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3733: National Tapioca Pudding Day

==Explanation==
==The author writes:==
This is a reference to the Garfield and Friends episode, "National Tapioca Pudding Day". It's a U.S. Acres segment about Roy inventing a fake holiday called National Tapioca Pudding Day, where you give your friends boxes of tapioca pudding. I guess Garfield and Odie were celebrating it.
Original strips: , .
==Transcript==
Jon: I don't know how to tell you, Garfield...
Jon: But cats are supposed to be clean animals
Garfield: Not during National Tapioca Pudding Day!
Category:Muk
Category:Non-strip Garfield material
Category:Cartoon references
Category:Television references
3734: How Nermal Requisitioned His Groove Back

==Explanation==
==The author writes:==
Original strip: .
==Transcript==
{Jon and Odie watching movie}
{Bender appears on screen and breaths fire on actors}
Jon: Cut that out
{Garfield is revealed to be standing on chair making shadow puppets}
Category:Nian360
Category:Cartoon references
Category:Television references
3735: Arbuckle's Bizarre Fashion

==Explanation==
==The author writes:==
I was looking through random SRoMG strips, and I came across 2012-01-07 and immediately got the idea to make Jon into Yoshikage Kira from JoJo's Bizarre Adventure for some reason.
Killer Queen from JoJo's Bizarre Adventure by Hirohiko Araki.
Original strips: , , , .
==Transcript==
Yoshikage Kira/Jon: Okay, Liz...
Yoshikage Kira/Jon: How about this?
Liz: No way are you going out in public wearing that
Yoshikage Kira/Jon: I want a second opinion!
Liz: Fine
Garfield: BWA HA HA HA HA HA
{Yoshikage Kira reveals himself and his stand Killer Queen}
Yoshikage Kira/Jon: You guys are in cahoots!
Liz: Just put it in the "ick" pile
Garfield: I'll call the hazmat disposal squad
Category:Dorkshove
Category:Anime and manga references
3736: Living In The Background

==Explanation==
==The author writes:==
"Tarzan Boy" is a one-hit wonder by Italo-disco artist Baltimora, released in 1984. It is perhaps best known for its chorus (recreated faithfully by Jon), made to mimic the call of Tarzan. Oddly enough, the music video was the most-viewed YouTube video of 2005. Hmm.
I know, it's basically an overused meme now, but don't lie, you knew this idea was golden.
Original strip: .
==Transcript==
Jon: OHH OHWA OHWA OHWAOH WAH-OH OH-WOAH
OHH OHWA OHWA OHWAOH WAH-OH OH-WOAH
OHH OHWA OHWA OHWAOH WAH-OH OH-WOAH
OHH OHWA OHWA OHWAOH WAH-OH OH-WOAH
Garfield: I love "Tarzan Boy"
Category:Super SpongeBob 64
Category:Music references
3737: Garfield Plus a Convenient Skeleton Illustration

==Explanation==
==The author writes:==
After so many strips that have drawn from it, I realize that we should probably thank Jim Davis for creating such a convenient drawing of Garfield's skeleton (at least twice, actually, but the 2013 one is more easily utilized in SRoMG).
BONUS: I cut out Garfield's skeleton* and removed the background, so here's that; use it to create your own strips!
*from the strip, not his body**
**as far as you know
Original strips: , .
==Transcript==
{Garfield is wrapped up in blankets, snug in his bed}
Garfield {alarmed}: I'm stuck!
Garfield {thrashing to try and get free}: I can't get up!
{Garfield, stuck in his bed, has died of thirst or starvation. His skull can be seen still protruding from his blankets}
{Not seen: Jon with a pot of glue? Maybe?}
Category:KelpTheGreat
3738: Come On, Step It Up!

