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* TombstoneTeeth: The characters usually smile with piano-looking teeth, specially when it's [[https://d1ejxu6vysztl5.cloudfront.net/comics/garfield/1995/1995-12-01.gif fake]] or [[https://assets.amuniversal.com/4225a020980501365539005056a9545d smug]].
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* TemptingCookieJar: Cookie jars have made frequent appearances, usually as a source of temptation while Garfield is on a diet. In one 1991 strip, Jon places the cookie jar atop the fridge, and Garfield is seen running with a pole so he could vault and reach it.
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* EmbarrassingPyjamas: In [[https://garfield.com/comic/1994/07/17 this comic]], Jon gets locked outside in his bunny pyjamas. And Garfield refuses to let him back in before everybody can see it.
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* TheDinnermobile: In [[https://garfield.com/comic/1985/08/18 this comic]], Garfield mistakes a hot dog truck for a giant hot dog. He feels rather silly when it proves inedible, but then decides to have "dessert" by doing the same thing to an ice cream truck.
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Garfield's speech is completely internal, even in his animated version. Although it made animation [[NoMouth much easier]], fans wondered exactly how much Jon understood Garfield considering they couldn't actually hold a conversation. With that in mind, they started the trend of [[http://www.silentgarfield.com removing Garfield's dialogue]]-- [[Webcomic/GarfieldMinusGarfield or even Garfield altogether]]-- from the comics. What results is a surreal trip into the mind of a very disturbed and lonely man, which quite a few people consider funnier than the original strip, ''[[ApprovalOfGod even by Jim Davis himself]]''. And going one step even further, Webcomic/SquareRootOfMinusGarfield proves that TrueArtIsIncomprehensible — and hilarious. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OGbhJjXl9Rk It's also spawned]] WebVideo/{{Garfielf}}, an intentionally SoBadItsGood fanmade video. And last, but not least, there's WebVideo/LasagnaCat, a series of videos in which actors for Jon, Garfield, and Odie act out certain strips in the series' history, while also making music videos as tributes to Jim Davis.
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Garfield's speech is completely internal, even in his animated version. Although it made animation [[NoMouth much easier]], fans wondered exactly how much Jon understood Garfield considering they couldn't actually hold a conversation. With that in mind, they started the trend of [[http://www.silentgarfield.com removing Garfield's dialogue]]-- [[Webcomic/GarfieldMinusGarfield or even Garfield altogether]]-- from the comics. What results is a surreal trip into the mind of a very disturbed and lonely man, which quite a few people consider funnier than the original strip, ''[[ApprovalOfGod even by Jim Davis himself]]''. And going one step even further, Webcomic/SquareRootOfMinusGarfield proves that TrueArtIsIncomprehensible — and hilarious. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OGbhJjXl9Rk It's also spawned]] WebVideo/{{Garfielf}}, an intentionally SoBadItsGood fanmade video. And last, but not least, there's WebVideo/LasagnaCat, a bizarre series of videos in which actors for Jon, Garfield, and Odie act out certain strips in the series' history, while also making music videos as tributes "tributes" to Jim Davis.
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Garfield's speech is completely internal, even in his animated version. Although it made animation [[NoMouth much easier]], fans wondered exactly how much Jon understood Garfield considering they couldn't actually hold a conversation. With that in mind, they started the trend of [[http://www.silentgarfield.com removing Garfield's dialogue]]-- [[Webcomic/GarfieldMinusGarfield or even Garfield altogether]]-- from the comics. What results is a surreal trip into the mind of a very disturbed and lonely man, which quite a few people consider funnier than the original strip, ''[[ApprovalOfGod even by Jim Davis himself]]''. And going one step even further, Webcomic/SquareRootOfMinusGarfield proves that TrueArtIsIncomprehensible — and hilarious. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OGbhJjXl9Rk It's also spawned]] WebVideo/{{Garfielf}}, an intentionally SoBadItsGood fanmade video. And last, but not least, there's WebVideo/LasagnaCat, a series of videos in which actors for Jon, Garfield, and Odie act out certain strips in the series' history, while also by making music videos as tributes to Jim Davis.
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Believe it or not, some people don't actually think the comic strip's "unfunny". Rewritten to be a bit more neutral.
