1014: Plagiarism
| Plagiarism |
 Made by: DanielBT |
Explanation[edit | edit source]
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The author writes:[edit | edit source]
While browsing around the dates near the glued blender strip, I found this hidden gem, and this was the first thing that came to mind. Considering the amount of Garfield parodies out there, it's amazing that Jim Davis hasn't cried foul over the rather unflattering versions that circulate the net.
I originally wanted to use Heathcliff, but found out he was created before Garfield's first appearance. Despite their similarities, the two cats looked and acted very differently from their early inceptions. The only way he could've reasonably sued would be if they'd gone the HitchHiker's Guide route and gone back in time and manipulated the copyright date, so Jim Davis could rightfully sue George Gately before he ever got the chance to.
Original Marvin: 1983-10-31.
Original Catburg video: on YouTube.
Original Bloom County: strip found in Toons for our Time print collection, published 1984.
Original strips: 1998-06-09, 2006-03-03, 2008-04-21.
Transcript[edit | edit source]
Grafield: Hello, I'm a fat, lazy cat!
Garfield: What's your name?
Grafield: Grafield.
Garfield: Wait right here.
Marvin: Big fat hairy deal.
(Billifield)
Catburg: Catburg demands lasagna.
Garfield: Call our laywer.
Trivia[edit | edit source]
- The original Catburg video has since been made private.
- The specific original Bloom County strip is not identified, only the book collection it was stated to appear in; that book collection was first published in April 1984, which means the original strip must have run before that point. Although the strip in question is likely carried on GoComics as its Bloom County archives go back to that strip's 1980 beginning, the April 2025 reworking of that site that implemented a paywall for all but the most recent strips of its features would make searching for the specific original strip harder.
