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It didn’t really kill the pudding pops joke. It just made fun of it like the other example mentioned.


* [[http://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=268 Garfield Linus Garfield]] [[http://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=332 began]] [[http://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=335 a]] [[http://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=337 series]] [[http://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=398 of]] [[http://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=411 derivatives]] [[http://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=486 featuring]] [[http://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=487 Garfield]] replaced in the middle panel by [[{{Pun}} someone or something (usually) rhyming with "Minus"]].[[PlayingWithATrope This has since been]] inverted, subverted, parodied, deconstructed, averted, played for laughs, [[http://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=478 lampshaded]], defied, discussed, and exploited. Needless to say, it's seen ''very'' extensive use. It was finally killed with [[http://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=625 #625]] in an impressive ShoutOut to ''Film/Terminator2JudgmentDay''.

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* [[http://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=268 Garfield Linus Garfield]] [[http://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=332 began]] [[http://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=335 a]] [[http://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=337 series]] [[http://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=398 of]] [[http://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=411 derivatives]] [[http://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=486 featuring]] [[http://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=487 Garfield]] replaced in the middle panel by [[{{Pun}} someone or something (usually) rhyming with "Minus"]].[[PlayingWithATrope This has since been]] inverted, subverted, parodied, deconstructed, averted, played for laughs, [[http://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=478 lampshaded]], defied, discussed, and exploited. Needless to say, it's seen ''very'' extensive use. It was finally killed with even made into [[http://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=625 #625]] in an impressive ShoutOut to ''Film/Terminator2JudgmentDay''.
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* [[http://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=755 However]] [[http://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=836 it's]] [[http://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=783 started]] [[http://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=791 all]] [[http://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=777 over]] [[http://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=817 again]] [[http://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=774 with]] [https://www.gocomics.com/garfield/2008/04/26 "I glued a blender to my face."]] Which is itself crossing over with the "pudding pops" strip used for the "Garfield ___ Garfield" meme[[note]]The ''[=SRoMG=]'' authors tend to refer to the site' running gags as "[[MemeticMutation memes]]"[[/note]].

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* [[http://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=755 However]] [[http://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=836 it's]] [[http://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=783 started]] [[http://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=791 all]] [[http://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=777 over]] [[http://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=817 again]] [[http://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=774 with]] [https://www.[[https://www.gocomics.com/garfield/2008/04/26 "I glued a blender to my face."]] Which is itself crossing over with the "pudding pops" strip used for the "Garfield ___ Garfield" meme[[note]]The ''[=SRoMG=]'' authors tend to refer to the site' running gags as "[[MemeticMutation memes]]"[[/note]].
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Replacing all dead ucomics links with working GoComics ones.


* [[http://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=755 However]] [[http://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=836 it's]] [[http://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=783 started]] [[http://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=791 all]] [[http://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=777 over]] [[http://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=817 again]] [[http://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=774 with]] [[http://images.ucomics.com/comics/ga/2008/ga080426.gif "I glued a blender to my face."]] Which is itself crossing over with the "pudding pops" strip used for the "Garfield ___ Garfield" meme[[note]]The ''[=SRoMG=]'' authors tend to refer to the site' running gags as "[[MemeticMutation memes]]"[[/note]].

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* [[http://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=755 However]] [[http://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=836 it's]] [[http://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=783 started]] [[http://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=791 all]] [[http://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=777 over]] [[http://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=817 again]] [[http://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=774 with]] [[http://images.ucomics.com/comics/ga/2008/ga080426.gif [https://www.gocomics.com/garfield/2008/04/26 "I glued a blender to my face."]] Which is itself crossing over with the "pudding pops" strip used for the "Garfield ___ Garfield" meme[[note]]The ''[=SRoMG=]'' authors tend to refer to the site' running gags as "[[MemeticMutation memes]]"[[/note]].



* Now the "[[http://images.ucomics.com/comics/ga/2012/ga120402.gif Garfield smashes Jon's phone with a sledgehammer to shut up the ringtone]]" strip is [[http://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=1084 reaching]] [[http://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=1135 this]] [[http://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=1193 point]]. This has been lampshaded [[http://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=1285 more than]] [[http://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=1142 once]].
* Along with the "[[http://images.ucomics.com/comics/ga/1999/ga991203.gif Stephano has entered the chatroom]]" strip, [[http://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=164 as]] [[http://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=1272 seen]] [[http://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=1284 here]] and [[http://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=1335 here]] and [[http://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=1344 here]].

