4820: Garfield Minuette Garfield
Garfield Minuette Garfield |
Made by: Nyperold |
Explanation[edit | edit source]
Another strip in which Garfield is replaced by something -- or someone -- that sounds a little bit like "minus", this one was inspired by a strip in which the middle panel was replaced by a picture illustrating the minuet.
Minuette is a mostly-background pony seen somewhere in most episodes of My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic. She finally got a prominent role in "Amending Fences", a season 5 episode in which Twilight Sparkle visits a group of friends who live in Canterlot. Minuette is the first pony she goes to see; she has Spike take a picture, and the image of her in this strip comes from that picture-taking session.
One of the ideas fans have had about Minuette is that she's a dentist, presumably because her mane resembles a distinctive popular toothpaste. Thus, her seeming excitement that Jon's taking this oath seems appropriate, from this perspective.
The author writes:[edit | edit source]
When I saw Garfield Minuet Garfield for the first time in a while (thanks to SRoMG 1 of 1 of #1, 2 of 2 of #2, and 3 of 3 of #3), I knew I had to do something like this. However, I didn't want to just throw in Minuette with no reason to put her in other than "her name sounds a little bit like 'minus'"; like "Garfield Minuet Garfield", I wanted something appropriate.
Fanon can be very convenient on occasion.
Original strip: 2013-01-01.
Transcript[edit | edit source]
Jon: Garfield, I'm taking the personal-hygiene pledge
{Jon raises his right hand and closes his eyes. Suddenly, Garfield is replaced by a grinning Minuette}
Jon: I promise to brush my teeth everyday
{Minuette is gone again, and Garfield is back}
Jon: Even if I'm not going anywhere
Garfield: This is a cult, right?