10 Garfield Comics Show His Love For Lasagna

There are certain things about Garfield Which will always be true no matter the comic strip era or the medium of adaptation, and one of them is his love for lasagna. While it’s true that Garfield loves to tease Jon and torture Odie (a love that equals Garfield’s hatred for Mondays), nothing can top how he feels about lasagna – and there are more than a few examples to draw from to prove how much.

Garfield’s love for lasagna goes well beyond a favorite food, as Garfield is borderline obsessed with the dish. Sometimes Garfield will dive head first into a pan of lasagna (ruining Jon’s dinner as a result), and other times he will use lasagna as a litmus test to see if he should like someone or not, as Garfield doesn’t trust others who Do not also enjoy lasagna. However, one should not express too much interest in lasagna around Garfield, because he is not afraid to kill someone to protect his favorite dish (yes, really). Here are 10 of the funniest comics that show Garfield’s love for lasagna!

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Garfield debuts his love for lasagna by presenting it as a normal cat trait

Garfield – July 15, 1978

This comic strip is the first time Garfield ever admits that he loves lasagna, and the way he does it is absolutely hilarious. break the fourth wall, Garfield explains to the reader that he is just an ordinary cat, who likes things that every other ordinary cat likes, including “Nature’s most perfect food…lasagna!“At which point, Garfield pulls a pan of lasagna out of nowhere and starts chewing it down.

Of course, cats are not naturally drawn to lasagna, with the joke here is that Garfield’s love for this pasta dish is decidedly weird, even if he doesn’t know it. Although this may have originally been meant as a single, absurd Garfield Gag, it laid the groundwork for establishing a major aspect of Garfield’s entire personality.

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When Garfield is deprived of one of his loved ones, he seeks another

Garfield – July 20, 1978

While Mondays are famously Garfield’s most hated days of the week, it seems that Thursdays might be his favorite because that’s the day Jon usually makes lasagna. However, on this particular Thursday, while Garfield is excitedly waiting for his favorite dinner, Jon offers him a bowl of cat food instead. Garfield is deprived of one of his greatest loves, and in response, he seeks out another: messing with Jon.

Garfield throws his cat food bowl at the back of Jon’s head to punish him for not making lasagna for dinner Although Garfield is definitely upset that he didn’t get lasagna, he at least was given the opportunity to participate in something else he loves doing, although even messing with Jon can’t compare to the happiness Garfield feels while eating lasagna.

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Garfield dives head-first into a pan of lasagna, ruining Jon’s dinner

Garfield – August 28, 1978

Contrary to Garfield’s belief, sometimes Jon makes lasagna just for himself, without the intention of sharing it with his cat. Really, giving Garfield his first bite of lasagna was probably the worst thing Jon could have done. Not just because giving a cat lasagna isn’t something a responsible pet owner should do, but because Garfield now thinks every pan of lasagna Jon makes is for him.

in this case, Garfield dives head-first into Jon’s lasagna, ruining the entire dish Before Jon had a chance to even get himself a scoop. It seems after Jon gave Garfield cat food instead of lasagna in the previous strip, the orange cat isn’t taking any more chances against any lasagna Jon makes, whether he’s offered any or not.

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Jon regrets ever adopting Garfield after one lasagna incident

Garfield – November 14, 1978

As Jon is enjoying a pan of lasagna, commenting on how much he loves the dish, Garfield comes out of nowhere and gobbles the whole thing. Within seconds, the entire pan of lasagna is gone, leaving Garfield full and happy, while Jon is filled with nothing but regret. Jon, breaking the fourth wall, looks directly at the reader and details exactly how he came to adopt Garfield, and why he now regrets it, not calling Garfield a cat, but “A lasagna with fur and fangs“.

Jon is said to eat so much lasagna that Garfield is practically a walking lasagna himself. However, what is more hilarious than the description of the fat orange cat is the fact that Jon regrets everything after Garfield eats his dinner.

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Garfield loves lasagna so much, he’ll eat it until he pops (literally)

Garfield – May 16, 1979

Garfield is famously a fat, lazy cat, but in this comic strip, he completely outdoes himself. As Jon points out, Garfield’s stomach has become so large that his legs no longer reach the ground. Garfield is just stuck sitting on his own gut, unable to move without help. Jon shames Garfield, and asks him what he will do now. To this, Garfield responds, “I’ll show you what I’ll do, if you’ll just turn me over to the lasagna over there“.

