4816: Garfield's past already being disturbing
| Garfield's past already being disturbing |
 Made by: Mr. Skullhead |
Explanation[edit | edit source]
This strip is a simple mashup of two original Garfield strips, in which the 1980 strip is framed as a flashback being experienced by the Garfield of the 1988 strip. Both have the common subject of the Stock Animal Diet of cats drinking milk, Jon attempting to perpetuate the trope while Garfield seeks to avoid it; Garfield's dialogue in the 1988 third panel here is shown to invoke a flashback to the 1980 strip, implying the cow from the 1980 strip to have the udder the Garfield in the 1988 strip remembers being frightened by.
The author writes:[edit | edit source]
I made this strip years before SRoMG #4589 was published. Might as well submit it now.
The title is based on SRoMG #1783.
Original strips: 1980-08-20, 1988-05-30.
Transcript[edit | edit source]
{Jon is bringing Garfield's bowl to him}
Jon: Here you go, Garfield
Garfield: That's milk
Jon: It'll make your coat nice and shiny
Garfield: I think I'll opt to molt
Jon: All cats love milk!
Garfield: When I was young I was frightened by an udder
{Garfield thinks about the time when...}
Jon: This is where milk comes from, Garfield
Garfield: How interesting, how informative
Garfield {despairingly}: I'll never EVER drink milk again as long as I live