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* Now the "[[http://images.ucomics.com/comics/ga/2012/ga120402.gif "[[https://www.gocomics.com/garfield/2012/04/02 Garfield smashes Jon's phone with a sledgehammer to shut up the ringtone]]" strip is [[http://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=1084 reaching]] [[http://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=1135 this]] [[http://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=1193 point]]. This has been lampshaded [[http://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=1285 more than]] [[http://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=1142 once]].
* Along with the "[[http://images.ucomics.com/comics/ga/1999/ga991203.gif "[[https://www.gocomics.com/garfield/1999/12/03 Stephano has entered the chatroom]]" strip, [[http://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=164 as]] [[http://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=1272 seen]] [[http://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=1284 here]] and [[http://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=1335 here]] and [[http://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=1344 here]].



* [[http://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=1074 Garfield Minus Panel Boundaries]], editing the [[http://images.ucomics.com/comics/ga/2012/ga120102.gif 2012-01-02]] comic, in which Garfield declares "I seek truth, but a cookie will do.", [[http://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=1121 has]] [[http://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=1348 started]] [[http://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=1440 "Uncomfortable Truths"]]. #1440 [[ForcedMeme even declares it's now a meme in the title]].

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* [[http://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=1074 Garfield Minus Panel Boundaries]], editing the [[http://images.ucomics.com/comics/ga/2012/ga120102.gif [[https://www.gocomics.com/garfield/2012/01/02 2012-01-02]] comic, in which Garfield declares "I seek truth, but a cookie will do.", [[http://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=1121 has]] [[http://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=1348 started]] [[http://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=1440 "Uncomfortable Truths"]]. #1440 [[ForcedMeme even declares it's now a meme in the title]].



* One common joke is to take something from the original strip and invert it: for example, [[http://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=2751 Jogging]] edits [[http://images.ucomics.com/comics/ga/2016/ga160707.gif this Garfield strip]] so that Garfield is jogging and he takes a break from that by sleeping, instead of the other way around, [[https://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=1396 Jon's Chat Screen Negativia]] has Jon's "Stephano" persona fill a chat room instead of [[http://images.ucomics.com/comics/ga/1999/ga991203.gif emptying it]], and [[https://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=3971 Making Garfield Slightly Weirder: It's All Russian Gravy From Here]] has Jon refer to a kiddie pool as a gravy boat while Garfield calls it a kiddie pool, [[http://strips.garfield.com/iimages1200/2019/ga191128.gif swapping their dialogue]]. A fan wiki has [[http://sromgexplained.shoutwiki.com/wiki/Category:Joke_reversal documented a few instances of this]].
* [[http://images.ucomics.com/comics/ga/2011/ga110813.gif One strip]] where a dog had a sign labelled "Beware of Doog" received a few edits in a short amount of time. First [[http://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=2597 all the O's in the strip were duplicated]], then [[http://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=2610 all the O's in the strip were removed]], then [[http://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=2617 the dog and the word "dog" were removed from the strip]], and then finally [[http://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=2628 everything was removed from the strip besides Jim Davis's signature and the 2 thought bubbles in the last panel]].
* Another running gag is taking a strip and making an OverlyLongGag out of one or more of the panels from it, such as in [[http://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=2705 Slow Jog]] (an edit of [[http://images.ucomics.com/comics/ga/2016/ga160725.gif this]] strip), where Garfield runs around the block for a very large number of panels.

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* One common joke is to take something from the original strip and invert it: for example, [[http://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=2751 Jogging]] edits [[http://images.ucomics.com/comics/ga/2016/ga160707.gif [[https://www.gocomics.com/garfield/2016/07/07 this Garfield strip]] so that Garfield is jogging and he takes a break from that by sleeping, instead of the other way around, [[https://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=1396 Jon's Chat Screen Negativia]] has Jon's "Stephano" persona fill a chat room instead of [[http://images.ucomics.com/comics/ga/1999/ga991203.gif [[https://www.gocomics.com/garfield/1999/12/03 emptying it]], and [[https://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=3971 Making Garfield Slightly Weirder: It's All Russian Gravy From Here]] has Jon refer to a kiddie pool as a gravy boat while Garfield calls it a kiddie pool, [[http://strips.garfield.com/iimages1200/2019/ga191128.gif swapping their dialogue]]. A fan wiki has [[http://sromgexplained.shoutwiki.com/wiki/Category:Joke_reversal documented a few instances of this]].
* [[http://images.ucomics.com/comics/ga/2011/ga110813.gif [[https://www.gocomics.com/garfield/2011/08/13 One strip]] where a dog had a sign labelled "Beware of Doog" received a few edits in a short amount of time. First [[http://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=2597 all the O's in the strip were duplicated]], then [[http://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=2610 all the O's in the strip were removed]], then [[http://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=2617 the dog and the word "dog" were removed from the strip]], and then finally [[http://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=2628 everything was removed from the strip besides Jim Davis's signature and the 2 thought bubbles in the last panel]].
* Another running gag is taking a strip and making an OverlyLongGag out of one or more of the panels from it, such as in [[http://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=2705 Slow Jog]] (an edit of [[http://images.ucomics.com/comics/ga/2016/ga160725.gif [[https://www.gocomics.com/garfield/2016/07/25 this]] strip), where Garfield runs around the block for a very large number of panels.
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* The "Pizza Cam" comic was a meme in 2018, with remixes either changing Garfield's response or making him watch other things instead.

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* The "Pizza Cam" comic was a meme in 2018, with remixes either changing Garfield's response or making him watch other things instead.instead.
* The "Can you say détente?" comic became a meme in 2015, mostly with commentary on how the strip barely makes sense, and attempts to fix it through changing the context or rearranging panels.
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* The "double espresso" comic, where Garfield's eyes grow exaggeratedly big after he takes a sip. Remixes range from making his eyes even bigger, having the cup be empty, or [[InvertedTrope his eyes shrinking instead]].

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* The "double espresso" comic, where Garfield's eyes grow exaggeratedly big after he takes a sip. Remixes range from making his eyes even bigger, having the cup be empty, or [[InvertedTrope his eyes shrinking instead]].instead]].
* The "Pizza Cam" comic was a meme in 2018, with remixes either changing Garfield's response or making him watch other things instead.
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* The [[https://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=3269 Linguistics with Liz]] series, in which the nonsense Liz says is changed to a different language with Jon's line changed to match.

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* The [[https://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=3269 Linguistics with Liz]] series, in which the nonsense Liz says is changed to a different language with Jon's line changed to match.match.
* The "double espresso" comic, where Garfield's eyes grow exaggeratedly big after he takes a sip. Remixes range from making his eyes even bigger, having the cup be empty, or [[InvertedTrope his eyes shrinking instead]].
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* "You may as well [[http://mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=783 laugh]]/[[http://mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=854 stop reading]] now, it's not getting any funnier than this" and some grammatical variants.

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* "You may as well [[http://mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=783 laugh]]/[[http://mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=854 stop reading]] now, it's not getting any funnier than this" and some grammatical variants.variants.
* The [[https://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=3269 Linguistics with Liz]] series, in which the nonsense Liz says is changed to a different language with Jon's line changed to match.
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* One common joke is to take something from the original strip and invert it: for example, [[http://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=2751 Jogging]] edits [[http://images.ucomics.com/comics/ga/2016/ga160707.gif this Garfield strip]] so that Garfield is jogging and he takes a break from that by sleeping, instead of the other way around. A fan wiki has [[http://sromgexplained.shoutwiki.com/wiki/Category:Joke_reversal documented a few instances of this]].

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* One common joke is to take something from the original strip and invert it: for example, [[http://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=2751 Jogging]] edits [[http://images.ucomics.com/comics/ga/2016/ga160707.gif this Garfield strip]] so that Garfield is jogging and he takes a break from that by sleeping, instead of the other way around.around, [[https://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=1396 Jon's Chat Screen Negativia]] has Jon's "Stephano" persona fill a chat room instead of [[http://images.ucomics.com/comics/ga/1999/ga991203.gif emptying it]], and [[https://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=3971 Making Garfield Slightly Weirder: It's All Russian Gravy From Here]] has Jon refer to a kiddie pool as a gravy boat while Garfield calls it a kiddie pool, [[http://strips.garfield.com/iimages1200/2019/ga191128.gif swapping their dialogue]]. A fan wiki has [[http://sromgexplained.shoutwiki.com/wiki/Category:Joke_reversal documented a few instances of this]].
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* [[http://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=755 However]] [[http://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=836 it's]] [[http://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=783 started]] [[http://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=791 all]] [[http://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=777 over]] [[http://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=817 again]] [[http://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=774 with]] [[http://images.ucomics.com/comics/ga/2008/ga080426.gif "I glued a blender to my face."]] Which is itself crossing over with the "pudding pops" strip used for the "Garfield ___ Garfield" meme[[note]]The SRoMG authors tend to refer to the site' running gags as "[[MemeticMutation memes]]"[[/note]].

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* [[http://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=755 However]] [[http://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=836 it's]] [[http://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=783 started]] [[http://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=791 all]] [[http://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=777 over]] [[http://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=817 again]] [[http://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=774 with]] [[http://images.ucomics.com/comics/ga/2008/ga080426.gif "I glued a blender to my face."]] Which is itself crossing over with the "pudding pops" strip used for the "Garfield ___ Garfield" meme[[note]]The SRoMG ''[=SRoMG=]'' authors tend to refer to the site' running gags as "[[MemeticMutation memes]]"[[/note]].
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* [[http://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=755 However]] [[http://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=836 it's]] [[http://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=783 started]] [[http://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=791 all]] [[http://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=777 over]] [[http://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=817 again]] [[http://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=774 with]] [[http://images.ucomics.com/comics/ga/2008/ga080426.gif "I glued a blender to my face."]] Which is itself crossing over with the "pudding pops" strip used for the "Garfield ___ Garfield" meme.

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* [[http://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=755 However]] [[http://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=836 it's]] [[http://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=783 started]] [[http://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=791 all]] [[http://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=777 over]] [[http://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=817 again]] [[http://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=774 with]] [[http://images.ucomics.com/comics/ga/2008/ga080426.gif "I glued a blender to my face."]] Which is itself crossing over with the "pudding pops" strip used for the "Garfield ___ Garfield" meme.meme[[note]]The SRoMG authors tend to refer to the site' running gags as "[[MemeticMutation memes]]"[[/note]].
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* "You may as well [[http://mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=783 laugh]]/[[http://mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=854 stop reading]] now, it's not getting any funnier than this"]] and some grammatical variants.

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* "You may as well [[http://mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=783 laugh]]/[[http://mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=854 stop reading]] now, it's not getting any funnier than this"]] this" and some grammatical variants.
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* Another running gag is taking a strip and making an OverlyLongGag out of one or more of the panels from it, such as in [[http://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=2705 Slow Jog]] (an edit of [[http://images.ucomics.com/comics/ga/2016/ga160725.gif this]] strip), where Garfield runs around the block for a very large number of panels.

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* Another running gag is taking a strip and making an OverlyLongGag out of one or more of the panels from it, such as in [[http://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=2705 Slow Jog]] (an edit of [[http://images.ucomics.com/comics/ga/2016/ga160725.gif this]] strip), where Garfield runs around the block for a very large number of panels.panels.
* "You may as well [[http://mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=783 laugh]]/[[http://mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=854 stop reading]] now, it's not getting any funnier than this"]] and some grammatical variants.
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* [[http://images.ucomics.com/comics/ga/2011/ga110813.gif One strip]] where a dog had a sign labelled "Beware of Doog" received a few edits in a short amount of time. First [[http://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=2597 all the O's in the strip were duplicated]], then [[http://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=2610 all the O's in the strip were removed]], then [[http://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=2617 the dog and the word "dog" were removed from the strip]], and then finally [[http://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=2628 everything was removed from the strip besides Jim Davis's signature and the 2 thought bubbles in the last panel]].
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* [[http://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=1532 How]] [[http://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=1656 misanthropic]] [[http://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=2058 can Garfield]] [[http://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=2463 be?]]

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* [[http://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=1532 How]] [[http://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=1656 misanthropic]] [[http://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=2058 can Garfield]] can]] [[http://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=2463 Garfield]] [[http://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=2579 be?]]
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* One common joke is to take something from the original strip and invert it: for example, [[http://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=2751 Jogging]] edits [[http://images.ucomics.com/comics/ga/2016/ga160707.gif this Garfield strip]] so that Garfield is jogging and he takes a break from that by sleeping, instead of the other way around.

