History ShoutOut / SquareRootOfMinusGarfield

* Franchise/LesMiserables: [[http://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=861 I Dreamed a Dream]]

* Music/{{Caravan}} and ''Series/KenanAndKel'': The title of [[http://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=2079 If I Could Do It All Over Again, I'd Do It All Over You]] is the same as the second album of Caravan, while the bottle says "who loves orange soda" in reference to one of many {{catchphrase}}s uttered on ''Kenan and Kel''.

* ''Series/SesameStreet'': [[https://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=4961 Garfield the Fat Cat]] shows a series of panels matching lyrics in the song "Fat Cat", captioned to said lyrics.

** ''VideoGame/{{Earthbound}}'':

** [[http://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=2445 Garfield plus ''Time'']] has a lonely Jon in front of a few panels of [[http://xkcd.com/1190/ "Time"]].

* ''Film/BackToTheFuture'': [[http://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=511 Garfield Plus 88 mph]]

* Literature/TheVampireChronicles, ''Literature/{{Twilight}}'', and ''Manga/{{Hellsing}}'': [[http://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=234 The Vampire Garfield Chronicles]]

* ''Film/{{Superman}}'': [[http://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=2005 27th Birthday Special: Supercat]] features Garfield reversing the Earth's rotation, as Superman does, in an attempt to stop aging.

* Music/{{Wham}}: [[https://mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=2599 Ham Rap (Enjoy What You Do)]]

* ''LightNovel/HaruhiSuzumiya'': [[http://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=1744 The Melancholy/Disappearance of Garfield's Haruhi Theatre]]

* ''LightNovel/HaruhiSuzumiya'' and ''ComicStrip/USAcres'': [[http://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=1556 Garfield's Haruhi Theater]]

* ''Film/GroundhogDay'' and ''LightNovel/HaruhiSuzumiya'': [[http://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=1655 Garfield Groundhog Day Garfield]]

** [[http://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=1834 Lost Two Men]] shows Jon's plumber telling him he lost the Mario Bros. while cleaning his bathtub, saying they were sucked down the drain a la their origin story in ''WesternAnimation/TheSuperMarioBrosSuperShow''.

* ''WebVideo/MemeHouse'': [[http://www.mezzacotta.com/?comic=5059 KEEP CRAWTCHSH]] A mouse announces that the house is now "Joel's House of Memes," and some of the cast enters the house, possibly referencing Garfield's inclusion to the series.

* [[https://www.youtube.com/user/BrettCelinski Brett Celinski]] (specifically his WebAnimation/YouTubePoop [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pvfYDgtbs_4 of the same name]]): [[http://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=1134 GARF]]

* [[https://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=4507 Get the point?]] references the pointilist style of Georges Seurat. "Grande Jatte", and the author's note, refer to ''Art/ASundayAfternoonOnTheIslandOfLaGrandeJatte''.

* ''VideoGame/TheGameOfLife'':

* ''Film/HomeAlone'': [[http://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=990 Garfield's Horror Heater]]

[[https://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=4946 A CLUE A CLUE!]] has Garfield throw a snowman's head into Jon with a bat. The snowman's body is revealed to have a blue pawprint, making it a clue. The description plays this clue out like an episode of the show.

* ''Literature/Struwwelpeter'': [[https://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=4966 Suppenkasparfield]] features Suppen-Kaspar, the boy who didn't eat his soup, in place of Liz in [[http://picayune.uclick.com/comics/ga/2013/ga130224.gif this strip]], as well as replacing the donuts with a bowl of soup (which may be [[http://images.ucomics.com/comics/ga/2000/ga000305.gif lasagna soup]]). He claims that he would indeed LIKE some soup, he just doesn't WANT any. Ultimately, Garfield eats all the soup.

* ''Anime/FullmetalAlchemist'': [[http://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=1858 Wench Wrench]] has Garfield dancing on a picture of Winry Rockbell to lead up to the punchline "Okay...who waxed the WrenchWench?".