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2362: Obviously

==Explanation==
This strip simply reverses the original Garfield strip's key joke; instead of Jon telling Garfield that he was getting fatter and Garfield thinking the world was shrinking, this time Jon tells Garfield the world is shrinking and Garfield thinking he was getting fatter.
==The author writes:==
Original strip: .
==Transcript==
Jon: The world is shrinking
Garfield: It is?
Garfield: Whew! I thought I was getting fatter!
Category:Mr B Natural
2363: Bootstrap Garfield

==Explanation==
==The author writes:==
In this universe, Odie just keeps going in circles in time, showing up in 1978, and then getting kicked back in time when he gets to 1984, in a perpetual loop. Like that compass in Lost, only this makes more sense.
Original strips: , , .
==Transcript==
Jon: Hi, there... I'm Jon Arbuckle. I'm a cartoonist, and this is my cat, Garfield.
Garfield: Hi, there. I'm Garfield. I'm a cat, and this is my cartoonist, Jon.
{Odie suddenly falls on top of Garfield, out of nowhere.}
SFX: WHUMP!
Narration: SIX YEARS LATER...
Garfield: Well, well, well. I see you're eating my food, Odie. Now what are we going to do with you?
Garfield: We are going to kick you into 1978! That's what we're going to do!
SFX: PUNT
Jon: Where's Odie?
Garfield: Somewhere over the Carter administration.
Category:Robot Fencer
Category:Real world references
Category:Television references
2364: Feed Me!

==Explanation==
==The author writes:==
This is something that I thought of when I think about Garfield's dislike of chasing mice...
Original strips: , , .
==Transcript==
{Garfield looks at Jon with an un-natural smiling expression}
Jon: Is it "Feed me"?
Garfield: {sarcastically} Hel-LOOO, Doctor Dolittle!
Jon: Well?!
Garfield: {aside glance} How do I get into those things?
Mouse: {arrives and punches Garfield} Tell him mice have rights!
Category:sabrina_diamond
2365: Bedtime Story

==Explanation==
==The author writes:==
"Great soft jelly thing, smoothly rounded" actually describes Garfield himself pretty well, if you think about it.
Original strip: .
==Transcript==
{Garfield excitedly hands Jon a book}
Jon: What's this? You want me to read you a bedtime story?
Jon: Oh, very well.
Jon: {reading} "I will describe myself as I see myself. I am a great soft jelly thing. Smoothly rounded with no..."
{Garfield smiles contentedly}
Category:Deloth
2366: Fourth Opinion

==Explanation==
==The author writes:==
Now we've come full circle. Pardon my terrible editing, it's my first comic.
Original Square Root of Minus Garfield: #1051.
Original strips: , .
==Transcript==
{Jon dials the phone}
[SFX]: dial dial dial
Jon: Hello, Liz's office? Can you look at my cat?
Jon: I'd like to bring him in for a checkup.
Jon's Car: But I just had one.
Jon: You'd better flush out his worms.
Jon: Tighten his bowels.
Jon: Remove his claws.
Jon: Oh yes, and have him neutered.
{Jon's Car is outside on the street fleeing}
Jon: Car?
Category:Wrpen
2367: As A Vet

==Explanation==
In this strip, the author takes advantage of the fact that "vet" is commonly short for two things: "veterinarian" and "veteran". The original strip has the former in the form of Liz, Garfield's vet since 1979. In that, Liz was presumably "funny" because she thought she might stop him from drinking coffee just by telling him cats shouldn't. Here is the latter in the form of Steve Rogers, a.k.a. Captain America, who had fought in World War II. He's probably "funny" for "his" play on words, as if he could use his veteran status to back up his advice on pet health.
This strip was also run on Veterans' Day of 2015, further cementing in these themes.
==The author writes:==
A salute to real veterans; the world would be much different without you.
This is one of a few strips I chose based on the repeating numbers in the date.
Original strip: .
Image of Captain America from a scan uploaded to Wikipedia and used only as a vehicle for parody.
==Transcript==
Captain America: You know, as a vet I can tell you that cats shouldn't really drink coffee.</br>
{beat}</br>
Garfield: You're funny.
Category:Nyperold
Category:Comic book references
2368: Why So Serious? - Unofficial Take

==Explanation==
==The author writes:==
Back when I first came here, I read each of the strips to get a feel of how the site works. Upon coming across the "Why So Serious?" strips, I was hoping there would be a take with the alternative above. But there was none, so I made it myself.
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.
Odie: Ta dah! It's... gone! {everything except Odie has vanished}
Category:pookypal
2369: Simple Re-contextualization 4: Change of Scene

==Explanation==
==The author writes:==
It's amazing sometimes how a simple change in scenery can transform a sight gag from comedy to horror.
Original strip: .
==Transcript==
{Odie is in a Quarantine room, as denoted by signs which read "CAUTION: QUARANTINE AREA" and "QUARANTINE AREA: Restricted Access"}
{Garfield approaches, on the "safe side" of the glass}
{Garfield brings Odie's squeaky ball to the front of the window}
{Garfield leaves, passing Jon; in the background, signs read "Oncology ->" "Quarantine <-", implying they are in a hospital}
{Odie... words fail me. Maybe the disease has got him, and started making him huge? Or maybe he's just really excited? It's hard to tell. Regardless:}
Jon: GAAAAH!
Category:Lubaf
236: Garfield Cross Section D

==Explanation==
==The author writes:==
This strip is unedited, except to remove some random panels. How many more versions of this strip will there have to be before it gets boring?
Date of original strip: .
==Transcript==
{Garfield looking out a window}</br>
SFX: SCREEE {two cars crash on the street}</br>
SFX: CRUNCH!</br>
Odie: Urf! {Garfield looks at Odie}
Category:Rob
2371: Milk's Least Favorite Cookie

==Explanation==
==The author writes:==
Let me just say that I think "Cookie Clicker" is a stupid game and that I am not endorsing it by the creation of this comic.
Original strip: .
==Transcript==
{a spider dangling down towards a computer mouse}
{the spider starts rapidly clicking the mouse}
SFX: clik clik clik clik clik clik clik clik clik clik clik
{the spider is playing "Cookie Clicker"}
Category:Cody
Category:Video game references
Category:Jabs
2372: Monday Night Football

==Explanation==
==The author writes:==
I'm not apologizing for the strip title.
Original strip: .
==Transcript==
{Garfield looks beat, with his tongue hanging out, holding a cup of coffee}
Garfield: I hate Mondays.
{Jon, having heard Garfield... somehow, rushes in while yelling, startling Garfield}
Jon: (happily) HEY, GARFIELD! IT'S MONDAAAY!
{Garfield has been tackled to the ground by Jon, and has been really messed up by the ordeal. Trust me.}
Garfield: (from the floor) And people who love that I hate Mondays.
Category:Crazy56U
2373: Sailor Jon

==Explanation==
This strip redraws Jon's outfit and some of his body features to resemble that of the titular character of Sailor Moon.
==The author writes:==
I'm surprised nobody has done a Sailor Moon-related comic yet.
Original strip: .
==Transcript==
Jon: Garfield! Odie!
Jon: C'mon, now.... I don't look THAT bad...
{Zooms out to reveal Jon's Sailor Moon outfit}
Jon: Do I?
Category:TheNoahGuy1
Category:Anime and manga references
2374: PUNT!

==Explanation==
==The author writes:==
Anyway, here's all the punt comics so far.
Original strips: , , , , , , , , , , .
==Transcript==
Garfield: Tum, dee-dum, dee-dum.
SFX: PUNT!
SFX: PUNT
SFX: PUNT
Garfield: Thanks for the exercise.
SFX: PUNT!
SFX: PUNT!
Odie: YIP!
SFX: PUNT!
SFX: PUNT!
SFX: PUNT!
SFX: PUNT!
SFX: PUNT!
SFX: PUNT!
Category:Nicholas Crawford
2375: You're in Trouble, Jon

