History Funny / Garfield

* [[http://www.gocomics.com/garfield/2014-07-27 Jon can be such a jinx sometimes.]]

* [[http://www.gocomics.com/garfield/2002-11-05 Garfield tries his hand at making lemonade.]]

* Garfield's first cup of coffee, way back in 1978:

%%* [[http://garfield.com/comic/2014-07-27 Jon can be such a jinx sometimes.]]

%%* [[http://garfield.com/comic/2000-07-26 "I need a 5/16 drill bit."]]

%%* [[http://garfield.com/comic/2002-11-05 Garfield tries his hand at making lemonade.]]

%%* Next on Jon's [[https://garfield.com/comic/2010/07/31 to-do list]] is...[[spoiler:NOOGA! NOOGA! NOOGA!]]
%%* [[https://garfield.com/comic/2016/01/21 Multitasking, baby!]]

%%* [[https://garfield.com/comic/2008/09/10 Give it up for Garfield!]]
%%* [[https://garfield.com/comic/2014/07/31 Cats can sense when something's wrong]].
%%* During another age crisis, [[https://garfield.com/comic/1982/06/15 Garfield contemplates doing sit-ups]].
%%* [[https://garfield.com/comic/2003/06/23 Yarn ball attempts to get Garfield to play with it]].

--> '''Garfield:''' ''(poking Jon in the stomach again)'' Beep.
--> '''Jon:''' WILL YOU CUT THAT OUT?!!

%%* [[https://garfield.com/comic/1990/03/28 Swan pie]].
%%* [[https://garfield.com/comic/1997/03/27 I'm taking my sock drawer!]]

%%* [[https://garfield.com/comic/1990/08/05 Score one for the big guy]].
%%* [[https://garfield.com/comic/2017/08/18 Jon and Jelly Beans]].
%%* [[https://garfield.com/comic/2017/08/04 Garfield really does hate camping]].

%%* [[https://garfield.com/comic/2017/07/20 Cheese snobs]].
%%* [[https://garfield.com/comic/2017/07/12 Odie has discovered the secret to happiness]].

%%* [[https://garfield.com/comic/2017/06/20 You should see my grandmother!]]
%%* [[https://garfield.com/comic/2017/06/09 Liz gets Garfield's test results back]].

%%* [[https://garfield.com/comic/2017/05/27 Cotton vs Wool]].

%%* [[https://garfield.com/comic/2017/04/22 Snake whistle]].

%%* [[https://garfield.com/comic/2016/12/18 Odie hangs the last ornament on the Christmas tree]].
%%* [[https://garfield.com/comic/2016/11/02 Teenage mice]].
%%* [[https://garfield.com/comic/2016/10/30 Odie watching a sad movie]].
%%* [[https://garfield.com/comic/2016/10/02 Dingleball disaster]].
%%* [[https://garfield.com/comic/2016/09/24 Jon tells us about Garfield and Odie's "morning stares"]].
%%* [[https://garfield.com/comic/2015/12/24 Waiting for Santa]].
%%* [[https://garfield.com/comic/2015/11/09 TIME TO GET UP!]]

%%* [[https://garfield.com/comic/2015/10/31 Spooky ghost cat]] is here to haunt your house.

%%* [[https://garfield.com/comic/1985/08/04 Slammed the window with too much force]].
%%* [[https://garfield.com/comic/1990/09/12 Apparently]] Jon not wearing socks turns him into a PersonOfMassDestruction.

%%* [[https://garfield.com/comic/1987/03/22 When mice go to war]].
%%* [[https://garfield.com/comic/1995/07/23 Toast marksmanship]].

%%* [[https://garfield.com/comic/2010/11/04 Jon carries a picture of Liz wherever he goes]].
%%* [[https://garfield.com/comic/2010/07/25 Liz and Garfield versus Jon's outfits]].

%%* [[https://garfield.com/comic/2010/11/11 "If you squish me, I will become famous!"]]
%%* [[https://garfield.com/comic/2016/04/01 How to summon Garfield]]...[[spoiler:just say dessert!]]
%%* [[https://garfield.com/comic/2016/04/10 Fleas check out a house]].
%%* [[https://garfield.com/comic/2016/05/23 ENCORE! ENCORE!]]
%%* On a trip to the beach, [[https://garfield.com/comic/2016/07/15 Garfield hits on the ice cream cones]].

* Several jokes involving coffee, such as when it is [[{{Uncoffee}} too weak]] or [[KlatchianCoffee too strong]].

* Several jokes involving coffee, such as when it is too weak or too strong.

* [[https://garfield.com/comic/1988/09/17 This strip]] has Irma answering that the diner's special for today is "Chicken Surprise", which Jon orders two for himself and Garfield. Cue Irma putting on a chicken mask and yelling "Surprise! Surprise!"

* [[https://garfield.com/comic/1993/09/10 The traditional "Family Around the Hearth."]] [[spoiler:Followed by the traditional "Flaming Socks Dance."]]

* [[https://www.gocomics.com/garfield/2011/05/15 One comic]] has Garfield and Jon celebrate National Drama Day, where they [[ComicalOverreacting completely flip out]] over the smallest things like burnt toast, the fridge light bulb going out, and running out of floss. They finally calm down...only for Garfield to calmly say that Jon's car is on fire.

-->'''Garfield:''' [-[[ThisIsGonnaSuck Aaaarrrgh]]-]

* Grumpy Garfield kicks a mouse out of his path. Said mouse threatens him with a beatdown at the hands of his sister, Loretta, and Garfield smugly dares him to call her, saying that a good tangle might improve his day. [[RodentsOfUnusualSize Loretta's tail alone is longer than Garfield is tall]]. Garfield slaps himself at what he just got into.
* [[http://images.ucomics.com/comics/ga/1992/ga920424.gif Garfield runs by screaming '''''SANDWICH!!''''']]...which results in Jon looking at Garfield, then looking at the readers right as an enormous DagwoodSandwich is about to fall on top of him!

* "[[https://www.gocomics.com/garfield/1982-05-01 We'll be right back]] after this word from our sponsor!" [[spoiler:[[BigfootSasquatchAndYeti "Sasquatch"]].]] [[FacePalm "Welcome back!"]]

* Irma [[https://www.gocomics.com/garfield/1985/06/24 recommends]] the hamburger flambé, the french fries flambé, chili soup flambé and the peach pie flambé.

* As the mailman is walking up to the house, Jon jumps out of the bushes with a "ROWR!" Then he casually explains to the poor frazzled guy that Garfield is sick and he's his replacement for the day.

* Garfield watching a cheesy romantic movie that consists entirely of "[[SayMyName John! Marsha!]]" for 4 panels straight. he changes the channel and [[FacePalm facepalms]] when he gets "George! Shirley!"

* [[https://www.gocomics.com/garfield/1989/10/22 Garfield trying out a whole bunch of exotic bird calls.]] While it initially appears nothing happened, which gives Garfield the line "Maybe I 'nicked' when I should have 'greeeebeled,'" there's a whole bunch of exotic birds standing right behind him.

-->''(following a beat panel where Garfield has a deadpan expression, the final panel reveals that Garfield ate the doughnut on the plate... plus the angel and devil doughnuts)''

-->'''Garfield:''' ''(soaking Jon with the bowl of milk)'' Would funny wooking man wike a milk bath? ''(to the audience)'' Never be condescending to a cat.

-->'''Garfield:''' ''(to the audience)'' Figures.

** Speaking of strips involving hair dyers, there's [[https://www.gocomics.com/garfield/1991/8/04 this strip]], which consists of Garfield and Odie using hair dryers on Jon. The hairstyles they give him are funny enough on their own, but what really makes it is that the whole time Jon just stares at the audience with a bored expression on his face.

* [[https://www.gocomics.com/garfield/1990/03/26 Garfield greets his audience with Good evening, Ladies and Germs]]...only to dodge as a pie HITS THE MOON BEHIND HIM! As it crashes down, he points at the reader and says "Now, you've done it!"

* Upon coming up to Buckingham Palace, Garfield tries to get a rise out of a traditional {{British Royal Guard|s}} but was unsuccessful. Then Odie does the "[[UrineTrouble ugly American thing]]", resulting in the guard chasing him and Garfield.

-->'''Garfield:''' The Caped Avenger sees an evil dog. ''(Garfield leaps from the table)'' The Caped Avenger springs into action. ''(Garfield faceplants on the floor)'' The Caped Avenger hurts himself.

* It's incredible that that week of strips with the dog falling on Garfield never reached MemeticMutation status.

* [[http://garfield.com/comic/2014-06-19 Garfield tries turning younger by changing the date on the calendar.]] It ends with him, Jon, and Odie as babies.

-->'''Jon:''' ''(Takes cup)'' You can't drink coffee, Garfield. You'll stunt your, uh, your...\\

'''Jon:''' ''(Gives back cup, holds out sugar)'' One lump, or two?