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Garfield's speech is completely internal, even in his animated version. Although it made animation [[NoMouth much easier]], fans wondered exactly how much Jon understood Garfield considering they couldn't actually hold a conversation. With that in mind, they started the trend of [[http://www.silentgarfield.com removing Garfield's dialogue]]-- [[Webcomic/GarfieldMinusGarfield or even Garfield altogether]]-- from the comics. What results is a surreal trip into the mind of a very disturbed and lonely man, which is often considered quite a few people consider funnier than the original strip, ''[[ApprovalOfGod even by Jim Davis himself]]''. And going one step even further, Webcomic/SquareRootOfMinusGarfield proves that TrueArtIsIncomprehensible — and hilarious. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OGbhJjXl9Rk It's also spawned]] WebVideo/{{Garfielf}}, an intentionally SoBadItsGood fanmade video. And last, but not least, there's WebVideo/LasagnaCat, a series of videos in which actors for Jon, Garfield, and Odie act out certain strips in the series' history to show how hilariously [[SeinfeldIsUnfunny unfunny]] the newspaper strip actually is, history, while also by making music videos as tributes to Jim Davis.
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* MeetYourEarlyInstallmentWeirdness: The page image comes from a 2003 arc in which (then-current) Garfield meets up with his 1978 self. Much lampshading ensued. The arc ends with Jon and Odie having similar experiences.
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* MeetYourEarlyInstallmentWeirdness: The page image comes from a 2003 arc in which (then-current) Garfield meets up with his 1978 self. Much lampshading ensued. The arc ends with Jon and Odie having have similar experiences.experiences by the time Garfield's birthday rolled around during that arc.
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* CharacterizationMarchesOn: In the early days, Garfield acted more like a regular cat, compared to the more humanlike behavior of later comics. Jon, on the other hand, was more like the average cat owner, displaying none of the weird eccentricities he later came to possess. Also, the relationship between Jon and Garfield was completely opposite to what we see today, with Jon acting as the straight man to Garfield and Jon making the sarcastic quips about Garfields sometimes weird behavior.
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* CharacterizationMarchesOn: In the early days, Garfield acted more like a regular cat, compared to the more humanlike behavior of later comics. Jon, on the other hand, was more like the average cat owner, displaying none of the weird eccentricities he later came to possess. Also, the relationship between Jon and Garfield was completely opposite to what we see today, with Jon acting as the straight man to Garfield and Jon making the sarcastic quips about Garfields Garfield's sometimes weird behavior.
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* ChristmasEpisode: In the 2000s, Davis has taken to devoting ''the entire month of December'' to Christmas-themed strips.
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* ChristmasEpisode: In From the 2000s, 2000s on, Davis has taken to devoting ''the entire month of December'' to Christmas-themed strips.
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** One of Jon's attempts while on the phone with Liz is the page's image example.
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** One of Jon's attempts while on the phone with Liz is the page's image example.Liz:
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* CaninesPrimaryFelinesSecondary: {{Inverted}}.Whenever he and Odie show up together, Garfield the cat is most commonly the hero
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* CaninesPrimaryFelinesSecondary: {{Inverted}}. Whenever he and Odie show up together, Garfield the cat is most commonly tends to have the herospotlight.
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* ScaredOfWhatsBehindYou: One Sunday strip featured Garfield going to a zoo, getting into a lion cage, and roleplaying his fantasy of what it would be like if he were a wild animal. At one point he takes a swipe at some patrons, and congratulates himself when they're scared. He does this not noticing the gigantic lion now sitting behind him... currently supplies the page image.
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* ScaredOfWhatsBehindYou: One Sunday strip featured Garfield going to a zoo, getting into a lion cage, and roleplaying his fantasy of what it would be like if he were a wild animal. At one point he takes a swipe at some patrons, and congratulates himself when they're scared. He does this not noticing the gigantic lion now sitting behind him... currently supplies the page image.
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* ToiletDrinkingDogGag: A running joke is dogs, usually Odie, drinking from toilets.
** [[https://d1ejxu6vysztl5.cloudfront.net/comics/garfield/2000/2000-04-26.gif?v=1.1 When the toilet starts overflowing, Odie runs towards it excitedly]].
