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* ShoutOut: The logo boxes in Sunday strips featured many, such as to ''StarTrek'' ([[http://garfield.nfshost.com/1987/02/01/ here]]), ''TheHoneymooners'' ([[http://garfield.nfshost.com/1987/10/18/ here]]), ''Film/TheWizardOfOz'' ([[http://garfield.nfshost.com/1988/05/29/ here]]), ''StarWars'' ([[http://garfield.nfshost.com/1988/06/05/ here]]), ''TheThreeMusketeers'' ([[http://garfield.nfshost.com/1988/07/31/ here]]), ''TheFlintstones'' ([[http://garfield.nfshost.com/1989/04/02/ here]]) ''ThePhantomOfTheOpera'' ([[http://garfield.nfshost.com/1989/06/11/ here]]), LaurelAndHardy ([[http://garfield.nfshost.com/1989/06/25/ here]]) or Comicbook/FantasticFour ([[http://garfield.nfshost.com/1997/01/05/ here]]).

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* ShoutOut: The logo boxes in Sunday strips featured many, such as including ones to ''StarTrek'' StarTrek ([[http://garfield.nfshost.com/1987/02/01/ here]]), ''TheHoneymooners'' TheHoneymooners
([[http://garfield.nfshost.com/1987/10/18/ here]]), ''Film/TheWizardOfOz'' TheWizardOfOz ([[http://garfield.nfshost.com/1988/05/29/ here]]), ''StarWars'' StarWars
([[http://garfield.nfshost.com/1988/06/05/ here]]), ''TheThreeMusketeers'' TheThreeMusketeers ([[http://garfield.nfshost.com/1988/07/31/ here]]), ''TheFlintstones'' TheFlintstones ([[http://garfield.nfshost.com/1989/04/02/ here]]) ''ThePhantomOfTheOpera'' here]]), ThePhantomOfTheOpera ([[http://garfield.nfshost.com/1989/06/11/ here]]), LaurelAndHardy ([[http://garfield.nfshost.com/1989/06/25/ here]]) or Comicbook/FantasticFour here]]), FantasticFour ([[http://garfield.nfshost.com/1997/01/05/ here]]).here]]) and TheAndyGriffithShow [[http://garfield.nfshost.com/1988/06/12/ here]].
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* MissingEpisode: For some reason, [[http://garfield.nfshost.com/1990/05/02/ May 2]], [[http://garfield.nfshost.com/1990/05/03/ May 3]], [[http://garfield.nfshost.com/1990/05/04/ May 4]] and [[http://garfield.nfshost.com/1990/05/05/ May 5]], 1990 never made it into ''Garfield Takes Up Space'', and the next book (''Garfield Says a Mouthful'') starts with the May 6. This is true of the reprints of both books, although all four strips are on garfield.com.

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* MissingEpisode: For some reason, [[http://garfield.nfshost.com/1990/05/02/ May 2]], [[http://garfield.nfshost.com/1990/05/03/ May 3]], [[http://garfield.nfshost.com/1990/05/04/ May 4]] and [[http://garfield.nfshost.com/1990/05/05/ May 5]], 1990 never made it into ''Garfield Takes Up Space'', and the next book (''Garfield Says a Mouthful'') starts with the May 6. This is true of the "Fat Cat 3-Pack" reprints of both those books, although all four strips are but they finally return in the colorized "square" reprint of ''Takes Up Space'' (they're also available on garfield.com.com).

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* TheIntern: [[RememberTheNewGuy Biff]], Garfield's college intern, appeared in one 1998 arc. He's sent off to scare Jon (unsuccessfully) [[ChuckCunninghamSyndrome then never heard from again]].