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* One common joke is to take something from the original strip and invert it: for example, [[http://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=2751 Jogging]] edits [[http://images.ucomics.com/comics/ga/2016/ga160707.gif this Garfield strip]] so that Garfield is jogging and he takes a break from that by sleeping, instead of the other way around. A fan wiki has [[http://sromgexplained.shoutwiki.com/wiki/Category:Joke_reversal documented a few instances of this]].
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* [[http://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=268 Garfield Linus Garfield]] [[http://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=332 began]] [[http://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=335 a]] [[http://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=337 series]] [[http://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=398 of]] [[http://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=411 derivatives]] [[http://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=486 featuring]] [[http://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=487 Garfield]] replaced in the middle panel by [[{{Pun}} someone or something (usually) rhyming with "Minus"]].[[PlayingWithATrope This has since been]] inverted, subverted, parodied, deconstructed, averted, played for laughs, [[http://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=478 lampshaded]], defied, discussed, and exploited. Needless to say, it's seen ''very'' extensive use. It was finally killed with [[http://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=625 #625]] in an impressive ShoutOut to ''Film/Terminator2JudgmentDay''.
* [[http://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=755 However]] [[http://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=836 it's]] [[http://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=783 started]] [[http://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=791 all]] [[http://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=777 over]] [[http://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=817 again]] [[http://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=774 with]] [[http://images.ucomics.com/comics/ga/2008/ga080426.gif "I glued a blender to my face."]] Which is itself crossing over with the "pudding pops" strip used for the "Garfield ___ Garfield" meme.
* [[http://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=975 Also]] [[http://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=826 beginning]] [[http://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=908 to]] [[http://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=939 trend]] [[http://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=867 is]] "Garfield's X Theater"
* [[http://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=392 Another]] [[http://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=404 recent]] [[http://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=767 one]] [[http://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=413 is]] [[http://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=564 Change]][[http://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=1036 field]], which resulted in [[http://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=820 this hilarious blend]].
* Several running gags were combined in [[http://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=1049 Strip #1049]].
* Now the "[[http://images.ucomics.com/comics/ga/2012/ga120402.gif Garfield smashes Jon's phone with a sledgehammer to shut up the ringtone]]" strip is [[http://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=1084 reaching]] [[http://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=1135 this]] [[http://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=1193 point]]. This has been lampshaded [[http://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=1285 more than]] [[http://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=1142 once]].
* Along with the "[[http://images.ucomics.com/comics/ga/1999/ga991203.gif Stephano has entered the chatroom]]" strip, [[http://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=164 as]] [[http://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=1272 seen]] [[http://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=1284 here]] and [[http://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=1335 here]] and [[http://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=1344 here]].
* "[[http://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=1421 Two Often Used Square Root Of Minus Garfield Memes Combined To Make a Strip of Square Root of Minus Garfield]]" combines the Donut Wars and Stephano memes.
* [[http://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=1074 Garfield Minus Panel Boundaries]], editing the [[http://images.ucomics.com/comics/ga/2012/ga120102.gif 2012-01-02]] comic, in which Garfield declares "I seek truth, but a cookie will do.", [[http://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=1121 has]] [[http://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=1348 started]] [[http://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=1440 "Uncomfortable Truths"]]. #1440 [[ForcedMeme even declares it's now a meme in the title]].
* Subversion: The title and author's notes of [[http://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=722 Found By: Zalgo]] implied the author was either going to or [[ForcedMeme trying to]] make a running gag editing a strip where Jon's father finds him and Garfield hiding in the closet so that various fictional characters found him instead. However, nothing came out of it for ''six years'' until someone else [[http://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=2941 finally decided to finally do something else with it]].
* [[http://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=1532 How]] [[http://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=1656 misanthropic]] [[http://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=2058 can Garfield]] [[http://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=2463 be?]]
* One common joke is to take something from the original strip and invert it: for example, [[http://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=2751 Jogging]] edits [[http://images.ucomics.com/comics/ga/2016/ga160707.gif this Garfield strip]] so that Garfield is jogging and he takes a break from that by sleeping, instead of the other way around.
* Another running gag is taking a strip and making an OverlyLongGag out of one or more of the panels from it, such as in [[http://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=2705 Slow Jog]] (an edit of [[http://images.ucomics.com/comics/ga/2016/ga160725.gif this]] strip), where Garfield runs around the block for a very large number of panels.

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