5713: Some hostile readings

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Some hostile readings
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Made by: IntegralOfGarfield


Explanation[edit | edit source]

The strip humorously portrays a scale behaving like a sci-fi spaceship scanner, detecting an unidentified object and reacting dramatically. The scale initially reports picking up something strange, then switches to a visual mode, only to declare that it has spotted a "hideous blob of fat"—a playful jab at Garfield. Attempting to neutralize the perceived threat, the scale orders phasers to fire, but they prove ineffective. In a climactic turn, Garfield exits, leaving the scale in ruins. The final panel has the scale lamenting its "big voice chip," implying it brought destruction upon itself.

The author notes that Garfield "got what he deserved," reinforcing the comic’s exaggerated hostility.

The author writes:[edit | edit source]

he got what he deserved...

Original strips: 1992-09-27, 1993-05-23.

Transcript[edit | edit source]

SFX: BWEEP BWEEP BWEEP
Scale: Captain, our sensors have picked up something!
Scale: Go to visual!
Scale: Woah! What is that thing?!
Scale: It appears to be a hideous blob of fat, Sir!
Scale: FIRE PHASERS!
Scale: Phasers have no effect, Sir!
{Garfield has left and the scale has been violently destroyed}
Scale: Me and my big voice chip