History TakeThat / SquareRootOfMinusGarfield

* [[https://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=5269 You Redeemed Yourself, Jon]] was made as a direct response to "Set It To Reverse, Jon", this time roasting Brooke [=McEldowney=] and his strip, ''ComicStrip/NineChickweedLane'', with Jon saying "[[WesternAnimation/TheCritic And nothing of value was lost!]]" and Garfield telling Snoopy, "Thank goodness we have decorum". The author (being a fan of ''Peanuts'') argues that there are worse strips to mock, specifically naming the aforementioned strip, ''ComicStrip/{{Dilbert}}'', ''ComicStrip/MallardFillmore'', and ''ComicStrip/{{Crankshaft}}'' (all of which have attracted controversy during their runs); it also doubles as a jab at the original strip's author, who is described as "the sort of person that blatantly desecrates Charles M. Schulz and tries to get away with it".

* [[https://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=5269 You Redeemed Yourself, Jon]] was made as a direct response to "Set It To Reverse, Jon", this time roasting Brooke [=McEldowney=] and his strip, ''ComicStrip/NineChickweedLane'' (which was banned from the ''Los Angeles Times'' in 2022), with Jon saying "[[WesternAnimation/TheCritic And nothing of value was lost!]]" and Garfield telling Snoopy, "Thank goodness we have decorum". The author (being a fan of ''Peanuts'') argues that there are worse strips to mock, and alleges that the original strip's author is a fan of ''9 Chickweed Lane'', ''ComicStrip/{{Dilbert}}'', ''ComicStrip/MallardFillmore'', or ''ComicStrip/{{Crankshaft}}'', all of which have attracted controversy during their runs.

* [[https://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=5269 You Redeemed Yourself, Jon]] was made as a direct response to "Set It To Reverse, Jon", this time roasting ''ComicStrip/NineChickweedLane'' (which was banned from the ''Los Angeles Times'' in 2022), with Jon saying "[[WesternAnimation/TheCritic And nothing of value was lost!]]" and Garfield telling Snoopy, "Thank goodness we have decorum". The author (being a fan of ''Peanuts'') argues that there are worse strips to mock, and alleges that the original strip's author is a fan of ''9 Chickweed Lane'', ''ComicStrip/{{Dilbert}}'', ''ComicStrip/MallardFillmore'', or ''ComicStrip/{{Crankshaft}}'', all of which have attracted controversy during their runs.

* [[https://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=5269 You Redeemed Yourself, Jon]] was made as a direct response to "Set It To Reverse, Jon", this time roasting ''ComicStrip/NineChickweedLane'' (which was banned from the ''Los Angeles Times'' in 2022), with Jon saying "[[WesternAnimation/TheCritic And nothing of value was lost!]]" and Garfield telling Snoopy, "Thank goodness we have decorum". The author (being a fan of ''Peanuts'') argues that there are worse strips to mock, and alleges that the original strip's author is a fan of ''9 Chickweed Lane'', ''ComicStrip/{{Dilbert}}'', ''ComicStrip/MallardFillmore'', or ''ComicStrip/{{Crankshaft}}''.

* [[https://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=5269 You Redeemed Yourself, Jon]] was made as a direct response to "Set It To Reverse, Jon", this time roasting ''ComicStrip/NineChickweedLane'' (which was banned from the ''Los Angeles Times'' in 2022), with Jon saying "[[WesternAnimation/TheCritic And nothing of value was lost!]]" and Garfield telling Snoopy, "Thank goodness we have decorum". The author (being a fan of ''Peanuts'') argues that there are worse strips to mock, and alleges that bThe original strip's author is a fan of ''9 Chickweed Lane'', ''ComicStrip/{{Dilbert}}'', ''ComicStrip/MallardFillmore'', or ''ComicStrip/{{Crankshaft}}''.

* [[https://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=5269 You Redeemed Yourself, Jon]] was made as a direct response to "Set It To Reverse, Jon", this time roasting ''ComicStrip/NineChickweedLane'' (which was banned from the ''Los Angeles Times'' in 2022), with Jon saying "[[WesternAnimation/TheCritic And nothing of value was lost!]]" and Garfield telling Snoopy, "Thank goodness we have decorum". The author (being a fan of ''Peanuts'') argues that there are worse strips to mock, such as ''ComicStrip/{{Dilbert}}'', ''ComicStrip/MallardFillmore'', and ''ComicStrip/{{Crankshaft}}'', and alleges that the aforementioned strip's author is a fan of either of those strips.

