2444: Mike, Lu and __; or, "The Suite Life of Zack and Cody" Reference Gone Horribly Wrong

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Mike, Lu and __; or, "The Suite Life of Zack and Cody" Reference Gone Horribly Wrong

Made by: Dr. Manny

Explanation

The first half of the title and the strip in general are references to the Cartoon Network show Mike, Lu & Og. That show centers on a New Yorker, Mike (short for Michelanne), who, after applying as a foreign exchange student, is sent to a near-uncharted island inhabited by British shipwreck survivors gone feral; among these are the other two title characters -- the arrogant Lu, and the surprisingly intelligent Og. Of note is that the transcript seems to imply that Og is an extraterrestrial.

The second half of the title is a reference to the sitcom The Suite Life of Zack & Cody; specifically, in the episode "Risk It All," the title characters enter the the titular fictitious game show -- a sort of Double Dare-like show; the final challenge consists of using giant alphabet blocks to spell the word dog, but the timer runs out before the duo can complete the challenge, thus costing them the game. Only "O" and "G" are stacked on top of each other; as the host jokes, "Ice try!"

The author writes

Please please let there be somebody out there who remembers Mike, Lu and Og.

Original strip: 2015-01-21.

Transcript

{There is a strange purple sign from another planet which reads "Beware of Og."}
Garfield: Just look at that...
Garfield: How sad is it when somebody can't even spell a simple word like
{As it turns out, the sign was spelled correctly - Garfield has just run into Og.}