** [[https://d1ejxu6vysztl5.cloudfront.net/comics/garfield/1997/1997-03-18.gif?v=1.1 Garfield is woken up by the sound of Odie drinking out of the toilet]].
** [[https://d1ejxu6vysztl5.cloudfront.net/comics/garfield/1979/1979-04-20.gif?v=1.1 Lyman laughs when Odie licks him. Garfield thinks that Lyman wouldn't be as happy if he knew that Odie just drank out of the toilet]].
** [[https://d1ejxu6vysztl5.cloudfront.net/comics/garfield/2000/2000-04-26.gif?v=1.1 When the toilet starts overflowing, Odie runs towards it excitedly]].
** [[https://d1ejxu6vysztl5.cloudfront.net/comics/garfield/1997/1997-03-18.gif?v=1.1 Garfield is woken up by the sound of Odie drinking out of the toilet]].
** [[https://d1ejxu6vysztl5.cloudfront.net/comics/garfield/1979/1979-04-20.gif?v=1.1 Lyman laughs when Odie licks him. Garfield thinks that Lyman wouldn't be as happy if he knew that Odie just drank out of the toilet]].
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... okay, ban-evasion aside, but please learn how alphabetization works and know what a trope is before adding it.
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* TheInternetIsForCats: Garfield is the only character shown surfing the web.
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* EarWorm:[[invoked]] [[http://images.ucomics.com/comics/ga/1994/ga941204.gif This strip]] has Jon whistling a melody which Garfield then finds unable to get out of his head… until he whistles it into Odie's ear, causing it to get stuck in Odie's head.
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* EarWorm:[[invoked]] EarWorm: [[http://images.ucomics.com/comics/ga/1994/ga941204.gif This strip]] has Jon whistling a melody which Garfield then finds unable to get out of his head… until he whistles it into Odie's ear, causing it to get stuck in Odie's head.
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* ChristmasLightChaos: The comic has used this trope many times:
** In the [[https://garfield.com/comic/1991/12/22 1991-12-22 Sunday strip]], Jon opens the box of Christmas lights and finds a tangled mess. He decides "screw it", and hangs them up without bothering to untangle them.
** The [[https://garfield.com/comic/1992/12/18 1992-12-18 strip]] is about the classic "find the one bad bulb that makes them all go out" problem. In the [[https://garfield.com/comic/1996/12/17 1996-12-17 strip]], Jon faces the same problem and manages to solve it, but electrocutes himself in the process. Similarly, the [[https://garfield.com/comic/2017/12/10 2017-12-10 Sunday strip]] has Garfield being haunted by the ghosts of Christmas past, present and future... and the dead bulb on their Christmas tree, which scares the three ghosts.
** The [[https://garfield.com/comic/1992/12/20 1992-12-20 Sunday strip]] is about Jon rigging up a lot of lights, only to find out that the cord is a little too short.
** In the [[https://garfield.com/comic/1995/12/17 1995-12-17 Sunday strip]], Jon somehow gets tangled up in the Christmas lights and ends up hanging upside-down from the roof. The same happens in the [[https://garfield.com/comic/2014/12/01 2014-12-01 strip]].
** In the [[https://garfield.com/comic/1997/12/14 1997-14-12 Sunday strip]], Jon gets electrocuted by the Christmas lights. The [[https://garfield.com/comic/1997/12/15 following strip]] shows him injured and covered in Christmas lights. Similarly, the [[https://garfield.com/comic/2009/12/08 2009-12-08 strip]] shows Jon covered in pine needles and Christmas lights.
** In the [[https://garfield.com/comic/1998/12/11 1998-12-11 strip]], Jon somehow gets himself and the Christmas tree tangled up in Christmas lights. In [[https://garfield.com/comic/1998/12/12 the next strip]], Jon's struggle with the decorations is unseen, but obvious from the sound effects. Two days later, [[https://garfield.com/comic/1998/12/14 Jon successfully rigs up the lights. Unfortunately, turning them on blows a fuse.]]
** In the [[https://garfield.com/comic/2000/12/21 2000-12-21 strip]], it's shown that Garfield has been covered in Christmas lights after climbing someone's Christmas tree.
** In the [[https://garfield.com/comic/1991/12/22 1991-12-22 Sunday strip]], Jon opens the box of Christmas lights and finds a tangled mess. He decides "screw it", and hangs them up without bothering to untangle them.