==Explanation==
This strip erases Garfield and his water balloon from the original Garfield strip, and also recolors the liquid surrounding Jon in the last panel (originally the water from the water balloon) to position Jon as having wet his pants.
==The author writes:==
Coming soon, Jon searches for a new bladder.
Original strip: .
==Transcript==
{Jon stands beside a table}
{Jon looks distressed}
SFX: Sploit!
{Jon stands dripping in a puddle of liquid}
Category:JLH
2376: Dusty Springfield

==Explanation==
==The author writes:==
Dusty Springfield (1939-1999) was a hugely successful and respected British popstar of the 20th century. Most of my submissions tend to end with the word "field" so I thought this seemed the logical continuation.
In the final panel, Garfield is singing the lyrics to her famous collaboration with the Pet Shop Boys.
Original strip: .
==Transcript==
{Garfield is hanging onto a half-table, half-Dusty Springfield hybrid}
Garfield: This table is Dusty.
{Garfield sneezes off the table}
Garfield: ACHOO!
{Garfield is lying on the floor, with a still-smiling Dusty Springfield looking at him}
Garfield: What have I, what have I, what have I done to deserve this?
Category:Billy Hicks
Category:Music references
2377: Bored

==Explanation==
In the original Garfield strip, Garfield is bored, then sees Jon with a bat stuck in his hair. Some people have all the fun.
In this strip, Garfield says bored five times, then transforms into a wooden board.
==The author writes==
Original strip: 
==Transcript==
Garfield: I'm bored.
Garfield: I'm bored.
Garfield: I'm bored.
Garfield: I'm bored.
Garfield: I'm bored.
{Garfield is transformed into a wooden board.}
Garfield: I'm board.
Category:Insquamous
2378: Eyes Wide Field

==Explanation==
==The author writes:==
The first three wide-eyed Garfield strips that came up in the Garfield Randomizer. This cat has seen some stuff, man. Wouldn't recommend it.
Original strips: , , .
==Transcript==
Spider: Hey!
Garfield Angel: You'll regret it tomorrow!
Garfield Devil: Tomorrow never comes!
Category:Rebecca O'Tool
2379: Garfield Plus Math Assignment

==Explanation==
==The author writes:==
This is an actual image of my sister's math assignment from the prior school year she was in as of sending this (June 3rd, 2015).
Original strip: .
==Transcript==
Paper Header: More Practice Problems
Instructions: Answer the following questions by filling out the table below.
[The strip begins.]
Garfield: I hate Mondays. I need something to cheer me up...
[Garfield kicks Odie off the table, only for him to stop in the middle of the air, and begin hovering, much to Odie's confusion, and Garfield's dismay]
Garfield: Even gravity has it in for me today!
[The strip ends.]
Question A: [cut off]...cks Odie off the roof of a tall building, what is Odie's velocity at the [cut off] ...es (assume acceleration is 10 m/s/s): 1s, 2s, 3s, 4s, and 5s?
Question B: [barely visible, mostly cut off] ...Odie traveled after 1s, 2s, 3s, 4s, and 5s?
Category:Camwoodstock & Tori
Category:Real world references
237: The Computer is Your Friend

==Explanation==
This comic takes a strip from 1980 and swaps its dialogue with one from 2009 to point how similar they are.
The title, aside from being a TV Tropes page, is a recurring phrase in the dystopian tabletop game Paranoia, referring to the absolute rule of the land's ruler, "The Computer".
==The author writes:==
Original strips: , .
==Transcript==
{Garfield enters, with a huge grin on his face.}</br>
Jon: You've done something awful to me, haven't you?</br>
Jon: YAAAAAH!</br>
Garfield: {still grinning} Just playing with your paranoia.
Category:Adam Klimowski
Category:General repetitiveness
Category:Tabletop game references
2380: The most she will do is throw shadows at you but she's always a woman to meme

