My Lasaga

About

My Lasaga is a phrase used in purposely bizarre and crude parodies of Garfield called Garfielf. It is generally used in the expression "Gotta have me a good lasaga" and coupled with photographs of Garfielf or a spilled lasagna.

Origin

On April 4th, 2013, YouTuber PilotRedSun posted the video "Garfielf." In the video, the character Garfielf says, "I'm am hungry. I want some lasaga." The post received more than 9.7 million views in less than seven years (shown below).

The earliest available usage of the phrase "Gotta have me a good lasaga" was published on January 19th, 2014 by Tumblr ^[1] user rachaelfoley (shown below). However, it is unclear as to the exact origin of the phrase.

Spread

In February 2014, a Tumblr^[2] user shared an image of Garfielf variation with the phrase "Gotta have me a good lasaga" overlaid over the text (shown below, left). The post received more than 14,000 notes in less than six years.

Several months later, on April 15th, Tumblr^[3] user shrekyourself shared an image of a Garfield plush doll with the phrase overlaid. The post received more than 43,000 notes in less than six years (shown below, center).

On September 3rd, 2015, Tumblr^[4] user avafaid shared a two-panel photograph of lasagna in the oven and a lasagna spilled on the floor. The post received more than 232,000 notes in less than five years (shown below, right).

In November 2019, the Twitter ^[5] account @MYLASAGAbot launched. Within weeks, the account garnered more than 3,400 followers.

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