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4243: Square Root of Minus Garfield in 2053

==Explanation==
The original idea behind "Garfield in 2053" strips is to retell a strip's story using only the art of the first panel or first two panels. This strip plays on one consequence of Viacom's acquisition of most of the rights to the Garfield franchise: less free access to high-quality strips. This edit speculates on what could happen should things get worse. The strip seems to be just the original strip, but decreased in size drastically, beyond the point where a reader can't even read the words. The author's note paints a picture of a dystopian future in which contributors cannot safely use "the good stuff", even if they have it.
==The author writes:==
The strips.garfield.com takedown was only the beginning. Over the next few decades, all freely available Garfield content will be purged from the Internet by the greedy folks at Viacom/Nickelodeon, forcing SRoMG creators to work with assets of lower and lower quality. By 2053, Garfield strips of respectable quality will be nigh-impossible to find. USB drives containing high-quality strips will circulate on the black market at inordinate prices, and anyone in possession of such will be hunted like deer. Hobbyist SRoMG authors will make edits of high-quality strips but not dare to share them with anyone, because to reveal yourself to be in possession of such contraband as a high-quality original Garfield strip is to paint a giant target on your forehead. Only strips of bottom-of-the-barrel quality will be safely eligible for this website.
What edit did this author make to this strip? At this level of detail, we'll probably never know.
(No, I'm not bitter about losing access to high-quality assets. Why would you think that?)
Original strip: .
==Transcript==
{A fairly tiny Garfield strip with few discernible details. At least you can tell it's the famous "milk expiration dates" strip}
Category:SonicLover
4244: Nostalgiafield: Requiem

==Explanation==
==The author writes:==
Anyone who doesn't have Flashpoint or hasn't converted their flashstuffs into Ruffle is gonna get a huuuuge gut punch by now.
(Also did you know December 31st is also Michigan J. Frogâ€™s birthday? Poor dude managed to promote an entire network and he never got proper acknowledgement after he died.)
Original strip: .
==Transcript==
SFX: SNIF
Music: â™ªBreaks my heart, I want to go and cryyyyyyyâ™ª
{A teary-eyed, miserable-looking Garfield leans against what appears to be a fridge. A music player sits offscreen, playing The Beach Boys' "Caroline, No." As the bridge enters its second line, Garfield bursts into tears and hugs what is revealed to be Flash}
Music: â™ªIt's so sad to watch a sweet thing dieeeeeâ™ª
Garfield: WAAHH!
Music: â™ªOh, Caroline, whyyyyyy?â™ª
Garfield {in anguish}: WHY? WHY'D THEY HAVE TO REPLACE YOU WITH HTML5, MOBILE GAMES, SOCIAL MEDIAS, AND DREK SHOPS?!!! Don't worry, little buddy. I'll never let you go!
==Trivia==
Several characters across both transcript and author's note were affected by a mojibake error in a later site recoding effort; the original transcript and author's notes unaffected by mojibake are currently lost to the public as a result.
Category:Matthew Prower
Category:Music references
Category:Real world references
Category:Mojibake
4245: Every single time

==Explanation==
==The author writes:==
You know when it's a new year and you have to spend the first three weeks getting used to dating papers with the current year instead of the previous? That always messes me up.
Also, I have no idea what'll happen between now (July 16, 2020) and when this strip gets published. Judging by how awful 2020 has been so far, it's probably nothing good.
Original strip: .
==Transcript==
Jon: I thought it was 2020
Jon: But as it turns out, it's 2021
Garfield: I'm just glad we're not in 2020 anymore!
Category:Muk
4246: A Debt-rimental Purchase