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* TheIntern: [[RememberTheNewGuy Biff]], Garfield's college intern, appeared in one 1998 arc. He's sent off to scare Jon (unsuccessfully) [[ChuckCunninghamSyndrome then never heard from again]]. again]].
* IntellectualAnimal: Garfield has been seen sucessfully [[http://garfield.nfshost.com/1988/07/10/ dialing a phone number]], [[http://garfield.nfshost.com/1983/08/07/ writing on a typewriter]], and [[http://garfield.nfshost.com/1999/12/12/ using a computer]].
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* IAteWhat: [[http://garfield.nfshost.com/1995/04/02/ This strip.]]

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* IAteWhat: [[http://garfield.nfshost.com/1995/04/02/ This strip.]]strip]], and before that there was, [[http://garfield.nfshost.com/1990/05/30/ this one]].

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* TheComicallySerious:
** Liz, whose job for nearly three decades was to become exasperated by and/or [[DeadpanSnarker snark at]] Jon's attempts to woo her.
** Jon's father, too. He typically was a GrumpyOldMan who was there to complain about the antics of the other characters (though on certain occasions he did get to be silly).


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* TheComicallySerious:
** Liz, whose job for nearly three decades was to become exasperated by and/or [[DeadpanSnarker snark at]] Jon's attempts to woo her.
** Jon's father, too. He typically was a GrumpyOldMan who was there to complain about the antics of the other characters (though on certain occasions he did get to be silly).
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* RecycledScript: Some gags have been repeated in the strip's 30+ year history.
** The [[http://images.ucomics.com/comics/ga/2009/ga091205.gif December 5, 2009]] strip had a similar punchline to [[http://images.ucomics.com/comics/ga/2003/ga031210.gif December 10, 2003]].
** For a less recent, but more exact example, [[http://images.ucomics.com/comics/ga/2001/ga011203.gif December 3, 2001]] was recycled into [[http://images.ucomics.com/comics/ga/2002/ga021207.gif December 7, 2002]]. That's right, only ''a full year'' later.
** [[http://images.ucomics.com/comics/ga/1985/ga850816.gif August 16, 1985]] (a daily strip) was recycled into [[http://images.ucomics.com/comics/ga/1998/ga980719.gif July 19, 1998]] (a Sunday strip), with a secondary punchline added. It was also used as a ''ComicStrip/{{US Acres}}'' strip [[http://www.platypuscomix.net/otherpeople2/hamsitup23.JPG here]].
** The [[http://images.ucomics.com/comics/ga/1983/ga831130.gif November 30, 1983]] strip had a similar punchline to [[http://images.ucomics.com/comics/ga/1981/ga811215.gif December 15, 1981]].
** Take [[http://images.ucomics.com/comics/ga/1993/ga930623.gif June 23, 1993]], subtract the neighbor's mail, add Garfield looking into the wallet, and you'll get [[http://images.ucomics.com/comics/ga/2001/ga010101.gif January 1, 2001]]. Happy New Year.
** Not as big as the above examples, but it seems rather odd that the strips published on [[http://garfield.nfshost.com/1991/06/07/ June 7]] and [[http://garfield.nfshost.com/1991/06/29/ June 29]] of 1991 (barely three weeks apart) would both have the same basic gag.
*** The RemixComic makers of SquareRootOfMinusGarfield [[http://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=498 didn't let that one go unnoticed]].
** A cross-media example: ''The Garfield Show'' episode "Fame Fatale" and ''Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties'' have the same basic plot of Garfield [[PrinceAndPauper switching lives with a British doppelganger]].
