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No. 5723: Garfield Odie, Jon Spot

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Garfield Odie, Jon Spot

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Permanent URL: https://mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=5723

Strip by: Polihy

Lyman: Odie! Look what you did on the floor!
SFX: Whap! Whap! Whap! {Lyman hits Odie with a rolled-up newspaper}
Lyman: NO! NO! NO! NO! NO! NO!
Odie {simultaneously}: Yip Yip Yip!
{Garfield has visibly changed into a chunkier, more jowly form}
Garfield: So that's why they call him "Spot"

The author writes:

Whenever I think about the Jon to Garfield transition, I think about this reused joke. Since Spot (from Jon) has been renamed Odie, Jim Davis decides to be a little clever and makes Neo-Garfield say "They should've named him 'Spot'".

Which Jim Davis had complete control over, so did he regret naming Spot Odie?

We will never know.

[See also #3885. -Ed]

Original Jon strip: 1977-03-05.

Original strip: 1978-08-15.