nyuuzyou/wikis huggingface dataset:
3485: You have no idea how alone you are, Jon.

==Explanation==
==The author writes:==
Alternate title: Garfield + (Garfield - Garfield).
Original strips: , , (strips), , , , , , , , (Jons).
==Transcript==
Jon: Brrr, there's a chill in here this morning
Jon: What an eerie sensation...
Jon: This doesn't feel like my home
Caption: To be continued...
Jon: Garfield? Odie?
Jon: Anybody home?
Jon: I'm alone
Caption: You have no idea how alone you are, Jon
Jon: Steady, Jon, there must be a good reason why the house is empty
Jon: Garfield may be at the restaurant
Sign: FOR SALE
Category:Reisen U. Inaba
3486: Antimatter Cookies

==Explanation==
==The author writes:==
Original Square Root of Minus Garfield: 2015-05-16.
Original strip: .
==Transcript==
{Garfield approaches a plate with anti-crumbs}
{Garfield settles down atop the plate}
{Garfield walks away from a plate full of anti-cookies}
Category:Az0riusG4mer
3487: Mindfield

==Explanation==
==The author writes:==
Upon seeing SRoMG #3292 and noting Jon's... unusual talking expression, I realized that a perfectly good joke had been wasted and made this. Of course one might argue that it would work better coming from Garfield, especially since he seems to have some sort of psychic link to Jon, but let's be honest here; he'd never put in that much effort.
As for how Liz is talking without moving her lips; mental telepathy.
Original strip: .
==Transcript==
Liz: I can read your mind. You're thinking...
{Liz concentrates on Jon's thoughts, her brow furrows with effort}
Liz: You're thinnnnnnnnking...
Liz: You're not thinking...
Category:Levellass
3488: Two

==Explanation==
In the original strip, Garfield was reading a note from "Ask a Dog", that says how many different kinds of dogs are there. Odie holds up two fingers and barks. Garfield says two good dogs and bad dogs.
The edit just leaves two.
==The author writes:==
I don't claim to be an expert on humor, but I'm fairly confident that my version of this strip is just plain funnier. Garfield's apathetic resignation to Odie's incorrect answer and Odie's smug self-assurance crack me up every time I re-read the strip.
P.S. Fellow grammar pedants may appreciate another small change I made to the original.
Original strip: .
==Transcript==
Garfield {reading a letter}: "Dear 'Ask a Dog,' how many different kinds of dogs are there?"
Odie {holding up two fingers}: Bark bark
Garfield: Two.
Category:KelpTheGreat
Category:2018-09-12
3489: Garfield Plus The Minecraft Joke Book

==Explanation==
==The author writes:==
For those not in the know, there is an unofficial Minecraft joke book, which is famous, or rather, infamous, as it's widely considered one of the least funny joke books of all time, if not one of the worst books of all time, period.
I was inspired partially by the Soothouse video on it, plus a chat with my friend Autumn/EsmeMarion/whatever she's calling herself bleh, where the video noted that a lot of the punchlines were just "kaboom". While chatting, we came up with the idea of just taking random jokes and applying this nonsensical "kaboom" punchline to the end of every joke. I then subjected Garfield to this, after asking her how bad an idea this would be. You can see the results.
The scary thing is, it actually kinda works for some of them...? I was also about to put in a Pudding Pops strip variant, but I wasn't about to let this glorious mistake be put into the world's longest buffer, so I refrained.
Now if you excuse me, I'm off to invent a time machine to go back in time to the first instance of the "why did the chicken cross the road" joke, make its punchline kaboom, and we can all go full-circle.
Original strips: , , , , , , , with letters from and .
==Transcript==
{strip 1}
Garfield: Stay tuned for more me
{Garfield sinks down}
Garfield: Kaboom
{strip 2}
Flea: Hi, cat
Garfield: Hi, flea
Flea: Just wanted to stop by and say Merry Christmas before I take off
Garfield: Where to?
Flea: Kaboom
{strip 3}
Mouse: We need a fourth for bridge
Garfield: Okay, but this time we use MY cards
Garfield: Kaboom
{strip 4}
SFX: Slam!
Jon: That gift-wrapping girl down at the mall sure was cute
Garfield: Did you talk to her?
{cue Jon's head wrapped like a present}
Garfield: Kaboom
{strip 5}
Narrator: After years of taking life for granted, Garfield is shaken by a horrifying vision of the inevitable process called "Time"
Narrator: He has only one weapon...
Narrator: Denial...
Garfield: I don't want to be alone
Jon: Want some dinner, Garfield?
Jon: Who needs it? I need you!
Narrator: Kaboom [END]
{strip 6}
{Garfield walks to a sign that says "BEWARE OF DOOG"}
{Garfield looks on unamused}
Dog: Do you know how much I saved on that sign?
Garfield: Kaboom
{strip 7}
Jon: Let me have a dab of mustard
{Garfield SCRONCHes the bottle}
SFX: SPLOIT!
Garfield: Kaboom
Category:Camwoodstock & Tori
Category:Video game references
348: Up To Something