** The [[http://garfield.nfshost.com/1981/05/19/ May 19, 1981]] and [[http://garfield.nfshost.com/1996/06/03/ June 3, 1996]] strips have got pretty much the same punchline.
** [[http://garfield.nfshost.com/1987/07/21/ July 21, 1987]] and [[http://garfield.nfshost.com/1995/03/11/ March 11, 1995]] are almost exactly the same.
** [[http://garfield.nfshost.com/?s=%22I+couldn%27t+stop+screaming%22 "I couldn't stop screaming."]] Even nearly eight years later.
** What Garfield [[http://garfield.nfshost.com/1979/08/16/ does]] to Odie's [[http://garfield.nfshost.com/1983/02/21/ nose]].
** The [[http://www.garfield.com/comics/vault.html?yr=2008&addr=081029 October 2008]] was similar to the GarfieldAndFriends episode ''Fair Exchange''.
** [[http://images.ucomics.com/comics/ga/2005/ga050331.gif March 31st, 2005]] has pretty much the same idea as [[http://images.ucomics.com/comics/ga/1997/ga971010.gif October 10th, 1997]].
** [[http://images.ucomics.com/comics/ga/2011/ga110725.gif July 25, 2011]] has the same gag as [[http://images.ucomics.com/comics/ga/2009/ga091109.gif November 9, 2009]], right down to the dialogue.
** [[http://images.ucomics.com/comics/ga/1983/ga830627.gif June 27, 1983]], [[http://images.ucomics.com/comics/ga/1983/ga830704.gif July 7, 1983]], [[http://images.ucomics.com/comics/ga/1983/ga830716.gif July 16, 1983]], [[http://images.ucomics.com/comics/ga/1983/ga830718.gif July 18, 1983]], [[http://images.ucomics.com/comics/ga/1983/ga830725.gif July 25, 1983]] and [[http://images.ucomics.com/comics/ga/1983/ga830801.gif August 1, 1983]] all contain the exact same premise and first two panels.
** [[http://images.ucomics.com/comics/ga/1993/ga930507.gif May 7, 1993]] and [[http://images.ucomics.com/comics/ga/2010/ga100511.gif May 11, 2010]] have the same gag.
** [[http://images.ucomics.com/comics/ga/1988/ga880605.gif May 6, 1988]], [[http://images.ucomics.com/comics/ga/1995/ga951126.gif November 26, 1995]] and [[http://images.ucomics.com/comics/ga/1996/ga960310.gif March 10, 1996]] all end with the same joke.
** The December 1984 arc of Garfield re-meeting his family was recycled from the 1983 special ''Garfield on the Town''.
** [[http://images.ucomics.com/comics/ga/1978/ga780720.gif July 20, 1978]] and [[http://images.ucomics.com/comics/ga/1983/ga830428.gif April 28, 1983]] are exactly the same.
** [[http://images.ucomics.com/comics/ga/1978/ga780814.gif August 14, 1978]] was recycled into [[http://images.ucomics.com/comics/ga/1980/ga800123.gif January 23, 1980.]]
** The Christmas special took a punch line from a 1980 strip ("Why, just look at me. I talk to cats!").
** [[http://images.ucomics.com/comics/ga/2001/ga011207.gif December 7, 2001]] was recycled into [[http://images.ucomics.com/comics/ga/2003/ga031221.gif December 21, 2003.]]
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* FailedASpotCheck: Happens to Jon [[http://garfield.nfshost.com/1983/08/31/ here]], that's right he's so wrapped up BreakingTheFourthWall, that he doesn't notice Garfield taking off with the refrigerator


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* FunnyBackgroundEvent: Happens in [[http://garfield.nfshost.com/1983/08/31/ this strip]] and [[http://garfield.nfshost.com/1984/11/18/ this one]]
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* DoingItForTheArt: Garfield's performances on the fence, which always have a hostile reception. The strip itself is an inversion of this trope.
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* SurpriseJump: This happens to John several times, usually when Garfield scares him.

