YMMV tropes for the comic strip: * Accidental Aesop: This comic gives a valid viewpoint on the issue of obesity. * Base Breaker: Garfield himself. * Better on DVD: A rare printed comic example: This strip made a lot more sense in the book collections, as the next day's strip completed the gag. * Broken Base: There are many fans who think the comic's still pretty funny, and many fans who believe the strip ran out of jokes in the mid-90's and jumped the shark when Jon and Liz got hooked up. * Big Lipped Alligator Moment: The Halloween 1989 arc; see Nightmare Fuel below. * October 2001 had a week-long arc of Garfield getting crushed by a giant dog repeatedly. The dog made two further appearances. * Can't Unhear It: Who can read Garfield and not think of the late, g