-->'''Garfield:''' ''Oh, Sleeping Beauty, wake up!'' You can stop dreaming about me because I'm here. (''pulls the covers off'') Now just wake up. You've got work to do. You're not just my owner, you're my primary caregiver!\\

* Meta-example: Creator/BillMurray took the script because he thought it was by [[Creator/TheCoenBrothers Joel Coen]] yet it was really by Joel Co'''h'''en (one of the writers of ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory1'')

* Upon coming up to Buckingham Palace, Garfield tries to get a rise out of a traditional {{British Royal Guard|s}} but was unsuccessful. Then Odie did the "[[UrineTrouble Ugly American Thing]]", resulting in the guard chasing him and Garfield.
-->'''Garfield:''' The British are coming! The British are coming! ''(To Odie)'' Well, you made him crack, anyway.

* The scene where Prince tries lasagna for the first time, especially when he holds up his empty plate and says "May I have some more", a la ''Literature/OliverTwist''.

-->'''Garfield:''' HEY, JON! WANT MORE DASH! TRY LIQUEFY!

* [[https://garfield.com/comic/2017/06/21 Hello summer, goodbye dignity!]]

* [[https://www.gocomics.com/garfield/2017/06/28 "That is highly illegal, my friend."]]
%%* [[https://garfield.com/comic/2017/06/21 Hello summer, goodbye dignity!]]

* Meta-example: Creator/BillMurray took the script because he thought it was by [[Creator/TheCoenBrothers Joel Coen]] yet it was really by Joel Co'''h'''en (one of the writers of ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory'')

* The scene where Prince tries lasagna for the first time, especially when he holds up his empty plate and says "May I have some more", a la ''Literature/OliverTwist''.

* [[https://www.gocomics.com/garfield/2017/05/21 Jon forgets the laptop has a webcam]] and is staring wide-eyed at his various embarr.

%%* [[https://garfield.com/comic/2017/02/19 Jon and Garfield]], terror of the donut shop.

%%* [[https://garfield.com/comic/2017/05/21 Jon forgets the laptop has a webcam]].

%%* [[https://garfield.com/comic/2017/04/28 INDULGENCE POWER!]]

%%* [[https://garfield.com/comic/2017/03/07 Jon goes kite flying]].
%%* [[https://garfield.com/comic/2017/03/03 Kale and raisin cookies]].

* "[[http://https://www.gocomics.com/garfield/2014/02/23 Jon and Garfield are standing in waist-deep snow]] and Jon says they should make snow angels. After telling Garfield how to do so (fall backwards into the snow and flap your arms to make angel wings), he says, "Watch this!" and falls backwards. Cue the final panel being Liz watching the TV as a news announcement says "Coming up next, a local man is gored by his own lawn gnome."

* [[http://https://www.gocomics.com/garfield/2014/06/22 Garfield presses down on a beeping Pookie's head]], walks past his mirror (his reflection making a goofy face), is given a bowl full of "breakfast lawn gnomes" by Jon in a cowboy's outfit who also gives Garfield a breakfast guitaur. The final panel shows an upside down house, Jon with a bird's beak and legs, a yellow shirt with the number 8 on it, purple and black striped shorts as Garfield asks Odie who's sitting in a chair, smoking a bubble pipe and reading a newspaper and wearing a bathrobe, "I'm still asleep, aren't I?" to which Odie responds with "Ya think?"

* [[https://https://www.gocomics.com/garfield/1990/03/26 Garfield greets his audience with Good evening, Ladies and Germs]]...only to dodge as a pie HITS THE MOON BEHIND HIM! As it crashes down, he points at the reader and says "Now, you've done it!"

%%* "[[http://garfield.com/comic/2014/02/23 Coming up next, a local man is gored by his own lawn gnome.]]"

%%* [[http://garfield.com/comic/2014-06-22 "I'm still asleep, aren't I?"]]

%%* [[https://garfield.com/comic/1990/03/26 PIE TO THE MOON!]]

%%* [[https://www.gocomics.com/garfield/1984/01/25 "What more could a man want?" "How about a woman?"]]

%%* [[https://www.gocomics.com/garfield/2013/08/14 "Billy Brick wants a fudge bar."]]

* [[http://garfield.com/comic/1979-10-31 Jon has something for]] [[BigEater Garfield's appetite]]...a binky to stop his mouth.

%%* '''''[[https://garfield.com/comic/1992/04/24 SANDWICH!!]]'''''