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* SurpriseJump: This happens to John Jon several times, usually when Garfield scares him.
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* MimicryOfSoundEffects: In [[http://garfield.nfshost.com/1992/06/07/ this]] Sunday strip, Jon mimics the sound of a door slamming and tricks Garfield, to their mutual embarrassment.
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* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: Jim Davis initially sent [[http://garfield.nfshost.com/1980/06/12/ this one comic]] to his syndicate as a joke thinking they would never run it since it featured implied gambling, drug use, sex, and on top of all that, [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking a copyright violation]]. The joke was on him. They ran it anyway.
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** The current Spanish translators are quite skilled, to the point that they sometimes slip in their own puns [[hottip:*:(the Spanish version of [[http://garfield.com/comics/vault.html?yr=2004&addr=041106 this strip]] went with a pun on "sleeping bag", which is arguably a better joke than the original)]] and even make sure to localize[[hottip:*:(for instance, in most Spanish cultures, cats are said to have seven lives instead of nine)]]. But even then, they're not infallible: in the Spanish version of [[http://garfield.com/comics/vault.html?yr=2010&addr=101127 this strip]], they forgot to invert the words for "beef stew", thus killing the joke. Considering how well the rest of the strips are translated, this one really stands out as a glaring error.

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** The current Spanish translators are quite skilled, to the point that they sometimes slip in their own puns [[hottip:*:(the Spanish version of [[http://garfield.com/comics/vault.html?yr=2004&addr=041106 this strip]] went with a pun on "sleeping bag", ''sleeping bag'', which is arguably a better joke than the original)]] and even make sure to localize[[hottip:*:(for instance, in most Spanish cultures, cats are said to have seven lives instead of nine)]]. But even then, they're not infallible: in the Spanish version of [[http://garfield.com/comics/vault.html?yr=2010&addr=101127 this strip]], they forgot to invert the words for "beef stew", thus killing the joke. Considering how well the rest of the strips are translated, this one really stands out as a glaring error.
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* IAteWhat: [[http://garfield.nfshost.com/1995/04/02/ This strip.]]
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** There is a ''KrazyKat'' background image on the wall in [[http://images.ucomics.com/comics/ga/2007/ga071203.gif this strip]].

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** There is a ''KrazyKat'' ''ComicStrip/KrazyKat'' background image on the wall in [[http://images.ucomics.com/comics/ga/2007/ga071203.gif this strip]].

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* CutHisHeartOutWithASpoon: Used in [[http://garfield.nfshost.com/1979/09/24/ an early strip]]:
-->'''Jon''': Be careful there, Garfield. Hanging on the drapes can be very painful. 'CAUSE I'M GONNA BREAK YOUR LEGS IF YOU DON'T GET OFF THEM THIS INSTANT!

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* CutHisHeartOutWithASpoon: Used in [[http://garfield.nfshost.com/1979/09/24/ an early strip]]:
-->'''Jon''': Be careful there, Garfield. Hanging on the drapes can be very painful. 'CAUSE I'M GONNA BREAK YOUR LEGS IF YOU DON'T GET OFF THEM THIS INSTANT!
One of [[http://images.ucomics.com/comics/ga/1979/ga790924.gif Jim]] [[http://images.ucomics.com/comics/ga/1979/ga791224.gif Davis's]] [[http://images.ucomics.com/comics/ga/2000/ga000707.gif favorite]] [[http://images.ucomics.com/comics/ga/2000/ga001215.gif gags]].
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Even though we call them \"Title Panels\" or \"Splash Panels\", \"Logo Boxes\" are the right term.


* BananaPeel: [[http://images.ucomics.com/comics/ga/1982/ga820204.gif Here]], [[http://images.ucomics.com/comics/ga/1988/ga880228.gif here (title panel)]], [[http://images.ucomics.com/comics/ga/1990/ga900513.gif here]], [[http://images.ucomics.com/comics/ga/1990/ga900514.gif here]], [[http://images.ucomics.com/comics/ga/1990/ga900515.gif here]], and [[http://images.ucomics.com/comics/ga/1997/ga970109.gif here]]. Variant [[http://images.ucomics.com/comics/ga/2004/ga040121.gif here]]. Subverted [[http://images.ucomics.com/comics/ga/1996/ga960526.gif here]].

