History WebComic / SquareRootOfMinusGarfield

* TheLastOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers: "[[http://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=2255 Not So Grump?]]" features three WebVideo/GameGrumps-esque edits to "[[http://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=2230 Grump Out!]]". The first two have the same edit[[note]]Replacing Jon and Grump Garfield's heads with Grump Jon and Grump Arin's, respectively.[[/note]], while the last one just replaces Grump Garfield's head with Grump Jon's... and replaces Garfield's dialouge at the end with "[[WebVideo/JonTron ECH]]".

** Both parodied and played straight in [[http://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=1076 Brickfield 2]] from 2012-04-29. Brickfield 2 edits [[http://images.ucomics.com/comics/ga/1978/ga780619.gif Garfield 1978-06-19]] to reference [[http://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=1 SRoMG 2008-11-05]]; these are the very first strips of ''Garfield'' and ''Square Root of Minus Garfield''.

* ButterflyOfDoom: "[[http://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=672 Dismal February]]" is [[http://images.ucomics.com/comics/ga/1989/ga890211.gif the February 11th, 1989 strip]][[note]]where Garfield attempts suicide with the recliner[[/note]] but with Garfield managing to [[DrivenToSuicide go through with it]].

** "[[http://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=2385 For Want of a Grip]]" starts with [[http://images.ucomics.com/comics/ga/1978/ga780627.gif a 1978 strip]][[note]]Garfield trying to reach out for a ham[[/note]], but has Garfield fall to the floor instead of grabbing the ledge; WordOfGod is that [[DisneyVillainDeath he died as a result]]. It then goes to 1991, with Garfield [[RippleEffectIndicator fading from existence]], much to his shock.

* EveryoneIsJesusInPurgatory: [[invoked]] Parodied in [[http://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=1436 SRoMG 2013-04-24]], an edit of [[http://images.ucomics.com/comics/ga/2003/ga030726.gif Garfield 2003-07-26]]. In the original ''Garfield'' strip, Garfield decides that a picture of a cow, with the word "cow" and an arrow, is a "clever use of symbolism". In the edit, the strip itself has arrows with the words "Jon", "Garfield", "Table", and so on, so the strip is also a clever use of symbolism.

* FailedASpotCheck: "[[http://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=2404 Turn Around, Bright Eyes]]" alters the [[http://images.ucomics.com/comics/ga/2015/ga150809.jpg 08/09/2015]] strip so that Lisa ''isn't'' freaking out over seeing Jon, but rather [[spoiler:[[WesternAnimation/WeBareBears the bear]] behind him and Garfield]].

* HauledBeforeASenateSubcommittee: "[[https://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=3048 I was struck]] by how much [[http://images.ucomics.com/comics/ga/2003/ga030214.gif the original]] is framed like a Congressional inquiry."

*** [[http://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=470 The Dead Future]] takes the [[http://images.ucomics.com/comics/ga/2003/ga031125.gif 2003-11-25 strip]], in which Jon wonders what they would see five years from now, and replaces the last panel with the one for the [[http://images.ucomics.com/comics/ga/2008/ga081125.gif 2008-11-25 strip]], published five years from that day.
*** Likewise, there's the two response strips [[http://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=2788 The Dead Past]] and [[https://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=2902 The Dead Future Redux]]. The former changes the strip into being about looking five years into the ''past'', and as such replaces the last panel with [[http://images.ucomics.com/comics/ga/1998/ga981125.gif the one for the 11/25/1998]] strip, and the later replaces the 2008 Garfield panel used in "The Dead Future" with the last panel of [[https://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=5 "Qwantzfield"]], which ''also'' was published 11/25/2008.

* RepetitiveAudioGlitch: There are several edits of ''Garfield'' [[http://images.ucomics.com/comics/ga/1985/ga850630.gif 1985-06-30]], which originally featured a record player stuck in a loop.

* RetGone: Garfield inadvertently does this to himself (and presumably Jon and Odie as well) in [[http://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=2014 this comic]]. (An edit of [[http://images.ucomics.com/comics/ga/2014/ga140619.gif this comic]].)

* ScienceMarchesOn:[[invoked]] The "Garfield Plus Updated Palaeontology" series updates [[http://images.ucomics.com/comics/ga/1996/ga960113.gif this Garfield strip]] to be more accurate.

** [[http://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=2276 Garfield Minus Toon Physics]] edits [[http://images.ucomics.com/comics/ga/1989/ga890416.gif this comic]] to remove the AmusingInjuries, namely those inflicted when the refrigerator falls on Garfield. The result is...[[NightmareFuel rather frightening]].

