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--->'''Spirit''': I am the spirit of Mondays past. I came from 1978.\\
'''Garfield''': Not scary.\\
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'''Spirit''': Mood rings? Leisure suits? {{Disco}}? Man perms? Laser discs?\\
'''Garfield''': Okay, that's scary.
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'''Garfield''': Not scary.\\
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'''Garfield''': Okay, that's scary.
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** Garfield's claim of fearlessness gets shattered quickly in [[https://www.gocomics.com/garfield/2023/08/24 the August 24, 2023 strip]].
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'''Jon''': ''[off-screen]'' Garfield, they're ready!\\
'''Garfield''': ''[in hiding]'' Except broccoli smoothies.
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->'''Jon:''' Nothing bad has happened today! ''[BeatPanel as Garfield turns to look offscreen]'' I probably shouldn't have said that.\\
'''Garfield:''' Here come the locusts.
-->-- ''ComicStrip/{{Garfield}}''
'''Garfield:''' Here come the locusts.
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--->'''Jon''': A little rusty, Garfield?\\
'''Garfield''': You didn't see that.
--->'''Jon''': A little rusty, Garfield?\\
'''Garfield''': You didn't see that.
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** In the [[https://www.gocomics.com/garfield/2022/12/20 December 20, 2022 strip]], a mouse attempts to get a kiss under the mistletoe from Garfield. Garfield refuses at first, but the mouse gets him to change his mind by reminding him it's Christmastime. The last panel shows Garfield deeply regretting his decision.
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'''Garfield''': (with a grossed-out expression) And it still wasn't enough.
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** In [[https://www.gocomics.com/garfield/2022/08/02 the August 2, 2022 strip]] Jon says nothing bad has happened that day, only to regret his words a moment later when he realized he just tempted fate and soemthing bad is bound to happen soon.
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'''Jon:''' [[LampshadeHanging I probably shouldn't have said that.]]\\
'''Garfield:''' ''[pointing to outside the screen]'' Here come the locusts.
--->'''Jon:''' Nothing bad has happened today.\\
''({{beat}})''\\
'''Jon:''' [[LampshadeHanging I probably shouldn't have said that.]]\\
'''Garfield:''' ''[pointing to outside the screen]'' Here come the locusts.
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* ''ComicStrip/{{Garfield}}'' likes to play with this trope. If someone says things can't get worse, they will (usually with Garfield warning not to say it). However, if a character admits things could get worse, they get worse.
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* ''ComicStrip/{{Garfield}}'' likes to play with this trope. If someone says things can't get worse, they will (usually with Garfield [[YouJustHadToSayIt warning not to say it).it]]). However, if a character admits things could get worse, they get worse.
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** [[https://gocomics.com/garfield/2011/12/15 In December, 15, 2011,]] the strip from [[https://www.gocomics.com/garfield/1984/10/13 October, 13, 1984]], at the end of a storyline where Jon and Garfield told go on a spider that was under a mistletoe picnic, only for it to forget it and that he'd rather kiss a dog. Odie then showed up.be plagued with disasters, Jon, despite Garfield trying to stop him, asks how else things could go wrong. Cue the rain.
** [[https://gocomics.com/garfield/2011/12/15 In December, 15, 2011,]] Garfield told a spider that was under a mistletoe to forget it and that he'd rather kiss a dog. Odie then showed up.
** In the [[http://gocomics.com/garfield/2014/02/16 February, 16, 2014]] strip, after being snowed in by a blizzard, having the cable go out, and running out of hot chocolate, Jon wonders what else can happen. Cue the house blacking out, much to Garfield's dismay.
-->'''Garfield:''' You said it.
** In the [[http://gocomics.com/garfield/2014/02/16 February, 16, 2014]] strip, after being snowed in by a blizzard, having the cable go out, and running out of hot chocolate, Jon wonders what else can happen. Cue the house blacking out, much to Garfield's dismay.
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* ''ComicStrip/CalvinAndHobbes'':
** One segment [[https://wheelsms.files.wordpress.com/2015/01/calvin-hobbes-snowball-fight.jpg?w=645&h=457 has Calvin try and snowball Susie in the back]], only to miss with [[ATeamFiring every single one]]. After the barrage ends, Susie turns around to laugh at Calvin's throwing ability... and THAT'S when Calvin's aim finally pays off.
** In [[https://marcel-oehler.marcellosendos.ch/comics/ch/1988/10/198810.html another strip]], Calvin doesn't feel well in the middle of the night:
--->'''Calvin's Mom:''' Calvin probably just ate too much dessert. If he's going to get me up at this hour, he'd better ''really'' be sick.\\
''[[[VomitDiscretionShot Offpanel]], we see a massive "BAAARRFF" as she reacts in horror]''\\
'''Calvin's Mom:''' ''[[[SkywardScream Shouting to the heavens]]]'' I DIDN'T ''MEAN'' IT!
* ''ComicStrip/FoxTrot'' does it on multiple occasions:
** In one arc, Jason accidentally makes Eileen Jacobson fall in love with him [[ItMakesSenseInContext thanks to a poem he wrote for his mom]]. Then this happens:
--->'''Jason:''' Could anything be worse?! Could this situation possibly be any more dire?!\\
'''Huge crowd of students:''' JASON AND EILEE-EEN, SITTIN' IN A TREE... KAY-EYE-ESS-ESS-EYE-EN-GEE!\\
'''Jason:''' Boy, '''that''' question sure got answered in a hurry.\\
'''Eileen:''' I hope you don't mind, but I told a few of my friends.
** One week of strips revolves around Paige getting a surly Tamagotchi knock-off called a Tamagrouchy. Near the week's end, she sends it to Jason, who thinks he can reprogram it.
--->'''Paige:''' I figure it can't get any '''more''' annoying.\\
''[[GilliganCut (cut to upstairs)]]''\\
'''Tamagrouchy:''' (Beep) Feed me and give Jason $10.\\
'''Paige:''' I take that back, Peter.
** Jason and Paige try the so-called "super gum" invented by Marcus' uncle. With all the upsides, Paige has to ask, "Does this gum even '''have''' a downside?" while they're each blowing a monstrous bubble. They spend the next three strips stuck to each other.
* ''ComicStrip/{{Garfield}}'' likes to play with this trope. If someone says things can't get worse, they will (usually with Garfield warning not to say it). However, if a character admits things could get worse, they get worse.
** The [[https://www.gocomics.com/garfield/1981/10/25 October 25, 1981]] strip had Garfield invoke the old "sticks and stones" saying, only to then get hit by a dictionary, disproving the "words can never hurt me" part of the mantra.
** [[https://gocomics.com/garfield/2011/12/15 In December, 15, 2011,]] Garfield told a spider that was under a mistletoe to forget it and that he'd rather kiss a dog. Odie then showed up.
** [[https://www.gocomics.com/garfield/2000/04/09 At the beach, Jon tried to get the attention of a girl by screaming "Shark!"]]. He was trampled by everyone who ran away out of fear, was slapped by the girl and, when he said things couldn't get worse, a shark appeared.
** Jon sees a fly in his coffee cup in [[https://www.gocomics.com/garfield/2007/04/15 this strip]]. After the fly leaves, Jon asks "What could be more disgusting than that?!" Cue a swarm of flies setting up on and around his cup and treating it like their own beach resort.
** {{Exaggerated|Trope}} in [[https://www.gocomics.com/garfield/2014/07/27 this]] strip.
** Garfield wonders what the new year will bring [[https://www.gocomics.com/garfield/2020/12/31 in the December 31, 2020 strip]]. Cue Jon telling Garfield that he just found a great new tofu recipe.
--->'''Garfield: Bring back the old year!'''
** [[https://www.gocomics.com/garfield/2021/04/10 Jon considers the world a dangerous place]] and prefers the safety of his own home.
--->'''[[GenreSavvy Garfield]]''' [[ThreeTwoOne 3... 2... 1...]]\\
''[crash]''\\
'''Jon:''' Oww!
** In [[https://www.gocomics.com/garfield/2021/08/21 the August 21, 2021 strip]], Garfield boasts to the grumpy, chained guard dog that nothing can wipe the smile off his face.
--->'''Dog:''' I know what's '''really''' in cat food.\\
'''Garfield:''' ''[in a panicked expression]'' Don't tell me!
** [[https://www.gocomics.com/garfield/2021/09/26 The September 26, 2021 strip]] combines with trope with ExactWords. Garfield goes outside, sees a leaf from a tree turning orange, points at said leaf, and saying in a commanding tone: "I am '''not''' ready for autumn yet. Do '''not''' fall off that tree!" Cue ''all other leaves from that tree'' falling on top of him.
** In [[https://www.gocomics.com/garfield/2021/10/10 the October 10, 2021 strip]], Jon tries to lure Garfield into consuming a pill hidden in a treat, so Garfield takes the treat on the plate Jon is ''not'' promoting to him, realizing too late that he fell for Jon's trick.
--->'''Garfield:''' ''[takes the treat on the plate and swallows it]'' I believe I'll have this one instead. Heh, heh, heh.\\
'''Jon:''' ''[with a sly grin]'' [[IronicEcho Heh, heh, heh.]]\\
'''Garfield:''' [[OhCrap I think I've just been had.]]
** Nermal asks Garfield in [[https://www.gocomics.com/garfield/2021/11/19 the November 19, 2021 strip]] what he would do if he could do anything in the world. The strip ends with Garfield throwing Nermal out -- ''through the door'' (with ImpactSilhouette on said door, to boot). Nermal addressing him as "chubs" doesn't endear himself to Garfield, if anything.
--->'''Garfield:''' [[LampshadeHanging He walked right into that one.]]
** In [[https://www.gocomics.com/garfield/2021/12/26 the December 26, 2021 strip]], Liz pokes fun at the matching HomemadeSweaterFromHell that Jon, Garfield, and Odie receive from Jon's mother. She no longer finds it funny once Jon hands her [[HomemadeSweaterFromHell the matching sweater]] his mother made for ''her''.
** [[https://www.gocomics.com/garfield/2022/02/28 The February 28, 2022 strip]] has Jon claiming he can make Garfield smile, while Garfield dismisses him because [[HatingOnMonday it's Monday]]. Jon succeeds.
--->'''Jon:''' I bet I can make you smile.\\
'''Garfield:''' Nothing about a Monday can make me smile.\\
'''Jon:''' Tomorrow is Taco Tuesday.\\
'''Garfield:''' ''[with a toothy smile]'' Curse you, Jon Arbuckle!
** Upon weighing himself in [[https://www.gocomics.com/garfield/2022/04/14 the April 14, 2022 strip]], Garfield attempts to bribe the talking scale into lying about the result for him, but the scale refuses. Garfield promptly proves EveryManHasHisPrice by naming his bribe of choice, which gets the scale to oblige.
--->'''Garfield:''' If you give me a good number, I'll make it worth your while.\\
'''Scale:''' You can't bribe me!\\
'''Garfield:''' [[TwoWordsAddedEmphasis Two words: unlimited batteries.]]\\
'''Scale:''' Hellooooo, '''SKINNY!'''
* ''ComicStrip/{{Peanuts}}'' has a few where the universe often takes offense to a character's BadassBoast:
** In one arc, Linus gets a new hobby, drawing on air. Simply put, he traces things on air with his finger, and being a MrImagination, perceives it as art, one that costs no money and needs no materials. However, he enjoys it a little too much, saying "nothing can interrupt your work! Nothing, ''nothing!''" And then [[CueTheRain it starts to rain]].
** In another arc, Linus' hobby is building snowmen; he builds lots and ''lots'' of snowmen. However, he gets a little DrunkWithPower, and starts talking to them like a general leading an army. "I am your ''leader''!" he shouts to his "troops". "Stand behind me and you will be ''invincible''! Nothing can stop us, [[SkywardScream nothing, nothing,]] '''[[SkywardScream NOTHING!]]'''" And then the sun comes out and melts them all.
* ''ComicStrip/USAcres'':
** In the November 3, 1987 strip, Orson said even Lanolin couldn't ruin that day. She shouted "I just washed my car!" and [[CueTheRain it rained]].
** In the March 24, 1989 strip, 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.
** [[BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor Booker asks Orson to make a story scary]] in the March 15, 1987 strip. Orson being MrImagination, it doesn't take long for Booker to change his mind.
** [[BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor Booker encourages Wade to jump into a pool]] in the August 30, 1987 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 by drinking the pool water.
** In the April 9, 1986 strip, 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.]]
** In the November 13, 1986 strip, 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.
--->'''Orson:''' I know it's popcorn.\\
'''Roy:''' Why didn't you warn me?!
** In the June 24, 1987 strip, 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.
--->'''Sheldon:''' Whoops, backfired.
** Orson, after donning his "Power Pig" costume, declares himself leaping over barns in the August 22, 1987 strip. He ends up slamming into a wall of a barn.
** In the October 17, 1988 strip, Booker succeeds on getting onto a hammock. He claims "Victory!", only for the hammock to flip him off it.
** In the November 15, 1988 strip, 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 (i.e. turning out to be a flat disk and falling over after hitting the ground), which piques Lanolin's interest.
--->'''Bo:''' ''[yawns]'' Coming to bed, Lanolin?\\
'''Lanolin:''' Not tonight, Bo. This should be one interesting sunrise.
** Lanolin tells Roy to stop smirking in the June 14, 1988 strip, 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 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.
** When Booker places a gigantic megaphone at Roy in the January 1, 1989 strip 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.
** When Wade hears the sound of sleigh bells in the December 19, 1988 strip, 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.
* In one ''ComicStrip/{{Zits}}'' strip, [[PunnyName Pierce]] runs off a list of his many, many body piercings, including an impressive twelve earrings ''on each ear''.
-->'''Pierce:''' I defy anyone to find a way to attach more metal to my head.\\
''[[[GilliganCut cut to Pierce at an orthodontist appointment]]]''\\
'''Mr. Duncan:''' Pierce, you need braces.
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* ''ComicStrip/CalvinAndHobbes'':
** One segment [[https://wheelsms.files.wordpress.com/2015/01/calvin-hobbes-snowball-fight.jpg?w=645&h=457 has Calvin try and snowball Susie in the back]], only to miss with [[ATeamFiring every single one]]. After the barrage ends, Susie turns around to laugh at Calvin's throwing ability... and THAT'S when Calvin's aim finally pays off.
** In [[https://marcel-oehler.marcellosendos.ch/comics/ch/1988/10/198810.html another strip]], Calvin doesn't feel well in the middle of the night:
--->'''Calvin's Mom:''' Calvin probably just ate too much dessert. If he's going to get me up at this hour, he'd better ''really'' be sick.\\
''[[[VomitDiscretionShot Offpanel]], we see a massive "BAAARRFF" as she reacts in horror]''\\
'''Calvin's Mom:''' ''[[[SkywardScream Shouting to the heavens]]]'' I DIDN'T ''MEAN'' IT!
* ''ComicStrip/FoxTrot'' does it on multiple occasions:
** In one arc, Jason accidentally makes Eileen Jacobson fall in love with him [[ItMakesSenseInContext thanks to a poem he wrote for his mom]]. Then this happens:
--->'''Jason:''' Could anything be worse?! Could this situation possibly be any more dire?!\\
'''Huge crowd of students:''' JASON AND EILEE-EEN, SITTIN' IN A TREE... KAY-EYE-ESS-ESS-EYE-EN-GEE!\\
'''Jason:''' Boy, '''that''' question sure got answered in a hurry.\\
'''Eileen:''' I hope you don't mind, but I told a few of my friends.
** One week of strips revolves around Paige getting a surly Tamagotchi knock-off called a Tamagrouchy. Near the week's end, she sends it to Jason, who thinks he can reprogram it.
--->'''Paige:''' I figure it can't get any '''more''' annoying.\\
''[[GilliganCut (cut to upstairs)]]''\\
'''Tamagrouchy:''' (Beep) Feed me and give Jason $10.\\
'''Paige:''' I take that back, Peter.
** Jason and Paige try the so-called "super gum" invented by Marcus' uncle. With all the upsides, Paige has to ask, "Does this gum even '''have''' a downside?" while they're each blowing a monstrous bubble. They spend the next three strips stuck to each other.
* ''ComicStrip/{{Garfield}}'' likes to play with this trope. If someone says things can't get worse, they will (usually with Garfield warning not to say it). However, if a character admits things could get worse, they get worse.
** The [[https://www.gocomics.com/garfield/1981/10/25 October 25, 1981]] strip had Garfield invoke the old "sticks and stones" saying, only to then get hit by a dictionary, disproving the "words can never hurt me" part of the mantra.
** [[https://gocomics.com/garfield/2011/12/15 In December, 15, 2011,]] Garfield told a spider that was under a mistletoe to forget it and that he'd rather kiss a dog. Odie then showed up.
** [[https://www.gocomics.com/garfield/2000/04/09 At the beach, Jon tried to get the attention of a girl by screaming "Shark!"]]. He was trampled by everyone who ran away out of fear, was slapped by the girl and, when he said things couldn't get worse, a shark appeared.
** Jon sees a fly in his coffee cup in [[https://www.gocomics.com/garfield/2007/04/15 this strip]]. After the fly leaves, Jon asks "What could be more disgusting than that?!" Cue a swarm of flies setting up on and around his cup and treating it like their own beach resort.
** {{Exaggerated|Trope}} in [[https://www.gocomics.com/garfield/2014/07/27 this]] strip.
** Garfield wonders what the new year will bring [[https://www.gocomics.com/garfield/2020/12/31 in the December 31, 2020 strip]]. Cue Jon telling Garfield that he just found a great new tofu recipe.
--->'''Garfield: Bring back the old year!'''
** [[https://www.gocomics.com/garfield/2021/04/10 Jon considers the world a dangerous place]] and prefers the safety of his own home.
--->'''[[GenreSavvy Garfield]]''' [[ThreeTwoOne 3... 2... 1...]]\\
''[crash]''\\
'''Jon:''' Oww!
** In [[https://www.gocomics.com/garfield/2021/08/21 the August 21, 2021 strip]], Garfield boasts to the grumpy, chained guard dog that nothing can wipe the smile off his face.
--->'''Dog:''' I know what's '''really''' in cat food.\\
'''Garfield:''' ''[in a panicked expression]'' Don't tell me!
** [[https://www.gocomics.com/garfield/2021/09/26 The September 26, 2021 strip]] combines with trope with ExactWords. Garfield goes outside, sees a leaf from a tree turning orange, points at said leaf, and saying in a commanding tone: "I am '''not''' ready for autumn yet. Do '''not''' fall off that tree!" Cue ''all other leaves from that tree'' falling on top of him.
** In [[https://www.gocomics.com/garfield/2021/10/10 the October 10, 2021 strip]], Jon tries to lure Garfield into consuming a pill hidden in a treat, so Garfield takes the treat on the plate Jon is ''not'' promoting to him, realizing too late that he fell for Jon's trick.
--->'''Garfield:''' ''[takes the treat on the plate and swallows it]'' I believe I'll have this one instead. Heh, heh, heh.\\
'''Jon:''' ''[with a sly grin]'' [[IronicEcho Heh, heh, heh.]]\\
'''Garfield:''' [[OhCrap I think I've just been had.]]
** Nermal asks Garfield in [[https://www.gocomics.com/garfield/2021/11/19 the November 19, 2021 strip]] what he would do if he could do anything in the world. The strip ends with Garfield throwing Nermal out -- ''through the door'' (with ImpactSilhouette on said door, to boot). Nermal addressing him as "chubs" doesn't endear himself to Garfield, if anything.
--->'''Garfield:''' [[LampshadeHanging He walked right into that one.]]
** In [[https://www.gocomics.com/garfield/2021/12/26 the December 26, 2021 strip]], Liz pokes fun at the matching HomemadeSweaterFromHell that Jon, Garfield, and Odie receive from Jon's mother. She no longer finds it funny once Jon hands her [[HomemadeSweaterFromHell the matching sweater]] his mother made for ''her''.
** [[https://www.gocomics.com/garfield/2022/02/28 The February 28, 2022 strip]] has Jon claiming he can make Garfield smile, while Garfield dismisses him because [[HatingOnMonday it's Monday]]. Jon succeeds.
--->'''Jon:''' I bet I can make you smile.\\
'''Garfield:''' Nothing about a Monday can make me smile.\\
'''Jon:''' Tomorrow is Taco Tuesday.\\
'''Garfield:''' ''[with a toothy smile]'' Curse you, Jon Arbuckle!
** Upon weighing himself in [[https://www.gocomics.com/garfield/2022/04/14 the April 14, 2022 strip]], Garfield attempts to bribe the talking scale into lying about the result for him, but the scale refuses. Garfield promptly proves EveryManHasHisPrice by naming his bribe of choice, which gets the scale to oblige.
--->'''Garfield:''' If you give me a good number, I'll make it worth your while.\\
'''Scale:''' You can't bribe me!\\
'''Garfield:''' [[TwoWordsAddedEmphasis Two words: unlimited batteries.]]\\
'''Scale:''' Hellooooo, '''SKINNY!'''
* ''ComicStrip/{{Peanuts}}'' has a few where the universe often takes offense to a character's BadassBoast:
** In one arc, Linus gets a new hobby, drawing on air. Simply put, he traces things on air with his finger, and being a MrImagination, perceives it as art, one that costs no money and needs no materials. However, he enjoys it a little too much, saying "nothing can interrupt your work! Nothing, ''nothing!''" And then [[CueTheRain it starts to rain]].
** In another arc, Linus' hobby is building snowmen; he builds lots and ''lots'' of snowmen. However, he gets a little DrunkWithPower, and starts talking to them like a general leading an army. "I am your ''leader''!" he shouts to his "troops". "Stand behind me and you will be ''invincible''! Nothing can stop us, [[SkywardScream nothing, nothing,]] '''[[SkywardScream NOTHING!]]'''" And then the sun comes out and melts them all.
* ''ComicStrip/USAcres'':
** In the November 3, 1987 strip, Orson said even Lanolin couldn't ruin that day. She shouted "I just washed my car!" and [[CueTheRain it rained]].
** In the March 24, 1989 strip, 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.
** [[BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor Booker asks Orson to make a story scary]] in the March 15, 1987 strip. Orson being MrImagination, it doesn't take long for Booker to change his mind.
** [[BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor Booker encourages Wade to jump into a pool]] in the August 30, 1987 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 by drinking the pool water.
** In the April 9, 1986 strip, 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.]]
** In the November 13, 1986 strip, 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.
--->'''Orson:''' I know it's popcorn.\\
'''Roy:''' Why didn't you warn me?!
** In the June 24, 1987 strip, 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.
--->'''Sheldon:''' Whoops, backfired.
** Orson, after donning his "Power Pig" costume, declares himself leaping over barns in the August 22, 1987 strip. He ends up slamming into a wall of a barn.
** In the October 17, 1988 strip, Booker succeeds on getting onto a hammock. He claims "Victory!", only for the hammock to flip him off it.
** In the November 15, 1988 strip, 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 (i.e. turning out to be a flat disk and falling over after hitting the ground), which piques Lanolin's interest.
--->'''Bo:''' ''[yawns]'' Coming to bed, Lanolin?\\
'''Lanolin:''' Not tonight, Bo. This should be one interesting sunrise.
** Lanolin tells Roy to stop smirking in the June 14, 1988 strip, 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 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.
** When Booker places a gigantic megaphone at Roy in the January 1, 1989 strip 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.
** When Wade hears the sound of sleigh bells in the December 19, 1988 strip, 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.
* In one ''ComicStrip/{{Zits}}'' strip, [[PunnyName Pierce]] runs off a list of his many, many body piercings, including an impressive twelve earrings ''on each ear''.
-->'''Pierce:''' I defy anyone to find a way to attach more metal to my head.\\
''[[[GilliganCut cut to Pierce at an orthodontist appointment]]]''\\
'''Mr. Duncan:''' Pierce, you need braces.
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