** The [[https://garfield.com/comic/1992/12/18 1992-12-18 strip]] is about the classic "find the one bad bulb that makes them all go out" problem. In the [[https://garfield.com/comic/1996/12/17 1996-12-17 strip]], Jon faces the same problem and manages to solve it, but electrocutes himself in the process. Similarly, the [[https://garfield.com/comic/2017/12/10 2017-12-10 Sunday strip]] has Garfield being haunted by the ghosts of Christmas past, present and future... and the dead bulb on their Christmas tree, which scares the three ghosts.
** The [[https://garfield.com/comic/1992/12/20 1992-12-20 Sunday strip]] is about Jon rigging up a lot of lights, only to find out that the cord is a little too short.
** In the [[https://garfield.com/comic/1995/12/17 1995-12-17 Sunday strip]], Jon somehow gets tangled up in the Christmas lights and ends up hanging upside-down from the roof. The same happens in the [[https://garfield.com/comic/2014/12/01 2014-12-01 strip]].
** In the [[https://garfield.com/comic/1997/12/14 1997-14-12 Sunday strip]], Jon gets electrocuted by the Christmas lights. The [[https://garfield.com/comic/1997/12/15 following strip]] shows him injured and covered in Christmas lights. Similarly, the [[https://garfield.com/comic/2009/12/08 2009-12-08 strip]] shows Jon covered in pine needles and Christmas lights.
** In the [[https://garfield.com/comic/1998/12/11 1998-12-11 strip]], Jon somehow gets himself and the Christmas tree tangled up in Christmas lights. In [[https://garfield.com/comic/1998/12/12 the next strip]], Jon's struggle with the decorations is unseen, but obvious from the sound effects. Two days later, [[https://garfield.com/comic/1998/12/14 Jon successfully rigs up the lights. Unfortunately, turning them on blows a fuse.]]
** In the [[https://garfield.com/comic/2000/12/21 2000-12-21 strip]], it's shown that Garfield has been covered in Christmas lights after climbing someone's Christmas tree.
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* FatCat: Guess who.
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* FilchingFoodForFun: The strip has stealing food for fun as a stock behavior for Garfield, as well as one of its most frequently recurring gags. One strip has Jon try and turn the tables on the cat by stealing his food. Garfield, who is already tucking into Jon's dinner that night is unimpressed.
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* BaitAndSwitchComment: [[http://www.gocomics.com/garfield/1990/03/19 Garfield notices a spider]], produces a can of bug spray and says it "ought to do the trick". He then whacks the spider with the can.
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** [[http://www.gocomics.com/garfield/1990/03/19 Garfield notices a spider]], produces a can of bug spray and says it "ought to do the trick". He then whacks the spider with thecan.can.
** [[https://garfield.com/comic/2019/12/31 It's the last day of 2019]] and Garfield is counting the seconds until something arrives. After he happily exclaims its arrival, it's revealed he's talking about a pizza.
** [[http://www.gocomics.com/garfield/1990/03/19 Garfield notices a spider]], produces a can of bug spray and says it "ought to do the trick". He then whacks the spider with the
** [[https://garfield.com/comic/2019/12/31 It's the last day of 2019]] and Garfield is counting the seconds until something arrives. After he happily exclaims its arrival, it's revealed he's talking about a pizza.
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** [[https://garfield.com/comic/2019/12/17 Jon left a fruitcake]] "out in the yard for the birds". Garifeld notices they're "regifting it to the squirrels".
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-->'''Garfield (referring to Jon):''' [[https://garfield.com/comic/1985/03/02 The bacon is grazing on the lettuce, and he asks if the refrigerator needs cleaning.cleaning]].
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* SwivelChairAntics: [[https://d1ejxu6vysztl5.cloudfront.net/comics/garfield/2002/2002-03-06.gif The reason]] why Jon and Garfield always sit by the counter instead of at the booth at Irma's Diner.
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* SwivelChairAntics: Diner stool variant: [[https://d1ejxu6vysztl5.cloudfront.net/comics/garfield/2002/2002-03-06.gif The reason]] why Jon and Garfield always sit by the counter instead of at the booth at Irma's Diner.
