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“ I hate Mondays ” is perhaps the most iconic and well - recognize quote from Jim Davis’Garfieldcomic flight strip . The citation ’s been slapped on coffee mugs , water bottle , and liothyronine - shirts , as it ’s a sentiment that practically everyone can link up to . However , upon take the comic itself , it seems this quote may have been claim out of context a bit . To be sure , Garfield detest Mondays , but one affair people may not make out is that he has more of a cause to detest Mondays than most , because Mondays hate him back .
Most the great unwashed hate Mondays because that mean they have to go to work or school after a nice weekend breakout . However , Garfield hates Mondays because it ’s a day when spoilt things run to happen to him . rightfully , Garfield has the worst luckon Mondays , to the point where he ’s putting himself in danger just by getting out of bed in the forenoon - and sometimes even sleeping in wo n’t relieve him . Everyone knows that Garfield hate Mondays , but they surely did n’t see it until they ’ve take these10 hilarious funnies about Garfield hating Mondays .
Garfield is magnificently a mischievous rascal , especially when it come to how much he pranks Jon , and these 10 screaming comics from July 1994 prove it !
10Garfield’s First “I Hate Mondays” Gag Marked a Historic (& Hilarious) Moment for the Series
Garfield, 9-18
The horrendous human relationship Garfield has with Mondays had to begin somewhere , and in this eccentric , it began with Garfield enwrap up in window blinds . After playing with the blind cord while baby-sit in the window ( as most computerized axial tomography do),Garfield unexpectedly gets a toe caught in the grummet , is pulled up into the screen , and gets immobilize in them .
It ’s this moment of tough luck that inspired Garfield to say the iconic words , " I detest Mondays " for the first time . By doing so , it seems Garfield somehow invoke the ira of some ' Monday God ' , because he has n’t had an sluttish startle to a received study hebdomad ever since . And it ’s not just that Garfield get the consequences of his own action , there are cosmic force at work in some of these comics - and it all start right here .
9Garfield Doesn’t Need a Calendar to Know It is Monday
Garfield, 3-25
Ever since first getting wrap up in the window blind , Garfield and Monday have been on spoilt terms , and Garfield continue to suffer for it . In fact , it gets so bad that Garfield does n’t even have to look at a calendar to know that it ’s Monday , he just has to wait for something every which way forged to materialize to him to love on the nose what solar day of the week it is . In this slip , Garfield steps on a loge , and it pour down him in the face - an contiguous denotation that it is , indeed , Monday .
Monday and bad luck have become so intertwined in Garfield ’s life , that one ostensibly can not be without the other . A Monday ca n’t happen without Garfield endure bad luck , and if he run into some sorry luck , then it must surely be Monday - which is emphatically a far - stretch more than a relatable ' Monday experience ' .
8Garfield Confirms the Violent Extent of Monday’s Hatred for Garfield (You Read That Right)
Garfield, 6-15
This comedian is one of the first meter reader see that Garfield is n’t unbalanced , ' Monday ' really is out to get him . In the premature funnies , it could be argued that Garfield is merely suffering the consequences of his own activity , and just blames Monday . However , in this strip ( and many subsequent I ) , Garfield is literally doing nothing , yet Monday still find oneself a path to make him get .
Standing in an open field , bracing himself for the bad luck Monday bring , Garfield give every sweat to forefend anything that could go unseasonable . Then , a forte-piano fall out of the sky right on top of Garfield , which confirms the violent extent of Monday ’s hatred for Garfield , and prove that Garfield really does have the rightfield to detest Mondays more than most ( something buff would n’t have see from the iconic quote alone ) .
7Garfield’s Bad Luck on Mondays Breaks the Laws of Nature
Garfield, 8-3
Not only does Monday seemingly evoke a falling piano to suppress Garfield , but the plain wroth day of the workweek also seems perfectly adequate to of breaking the laws of nature just to mess with the orange kat . In this comic , Garfield walk over to his weewee bowl for a beverage , only to receive that it ’s become shark infested . That does n’t even make sense , and totally goes against the conditions shark need to subsist , even if they were small enough to check in the pipe bowl .
More than anything , it ’s out of the question for a shark to bump its way into Garfield ’s water bowl by itself , permit alone two , and even if they did , they would surely decease before long after for a number of reasons . In other words , Monday literally had to give the laws of nature just to insure Garfield suffered- in a truly off-the-wall way , at that .
6Even Jon Can See How Mondays are Unnaturally Bad for Garfield
Garfield, 5-28
One Monday , as Garfield is lying in his bottom , cursing the twenty-four hour period of the week , Jon approaches his work-shy cat and state Garfield that he does n’t understand why he hates Mondays so much . In Jon ’s mind , Garfield should have no ground to detest Mondays . He does n’t have a Book of Job , he does n’t go to school , and he has no responsibleness that come with the head start of a fresh workweek . And then , Jon sees with his own eyes how Monday really is out to get Garfield .
Out of nowhere , flying right retiring Jon , comes a Proto-Indo European that strikes Garfield substantial in the look . This happens immediately after Jon questions Garfield about him hat Mondays , and after witnessing this unacceptable phenomenon for himself , Jon - like everyone reading the comedian - at last understands : Mondays really detest Garfield in an almost supernatural sense .
5Not Even Staying in Bed Can Save Garfield from the Wrath of Monday
Garfield, 2-1
It seems like Monday is so hellbent on making Garfield suffer , that no amount of preparation can save him . stand in a subject field is n’t safe , talking with Jon is n’t dependable , and even seek to get a crapulence of water supply is n’t safe . So , in this comic , Garfield decides that he ’s just go to spend his full Monday in bed . unluckily , as many would assume , that , too , was n’t safe .
AsGarfield is lying in bottom , a violent storm swarm cast over him . Rain and lightning are raging above him , hook his layer and leaving him at risk of lethal electrocution . While it ’s been unwaveringly established that Monday has no problem bending the laws of nature to mess with Garfield , this is admittedly a bit much . Sure , the sharks and PIE are dramatic , but this removes Garfield ’s one dependable space , which is specially grisly .
4Even When Garfield Tries to Like Monday, Monday Doesn’t Reciprocate
Garfield, 9-6
While Garfield has held a firm position on Mondays ever since first getting rolled up in the window blind , he finally decides that hat a day of the week is n’t deserving the energy anymore . Garfield want to be happier , and that mean being more affirmative , and more loving toward everything and everyone - including Monday . However , as shown in this comic , Monday does not reciprocate .
Even when Monday pours rainwater down upon Garfield as he ’s trying to turn his life around and be a less cynical computerized tomography , Garfield still holds on to his destination for the calendar week . Rather than saying " I hate Mondays " after getting caught in the pelting , Garfield tell , " Now I ’m only fond of Mondays " after proclaiming how much he have it off Monday decent before leaving the menage . Even whenGarfield offer Monday love , it answers with hatred .
3Monday Hates Garfield So Much, It Conjures Literal Monsters to Torment Him
Garfield, 7-21
It seems pies , pianos , and sharks are n’t enough for Monday to ensure that Garfield has the bad day potential , as this funny landing strip shows that this ( apparently quite vicious ) day of the workweek also has no job conjuring literal monsters to torment Garfield . When Garfield wakes up this Monday good morning , he finds that he ’s fence in by gargantuan , gullible monsters . Garfield quickly cover back under his covers , comment to himself , " Monday are losing their subtlety " .
While this comic ( like many others ) could be taken metaphorically , it ’s much more interesting if one expect at it literally . " Mondays are lose their refinement " becomes a much more terrifying comment if one looks at it as Garfield spill about a person ( or god ) as opposed to a daylight of the week , peculiarly since’Monday ' is clearly out to get Garfield , and is n’t afraid to conjure monsters to do so .
2Mondays are Quite Literally the Stuff of Garfield’s Nightmares
Even when Garfield is asleep , on a day that does n’t even have to be Monday , he is still tormented by Mondays . This comic strip give lector a coup d’oeil into Garfield ’s subconscious intellect , including his all - prison term uncollectible incubus . Among them are scenarios including dealing with Odie ’s slobber , getting sojourn from Nermal , owning a can opener that does n’t work , and - worst of all - experiencing " The Monday That Would n’t Die ! " .
It ’s interesting that Garfield ’s nightmare did n’t say " The Monday That Wouldn’tEnd " , but or else , " The Monday That Wouldn’tDie " , implying that ' Monday ' really is live , using its otherworldly power to excruciate Garfield - that would explicate all the impossible slash of regretful luck . But , even without take into the dream itself , the fact that he was even havinga nightmare about Mondays at all prove Garfield ’s never secure from this cursed day of the calendar week .
1Garfield Makes Readers Understand Why He Hates Mondays
Garfield, 11-15
There ’s nothing to even read into here . Garfield is telling everyone that Monday is out to get him , and there ’s literally nothing he can do but endure and retort its hate with hate of his own . Indeed , after looking into this a bit further , it ’s clear that " I hate Mondays " is n’t just a relatableGarfieldquote , it ’s a battle cry , one that most people did n’t interpret - until now .
Garfield is the central character in Jim Davis ’s comic strip , which officially began in 1978 under the same name . Garfield is an orange tabby cat with a love of lasagna and a disdain for Mondays . He tend to torment his owner and dog-iron while trying to secure more nutrient - and smooth .
Garfield is the central character in Jim Davis’s comic strip, which officially began in 1978 under the same name. Garfield is an orange tabby cat with a love of lasagna and a disdain for Mondays. He tends to torment his owner and dog while trying to secure more food - and quiet.
