123: Cyclops Garfield

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Cyclops Garfield
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Made by: Pepsiman


Explanation[edit | edit source]

This edit removes one of Garfield's eyes and recenters the other. This makes Garfield into a sort of cyclops, in the vein of Greco-Roman mythology, but the author also borrowed an idea from Marvel's X-Men: the eye laser. The author also changed the dialogue in the second panel from a burp to an "Oops." The final panel's dialogue was originally the revelation that Garfield had eaten the pizza before it arrived, and how Garfield accomplished this; here, Jon protests further cooking by the laser, with Garfield reminding him of how he wants his food served. This serves to re-contextualize the "Oops", either making it into feigning a mistake, or indicating that the pizza place made one.

The author writes:[edit | edit source]

The original strip is from 2005-04-01.

Originally, this was intended to be called "Cyclops Garfield", which is probably an apt title. But the content brings to mind "Evil Alien Overlord Garfield", which is also a workable title. It's basically a combination of a sight gag with the surreal humor that I tend to like.

Transcript[edit | edit source]

Jon: {opening a pizza box} It's here!
Garfield: {shooting a beam from his one enormous eye at the pizza} Oops.
SFX: ZZST!
Jon: But Master, it was probably overcooked already.
Garfield: You know how I demand my food be served.