The Garfield Gang

The Garfield Gang Founding Date: April 4, 2007 Real or Fiction: Real/Fictional Years Active: 2007-2008 Known For: Being one of the earliest Speakonia groups ever created outside the Barney Bunch Being one of the earliest rivals to the Barney Bunch Status: Retired/Disbanded Key Members: JEMASCOLA BobbyBuddyBear surfingthechaos zap2346

The Garfield Gang is an old Speakonia group who was active from 2007 until early 2008. While they might not sound familiar and have defiantly fallen into extreme obscurity, they are one of, if not the first ever, original Speakonia group created outside the Barney Bunch and acted as one of the first ever rival groups to them.

History

The Garfield Gang first began on April 4, 2007 with a user named JEMASCOLA. He was a big fan of the Barney Bunch and wanted attention from it and to give it competition, in addition to having his own Barney Bunch-esque group. His first Garfield Gang-related video was "Uncut Garfield 1," which used humor in a similar vain to the Barney Bunch. Soon enough, he would gather a few other users and put his plan into motion.

On April 23, the Garfield Gang declared "war" on the Barney Bunch. Sadly, the Garfield Gang was outnumbered and tended to produce lower-quality videos than those of the Barney Bunch. The war officially ended on June 14 with a finale video in which both groups united to defeat KoolKidzKlub. The end of this war resulted in the dissolution of the Garfield Gang (according to the video storyline, they cryogenically froze themselves).

In early December, the Garfield Gang reemerged after JEMASCOLA uploaded a new video in which the group was impersonated by Seth MacFarlane (creator of Family Guy), who was dressed in a Garfield Gang costume and insulted the Barney Bunch. JEMASCOLA had plans for new Garfield Gang videos in early 2008 but got lazy and decided not to go through with them. He again dissolved the Garfield Gang in late March 2008, officially turning it over to his friend, zap2346, although to date, he hasn't done anything with the group.

Videos

Below are a list of known videos to have been created by the Garfield Gang.

"Uncut Garfield 1" (Uploaded April 4, 2007 by JEMASCOLA): Garfield discusses his daily life, which includes kicking Odie in the nuts hundreds of times. In retaliation, Odie shows up and prepares to kill Garfield with a bazooka.

"Establishment of the Garfield Gang" (Uploaded circa April 2007 by JEMASCOLA)

"A Critical Analysis of the Barney Bunch" (Uploaded April/May 2007 by JEMASCOLA)

"Uncut Garfield 2" (Uploaded April/May 2007 by JEMASCOLA): Jon stops Odie and confronts him for pooping on his shirts and trying to kill Garfield. Jon and Garfield decide to have an orgy with Odie and Lyman. The Barney Bunch shows up, and Lyman threatens to unleash his "amazing disco moves" on them if they don't leave.

"Web War 1" (Uploaded April/May 2007 by JEMASCOLA): The Garfield Gang makes an attack on the Barney Bunch's land using World War I-era military equipment and an atomic bomb. They take Drew Pickles as a war prisoner and force him to have sex with a girl.

"Barney Bunch Awareness Video" (Uploaded circa May 9, 2007 by JEMASCOLA)...In this video, Garfield dissuades an internet user from watching Barney Bunch videos.

"The Buddy Bears join the Garfield Gang!" (Uploaded May 10, 2007 by BobbyBuddyBear)...BobbyBuddyBear announces that the Buddy Bears (from the cartoon Garfield and Friends) have joined the Garfield Gang.

"Spud Head Talks about the Garfield Gang" (Uploaded May 12, 2007 by BobbyBuddyBear)...Spud Head, a crudely-drawn version of Mr. Potato Head, counters Barney Bunch claims that the war was over and that the Garfield Gang was losing.

"BurgundyBurb's Retarded Logic" (Uploaded May 13, 2007 by BobbyBuddyBear): The Buddy Bears point out flaws in BurgundyBurb's logic - particularly surrounding her claim that the use of Spud Head's picture in one of BobbyBuddyBear's videos proved that BobbyBuddyBear was a fake account of JEMASCOLA.