* [[https://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=5269 You Redeemed Yourself, Jon]] was made as a direct response to "Set It To Reverse, Jon", this time roasting ''ComicStrip/NineChickweedLane'' and its ban from the ''Los Angeles Times'', with Jon saying "[[WesternAnimation/TheCritic And nothing of value was lost!]]" and Garfield telling Snoopy, "Thank goodness we have decorum". The author (being a fan of ''Peanuts'') argues that there are worse strips to mock, such as ''ComicStrip/{{Dilbert}}'', ''ComicStrip/MallardFillmore'', and ''ComicStrip/{{Crankshaft}}'', and alleges that the aforementioned strip's author is a fan of either of those strips.

* [[https://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=5269 You Redeemed Yourself, Jon]] was made as a direct response to "Set It To Reverse, Jon", this time roasting ''ComicStrip/NineChickweedLane'' and its ban from the ''Los Angeles Times'', with Jon saying "[[WesternAnimation/TheCritic And nothing of value was lost!]]" The author (being a fan of ''Peanuts'') argues that there are worse strips to mock, such as ''ComicStrip/{{Dilbert}}'', ''ComicStrip/MallardFillmore'', and ''ComicStrip/{{Crankshaft}}'', and alleges that the aforementioned strip's author is a fan of either of those strips.

* [[https://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=5263 Moving on]] satirizes both the closure of [=GarfieldEats=] (a ''Garfield''-themed restaurant founded by Nathen Mazri) and the founding of WesternAnimation/ScoobyDoo Eats (a ''Scooby-Doo''-themed frozen food line also founded by Mazri). It depicts Mazri as waiting for (nonexistent) outrage, prompting him to create the latter, parodying [[https://garfield.fandom.com/wiki/File:Chicago_exclusive_comic.jpg a bonus strip]] Jim Davis produced about the outrage sparked by the Chicago Sun-Times dropping ''Garfield'' from their papers.

* [[https://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=5263 Moving on]] satirizes both the closure of [=GarfieldEats=] (a ''Garfield''-themed restaurant founded by Nathen Mazri) and the founding of WesternAnimation/ScoobyDoo Eats (a ''Scooby-Doo''-themed frozen food line also founded by Mazri). It depicts Mazri as waiting for (nonexistent) outrage, prompting him to create the latter.

* [[https://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=5263 Moving on]] satirizes both the closure of ''Garfield Eats'' (a ''Garfield''-themed restaurant founded by Nathen Mazri) and the founding of WesternAnimation/ScoobyDoo Eats (a ''Scooby-Doo''-themed frozen food line also founded by Mazri). It depicts Mazri as waiting for (nonexistent) outrage, prompting him to create the latter.

* [[https://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=5263 Moving on]] satirizes both the closure of ''Garfield Eats'' (a ''Garfield''-themed restaurant founded by Nathen Mazri) and the founding of WesternAnimation/ScoobyDoo Eats (a ''Scooby-Doo''-themed frozen food line also founded by Mazri).

* Doubling as SelfDeprecation, [[https://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=5261 "Death of the Author"]] is an edit of the creator's earlier submission [[https://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=2812 "Meta Commentary"]] in order to restore the original strip as intended.[[note]]Upon creating the strip edit of Garfield sleeping for a day, the author concluded it was bad, and added some BookEnds where Jon was the one making the strip, only to reach the same conclusion.[[/note]]

* Doubling as SelfDeprecation, [[https://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=5261 "Death of the Author"]] is an edit of the creator's earlier submission [[https://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=2812 "Meta Commentary"]] in order to restore the original strip as intended[[note]]Upon creating the strip edit of Garfield sleeping for a day, the author concluded it was bad, and added some BookEnds where Jon was the one making the strip, only to reach the same conclusion.[[/note]]

* [[https://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=4720 "Not Cool, Jon"]] and [[https://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=4799 "Not Cool This Time Either, Jon"]] deconstruct the "Jon and Liz getting together" arc, which, as the author points out, uses "a lot of outdated and problematic tropes". The latter has the author [[WhatTheHellHero chew out]] Jim Davis in the Author's Notes.

