History Memes / ComicStrips

* [[ComicStrip/ForBetterOrForWorse I have no hooooooooome!!]] [[labelnote:Explanation: Anthony’s infamous response for Elizabeth telling him she’s a home wrecker for him wanting to cheat on his wife with her.[[/labelnote]]

* [[ComicStrip/ForBetterOrForWorse I have no hooooooooome!!]]

* Lots of people on the Internet consider [[JumpingTheShark the last few years]] of ''ComicStrip/{{Garfield}}'' to be the blandest, most mediocre comic strip in the newspapers today. Then in January 2006, someone created The Garfield Randomizer, which automatically selected three random panels from the entire ''Garfield'' online archive and mashed them together as a strip, turning it into [[DadaComics Dadaist nonsense]]. [[http://www.truthandbeautybombs.com/bb/viewtopic.php?t=4950 It was praised as the funniest thing to happen to ''Garfield'' in years.]] Then Paws, Inc., told the creator to cease-and-desist. In a small measure of revenge, however, the creator made the code publicly available, and a few Garfield randomizers persist to this day (like [[http://www.dougshaw.com/garfield.html this one]]).
** [[http://www.websnark.com/archives/2006/02/would_the_nerma.html Silent Garfield]] was born shortly after the Garfield Randomizer, when [=MackJ=] of the Truth and Beauty Bombs forum pointed out just how surreal ''Garfield'' becomes (and how pathetic Jon really is) when you [[http://www.truthandbeautybombs.com/bb/viewtopic.php?t=4997 remove Garfield's thought bubbles.]]
*** This has been taken to the next logical step with [[http://garfieldminusgarfield.tumblr.com/ Garfield Minus Garfield]], which makes it look like Jon is conversing with imaginary playmates. Unlike the randomizer, Creator/JimDavis [[http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/04/03/AR2008040303083.html actually found this one quite entertaining]].
*** Garfield Minus Garfield mashed up with the ''Sad Keanu'' meme [[http://sadkeanu.tumblr.com/post/757283818/garfield-minus-sadness-submitted-by-robconoclast here]].
*** Someone took the Garfield Minus Garfield concept to a great extreme, taking the WesternAnimation/GarfieldAndFriends ChristmasSpecial and editing out Garfield and Odie almost seamlessly. Then you get [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QjW8lpvrwYc&feature=related to the ending at 8:30]].
*** In the same spirit as Silent Garfield is [[http://juannavarro.wordpress.com/2007/12/21/realfield-like-lasagna-too/ Realfield]], which replaces Garfield with a silent, photorealistic cat and does a good job of making Jon look pathetic...well, ''more'' pathetic.
*** In a similar vein to Garfield Minus Garfield is [[http://lucy-peanuts.com/ Lucy Peanuts]], which is basically ComicStrip/{{Peanuts}} with everyone removed except for Lucy. Sadly, it got [[OrphanedSeries orphaned]] after about 30 strips.
*** There's also [[http://peanutsminussnoopy.blogspot.com/ Peanuts Minus Snoopy]], which lasted a bit longer.
** Yet another variation is [[Webcomic/OneOverZero Tailsteak's]] [[http://tailsteak.com/arbuckle/ Arbuckle]], in which anyone is invited to redraw a Garfield comic in a different or more realistic art style, again with the thought bubbles removed.
** ''"[[http://www.lasagnacat.com/ Lasagna Cat]]"'' takes the deconstruction even further. Real life strips are acted out in live action. The strip and the its date of publication are shown. The skit is accompanied by a brief music video. (Its the highlight, Post-modernism at its best)
** Go back to bed, Garfield. o_O
** Garfield is so malleable that they did one...''[[http://www.thereverend.com/barfield/pages/barfield001.html just on Garfield barfing]]'' (then fart jokes, then crude sexual humor... sadly, it works) (warning, gross)
** [[http://www.joshmillard.com/garkov/ Garkov]] is Garfield + Markov chains.
** And then there's [[http://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/ Square Root Of Minus Garfield]], which does a different thing to Garfield with each strip.
*** ''Webcomic/SquareRootOfMinusGarfield'' itself has "They haven't stoppped making frozen pudding pops, have they?"
** "I hate Mondays"
** "I'm putting you on a diet."
** "[[FirstNameUltimatum GARFIELD!!]]"
** "*SPLUT!*"
** "Hello! I'm Nermal, the world's cutest kitten!"
*** "Shut up, or I'll mail you to Abu Dhabi."
** Pooky, Garfield's teddy bear
** Jon's ferns (or any other plants for that matter...)
** Garfield kicking Odie off the table
** There was a strip a few years ago with Garfield eating a banana, then dropping the peel on the floor so that Jon would slip on it. Garfield uttered the line "[[InnocentInnuendo a banana has two uses]]" and internet message boards have had a field day with it ever since.
** None of that matters- [[http://schulzlibrary.files.wordpress.com/2010/05/garfield.jpg It's all just a hallucination as he slowly dies of thirst in an abandoned house]].
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OGbhJjXl9Rk I ate those food!]]
** Replacing Garfield (or Garfielf) with other cats from pop culture, such as [[http://minusgarfieldpluslyingcat.tumblr.com/ Lying Cat]] from ''{{ComicBook/Saga}}'', or [[http://dailyjojoba.tumblr.com/post/149846334751 Killer Queen]] from ''{{Manga/JoJos Bizarre Adventure}}''.
** [[https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/garfield-dog-semen-comic-strip Garfield Dog Semen Strip]]

*** This has been taken to the next logical step with [[http://garfieldminusgarfield.tumblr.com/ Garfield Minus Garfield]], which makes it look like Jon is conversing with imaginary playmates. Unlike the randomizer, [[http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/04/03/AR2008040303083.html Jim Davis actually found this one quite entertaining]].

* If everyone gets a nickname based on their appearance, [[BiggusDickus where does Dick Tracy's come from?]]

** [[https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/garfield-dog-semen-comic-strip Garfield Dog Semen Strip]][=[[labelnote:Explanation]]This is a strip where Jon drinks something causing Garfield's vet to say he'll be pregnant with puppies, which many interpreted as GettingCrapTheRadar saying he drank semen. WordOfGod says it was just hormones.[[/labelnote]]=] [[labelnote:Explanation]

* [[https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/garfield-dog-semen-comic-strip Garfield Dog Semen Strip]][=[[labelnote:Explanation]]This is a strip where Jon drinks something causing Garfield's vet to say he'll be pregnant with puppies, which many interpreted as [[GettingCrapTheRadar saying he drank semen.]] WordOfGod says it was just hormones.[[/labelnote]]=] [[labelnote:Explanation]