==Explanation==
==The author writes:==
I got this when trying to figure out how to use some of the panels as seen in the original strips.
Original strips: , , .
==Transcript==
Jon: Cats are always up to something...
{Garfield drowning in the ocean, and being dragged down by giant tentacles}
Jon: {Lying on the sofa} Oh yeah... That's quiet.
Category:DanielBT
3490: Nah pop no style

==Explanation==
==The author writes:==
Saw today's strip, couldn't resist.
Original strip: (inspired by ... and about half the SRoMG strips in existence).
==Transcript==
{Jon is using a laptop, while Garfield stands by unimpressed}
Jon: Let's see... the world is constantly changing
Jon: But also fun. Oooh, here's a place...
{Garfield's interest is now piqued}
Jon: The "Things They've Stopped Making" Museum!
{Garfield is now really interested}
Garfield: Too bad I'll never get to climb a 40-foot frozen pudding pop. Since they've stopped making them
Category:Negative N
3491: Ultimate Fridge Logic

==Explanation==
==The author writes:==
Exaggeration is my middle name.
Original strip: .
==Transcript==
Garfield: I don't know, Jon
Garfield: As refrigerators go, I guess it's okay
Garfield: But, don't they have anything bigger? {Jon and Garfield are standing next to a refrigerator so incredibly gigantic that it cannot be seen fully even from the viewer's point of view}
Category:PartyEscortBotBeans
3492: Garfield Minus Copyright

==Explanation==
This strip appears to have Garfield actually being nice to Nermal for a change, dressing him up as Mickey Mouse and promising to introduce him to some of his friends. In reality, Garfield is up to his old tricks and attempting to send Nermal into a copyright trap, as Garfield's "friends" are the actual Mickey Mouse and his lawyer, replacing the unpleasant characters from the 1989 Garfield strip; the lawyer himself is drawn from the 1991 Garfield strip, where Mickey replaces the dog from that strip and the sign altered accordingly, the combination of which conveys Disney's aggressive stance toward unauthorized usage of their properties.
==The author writes:==
I guess this is my first "real" SRoMG. I had the idea for this when I saw SRoMG #805, and wondered why Nermal was dressed as Mickey. I quickly realized the joke that Jim had missed, since there's a particular group of people who would REALLY hate Nermal dressing as one of their characters.
Garfield mentions lawyers occasionally, but only had one actually appear in the strip once. Luckily for me, this particular lawyer happened to be standing next to a sign, which saved me the trouble of figuring out how to convey that he worked for Disney.
Original strips: , .
==Transcript==
{Garfield is standing behind Nermal, who is dressed as Mickey Mouse. Around the corner from them is the real Mickey Mouse, with a lawyer behind him. A sign next to Mickey says "Beware of the mouse's lawyer"}
Garfield: Nermal, I want you to show some of my friends how cute you can be
Category:polynera
Category:Cartoon references
Category:Film references
3493: Garfield Minus Quotation Marks

==Explanation==
==The author writes:==
It's funny how removing four tiny lines instantly dials the absurdity up to 11. Why Garfield is so ecstatic about the yak in the pantry is up to you.
Original strip: .
==Transcript==
Jon: Do you know there's a mouse in the garbage?
Garfield: I think so
Garfield {singing}: Oh, there's a mouse in the garbage, and I don't caaare...
Jon: I'm glad I couldn't hear that
Garfield: Do you know there's a yak in the pantry?
Category:A Way With Word
3495: Garfield with a Real Scam

==Explanation==
This strip essentially mashes an advance-fee scam into a telling of a fairy tale film Garfield is watching. The most famous form of advance-fee scam is the "Nigerian prince scam", also known as the "419 scam" after the relevant section of the Nigerian criminal code. Within the scope of the story Garfield is watching, we are led to believe that a Nigerian prince was turned into a frog and seeks a princess's banking information in order to get the funds to have his frog curse lifted.
==The author writes:==
Original strip: .
==Transcript==
Television: I may look look a frog, but I'm really an enchanted prince
Garfield: He probably wants a kiss from the princess
Television: Rebels have cursed me and I am unable to use my vast wealth to have it lifted. If you will allow me to transfer the funds to your bank account I would gladly give you 7% of it as a reward. All I need is your banking information
Garfield: Didn't see that coming
Category:Simon Winters
3496: Averaged Text

==Explanation==
==The author writes:==
The letters are averaged by mean, median and mode, based on the hue. (Yes, I know I set A's hue to 0. Sue me.)
Original strip: .
==Transcript==
{Garfield shakes Jon awake}
Garfield: JON! JON! WAKE UP! IT'S HORRIBLE! IT'S AWFUL! YOU GOTTA DO SOMETHING!
Jon: What is it, Garfield? Is the house on fire?! Is there a burglar?!
Garfield: WORSE!!!
Garfield: I have hunger pangs!
{Jon falls back into bed}
{Below the strip, the letters in each speech bubble are sorted and averaged}
{panel 1}
AAABDEEEFGGHHIIIIJJKLLMNNNOOOOOOOPRRSSSTTTTTUUUWWY
Mean: N.076
Median: N
Mode: O
{panel 2}
AAAABDEEEEEEEFFGGHHHHIIIIIILLNOOORRRRRRSSSSSTTTTUUWW
Mean: L.538
Median: I
Mode: M
{panel 3}
AAEEGGHHINNPRSUV
Mean: L.538
Median: H
Mode: G
Category:Memes-In-Your-Dreams
3497: Jon the Mitey Hunter

==Explanation==
In the original, Jon's claims were much more in line with the stereotype, while the truth according to Garfield was much sadder. Here, what's true and what's posturing has been swapped, with details changed to reflect. The title implies he picked up some dust mites along the way.
==The author writes:==
I don't know where Jon gets his ideas about macho men, really. {whistles innocently}
Original strip: .
==Transcript==
{Jon shows off a trophy -- in the "wild game" style -- to Garfield.}</br>
Jon: You know, Garfield, a macho man has a trophy wall of slippers.</br>
Garfield: That's not a slipper.</br>
Jon: I bagged this bunny slipper at 2 feet under the bed.</br>
Garfield: That's an Aussie jackrabbit.</br>
Jon: At no small risk to cleanliness.</br>
{Garfield examines the trophy.}</br>
Garfield: Whose trophy is this, really?
Category:Nyperold
category:Joke reversal
3498: Garfield Plus One Extra Layer of Recursion

