The Garfield Gender Debate stems from a 2014 interview where creator Jim Davis stated that Garfield is not really male or female, but rather a universal cat that likes lasagna. This sparked a massive Wikipedia edit war in 2017 when users began oscillating the character's gender between male, female, and non-binary across thousands of revisions. The resulting chaos led to the page being locked and became a legendary example of internet pedantry. Today, the meme is used to highlight absurd online arguments, the power of creator canon, or the sheer chaos of community-driven encyclopedias.