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* EverythingIsBetterWithSpinning: [[https://d1ejxu6vysztl5.cloudfront.net/comics/garfield/2002/2002-03-06.gif The reason]] why Jon and Garfield always sit by the counter instead of at the booth at Irma's Diner.
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** [[https://garfield.com/comic/2019/12/12 Garfield writes a letter mentioning]] an EvilTwin Santa's "been watching all year". Believing "he's not '''that''' gullible", Garfield decides not to send it to Santa.
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* AnthropomorphicShift: Garfield originally started out looking more like a real-life housecat, but per ArtEvolution, he became extremely humanoid in 1984.
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** Garfield originally started out looking more like a real-life housecat, but per ArtEvolution, he became extremely humanoid in 1984.
** Garfield originally started out looking more like a real-life housecat, but per ArtEvolution, he became extremely humanoid in 1984.
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* BoxAndStickTrap: [[http://images.ucomics.com/comics/ga/1990/ga900120.gif This]] strip has Jon doing this to Garfield to take him to the vet:
-->'''Garfield:''' Jon thinks he can trap me into going to the vet using a grilled cheese sandwich as bait. What kind of gluttonous idiot does Jon take me for anyway?
-->''[GilliganCut to the stick down and Garfield in the box, enjoying his sandwich]''
-->'''Garfield:''' What, no pickle?
-->'''Garfield:''' Jon thinks he can trap me into going to the vet using a grilled cheese sandwich as bait. What kind of gluttonous idiot does Jon take me for anyway?
-->''[GilliganCut to the stick down and Garfield in the box, enjoying his sandwich]''
-->'''Garfield:''' What, no pickle?
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* BoxAndStickTrap: BoxAndStickTrap:
** [[http://images.ucomics.com/comics/ga/1990/ga900120.gif This]] strip has Jon doing this to Garfield to take him to the vet:
-->'''Garfield:''' --->'''Garfield:''' Jon thinks he can trap me into going to the vet using a grilled cheese sandwich as bait. What kind of gluttonous idiot does Jon take me for anyway?
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-->'''Garfield:''' --->'''Garfield:''' What, no pickle?
** [[http://images.ucomics.com/comics/ga/1990/ga900120.gif This]] strip has Jon doing this to Garfield to take him to the vet:
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* SoreLoser: [[http://www.garfield.com/comic/2001/08/16 Jon reading this letter from his brother]]: "Maddie Ferguson's pie took first place at the fair so Mom burned her barn down".
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* SodaCanShakeup: Provides the page image, and has been used at least 3 times:
** The page image is from [[https://garfield.com/comic/1986/07/12 this comic]], where this trope happens to Garfield, and the exploding bottle startles Jon.
** In one comic, Garfield tried to prank Jon by giving him a shaken soda can, but a GenreSavvy Jon aimed the can at Garfield when opening it, resulting in Garfield getting sprayed.
** In [[https://garfield.com/comic/1990/12/02 this comic]], Garfield tries the same prank, and again it seems Jon is going to turn the tables on Garfield instead. But when Jon opens the can, the pressure inside sends him flying backward rather than the soda getting sprayed all over Garfield.
* SoreLoser: [[http://www.garfield.com/comic/2001/08/16 Jon reading this letter from his brother]]: "Maddie Ferguson's pie took first place at thefair fair, so Mom burned her barn down".
** The page image is from [[https://garfield.com/comic/1986/07/12 this comic]], where this trope happens to Garfield, and the exploding bottle startles Jon.
** In one comic, Garfield tried to prank Jon by giving him a shaken soda can, but a GenreSavvy Jon aimed the can at Garfield when opening it, resulting in Garfield getting sprayed.
** In [[https://garfield.com/comic/1990/12/02 this comic]], Garfield tries the same prank, and again it seems Jon is going to turn the tables on Garfield instead. But when Jon opens the can, the pressure inside sends him flying backward rather than the soda getting sprayed all over Garfield.
* SoreLoser: [[http://www.garfield.com/comic/2001/08/16 Jon reading this letter from his brother]]: "Maddie Ferguson's pie took first place at the
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* NewhartPhonecall: Often done with Jon's phone conversations with Ellen.
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* RepeatingSoTheAudienceCanHear: Often done with Jon's phone conversations with Ellen.
