5778: Odd Bodkins

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Odd Bodkins
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Made by: Nyperold


Explanation[edit | edit source]

In the original, Jon's command was for Garfield to fetch his slippers; what Garfield ended up doing was fetching Odie so he could do it. Here, Jon tells Garfield to fletch his arrows, as Jon has apparently taken up the bow and wants feathers added to his arrows for stability in flight. What Garfield brings back is a Bodkin Fletcher, an enemy in the Dragon Quest series since Dragon Quest IV: Chapters of the Chosen. Its appearance in this strip is most like the official art of the enemy rather than any specific in-game appearance.

The title is a play on the archaic interjection "ods bodkins".

The author writes[edit | edit source]

Original strip: 1992-06-30.

Transcript[edit | edit source]

{Jon is seated, barefoot, in a blue armchair}
Jon: Garfield, fletch my arrows
{Garfield walks off, Jon assuming he's going to comply}
Garfield: Sorry, cats don't fletch arrows
{To Jon's understandable surprise, Garfield returns, carrying a Bodkin Fletcher by the hood, even as he has an arrow nocked. The fletcher appears to be swinging his legs}
Garfield: I will, however, fetch the fletcher