History ComicStrip / USAcres

* PhoneBooth:
** [[https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/garfield/images/2/27/Usa1989-02-03.gif A chicken opens a phone booth in the February 3, 1989 strip]] and is horrified to find Orson a.k.a. Power Pig in the middle of putting on his superhero uniform. Orson believes "it was bound to happen someday".
** [[https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/garfield/images/a/a0/Usa1989-02-04.gif In the very next strip, Orson again tries to change into Power Pig inside a phone booth.]] This time, he [=DONKs=] into the other side of it.
-->'''Orson:''' All right! Who waxed the phone booth?!
** [[https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/garfield/images/9/95/Usa1989-02-06.gif In the February 6, 1989 strip]], [[CapeSnag Power Pig's cape is stuck at the phone booth's door]].
-->'''Power Pig:''' This looks like a job for... (phone booth falls on him) the paramedics.
** [[https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/garfield/images/5/51/Usa1989-02-08.gif In the February 8, 1989 strip]], Wade sees a newspaper ad about a way to cure claustrophobia. Unfortunately, he decides to call from a phone booth.

** Played straight in the [[https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/garfield/images/a/a3/Usa1988-05-01.gif May 1, 1988 strip]], which has Lanolin remove her wool so she can cool off in a pond on a hot day. Roy attempts [[GoneSwimmingClothesStolen stealing it,]] before she grabs him and drags him into the water. Next panel, Lanolin is wearing Roy's feathers, and he's chasing after her to get them back while wearing her wool.

* GoneSwimmingClothesStolen: Occurs in the [[https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/garfield/images/a/a3/Usa1988-05-01.gif May 1, 1988 strip]], which has Lanolin remove her wool to cool off in a pond on a hot day, only for Roy to steal her wool. Lanolin retaliates by taking Roy's feathers.

* GratuitousGerman: [[https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/garfield/images/b/bb/Usa1987-04-04.gif Booker tried to trap a worm by sitting on its hole in the April 4, 1987 strip]]. The worm used a spiked helmet like those from German soldiers and said "Ach du lieber! A flyink chicken!"

* AsianSpeekeeEngrish: In [[https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/garfield/images/d/d8/Usa1988-09-06.gif/revision/latest?cb=20200624052031 the September 6, 1988 strip]], Orson sneezes and later receives a phone call from China. The caller says "Bress you".

* AsianSpeekeeEngrish: In one strip, Orson sneezes and later receives a phone call from China. The caller says "Bress you".

** In one strip, Lanolin threatens to slap Roy's beak to the moon. She literally does that later.

* InsultBackfire: Roy Rooster decided it was time for Booker to [[https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/garfield/images/d/d7/Usa1988-01-11.gif start rooster training in the January 11, 1988 strip]].

* BoxAndStickTrap: One arc includes Booker's several attempts to catch worms with that kind of trap. One of the strips features a worm using Booker's trap as a bait to capture Booker and Sheldon with a bigger version of the trap.

* IKnowYouKnowIKnow:

** Possibly played with [[https://garfield.fandom.com/wiki/U.S._Acres,_April_1986_comic_strips in the April 4, 1986 strip]], in which Orson wonders where his food is, but a corn on a cob is thrown and hits him on the head before he even finishes the question.

* EarlyBirdCameo: Bo and Lanolin appear in the [[https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/garfield/images/7/74/Usa1986-07-20.gif July 20, 1987 strip]] to offer a one-liner long before their "official" introduction (Lanolin debuting officially in [[https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/garfield/images/9/9f/Usa1987-01-15.gif the January 15, 1987 strip]], her brother Bo showing up in the [[https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/garfield/images/c/c4/Usa1987-01-19.gif January 19, 1987 strip]] and both properly introducing themselves to Orson in the [[https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/garfield/images/1/16/Usa1987-01-21.gif January 21, 1987 strip]].[[note]]On a related note, they, along with Cody and Blue, also appear on the back of the first book's cover, even though their debut strips aren't until the second book.[[/note]]

* AndroclesLion: Parodied. [[https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/garfield/images/6/61/Usa1989-02-15.gif/revision/latest?cb=20200628110757 In the February 15, 1989 strip]], a tree lets Sheldon have its apples]] because he "once pulled a thorn from its trunk".

** [[https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/garfield/images/6/6d/Usa1989-01-15.gif Roy decides to play a prank on Wade in the January 15, 1989 strip]] by dangling a fake spider in front of a napping Wade before waking him up. Wade, scared by the spider, proceeds to scream... only for [[WrittenSoundEffect the scream to travel across the Earth before striking Roy from behind.]]

* CapeSnag: [[https://garfield.com/usacres/1989/02/06 Power Pig's cape is stuck at the phone booth's door]].

** [[https://garfield.com/usacres/1986/04/10 This strip has Orson looking for a book to help himself relax.]] He remarks that [[Literature/{{Goldilocks}} one of the books is too small, and another one is too big, and the third one is just right.]]

** [[https://garfield.com/usacres/1989/03/24 Booker blows on a dandelion seed head, causing the seeds to disperse and fly away. The flower next to it laughs at the seed head, only to be plucked by Orson immediately afterwards.]]

** [[https://garfield.com/usacres/1987/06/24 Booker decides to do a cannon ball dive with a jump onto the springboard.]] It bounces him off in the direction from whence he came.

* FiveFiveFive: [[https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/garfield/images/5/51/Usa1989-02-08.gif The February 8, 1989 strip]] has Wade find a phone number in the newspaper he can call to cure his claustrophobia. The number is 555-4296.
* AccordionMan: [[https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/garfield/images/9/99/Usa1987-11-02.gif The November 2, 1987 strip]] has Booker play a worm like an accordion after the worm is flattened into the shape of one from ramming into a tree.

* AllPartOfTheShow: [[https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/garfield/images/3/33/Usa1988-09-11.gif In the September 11, 1988 strip]], a worm named Marty invited friends named Waler and Orville to watch a shadow puppet show. When Booker started stomping on Marty, his guests thought it was part of the show.
* AndNinetyNineCents: [[https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/garfield/images/d/d3/Usa1988-12-11.gif In the December 11, 1988 strip]], Roy tricked some of his friends into falling into a waller. When the mud dried rendering them immobile, he tried to sell them as "lawn ornaments" and charged $4.99 for each.
* AndroclesLion: Parodied. [[https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/garfield/images/6/61/Usa1989-02-15.gif In the February 15, 1989 strip]], a tree lets Sheldon have its apples]] because he "once pulled a thorn from its trunk".

* AntiSneezeFinger: In [[https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/garfield/images/3/30/Usa1988-09-05.gif the September 5, 1988 strip]], Roy tries to use his finger on Orson's nose to prevent him from sneezing, resulting in himself finishing the sneeze Orson started.

** [[https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/garfield/images/c/c6/Usa1989-02-25.gif Roy while drinking hot chocolate in the February 25, 1989 strip]].

** [[https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/garfield/images/5/58/Usa1986-04-14.gif Roy's debut in the April 14, 1986 strip.]]

** [[https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/garfield/images/c/cf/Usa1986-04-05.gif During his first day at the barn in the April 5, 1986 strip]], Orson comments that, "if this place had a few curtains and a fresh coat of paint... it would still be a dump".
** [[https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/garfield/images/8/8c/Usa1986-06-05.gif Orson's reaction]] when Booker suggests they could take their corncobs to the store and get a refund in the June 5, 1986 strip.

** [[https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/garfield/images/7/75/Usa1988-06-01.gif In the June 1, 1988 strip]], Roy wanted his eyes to be bigger. Too bad for him it was Lanolin who granted that wish by squeezing his neck until his eyes bulge.
** [[https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/garfield/images/a/a6/Usa1988-08-16.gif Roy encounters Bo while carrying a heavy sack in the August 16, 1988 strip]]. He then tells Bo to step aside so he can get past. Bo obliges... except Bo happens to be standing in front of a cliff, and the strip ends with Roy about to walk right off it.

** [[https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/garfield/images/8/80/Usa1987-03-15.gif The March 15, 1987 strip]] has Booker and Sheldon ask Orson to read them a story, with [[TemptingFate Booker asking Orson to "make it scary"]]. The problem is that Orson is MrImagination, causing the scary scenes to come to life, prompting Booker (alongside Bo and Wade, who join in for the storytelling session) to shout for Orson to get them out of the scary story. Luckily for them, Orson manages to fulfill their request with "and they all lived happily ever after".
** [[https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/garfield/images/2/2f/Usa1987-08-30.gif Booker encourages Wade to jump into a pool in the August 30, 1987 strip]], [[TemptingFate claiming Wade will stay afloat via his inner tube]]. Wade does so... and promptly slips out of his inner tube and sinks. Luckily, Wade manages to save himself by drinking the pool water.
** [[https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/garfield/images/c/c8/Usa1986-09-18.gif In the September 18, 1986 strip]], Orson asks Roy to teach Sheldon how to fly. He turns around JustInTime to stop Roy from launching Sheldon in a slingshot.

* FiveFiveFive: [[https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/garfield/images/5/51/Usa1989-02-08.gif/revision/latest?cb=20200628110755 The February 8, 1989 strip]] has Wade find a phone number in the newspaper he can call to cure his claustrophobia. The number is 555-4296.
* AccordionMan: [[https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/garfield/images/9/99/Usa1987-11-02.gif/revision/latest?cb=20200226225431 The November 2, 1987 strip]] has Booker play a worm like an accordion after the worm is flattened into the shape of one from ramming into a tree.

* AllPartOfTheShow: [[https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/garfield/images/3/33/Usa1988-09-11.gif/revision/latest?cb=20200624052032 In the September 11, 1988 strip]], a worm named Marty invited friends named Waler and Orville to watch a shadow puppet show. When Booker started stomping on Marty, his guests thought it was part of the show.
* AndNinetyNineCents: [[https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/garfield/images/d/d3/Usa1988-12-11.gif/revision/latest?cb=20200624054507 In the December 11, 1988 strip]], Roy tricked some of his friends into falling into a waller. When the mud dried rendering them immobile, he tried to sell them as "lawn ornaments" and charged $4.99 for each.
* AndroclesLion: Parodied. [[https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/garfield/images/6/61/Usa1989-02-15.gif/revision/latest?cb=20200628110757 In the February 15, 1989 strip]], a tree lets Sheldon have its apples]] because he "once pulled a thorn from its trunk".

* AntiSneezeFinger: In [[https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/garfield/images/3/30/Usa1988-09-05.gif/revision/latest?cb=20200624052030 the September 5, 1988 strip]], Roy tries to use his finger on Orson's nose to prevent him from sneezing, resulting in himself finishing the sneeze Orson started.

** [[https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/garfield/images/c/c6/Usa1989-02-25.gif/revision/latest?cb=20200628110903 Roy while drinking hot chocolate in the February 25, 1989 strip]].

** [[https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/garfield/images/5/58/Usa1986-04-14.gif/revision/latest?cb=20180809203658 Roy's debut in the April 14, 1986 strip.]]

** [[https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/garfield/images/c/cf/Usa1986-04-05.gif/revision/latest?cb=20180809203300 During his first day at the barn in the April 5, 1986 strip]], Orson comments that, "if this place had a few curtains and a fresh coat of paint... it would still be a dump".
** [[https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/garfield/images/8/8c/Usa1986-06-05.gif/revision/latest?cb=20180915033908 Orson's reaction]] when Booker suggests they could take their corncobs to the store and get a refund in the June 5, 1986 strip.

** [[https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/garfield/images/7/75/Usa1988-06-01.gif/revision/latest?cb=20200307183936 In the June 1, 1988 strip]], Roy wanted his eyes to be bigger. Too bad for him it was Lanolin who granted that wish by squeezing his neck until his eyes bulge.
** [[https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/garfield/images/a/a6/Usa1988-08-16.gif/revision/latest?cb=20180815002533 Roy encounters Bo while carrying a heavy sack in the August 16, 1988 strip]]. He then tells Bo to step aside so he can get past. Bo obliges... except Bo happens to be standing in front of a cliff, and the strip ends with Roy about to walk right off it.

** [[https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/garfield/images/8/80/Usa1987-03-15.gif/revision/latest?cb=20190921121223 The March 15, 1987 strip]] has Booker and Sheldon ask Orson to read them a story, with [[TemptingFate Booker asking Orson to "make it scary"]]. The problem is that Orson is MrImagination, causing the scary scenes to come to life, prompting Booker (alongside Bo and Wade, who join in for the storytelling session) to shout for Orson to get them out of the scary story. Luckily for them, Orson manages to fulfill their request with "and they all lived happily ever after".
** [[https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/garfield/images/2/2f/Usa1987-08-30.gif/revision/latest?cb=20200226222507 Booker encourages Wade to jump into a pool in the August 30, 1987 strip]], [[TemptingFate claiming Wade will stay afloat via his inner tube]]. Wade does so... and promptly slips out of his inner tube and sinks. Luckily, Wade manages to save himself by drinking the pool water.
** [[https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/garfield/images/c/c8/Usa1986-09-18.gif/revision/latest?cb=20181020215659 In the September 18, 1986 strip]], Orson asks Roy to teach Sheldon how to fly. He turns around JustInTime to stop Roy from launching Sheldon in a slingshot.

** [[https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/garfield/images/6/6d/Usa1989-01-15.gif/revision/latest?cb=20200624055205 Roy decides to play a prank on Wade in the January 15, 1989 strip]] by dangling a fake spider in front of a napping Wade before waking him up. Wade, scared by the spider, proceeds to scream... only for [[WrittenSoundEffect the scream to travel across the Earth before striking Roy from behind.]]
** [[https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/garfield/images/6/6f/Usa1989-04-23.gif/revision/latest?cb=20180909190231 In the April 23, 1989 strip]], Roy uses a vending machine to get corn, but the yielded return is less than he desired. He then inserts over a dozen more coins into the machine -- this time, the sheer amount of corn floods and buries Roy all the way to the mouth.
* BeeAfraid: [[https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/garfield/images/2/2c/Usa1987-08-02.gif/revision/latest?cb=20200226222436 Wade and Roy run away in fear from a Big Stinger Bee in the August 8, 1987 strip.]]

* CameraObscurer: [[https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/garfield/images/e/eb/Usa1989-03-16.gif/revision/latest?cb=20200628111838 Wade forgot the lens cover on when he tried to take a picture of the Through Ness Monster in the March 16, 1989 strip]].

* Catch22Dilemma: [[https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/garfield/images/5/51/Usa1989-02-08.gif/revision/latest?cb=20200628110755 The February 8, 1989 strip]] shows Wade finding a phone number he can call to cure his claustrophobia, but unfortunately finds himself still in a pickle because he has to call the number in a rather confining phone booth.
* CatchingSomeZs: Yes, they look like they do in ''Garfield'', and yes, they also play with them sometimes, [[https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/garfield/images/1/1e/Usa1987-10-30.gif/revision/latest?cb=20200226224318 like when Orson uses the speech balloon tail from his Z like a light switch in the October 30, 1987 strip]].

** [[https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/garfield/images/5/5d/Usa1987-03-31.gif/revision/latest?cb=20200224220022 In the March 31, 1987 strip]], Orson told Booker and Sheldon the story of the boy who [[CryingWolf cried wolf]] and Booker learned the boy... needed a big club to hit the wolf with. Orson isn't too pleased about Booker not realizing that the real moral of there being consequences to constantly lying about emergencies.
** [[https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/garfield/images/6/63/Usa1988-11-03.gif/revision/latest?cb=20170831100348 In the November 3, 1988 strip]], a worm tries to sell gloves to another worm. When his potential customer got inside home without even speaking to him, he thought she went inside to pick up her ''hand''bag rather than the obvious reason a worm wouldn't be interested in buying gloves.
** [[https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/garfield/images/4/48/Usa1987-08-26.gif/revision/latest?cb=20200226222505 In the August 26, 1987 strip]], Orson believes goalies must be ready to spring at any moment to avoid being hit with the ball. It takes a special kind of stupidity to not see that the point of the goalie is to have someone prevent the ball from entering the net.
** [[https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/garfield/images/4/44/Usa1986-06-08.gif/revision/latest?cb=20180915035846 The June 8, 1986 strip]] has Orson offered a bucket by Booker when he's having trouble getting water from a pump. Instead of drinking the water after collecting it in the bucket, Orson just stands on the bucket while working the pump and continuing to waste water.

** [[https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/garfield/images/c/ca/Usa1988-07-22.gif/revision/latest?cb=20200622051344 Sheldon asked for a lick of Booker's ice cream in the July 22, 1988 strip]]. It took a few seconds for Booker to realize Sheldon couldn't lick through his shell.
** When [[https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/garfield/images/6/6f/Usa1988-07-12.gif/revision/latest?cb=20200622051207 a worm impersonated a chopstick to trick Booker in the July 12, 1988 strip]], the worm talked to Booker, who called him "Mr. Chopstick" and only later realized how odd it was for a chopstick to talk.
* DeniedFoodAsPunishment: [[https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/garfield/images/9/9d/Usa1988-06-23.gif/revision/latest?cb=20170831081350 In the June 23, 1988 strip]], a worm boy named Willy is denied dessert for refusing to eat his dinner. He doesn't consider it too much of a punishment because his parents were having dirt for dinner and a mud pie for dessert.
* DidntThinkThisThrough: [[https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/garfield/images/8/87/Usa1987-05-23.gif/revision/latest?cb=20200224224022 In the May 23, 1987 strip]], Sheldon suggests to Booker on a hot day that [[ExactWords he should make sure his plant has plenty of water to drink.]] Too bad Booker's solution involves giving his plant a glass of water with a straw, neglecting the fact that plants can't drink through the straw.

* TheDoorSlamsYou: Wade gets hit by Orson opening the door [[https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/garfield/images/2/27/Usa1988-09-20.gif/revision/latest?cb=20200624052036 in the February 27, 1988 strip]].

* DownerEnding: In [[https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/garfield/images/f/f3/Usa1989-04-15.gif/revision/latest?cb=20180909185903 the final weekday strip]] (originally published April 15, 1989), Orson looks at the newspaper only to realize their strip wasn't there and he disappears. The Sunday strip offered a more heartwarming farewell in the [[https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/garfield/images/b/bd/Usa1989-05-07.gif/revision/latest?cb=20180809215211 May 7, 1989 strip]] by having Orson, Booker and Sheldon watching themselves on TV and Orson aping Porky Pig's "That's all, folks" .

* {{Duck}}: Occurs in [[https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/garfield/images/7/75/Usa1987-07-20.gif/revision/latest?cb=20200226215734 the July 20, 1987 strip]] when Roy hollers "DUCK" after hitting a baseball with his bat. Everyone else ducks, but Wade just turns his head, apparently thinking Roy was calling for his attention.
* EarlyBirdCameo: Bo and Lanolin appear in the [[https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/garfield/images/7/74/Usa1986-07-20.gif/revision/latest?cb=20180919231517 July 20, 1987 strip]] to offer a one-liner long before their "official" introduction (Lanolin debuting officially in [[https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/garfield/images/9/9f/Usa1987-01-15.gif/revision/latest?cb=20190828024459 the January 15, 1987 strip]], her brother Bo showing up in the [[https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/garfield/images/c/c4/Usa1987-01-19.gif/revision/latest?cb=20190828024509 January 19, 1987 strip]] and both properly introducing themselves to Orson in the [[https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/garfield/images/1/16/Usa1987-01-21.gif/revision/latest?cb=20190828024515 January 21, 1987 strip]].[[note]]On a related note, they, along with Cody and Blue, also appear on the back of the first book's cover, even though their debut strips aren't until the second book.[[/note]]
* EekAMouse: [[https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/garfield/images/f/f0/Usa1988-07-16.gif/revision/latest?cb=20200622051209 A worm had this reaction after entering a mouse hole to hide from Booker in the July 16, 1988 strip.]]

** [[https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/garfield/images/f/fd/Usa1989-03-04.gif/revision/latest?cb=20170831092351 Booker dared a worm to show his face in the March 4, 1989 strip.]] The worm then showed a portrait.
** [[https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/garfield/images/d/d2/Usa1988-11-30.gif/revision/latest?cb=20200624053621 During the ugly face contest arc, Roy told Lanolin she couldn't "make a reeeally ugly face".]] He forgot to specify ''whose'' face was supposed to be made ugly, as she ends up twisting Roy's face into a grotesque visage.
** [[https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/garfield/images/d/de/Usa1987-07-21.gif/revision/latest?cb=20200226215750 Orson was trying to take Bo's photograph in the July 21, 1987 strip and asked him to show his teeth.]] Bo [[FalseTeethTomfoolery removed them from his mouth]].
** [[https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/garfield/images/1/1c/Usa1986-08-02.gif/revision/latest?cb=20181003063603 In the August 2, 1986 strip]], Roy declares that "Water that touches pig lips will never touch" his. Aside from the fact that he doesn't have any lips, he drinks Orson's water through a straw so any lips he could have wouldn't be touched.
** [[https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/garfield/images/8/82/Usa1987-08-18.gif/revision/latest?cb=20200226222443 Orson, upon finding Booker and Sheldon watching TV inside the barn, suggests for them to "go outside and do something" in the August 18, 1987 strip.]] Too bad Orson forgets to specify what the "something" he recommends them to do is, as the two chicks just continue watching TV outside the barn.
** [[https://garfield.com/usacres/1988/04/27 When Booker and a worm he catches are hanging from a cliff while Booker is holding him, Booker tells the worm to "do something".]] The worm promptly shakes his lower body repeatedly, with Booker banging on the rocky cliff, in the attempt to shake Booker off.
** [[https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/garfield/images/1/1a/Usa1987-10-03.gif/revision/latest?cb=20200226224245 In the October 3, 1987 strip]], a flower is worried when Orson shows up, fearful that Orson might pick it off the ground, and its thought is thinking "please don't pick me" repeatedly. The strip ends with Orson sitting on it.

** [[https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/garfield/images/2/27/Usa1988-08-30.gif/revision/latest?cb=20200624051322 When Bo sneezes in the August 30, 1988 strip, Lanolin pulls out a handkerchief and tells Bo to "blow".]] She intends for Bo to blow his nose with it, but [[TheDitz Bo]] blows the handkerchief instead.
** [[https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/garfield/images/8/87/Usa1987-05-23.gif/revision/latest?cb=20200224224022 In the May 23, 1987 strip]], Sheldon suggests to Booker on a hot day that he should make sure his plant has plenty of water to drink. [[DidntThinkThisThrough Too bad Booker's solution involves giving his plant a glass of water with a straw, neglecting the fact that plants can't drink through the straw.]]

** The worm dressed as a chicken to trick Booker and Sheldon in the [[https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/garfield/images/3/34/Usa1987-11-26.gif/revision/latest?cb=20200226225455 November 26, 1987 strip]] told them he knew what he was doing in response to Booker warning him that the worms will hear him. The end panel shows a bunch of worms waiting for their chance to harm Booker and Sheldon.
** [[https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/garfield/images/3/30/Usa1987-03-27.gif/revision/latest?cb=20200224220021 When Lanolin knitted Orson a scarf in the March 27, 1987 strip]], Bo was worried Lanolin was pulling a trick on him (Orson). She said she wasn't and then it's revealed the scarf was made of Bo's wool, as Orson walking away with the scarf causes Bo's wool to unravel and leave him naked.
* FlirtatiousSmackOnTheAss: [[https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/garfield/images/f/ff/Usa1988-11-09.gif/revision/latest?cb=20200624053530 The November 9, 1988 strip]] has Roy incur Lanolin's wrath by slapping her rear end.
* FootballHooligans: Some strips had UsefulNotes/AssociationFootball as a theme. [[https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/garfield/images/8/80/Usa1987-08-25.gif/revision/latest?cb=20200226222505 In the August 25, 1987 strip]], Lanolin showed the area where the parking lot would be. She explained that's where that'd hold "the fight after the game". Her face held an expression she was looking forward that moment.
* TheFourthWallWillNotProtectYou: In the 1987 [[https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/garfield/images/7/72/Usa1987-12-25.gif/revision/latest?cb=20200226225934 Christmas strip,]] Bo gives one of his trademark circulation-cutting hugs to the entire main cast at once while shouting "Merry Christmas". Orson directs him toward "them out there", and in the final panel, Bo is charging through the fourth wall to give the reader a circulation-cutting hug.
* FrivolousLawsuit: When Orson read the tale of Goldilocks and the Three Bears in [[https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/garfield/images/8/83/Usa1988-05-11.gif/revision/latest?cb=20200307183413 in the May 11, 1988 strip]] and asked if any of the listeners knew what she did after trying the too hot and the too cold bowls of porridge, Lanolin suggested she sued the bears.

** Parodied in the [[https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/garfield/images/3/33/Usa1988-04-10.gif/revision/latest?cb=20200307182047 April 10, 1988 strip]], where Roy and Lanolin roll up the feathers/wool around their arms as if they were sleeves, then yelp in pain at the realization that they do not have sleeves and just painfully yanked their feathers/wool out.
** Played straight in the [[https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/garfield/images/a/a3/Usa1988-05-01.gif/revision/latest?cb=20200307183408 May 1, 1988 strip]], which has Lanolin remove her wool so she can cool off in a pond on a hot day. Roy attempts [[GoneSwimmingClothesStolen stealing it,]] before she grabs him and drags him into the water. Next panel, Lanolin is wearing Roy's feathers, and he's chasing after her to get them back while wearing her wool.
* GoneHorriblyRight: [[https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/garfield/images/3/30/Usa1986-10-19.gif/revision/latest?cb=20181022084240 In the October 19, 1986 strip]], Orson uses hypnotism on Wade in order to make him not fear anything. It works, and Wade goes from being a LovableCoward to shortly being a fearless and ''reckless'' {{Jerkass}} who fears absolutely [[TooDumbToLive nothing]].
* GoneSwimmingClothesStolen: Occurs in the [[https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/garfield/images/a/a3/Usa1988-05-01.gif/revision/latest?cb=20200307183408 May 1, 1988 strip]], which has Lanolin remove her wool to cool off in a pond on a hot day, only for Roy to steal her wool. Lanolin retaliates by taking Roy's feathers.

* GratuitousGerman: [[https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/garfield/images/b/bb/Usa1987-04-04.gif/revision/latest?cb=20200224222746 Booker tried to trap a worm by sitting on its hole in the April 4, 1987 strip]]. The worm used a spiked helmet like those from German soldiers and said "Ach du lieber! A flyink chicken!"
* HeadDesk: Booker's reaction [[https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/garfield/images/5/5d/Usa1988-04-20.gif/revision/latest?cb=20200307182051 in the April 20, 1988 strip]] when it occurs to him that he'd been tricked by a worm who invoked YouWouldntHitAGuyWithGlasses is to repeatedly bash his head against a tree.

** [[https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/garfield/images/2/2f/Usa1987-04-06.gif/revision/latest?cb=20200224222747 In the April 6, 1987 strip]], he was brave enough to fight Booker, but cowers to the point of apologizing profusely when his wife scolds him for being late for dinner.
** [[https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/garfield/images/d/d6/Usa1988-09-01.gif/revision/latest?cb=20170831081810 When a hole-to-hole salesworm shows up at a hole in the September 1, 1988 strip]] and asks if the worm who answered was "the man of the house", he responded "I'll get her".
* HereWeGoAgain: [[https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/garfield/images/7/76/Usa1988-08-10.gif/revision/latest?cb=20200624051238 The August 10, 1988 strip starts with Booker and Sheldon arguing, with Orson trying to break up the fight by asking what they were arguing about. Booker fails to provide an answer, leading Sheldon to claim that Booker forgot. Booker denies it... and the strip ends with Booker and Sheldon arguing about THAT.]]
* HoldTheUnsolicitedIngredient: [[https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/garfield/images/4/47/Usa1987-06-04.gif/revision/latest?cb=20200224225007 In the June 4, 1987 strip]], after Booker doesn't believe that worms eat dirt, the readers are shown a worm going to Dirt Burger and ordering "medium rare, hold the gravel".
* HollywoodVoodoo: [[https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/garfield/images/c/c4/Usa1987-06-09.gif/revision/latest?cb=20200224225009 In the June 9, 1987 strip]], Booker comes along with a balloon which looks like Roy. When Roy wants to know what this is about, Booker claims it was a voodoo balloon. Roy isn't impressed, so Booker stabs it with a pin, result: [[YourHeadAsplode Roy's head asplode]].
* HorsingAround: [[https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/garfield/images/b/b3/Usa1986-07-27.gif/revision/latest?cb=20180919231633 In the July 27, 1986 strip]], Orson willingly gets Booker and Sheldon to ride him, but once Roy brushes Booker and Sheldon off Orson, rides Orson, and gets too bossy with him, Orson makes a sudden brake and sends Roy flying into a puddle of mud.

* HypocriticalHumor: [[https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/garfield/images/9/91/Usa1988-01-12.gif/revision/latest?cb=20200306213223 In the January 12, 1988 strip]], Roy tells Booker that the rooster is the king of the barnyard that all other animals respect and fear -- all while they're hidden in a wooden crate.

** Wade remarks "Hey, I can see the barn from up here" in the [[https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/garfield/images/f/f7/Usa1989-01-08.gif/revision/latest?cb=20200624055202 January 8, 1989 strip]] when he's standing on the edge of Orson's trough.
** [[https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/garfield/images/9/9b/Usa1987-08-08.gif/revision/latest?cb=20200226222438 The August 8, 1987 strip]] has Booker say "I can see our house from up here" while he and Sheldon are atop a small hill.

** [[https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/garfield/images/1/17/Usa1986-06-02.gif/revision/latest?cb=20180915032906 Orson has a lightbulb appear over his head when he decides to turn his lemonade stand into a shade stand in the June 2, 1986 strip]].
** [[https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/garfield/images/7/71/Usa1988-05-07.gif/revision/latest?cb=20200307183411 The May 7, 1988 strip]] has Orson have a lightbulb appear over his head when he gets the idea to cool off by saying "Hi" to Bo and using Bo's rapidly waving arm as a fan.

* ImagineSpot: Two concerning Sheldon's future. When Sheldon remarks that he wonders what he'll look like when he's grown up in the [[https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/garfield/images/d/dc/Usa1988-03-11.gif/revision/latest?cb=20200307181142 March 11, 1988 strip]], Booker imagines a tiny egg shell with enormous chicken feet sticking out. In the [[https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/garfield/images/1/18/Usa1988-03-26.gif/revision/latest?cb=20200307181146 March 26, 1988 strip]], Booker hears Sheldon remark that he hopes he never gets fat and proceeds to imagine Sheldon walking around with a portly belly that somehow hasn't burst through the egg shell .
* ImpossibleHourglassFigure: Parodied [[https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/garfield/images/4/48/Usa1987-07-13.gif/revision/latest?cb=20200226215731 in the July 13, 1987 strip]] when a female worm [[TertiarySexualCharacteristics who only has eyelashes]] eats a peanut and gains the appearance of having broad shoulders and hips.

** [[https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/garfield/images/5/5a/Usa1986-12-28.gif/revision/latest?cb=20181023065630 Roy hits Sheldon with a snowball in the December 28, 1986 strip and celebrates by banging on the wall, making the roof's snow fall on him.]] He claims he "meant to do that".
** [[https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/garfield/images/2/24/Usa1986-06-18.gif/revision/latest?cb=20180915051345 Orson's attempt to pole vault over a fence in the June 18, 1986 strip.]]

** [[https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/garfield/images/1/19/Usa1988-06-29.gif/revision/latest?cb=20200307183959 In the June 29, 1988 strip]], Booker was afraid he and a worm would fall off a cliff. From that height, the worm believed "plummet" would be more like it".
** [[https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/garfield/images/0/02/Usa1987-11-21.gif/revision/latest?cb=20200226225453 Whenever Lanolin points out that it is raining in the November 21, 1987 strip, Bo says it's "partly dry"]].
* InstantCosplaySurprise: Done on Roy [[https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/garfield/images/7/74/Usa1986-07-20.gif/revision/latest?cb=20180919231517 in the July 20, 1986 strip]] when Orson, Booker and Sheldon force him to dress as Bo Peep.
* InsultBackfire: Roy Rooster decided it was time for Booker to [[https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/garfield/images/d/d7/Usa1988-01-11.gif/revision/latest?cb=20200306213222 start rooster training in the January 11, 1988 strip]].

* IWillShowYouX: [[https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/garfield/images/2/2f/Usa1987-07-12.gif/revision/latest?cb=20200226215730 The July 12, 1987 strip]] has Orson thwart Roy's attempt to awaken him with bugle playing by putting bubble gum in Roy's bugle, which results in Roy getting stuck to the wall behind him with pink wads. Orson smugly greets Roy upon waking up with "Good morning, Roy", to which Roy replies by attempting to charge towards Orson while yelling "I'll good morning you!!"

* KarmaHoudini: [[https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/garfield/images/7/7c/Usa1987-06-07.gif/revision/latest?cb=20200224225008 The June 7, 1987 strip]] has Roy get Wade in trouble with Lanolin by framing him for hitting Lanolin in the head with a corn cob, resulting in Wade getting undeservedly roughed up by Lanolin and Lanolin never finding out it was actually Roy who threw the corn cob.

** [[https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/garfield/images/a/a5/Usa1986-11-17.gif/revision/latest?cb=20181022200405 Orson wants Roy to stop his practical jokes in the November 17, 1986 strip]]. Roy gives Orson a tap on the back while promising he'll stop. It's then revealed to the readers that Orson is now wearing a "Kick Me" sign.
** [[https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/garfield/images/6/6c/Usa1987-11-14.gif/revision/latest?cb=20200226225436 The November 14, 1987 strip]] has a flower using a "pick me" version of the prank.
* LastRequest: ''[[https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/garfield/images/9/9b/Usa1988-11-10.gif/revision/latest?cb=20200624053531 Booker asks if a worm has "any last requests" in the November 10, 1988 strip]] and the worm suggests "Melancholy Baby".

** [[https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/garfield/images/6/6a/Usa1988-01-22.gif/revision/latest?cb=20200306213228 In the January 22, 1988 strip]], Booker showed Sheldon a hand trick and Sheldon said it's an old one. Booker then dared Sheldon to do it and somehow, Booker did see Sheldon doing it despite Sheldon living [[MeaningfulName inside a shell]].
** [[https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/garfield/images/6/67/Usa1987-06-16.gif/revision/latest?cb=20200224225017 Roy says he can swim better than Orson can in the June 16, 1987 strip.]] When asked to show it, he says he doesn't want to get his feathers wet so Lanolin [[ExactWords takes them away]] so he can swim without getting them wet.
* LowClearance: PlayedForLaughs in [[https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/garfield/images/9/95/Usa1988-08-21.gif/revision/latest?cb=20200624051241 the August 21, 1988 strip]], where [[TheDitz Bo]] hits his head on a tree limb. [[GrumpyBear Lanolin]] asks him how many times Bo has hit his head on that tree limb, and Bo goes to his room to count the tally marks on the wall, which add up to ''132 in total''. He goes back to Lanolin to report the statistics... [[TooDumbToLive where the tally goes up by one at that moment]].

* MediumAwareness: [[https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/garfield/images/0/0a/Usa1989-04-14.gif/revision/latest?cb=20180831024118 In the April 14, 1989 strip]], Orson told Sheldon their days were "not only numbered, but signed and dated" and he lived each moment as if it was his last panel.
* MortonsFork: [[https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/garfield/images/7/7b/Usa1988-10-15.gif/revision/latest?cb=20200624052608 In the October 15, 1988 strip]], Orson asked Booker and Sheldon if they wanted him to read a book or if they wanted to watch TV. They both eagerly replied "Television!" so Orson then got inside a television set and started reading a book inside it.
* NeverSayDie: [[https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/garfield/images/0/01/Usa1988-02-13.gif/revision/latest?cb=20200307180345 The February 13, 1988 strip]] had two worms use "go" in reference to passing away.

** After passing a sign reading "The end is near" in [[https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/garfield/images/e/eb/Usa1988-07-29.gif/revision/latest?cb=20200622051346 the July 29, 1988]],Orson smacks into the end of the (truncated) last panel.

* NobodyCallsMeChicken: [[https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/garfield/images/b/b5/Usa1988-10-29.gif/revision/latest?cb=20200624052722 In the October 29, 1988 strip]], a worm dared Booker (a literal chicken, mind you) to cross a line and vanished inside his hole before Booker responded. After Booker crossed the line, the same worm (or another one) showed up from another hole and acted like Booker had yet to decide if he'd accept the challenge or not. Booker was confused.

** Because of his allergy to flowers, Roy doesn't like it when Booker brings any to the chicken coop. [[https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/garfield/images/5/5e/Usa1988-07-17.gif/revision/latest?cb=20200622051209 In the July 17, 1988 strip]], he said "Don't bring those flowers in here! You want me to sneeze my feathers off?!" Enraged, Booker picks a giant flower and brings it to Roy in retaliation. The sneeze was so strong that both Roy and Booker lost their feathers.

* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: In the final week of the daily strips, Wade finally conquers his fear of everything, which causes Orson, Roy, and Booker to run off screaming. [[https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/garfield/images/7/76/Usa1989-04-12.gif/revision/latest?cb=20180812232257 See it in the April 12, 1989 strip]].
* PaperThinDisguise: [[https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/garfield/images/4/4c/Usa1987-11-23.gif/revision/latest?cb=20200226225454 An arc that began in November 23, 1987]] had a worm disguise himself as a chicken just by putting on a fake beak and comb.

* PayPhone: [[https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/garfield/images/5/54/Usa1989-02-28.gif/revision/latest?cb=20200628110904 In the February 28, 1989 strip]], Orson is inside a phone booth when the phone rings. It's for Bo, who just takes the phone away, dragging the booth and Orson with him.

** [[https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/garfield/images/2/27/Usa1989-02-03.gif/revision/latest?cb=20200628110753 A chicken opens a phone booth in the February 3, 1989 strip]] and is horrified to find Orson a.k.a. Power Pig in the middle of putting on his superhero uniform. Orson believes "it was bound to happen someday".
** [[https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/garfield/images/a/a0/Usa1989-02-04.gif/revision/latest?cb=20200628110753 In the very next strip, Orson again tries to change into Power Pig inside a phone booth.]] This time, he [=DONKs=] into the other side of it.

** [[https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/garfield/images/9/95/Usa1989-02-06.gif/revision/latest?cb=20200628110754 In the February 6, 1989 strip]], [[CapeSnag Power Pig's cape is stuck at the phone booth's door]].

** [[https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/garfield/images/5/51/Usa1989-02-08.gif/revision/latest?cb=20200628110755 In the February 8, 1989 strip]], Wade sees a newspaper ad about a way to cure claustrophobia. Unfortunately, he decides to call from a phone booth.
* PortableHole: [[https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/garfield/images/f/f7/Usa1987-10-15.gif/revision/latest?cb=20200226224250 In the October 15, 1987 strip]], Booker ripped a hole from the ground so the worm he was chasing would be stuck underground.
* PowerUpFood: [[ParodiedTrope Parodied]] by Orson as Power Pig. [[https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/garfield/images/e/ed/Usa1986-04-20.gif/revision/latest?cb=20180809203911 In the April 20, 1986 strip]], he claims to eat "power corn for energy".

* PushoverParents: [[https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/garfield/images/4/45/Usa1986-03-29.gif/revision/latest?cb=20180730062307 In the March 29, 1986 strip]], a kid offers to take Orson in and tells him not to worry about the kid's Dad because he's a pushover.

** [[https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/garfield/images/c/ce/Usa1986-03-31.gif/revision/latest?cb=20180730062336 When it's finally time to convince the girl's father to let Orson live with them in the March 31, 1986 strip]], Orson does the trick by crying.

* RakeTake: [[https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/garfield/images/a/a1/Usa1988-03-02.gif/revision/latest?cb=20200307181138 In the March 2, 1988 strip]], Wade believed that, if he were fast enough, he could race right by danger before it could do anything to him. A rake in his way proved him wrong.

* SarcasmMode: The Echo Canyon in [[https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/garfield/images/4/40/Usa1988-12-09.gif/revision/latest?cb=20200624054506 the December 9, 1988 strip]].

* TheScream: The [[https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/garfield/images/6/6d/Usa1989-01-15.gif/revision/latest?cb=20200624055205 January 15, 1989 strip]] has Wade sees a fake spider and screams so loud, it circles the world.]]

** [[https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/garfield/images/5/59/Usa1987-10-28.gif/revision/latest?cb=20200226224317 The October 28, 1987 strip]] has Orson as Power Pig declaring that he is "[[Franchise/{{Superman}} Fast as a speeding bullet! Strong as a locomotive!"]]
** [[https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/garfield/images/b/b3/Usa1989-04-03.gif/revision/latest?cb=20180812231209 Once he realizes his imagination took him to pre-history in the April 3, 1989 strip]], Orson says [[Literature/TheWizardOfOz "I don't think we're in Kansas anymore"]].
** [[https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/garfield/images/7/77/Usa1986-05-11.gif/revision/latest?cb=20180914002634 In retaliation for Roy intruding on Orson's "swimming pool" in the May 11, 1986 strip,]] Orson dives on Roy, prompting the intruder to say [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Literature/ChickenLittle "The sky is falling! The sky is falling!"]]

* HollywoodVoodoo: Booker comes along with a balloon which looks like Roy. When Roy wants to know what this is about, Booker claims it was a voodoo balloon. Roy isn't impressed, so Booker stabs it with a pin, result: [[YourHeadAsplode Roy's head asplode]].

* ThrowTheDogABone: Since the relation between Booker and the worms is RoadRunnerVsCoyote, with Booker himself playing the role of the coyote, any occasion where he manages to catch a worm is this trope. [[https://garfield.com/usacres/1987/11/02 Here's an example.]]

** Bo. For example:
--->(Bo is [[http://garfield.com/usacres/1987/08/19 staring at the TV]].)\\

* TrademarkFavoriteFood: Booker's is worms, Orson's is pig slop, Roy's is corn and the worms' is dirt. Though Orson and Roy have expressed they'd rather have pizza one time.
* WrittenSoundEffect: [[https://garfield.com/usacres/1989/01/15 This strip]] shows its capacity to knock you '''from behind after traveling across the whole Earth'''.
* YouAndWhatArmy: [[http://garfield.com/usacres/1986/10/17 Orson once used hypnosis to make Wade no longer afraid of anything. The first sign it was working was when Wade responded to a command by asking "You and what army, waller breath"?]]

** [[http://garfield.com/usacres/1988/04/20 A worm invoked the trope to avoid a beating from Booker]]. Booker was initially proud to have shown "chickens do have hearts" but later banged his head on a tree out of frustration once he remembered "worms don't have eyes".
** [[http://garfield.com/usacres/1988/10/16 A worm wondered if a fish would eat a worm with glasses.]]
* YourCostumeNeedsWork: [[http://garfield.com/usacres/1988/08/28 Roy once dared Orson to dress like a bear.]] When a real bear showed up, Roy said it was the worst bear suit he'd ever seen.
* YourHeadAsplode: [[http://garfield.com/usacres/1987/06/09 June 9, 1987]].

** [[http://garfield.com/usacres/1987/10/07 One strip featured Booker plugging a hole]] and then yelling that the worm's mother was a garden hose. When the worm tried to return to the surface, it hit its head on the cork.
** [[http://garfield.com/usacres/1987/10/16 A later strip had a worm telling Booker]] his mother swam after garbage scows. Guess what Booker's "Mom", Orson, was ready to do at the end of the strip?
** [[http://garfield.com/usacres/1987/12/11 Feeling bored, Wade told Cody his mother had fleas so Cody would chase him away.]]
** Orson wondered why Roy considered himself qualified to be the judge of an "ugly face contest". When Roy said he knew ugly when he saw it, Lanolin jokingly mentioned "he should". Roy then asked [[http://garfield.com/usacres/1988/11/28 "what was that about my (Roy's) mother?"]]
** [[http://garfield.com/usacres/1989/01/21 Roy, over a frozen lake, teasing a fish]]. "Hey, fish! Your mother wears waders!" Then a strong fish breaks through the ice and drags Roy's face into water. Roy ends the strip with a broken and frozen face.

* StockYuck: [[http://garfield.com/usacres/1987/06/05 A worm tries to eat spinach but doesn't like the flavor]]. The remaining spinach moans over the fact "Nobody likes spinach".
* StopDrowningAndStandUp: Wade in [[http://garfield.com/usacres/1988/05/08 this comic.]]
* TalkingAnimal: Unlike in ''Garfield'', the cast of U.S. Acres actually talks. (This might also be the reason for why Cody and Blue weren't in the cartoon.)

** [[http://garfield.com/usacres/1987/11/03 Orson said even Lanolin couldn't ruin that day. She shouted "I just washed my car!" and it rained.]]

** [[BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor Booker asks Orson to make a story scary.]] Orson being MrImagination, [[https://garfield.com/usacres/1987/03/15 it doesn't take long for Booker to change his mind]].
** [[BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor Booker encourages Wade to jump into a pool]] [[https://garfield.com/usacres/1987/08/30 in this strip]], telling Wade that his inner tube will keep him afloat. Once Wade jumps in, he slips right out of his inner tube and sinks, though he manages to save himself before drowning.
** [[https://garfield.com/usacres/1986/04/09 Orson finds a book of jokes and claims that he's in the mood for a good laugh]]. Upon opening the book, [[PieInTheFace he finds himself the target of a joke.]]
** [[https://garfield.com/usacres/1986/11/13 Orson warns Roy not to eat corn so close to the stove, but Roy dismisses him.]] It turns out to be popcorn, which promptly pops inside Roy's body, much to his discomfort.

** [[https://garfield.com/usacres/1987/09/22 Orson, after donning his "Power Pig" costume, declares himself leaping over barns.]] He ends up slamming into a wall of a barn.
** [[https://garfield.com/usacres/1988/10/17 Booker succeeds on getting onto a hammock.]] He claims "Victory!", only for the hammock to flip him off it.
** [[https://garfield.com/usacres/1987/11/15 Bo is excited to see the sunset, but Lanolin is not enthused, claiming sunrise and sunset always happen the same way.]] Cue the ensuing sunset taking place in a ''very unconventional'' way, which piques Lanolin's interest.

** [[https://garfield.com/usacres/1988/06/14 Lanolin tells Roy to stop smirking, or else she'd slap it to the moon.]] [[BullyingADragon Roy, however, dismisses her.]] Bad move -- the strip ends with Roy's mouth landing on the moon.
** Possibly played with [[https://garfield.com/usacres/1986/04/04 in this strip]], in which Orson wonders where his food is, but a corn on a cob is thrown and hits him on the head before he even finishes the question.
** [[https://garfield.com/usacres/1989/01/01 When Booker places a gigantic megaphone at Roy]] and claims "PrepareToDie, rooster!", Roy dismissively mocks him with "What are you going to do, cheer me to death?". Booker promptly throws a small snowball into the megaphone... which becomes big enough to cover most of Roy's body when it gets out of said megaphone.
** [[https://garfield.com/usacres/1988/12/19 When Wade hears the sound of sleigh bells, he gets inside a chimney and looks upwards for Santa Claus.]] The strip ends with a large bag full of toys falling on top of him.
* ThatsAllFolks: The [[http://www.platypuscomix.net/otherpeople2/cutsthecorn60.JPG last strip]].

** The AnimatedAdaptation is directly addressed in [[http://garfield.com/usacres/1989/04/14 the pentultimate daily strip]].
** Binky the Clown makes a cameo in a thought balloon in one strip. Also, Booker had a duck call whistle that sounded "Hey, Duck!"
** [[http://garfield.com/usacres/1987/10/28 "Power Pig!]] [[{{Superman}} Fast as a speeding bullet! Strong as a locomotive!"]]
** [[http://garfield.com/usacres/1987/07/11 Sheldon was wondering what an old tree would say if it could talk.]] A worm pranked him by making it seem it sang "Shooby Dooby Doo".
** [[https://garfield.com/usacres/1989/04/03 Once he realizes his imagination took him to pre-history]], Orson says [[Literature/TheWizardOfOz "I don't think we're in Kansas anymore"]].
** [[https://garfield.com/usacres/1986/05/11 In retaliation for Roy intruding on Orson's "swimming pool",]] Orson dives on Roy, prompting the intruder to say [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Literature/ChickenLittle "The sky is falling! The sky is falling!"]]

* SneezeOfDoom: Occurs [[http://www.platypuscomix.net/otherpeople2/hamsitup6.JPG here]].
* SphereEyes
* SpitTake: [[http://www.platypuscomix.net/otherpeople2/cutsthecorn32.JPG March 22, 1989]], and again on [[http://www.platypuscomix.net/otherpeople2/cutsthecorn43.JPG April 2]].
* SpySpeak: [[http://garfield.com/usacres/1987/09/19 Bo takes it literally.]]

** [[https://garfield.com/usacres/1989/02/08 Wade sees a newspaper ad about a way to cure claustrophobia.]] Unfortunately, he decides to call from a phone booth.
* PorkyPigPronunciation: Orson does this while impersonating [[WesternAnimation/PorkyPig the]] TropeNamer doing ThatsAllFolks at [[https://garfield.com/usacres/1989/05/07 the last strip]].
* PortableHole: [[http://garfield.com/usacres/1987/10/15 Booker ripped one from the ground so the worm he was chasing would be stuck underground.]]
* PowerUpFood: [[ParodiedTrope Parodied]] by Orson as Power Pig. [[https://garfield.com/usacres/1986/04/20 He claims to eat "power corn for energy"]].

* PunnyName: U.S. Acres was supposed to be a pun on "U.S.A."
* PushoverParents: [[https://garfield.com/usacres/1986/03/29 A kid offers to take Orson in]] and tells him not to worry about the kid's Dad because he's a pushover.

** [[https://garfield.com/usacres/1986/03/31 When it's finally time to convince the girl's father to let Orson live with them]], Orson does the trick by crying.

* RakeTake: [[http://garfield.com/usacres/1988/03/02 Wade believed that, if he were fast enough, he could race right by danger before it could do anything to him.]] A rake proved him wrong.
* RunningGag: The series pretty much runs on them. Sign gags, face gags, scaring Wade, slop jokes, imagination jokes, etc.
* SarcasmMode: The Echo Canyon in [[https://garfield.com/usacres/1988/12/09 this strip]].

* TheScream: [[http://garfield.com/usacres/1989/01/15 Wade sees a fake spider and screams so loud, it circles the world.]]

** [[https://garfield.com/usacres/1989/02/03 A chicken opens a phone booth]] and is horrified to find Orson a.k.a. Power Pig in the middle of putting on his superhero uniform. Orson believes "it was bound to happen someday".
** [[https://garfield.com/usacres/1989/02/04 Once again, Orson tries to change into Power Pig inside a phone booth.]] This time, he [=DONKs=] into the other side of it.

** [[https://garfield.com/usacres/1989/02/06 This time]], [[CapeSnag Power Pig's cape is stuck at the phone booth's door]].

* MortonsFork: [[http://garfield.com/usacres/1988/10/15 Orson asked Booker and Sheldon if they wanted him to read a book or if they wanted to watch [=TV=].]] They both eagerly replied "Television!" so Orson then got inside a [=TV=] and started reading a book inside it.
* NeverSayDie: [[http://garfield.com/usacres/1988/02/13 These worms said "go".]]

** After passing a sign reading "The end is near," [[http://garfield.com/usacres/1988/07/29 Orson smacks into the end of the (truncated) last panel.]]
** The whole last week and final Sunday comic were about the strip ending in one way or another. [[http://www.platypuscomix.net/otherpeople2/cutsthecorn56.JPG This strip]] addresses the strip's end quite literally.
* NobodyCallsMeChicken: [[http://garfield.com/usacres/1988/10/29 A worm dared]] Booker (a literal chicken, mind you) to cross a line and vanished inside his hole before Booker responded. After Booker crossed the line, the same worm (or another one) showed up from another hole and acted like Booker had yet to decide if he'd accept the challenge or not. Booker was confused.

** Because of his allergy to flowers, Roy doesn't like it when Booker brings any to the chicken coop. [[http://garfield.com/usacres/1988/07/17 One time]], he said "Don't bring those flowers in here! You want me to sneeze my feathers off?!" Enraged, Booker picks a giant flower and brings it to Roy in retaliation. The sneeze was so strong that both Roy and Booker lost their feathers.

* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: In the strips final week, Wade finally conquers his fear of everything, which causes Orson, Roy, and Booker to run off screaming. [[https://garfield.com/usacres/1989/04/12 Observe.]]
* PaperThinDisguise: [[http://garfield.com/usacres/1987/11/23 This worm's chicken disguise.]]

* PayPhone: [[https://garfield.com/usacres/1989/02/28 Orson is inside a phone booth when the phone rings.]] It's for Bo, who just takes the phone away, dragging the booth and Orson with him.

* IWillShowYouX: [[http://garfield.com/usacres/1987/07/12 "I'll good morning you!!"]]
* {{Jerkass}}: Roy and Lanolin, both of whom often tried to one-up the other.
* KarmaHoudini: [[https://garfield.com/usacres/1987/06/07 Roy gets Wade in trouble with Lanolin and escapes punishment in this strip.]]

** [[https://garfield.com/usacres/1986/11/17 Orson wants Roy to stop his practical jokes]]. Roy gives Orson a tap on the back while promising he'll stop. It's then revealed to the readers that Orson is now wearing a "Kick Me" sign.
** [[https://garfield.com/usacres/1987/11/14 This strip]] has a flower using a "pick me" version of the prank.
* LastRequest: ''[[http://garfield.com/usacres/1988/11/10 Booker asks if a worm has "any last requests"]] and the worm suggests "Melancholy Baby".

** [[http://garfield.com/usacres/1988/01/22 Booker showed Sheldon a hand trick and Sheldon said it's an old one.]] Booker then dared Sheldon to do it and somehow, Booker did see Sheldon doing it despite Sheldon living [[MeaningfulName inside a shell]].
** [[http://garfield.com/usacres/1987/06/16 Roy says he can swim better than Orson can.]] When asked to show it, he says he doesn't want to get his feathers wet so Lanolin [[ExactWords takes them away]] so he can swim without getting them wet.
* LowClearance: PlayedForLaughs in [[https://garfield.com/usacres/1988/08/21 this strip]], where [[TheDitz Bo]] hits his head on a tree limb. [[GrumpyBear Lanolin]] asks him how many times Bo has hit his head on that tree limb, and Bo goes to his room to count the tally marks on the wall, which add up to ''132 in total''. He goes back to Lanolin to report the statistics... [[TooDumbToLive where the tally goes up by one at that moment]].

* MarketBasedTitle: The strip was known as ''Orson's Farm'' outside the U.S.
* MeaningfulName: Orson gave Booker that name because he (Orson) likes to read, making Booker glad Orson didn't like kumquats. Lanolin is named for a type of wax secreted by sheep.
** And Sheldon is called Sheldon because [[DontExplainTheJoke he's just an egg shell with legs.]]
* MediumAwareness: [[http://garfield.com/usacres/1989/04/14 Orson told Sheldon their days were "not only numbered, but signed and dated" and he lived each moment as if it was his last panel.]]

** [[http://garfield.com/usacres/1989/01/08 "Hey, I can see the barn from up here."]]
** [[http://garfield.com/usacres/1987/08/08 "I can see our house from here."]]

** [[https://garfield.com/usacres/1986/06/02 Orson deciding to turn his lemonade stand into a shade stand]].
** [[http://garfield.com/usacres/1988/05/07 Orson greeted Bo because Bo's greetings bring wind.]]

* ImagineSpot: [[http://garfield.com/usacres/1988/03/11 Two concerning]] [[http://garfield.com/usacres/1988/03/26 Sheldon's future]].

** [[https://garfield.com/usacres/1986/12/28 Roy hits Sheldon with a snowball and celebrates by banging on the wall, making the roof's snow fall on him.]] He claims he "meant to do that".
** [[https://garfield.com/usacres/1986/06/18 Orson's attempt to pole vault over a fence.]]

** [[http://garfield.com/usacres/1988/06/29 Booker was afraid he and a worm would fall off a cliff. From that height, the worm believed "plummet" would be more like it".]]
** [[http://garfield.com/usacres/1987/11/21 Whenever it rains, Bo says it's "partly dry"]].
* InstantCosplaySurprise: Done on Roy [[http://garfield.com/usacres/1986/07/20 here]].
* InsultBackfire: Roy Rooster decided it was time for Booker to [[http://garfield.com/usacres/1988/01/11 start rooster training]].

* HeadDesk: Booker's reaction [[http://garfield.com/usacres/1988/04/20 here]] when he realises he'd been tricked by a worm.
* HenpeckedHusband: A certain worm seems to have this problem. The below are just a couple of examples of his feeling dominated by his wife:
** [[http://garfield.com/usacres/1987/04/06 He was brave enough to fight Booker but cowers when his wife scolds him for being late for dinner.]]
** [[http://garfield.com/usacres/1988/09/01 Also, when a hole-to-hole salesworm shows up at a hole and asks if the worm who answered was "the man of the house"]], he responded "I'll get her".
* HereWeGoAgain: [[https://garfield.com/usacres/1988/08/10 This strip starts with Booker and Sheldon arguing, with Orson trying to break up the fight by asking what they were arguing about. Booker fails to provide an answer, leading Sheldon to claim that Booker forgot. Booker denies it... and the strip ends with Booker and Sheldon arguing about THAT.]]
* HisNameIs: [[https://garfield.com/usacres/1987/07/16 Orson is reading a book for Booker and Sheldon.]] When it's about time to say the murderer's name, he falls asleep.
* HoldTheUnsolicitedIngredient: [[https://garfield.com/usacres/1987/06/04 After Booker doesn't believe]] that worms eat dirt, the readers are shown a worm going to Dirt Burger and ordering "medium rare, hold the gravel".

* HorsingAround: [[https://garfield.com/usacres/1986/07/27 In this strip]], Orson willingly gets Booker and Sheldon to ride him, but once Roy brushes Booker and Sheldon off Orson, rides Orson, and gets too bossy with him, Orson makes a sudden brake and sends Roy flying into a puddle of mud.

* HypocriticalHumor: [[https://garfield.com/usacres/1988/01/12 In this strip, Roy tells Booker that the rooster is the king of the barnyard that all other animals respect and fear -- all while they're hidden in a wooden crate.]]

* FootballHooligans: Some strips had UsefulNotes/AssociationFootball as a theme. [[http://garfield.com/usacres/1987/08/25 In this one]], Lanolin showed the area where the parking lot would be. She explained that's where that'd hold "the fight after the game". Her face held an expression she was looking forward that moment.
* TheFourthWallWillNotProtectYou: In the 1987 [[http://garfield.com/usacres/1987/12/25 Christmas strip,]] Bo gives one of his trademark circulation-cutting hugs to the entire main cast at once while shouting "Merry Christmas". Orson directs him toward "them out there", and in the final panel, Bo is charging through the fourth wall to give the reader a circulation-cutting hug.
* FrivolousLawsuit: When Orson [[http://garfield.com/usacres/1988/05/11 read the tale of]] Goldilocks and the three bears and asked if any of the listeners knew what she did after trying the too hot and the too cold bowls of porridge, Lanolin suggested she sued the bears.

** Parodied in the April 10, 1988 strip, where Roy and Lanolin roll up the feathers/wool around their arms as if they were sleeves, then yelp in pain at the realization that they do not have sleeves and just painfully yanked their feathers/wool out.
** Played straight in the May 1, 1988 strip, which has Lanolin remove her wool so she can cool off in a pond on a hot day. Roy attempts [[GoneSwimmingClothesStolen stealing it,]] before she grabs him and drags him into the water. Next panel, Lanolin is wearing Roy's feathers, and he's chasing after her to get them back while wearing her wool.
* GettingCrapPastTheRadar:
** In one Sunday strip, Orson, Roy and the chicks wanted to teach Wade to swim, and so the cute little farm animals went to Wade and said they'll be with him the whole time, [[BreadEggsMilkSquick and carry him to the pond and]]-[[http://garfield.com/usacres/1986/08/17 WHA-uh-doo-Watch where your hands are, Roy!!]]
** [[https://garfield.com/usacres/1987/01/22 This strip]] has Roy referring to Orson, Wade, Booker, and Sheldon as "the barnyard boobs".
* GoneHorriblyRight: [[http://garfield.com/usacres/1986/10/19 In several early U.S. Acre strips]], Orson uses hypnotism on Wade in order to make him not fear anything. It works, and Wade goes from being a LovableCoward to shortly being a fearless and ''reckless'' JerkAss who fears absolutely [[TooDumbToLive nothing]].
* GoneSwimmingClothesStolen: Occurs in the May 1, 1988 strip, which has Lanolin remove her wool to cool off in a pond on a hot day, only for Roy to steal her wool. Lanolin retaliates by taking Roy's feathers.
* GrandFinale: Two, actually - one for the dailies and one for the Sundays (there were still four more Sunday strips to go when the last daily strip was published). In the daily finale, Orson looks in the funny pages, sees that U.S. Acres isn't in it, and disappears. In the Sunday finale, Orson, Booker, and Sheldon watch their own cartoon show.
* GratuitousGerman: [[http://garfield.com/usacres/1987/04/04 Booker tried to trap a worm by sitting on its hole]]. The worm used a spiked helmet like those from German soldiers and said "Ach du lieber! A flyink chicken!"
* HartmanHips: Parodied [[http://garfield.com/usacres/1987/07/13 here]] when a female worm [[TertiarySexualCharacteristics who only has eyelashes]] eats a peanut and gains the appearance of having broad shoulders and hips.

* EekAMouse: [[http://garfield.com/usacres/1988/07/16 A worm had this reaction after entering a mouse hole to hide from Booker.]]

** [[http://garfield.com/usacres/1989/03/04 Booker dared a worm to show his face.]] The worm then showed a portrait.
** [[http://garfield.com/usacres/1988/11/30 During the ugly face contest arc, Roy told Lanolin she couldn't "make a reeeally ugly face".]] He forgot to specify ''whose'' face was supposed to be made ugly.
** [[http://garfield.com/usacres/1987/07/21 Orson was trying to take Bo's photography and asked him to show his teeth.]] Bo removed them from his mouth.
** [[https://garfield.com/usacres/1986/08/02 Roy declares that "Water that touches pig lips will never touch" his.]] Aside from the fact that he doesn't have any lips, he drinks Orson's water through a straw so any lips he could have wouldn't be touched.
** [[https://garfield.com/usacres/1987/08/18 Orson, upon finding Booker and Sheldon watching TV inside the barn, suggests for them to "go outside and do something".]] Too bad Orson forgets to specify what the "something" he recommends them to do is.

** [[https://garfield.com/usacres/1987/10/03 A flower is worried when Orson shows up, fearful that Orson might pick it off the ground, and its thought is thinking "please don't pick me" repeatedly.]] The strip ends with Orson sitting on it.

** [[https://garfield.com/usacres/1988/08/30 When Bo sneezes, Lanolin pulls out a handkerchief and tells Bo to "blow".]] She intends for Bo to blow his nose with it, but [[TheDitz Bo]] blows the handkerchief instead.
** [[https://garfield.com/usacres/1987/05/23 Sheldon suggests to Booker on a hot day]] that he should make sure his plant has plenty of water to drink. [[DidntThinkThisThrough Too bad Booker's solution involves giving his plant a glass of water with a straw, neglecting the fact that plants can't drink through the straw.]]

* FalseReassurance: [[http://garfield.com/usacres/1987/11/26 The worm dressed as a chicken to trick Booker and Sheldon told them he knew what he was doing.]]
** [[http://garfield.com/usacres/1987/03/27 When Lanolin knitted Orson a scarf]], Bo was worried Lanolin was pulling a trick on him (Orson). She said she wasn't and then it's revealed the scarf was made of Bo's wool.
* FlirtatiousSmackOnTheAss: The November 9, 1988 strip has Roy incur Lanolin's wrath by slapping her rear end.