==Explanation==
==The author writes:==
Taking one of the most tried-and-true examples of Take That fodder on this site and breaking the mold. The Sonic OVA is actually one of my favorite anime, but yes, the dubbing and writing is questionable. Still, cut Jon some slack, guys! At least it isn't [insert movie/TV show/anime you dislike here].
Original strip: .
==Transcript==
{Jon heads to pick up his Sonic the Hedgehog: The Movie video}
{Garfield appears to promptly smash the video}
Jon: HEY!
SFX: SMASH!
{The video is now broken into two}
Jon {enraged}: That movie contained my favorite meme!
Veronica {who has suddenly shown up in place of Garfield}: Strange, isn't it?
Category:Dr. Manny
Category:Anime and manga references
Category:Comic book references
3739: Memefield 2

==Explanation==
==The author writes:==
[Actually, Camwoodstock writes:]
I have no clue where this came from, but it was found by Collen, a fellow moderator on a Discord server I run. (Shoutouts to the Satocord!) Given the weird nature of SRoMG, I figured it'd fit in perfectly here.
Though, I get the feeling that not only will E3* be over by the time this leaves the buffer, but the whole "(person) announces (thing) 2" meme will be long dead. Oh well. It was all in the name of archivism!
As a side note, I had to send this strip by mobile. I'm sorry for my sins, DMM.
[*2018 -Ed]
Original strip: .
==Transcript==
{Jon turns on the TV}
SFX: CLICK
Announcer: Time for Microsoft @ E3!
Jon: Oh boy
Announcer: MINECRAFT 2
Jon: I see
Announcer: Minecraft 2 will be an innovative game that will be true to its predecessor.
Jon: Yeah yeah yeah
Announcer: Minecraft 2 will be rated M
{Jon is absolutely confused, looks at Garfield, and then looks back at a decidedly boring E3 conference. Oh well. Could've been worse, could've been EA's}
Category:Anonymous
Category:Video game references
Category:Jabs
373: Bored Garfield: 2

==Explanation==
Originally, Jon said the dialogue in the last panel of the edit to Garfield, but in the middle panel of the original. Here, Garfield says it -- notably, instead of thinking it -- in the final panel. In the first panel, he has his eyes from the middle panel.
Now it seems like Garfield plans to brush his teeth with two different toothpastes, instead of Jon having that plan and Garfield not wanting to know about it.
==The author writes==
I removed Jon and rearranged things to completely change the meaning of the strip.
Original strip: .
==Transcript==
Garfield: I miss out on a lot of things.
Garfield: But not nearly enough things.
Garfield: I'm going to brush my upper teeth with one toothpaste, and my lower teeth with another toothpaste.
Category:timothymh
3740: A Void

==Explanation==
==The author writes:==
Jon is in one of his moods again, I guess...
Original strips: , .
==Transcript==
Jon: I'm starting your diet, Garfield
Jon: How would you like this Endless Void prepared?
Garfield: Wrong simile!
Jon: Oh, Ellen...
Garfield: What we have here is a failure to communicate
Category:tcf
3741: Garf-2-Nuts

==Explanation==
This strip is essentially a mashup of the credited Garfield and Peanuts strips, the Garfield strip having been converted to black-and-white to match the Peanuts material (a colorized version of the Peanuts strip, which first ran colorized on 2015-10-26 in the Peanuts Begins feature, existed at the time this strip first ran, but without knowing when this strip was first submitted, it is unknown if that was true at the time this strip was first made and submitted); it takes the opening gag from the original Garfield strip and essentially turns it into a setup for the Peanuts strip.
==The author writes:==
Would this necessarily count as a Garfield Plagiarises Peanuts entry? Anyhow, seeing the original Garfield strip, I immediately thought of this. I am very satisfied with the result. Also, black and white.
Original Peanuts strip: 1951-07-26.
Original strip: .
==Transcript==
{Garfield walks to a blank wall. A pencil can be seen on his head}
{Garfield is now drawing something}
{The drawing has turned out to be Charlie Brown}
{The camera pans slightly to the left to reveal Charlie Brown, who is understandably upset at the drawing}
Charlie Brown: That's not me at all!
Category:brntbcn
Category:Non-Garfield comics
3742: Long Lost Lyman

==Explanation==
==The author writes:==
Lyman supposedly lived with Jon for four years, but we rarely saw him once he got settled in. If you will...
Lyman arrived in Muncie one summer's night, cold, hungry, weak, and single for the first time since the Nixon administration. Jon and Lyman recounted their days rooming together at Ball State University while Lyman took some time to get over his last relationship. One night, Garfield sat on Lyman's steak, so a famished Lyman went downtown looking for a meal. Muncie's late-night scene is nonexistent, but there was one kitchen still open, and that was Irma's Diner. Lyman sat down at the counter. Irma, still emotionally vulnerable from her first husband recently passing away from the tuna special, took his order. Lyman ordered the super deluxe burger with a plate, and though the meal did nothing but sate his hunger, what was lacking in the food was made up by a conversation with a waitress about to close the shop for the night. For Irma and Lyman, though, their encounter didn't end until coffee and an omelet with feathers the next morning. They had a wonderful four-year relationship, and even moved in together; unfortunately, Irma's landlord didn't allow dogs, but Odie was more than happy to stay at the Arbuckle house while Lyman and Irma were house-hunting.
Irma and Lyman broke up in 1983, and not long after, Lyman left town and has never been heard from again. Irma, distraught, threw herself into her work to forget about him, even keeping her diner open for entire days at a time. Jon visits her every so often, hoping to hear some news about his old college roommate, but Irma just doesnâ€™t want to talk about her time with Lyman anymore.
Or maybe Jim Davis is right and Lyman is traveling the world as a wildlife photographer. I'm sure the truth is out there somewhere.
Original strips: , .
==Transcript==
Jon: Irma, do you ever talk to Lyman anymore?
Irma: Nah, we broke up, he moved out, and that was the end
Jon: Then he took his stuff out of my guest bedroom and left town
Jon: He owes me for 36 years' worth of dog food
Garfield: And dingle balls
==Trivia==
This strip's author's notes were hit with mojibake errors in a later site recoding effort; the original author's notes unaffected by mojibake are currently lost to the public due to this.
Category:Colin
Category:Mojibake
3743: Family Friendly Garfield

==Explanation==
==The author writes:==
It's funny how easy it was here to go for the obvious joke rather than the... original strip's joke.
BONUS CHALLENGE: Can you find a way to make the original strip even darker? Is that even possible?
Original strips: , .
==Transcript==
Jon: I'm looking for just the right cologne
Jon: That, coupled with my personality, will render women helpless
Garfield: Maybe you should try lasagna
Category:Mr B Natural
3744: Man Im Dead

==Explanation==
==The author writes:==
This idea came to me after watching an old video wherein a man exclaimed "Man I'm dead" and then proceeded to pretend to be dead in front of a makeshift shrine to himself.
I believe it was a satire about how people respond to jokes with the phrase "im dead" as if the joke was so funny that it killed them.
Anyway I made it into a comic.
Original strips: , .
==Transcript==
{Garfield is standing in a sleek new t-shirt}
Garfield: {silence}
Garfield: Man im dead
{A shrine to Garfield is now in place}
{Garfield is now pretending to be dead}
{Jon enters the room from the right}
Jon {looking at Garfield with discontent}: {silence}
Garfield {pretending to be dead}: {silence}
Category:Duebers
Category:Internet references
3746: Bananafield

==Explanation==
==The author writes:==
When I saw submission 3501, the ending of another comic immediately struck me as appropriate. So I mashed the two together. And there's nothing better than mashed bananas, is there?
Original Square Root of Minus Garfield strip: 2018-12-19.
Original strips: , .
==Transcript==
Jon: So I say to this clerk, "Look, if the whole bunch of bananas is 54 cents, why can't I have one for 6 cents?"
{Garfield engages in banana-related tomfoolery}
Garfield: Fear not! Banana man is here to help!
{Jon is now decorated with several bananas}
Jon: Why... why thank you Banana man. I feel better already!
Category:Levellass
3747: Garfield plus a subtle edit