==Explanation==
==The author writes:==
Whoopsie!
Original strip: .
==Transcript==
{Jon sits at the computer with a raised finger, turning to Garfield to talk to him}
Jon: This online shopping is great! All you do is press a key, and...
{Jon presses a key accidentally}
SFX: Click
Jon: Oops
{Jonâ€™s eyes widen...}
Jon: I just bought Nabisco for 55 billion dollars
Garfield {raising his arms in joy}: A lifetime supply of Oreos!
==Trivia==
This strip's transcript was hit by a mojibake error in a later site recoding effort; the original author's notes unaffected by mojibake are currently lost to the public due to this.
Category:Fußmatte
4247: Square Root of Minus Garfield: Attack of the Mutant Lasagna

==Explanation==
==The author writes:==
Garfield: Attack of the Mutant Lasagna was a fangame made a long time ago [2004 -Ed], and I found out about it via brutalmoose's video about the game. While watching it with my close friend, EsmeMarion/"Autumn", she remarked that it was "Square Root of Minus Garfield: The Game".
While I think Ian's statement of it being more like "PilotRedSun's Garfief Video: The Game" is more accurate, there was no way to I would pass this one up, what with me being the avid SRoMG strip creator I am. Thusly, this strip came to be.
Something that makes me curious, though; what was the rest of the game like? BrutalMoose only played so far and quit because of the dreadful music. Does anyone with ears of steel want to do a longplay of the game? It's free AFAIK. Go ahead and tell me on the forums if someone did that!
(also, if anyone else wants to make strips based on that fangame... be my guest. there's a lot of opportunities here.)
Original strip: .
==Transcript==
{Garfield as a menacing look as he announces...}
Garfield: Welcome to "Garfield's Spooky Tales"
{Garfield suddenly takes on a crazed, scared expression}
Garfield: MUTANT LASAGNA!
{Garfield returns to his menacing stance}
Garfield: You have been watching "Garfield's Spooky Tales"
Category:Camwoodstock & Tori
Category:Video game references
4249: It is a good pain

==Explanation==
==The author writes:==
I'm coming with a very clever stri- Nah I just went in AdobeÂ® PhotoshopÂ® and hit buttons until I got bored. I think it's pretty.
Original strip: .
==Transcript==
{Horrible, garbled static}
==Transcript==
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:The cheese stands alone
Category:Mojibake
424: Garfield Minus G,a,r,f,i,e,l,d

==Explanation==
Literally? More like literarily! The idea is simple enough, and explained in the author's notes, but of note:
* In addition to Garfield's own name, "did", "all", and "I" have been wiped out completely.
* "How", "you", "so", "not", "just", and "know" remained unscathed.
==The author writes:==
This strip takes the premise of the concept literally, by removing the eight letters out of the comic entirely. As a result, it's now drawn by Jm Vs and licensed by Pws nc. hts sv.
Original strip: .
==Transcript==
Jon: How you t to b so zy, ?</br>
Garfield: B ns, h wo k, t n c ty n c t on. You' not just bo n zy, you know. t's n cqu sk ...</br>
Jon: 'm so y sk .</br>
Garfield: ... n t fo m, f you w , not un k po t y, nc o mus c.
Category:DanielBT
4252: Muscle Cat Dialogue Tweak

==Explanation==
==The author writes:==
Tweaked the last line Garfield says to be like how Garfield and Friends adapted it for the Quickie, since it flowed better. Sadly, the quickie segment had Jon notoriously unamused with the hulking, which I found hurt the gag a little.
Original strip: .
==Transcript==
{Title Block: Jon is bemused while Garfield eats his lunch. Garfield ironically asks what he's having}
{Garfield is owning Jon in an arm wrestling match without breaking a sweat}
Jon {flexing and posing at mirror}: Hey, Garfield
Jon: Did you know muscles earn you respect?
Jon: Did you know chicks go crazy over guys with big muscles?
{Slightly amused, Garfield one-ups Jon by flexing his entirely body into a muscle bound hulk. Jon looks in shock over the finesse}
Garfield {reverting to normal}: Bet you didn't know you could flex fat
Category:Sonikku A
4253: Yesterday, All My Troubles Seemed So Close To Today...