==Explanation==
==The author writes:==
After seeing the original, I just couldn't resist. Is there anything else to say?
Original strip: .
==Transcript==
Garfield: Sigh. Tough day. How tough, you ask?
{Garfield gestures to a line of three teddy bears, of decreasing size}
Garfield: Even my teddy bear's teddy bear needs a teddy bear
Category:Lubaf
3499: Barnaclefield

==Explanation==
==The author writes:==
They say Doctor Breen would have approved of Garfield.
Original strips: with additional elements from, , .
Barnacle from the Half-Life Wiki.
==Transcript==
{Garfield's standing on his head on the table. Jon is walking by. A barnacle is lowering its tongue just above Jon's head}
Jon: Hi, Garfield
{The barnacle grabs Jon with its tongue and pulls him up}
SFX: ZIP!
Barnacle: MUNCH MUNCH MUNCH
Jon: HELP!
{Having eaten Jon, the barnacle lowers its tongue again with two of Jon's bones falling down from its mouth}
Barnacle: BURP
Category:Nikumubeki
Category:Video game references
349: Alternate Garfield

==Explanation==
==The author writes:==
It came to me while I was messing with randomiser, and accidentally popped out a comic with Garfield acting like a nice guy. I had an epiphany, and lo and behold this happened. I like how it turned out.
(Panel 8 is from an unknown strip.)
Original strips: , , , , , , , .
==Transcript==
Jon: {on phone} He what?!
Garfield: I've been a busy boy.
Garfield: Every day in every way.
Garfield: Hey, I know I'm fat... So what?
Garfield: I've been all over the world!
Garfield: I've cut out snacks.
Garfield: No little birthday is going to get me down, no sir...
Garfield: {chasing a mouse} Hey!
{Garfield hugs Jon, Jon looks scared}
Garfield: {dejected, to Odie} Still annoying.
Category:Diamondex
Category:Original strip unknown
34: Steganographic Garfield

==Explanation==
Stenography, within cryptography, is the practice of hiding a message within something innocuous. In this case, another Garfield strip has been hidden in this one (which deals with exploring the unknown, hence why it was chosen for this purpose). Finding it is left as an exercise for the reader.
As was discovered by Johan and Ellisthion on the forums, after messing around with colors, brightness, and other such things to figure out the difference between the hidden strip and the displayed one, then jacking up the brightness and contrast, you get ; color-inverting it gets the final image below, a grayscale copy of (wherein Jon tries to play hide-and-seek, hence why it's hidden here). (Incidentally, according to David the lack of color was because it was easier to embed.)
==Transcript==
Garfield: As a cat, I love to explore the unknown.</br>
Garfield: {looks behind himself} Nothing behind me.</br>
Garfield: That's enough exploring for one day.
==The author writes==
Original idea: Pieter</br>
Executed by: David Morgan-Mar
Original strip from .
Category:David Morgan-Mar
Category:Pieter
Category:Puzzles
3500: Jon's First Strip

==Explanation==
==The author writes:==
The first Garfield strip establishes Jon as a cartoonist, but (as far as I know) we're never shown any of his work. The only glimpse we get is a vague set of scribbles in the background of the 1978-06-19 strip, which is rather too small to make out anything. I did some enhancing and skewing and traced the lines as closely as I could, and... this is what we end up with. I guess I can see why Jon's no longer being referred to as a cartoonist.
Between having the idea and actually making it, I noticed I'd apparently been beaten to it by a YouTuber called Quinton Reviews, who is wearing a shirt featuring the strip in this video. I think my version is different enough to submit here, though.
And yes, in all likelihood this is not Jon's first strip. I just thought it'd make for a good title.
Original strip: .
==Transcript==
{A series of four images identifiable as a comic strip, featuring what looks like a stick figure with a red head and possibly another one with a green torso}
Category:wye
3501: Garfield Minus Jon's Mouth Divided by One and a Half

==Explanation==
==The author writes:==
Original strip: .
==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 puts his hand on Jon's mouth}
{Jon's mouth has disappeared. Garfield walks away}
Category:Muk
3502: Hanging Around