** For "[[http://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=2147 It's Fun]]", the strip's author stated that they saw two ways [[http://images.ucomics.com/comics/ga/2013/ga130814.gif the original Billy Brick comic]] could've gone differently[[note]]They don't go into any further detail, but just by looking at the strip one can guess the two options.[[/note]]. They chose both.

* ToiletHumour: In [[http://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=894 Potty Humour]], the brown stuff in the toilet is a copy of Garfield's ''food'' from [[http://images.ucomics.com/comics/ga/2004/ga040603.gif Garfield 2004-06-03]].

* WriterOnBoard: [[http://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=2954 No. 2954 Garfield's Birthday Rant]] is essentialy the strip's author using Garfield as a mouthpiece to complain about how underwhelming [[http://images.ucomics.com/comics/ga/2016/ga160619.jpg Garfield's 38th birthday strip]] was.

* ForWantOfANail: "[[http://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=672 Dismal February]]" is [[http://images.ucomics.com/comics/ga/1989/ga890211.gif the February 11th, 1989 strip]][[note]]where Garfield attempts suicide with the recliner[[/note]] but with Garfield managing to [[DrivenToSuicide go through with it]].
-->In February of 1989, Garfield attempted suicide. Fortunately Jon was there to stop him. [[ForWantOfANail But what if Jon had been one panel too late?]]
** "[[http://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=2385 For Want of a Grip]]" starts with [[http://images.ucomics.com/comics/ga/1978/ga780627.gif a 1978 strip]][[note]]Garfield trying to reach out for a ham[[/note]], but has Garfield fall to the floor instead of grabbing the ledge; WordOfGod is that [[DisneyVillainDeath he died as a result]]. It then goes to 1991, with Garfield [[RippleEffectIndicator fading from existence]], much to his shock.

* AssPull: InUniverse example: The ShowWithinAShow in [[http://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=2381 WHAT A TWIST!]]
* AssShove: The last panel is censored, but it's certainly obvious that that's what happened [[http://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=1949 here]].

* AuthorTract: [[http://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=2395 "Nostalgiafield"]] is one against [[NewMediaAreEvil modern technology.]]

--> '''Jon:''' ''{reading from book}'' Jon Arbuckle: idiot, moron, idiotic moron[...]

* ByTheLightsOfTheirEyes: [[http://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=389 One strip]] creates a coherent horror story out of several such panels.

* CrowdedCastShot: [[http://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=1689 #1689: I Want Everyone In It!]]

* DemBones: Garfield becomes this after Jon [[http://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=685 unknowingly boils him]].

* DisneyVillainDeath: How Garfield winds up dying... [[http://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=2385 in 1978]].

** "[[http://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=73 Garfield Minus Garfield, Value Added: Mysterious]]" featuring a ''WebComic/GarfieldMinusGarfield'' comic edited to have Jon fade away, and the transcript is confused about whether he's gone or invisible.

* ExplosiveBreeder: Occurs in ([[DiscussedTrope and noted to be]] an original Garfield joke) in [[https://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=1938 Inani-mates]].

* FlowerPotDrop: [[http://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=1092 How Do You Like Them Petunias?]]

* ForScience: [[http://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=361 Used as a title]].

* GenderFlip: [[http://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=1226 Lioness Garfield]]
* GenreSavvy: [[http://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=1003 Genre Savvy Garfield]]

* GroinAttack: Implied [[http://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=1775 here]].

* {{Homage}}: [[http://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=1896 Jim Davis as Jon (Happy Birthday, Jim Davis)]]
* HurricaneOfPuns: [[http://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=268 Garfield Linus Garfield]] and the RunningGag it spawned.

* InsurmountableWaistHeightFence: [[http://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=2718 About the most literal example possible.]] As per custom, a link to the trope page is included.
* {{Invisibility}}: Jon [[http://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=1007 here.]]

* MayanDoomsday: [[http://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=581 End of the Worldfield]] is inspired by the author's attempt to view a ''WebComic/{{Mezzacotta}}'' strip taking place on the day after the alleged apocalypse. [[http://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=1687 2012-12-21]], meanwhile, edits the actual ''Garfield'' strip that fell on the "apocalypse" to have Jon say, "Besides, the world is ending today."

** Comic 5000 is "We Didn't Write The Garfield", a parody of [[Music/{{Billy Joel}} Billy Joel's]] "[[WeDidntStartTheBillyJoelParodies We Didn't Start The Fire]]" that highlights a recap of past submissions from the history of the comic itself.