==Explanation==
The original Garfield strip had Jon freaking out over grasshoppers in his underwear drawer; this strip changes it to an apocalyptic scenario. The author's notes imply that Garfield may have found himself in a "Groundhog Day" Loop situation, which is what the author is implying by intentionally setting later contribution 4277: Yesterday, All My Troubles Seemed So Close To Today... as a rerun of this strip on Groundhog Day itself--unlike in the later instance, there is no link in the second sentence of the author's notes.
==The author writes:==
Now Jon's reaction matches his wild take. Note that Garfield may be in a The Day After Tomorrow or Groundhog Day situation.
Original strip: .
==Transcript==
Garfield: Today is just like yesterday
Jon: ASTEROIDS ARE CRASHING INTO THE EARTH! HUMANITY IS DOOMED!
Garfield: Just exactly like yesterday
Category:Lubaf
Category:Film references
4256: BFBfield: Jim Goes Too Far

==Explanation==
==The author writes:==
Twinkle of Contagion.
Original strip: .
==Transcript==
{Garfield is staring at the back of Jon's head. He currently has the twinkle}
Garfield: Look at me look at me look at me
{Jon turns and looks at Garfield. Garfield turns away. Jon now has the twinkle}
Category:Memes-In-Your-Dreams
Category:Internet references
4257: Square Root of Minus Snoopy

==Explanation==
==The author writes:==
Original Peanuts strip: 1977-04-03.
Original strip: .
==Transcript==
{Snoopy sits on his house with an evil grin and a cattle prod in his hand}
Snoopy: Hey, Garfield! See this? It's an electric cane! Come near me now, and you'll get zapped!
{Woodstock lands behind Snoopy on the roof and looks interested in the cattle prod. Meanwhile Snoopy stares with a superior posture off-panel}
Woodstock: ?
Snoopy: From now on, just stay in your own yard where you belong!
{Woodstock uses the prod on Snoopy, making all his hairs stand up}
Woodstock: ?
SFX: ZAP
Off-panel, presumably Garfield: Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha!
{Woodstock is still holding the prod, still confused about the function - but now away from Snoopy. Snoopy is collapsed on the roof with a grumpy expression}
Woodstock: ?
Snoopy: That's the first time I've ever heard that cat laugh...
Category:Renke
425: Garfield is Strange

==Explanation==
For this edit, the author isolated the last panel, removed Garfield's thought balloon (and probably nicked off his right -- our left -- tuft by his ear), and replaced his third-panel eyes with his second-panel eyes. This has the effect of seeming to give him multiple eyes, three pupils in each eye, or eyes that are implied to be constantly fluttering (they haven't stopped making eye drops, have they?) as opposed to explicitly doing so.
==The author writes:==
Original strip: .
==Transcript==
{Garfield looking strange}</br>
Jon: You're strange.
Category:MoonHitler
4260: magik tilable garfield

==Explanation==
==The author writes:==
I fed SRoMG #1022 through Zephyr on my Discord and this popped out.
[I'm not entirely certain, but I think the 'magik' command referred to performs some kind of content-aware scaling, likely using seam carving. -Ed]
Original Square Root of Minus Garfield strip: .
==Transcript==
{A rectangular tile with a giant Garfield eyeball staring out of it. The lines are distorted in steps. The eye is looking to the left}
==Trivia==
A link to #1022 was programmed below the author's notes, but due to lacking any text to render as part of that coding, the link is not rendered and thus making the strip fail to credit #1022.
Category:twinec
Category:No original strip
4261: I'm Too Sexy For My Cat

==Explanation==
==The author writes:==
Yes, not only did the strip get away with using some variant of "sexy" FOUR times, but flat out said "sex" in and (albeit in the biological sense in the latter). Personally, I'm not clutching my pearls. As a child of the '90s, I've heard the word spoken in Animaniacs, Dexter's Laboratory, and of all shows, Goof Troop.
Original strips: , , , .
==Transcript==
Jon: You say I got a wrong number? Well for a wrong number you sure have a sexy voice. Who is this?
Garfield: Who's the sexiest cat you know, Arlene?
Arlene: Hmmm...
Jon: Do these wax lips make me look sexier?
Arlene: Is it to yourself?
Garfield: It's entitled "Orange Is The New Sexy"
Category:Garlene1987
4262: Coffee & TV

==Explanation==
==The author writes:==
Unrelatedly to the edit: the original context makes it clear that that facial expression is meant to be 'extremely scared', and there is definitely cartoon precedent for that kind of expression, but the mouth extension tips it over into 'Tex Avery cartoon wolf' for me.
Original strips: , , , .
==Transcript==
Jon: I've heard this double espresso is pretty strong. Maybe you shouldn't drink it
{Jon's eyes massively bug out}
Liz: Where's Jon?
Garfield: Under the couch
Category:Manyhills
4263: End Liz, Name Liz

==Explanation==
Garfield sings the lyrics to Nirvana's "Smells Like Teen Spirit" while dealing with a jammed record player. 
==The author writes:==
Original strip: .
==Transcript==
Garfield: Dum du, dum du
Garfield {singing}: With the lights out, it's less dangerous
Garfield {singing}: Here we are now, entertain us!
Record player: I FEEL STUPID! I FEEL STUPID! I FEEL STUPID!
{He looks over at the jammed record player}
{He hits it}
Record Player: STUPID!
{It unjams}
Garfield: and contagious!
Category:Romano Brown
Category:Music references
4264: Alphabet of Jons

==Explanation==
This strip essentially has Jon transform into another Jon/John/Johnny with a subsequent part of their name representing each successive letter of the alphabet, such as Johnny Bravo representing B transitioning into John Cena representing the next letter in line, C; Jon himself represents A, for his surname "Arbuckle". Both real people and fictional characters are represented; for example, Johnny Test is fictional, followed by real people John Updike and Jon Voight, then another fictional character John Wick.
==The author writes:==
Original strips: , .
==Transcript==
Jon: We need to make some changes around here!
Garfield: You're right!
SFX: POW!
{Jon has turned into Johnny Bravo}
SFX: POW!
{Jon has turned into John Cena}
SFX: POW!
{Jon has turned into Johnny Depp}
SFX: POW!
{Jon has turned into John Egbert}
SFX: POW!
{Jon has turned into Johnny Five}
SFX: POW!
{Jon has turned into John Green}
SFX: POW!
{Jon has turned into John Hughes}
SFX: POW!
{Jon has turned into John Isner}
SFX: POW!
{Jon has turned into Johnny Johnny}
SFX: POW!
{Jon has turned into John Kricfalusi}
SFX: POW!
{Jon has turned into John Lasseter}
SFX: POW!
{Jon has turned into John Mulaney}
SFX: POW!
{Jon has turned into John Nash}
SFX: POW!
{Jon has turned into Johnny Orlando}
SFX: POW!
{Jon has turned into John Paul Jones}
SFX: POW!
{Jon has turned into John Quincy Adams}
SFX: POW!
{Jon has turned into John Ritter}
SFX: POW!
{Jon has turned into Jon Snow}
SFX: POW!
{Jon has turned into Johnny Test}
SFX: POW!
{Jon has turned into John Updike}
SFX: POW!
{Jon has turned into Jon Voight}
SFX: POW!
{Jon has turned into Jon Wick}
SFX: POW!
{Jon has turned into Pope John XXIII}
SFX: POW!
{Jon has turned into John Young}
SFX: POW!
{Jon has turned into John Z}
==Trivia==
The transcript originally omitted John Wick, going straight from Jon Voight to Pope John XXIII; this was later rectified.
Category:ElvenCatAccess
Category:Cartoon references
Category:Film references
Category:Literature references
Category:Music references
Category:Real world references
Category:Television references
Category:Webcomic references
4265: Garfield Stops Trying

==Explanation==
==The author writes:==
I came up with this idea one night, and it made me crack up. I suppose it's the idea of Jon considering Garfield responsible for the structural integrity of the house.
I must say, "Garfield! You didn't even try!" has a lot of comedic potential. It's a shame it isn't really used on this site.
Original strips: , , .
==Transcript==
{Garfield watches TV}
{Garfield continues to watch TV}
{The house collapses randomly}
Jon {from inside the house}: Garfield! You didn't even try!
Category:GravityEmblem
4266: Not-So-Obvious Crossover (Tina)

==Explanation==
==The author writes:==
Jon was barred from ever entering the store again that day.
On a related note: I'm a fan of Mauricio de Sousa's comics. Don't ask how, but I love their artwork, and so I've begun using them in my SRoMG and iToons edits. You know what they say: "Variety is the spice of life." ...Or, is it the other way around?
Original Square Root of Minus Garfield: 2018-11-15.
Original Tina comic: 'Uma louca na locadora' ("A Crazy in the Store"), from Tina #20 (2010).
Original strips: , .
==Transcript==
Tina {glares at book cover}: SRoMG volume 1? Hmm...
Jon {popping out the shelf, making a disturbing face}: AAARGH!!!
Tina: AAAH!!
Jon: That there's top-tier reading. You'll be reading for hours!
Tina: ...Heaven help me...
Category:Dr. Manny
Category:Comic book references
4267: Meta-Garfield 2

==Explanation==
This strip replaces every instance of Garfield in SRoMG #163 with a different kind of "meta". Namely, Meta Knight from the Kirby franchise.
"That does not matter" is a quote from the anime series Kirby: Right Back at Ya, the source of the third Meta Knight image.
==The author writes:==
For some reason, when I saw No. 163, this just popped into my head. Rule 34G and all that. Credit goes to superluser for the format I stole.
Original Square Root of Minus Garfield: 2009-09-23.
Original strip: .
==Transcript==
Meta-Knight {using psychic powers of telepathy because he's epic}: Generic greeting!
Jon: Generic greeting returned
Meta-Knight: Imminent sustenance
Jon: Overly dramatic statement regarding upcoming meal
Meta-Knight: THAT DOES NOT MATTER
Category:BBall24
Category:Video game references
4268: Gray Sunday

==Explanation==
This strip, as explained in the author's notes, is mostly a reversal of the premise of the original Garfield strip, in that here the strip is in full color except for the newspaper until the final panel goes black-and-white. Also as stated in the author's notes, the author also drew inspiration from a previous fan-colorization effort of the same strip.
==The author writes:==
Inspiration for this one came from #1686 and the original strip. I also think I might be tapping into an old childhood dislike of Sundays, which were often boring and usually meant going back to school after a weekend off, hence the last panel.
And yes, before anyone asks, I noticed in the last panel of the original strip, the floor was light pink, not purple. Again, I based the interior scenes on the color schemes from the TV specials and Garfield and Friends as a tribute to them.
Original strip: .
==Transcript==
{The whole thing starts off in vivid color, particularly based upon the animated Garfield specials and Garfield and Friends}
{Garfield is asleep}
{He awakens and yawns}
Garfield {scratching himself}: I hate Mondays. Mondays are boring. Woe is me...
Jon {off-panel}: Get the paper, Garfield
{Garfield sulks out to the front}
Garfield: Sigh... yes, master
{Garfield notices that the colorless, black-and-white (no offense!) newspaper}
{All of the color is now removed, leaving a black-and-white illustration of Garfield skipping happily around among a joyous, vernal scene of flowers blooming and birds and bees flying around merrily}
Garfield {overjoyed, despite the monochromatic scene}: It's Sunday!
Category:Michael Jacoby
4269: Apatheticfield

==Explanation==
==The author writes:==
The reason Jon gets up in the original strip is to confirm, despite being hurt, that he is alright. Here, well, you know.
Original strip: .
==Transcript==
{Garfield is lying down as Jon walks by. Suddenly, Jon slips back, then forward, then has both legs up as he looks at the floor in dread}
SFX: THUD!
{Jon does not get up}
Garfield: I don't recall giving him permission to walk on my marble collection
Category:Kavviyenta
426: Sense of Scale

==Explanation==
In the original, Jon wasn't seen outside of the throwaway panel. Here, the author has taken the very similar coloration of the surface Garfield is on in the throwaway panel to the one he's on in the rest of the strip to mean that they're the same surface. If that's the case, there's a table on the... other table? ...and Jon's mother is running on the table Garfield is on. The Jon from the throwaway panel has been strategically placed to emphasize this.
==The author writes==
Garfield never has been one for consistency of scale, but this one stood out the most for me.
Original strip: .
==Transcript==
Garfield: Jon's mother certainly know how to humiliate a guy.
Garfield: This unraveled thread should be my ticked out of this sweater.
Garfield: Free! I'm free!
{Jon's mother races to knit Garfield a new sweater}
SFX: click click click
Garfield: Aw, mom.
==Trivia==
* The transcript currently says "ticked" instead of "ticket".
Category:Andrew Kepple
4270: The Great Arbucklian Novel

==Explanation==
The original had Jon read a story about the bacon fairy which Garfield loved. This strip has Jon narrate a story about Garfield's antics where Jon says that the cat ate all the food in the house, slept for three days, and ate all the food while sleeping. To which, Garfield responds "This is the greatest story ever."
==The author writes:==
Original strip: .
==Transcript==
Jon: First the cat ate all the food in the house
Jon: Then the cat slept for three days
Jon: Then the cat ate all the food while sleeping
Garfield: This is the greatest story ever
Category:Simon Winters
4271: Everybody Loves Leni

==Explanation==
This edit replaces Jon (and Garfield in the last panel) with Leni Loud, a character from the Nickelodeon cartoon The Loud House. The show focuses on the daily misadventures of the family residing within the titular household, which includes the primary protagonist Lincoln Loud (not seen in this strip) and his ten sisters. Leni is the second-oldest of Lincoln's sisters, and is an aspiring fashion designer who speaks like a valley girl (in fact, the author's commentary is written in a manner resembling how Leni talks). She is the most dim-witted of the siblings, but more than makes up for it with her kind-hearted nature.
This strip shares its title with a Leni-centric episode from the show's third season. In turn, the title itself is a take on that of the sitcom Everybody Loves Raymond.
==The author writes:==
Like, the world totes needs more of Leni!
Original strip: .
==Transcript==
{Leni Loud pops in}
Leni: You know what the world needs more of?
{Leni leaves... for now}
Garfield {in different font than the rest of the strip}: Lazy edits?
{Garfield has inexplicably turned into Leni}
Leni: Me!
Another Leni {now in Garfield's place}: The world loving me!
Category:Negative N
Category:Cartoon references
Category:Television references
4272: GarfieldEATS

==Explanation==
==The author writes:==
I'll admit that I'm not sure whether Garfield was about to be eaten by Jon and escaped due to the timely arrival of a cooked turkey, or if Garfield was being chased by a cooked turkey to a waiting Jon and managed to elude their clutches by confusing Jon. Given that the first seems a little more likely, the transcript covers that case. Hopefully Jon went shopping after this and got some food. While Garfield would make a large meal, I don't think Jon would take the loss of Garfield very well.
Original strip: .
==Transcript==
{After Garfield ate all the food in the house, Jon realizes that he must eat Garfield in order to survive.
Garfield, looking shocked, is lying uncooked on a plate. Jon appears ready to begin eating Garfield. A cooked turkey is flying in from the right. Jon looks shocked at this}
{Garfield has swapped positions with the turkey. Garfield points towards the ceiling in an attempt to distract Jon}
Jon {looking upwards}: What? Where?
{Garfield is nowhere to be seen while the turkey remains on the plate. Jon mourns the loss of his large, uncooked Garfield meal. Apparently this has happened several times now}
Jon: He did it again
Category:Ephreal