4136: Who's At The Door?

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Who's At The Door?

Made by: MichaelSar

Explanation

This strip is a compilation of edits of the same original Garfield strip that has Garfield answering the door, meeting one of a number of various characters, and apparently be asked to spare something said character once. As follows:

• Garfield meets the Trix rabbit, and is asked to spare a bowl of Trix
• Garfield meets Nick Wilde from Zootopia, who apparently gets Garfield to hawk a Pawpsicle
• Garfield meets Sam-I-Am from Green Eggs and Ham, who apparently gets Garfield to do Sam-I-Am's dirty work in asking the book's key question
• Garfield meets the title character of Zoboomafoo, who apparently gets Garfield to ask Jon if they have garbanzo beans
• Garfield meets the GEICO gecko, then subsequently asks Jon if he wants to save money on car insurance in the same fashion as a GEICO ad campaign

The fourth of those is the one the author admits wanting to have personally done in the author's notes, then apologizes if this strip resulted in another out-of-control running gag--which the author of 5394: Who's At The Door?: Not TomSka sought to do by providing a template.

The author writes:

I kinda like that brief trend from 2000 when the strip would have Garfield walk over to the door, open it, see something weird standing outside, and comment to Jon about it. Thus, this, which is admittedly my attempt at starting a new running gag on this site. I also wanted an excuse to do a strip referencing Zoboomafoo, which is one of my favorite shows from my youth.

My apologies if this results in another "Pudding Pops / Jon Glues a Blender to His Face / Linguistics With Liz"...

Original strip: 2000-11-02.

Transcript

SFX: Ding-dong
{Garfield walks over to the door and opens it, revealing that the Trix Rabbit is standing on the front... stoop? I don't think it qualifies as a porch. Anyway, he's standing there}
{Cut to Garfield talking to a confused-looking Jon}
Garfield: Can we spare a bowl of Trix?

{The next day...}
SFX: Ding-dong
{Garfield walks over to the door and opens it, revealing that Nick Wilde is standing on the front... we'll just call it a stoop}
{Cut to Garfield talking to a confused-looking Jon}
Garfield: Would you like to buy a Pawpsicle?

{The next day...}
SFX: Ding-dong
{Garfield walks over to the door and opens it, revealing that Sam-I-Am is standing on the front stoop with a plate of Green Eggs and Ham}
{Cut to Garfield talking to a confused-looking Jon}
Garfield: Do you like Green Eggs and Ham?

{The next day...}
SFX: Ding-dong
{Garfield walks over to the door and opens it, revealing that Zoboomafoo is hanging from the door frame}
{Cut to Garfield talking to a confused-looking Jon}
Garfield: Do we have any garbanzo beans?

{The next day...}
SFX: Ding-dong
{Garfield walks over to the door and opens it, revealing that the GEICO Gecko is standing on the front stoop. Don't ask me how he could ring the doorbell when he's way too small to reach it}
{Cut to Garfield talking to a confused-looking Jon}
Garfield: Would you like to save 50% or more on car insurance?