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Strip by: SamField

{Garfield stares at the 4th wall cuz it's Monday}
Calendar: MON.
Jon: Time to go to the vet!
[Garfield is on the weight scale]
SFX: CRASH
{R.I.P. weight scale we won't miss you}
Liz: We're gonna need the big scale!
Garfield: Does she need to announce it to the whole office?
{Garfield grabs himself onto a tree branch during a hurricane}
SFX: SNAP
{Garfield goes rolling into the house, then crashing through the window}
{A spider appears; Garfield eyes it}
Garfield: YIPE!
SFX: SPLUT!
Odie: SLURP!
SFX: ploot
{Garfield does a mess with toothpaste}
{Jon whistles while preparing a bath for that orange thing peeking behind the wall, then proceeds to put gloves, elbow pads and a helmet OH GOD HE'S WHISTLING AGAIN!!! After Garfield's bath, he takes him out and dries him with a towel}
SFX: VOOOOO
{Garfield casually turns into a porcupine}
{A paper gets shredded while Garfield observes happily, yes look at his face he's really happy}
Paper: Mondays
Garfield: And that's why we should go from Sunday to Tuesday

The author writes:

After I saw the original clip I understood the references and decided to make this.

Original strips: 1978-07-09, 1978-09-05, 1978-09-06, 1981-03-29, 1981-07-18, 1981-07-27, 1982-05-30, 1985-12-30, 1988-07-02, 1990-03-06, 1991-10-25, 1992-07-13, 1992-11-13, 1992-12-19, 1995-10-31, 1995-11-26, 1996-04-28, 2008-04-24, 2017-06-26.