3414: Morphield

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Morphield
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Made by: Levellass


Explanation[edit | edit source]

In the original Garfield strip, Jon gives Garfield a snack, puts liver on the plate, puts it on the table, gives it to Garfield, which Garfield hates. Jon tells Garfield that the liver is good, so he tastes it, and Garfield tries it, but Jon looks to the right and sees a mouse. Notice that the plate is missing on the sixth panel. It was actually an error. Jon points at a mouse and Garfield just stares at the mouse and turns his head the other way to find the mouse. Jon asks Garfield angrily, "Why can't you chase mice like other cats?", and Garfield says to the viewer that if Jon eats one first, he'll consider it.

Here, the plate has now turned into a mouse.

The author writes:[edit | edit source]

Longtime readers of Garfield will be aware of the hijinks that mice often get up to, including ingenious disguises. Mice from the planet Catalon are well known for their morphing abilities. (And their deadly Paasta-Blasters.) This is in fact the original strip Jim Davis submitted to editors, where the shock of removing the mouse's liver hat causes it to revert to its original form and flee. Sadly Davis' editors did not think that it would have wide appeal, requiring too deep a knowledge of Garfield lore, and so it was hastily edited by copy-pasting the plate, resulting in what many inexperienced garfers (as Garfield fans are known by those who know them as that) assuming the missing plate in panel 6 was an error.

Original strip: 1979-06-24.

Transcript[edit | edit source]

Jon: How about a snack, Garfield?
Jon: Here's some liver left from dinner
Garfield: Blech!
Jon: It's good. Really. Watch me
{Jon eats some of the liver}
Jon: M-m-m-m nummy, nummy, nummy
{The plate starts to darken as Garfield removes the liver from it}
Garfield: Oh, very well
{Garfield starts eating the liver as the plate becomes ever more rounded and black}
{The plate has transformed into a mouse}
Jon: A MOUSE! GET IT!
{Garfield looks at the mouse but continues eating the liver}
Jon: Garfield, why can't you chase mice like other cats?
Garfield: If Jon eats one first, I'll consider it