He is based on Jim Davis' father, James William Davis. Later on, the comic characters realize Garfield is in the real world and Eli blocks the patch in the screen that separates the real world by taping special tape on it, so no one can gain access to the real world. Although she has a deadpan, sardonic persona, she can find Jon's outlandish and goofball behavior endearing. Garfield is the strip's title character. Irma is a model waitress, when she isn't abusing her customers or shaving her legs at the counter. Mrs. Arbuckle is Jon's mother who lives on a farm and is known to be a great cook, offering a wide variety of food for Jon to eat when he visits, especially her ability to create dozens of potato-based dishes. Whenever Garfield wore a cowboy outfit, Jake always believed that he really was a cowboy named "Shorty" (Jon would always recognize "Shorty" as Garfield, however). This character is based on Jim Davis' real-life brother, David "Doc" Davis. He is voiced by Gregg Berger. However, she still questions their relationship at times, due of a feminine side and rudeness. Also Binky once mugged uncle roy, a cartoon character only mentioned in the strips. Garfield is not shy to show his love for Pooky, often grabbing it in hugs. [6], This article is about the CGI film. The comic characters celebrate the return of Garfield at the end of the film. In the strip, Grandma was originally depicted as an elderly woman, wearing a plain dark dress and her hair in a tight bun; her animated appearances outfit her as an energetic elderly lady in a sweater and jeans; sometimes, she is also seen riding a motorcycle. She's a half-witch who's often visit Mrs. Cauldron in human world and she's not a full witch yet (until episode Bewitched when she becomes a witch teacher). This function: While Garfield hates her like everyone else, he likes having her visit because "Compared to Aunt Ivy, he actually seems easy to live with.". A large black Rottweiler. But Lyman has nevertheless made a few modern appearances. "Jon" Arbuckle is the owner of Garfield and Odie. But he is seen to sometimes get along with Jon well, since he plays games with Jon such as "Touch the Udder" and even sometimes helps out with Jon's projects, remodeling, and surprises for Garfield. His first television appearance was on Peace & Quiet. Purring. He is voiced by Frank Welker. When going out on dates, he dresses in loud, mismatched clothes. In certain episodes, Vito's Pizza is sometimes in trouble, such as in "Love and Lasagna", where Brent Mogul tries to tear it down for a tanning salon until Garfield and Odie save the store. Luckily, Shecky finds a fire-proof trash cart and Jon, Wally, Odie, Garfield and Shecky jump in and Billy Bear is about to push the cart when Odie realizes his bone is missing and finds it lying on a chandelier. She also, at one point, had a Weimaraner dog that Garfield had epoxied to a cross-town bus; and she had a bird named Mr. Sweety Wings who was another victim of Garfield's. According to two Garfield Comic Strips, Liz's birthday is said to be January 13th. His last was on The Feline Philosopher. He is very thin and has two different coloured eyes. He hates being called "Doc Boy" but puts up with it although he is sometimes seen being angered when his parents even call him "Doc Boy". The great Star League general, Aleksandr Kerensky. Book List. Grandma is one of the few people that Garfield liked from the outset she kicked Odie just like Garfield did. He has a son named Jack who he rarely spends time with until Jon convinced him to. Garfield sometimes communicates with Pooky as if he were a living animal; he can also be over-protective of Pooky. They are voiced by Laura Summer. Odie is a yellow beagle, Garfield's best friend and Jon's dog. In it when Jon welcomes Frank to Garfield he attacks Frank as he says "some people rub me the wrong way." Even though Garfield rarely sees her at the veterinary clinic, Liz nags Garfield to lose weight and reject junk food; however, Liz sometimes brings food Garfield likes to the house, and Garfield happily benefits from this. He loves bullying Odie and mailing Nermal to Abu Dhabi for being annoying. He constantly crosses character's paths, giving those bad luck, because he's upset about breaking up with his girlfriend. Another example is Jon tells Irma that his potato is bad and she begins "Spanking" it. In Pasta Wars, A group of these lasagnas attempt to assess the risks of conquering Earth, only to come across Garfield eating his birthday lasagna. He also appears in the Garfield comic book as Jon and Garfield's preferred provider of pizza. Garfield disliked their mindless agreement, stressing that their love of harmony and cooperation was not right, and says that they should express their honest opinions and think independently and critically. One of Garfield's goals and main way of defeating them when they interfered in his life was to make them disagree, thereby introducing strife into their affected harmony. Sandi Huge provided her voice in the specials. Her first albeit brief television appearance was on the second TV special Garfield on the Town. Nermal once mentioned that he is going to stay cute and small forever because he is a midget;[5] "I think small," he once quipped, "and the coffee and cigarettes don't hurt." His show nearly got canceled because most people find it tedious, though its ratings improved when a cake monster invaded the studio. [21] She was persuaded to go on a date with him, and on July 20, 2006, the strip finally showed her as a blonde woman with a striped dress.[21]. In the Garfield show he was mentioned twice: First in season 2's "Blasteroid", Jon asks Garfield if he wants to watch Binky, but refuses saying it's in his contract that Binky's not allowed on this show. Dr. Elizabeth "Liz" Wilson is Garfield's veterinarian and a long-time crush of Jon Arbuckle. Shortly after moving, Burnside found out that without Garfield stealing his food, he and his wife Alice were getting overweight, so they agreed to move back. She is aggravated by Garfield's teasing and gluttony, but still holds affection for him. She has a crush on John Travolta.