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[[WMG:Garfield didn't die in the Oct 28, 1989 strip; he [[{{Main/Eversion}} everted]]]]

Think about it. They look pretty similar. Lyman has Mario's mustache. And Lyman was last seen in a regular {{Garfield}} strip in 1983, the same year that Luigi debuts in ''VideoGame/MarioBros.'' Coincidence?

[[WMG: Garfield's family is the family from ETTheExtraTerrestrial]]

[http://images.ucomics.com/comics/ga/1979/ga790528.gif In 1979], Garfield loved Mondays, because while many humans are returning to work from the traditional replacement day of rest, Garfield, being a cat, doesn't have to. The smugness he felt was just aching to be deflated, but then he started hating it for [http://images.ucomics.com/comics/ga/1981/ga811005.gif "marking the beginning of a long week of drudgery with no end in sight"], and yet... still no job. No sudden transition from rest to work. What drudgery could he be hating it for? And so, the universe decided to give him something to hate the day for: Anything from unwanted visits from Nermal to random pies in the face to having large objects fall improbably on him in open fields.

[[YourTomcatIsPregnant And she's pregnant.]] Might dip into EpilepticTrees for a bit, but think about it. There was a controversy regarding Garfield's true gender a few months back, and the way that the fat cat has started slimming down are much more denoting pregnancy (i.e. large stomach, but no other noticeable weight gain in the arms/legs, swelling feet, strange cravings) than a character redesign. It probably explains why there haven't been any dieting strips as of current, she's gotta keep her strength up if she's got who knows how many mini-Garfields to carry to term. [[LongestPregnancyEver It's only gone on for so long]] because it's a [[ComicBookTime comic stip,]] and it'll probably end the strip if it's confirmed.

[[YourTomcatIsPregnant And she's pregnant.]] Might dip into EpilepticTrees for a bit, but think about it. There was a controversy regarding Garfield's true gender a few months back, and the way that the fat cat has started slimming down are much more denoting pregnancy (i.e. large stomach, but no other noticeable weight gain in the arms/legs, swelling feet, strange cravings) than a character redesign. It probably explains why there haven't been any dieting strips as of current, she's gotta keep her strength up if she's got who knows how many mini-Garfields to carry to term. [[LongestPregnancyEver It's only gone on for so long]] because it's a [[ComicBoookTime comic stip,]] and it'll probably end the strip if it's confirmed.

[[WMG:The Garfield comic strip takes place in the town of {{Silent Hill}}.]]

* I think Odie really is dumb, but not THAT dumb, and the other characters simply overestimate how dumb he really is, partially due to the fact that the others can't understand his thoughts. I believe that Odie does have thoughts, but is unable to transmit his thoughts to the others due to a brain injury of some sort when he was a puppy, possibly from Garfield being abusive to him as usual. Sort of like the whale dude in "Finding Dory" whose ECHO thingy didn't work quite right due to a head injury.

He's actually really quite smart for a dog— he can finish a sudoku in record time, order dingleballs off the internet, figure out how to operate Jon's car (which he drove through the house), etc. (I think the "Odie reading War and Peace" strip was a joke and wasn't meant to be taken seriously.)

Also, he's a dog; dogs pant and lick and slobber, which is part of the reason why Odie looks so stupid all the time. He does show good judgement sometimes, though. Even when Garfield doesn't. Overall, he's still pretty stupid, but still intelligent enough to function.

I think a good example of Odie being "not that dumb" would be the [[http://images.ucomics.com/comics/ga/2010/ga100907.gif strip from September 7, 2010.]] At first it looks like Odie just left the conversation with the purple dog because he's stupid. But the purple dog has been shown to bark at everyone and sometimes become violent and chase them. Odie might know about this. Remember that Odie can't transmit thoughts to others.

[[http://garfieldisdead.ytmnd.com/ These]] are the last ''Garfield'' strips that happened. See them in color at the bottom of [[http://www.marcellosendos.ch/comics/ga/198910.html this page]], or in the [[http://garfield.com/comics/vault.html?yr=1989&addr=891023 official website's archive]].

* Changing into [[OneWingedAngel a more menacing form]], as seen in an early Halloween comic...

* Will throwing fireballs/snowballs come next?

[[WMG: [http://images.ucomics.com/comics/ga/1994/ga941204.gif This tune] is a cat food jingle, or part of one.]]
[http://images.ucomics.com/comics/ga/2006/ga060912.gif Evidence.] Of course, you could say that since he wasn't ''humming'' it (as far as we're shown), it doesn't count, but still...

[[WMG: Garfield's beard was part of a plot to build a franken-facial hair using Tycho Brahe's graverobbed moustache.]]
Ambrose Burnside was part of the same project. Fortunately, no suitable eyebrows were around during the decades that the project was-- [[NamesTheSame What?]] The ''[[NamedAfterSomebodyFamous cat]]''? Great, this is [[JustBugsMe/{{Cats}} JustBugsMe/Cats]] all over again!

[[WMG: Garfield, because of his selfishness and the multiple acts of pettiness against Odie and Jon, was transported by [[PowersThatBe the Dark Powers]] in the Demi-Plane of ''TabletopGame/{{Ravenloft}}'']]

This is also why the strip [[JustBugsMe/{{Garfield}} stopped following the Arlene/Garfield romance]], and why Arlene dropped out of the strip for so long. These aren't the original Garfield and Arlene; in fact, this Arlene could actually be this Garfield's younger sister.

* She never shows her teeth ''even once'' which indicates that she doesn't want Garfield to suspect her true identity(which explains why she dosen't correct Garfield when he addresses her as Mai Tai) and start matching wits with her nor to start insulting the gap between her teeth.

[[WMG:Lyman is [[SuperMarioBros Luigi]]]]
Think about it. They look pretty similar. Lyman has Mario's mustache. And Lyman was last seen in a regular {{Garfield}} strip in 1983, the same year that Luigi debuts in MarioBros. Coincidence?

[[WMG: Garfield, Odie and Jon are {{reincarnation}}s or AlternateUniverse versions of [[GetFuzzy Bucky, Satchel and Rob]].]]

It's made apparent in GarfieldAndFriends that he hates raisins. Rabbit and other rodent poop look like raisins, so that makes sense why he strays away from them.

In one episode of ''GarfieldAndFriends'', Garfield finds a wishing well and wishes Monday out of existence. It's a standard BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor plot, but contains a particularly odd reveal. Jon no longer cooks lasagna for Garfield, because Monday night was lasagna night. This doesn't make a lot of sense, considering how much Garfield hates the day and loves the food, unless [[FridgeBrilliance you think about it the right way]]. On Monday morning, Garfield has gone seven mornings without lasagna, and this problem won't be rectified until the end of the day. Cue grumpiness and impatience.

* That iguana was then bought by a blond nerd, [[{{Foxtrot}} and named Quincy]].

*** Consider Davis created and owns the IP to Garfield, he would know better than anyone else.