I almost changed the boots into sneakers just to trigger Tucker.

First of all it’s called Garfield Minus Garfield. Second. Those were carefully selected. This is day in day out. Third, those were meant to be existential. These are meant to show the titular character is irrelevant and the comic works exactly the same most of the time. Fourth, nothing with Garfield is good. Even if he is removed. Fifth, did your mom ever acknowledge that mistakes were made?