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* FlippingTheBird:
** Garfield's [[http://images.ucomics.com/comics/ga/2002/ga020330.gif response to a reprimand]] (Garfield is off panel for the whole strip):
-->'''Jon:''' Garfield! get your paw out of the cookie jar!
-->[next panel: no dialogue, Jon looks shocked]
-->'''Jon:''' Who taught you that gesture?!
-->'''Garfield:''' You, in the car, when you drive.
** Who can forget [[http://www.listen-project.de/garfield/index.php?date=27.03.1995 the time Jon got flipped off by someone off panel?]] Odie's face is priceless there.
* FlowerPotDrop: The strip has used this a few times:
** Odie crashes into a piece of furniture and the flowerpot on it falls off and crashes onto Odie's head.
-->'''Garfield:''' [[NotMeThisTime I'm innocent! I swear it!]]
** One of Garfield's audience members throws a flowerpot at Garfield before he can get on the fence.
** A flowerpot is thrown at Garfield, along with many other things, during his fence act.
** A mouse drops a flowerpot on Garfield for taunting him.
** Garfield drops a flowerpot on Odie after he kicks him off the table.
** Garfield's [[http://images.ucomics.com/comics/ga/2002/ga020330.gif response to a reprimand]] (Garfield is off panel for the whole strip):
-->'''Jon:''' Garfield! get your paw out of the cookie jar!
-->[next panel: no dialogue, Jon looks shocked]
-->'''Jon:''' Who taught you that gesture?!
-->'''Garfield:''' You, in the car, when you drive.
** Who can forget [[http://www.listen-project.de/garfield/index.php?date=27.03.1995 the time Jon got flipped off by someone off panel?]] Odie's face is priceless there.
* FlowerPotDrop: The strip has used this a few times:
** Odie crashes into a piece of furniture and the flowerpot on it falls off and crashes onto Odie's head.
-->'''Garfield:''' [[NotMeThisTime I'm innocent! I swear it!]]
** One of Garfield's audience members throws a flowerpot at Garfield before he can get on the fence.
** A flowerpot is thrown at Garfield, along with many other things, during his fence act.
** A mouse drops a flowerpot on Garfield for taunting him.
** Garfield drops a flowerpot on Odie after he kicks him off the table.
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* FlippingTheBird:
** Garfield's [[http://images.ucomics.com/comics/ga/2002/ga020330.gif response to a reprimand]] (Garfield is off panel for the whole strip):
-->'''Jon:''' Garfield! get your paw out of the cookie jar!
-->[next panel: no dialogue, Jon looks shocked]
-->'''Jon:''' Who taught you that gesture?!
-->'''Garfield:''' You, in the car, when you drive.
** Who can forget [[http://www.listen-project.de/garfield/index.php?date=27.03.1995 the time Jon got flipped off by someone off panel?]] Odie's face is priceless there.
* FlowerPotDrop: The strip has used this a few times:
** Odie crashes into a piece of furniture and the flowerpot on it falls off and crashes onto Odie's head.
** One of Garfield's audience members throws a flowerpot at Garfield before he can get on the fence.
** A flowerpot is thrown at Garfield, along with many other things, during his fence act.
** A mouse drops a flowerpot on Garfield for taunting him.
** Garfield drops a flowerpot on Odie after he kicks him off the table.
** Garfield's [[http://images.ucomics.com/comics/ga/2002/ga020330.gif response to a reprimand]] (Garfield is off panel for the whole strip):
-->'''Jon:''' Garfield! get your paw out of the cookie jar!
-->[next panel: no dialogue, Jon looks shocked]
-->'''Jon:''' Who taught you that gesture?!
-->'''Garfield:''' You, in the car, when you drive.
** Who can forget [[http://www.listen-project.de/garfield/index.php?date=27.03.1995 the time Jon got flipped off by someone off panel?]] Odie's face is priceless there.
* FlowerPotDrop: The strip has used this a few times:
** Odie crashes into a piece of furniture and the flowerpot on it falls off and crashes onto Odie's head.
** One of Garfield's audience members throws a flowerpot at Garfield before he can get on the fence.
** A flowerpot is thrown at Garfield, along with many other things, during his fence act.
** A mouse drops a flowerpot on Garfield for taunting him.
** Garfield drops a flowerpot on Odie after he kicks him off the table.