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* BananaPeel: [[http://images.ucomics.com/comics/ga/1982/ga820204.gif Here]], [[http://images.ucomics.com/comics/ga/1988/ga880228.gif here (title panel)]], (logo box)]], [[http://images.ucomics.com/comics/ga/1990/ga900513.gif here]], [[http://images.ucomics.com/comics/ga/1990/ga900514.gif here]], [[http://images.ucomics.com/comics/ga/1990/ga900515.gif here]], and [[http://images.ucomics.com/comics/ga/1997/ga970109.gif here]]. Variant [[http://images.ucomics.com/comics/ga/2004/ga040121.gif here]]. Subverted [[http://images.ucomics.com/comics/ga/1996/ga960526.gif here]].



* TheBusCameBack: Lyman appeared one last time for [[http://garfield.nfshost.com/1988/06/19/ the 10th Anniversary strip]] (although only in the splash panel), 5 years after [[http://garfield.nfshost.com/1983/04/24/ his last appearance as a regular]].

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* TheBusCameBack: Lyman appeared one last time for [[http://garfield.nfshost.com/1988/06/19/ the 10th Anniversary strip]] (although only in the splash panel), logo box), 5 years after [[http://garfield.nfshost.com/1983/04/24/ his last appearance as a regular]].



* ClipShow: [[http://garfield.nfshost.com/1988/06/19/ June 19, 1988]], the 10th anniversary strip. This strip is also the last appearance of Lyman (look at the splash panel).

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* ClipShow: [[http://garfield.nfshost.com/1988/06/19/ June 19, 1988]], the 10th anniversary strip. This strip is also the last appearance of Lyman (look at the splash panel).logo box).



* CutASliceTakeTheRest: One splash panel pictures Jon holding a single slice of pizza, and Garfield holding the entire rest of the unsliced pizza over his mouth.

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* CutASliceTakeTheRest: One splash panel logo box pictures Jon holding a single slice of pizza, and Garfield holding the entire rest of the unsliced pizza over his mouth.



* InTheStyleOf: [[http://garfield.com/comics/vault.html?yr=2001&addr=011014 This strip]]'s splash panel, as confirmed in a compilation, was done in the style of [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ed_Roth Big Daddy Roth]].

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* InTheStyleOf: [[http://garfield.com/comics/vault.html?yr=2001&addr=011014 This strip]]'s splash panel, logo box, as confirmed in a compilation, was done in the style of [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ed_Roth Big Daddy Roth]].



* ShoutOut: The splash panels in Sunday strips featured many, such as to ''StarTrek'' ([[http://garfield.nfshost.com/1987/02/01/ here]]), ''TheHoneymooners'' ([[http://garfield.nfshost.com/1987/10/18/ here]]), ''Film/TheWizardOfOz'' ([[http://garfield.nfshost.com/1988/05/29/ here]]), ''StarWars'' ([[http://garfield.nfshost.com/1988/06/05/ here]]), ''TheThreeMusketeers'' ([[http://garfield.nfshost.com/1988/07/31/ here]]), ''TheFlintstones'' ([[http://garfield.nfshost.com/1989/04/02/ here]]) ''ThePhantomOfTheOpera'' ([[http://garfield.nfshost.com/1989/06/11/ here]]), LaurelAndHardy ([[http://garfield.nfshost.com/1989/06/25/ here]]) or Comicbook/FantasticFour ([[http://garfield.nfshost.com/1997/01/05/ here]]).
** The splash panel to [[http://images.ucomics.com/comics/ga/1985/ga851013.gif this strip]] depicts the American Express "do you know me?" ad in which Jim Davis appeared.

