289: Jon Snapped
| Jon Snapped |
 Made by: Quaternion |
Explanation[edit | edit source]
The author's note explains the concept well, so:
- The first non-title panel is from a strip in which Jon slipped on marbles for three panels before falling down.
- Panels 2, 4, and the final one are all from the same strip; after stepping on the edge of the bowl, Garfield warned Jon not to laugh... shortly before falling off the table, leaving Jon to try not to laugh about that as well; he failed, leading to the final panel's outcome.
- Panel 3 has Jon trying to get a steak back from Garfield after nearly losing it to Odie; his method prompted his date to flee, screaming.
- Panel 5 has Jon trying to force Garfield to exercise; he only managed to make Garfied do a bit of resistance training, as best, when trying to remove him from bed in the first place.
- Panel 6 is the oft-memed panel of Garfield being thrown through a window after he tried to make "improvements" to Jon's "hysterical" outfit.
The author writes:[edit | edit source]
Browsing through Garfield archives, I was a bit surprised how much the main characters abuse each other. Then it occurred to me that it would be rather funny to have an entire strip about Jon beating the sh*t out of Garfield. :) So here it is...
Originals: 1981-03-29 1982-06-27 1986-10-05 1987-05-24 1993-06-20
Transcript[edit | edit source]
Jon: I hate you.
Garfield: I don't recall giving you permission to walk on my marble collection.
SFX: SPLUT {Jon hits Garfield in the face with his food bowl}
Jon: Let go! Let go! Let go!
SFX: PLOP {Jon whacks Garfield on the table until he spits out a steak}
SFX: SPLAT {Garfield falls off the table as Jon looks on with a big grin}
Jon: We're doing push-ups!
Garfield: NO!
SFX: WHAP! WHAP! WHAP! {Jon whacks Garfield's head into the floor repeatedly}
{Garfield is thrown through a window}
Jon: Ha ha ha. Wheee.