"Interview With Jim Davis" (Uploaded circa May 13, 2007 by JEMASCOLA): Garfield interviews his creator Jim Davis, who supposedly discredits the Barney Bunch's style of humor. His opinion is supposed to be taken seriously since he is a professional cartoonist.

"Burgundy Burb's account is suspended!" (Uploaded May 14, 2007 by BobbyBuddyBear): BobbyBuddyBear gloats over the fact that BurgundyBurb's account was banned (due to graphic images) - and as "proof" that the Garfield Gang "owned" her.

"Tony Blair talks about the Snake Soldiers" (Uploaded May 15, 2007 by BobbyBuddyBear): Tony Blair tries to discredit the effectiveness of the Snake Soldiers, a group created by Sammyt3hSnake.

"Cap'n Lazer" (Uploaded May 20, 2007 by surfingthechaos): Two videos with characters based on the McDonald's Astrosniks toys on a Star Trek TNG bridge. Sammyt3hSnake makes a proposition with Cap'n Lazer, but he denies it and blasts Sammy's flagship.

"Phil's Journey" (Uploaded May 2007 by JEMASCOLA)

"Love Struck" (Uploaded May 2007 by JEMASCOLA): A video unrelated to the Barney Bunch war. Jon, Stephen Colbert, and Big Phill try to win the affections of '80s movie star Molly Ringwald.

"What's your anti-barney?" (Uploaded circa June 2007 by surfingthechaos): An anti-Barney Bunch video parodying the PSA anti-drug commercials.

"Return of the Garfield Gang" (Uploaded December 8, 2007 by JEMASCOLA): The Barney Bunch thinks the Garfield Gang is attacking them again, so they plan to launch penis missiles at the group's founders' homes. But Inspector Duck doesn't believe the Garfield Gang is really behind the videos. He travels through time and space and finds the Garfield Gang's base and unfreezes them. Eventually, Inspector Duck and the Garfield Gang find that Seth MacFarlane is actually responsible for the videos. They catch Seth's confession on video and show it to the Barney Bunch. Finally, the Garfield Gang and Barney Bunch team up and send penis missiles to Seth MacFarlane's house. At the end of the video, the Garfield Gang announces that it will resume making YouTube videos.

"Barney Bunch Moments with the Garfield Gang" (Uploaded December 2007 by JEMASCOLA): The Garfield Gang presents humorous anecdotes with Barney Bunch-type humor. The first (and only) video features the Seinfeld characters.

"Resignation" (Uploaded March 2008 by JEMASCOLA): JEMASCOLA/Garfield resigns from the Garfield Gang and turns the group over to zap2346.

Legacy

The Garfield Gang, being one of the community's first ever Speakonia groups, would set the stage for all future groups to follow. Usually a new group would be introduced by a member of the community and would tout themselves as being the Barney Bunch's newest and biggest rival. They would be used for a couple videos, some members would complain about the groups inclusion to the wider Speakonia canon, then they would be quickly forgotten about.

That's not to say that there have been groups that haven't left their mark on the community since the Garfield Gang. Groups like the Grover's Gay Gang, Screw Scouts, Humongous Bunch, and Hanna-Barbera Bunch have managed to leave an impact despite their relatively brief time in the spotlight, but it would also pave the way for more famous and well known groups that are still used to this very day including the Pubic Family, Betty Bunch, Ketchum Klan, Nega Barney Bunch, and many, many more. It remains unknown how the original Barney Bunch members on YouTube reacted or felt about the Garfield Gang, but the additions to the community would be largely criticized in the years that followed, resulting in unintended conflict.

As far as additions to the grander lore, the Garfield Gang laid down the blueprints for many future groups, mostly in arriving as a threat to the Barney Bunch originally, but sometimes having to team up with them to take out a greater threat.

Garfield himself would reappear in Speakonia Plus' videos now part of the Trump Bunch likely as an nod to Garfield being an old rival to Drew Pickles.