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* Lots of ''[[Garfield]]'' examples:
* Lots of ''[[Garfield]]'' examples:
** In one strip, Garfield wishes for a 50-pound pan of lasagna; it falls on him. "Now wouldn't you think I'd know better than to make a wish like that on a Monday?" he muses.
** In one strip, Garfield wishes for a 50-pound pan of lasagna; it falls on him. "Now wouldn't you think I'd know better than to make a wish like that on a Monday?" he muses.
** In another strip, Jon scolds Garfield about how he is "doing nothing with your life" then goes to the store, saying, "when I come back, I want you to have learned something". By the time he comes back, Garfield has ''learned to use his credit card'', and has bought enough junk with it to construct his own "man cave".
** In another strip, Jon scolds Garfield about how he is "doing nothing with your life" then goes to the store, saying, "when I come back, I want you to have learned something". By the time he comes back, Garfield has ''[https://www.gocomics.com/garfield/1985/03/10 learned to use his credit card]'', and has bought enough junk with it to construct his own "man cave".
** [[Subverted Trope|Subverted]] in another strip:
** [[Subverted Trope|Subverted]] in another strip:
{{quote|'''Garfield''': Reruns! Yesterday's news... Leftovers! There's never anything '''new''' around here!
{{quote|'''Garfield''': Reruns! Yesterday's news... Leftovers! There's never anything '''new''' around here!