History Headscratchers / Garfield

* This isn't about the strip itself, but why do the UsefulNotes/{{DVD}}s of ''WesternAnimation/GarfieldAndFriends'' use the international prints of the show, where ''ComicStrip/USAcres'' is known as ''Orson's Farm''?
** Probably so that the Spanish dub would match up. ''My'' beef with this is that the international version doesn't include the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HnAFA23eEM8 third theme song]]. Don't get me wrong; I don't ''like'' it, but I'm one of those collector types and wish it had been on there for completion's sake. At least they kept [[CouchGag Garfield's quotations]] intact.

* Why do Garfield and Jon keep coming to Irma's diner to eat if she's an ignorant and occasionally rude waitress and she makes inedible food?

** Based on how genuinely enthusiastic Jon and even Garfield is sometimes coming to her diner, I assume that her food actually is good, marred sometimes by the crazy stuff we see her give them. But us readers only see the crazy parts, cos them sipping regular coffee and eating real food makes for a boring strip. Either that or her place is just crazy nostalgic for them and they come back anyway.

** Garfield actually ''wants'' to walk on hind legs. [[https://garfield.com/comic/1981/05/17 That way he can reach tables, kick-drop Odie and tap-dance]]. [[https://garfield.com/comic/1990/10/26 Jon on very few occasions does discourage Garfield from walking on hind legs because it's not very cat-like]]. What was Garfield's reaction? He ignored that and just walked away from Jon.

** Garfield actually ''wants'' to walk on hind legs. [[https://garfield.com/comic/1981/05/17 That way he can reach tables, kick-drop Odie and tap-dance]].

** According to a game on the Garfield Website, he's in chains in the basement of a haunted house.

** So perhaps Lyman got written off simply because Davis ran out of ideas involving him.

** There was a budget computer game where Lyman's head could be found in a fridge in Jon's basement.

*** Insects don't understand English or any foreign language, though. Important difference.

!!''Garfield'' Media outside the Comic Strip

* On a related note, why are they still living in that house? Every time they pull the 'Garfield's a lousy mouser' gag, the house is littered with these huge rats that get into every nook and cranny of the house. Same with the spiders. Move somewhere where there isn't so much vermin running around, Jon!
** Cause Jon's an ignoramus. He doesn't realize there are other houses out there, all he thinks about is making Garfield get rid of them.

** When trying to get his comic strip back, Garfield auditioned by kicking Odie off the table. While in the comic strip world, Odie was fine. In the real world, Odie genuinely did get hurt and so the judges denounced that as violent.

* How hasn't Irma's diner been closed down by the health inspector? And how come no one has reported her for malpractice as a waitress? She has no problem feeding her clients 6-month old cheeseburgers or neglecting to get her clients to evacuate when her kitchen is on fire.

* This isn't about the strip itself, but why do the {{DVD}}s of ''WesternAnimation/GarfieldAndFriends'' use the international prints of the show, where ''ComicStrip/USAcres'' is known as ''Orson's Farm''?

* How hasn't Irma's diner been closed down by the health inspector? And how come no one has reported her for malpractice as a waitress? She has no problem feeding her clients 6-month old cheeseburgers or neglecting to get her clients to evacuate when her kitchen is on fire. Even so, why do Garfield and Jon keep coming to her diner to eat if she's an ignorant and occasionally rude waitress and she makes inedible food?

* How hasn't Irma's diner been closed down by the health inspector? And how come no one has reported her for malpractice as a waitress? She has no problem feeding her clients 6-month old cheeseburgers or having her clients evacuate when her kitchen is on fire. Even so, why do Garfield and Jon keep coming to her diner to eat if she's an ignorant and occasionally rude waitress and she makes inedible food?

** No offense to the writers, but that joke was lazy. Jon just says something off-putting then claims he can deal with it, and that line is Garfield's response.

** No offense to the writers, but it was lazy comedy. Jon just says something off-putting then claims he can deal with it, and that line is Garfield's response.