Deflated Garfield refers to a panel from a 1993 Garfield comic strip in which Garfield plants an inflatable Garfield decoy to act as a decoy for his owner Jon Arbuckle, with Jon panicking and thinking that Garfield is unwell when the decoy springs a leak.
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On March 24th, 1993, a Garfield comic strip, created by Jim Davis was published. In that day's strip, Garfield plants an inflatable Garfield decoy to distract his owner Jon Arbuckle, allowing Garfield to eat Jon's food. The decoy springs a leak and deflates, causing Jon to grab it and try to wake the fake Garfield up.