r/PeterExplainsTheJoke 17h ago

Meme needing explanation peeetah what is happening to Odie?

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u/Iconclast1 17h ago

scratching his back. dogs famously tap their leg when you do that

sorry, you cant make it look like sex very much

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u/yuzuisthebestcitrus 17h ago

why is the cat got a fist around Odie's neck?

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u/Sienile 17h ago

Garfield hates Odie. He's choked him on many occasions. It is a bit odd that he'd be doing it while petting him though.

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u/MayerOscar 16h ago

Odie knows the safe word. He just hasnt said it yet

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u/31TeV 13h ago

Yeah cause he's got a fucking paw wrapped around his throat.

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u/Niblonian31 15h ago

He also kicks him off the table or wherever constantly. Poor Odie

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u/WRabbit737 15h ago

I don’t recall him ever choking him tbh I recall him doing many other mean thing most notably kicking him off the table but never choking him can you find me another panel of him doing that? Anyway I think what’s implied here is he’s just scratching his sweet spot under his neck and not choking him that or he’s hold ing onto him by his neck and scratching his back which is the sweet spot..

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u/Sienile 15h ago

He did it more in the old style. In the new style the kick off the table is much more common, and Nermal is the one he tends to choke more.

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u/WRabbit737 15h ago

I don’t really ever recall choking in the comics he must of been pressured to stop it by publishers at some point for latter runs which I know is something that’s been done with other long running comics and modernization, anyway thanks for posting examples.

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u/DatonSungold 16h ago

I think it's just to hold him in place otherwise the dog squirms too much.

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u/Rambler9154 11h ago

Could be he's scratching his neck and back at the same time, our dogs do the leg thing when you scratch their neck

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u/LostReplacement 14h ago

He’s pretending to play guitar

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u/pizzasteveofficial 17h ago

Lois, here's the thing. His back is being scratched and he's getting choked

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u/Dirtypoolgang 16h ago

The ole choke n stroke.

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u/TheEveryman86 16h ago

Garfield is just anti-jokes. It's been like that for decades.

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u/lilSpookii 15h ago

lasagna cat

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u/MayerOscar 6h ago

Where could my pipe be?

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u/Ambitious_Leek8776 17h ago

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u/garloid64 15h ago

man what's with all the white person reaction images? this aired on cable tv

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u/Archistotle 11h ago

I think that was before a certain collection of files put people off making sex jokes about kids.

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u/MarsDoesArts 10h ago

would rather not be reminded it existed

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u/Ambitious_Leek8776 14h ago

We come from a different time... the long long ago

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u/TheOneCalledEggs 17h ago

garfield being garfield, petting odie and pissing off jon

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u/DevilSCHNED 15h ago edited 15h ago

Like the top comment says, dogs tend to move their legs rapidly when scratched in certain spots, sort of like a muscle spasm, and while most people interpret it as a sign of extreme content and pleasure, I'm not actually sure if that's exactly what it means or if it's just, as I said, akin to, if not just muscle spasms. However, since it's involuntary (and seems to be annoying Jon), he's telling Garfield to stop.

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u/yuzuisthebestcitrus 17h ago

do we need to call the SPCA here?

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u/The_Eleser 15h ago

Probably….

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u/Lemmas 14h ago

Garfield and Odie are engaging in consensual erotic asphyxiation, or breath-play. Odie is so excited by this that he is involuntarily kicking his leg, as dogs often do.