==Explanation==
==The author writes:==
Original Square Root of Minus Garfield: 2017-03-22.
Original Red Dwarf episode: "Camille".
==Transcript==
{Lister and Cat are watching Mugs Murphy. Garfield is hanging out near them}
Garfield: We're BACHELORS, baby.
Category:Meteo Archon
Category:Television references
3503: garfield like coleslaw

==Explanation==
==The author writes:==
This idea popped into my head when I saw this comic while searching random comics.
Original strip: .
==Transcript==
Jon: I'm starting your diet, Garfield. How would you like this head of cabbage prepared?
Garfield: Cut that sucker
Jon: Boiled it is
Garfield: What we have here is a failure to communicate
Category:twinec
3505: Linguistics with Liz: Klingon

==Explanation==
==The author writes:==
2 things:
A: I had to use the Bing translator for this one so the actual characters may not be accurate.
B: Does anyone know the actual translation for "You are a radish" in Klingon?
Original strip: .
==Transcript==
Liz: Jon?
Jon: Yes?
Liz: [INSERT KLINGON LETTERS HERE]
{Liz leaves}
Jon: I will never understand Klingon
Garfield: I think she just called you a radish
Category:J.D. Sadler
Category:Linguistics with Liz
Category:Television references
3506: Meme Cam

==Explanation==
This strip gets Star Trek and Star Wars mixed up; Jon's line in panel three implies he was witnessing a Star Wars reference, however, Vulcan is an alien species and language from the Star Trek mythos.
==The author writes:==
Some say Meme Cam footage is pre-recorded, but those of us who have thought of Others know the truth.
Translation to Vulcan was courtesy of FunTranslations so if it's wrong, blame me for using them.
Original strips: , .
==Transcript==
Jon: What are you watching on the computer?
Garfield: Meme Cam
Liz {performing a four-fingered Vulcan Salute}: Du nam-tor wuh radish.
Jon: I will never understand Star W-
Garfield: I think she just called you a radish
Category:pareidolon
Category:Film references
Category:Television references
Category:Linguistics with Liz
Category:Pizza Cam
3508: Garfield in Haiku: Christmas

==Explanation==
==The author writes:==
This is one of those strips that don't need many changes to haiku-ize. Plus, the original strip is exactly 10 years after the pudding pops strip.
Original strip: .
==Transcript==
Garfield: There is a box
Garfield: Fill it and give it to me
Jon: Spirit of Christmas
Category:Reisen U. Inaba
3509: Lewdfield

==Explanation==
==The author writes:==
Honestly the original strip was just BEGGING for something like this.
Original Square Root of Minus Garfield: 2016-08-05.
Original strip: with smirking Odie from .
==Transcript==
Liz: So what are you getting me for Christmas, Odie?
Liz: ...A bone?
{Odie smirks while Garfield looks on, shocked}
Category:Levellass
350: Subliminal Revealed Garfield

==Explanation==
==The author writes:==
If you write myriad strips, you are bound to make some with unintentional dirty humour. Quite possibly you'll also make some with intentionally hidden dirty humour. I'm not the first one to pick this one out, not even the hundredth, I'd guess. With a quick search you can see the last panel is already floating around the net cut loose of its original context. No less the reason to have the strip recognised here too. Also, I think the title panel with a phallic swimming pool and Garfield sporting his tail somewhat suggestively adds a nice extra seasoning.
Original strip: .
==Transcript==
{Garfield lying on an airbed on a long, thin, rounded-end pool.}
{Garfield answers the door. A man is there, wearing a shirt with "Ed's Dong Repair" on it.}
Category:qvaak
3510: Garfield but the jokes are from those Christmas crackers or joke books

==Explanation==
==The author writes:==
What if, instead of copying the played out jokes of Garfield being lazy and fat and liking food, what if the jokes came from, as said, Christmas crackers or joke books?
Original strip: .
==Transcript==
Garfield: Why is the bride at a wedding always sad?
Garfield: because...
Garfield: they never get to marry the best man!
Category:Destructible Watermelon
3511: A Nickel's Worth Of Free Advice

==Explanation==
==The author writes:==
This was originally a much more... aggressive strip (you don't want to know the full context, trust me), but I liked the second and third panels too much to let them get abandoned, so I reworked it (and, obviously, added a fourth panel) to make something that's less of an attack, and more of a spotlight of sad irony.
Also, you can choose to determine if the last panel is from 2053 or not; I left it vague how far into the future the strip ended in.
Original strips: , .
==Transcript==
{Garfield is reading a letter}
Letter: Quit while you still can. Your comic is only going to get worse from here. You still have a chance. -a friend
Garfield: Dude... calm down.
{Garfield drops the letter and walks away}
Garfield: You can't stop progress. Just accept it.
Caption: Meanwhile, in the future...
{Garfield is sitting next to a FutureFax machine ("Fling a message into yesterday in a snap!"), after having used it}
Garfield: I tried to warn him...
==Trivia==
This strip is the last strip known to have been published prior to the implementation of the current crediting system for original Garfield strips, and as such lists the original strip credits twice on the Square Root of Minus Garfield strip itself--once within brackets on the second-to-last line (the old coding), and once without brackets on the last line (the current coding); the credits within the old coding contain busted links to the busted "images.ucomics.com" domain, whereas the current coding currently leads directly to GoComics and can be updated should the crediting source change. To reduce redundancy, "the author writes" sections of articles on this very wiki only include one set of original strips credits.
Category:Crazy56U
Category:Jabs
3512: Ambiguous Situation

==Explanation==
==The author writes:==
The original strip made it obvious Lyman is the one speaking, but if we have the speech bubble point to Garfield, how do we even know if Lyman is using ventriloquism or Garfield is really talking and Lyman just happens to be there? What did Jim Davis had in mind when he made this strip? We'll never know.
Original strip: .
==Transcript==
{Jon dangles a treat above Garfield's head}
Jon: Speak, Garfield, speak
{Garfield speaks, much to Jon's shock}
Garfield: Why, of course, Jon. Is there any particular topic on which you'd like to converse?
{Jon turns around and flap his lips as Garfield smiles to Lyman behind him}
Category:Kavviyenta
3513: The Expectation of the Distressed Feline Garfield

==Explanation==
In the original strip, the 3rd Saturday in December was circled. It is only possible for that to be a date from the 15th to the 21st. That year, it was the 18th, one week before Christmas. This edit corrects it, and also shades in some of the first squares to indicate that they are not days in the current month, and puts dividers on most of the bottom row to indicate that they stand for multiple days.
Note that the perception of this strip successfully correcting the original strip depends on how one perceives the workings of the calendar. Unlike later takes on attempting to correct the same original strip, 4944: Garfield plus overly accurate calendar and 5309: Garfield plus truly overly accurate calendar, this strip is considered correct in relation to 2004 if one applies a Sunday-to-Saturday perspective (December 1 was a Wednesday in 2004).
The title is a play on The Expectation of the Blessed Virgin Mary, a Catholic feast day originating in 7th-century Spain. It is celebrated on December 18th, the 3rd Saturday of the month that year, thus the day that was circled in the original.
==The author writes:==
I'm not doing anything with the calendar we see later that has the full name of the month and five rows for the days. I just figure those are different calendars, possibly in different rooms.
Original strip: .
==Transcript==
{Garfield stands, staring at a calendar turned to the month of December. The last Saturday of the month, being Christmas that year, is circled and filled in with green.}</br>
Garfield: Calendars...they hurry all year long</br>
Garfield: —until December...</br>
{Garfield stretches out his arms and shows his heightened teeth in frustration.}</br>
Garfield: then they MOSEY!
Category:Nyperold
Category:Corrections