* MonsterClown: [[http://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=2708 Binky, on Ratings Week.]]
* MuggedForDisguise: [[http://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=2570 Garfield does this to]] [[VideoGame/EarthBound1994 Ness]] of all people, so he can get into a bakery.

* MundaneMadeAwesome: Jon Arbuckle wearing - against all odds - a ''[[https://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=3992 clean white shirt]]''.
* MustHaveCaffeine: An [[http://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=712 occasional]] [[http://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=739 theme]], just like in the real strip.

* NetworkDecay: Parodied in [[http://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=1640 The Garfield Channel]], featuring a hypothetical merger between HGTV and Creator/SyFy.
* NewMediaAreEvil: Garfield ([[AuthorTract and the author]]) believe this to be the case in [[http://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=2395 "Nostalgiafield"]].

* PuppyDogEyes: Garfield to Jon in [[http://mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=2364 Feed Me!]]

* {{Retraux}}: [[http://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=6 Silent-Era Garfield]].

* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: [[http://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=526 Garfield Leaves]] ''Garfield''

* {{Shipping}}: [[invoked]] Joked about quite disturbingly [[http://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=658 here]].
* TheUnsmile[=/=]SlasherSmile: [[http://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=272 These]] [[http://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=662 are]] [[http://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=764 rather]] [[http://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=683 disturbingly]] [[http://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=865 common]].

* SilenceIsGolden: [[http://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=28 Garfield Without Words]]

** [[http://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=36 Garfield: The Video Game]] uses [[http://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=21 sprites]] from a Japan-only UsefulNotes/{{Famicom}} game, ''Garfield: A Week of Garfield''.

* WellExcuseMePrincess: [[http://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=1038 Referenced.]]

* YourHeadASplode: This happens to Garfield at the end of [[http://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=739 Coffee!]]

* YouTalkinToMe: [[http://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=801 This strip]] [[ShownTheirWork accurately quotes the original film for once.]]

* CharacterNameAndTheNounPhrase: [[http://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=828 Invisifield and the Pudding Cup]]

* MultipleEndings: [[https://www.gocomics.com/garfield/1983/07/25 Choose your own Garfield]] brings together every version of the RunningGag where Jon sees Garfield's tail coming out of his fern. The first two panels play out exactly the same in every strip involved, and thus are only shown once; then the final panels for each version branch out, as if indicating to the reader to choose the strip's ending.

* OverlyPrepreparedGag: [[https://www.irregularwebcomic.net/draakslair/viewtopic.php?t=13826 As confirmed on the forums]], "[[https://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=4979 The Pass]]" and "[[https://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=5344 Show Don't Tell]]"[[note]]a pair of strips involving Garfield making a carrot disappear]] were structured to be uploaded [[BrickJoke exactly one year apart]].

-->I had a different idea in mind, but I decided to scale it back as to not start anything.
-->What can I say? [[StealthInsult I felt sentimental.]]

* TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt: One particular [[http://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=2227 Garfield in 2053]] strip was made with this in mind.
-->'''[=Crazy56U=]:''' I've noticed that the "2053" series of comics mainly make fun of [[FranchiseZombie Garfield's stagnation]]. Not once have I seen one that takes advantage of [the] supposed setting of [[TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture the year 2053]]. [[AssPull So, naturally, I made a strip implying the world ended in said year.]]

* MayanDoomsday: [[http://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=581 End of the Worldfield]] is inspired by the author's attmept to view a ''WebComic/{{Mezzacotta}}'' strip taking place on the day after the alleged apocalypse. [[http://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=1687 2012-12-21]], meanwhile, edits the actual ''Garfield'' strip that fell on the "apocalypse" to have Jon say, "Besides, the world is ending today."

** The "frozen pudding pops" strip[[note]]When Jon reads the newspaper and remarks, "The world is constantly changing," prompting Garfield to reply, "They haven't stopped making frozen pudding pops yet, have they?"[[/note]] has been editied so often (usually with Garfield or the "pudding pops" line being replaced with something else) that the mods are deliberately slow to publish any more edits of that strip, and most modern strips that ''are'' published just lampshade how overdone the parody is. [[https://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=4404 This strip]] and its description bemoan how often this strip is parodied.

-->John Garfield was a movie actor famous for films such as ''The Postman Always Rings Twice'', ''Humoresque'', and ''Gentleman's Agreement''.
-->He also wasn't squished.

** Discussed in the authors notes to [[http://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=233 #233]], as to why a strip beginning with "Your pointy elbows give me a headache" just doesn't work: