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* TheOtherDarrin: Creator/MelBlanc voiced Heathcliff in the 80s animated adaptations. Over 20 years after his death, a video game for the UsefulNotes/NintendoWii, ''Heathcliff: The Fast and the Furriest'', had Bill Rogers providing his voice.

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* TheOtherDarrin: Creator/MelBlanc voiced Heathcliff in the 80s animated adaptations. Over 20 years after his death, a video game for the UsefulNotes/NintendoWii, Platform/NintendoWii, ''Heathcliff: The Fast and the Furriest'', had Bill Rogers providing his voice.
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* TheWikiRule: [[http://heathcliff.wikia.com/wiki/Heathcliff_Wiki The Heathcliff Wiki]].
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** ''WebVideo/TheNostalgiaCritic'': In his review of ''Film/{{Garfield}} (2004)'', one of the many insults the Critic gives to the film's version of the titular feline is "Heathcliff Vomit".

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* ReferencedBy: ''WesternAnimation/GarfieldAndFriends'' had two [[CouchGag Post-Opening sequence lines]] that were direct [[TakeThat take thats]] to ''Heathcliff'', since [[DuelingWorks both works feature fat orange troublemaking cats]]; the first was "Hey, Heathcliff, eat your heart out!" and the second was "If you like this show, tell a friend. If you don't like it, my name is Heathcliff!"

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** ''ComicStrip/{{Curtis}}'': In [[https://i.redd.it/ue1dagba8pq01.jpg this strip]], Heathcliff is one of the guests at Curtis' party, along with [[ComicStrip/DennisTheMenaceUS Dennis the Menace]], [[WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons Bart Simpson]], [[ComicStrip/CalvinAndHobbes Calvin]], [[WesternAnimation/TheBoondocks Huey Freeman]], and [[WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy Stewie Griffin]].
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''WesternAnimation/GarfieldAndFriends'' had two [[CouchGag Post-Opening sequence lines]] that were direct [[TakeThat take thats]] to ''Heathcliff'', since [[DuelingWorks both works feature fat orange troublemaking cats]]; the first was "Hey, Heathcliff, eat your heart out!" and the second was "If you like this show, tell a friend. If you don't like it, my name is Heathcliff!"Heathcliff!"
** ''WesternAnimation/RobotChicken'':
*** A sketch from "Sausage Fest" has Heathcliff take ComicStrip/{{Garfield}} to Cat Court for debuting five years later than him.
*** In "Catdog on a Stick", Heathcliff is one of the Creator/DiCEntertainment characters who appears in the "[[Film/SpaceJam Golf Jam]]" sketch, where Tiger Woods mistakes him for Garfield and tries to flirt with Cleo.
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* ReferencedBy: ''WesternAnimation/GarfieldAndFriends'' had two [[CouchGag Post-Opening sequence lines]] that were direct [[TakeThat take thats]] to ''Heathcliff'', since [[DuelingWorks both works feature fat orange troublemaking cats]]; the first was "Hey, Heathcliff, eat your heart out!" and the second was "If you like this show, tell a friend. If you don't like it, my name is Heathcliff!"
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There is no indication that Garfield imitated Heathcliff, based on the history of Garfield. Pretty much the only thing they have in common are that they are orange cats, and Heathcliff isn't really fat in the first appearance. In fact, Heathcliff has more in common with Marmaduke (who debuted earlier) than Garfield, in that both are animals that have an infamous reputation in their neighborhood, plus their comic formats are similar: both of them have single panel weekdays and multi panel Sundays with a short user-submitted pet story at the end.


* FollowTheLeader: Hmm. A fat, lazy, cantankerous orange cat... [[ComicStrip/{{Garfield}} Where would that same idea later show up...]] You don't suppose the insanely iconic ''Garfield'' would honestly fall under Follow the Leader, would you?
** Brought up during the segment "Cat Court" on ''WesternAnimation/RobotChicken'', when he takes Garfield to court for ripping him off.
-->'''Heathcliff:''' I was in the funny papers ''five years'' before this lame knockoff!
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* RecycledScript: ''Exploited.'' The strips for January 26 and 28 of 2021 were identical in content, but drawn slightly differently. In the same week, on the 25th, 27th and 29th, the same setup was used with one item swapped out - in each, Heathcliff was on a therapist's couch, with said therapist saying "Let's talk about ___", referencing something sitting next to Heathcliff. Robots, Chihuahuas, and Ham, respectively. With Gately's odd sense of humor, this was certainly deliberate.

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* RecycledScript: ''Exploited.'' The strips for January 26 and 28 of 2021 were identical in content, but drawn slightly differently. In the same week, on the 25th, 27th and 29th, the same setup was used with one item swapped out - in each, Heathcliff was on a therapist's couch, with said therapist saying "Let's talk about ___", referencing something sitting next to Heathcliff. Robots, Chihuahuas, and Ham, respectively. With Gately's Gallagher's odd sense of humor, this was certainly deliberate.
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* RecycledScript: ''Exploited.'' The strips for January 26 and 28 of 2021 were identical in content, but drawn slightly differently. In the same week, on the 25th, 27th and 29th, the same setup was used with one item swapped out - in each, Heathcliff was on a therapist's couch, with said therapist saying "Let's talk about ___", referencing something sitting next to Heathcliff. Robots, Chihuahuas, and Ham, respectively. With Gately's odd sense of humor, this was certainly deliberate.
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* OutlivedItsCreator: Before George Gately died in 2001, he handed the strip over to his nephew, Peter Gallagher. Another one of his nephews, Michael Gallagher, has written for ''ComicBook/ArchieComicsSonicTheHedgehog'' and ''Magazine/{{Mad}}'' among others.

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* OutlivedItsCreator: Before George Gately died in 2001, he handed the strip over to his nephew, Peter Gallagher. Another one of his nephews, Michael Gallagher, has written for ''ComicBook/ArchieComicsSonicTheHedgehog'' ''ComicBook/SonicTheHedgehogArchieComics'' and ''Magazine/{{Mad}}'' among others.

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* DevelopmentHell: A film adaptation which was planned for a 2011 release but never surfaced.

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* DevelopmentHell: A film adaptation which was planned for a 2011 release but never surfaced. Creator/FrankWelker would have voiced Heathcliff.


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* TheOtherDarrin: Creator/MelBlanc voiced Heathcliff in the 80s animated adaptations. Over 20 years after his death, a video game for the UsefulNotes/NintendoWii, ''Heathcliff: The Fast and the Furriest'', had Bill Rogers providing his voice.
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* DevelopmentHell: The film adaptation which was planned for a 2011 release but never surfaced.

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* DevelopmentHell: The A film adaptation which was planned for a 2011 release but never surfaced.
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* FollowTheLeader: Hmm. A fat, lazy, cantankerous orange cat... [[ComicStrip/{{Garfield}} Where would that same idea later show up...]] You don't suppose the insanely iconic ''Garfield'' would honestly fall under Follow the Leader, would you?
** Brought up during the segment "Cat Court" on ''WesternAnimation/RobotChicken'', when he takes Garfield to court for ripping him off.
-->'''Heathcliff:''' I was in the funny papers ''five years'' before this lame knockoff!
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* TheWikiRule: [[http://heathcliff.wikia.com/wiki/Heathcliff_Wiki The Heathcliff Wiki]].
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* DevelopmentHell: The film adaptation which was planned for a 2011 release but never surfaced.
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* OutlivedItsCreator: Before George Gately died in 2001, he handed the strip over to his nephew, Peter Gallagher. Another one of his nephews, Michael Gallagher, has written for ''ComicBook/ArchieComicsSonicTheHedgehog'' and ''Magazine/{{Mad}}'' among others.
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