Even when Garfield poured himself until immobile, he is still ready to take down an entire pan of lasagna If given the chance. At this point, lasagna is more than just something that Garfield loves, but perhaps something he is legitimately addicted to, as he seems willing to eat it until he pops.

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Garfield murders his pet ant for spoiling his lasagna

Garfield – August 31, 1979

It’s one thing to protect one’s own food, but it’s another thing entirely to kill someone who just looks at the food, because that’s decided in advance in a civilized society. But, frowned upon or not, that’s exactly what Garfield did. After introducing readers to his pet ant, Lyle, Garfield crushes him for seemingly no reason. And then Garfield explains that Lyle was boiling his lasagna, which he gave as the reason for taking his pet ant’s life..

Garfield was always a bit angry, but it usually showed in his pranks on Jon or Odie. Never before had Garfield so callously taken a life, especially the life of a loved one (given that Lyle was his pet). However, the fact that he did only speaks to how strongly Garfield feels about lasagna.

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Garfield’s love for lasagna hilariously backfires (and he blames Jon for it)

Garfield – August 2, 1981

On one of the nights when lasagna is a sanctioned meal for Garfield, Jon leaves a fresh pan on the counter for the orange cat, who excitedly sprints for his favorite food. However, earlier in the day, Jon waxes the counter tops, making them extra sleek. Due to Garfield’s uncharacteristically high speed, he fell victim to the slickness of the counter, and slid right past the lasagna. And off the coast. When Jon explains the situation, Garfield blames him for his predicament, vowing, “When my bones knit, you are dead“.

While Jon probably should have let Garfield know about the counters, it’s also fair of him to assume that Garfield wouldn’t be moving fast enough for the slick counters to matter. However, because of how excited he was about the lasagna, Garfield moved fast enough to slide right off, meaning his love for lasagna hilariously returned.

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Garfield uses lasagna to determine who he likes/dislikes – including his own ‘son’

Garfield – November 4, 1982

When Garfield is present for a bird hatching from its egg, he imprints on the baby bird, which Garfield initially thinks is his mom. Garfield then corrects the baby bird, saying he can’t be a mom because he’s a boy – prompting the bird to start calling him “DadInstead. In the comic strip, Garfield once again tells the bird that he is not his parent, but decides to be nice and offer the bird some lasagna anyway, which the bird wants.

After Garfield’s ‘son’ refused to eat the lasagna, Garfield knew he didn’t love him.said, “No son of mine would turn down lasagna!“It’s hilarious that Garfield uses lasagna as something of a litmus test to determine if someone is worth liking, and in this case, that also applies to his own ‘son.’

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Jon accepts his fate, switching meals with Garfield on lasagna night

Garfield – March 26, 1983

Any other night, Jon might be able to feed Garfield regular cat food, but on ‘Lasagna Night’, Garfield has himself lasagna, even if he has to take it by force – which is exactly what he does in this comic strip. Just like when Garfield gave his food bowl to Jon in a previous strip, the orange cat didn’t like giving cat food when Jon was making lasagna. However, instead of resorting to violence, Garfield went straight to robbery.

Which is even more funny than Garfield stealing Jon’s lasagna has Jon totally accepting his fate, and just starts eating Garfield’s cat food. Jon learned that there was nothing to be done once Garfield decided he was going to eat lasagna, and he figured that eating cat food was better than no dinner at all.

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Garfield Clarifies His ‘Love’ For Lasagna (And It’s Hilarious)

Garfield – November 26, 2004

At this point, it’s well established that Garfield loves lasagna—or, does he? It is assumed, based on how crazy he goes for the pasta dish, that his feelings for him are nothing short of pure, passionate, unconditional love. However, in this comic strip, Garfield clarifies that it’s not love for lasagna, it’s lust. Garfield doesn’t like lasagna, he just has a deep desire for it every now and again, and when the lasagna is eaten, he feels nothing.

This clarification is absolutely hilarious, as it frames Garfield’s ‘relationship’ with his favorite food as more romantic in nature (or, more accurately, a relationship that lacks romance). This comic strip offers a hysterical spin on Garfields love for lasagna, making it one of the 10 best in the entire franchise.