==Explanation==
==The author writes:==
Original strip: .
==Transcript==
{Garfield is lip-synching to Billy Joel's "Movin' Out (Anthony's Song)" as Jon looks on in amazement.}
Garfield: Anthony works in the grocery store, savin' his pennies for someday, Mama Leone left a note on the door, she said "Sonny, move out to the country"
Garfield: Ah, but workin' too hard can give you a heart attack-ack-ack-ack-ack-ack
Garfield: ack-ack-ack-ack-ack-ack-ack-ack-ack-ack-ack-ack-ack-ack-ack-ack-ack-ack-ack-ack-ack-
{Garfield, realizing that something is amiss, turns to look at the record player he has brought out.}
Record Player: ack-ack-ack-ack-ack-ack-ack-ack-ack-ack-ack-ack-ack-ack-ack-ack-ack-ack-ack-ack-ack-ack-ack-ack-ack-ack-ack-ack-
Record Player: ack-ack-ack-
{Annoyed, Garfield smacks the record player in the kisser. The record starts playing normally again.}
Garfield: You oughta know by nowwwwww...
{Jon glances at the audience, wondering what his life has become.}
Category:Katrina Rocketman
Category:Music references
2381: WHAT A TWIST!

==Explanation==
==The author writes:==
Presumably, Garfield is watching a rather sub-par Midsomer Murders episode.
Original strip: .
==Transcript==
TV: And thus, I have proven that only you could have committed the murder!
TV: But the supposed "victim" is still alive!
TV: Then who did I kill?
Garfield: Looking at the clock, there's at least three more twists coming.
Category:Lubaf
Category:Television references
2382: Strawberry Shortcake

==Explanation==
==The author writes:==
I saw the original strip and Strawberry Shortcake came to mind.
Original strip: .
==Transcript==
{Jon keeps staring at Liz}
Liz {slightly disturbed}: Jon, why are you staring at me?
Jon: I can't take my eyes off you, Liz.
{Liz turns into Strawberry Shortcake in next panel}
Liz/Strawberry Shortcake: Could you at least blink?
Garfield: That's the way I stare at strawberry shortcake.
Category:Negative N
Category:Print references
2383: Time

==Explanation==
==The author writes:==
Original strip: .
==Transcript==
Jon: What time is it?
{beat}
Waluigi: It's Waluigi time!
Jon: What time is it?
{beat}
Yami: It's time to d-d-d-d-duel!
Jon: What time is it?
{beat}
Tony the Clock: {waving his arm obnoxiously in Jon's face} It's time for a song!
Jon: What time is it?
{beat}
{it suddenly occurs to Jon that he is trapped in the endless abyss between time and space, where both are meaningless, and that the cat he once knew as Garfield has left him to drift alone throughout the empty void between existence and nonexistence for all eternity}
Category:Densetsu Bros
Category:Anime and manga references
Category:Internet references
Category:Video game references
2384: Garfield Attempts To Delay The Inevitable

==Explanation==
On the Irregular Webcomic!/Square Root of Minus Garfield web forums, David Morgan-Mar made the following announcement regarding the infamous "pudding pop" strips that appeared on the eponymous website, referring to those comics which were a variation of the "something that sounds like Minus" gag that many authors submitted en masse:
"Strips which are variants of the infamous "pudding pops" strip may be submitted, but are placed in a special ultra-low-priority queue. There are nearly 100 unpublished strips in this queue, dating back to 2010. They will be trickled out extremely slowly, if at all. Basically, if you submit a strip that is a variant of this, odds are it will never get published. Use your creative energy on some other strip idea."
In this comic, Garfield is aware (breaking the fourth wall as such) that Jon is about to embark on yet another "pudding pops" strip by starting to say the opening lines that appear in the first panel of virtually every "pudding pops" strip: "The world is constantly changing." Garfield, wanting to prevent this strip from ending up in the so-called ultra-low-priority queue, attempts to stop Jon before he can finish his sentence.
==The author writes:==
Garfield attempts to be genre savvy enough to prevent another "pudding pop" strip from being created. Nonetheless, I wager it'll be a cold day in hell before this strip sees the light of day. (Ed: It's certainly a cold day in my apartment.)
Original strip: .
==Transcript==
{Jon and Garfield are sitting silently. Jon is reading a newspaper}
Jon: The world is constantly...
{Garfield's eyes open in shock as he realizes what Jon is about to say}
Garfield: Jon, stop! Or we'll end up in the low priority SRoMG queue!
Category:MadDogBV
Category:Constantly changing
2385: For Want of a Grip

==Explanation==
==The author writes:==
This was originally going to be more detailed, showing multiple Garfields being affected from 1978!Garfield's death (like , to name one).
However, I decided to dial it back to just showing 1991!Garfield being affected for simplicity and to get the point across without bogging it down.
...also, it was around 3 to 4AM when I made this. I was very tired...
Original strips: , , .
==Transcript==
1978
{Garfield, on top of a drawer, sees a ham on the table across from him; he licks his lips}
{Garfield tries reaching out to the ham}
{Garfield falls off the drawer}
SFX: WHUMP!
1991
{Garfield begins fading, much to his shock}
Garfield: Hey! What the... ?!
==Trivia==
It is presumed the 1979-05-01 strip was not intended to be included as a proper strip credit; the remnants of the old crediting system on the strip's Square Root of Minus Garfield page does not include it. (Only the current strip credit system is included on this very wiki page to reduce redundancy.) It is likely the transition to the current crediting system looked through the entire author's notes, as opposed to just the portions corresponding to the old strip crediting system, saw the link to the 1979-05-01 strip in the author's notes proper, interpreted it as a strip to credit, and credited it accordingly.
Category:Crazy56U
2386: Omeglefield 3

==Explanation==
==The author writes:==
Inspired by #2285, of course (here's the log). I like how surreal the response is in this context.
Original strip: .
==Transcript==
{Jon traipses in, a blender stuck to the side of his head. Garfield is unusually taken aback by this.}
Jon: I glued a blender to my face.
{Garfield watches, transfixed, as he passes through the room.}
Garfield: M
{Garfield gazes at the reader, possibly in abstract thought.}
Garfield: Good.
==Trivia==
Due to Omegle permanently shutting down in November 2023, the link to the Omegle log is now hopelessly broken.
Category:BlueDude
Category:Real world references
2388: Expandfield

==Explanation==
An Expand Dong-styled meme referencing Square Root of Minus Garfield. "Expand Dong" refers to several ransom note-styled image macros; the name came from the original example of such a macro, which was an edit of the cover art for the 1999 video game Donkey Kong 64. The majority of Expand Dong macros are NSFW; for this reason, and the policy requiring SRoMG comics to be "approximately PG-rated," the author refused to link to a page explaining the meme in more detail, while at the same time, making their entry as "safe as possible." For those who are curious, however, here's the page in question.
=== Which letter is which? ===
The following is a thorough explanation pointing out which logos correspond with which letters:
*SQUARE
**S - Sonic X logo
**Q - Nesquik logo
**U - Unilever logo
**A - Arthur title screen
**R - Toy Story franchise logo
**E - Extra logo
*ROOT
**R - same as R in "SQUARE"
**OO - Toon Disney logo
**T - Toy Story title screen
*OF - Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog title screen
*MINUS
**M - Space Jam logo
**I - Iggy Arbuckle logo
**N - Disney Channel logo
**U - Super Mario logo
**S - SpongeBob SquarePants logo
*GARFIELD - Both times GARFIELD pops up, a Garfield logo is used
*RIPS
**R - Rocket Power logo
**IP - An advertisement for the iPad
**S - Sonic Boom logo
*APART
**A - App Store logo prior to 2017
**PA - PayPal logo
**R - Rebound film poster
**T - Cartoon Network logo
*STRIPS - Publicity photo of The Comic Strip
*IN - Inside Out film poster
*ORDER
**O - Opera logo
**R - Crayola logo
**D - Damn Yankees (1994 Broadway revival) poster
**E - Internet Explorer logo
**R - same as R in "RIPS"
*TO - Toy Story logo (pre-release trailer and ads)
*MAKE
**MA - Max Steel logo
**K - Fox Kids logo
**E - same as E in "ORDER"
*CHEAP LAUGHS - Simply a sign reading "cheap laughs"
==The author writes==
Playing on the "Expand Dong" meme. Due to site policy on rating, I won't link to the Know Your Meme page on the meme, and I made this entry as safe as possible.
Sources used: Garfield; Sonic X logo; Nesquik logo; Unilever logo; Arthur logo; Toy Story collective logos; Extra logo; Toon Disney logo; Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog logo; Space Jam logo; Iggy Arbuckle (no relation to Jon) title screen; Disney Channel logo; Super Mario logo; SpongeBob logo; Garfield logo; Rocket Power logo; iPad ad; Sonic Boom logo; App Store icon; PayPal logo; Rebound movie poster; Cartoon Network logo; The Comic Strip (a British comedy troupe) logo; Inside Out poster; Opera logo; Crayola logo; Damn Yankees poster; Internet Explorer logo; Max Steel logo; Fox Kids logo; "Cheap laughs" sign.
==Description==
{Garfield is atop a plethora of logo samples which collectively read: "SQUARE ROOT OF MINUS GARFIELD RIPS APART GARFIELD STRIPS IN ORDER TO MAKE CHEAP LAUGHS"}
Category:Dr. Manny
Category:Avant-garde strips
Category:Internet references
Category:Titles permuting "Garfield"
Category:No original strip
2389: Calabi-Meow

