Garfield He did not lack enemies throughout Garfields comic strip history. Even those who love him the most (like Jon and Odie) find him to be an annoying jerk more often than not, meaning other characters who haven’t established relationships with him have no reason to like Garfield. Random dogs, vindictive birds, and annoyed neighbors may all consider themselves Garfield’s ‘enemies’, but no other group in Garfield Kanon has more reason to hate fat orange cats than spiders.
in a number of Garfield Comic strips, the titular cat tries to swat, squish or otherwise kill any spider he comes across. Although this is quite relatable, these spiders are not average arachnids, as they – like Garfield – can speak. More than that, they can beg for their lives and the lives of their loved ones. Thankfully, these are cartoon spiders, so they never really seem to be in any danger. Although Garfield still never hesitates to swat them on sight, leading to some pretty hilarious gags. Here are 15 of the funniest Garfield Comics where he tries to swat a spider!
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Garfield tries to swat a spider, and it beats him to the punch
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Garfield spots a spider in his home, so he naturally grabs a rolled-up newspaper to squish it. But after he turns his head for a second to grab the newspaper, the spider disappears. It then appeared right behind Garfield, dangling from his web with a tiny rolled-up newspaper of his own, and The spider hacks Garfield in the back of the head with him. Garfield certainly got a taste of his own medicine in the comic, as the spider literally beat him to the punch.
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Garfield realizes that he likes the chase more than the SWAT
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When Garfield sees a spider crawling along the counter top, he quickly pulls out his rolled-up newspaper and smashes it right then and there. He does so with a blank expression, clearly deriving no joy from killing the bug. Then, Garfield confirms as much by saying, “The shiver is gone“. It means Garfield doesn’t really want to kill the spiders, he just likes “hunting” them. (Which is somehow more cruel than just killing them outright).
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Garfield totally ruins Jon’s picnic day after his Bug Massacre
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During a picnic, Garfield puts himself in charge of pest control, and the power completely gets to his head. With his trusty rolled-up newspaper, Garfield kills not only a spider, but a number of other bugs that threaten to ruin the picnic. Ironically, it is Garfield who ruined the picnic by killing all the bugs, as Jon’s day, Liz, completely lost her appetite. It seems that dozens of insect corpses is a bit of a wife killer, one that Garfield is responsible for with the bug massacre.
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Even a swatted spider is not without a sense of humor in Garfield
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When a spider is faced with Garfield’s dreaded rolled-up newspaper, it begs for its life, pleading with Garfield, “Don’t yell at me!” – to no avail. Without reply, Garfield swats the spider, squishing it flat on the counter top. Then, Garfield pauses for a moment and asks, “Wait, did you say “not”?“To which the spider replies,”This is a rather difficult point at the moment. Don’t you think?“.
It means Even swatted spiders in Garfield Still have a sense of humorAs this playful and witty comeback to Garfield’s wild question may be the spider’s last words – and they are not wasted.
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1 Spider actually gets Garfield back after getting swatted
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While Garfield is lying on the ground, trying to enjoy a nap, a spider approaches him. Even though his trusty rolled-up newspaper isn’t handy, Garfield adapts by swatting the spider with his hand, then flicking the corpse away. However, his spider troubles were far from over, as the spider survived Garfield’s swat, and was fuming with rage. The spider took revenge on Garfield, wrapping him in its websAnd Garfield earned every uncomfortable second of his composure.
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Garfield is really heartless when it comes to swatting spiders
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When a spider crawls by Garfield’s bed while the lazy cat is trying to sleep, she should have known that it was as good as dead, because Garfield didn’t bother to smash it. However, what he wasn’t counting on was the spider’s entire family showing up as well. This spider had a wife and a child, who cried at the sight of their loved one sinking into the ground. Garfield acknowledges that he should feel bad about this, but accepts that he doesn’t, right before killing the other members of the spider’s family as well.In a display of wholeheartedness.
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Garfield expresses his true hatred of spiders by not swatting one
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Garfield doesn’t just wish every spider he comes across a quick and sudden death (one that he gives himself), he really hates them, and wants nothing but suffering for all spiders. This is proven true in the comic, when a spider who wants to die approaches Garfield for the sole purpose of getting squished. however, After the spider tells Garfield all the reasons why it wants to end it all, Garfield smiles a cruel smile and wants to swat it. This is a deep level of hatred.
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Garfield uses a spider to do one of his favorite things: prank Jon
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It’s been well established at this point that Garfield loves killing spiders (though apparently not more than watching them suffer in any form), but the one thing he definitely loves more than that is pranking Jon. In this case, Garfield finds a way to merge the two loves. When a spider crawls across the counter while Jon is having dinner, Garfield squashes it with Jon’s glass. then, When Jon takes a drink, he comes face-to-face with a spiderSpit out his drink in fear as a result – and Garfield couldn’t be more proud of himself.
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Garfield isn’t afraid of spiders, he simply hates them for existing
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Although fans know that Garfield hates spiders, it can be assumed that the reason behind his hatred is that he fears them. Many suffer from even mild arachnophobia, and Garfield may be among them. However, the comic proves that is not the case, as Garfield kills a spider that admits to not being poisonous simply because he finds the spider.Icky“. Garfield isn’t afraid of being bitten by a spider, he just hates them For only existing.
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Some spiders actually appreciate Garfield squishing them
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One would think that Garfield would be the enemy of all spiders, given that he didn’t bother to kill them and their entire family. On sight. However, Garfield actually earns the appreciation of at least one spider by doing just that. The spider asks Garfield if he is the one who crushed his brother-in-law, and when Garfield admits it, the spider thanks him.
Apparently – as many readers can surely resonate with – The spider loved his brother-in-law so much that he actually thanked their murderer.And in doing so, proved that not all spiders hate Garfield for constantly swatting them.
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Garfield makes sure that every trace of a spider he kills is destroyed
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When a spider trips on its own eight legs while crawling near Garfield, it shouts, “No one is moving! I lost a contact lens!“. What’s funnier than the idea of ​​a spider not only wearing a contact lens, but losing it, is the spider’s mistake in believing Garfield would care in the slightest. Without even acknowledging the spider’s predicament, Garfield simply rolled up his Newspaper and kills the arachnid – and he does not stop there. Garfield then found the contact lens and broke it as wellEnsures that every trace of the spider he killed is destroyed.
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Garfield makes a spider he squishes famous (in the most humiliating way)
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Garfield has seemingly made a name for himself in the spider community, as he’s killed so many of them, the spiders regard the orange cat as something of a ‘bringer of death’. Because of this, One spider thinks that dying by Garfield’s hand is honorable, and will make the spider famous. While the spider gets his wish, it is extremely humiliating, as the spiders name a day after the fallen arachnid, “National Stupid Day”. The other spiders know to avoid Garfield, and made an example of the one who was killed by him on purpose.
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1 Spider has encountered Garfield before, and has not learned his lesson
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Although Garfield has certainly killed a number of spiders, there is at least one that continues to be squashed by him without dying. The spider suffers injury after injury with each Garfield encounter, and in the comic, it tells the orange cat how it just recovered from the last one. then, Garfield immediately squishes the spider once more, and again, the spider does not die. It seems that the spider will suffer Garfield’s heartless wrath for many years to come, all the while not learning his lesson.
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1 Spider tries to “incept” Garfield (and fails miserably)
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One night, while Garfield is sleeping, a lone spider crawls down from his web and tries to implant the idea into Garfield’s subconscious that he ‘likes spiders’. The spider was basically trying to ‘incept’ Garfield, using his dreams to manipulate his emotions, while he believed the idea of ​​’liking spiders’ was his own. Unfortunately for the spider, Garfield is a light sleeper, and was awake during the spider’s unfortunate attempt to ‘incept’ him. It seems that not even taking a note from Christopher Nolan’s playbook is enough to change Garfield’s deep-seated hatred of spiders.
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Garfield literally brings down the house while trying to kill a spider
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Garfield is usually a pro when it comes to killing spiders, but this time, it’s the spider that has the upper hand, and Garfield’s failure to kill it comes at the cost of his entire house. When Garfield spots a spider on the window sill, he decides to slam the window down on top of it. But when he does, Garfield makes the entire house crumble around him from the sheer force of his window slam, destroying everything in sight – everything except the spider.
It’s as if the bad karma accumulated from all of Garfield’s previous spider kills came back to bite him all at once, resulting in the destruction of his home and the survival of this particular spider. This is a hilarious well-deserved fate for the fat orange cat, making this one of the 15 funniest Garfield Comics where he tries to swat a spider.