# Garfield question : Is Nermal a boy or girl? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 29, 2008, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/garfield-question-is-nermal-a-boy-or-girl/451015 "2008-05-29T15:08:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Kozmik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/8dc957/32.png) [@Kozmik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kozmik)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2008, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/garfield-question-is-nermal-a-boy-or-girl/451015/21 "2008-05-29T22:47:15Z")
[QUOTE=Annie-Xmas] So are the voices of Bart Simpson, Ralph Wiggim, Todd Flanders, Database, Kerney and Nelsen Muntz—all voiced by [Nancy Cartwright](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nancy_Cartwright_(actress)) [/QUOTE] Ralph sounds like a g_irl_. ---
**Author:** ![Knorf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/58956e/32.png) [@Knorf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knorf)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2008, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/garfield-question-is-nermal-a-boy-or-girl/451015/22 "2008-05-29T23:41:46Z")
[QUOTE=Bootis] That’s harsh- there are dozens of mainstream comics equally unfunny as Garfield, but with less kid appeal- Broom Hilda, Beetle Bailey, Marmaduke,Hi and Lois, Momma,etc.. Id like to see someone argue that any of these is more funny than the others,with examples of it’s “more funnyness” [/QUOTE] It’s my opinion, and I don’t have to argue it. But, yes, I find Garfield more depressingly unfunny and ill conceived than any of the cartoons you mention, albeit not by much. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2008, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/garfield-question-is-nermal-a-boy-or-girl/451015/23 "2008-05-30T02:51:46Z")
[Nermal gets his.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aHfNwgYOM88) ---
**Author:** ![Talon\_Karrde](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Talon\_Karrde](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Talon_Karrde)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2008, 5:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/garfield-question-is-nermal-a-boy-or-girl/451015/24 "2008-05-30T05:40:59Z")
[QUOTE=Malthus] My favourite Garfield: [garfield minus garfield: Archive](http://garfieldminusgarfield.net/archive) [/QUOTE] I liked the ones where they still had Garfield, but removed his thought bubbles. Is there an archive of those? ---
**Author:** ![cactus\_waltz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/74df32/32.png) [@cactus\_waltz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cactus_waltz)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2008, 11:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/garfield-question-is-nermal-a-boy-or-girl/451015/25 "2008-05-30T11:48:01Z")
Whether a boy or a girl, I think the name makes the character. _Nermal_. ---
**Author:** ![Trunk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/87869e/32.png) [@Trunk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trunk)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2008, 12:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/garfield-question-is-nermal-a-boy-or-girl/451015/26 "2008-05-30T12:50:56Z")
I always figured that Nermal was a boy because of how Garfield treated him. Like, why would Garfield hate a little girl who was trading on her cuteness? It only makes sense for Garfield to hate on that shit if Nermal’s a dandy little fop, right? ---
**Author:** ![Voyager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voyager/32/133_2.png) [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2008, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/garfield-question-is-nermal-a-boy-or-girl/451015/27 "2008-05-30T17:28:14Z")
Nermal is Krazy Kat’s love child, if you ask me. I’m waiting for the brick. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/garfield-question-is-nermal-a-boy-or-girl/451015.md?page=1)