==Explanation==
In the original, Garfield encountered Jon with normal string wound around him. Here, Jon is surrounded by open and closed strings, a concept from string theory, and Garfield's mention of "world" is changed to "worldsheet", also a concept from string theory.
==The author writes:==
You have to admit, it took branes to come up with this one.
Original strip: .
Attribution: "Open and closed strings" by Xoneca - Own work. Licensed under Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Open_and_closed_strings.svg#/media/File:Open_and_closed_strings.svg.
==Transcript==
Garfield: All is right with my universe.
{Garfield encounters Jon, who is covered in open and closed strings.}
Jon: Stringmaaaan!
{Garfield walks away.}
Garfield: Gotta sweep up a smaller worldsheet.
Category:Nyperold
Category:Science-based comics
238: Continuity: Positive

==Explanation==
In the original strip, Garfield simply let the mouse pass by because "he knew the password." In this edit, the gag is changed to Garfield getting revenge for what happened in an earlier strip.
==The author writes:==
Garfield is, for the most part, continuity-neutral, each strip self-contained and maintaining the status quo. Sometimes it lapses into "positive" continuity (like a themed week of strips, or Liz becoming Jon's girlfriend) and sometimes into "negative" continuity (Garfield destroys something that comes back without explanation next strip, the ever-shifting colour and design of recurring objects). So, what if one strip were taken to both extremes?
Positive Continuity is based upon if a strip from the previous year - - were taken into account.
==Transcript==
{Jon and Garfield are in the lounge room. A mouse walks by.}</br>
Mouse: Squeak.</br>
{The mouse disappears down a trap door that suddenly opens in the floor.}</br>
Garfield: "Sorry, that was last week's password."
Category:Len Pitre
2390: Super Garfield Kart

==Explanation==
==The author writes:==
Inspired off of Toad's saying in Mario Kart 64 for the Nintendo 64.
Original strip: .
==Transcript==
Toad: I'm the best!
Jon: You're the worst.
Toad: My turn.
Toad: I'm the best!
Category:Super SpongeBob 64
Category:Video game references
2391: Depressingfield

==Explanation==
==The author writes:==
Taking two Sunday strips used in SRoMG before and mashing them up to create an extremely depressing commentary on the fleetingness of life.
Original strips: , , .
==Transcript==
{'Garfield' title of Garfield, Odie, and three unidentified dogs playing cards}
{A photo of a smiling Jon and Garfield, captioned 1983}
{A photo of a smiling Jon and Garfield, captioned 1989}
{A photo of a half-smiling Jon and frowning Garfield, captioned 1995}
{A photo of an uncertain-looking moustache-wearing Jon and a decaying, miserable Garfield, captioned 2004}
{A photo of a sad-looking Jon who has lost a lot of hair, and an extremely decayed, almost dead Garfield, captioned 2011}
{An elderly, almost bald Jon is miserably reading a photo album, next to the skeleton of his deceased cat}
Jon: Boy, have WE ever had boring lives.
Category:Billy Hicks