* [[https://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=5220 A Pebble's Worth of Free Advice]] sees Garfield trying to prevent the existence of ''VideoGame/ClubPenguin [[{{Reboot}} Island]]'' by travelling back in time to warn the penguins of the original game.

* [[http://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=2034 Zappin' T-Shirt]] has Garfield [[SpitTake spit taking]] at a shirt of ''Webcomic/{{Sonichu}}''.

* The description for "[[http://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=2170 Another Reason to Have Adblock]]", when asking why Jon!Garfield was wearing a bowtie in "[[WesternAnimation/GarfieldAndFriends Fair Exchange]]", ends on this note:

* Two different contributers submitted two different takes on the "I ''liked'' that ringtone!" RunningGag showing the ringtone as being a particularly bad ringtone/song. [[http://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=1084 Manyhills' take]] had it being the Music/CrazyFrog making motorcycle noises ringtone, and [[http://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=1085 Colin Foster's take]] had it be [[Music/KatyPerry "I Kissed a Girl"]]. As a bonus, David's notice pointing out the coincidence ends with "If only Music/JustinBieber would write a song about pudding pops...".

* Invoked in [[https://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=5050 Garfield's Hot Take, Pt. 1]], in which Garfield considers ''Film/TheEmpireStrikesBack'' a terrible movie due to Darth Vader inviting the heroes for lunch but not feeding them, and what Luke has to eat on Dagobah. The author explains that Garfield's lines are taken word-for-word from a post in a thread prompted by the aforementioned "Garfield's Punishment", and expresses their belief that Take Thats are funnier when they're against well-received works. They also deliver another jab in the Author's Note:

* [[https://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=4314 No. 4314]] has Garfield {{facepalm}} after a show he's watching announces its sponsor--''Raid: Shadow Legends'' (an otherwise undistinguished MobilePhoneGame that gained a brief but intense period of notoriety as an ''extremely'' aggressive Website/YouTube sponsor that enforced laughably formulaic plugs). As if that weren't enough, the title of the strip is "Scamfield", in reference to ''Raid''[='s=] {{allegedly free|Game}} nature.

* In [[https://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=5050 Garfield's Hot Take, Pt. 1]], Garfield considers ''Film/TheEmpireStrikesBack'' a terrible movie due to Darth Vader inviting the heroes for lunch but not feeding them, and what Luke has to eat on Dagobah. The author explains that Garfield's lines are taken word-for-word from a post in a thread prompted by the aforementioned "Garfield's Punishment", and expresses their belief that Take Thats are funnier when they're against well-received works. They also deliver another jab in the Author's Note:

* Invoked in [[https://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=4870 Heavy Meta, Or Choose Your Own Punchline]], which invites the reader to insert their own Take That. Mentioned possibilities include ''Literature/{{Twilight}}'' and ''Literature/FiftyShadesOfGrey'', along with the Haskell programming language. It also mentions Rudy Giuliani's book ''Leadership'', stating that he earned his Take That in the years since his book was written.

* In [[https://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=5050 Garfield's Hot Take, Pt. 1]], Garfield considers ''Film/TheEmpireStrikesBack'' a terrible movie due to Darth Vader inviting the heroes for lunch but not feeding them, and what Luke has to eat on Dagobah. The author explains that Garfield's lines are taken word-for-word from a post in a thread prompted by the aforementioned "Garfield's Punishment", and express their belief that Take Thats are funnier when they're against well-received works. They also deliver another jab in the Author's Note:

* [[https://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=5050 Garfield's Hot Take, Pt. 1]] has Garfield consider ''Film/TheEmpireStrikesBack'' a terrible movie due to Darth Vader inviting the heroes for lunch but not feeding them, and what Luke has to eat on Dagobah. The author explains that Garfield's lines are taken word-for-word from a post in a thread prompted by the aforementioned "Garfield's Punishment", and express their belief that Take Thats are funnier when they're against well-received works. They also deliver another jab in the Author's Note: