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3064: Caught in the Griddle

==Explanation==
In this strip, Jon is preparing to flip a pancake into the air but then the pancake mix gets stuck in the air. Jon and Garfield stay silent for only three panels. Garfield holds his hand out to feel nothing.
The author says he hates shadows, probably referring to the background gradients that make it harder to remove things from a panel and leave it looking nice.
The title is a pun on the phrase "caught in the middle".
==The author writes:==
I hate shadows.
Inspired by #1663.
Original strip: .
==Transcript==
Jon: {preparing to flip pancake} And now the world-class pancake flipper will demonstrate his skill.
{Jon tosses pancake into the air}
{beat} 
{beat} 
{beat} 
{beat}
{Garfield holds his hand out to feel nothing}
Category:Catjaz63
3065: Blizzard, Part 2

==Explanation==
In the original strip, Jon and Liz are standing outside in the night facing away from the viewer looking at the stars. Jon Arbuckle could see brain-sucking lobster-beings around here. Liz doesn't recognize this and walks away.
This is the second part of Blizzard. Jon is staring at the midnight sky, and Liz asks Jon why he's outside that late. She tells him it's freezing cold outside. Jon Arbuckle says he was just taking number one, when the blizzard but Liz couldn't believe this and just walks away.
==Transcript==
{Jon and Liz are standing outside facing away from the viewer}
Jon: Uh, oh... hi Liz. Erm... nice midnight sky, isn't it?
Liz: Jon? What in the heaven's name are you doing outside that late? It's freezing cold!
Jon: Whoa...
Jon: Well, to be honest I was just taking number one, when this blizzard...
Liz: {leaving} Time to go
==The author writes:==
Follow up for SRoMG #2084.
Original strip: .
Category:Gashren
3066: Jon's Death Threat

==Explanation==
In the original strip, the woman over the phone is telling Jon that he is immature. Jon can't believe it, and starts calling her "Miss Poopie Head" before sucking his thumb. Garfield, to no one in particular, says the defense requests a recess from a judge, often referred to with the style "your honor", as if the woman's accusation of immaturity were a criminal or civil charge, and the defendant was not helping his case, instead proving himself guilty or liable, and the counsel for the defense needs time to rein him in. 
In this strip, instead of hurling an insult, Jon says, "I'm going to kill you!", as portended by the title. Whether or not Jon actually intends to carry out this threat, the use of this phrase is possibly a sign of immaturity.
==Transcript==
Jon: {calling someone on the phone} I'm immature?!!
Jon: I'm going to kill you!
{Jon hangs up the phone and sucks his thumb like an average sensitive guy on the Internet}
Garfield: Your honor, the defense requests a recess.
==The author writes:==
Considering how he communicates with his pets, I'm surprised that Jon hasn't told this to any woman that has dumped him.
Original strips: , .
Category:dayaman
3067: Case In Point

==Explanation==
==The author writes:==
Jim Davis was doing the "hardly move at all" stuff we associate with 2053, as early as 2000! It's almost amusing, really, if anything.
Original strips: , .
==Transcript==
{Garfield is laying down}
Garfield: Milk...
Garfield: Some people read expiration dates
Garfield: And some don't
{The entire time, Garfield hasn't moved an inch.}
Category:Camwoodstock & Tori
Category:Garfield in 2053
3068: Garfield in 2053: Birthday Edition

==Explanation==
This strip, contrary to its title, is not based around the typical "Garfield in 2053" premise; this strip makes use of three distinct panels with Jon included in two of them, whereas a typical "Garfield in 2053" makes use of only a singular pose of Garfield. The author's notes proper consist entirely of a numerical string; this string is the binary representation of the number 75, the anniversary of which Garfield would celebrate on 2053-06-19 in the event the strip were to make it to that date. As such, this strip lights only the candles that, from left to right, correspond to a 1 in the binary string, with those corresponding to 0 being unlit.
Interestingly, this wasn't the first strip to surround the as-yet-hypothetical hype surrounding Garfield's 75th anniversary in 2053; 1740: Garfield's 75th Birthday also taps into the event in a typical "Garfield in 2053" fashion. As was the case in #1740, this strip also uses the weekday format that an actual 2053-06-19 strip would correctly utilize should it come to pass barring any changes to the workings of calendar systems between now and then, as 2053-06-19 would be a Thursday in the Gregorian calendar.
==The author writes:==
1001011
Original strip: .
==Transcript==
{Garfield is sitting on The Ledge, wearing sunglasses.}
Jon: Surprise!
{Jon presents Garfield with a cake. It has 7 candles on it, but the second, third, and fifth are unlit.}
Jon: Happy birthday, Garfield!
Garfield: I had a feeling this was coming.
Category:Nyperold
3069: Targfield

==Explanation==
==The author writes:==
After reading the description for #2644, I decided to apply Nyperold's "targ" idea to the strip.
Original strip: .
==Transcript==
{Jon is on the phone. Garfield is just chilling there, awaiting the inevitable opportunity for snarky thought.}
Jon: Hi, Suzy. I'm Jon, your blind date.
Jon: So where would you like to eat tonight?
Jon: {shocked} You have a craving for targ meat?
Garfield: {smiling, for opportunity hath knocked} At last, a real woman.
Category:Redgreen
Category:Television references
306: Garfield Minus Food

==Explanation==
In the original strip, Garfield approached and picked up his food dish, tossed the food within into his mouth, put the dish down, and gave his compliments to the can opener as he walked away. In this strip, the dish, the food, the sound effect of the food entering Garfield's mouth, and Garfield's thought were all removed, leaving a pantomime of this basic activity, down to Garfield pretending to chew.
==The author writes:==
Original strip: .
==Transcript==
{Garfield walks in}</br>
{Garfield holds his arm out and opens his mouth wide}</br>
{Garfield walks out}
Category:timothymh
3070: Odie's an ECW Fan

==Explanation==
==The author writes:==
Garfield just found the hard way that Odie is a big time fan of Extreme Championship Wrestling.
Original strip: .
==Transcript==
Odie: E-C-W! E-C-W! E-C-W! E-C-W!
Garfield: Hey, Odie. Come back here.
Garfield: Do that again. I can still hear a little out of this ear.
Category:EarWaxKid
3071: Garfield Sketched (Improved)

==Explanation==
==The author writes:==
This is a Jim Davis-esque version of #2917 (my first strip submission), made with Adobe Illustrator.
Original strip: .
==Transcript==
{Sketched Garfield stares at Jon in a grey background}
Garfield: Look at me, look at me, look at me
{Jon looks at him before Garfield stares again}
Garfield: Look at me, look at me, look at me
{Jon is distracted}
Category:StickXZ100
3072: The Enhance Button

==Explanation==
==The author writes:==
Here you go: every "enhancement" GIMP offers applied to SRoMG #2580 (and one MSPaint has) to prove that you can make low-quality images without involving the JPEG standard.
Original strip: .
==Transcript==
{Garfield reading letter}: {illegible}
Garfield: {in Comic Sans} uh
Garfield: {in Comic Sans} idk lol
{The whole strip is rendered hideous by effects}
Category:Lubaf
3073: Jog Your Memory

==Explanation==
This edit is a spoof on the joke recycling utilized in the strips that were used for 1166: Jon Forgot Lasagna Thursday Twice.
Here, Jon gives Garfield the April 28, 1983 strip (which this very strip is based on) for New Comic Day. Garfield splats a shrunken version of the July 20th, 1978 Garfield strip into Jon's face. The "All Rights Reserved" Note has been changed To "All Comics Recycled Eventually".
==Transcript==
Garfield: Today is Thursday and that's new comic day
Jon: Here's your "Garfield gets no lasagna and gets mad" strip 
{Jon hands Garfield a shrunken version of the original of this strip} 
{Garfield splats a shrunken version of the 1978-07-20 strip into Jon's face}
Garfield: Let me jog your memory
{The "all rights reserved" note at the bottom has been changed to "all comics recycled eventually"}
==The author writes:==
Two things. 
Firstly, the way Garfield says it is new comic day seems to state that other days are "reruns" and makes Jon's failure to deliver a good comic all the more awful. 
Secondly, it's almost as if Jim actually wanted this to happen, having a recycle of an old strip with the punchline, "let me jog your memory". 
Original strip: , .
Category:Destructible Watermelon
3074: Blow Up a Pool

==Explanation==
==The author writes:==
Original Square Root of Minus Garfield: 2010-02-08.
Original strips: , .
==Transcript==
{Garfield splash logo with the word "Garfield" made of mathematical symbols}
Caption: And now, a word from our sponsors...
{Jon and Odie sitting in an inflatable pool.}
Caption: Sigh... If only there was some way to liven up my afternoon in the pool...
Caption: Guess what? Now there is!
{Garfield appears, holding a bomb.}
Caption: Try the cat-onball! Today's offer - free legs with every purchase!
{The bomb is in the pool. Jon looks scared.}
Caption: Just insert cat-onball into pool, then let the fun begin!
Caption: Just be sure you're ready to commit to the cat-onball! Once it goes in, there's no getting out!
SFX: KER-SPLOOM!!! {A giant watery explosion}
{The pool is totally different, and now occupied by Jon, Odie, Garfield, a dog, Liz, a mouse, Nermal, Arlene, Pooky, and the ice cream truck driver}
Garfield: Want to see all your friends at once? Blow up a pool.
Jon: Don't you drive the ice cream truck?
Ice cream truck driver: Well, I was passing by, and...
Caption: No pool is safe from the dreaded "cat-onball".
Category:Densetsu Bros
3075: Dan DeGarflo

== Explanation ==
The title of this strip makes reference to the legendary artist Dan DeCarlo, who is best known for having developed (or, to a respect, improved upon) the signature style of the Archie comic books. In addition, the author makes references to Attack of the 50-Foot Woman and The Shrinking Man, both of which involve a protagonist coming into contact with a malevolent force and becoming far different sizes than normal as a result - the notion of Betty being larger than Garfield's house but believing that she herself is normal sized and that the house is tiny also connects to both of these stories.
This is also the first SRoMG strip to reference iToons, a sister series whose purpose is to remix comics other than Garfield; it actually forms part of the basis of the plot, as the strip would've fit better on iToons without the Garfield panel.
== The author writes ==
Garfield was supposed to make a reference to Attack of the 50-Foot Woman, but he forgot the script for today's SRoMG strip. At the same time, Betty forgot her script for iToons (which contained a reference to Richard Matheson's The Shrinking Man), so she had to improvise by going through the dimensional rift into SRoMG.
Original strip: .
Image of Betty is from this page.
== Transcript ==
Betty Cooper {who, for some reason, is gigantic}: Omigosh! It's a tiny house! 
Jon: You gonna tell her she's on the wrong site? 
Garfield: She'll figure it out.
Category:Dr. Manny
Category:Comic book references
Category:Print references
Category:Film references
Category:Meta humor
Category:Titles permuting "Garfield"
3076: The Nickname of Arthur Lufthansa Technik

==Explanation==
==The author writes:==
He has two nicknames, really. One based on his first two names and one based on his last two names.
Anyway, I'd imagine this would be what it's like in Japan if your Anglophone visage obtained forceful contact with octagonal highway signage. Good to know.
Original strip: .
==Transcript==
{Jon and Garfield are driving in the car.}
{Jon notices Garfield is sticking his head out the window with his eyes closed, and does that too.}
{His face is struck by a stop sign.}
SFX: SMACK!
Category:DEIDATVM
3077: Foobfield

==Explanation==
==The author writes:==
Elizabeth Patterson is from the comic For Better or For Worse and has the nickname "lizard breath".
Original strip: .
==Transcript==
Jon: By the way there, doc, what's your name?
Elizabeth Patterson: Liz
Jon: Gee, what a pretty name. Is that short for Elizabeth?
Elizabeth Patterson: No. It's short for lizard
Garfield: Liz must not be much for small talk
Category:Simon Winters
Category:Comic strip references
3078: Bribe + Obligatory Meme

==Explanation==
==The author writes:==
Because there's no such thing as a dead meme.
Original Square Root of Minus Garfield: 2017-02-19.
Original strips: , .
==Transcript==
SFX: DING DONG
Jon: Lyman.
Lyman: Jon.
Lyman: I'm cold. I'm hungry. I'm weak. Take me in!
Jon: No.
Lyman: I have cake.
Jon: Sure, Lyman. You know my home is your home.
Garfield: Jon, Jon... he's obviously lying about the cake.
Category:KelpTheGreat
Category:Video game references
3079: A little bird told me...

==Explanation==
==The author writes:==
...this.
Original strip: .
==Transcript==
Garfield: I hate MikuMondays. I need something to cheer me up.
{Garfield kicks Odie, but suddenly the laws of gravity change to save the pooch}
Garfield: Even gravity has it in for me today!
Category:Matthew Prower
Category:Internet references
307: Subliminal Garfield

==Explanation==
This strip obey is exactly like the original obey strip in every way. There is obey no difference.
In all seriousness, the edit is to make the original strip into a looping animated GIF, with most frames being the same as the original strip, but during every iteration of the loop, the word "click" is replaced with "obey" as a parody of a subliminal message.
Subliminal messages are generally attempts to influence one's behavior by injecting stimuli that are sensed, but not consciously noticed. Studies have not proven that they have much effect, outside of influencing someone to pick a particular brand of something that does what the target would have wanted anyway, e.g., a thirsty person might pick this beverage because of it, but it's not going to make him thirsty.
==The author writes:==
Original strip: .
==Transcript==
Message machine: *Beep* You have no messages.</br>
SFX: click {Jon clicks the machine}</br>
Message machine: *Beep* You still have no messages.</br>
SFX: click {Jon clicks the machine}</br>
Message machine: Here's a message for you... You're a loser!</br>
Garfield: Stop tormenting it.</br>
{The "click" sound effects occasionally change to read "obey" for a fraction of a second, every few seconds.}
Category:Quaternion
3080: Even Real Life People Hate Stephano

==Explanation==
==The author writes:==
Stephano is now defictionalized. Yes, this is a 100% real, unedited chat. Jon should have said he was poor and not macho.
Original strip: .
==Transcript==
{A real life chat room}
Stephan0: My name is Stephano. I am very rich and macho.
Stephan0: Anyone want to chat?
@lilasrose71: Not me stephan0 i don't like rich and macho.
Category:PartyEscortBotBeans
Category:Internet references
3081: Garfield Minus Snail Plus Garfield

==Explanation==
In the original strip, Garfield approaches a snail and he tells snails they are slow. The slow snail says "You take thatback." Garfield smugs at the reader.
In this strip, the snail is replaced by Garfield in a snail's shell, and Garfield the cat tells Garfield the snail that Garfields are slow. Garfield the snail says "You take thatback." Garfield smugs at the reader.
==The author writes:==
Original strip: , .
==Transcript==
Garfield A: Garfields are slow. 
Garfield B: You
Garfield B: Take 
Garfield B: That back
Category:Lukasmah
3082: Garfield with a Legitimized Concern

==Explanation==
==The author writes:==
I realized that by making minor edits to this strip, it takes on a different context, with Garfield reacting without Odie being involved, thus making him appear less self-centered.
Original strip: .
==Transcript==
Jon: The door came off its hinges!
Garfield: OH NO!
Garfield: Now the house will be drafty!
Category:DERichTechman
3083: Garfield Made His Own Cracktro

==Explanation==
This strip changes the original strip's premise from Jon not getting any e-mails to Garfield making a partial ROM hack of a game originally starring Mickey Mouse.
Ironically, an officially-released video game--at least as far as making it into official distribution channels--is a Garfield-themed reskin of a Mickey Mouse game; the game in question is Garfield Labyrinth, a European-exclusive release that reskinned the Japanese game Mickey Mouse IV: Mahō no Labyrinth, itself part of the Crazy Castle series. (North America saw its own reskin of the Japanese game in question themed to The Real Ghostbusters television series; that version also saw ten additional levels not present in the Mickey Mouse or Garfield versions.) The game in all three coats of paint first saw release in their respective territories between July and October 1993. The game in all three coats of paint, however, is also an unauthorized port of the 1991 video game P. P. Hammer and his Pneumatic Weapon, and as a result is unlikely to see re-release in any of its Mickey Mouse, Garfield, or The Real Ghostbusters forms.
==The author writes:==
Garfield has made his own cracktro of a Mickey Mouse game!!
Original strip: .
==Transcript==
Jon: {at Garfield's computer} Time to check the trainer, Garfield.
Computer: Garfield Proudly Presents..
{Garfield's cracktro screen comes up}
==Trivia==
*This strip marked the debut of the 500th credited author of Square Root of Minus Garfield strips.
Category:BSF
Category:Video game references
3084: Else

==Explanation==
This edit combines the 1982-02-08 strip with the last panel from the 1994-10-18 strip (minus its dialogue).
==The author writes==
Given how rarely Jon disciplines Garfield, it's no surprise said cat took his owner's warning for granted
Original strip: , .
==Transcript==
Jon: Eat that or else, Garfield
Garfield: I think I'll...
Garfield: {throwing his food dish at Jon} Else
{Garfield is now running away from Jon who is holding a rolled-up newspaper}
Category:kavviyenta
3085: It's "Saving", not "Savings"!

== Explanation ==
This is gonna take quite some explaining to do. This strip is a reference to daylight saving time (DST), which, quoth Wikipedia, is " is the practice of advancing clocks during summer months so that evening daylight lasts longer, while sacrificing normal sunrise times." Of course, the exact periods during which it is observed vary by country. In the United States (save for certain areas), it begins on the second Sunday in March (the "spring forward" period, during which the clock goes forward by an hour) and ends on the first Sunday in November (the "fall back" period, during which the clock goes back an hour). This, inevitably, has caused controversy - as well as the loss of an hour of sleep, there is also a slight increase in car accidents and heart attacks, among other issues. This has led to proponents to abolish DST altogether; as mentioned, certain areas of the United States do not observe DST.
As explained by the author, they created this submission during the "spring forward" period, being inspired to do so after losing an hour of sleep. It came out of the buffer as DST was coming to a close, so while the author wasn't wrong to assume that their submission would be "completely irrelevant", it is relevant to a respect. In fact, original strip involved Garfield saying, "Let the bad times roll!", which can be interpreted to be a jab at DST given the context. In any case, the message here is clear: DST isn't such a good idea.
The title of the strip refers to the fact that it is sometimes called "daylight savings time".
== The author writes ==
I was inspired to make this when my parents dragged me to church this morning against my will because they think I'm a sinner apostate or something and I wasn't done sleeping yet. It didn't help that all the clocks went forward last night, so I lost an hour of sleep.
Obviously this strip will be completely irrelevant by the time it comes out of the buffer.
THE STRUGGLE TO STAY AWAKE IS REAL.
Original strip: .
== Transcript ==
{Jon is at the table with a mug of coffee in one hand and holding his chin up with the other, looking very tired. His hair is messy and he hasn't shaved yet. Odie trudges in, looking even more tired, cranky, and unkempt than Jon is.}
{Odie sits down next to Jon, putting his chin in his paw as well. A grumpy-looking Garfield walks in next, almost looking like he spent the night partying and is now suffering from a hangover. His whiskers are all messed up and he has random hairs sticking out everywhere.}
Garfield: {turns to the reader} Don't you just hate it when daylight saving time starts?!
Category:Muchacho1994
Category:Completely rewritten dialogue
Category:Real world references
Category:Jabs
3086: Hop Up Here

==Explanation==
In the original strip, Jon is whistling, tapping his fingers, and telling Garfield to hop up here for dinner time. The reader moves to a low angle showing how high the table is.
In this strip, the rest of Jon's body can be shown below the table, but not the rest of Jon from above the table.
==The author writes:==
Original strip: .
==Transcript==
Jon: {whistles}
Jon: Hop up here, Garfield. It's dinner time. {taps his fingers}
{We move to a low angle showing how high the table is}
Garfield: "Hop up here," he says.
Category:Nikumubeki
3087: Devolution is Real-field

==Explanation==
==The author writes:==
Original strip: .
==Transcript==
Title frame: Square Root of Minus Garfield... Because Heathcliff rejected the idea of turning his strips into a hullabaloo.
TV announcer: I see everyone is here.
TV announcer: Thank you for all coming. Please take your seats.
{Photos from Devo live concerts with the letters of the band's name overlapping}
TV announcer: Devo Live will return in a moment.
Garfield: {wielding the remote} I beg to differ.
Category:Ronaldo Rottenus
Category:Music references
3088: Jon installs Windows 10

==Explanation==
==The author writes:==
I recently installed Windows 10 for somebody. Among other things, it suggested "tracking my speech and handwriting patterns". To "improve my experience", I suppose.
Original strips: , , .
==Transcript==
Jon: Installing Windows 10!
{Jon presses an "OK" button on a laptop.}
{Jon types on the laptop as Garfield watches nervously.}
Jon: {typing} Six feet. Brown. 175 lbs. Red. Decaffeinated. Chocolate chip. Unleaded.
{Jon nervously closes the laptop}
Jon: My dental records?
Category:Natty
Category:Real world references
3089: Da Ba Dee Da Ba Daa

==Explanation==
In the original strip, Garfield gets down, hoo boy, down, down down, dooby doo, down down, comma comma down, dooby doo down down in all the three panels. That makes him go down.
In this strip, Garfield is more than down. He's blue, not a blue cat, just the expression. It makes Garfield want to sing a song called "I'm Blue" by the Italian music group called Eiffel 65. 
The author did a quick Google search and found out why, and then this happened.
This is also from the 20th anniversary collection. 
==The author writes:==
In the 20th anniversary collection, Jim Davis claims that the response to the original comic was "overwhelming", in spite of his own hesitation to submit it. After a quick Google search I found out why. And then this idea happened
Original strip: .
==Transcript==
{Garfield is lying, dejected, on the floor/table/ledge}
Garfield: I'm blue / Da ba dee da ba daa
Garfield: Da ba dee da ba daa
Garfield: Da ba dee da ba daa
==Trivia==
Due to a mistake in organization shortly after the debut of the identically-titled 2964: Da Ba Dee Da Ba Daa, this strip was initially retitled "Get an Eiffel of This" by Manyhills due to the mistaken belief that this strip had not been given a title; this mistake has since been corrected and the strip's intended title restored.
Category:Riley
Category:Music references