4588: Garfield in Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl
| Garfield in Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl |
 Made by: Toader The Toad |
Explanation[edit | edit source]
This strip is a parody of the downloadable content character announcements from Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, which involved envelopes containing invitations to join the game's roster. This strip was made for the occasion of Garfield being added to the playable roster of Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl, created shortly after the announcement of Garfield's addition to the roster and fast-tracked through the queue to correspond to Garfield formally being added to the roster.
Garfield is notably the oldest representative in Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl's roster; Garfield as the world knows him (debuting 1978-06-19) actually predated the Nickelodeon brand (the Nickelodeon brand launched on 1979-04-01), and the character as a whole dating back to his prototype in Jon (debuting 1976-01-08) even predates Nickelodeon's entire history (Nickelodeon was originally an unnamed channel C-3 on Warner QUBE cable systems in Columbus, Ohio, first hitting the air on 1977-12-01 in that form airing only a single preschool-oriented program at that time). For comparison, the next oldest element in Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl is the stage Slime Time, derived from the game show Double Dare (debuted 1986-10-06) and similarly added as post-launch content.
The author writes:[edit | edit source]
Now that Garfield has been officially announced for Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl (and he'll be out tomorrow for most platforms as of writing) I decided it would be appropriate to, in tradition, make a Garfield edit for it in celebration. I suspect Garfield's release will renew interest in the game, which is good, as people have spotted him in the game files before he was announced.
Original strip: 1986-01-04.
Transcript[edit | edit source]
Jon: This is for you {hands Garfield a letter}
Garfield {looking at the letter excitedly}: Mail! For me! Wow! I'm important! I'm somebody
{Jon is happily glancing at the fourth wall, anticipating Garfield's response}
Garfield {still looking at the letter}: Hey, wait a minute! This is addressed to "Fighter"
Jon: Congratulations, Garfield! You're in!
Garfield {pointing at Jon excitedly}: No one stands a chance against me