==Explanation==
This strip recolors the first instance of Jon in the original Garfield strip proper with Lyman's color scheme, so that Garfield runs underneath Lyman en route to Jon having served Garfield's dinner. The original strip implied Garfield had ran underneath Jon en route to Jon, which the author interpreted as weird, hence the edit that led to this strip.
==The author writes:==
I did this because of how weird the original looked. How can Garfield knock over Jon if he is just inside serving Garfield dinner?
Original strip: .
==Transcript==
SFX: RRRR {Garfield's hungry}
Jon: GARFIELD! LUNCH TIME! GARFIELD, WHERE ARE YOU?
{Garfield knocks over Lyman who may or may not be walking Odie}
SFX: screee {Garfield stops himself near the door}
Jon: It is time for you to eat, your majesty
Garfield: If I must
Category:twinec
3748: Obvious Pun (Telemarketer)

==Explanation==
==The author writes:==
Me owme ow M eow meo wmeowmeo wmeow, M eowm eowm E owm eo wm.
Original strip: .
==Transcript==
{Phone rings}
Phone: Meow, meow, meow, meow
Garfield: No, I don't want to buy a rubber mouse
Garfield: Telemeowketer
Category:Lubaf
3749: Pretty-Darn-Terrifying Quantum Cats and You

==Explanation==
==The author writes:==
This is a combination of (half of) #3407 and some elements of #3408.
Original strips: , .
==Transcript==
{Garfield watches television}
TV: Stay tuned for more me
{Garfield holds out the remote}
SFX: CLICK CLICK CLICK
Garfield: Uh-oh! Not this again
{Garfield looks at the fourth wall}
Garfield: ME seem to seriously hate cats
Category:Firephantom105
374: A Visit from Cousin Kenny

==Explanation==
The original strip had Jon as the one Garfield was thinking to; Jon originally said "Go away" in response. Here, Jon's regular face is replaced by Jon giving a facial impression of his cousin Kenny, who'd had a botched facelift. His hair has been recolored to be blonde. So now, we're saying that that is Cousin Kenny.
==The author writes==
This strip I got the idea for when I saw cousin Kenny mentioned in a strip (2008-10-13) and thought it would be interesting to see him in a comic.
Original strips: , .
==Transcript==
Garfield: Being yellow in color, you would think canaries would have buttery flavor.
Garfield: But they don't
Cousin Kenny: My face hurts.
Garfield: Or lemony!
Category:Nottoostupid
3751: Garfclesiastes

==Explanation==
==The author writes:==
Ecclesiastes is the single angstiest book in the entire Bible and my personal favorite. Also, the self-description of the author, who has every kind of luxury but is so bored he can't drag himself out of bed in the morning, is appropriate for our cat. This is Ecclesiastes 3:1-9, also known as the "Turn, Turn, Turn" words. Garfield's use of "a time to" twice in one panel helps emphasize the parallelism that makes the text so powerful and moving.
Original strips: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , .
==Transcript==
Jon: To
Jon: everything
Irma: there
Garfield: is a
Garfield: season
Garfield: and a
Jon: time
TV: to
Garfield: every
Jon: purpose
Voice from couch: under
Garfield: heaven
Garfield: A time to
Garfield's father: be born
Garfield: A time to
Lyman: die
Garfield: A time to
Jon: plant
Garfield: A time to
Garfield: pluck
Jon: up
Garfield: that which is
Jon: plant
Garfield: ed
Garfield: A time to
Jon: kill
Garfield: A time to
Broccoli: heal
Garfield: A time to
Jon: breakdown
Garfield: A time to
Garfield: build up
Garfield: A time to
Garfield: weep
Garfield: A time to
Jon: laugh
Garfield: A time to
Jon: mourn
Garfield: A time to
Garfield: dance
Garfield: A time to
Jon: cast
Jon: away
Garfield: stones
Garfield: A time to
Jon: gather
Garfield: stones
Jon: together
Garfield: A time to
Garfield: em
Liz: brace
Garfield: A time to
Right leg: ref
Narration: rain
Note: from
Garfield: em
Liz: brac
Jon: ing
Garfield: A time to
Jon: get
Garfield: A time to
Jon: lose
Garfield: A time to
Garfield: keep
Garfield: A time to
Jon: cast
Jon: away
Garfield: A time to
Liz: love
Garfield: A time to
Garfield: hate
Garfield: A time
TV: for
Book: war
Garfield: A time
TV: for
Book: peace
Category:Isaac Gantwerk Mayer
Category:Literature references
3753: Jai Hodie