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* ShoutOut: The splash panels logo boxes in Sunday strips featured many, such as to ''StarTrek'' ([[http://garfield.nfshost.com/1987/02/01/ here]]), ''TheHoneymooners'' ([[http://garfield.nfshost.com/1987/10/18/ here]]), ''Film/TheWizardOfOz'' ([[http://garfield.nfshost.com/1988/05/29/ here]]), ''StarWars'' ([[http://garfield.nfshost.com/1988/06/05/ here]]), ''TheThreeMusketeers'' ([[http://garfield.nfshost.com/1988/07/31/ here]]), ''TheFlintstones'' ([[http://garfield.nfshost.com/1989/04/02/ here]]) ''ThePhantomOfTheOpera'' ([[http://garfield.nfshost.com/1989/06/11/ here]]), LaurelAndHardy ([[http://garfield.nfshost.com/1989/06/25/ here]]) or Comicbook/FantasticFour ([[http://garfield.nfshost.com/1997/01/05/ here]]).
** The splash panel logo box to [[http://images.ucomics.com/comics/ga/1985/ga851013.gif this strip]] depicts the American Express "do you know me?" ad in which Jim Davis appeared.
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** [[http://images.ucomics.com/comics/ga/1993/ga930507.gif May 7, 1993]] and [[http://lh4.ggpht.com/_hGJmSj9scxM/S_GFvx_fc4I/AAAAAAAAATg/N8SaliWePic/ga100511.gif May 11, 2010]] have the same gag.

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** [[http://images.ucomics.com/comics/ga/1993/ga930507.gif May 7, 1993]] and [[http://lh4.ggpht.com/_hGJmSj9scxM/S_GFvx_fc4I/AAAAAAAAATg/N8SaliWePic/ga100511.[[http://images.ucomics.com/comics/ga/2010/ga100511.gif May 11, 2010]] have the same gag.
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* LaboriousLaziness: Garfield is prone to this sort of thing. In [[http://garfield.nfshost.com/1991/02/24/ the comic that provides the page quote]], the lazy cat ''nails the TV to the ceiling above his cat bed'' so he can watch it without getting up. Think about how much effort it would've taken to hoist that television up there and then keep it in place while he nailed it there, and then think about how much effort it would've taken simply to get up and walk over to where the TV was.
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** A couple of Hungarian bloopers: In [[http://garfield.com/comics/vault.html?yr=2008&addr=080207 this strip]], the spider's line became "I can tell when I'm being fooled!". Which doesn't make the slightest of sense. In another strip, "my place" was translated litarally, as "én helyem" ("my spot"), when "nálam" ("at my place") would have been correct. Similarly, the expressions "Well, what do you know!" and "Okay, I'll bite" have also seen word-for-word translations ("Just what do you know!" and "Okay, I'll bite you"). Also, in one instance, the word "Egad" was left untranslated.
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* ShoutOut: The splash panels in Sunday strips featured many, such as to ''StarTrek'' ([[http://garfield.nfshost.com/1987/02/01/ here]]), ''TheHoneymooners'' ([[http://garfield.nfshost.com/1987/10/18/ here]]), ''Film/TheWizardOfOz'' ([[http://garfield.nfshost.com/1988/05/29/ here]]), ''StarWars'' ([[http://garfield.nfshost.com/1988/06/05/ here]]), ''TheThreeMusketeers'' ([[http://garfield.nfshost.com/1988/07/31/ here]]), ''TheFlintstones'' ([[http://garfield.nfshost.com/1989/04/02/ here]]) ''ThePhantomOfTheOpera'' ([[http://garfield.nfshost.com/1989/06/11/ here]]), LaurelAndHardy ([[http://garfield.nfshost.com/1989/06/25/ here]]) or TheFantasticFour ([[http://garfield.nfshost.com/1997/01/05/ here]]).

