plasquatch
Category:Internet references
Category:Video game references
4436: Psych

==Explanation==
==The author writes:==
I made a strip using three different Garfield comics I downloaded off Garfield.com before the site closed.
This was the result. It shows that Garfield may or may not be a psycho.
Original strips: , , .
==Transcript==
Jon: I'm glad you passed your psychological examination, Garfield. Isn't it great to know you're normal like everyone else?
Garfield: GREAT!
Garfield {brandishing the exam paper}: I stole it
SFX: SMACK!
Category:IAmThe789Guy