==Explanation==
This strip partially flips the premise of the original Garfield strip, in that Garfield's response to being asked about his favorite film is one perceived to actually have a happy ending, thus changing the original's Old Yeller (a film well-known to have a sad ending) to Slumdog Millionaire. The final panel is unchanged; this makes the premise-flip only a partial one, as a fully-flipped premise would've implied Garfield to think Slumdog Millionaire to have had a sad ending.
The first sentence of the author's notes lists previous examples of changing the film (or, in some cases, episode of a television show) Garfield mention but otherwise maintaining the original strip's premise; the author claimed there had been four previous examples but is implied to have linked five (#1532, #2058, #2236, #2463, #2579), with an editor's note stepping in to correct the figure to six and add an additional link the author had missed. Another editor's note was thrown in at the end of the author's notes; it is difficult to discern what the first sentence of that editor's note refers to, but the second sentence, concerning the word flow in the first panel--a perceived flaw of the original Garfield strip--would eventually see a follow-up in the form of 3861: My all-time favourite strip?.
==The author writes:==
Since we've seen four [six -Ed] different misanthropic Garfield strips, I thought, "Why not have him name a movie with a legitimately happy ending?". Naturally, Slumdog Millionaire was the first one that came to mind.
[1. I couldn't find any submissions with the word 'stokes' in, so one with 'happy ending' in had to substitute.
2. Wouldn't 'all-time favorite film' be the much more natural wording? -Ed]
Original strip: .
==Transcript==
Garfield {reading letter}: Dear Garfield, What is your favorite all-time film?
Garfield: Slumdog Millionaire
Garfield {strolling away}: I love movies with happy endings
Category:mariic
Category:Film references
3754: Garsmen

==Explanation==
==The author writes:==
I know a hot meme when I see one. "Louie Louie" is considerably effective for this particular meme since Jon has craned his head upward and is shouting, in much the same way that vocalist Jack Ely had to shout to make himself be heard over the drums and guitars â€“ since the microphone was suspended several feet above his head.
Original Square Root of Minus Garfield strips: 2019-05-29, 2018-12-01.
Original strip: .
==Transcript==
Jon: LOUIE LOUIE, OH NO NO NO, ME GOTTA GO, OH NO
Garfield: I love this song
==Trivia==
This strip's author's notes were hit by mojibake errors in a later site recoding effort; the original author's notes unaffected by mojibake are currently lost to the public due to this.
Category:MadDogBV
Category:Music references
Category:Mojibake
3755: Night of the Living Bunny

==Explanation==
==The author writes:==
Removing Garfield gives this strip a completely different feel. That is all.
Original strip: .
==Transcript==
{Garfield's name is crossed out in the intro panel so Garfield does not appear in this strip}
{Jon's bedroom is shown}
{Jon's bedroom again but one of the bunny slippers is gone}
{Odie's water dish is shown having been splattered}
{A puddle leads to a washing machine}
{Jon walks toward the closed washing machine, laundry in hands}
{Suddenly, a giant bunny slipper pops out of the machine, scaring the bloody heck out of Jon}
Category:Kavviyenta
3756: Jon Angers a Walrus

==Explanation==
==The author writes:==
I was originally going to have the walrus say Garfield's "That wasn't very nice. Lumps of blubber have feelings too" line from the original strip, but I think this is funnier. I dunno why Jon just randomly decided to insult a walrus like that.
Original strips: , .
==Transcript==
{A walrus is sitting around just minding his own business. Then Jon shows up and says...}
Jon: You're a worthless lump of blubber, walrus
{Garfield watches boredly as the walrus beats up Jon}
SFX: Whock! Slap! Gouge-gouge! Smack! Smack! Smack!
{After the beating, Jon walks over to Garfield}
Jon: I had no idea they were that aggressive... or that sensitive
Garfield: Lumps of blubber have feelings too
Category:MichaelSar
3757: Garfield's Contractual Requirement Redux

