Nick Characters of the Month #8: Name A More Iconic Duo

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GARFIELD

Source series: Garfield
First appearance: 1976
Character class - Chaos Soldier

SPECIALS:
Neutral - Pie Party
Up - Feral Cat
Down - Pooky

HOME COURSE: Sweet Dreams
TAUNT: Go away, Nermal


SHREDDER

Source series: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
First appearance: 1984
Character class - Bruiser

SPECIALS:
Neutral - Slash Burst
Up - Slashing Whirlwind
Down - Super Charge

HOME COURSE: ....Slime Time....?
TAUNT: Koga Oroku Saki does not approve.


SPECIAL TRAITS/TRIVIA:
--Although "Garfield & Friends" & its related specials all originally aired on CBS, Viacom/Paramount didn't actually own the rights to Garfield until 2019, & no Garfield adaptation has ever aired in first-run on Nickelodeon...though one is now in development.
--Lorenzo Music voiced Garfield on TV from 1982-1994. For the 20th Century Fox films, Garfield was voiced by Bill Murray (as Music had passed away), who of course portrayed Peter Venkman in the Ghostbusters films. In the Ghostbusters cartoons, Venkman was voiced by...Lorenzo Music.
--Garfield uses a thought bubble for his intro lines in Arcade mode.
--Shredder's developer codename was "Cheese".
--Shredder is the only character with a home stage not from their own series.
--Death comes for us all, Oroku Saki, but something much worse comes for you, for when you die, it will be without honor.

From stage on Harmonic Convergence, Slashing Whirlwind reaches the TOP OF THE SCREEN.

And remember, "I'm-a Luigi, number one!"