History Headscratchers / Garfield

** [[http://images.ucomics.com/comics/ga/2000/ga000917.gif Here's another strip where Jon heard Garfield's thoughts]]

*** Jon also probably chose to rent the cheapest house in the area because the house that Garfield and Jon live in suffers from [[https://www.gocomics.com/garfield/1991/03/08 leaks in the roof]], is ''incredibly'' [[https://garfield.com/comic/2009/07/02 dusty]] and filthy, and has [[https://garfield.com/comic/1985/08/04 very poor structure]].

** There have been numerous strips that indicate Garfield is the true master and disciplinarian of the house rather than [[HumanPet Jon]]. [[https://garfield.com/comic/1986/05/08 In the May 8th, 1986 strip]], Garfield handed him a legal document that states he is the owner of the house. Jon tried to challenge it as forgery, and Garfield enthusiastically accepted this preparing to take it to court. In conclusion, Garfield ''is'' the legal owner of their property, Jon's only allowed to live in Garfield's house by feeding him.

** There are actually quite a few strips where Jon can hear Garfield's thoughts. [[http://strips.garfield.com/iimages1200/2000/ga000405.gif These]] [[http://images.ucomics.com/comics/ga/1987/ga870214.gif three,]] [[http://images.ucomics.com/comics/ga/1995/ga950522.gif for example]]. Soooooo...

** Charles Schulz actually showed Jim Davis how to get more expression out of Garfield by making him walk on two legs. I don't think you can blame the creator of [[{{Peanuts}} Snoopy]] for anything, really.

** It was stated in [[http://images.ucomics.com/comics/ga/2009/ga090815.gif this strip]] that Jon can't hear Garfield, yet strips [[http://images.ucomics.com/comics/ga/2003/ga031125.gif like]] [[http://cdn.svcs.c2.uclick.com/c2/1a3541702e23012ea5cb00163e41dd5b these]] clearly show Jon hearing Garfield. Therefore, the rule seems to be that Jon can only hear Garfield when it's funny for Jon to hear Garfield.

** [[https://garfield.com/comic/2007/02/25 Some]] [[https://garfield.com/comic/1978/06/25 strips]] indicate that [[AnimalIsTheNewMan Garfield]] is the true master and disciplinarian of the house rather than [[HumanPet Jon]].

** Jon just thinks it's easier to make Garfield, who is his pet cat, get rid of the mice as cats are supposed to do than it is to find another house. I also like to think that even if Jon DID get another house, all of the mice would follow him there and continue to drive him crazy.

** There are actually quite a few strips where Jon can hear Garfield's thoughts. [[http://strips.garfield.com/iimages1200/2000/ga000405.gif This one, for example.]] Soooooo...

*** It's kind of unethical to get rid of your pet just because it missbehaves, but in any case they have a love/hate relationship and Garfield is also good to him or saves his neck once in a while.

** Some strips indicate that Garfield is the true [[https://garfield.com/comic/2007/02/25 master]] and [[https://garfield.com/comic/1978/06/25 disciplinarian]] in the house rather than [[HumanPet Jon]].

** Who would want to buy a house on the market that has mice vermin swarming in it?

*** Some strips indicate that Garfield is the true [[https://garfield.com/comic/2007/02/25 master]] ''and'' [[https://garfield.com/comic/1978/06/25 disciplinarian]] in the house rather than [[HumanPet Jon]].

** Garfield has always become less of a cat and more like a human as the strip progressed. He drinks coffee, eats human foods like lasagna, burgers, pizza and ice cream and [[https://garfield.com/comic/1979/08/01 even takes tennis lessons]].

*** Some strips indicate that Garfield is the true [[https://garfield.com/comic/2007/02/25 master]] ''and'' [[https://garfield.com/comic/1978/06/25 disciplinarian]] in the house rather than Jon.

** Probably because Jon still loves him despite it, as shown that whenever they're separated, Jon ends up missing Garfield. Also, even with Liz as his girlfriend now, he's pretty lonely in general (Liz doesn't live with him quite yet) and Jon often commiserates with Garfield or does things with him that he probably wouldn't do with Odie. Not to mention, realistically, if a surly, elderly cat like Garfield was sent to a shelter, he would have an extremely little chance of being adopted, and Jon may be aware of that and doesn't want to leave Garfield to that kind of fate, since he has shown that he loves Garfield and would probably feel very guilty if he did something like that.

** RuleOfFunny: 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.
** And Jon might not want to move somewhere else, that could get him further away from the vet clinic Liz works at.

** He's not killing the spiders. He's just squishing them. There have been a lot of strips showing the squished spiders still conscious. Hell, one showed the spiders have hospitals.

** There is a budget computer game on Garfield's website called "Scary Scavenger Hunt II Donuts of Doom" where Lyman's head could be found in a fridge in Jon's basement.

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

** CharlesSchulz actually showed JimDavis how to get more expression out of Garfield by making him walk on two legs. I don't think you can blame the creator of [[{{Peanuts}} Snoopy]] for anything, really.

** [[https://garfield.com/characters/odie Odie's biography]] on the official Garfield website states that Lyman left without taking Odie without giving an explanation for why Lyman left.

* About the above Headscratcher about Lyman, you still need to consider why Lyman didn't take Odie with him if you think Lyman just simply moved out of Jon's and just found somewhere else to live.

** Perhaps AesopAmnesia over the lesson of "Don't judge people until you've actually met them in-person". Also it doesn't seem Garfield will be satisfied with just an ample supply of food there, he also wants TV and it turns out Jon's family has only three channels. He already gets all the food he wants at home because of how much Jon spoils him.

** The show's creators must have assumed that homeland viewers here in the United States would understand the pun-intended title "U.S. Acres" better than international viewers.