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* ''[[Beetle Bailey]]'':
** Whenever General Halftrack sends his officers a written instruction, it will always have one tiny spelling error that completely changes the meaning of the orders ("buns" instead of "guns", "gag masks" instead of "gas masks", etc.). Someone will point out what the general ''meant'' to say, but then someone else will - ''always'', ''invariably'' - ask: "But who dares to tell the general that he's done a mistake?" Nobody dares, and in the end, the officers always do exactly what it says in the instruction, even though it makes no sense.
** Often, General Halftrack is depicted witnessing the end results of his subordinates' interpreting his orders in some absurd way, or simply acting silly for another reason, and his reaction is always the same: "Now what?" often rolling his eyes in the process. Or, if Halftrack himself is the one acting silly, his wife is the one who says it.
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* In ''[[Pearls Before Swine]]'', Stephan Pastis has made a habit of setting up [[Incredibly Lame Pun|puns that are beyond lame]]. As of late, this has been lampshaded almost every time with Rat ''demanding'' that Pastis quit cartooning.
* ''[[Garfield]]'':
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** [[Diet Episode]] arcs; [[Word of God| Jim Davis]] once claimed that when ''he'' goes on a diet, so does Garfield. Again, this also often overlaps with the Monday gags.
** '''NAP ATTACK!''' Sometimes this is for Garfield's benefit - being lazy and taking naps at moment's notice - sometimes not, like when he has one at "full throttle" and crashes.
** Kicking Odie off the table; even Garfield once complained that it was getting routine.
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