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* ShoutOut: The splash panels in Sunday strips featured many, such as to ''StarTrek'' ([[http://garfield.nfshost.com/1987/02/01/ here]]), ''TheHoneymooners'' ([[http://garfield.nfshost.com/1987/10/18/ here]]), ''Film/TheWizardOfOz'' ([[http://garfield.nfshost.com/1988/05/29/ here]]), ''StarWars'' ([[http://garfield.nfshost.com/1988/06/05/ here]]), ''TheThreeMusketeers'' ([[http://garfield.nfshost.com/1988/07/31/ here]]), ''TheFlintstones'' ([[http://garfield.nfshost.com/1989/04/02/ here]]) ''ThePhantomOfTheOpera'' ([[http://garfield.nfshost.com/1989/06/11/ here]]), LaurelAndHardy ([[http://garfield.nfshost.com/1989/06/25/ here]]) or TheFantasticFour Comicbook/FantasticFour ([[http://garfield.nfshost.com/1997/01/05/ here]]).
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** He reappears on [[http://garfield.com/comics/vault.html?yr=2011&addr=110907 September 7, 2011]].
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* ChristmasEpisode: In recent years Davis has taken to devoting ''the entire month of December'' to Christmas-themed strips.

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* ChristmasEpisode: In recent years the 2000s, Davis has taken to devoting ''the entire month of December'' to Christmas-themed strips.



* ADogNamedDog: Invoked in an early strip, where Lyman said that he grew up with four cats all named Cat... because there's no point in naming an animal that won't come when you call it.

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* ADogNamedDog: Invoked Discussed in an early strip, where Lyman said that he grew up with four cats all named Cat... because there's no point in naming an animal that won't come when you call it.

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* ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: Lyman once it became apparent that he was TheArtifact (he was originally brought in to give Jon someone to talk to). In terms of the [[AllCGICartoon CGI]] [[{{Direct-to-Video}} DTV]] movie trilogy, Shecky (a cat from the Real World who was brought into the Cartoon World at the end of ''Garfield Gets Real'')

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* ChristmasEpisode: In recent years Davis has taken to devoting ''the entire month of December'' to Christmas-themed strips.
* ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: Lyman Lyman. once it became apparent that he was TheArtifact (he was originally brought in to give Jon someone to talk to). In terms of the [[AllCGICartoon CGI]] [[{{Direct-to-Video}} DTV]] movie trilogy, Shecky (a cat from the Real World who was brought into the Cartoon World at the end of ''Garfield Gets Real'')
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** A more recent example is that nowadays in the strip, story arcs run for about half a week before stopping. An example is a recent arc of a trip to Irma's diner, which ended on a Thursday.
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covered under Comic Book Time, also I think you meant definitely not defiantly


* Really700YearsOld: Garfield is only 33, but when you realize how much that is in cat years... Yeah, he defiantly counts.

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* Really700YearsOld: Garfield is only 33, but when you realize how much that is in cat years... Yeah, he defiantly counts.



* Really700YearsOld: Garfield is only 33, but when you realize how much that is in cat years... Yeah, he defiantly counts.

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* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: Jim Davis initially sent [[http://garfield.nfshost.com/1980/06/12/ this one comic]] to his syndicate as a joke thinking they would never run it since it featured implied gambling, drug use, sex, and on top of all that, a copyright violation. The joke was on him. They ran it anyway.

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* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: Jim Davis initially sent [[http://garfield.nfshost.com/1980/06/12/ this one comic]] to his syndicate as a joke thinking they would never run it since it featured implied gambling, drug use, sex, and on top of all that, [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking a copyright violation.violation]]. The joke was on him. They ran it anyway.


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* Really700YearsOld: Garfield is only 33, but when you realize how much that is in cat years... Yeah, he defiantly counts.
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** One should also note that after the 25th anniversary, they stopped listing Garfield's age every year. Possibly because of the fact that a real cat typically only lives within half the time that Garfield's been around.
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* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: Jim Davis initially sent [[http://garfield.nfshost.com/1980/06/12/ this one comic]] to his syndicate as a joke thinking they would never run it since it featured implied gambling, drug use, sex, and on top of all that, a copyright violation. The joke was on him. They ran it anyway.

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