==Explanation==
==The author writes:==
I thought it might be funny if for the 10th anniversary of strip #147 someone submitted a recreation of that strip but with Mr. Davis drawn in the same style as the strip.
Seems like the kind of joke reuse he'd go for anyway.
Original strip: .
==Transcript==
Garfield: I wonder if I may be serious for a moment
Jim Davis: Garfield, this is your boss, Mr. Davis. You know that seriousness is a violation of your contract with us.
Garfield: Apparently not
==Trivia==
*This strip marked the debut of the 600th credited author of Square Root of Minus Garfield strips.
Category:Bran The Fan
3758: Garfield's Horror Theater for Bibliophiles

==Explanation==
A bibliophile is someone who loves books. Seeing a book with Odie's tongue on the paper may be considered a horror to some.
==The author writes:==
Original strips: , .
==Transcript==
Garfield: Welcome to "Garfield's Horror Theater for Bibliophiles".</br>
{Odie's wet, slobbery tongue is being used as a bookmark, no doubt lowering ink adhesion, as well as the structural integrity of the paper's fibers. Garfield eats a sandwich as Jon looks back at Odie.}</br>
Garfield: Don't touch him or you'll lose my page.</br>
Garfield: You have been watching "Garfield's Horror Theater for Bibliophiles".
Category:Nyperold
3759: Bluthfield

==Explanation==
==The author writes:==
Inspired by Arrested Development.
Original strip: .
==Transcript==
{Garfield is talking to a chick (baby chicken)}
Garfield: For the last time, kid, I'm not your daddy. You're a chicken and I'm a cat
Garfield: Now go back to your mother
Chick: Goodbye, Daddy
{close up on Garfield's face}
{"The Sound of Silence" begins playing}
Soundtrack: ... Hello darkness, my old friend...
Category:Destructible Watermelon
Category:Music references
Category:Television references
375: One Over Garfield: 1

==Explanation==
Garfield's thought in the middle panel was, "He has the crazed look of a man living on the edge".
==The author writes==
This is a reciprocal coordinate transform, centred on Garfield's thought balloon (with its content removed).
Original strip: .
==Transcript==
Garfield: Jon has thrown caution to the wind.
Garfield: He's wearing his undershirt inside out.
Category:Henning Makholm
Category:Math-based comics
3760: Studio Garfield

==Explanation==
Both of the original two panels used in this strip had the talking scale upon which Garfield is attempting to weigh himself tell him, "I don't do livestock," to different consequences. Here, the author has changed them into a reference to an episode of Studio C, after which this strip is named.
In it, a big star comes in to do a scene, but she refuses the offer of a bagel, won't fall down as a part of the scene, and won't work mornings (defined as, apparently, "during the day"); generally, these explanations involve her saying at some point: "Ah na! I don't do (whatever it is)." "Ah na!" appears to be a pronunciation of "Oh no!"
==The author writes:==
[To borrow a phrase from Lubaf, by way of explanation. -Ed]
Original strips: , .
==Transcript==
Scale: Ah na!</br> 
{Garfield looks surprised}</br>
Scale: I don't do livestock!</br>
{Garfield looks at the fourth wall, annoyed}
Category:Xineohp III Esq.
Category:Television references
3761: A Garfield Comic Shrunken Down to One Panel

==Explanation==
==The author writes:==
This is easily the easiest edit I've made to any Garfield comic so far! All I had to do was get rid of the pointless silent beat panels that added nothing to this comic, and voila!
Original strip: .
==Transcript==
Jon: You're fat
Garfield {offscreen, beneath a broken table}: Am not
Category:Redhead64
3763: Reversed Garfield

==Explanation==
==The author writes:==
When I saw today's strip, I knew what to do.
Original strip: .
==Transcript==
Garfield {laughing}: I'm eating healthier these days
{Garfield stifles his laughter}
Garfield {serious face}: Sorry, I can't say that with a straight face!
Category:Reisen U. Inaba