[12]. However, Odie jumps onto the screen trying to get his bone which is on the screen but actually is in the real world and gets sucked into the real world as well. The judges give Garfield one more chance: If Garfield does not make it back to the paper in 24 hours, Hale and Hardy will replace them. Garfield was excited to see him, but Grandpa showed similar characteristics to Garfield, immediately asking "Where's the refrigerator?" Garfield and Odie once used the outfits they provided in order to track down thieves who took spare ribs. The files are then prepared and uploaded to the LibriVox catalogue, in a lengthy and cumbersome process. 1 Physical Appearance 2 Personality 3 Role 3.1 Garfield's Halloween Adventure 3.2 Garfield In his sole animated appearance, A Garfield Christmas Special, he was voiced by Pat Harrington, Jr. and as proved in one strip, has only very rarely been off the farm. Lyman is said to have left Odie with Jon before moving away to work as a wildlife photographer in a distant jungle. Then he calms down, and the strip continues in a normal way. She owns a small pet dog, a regular victim of Garfield's abuse. Gregg Berger, an actor from the original series, reprises his role of Odie, but Garfield was voiced by veteran voice actor Frank Welker, since the original actor Lorenzo Music died in 2001 and Jon is voiced by Wally Wingert, as Thom Huge retired that same year. One notable effort involved making them decide on which two toppings to put on pizza, for, as Garfield stated as the episode ended, "No two people can agree on which two toppings a pizza should have." He is voiced by Jason Marsden and Wally Wingert. The Garfield Show is a French/American CGI animated television series produced by Paws, Inc. and Dargaud Media.It is based on the American Garfield comic strip created by Jim Davis.The animated series focuses on a new series of adventures for the characters of Garfield, Odie, and their owner Jon Arbuckle, alongside staple characters from the strip and a number of unique additions for the program. And she's trying to take over the world by Forbidden Moon Spell by turning all the humans into frogs. She was supposed to baby-sit Garfield on the week of April 25, 1988 while Jon was having his tonsils removed, but she did not show up. It is said several times that he is a cartoonist. More info: Mrs. Feeny (originally spelled Feeney) was one of several neighbors, which included a Mrs. Woonduck; a Mrs. Nostrum and a Mrs. Peebrik who had been calling and complaining to Jon about Garfield's abusive behavior of their dogs. First appeared: Polecat Flats. 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Shecky gets dinner by annoying the people who live in a building and the people start throwing food at Shecky. He is usually depicted eating or sleeping. Cactus Jake is the foreman of the Polecat Flats ranch, and a friend of Jon. It was written by Jim Davis and chronicles Garfield's adventure into the "real world" out of the comic strip. After dinner, Shecky brings Garfield and Odie to their new home, an abandoned hotel called Hotel Muncie. In one of them Frank (spider) is with Estelle, another spider. The success of the film spawned a franchise consisting of two sequels, Garfield's Fun Fest and Garfield's Pet Force. Binky apparently owns a small restaurant that Jon and Garfield occasionally eat at called "Binky Burger". Writers tend to assume that for some reason most viewers will assume that the protagonist is a guy by default.So to make absolutely sure there's no Viewer Gender Confusion, developers will assign Tertiary Sexual Characteristics to the female characters, and sometimes the male characters as well. He is very immature and has a bad sense of fashion. He lives at the zoo and he first appeared in "Orange and Black" and made a cameo appearance in "High Scale". Garfield even had his own song called "Abu Dhabi", which he uses to tell Nermal all about the United Arab Emirates and how he will love it there (or rather, how Garfield will love having Nermal on the other side of the world). He opened a theme park made of cheese which wasn't well-liked. In one instance, Mrs. Feeny called Jon complaining over Garfield shipping him and her dog to Wisconsin to work as clowns. Jon Arbuckle's mailman. The comic strip is made in Comic Strip World and sent to "The Real World" where it is made in newspaper. Liz's parents have made a couple of appearances on The Garfield Show as well. He was first mentioned on March 13, 1985 in the comic strips, previously, other different clown characters were seen. [11] She later appeared on November 8 through November 12, 1983, when she became mean and had glasses. She loves Jon, Garfield, and Odie, and occasionally makes appearances throughout the series. This role is notable in that it won Foray her first Emmy. This causes Jon to be a bit envious that the teddy bear is better-loved than him. Although Garfield once ceased attacking Nermal after having a nightmare where a hulking cat introduces himself as a full-grown Nermal and proceeds to brutalize Garfield, this has not actually happened. Al's eyes are never seen because they're always hidden behind his hat. Read on to discover the explanation behind 10 common cat behaviors. Metadata coordinators (MCs), help and advise Book Coordinators, and take over the files with the completed recordings (soloists are also Book Coordinators in this sense, as they prepare their own files for the Meta coordinators). Garfield Gets Real (also known as Garfield 3D in some regions) is a 2007 American CGI movie starring Garfield.It was produced by Paws, Inc. in cooperation with Davis Entertainment, and The Animation Picture Company and distributed by 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment.It was written by Garfield's creator Jim Davis, who started working on the script in the autumn of 1996. She is a beige pussy cat with a cute mole on the right side of her face near her mouth. Aunt Gussie is Jon's aunt. Pooky, along with Jon and Odie, was shown shedding a tear, something that would be impossible for an inanimate object although this may have been done for comedic effect. He also has a cameo on the front page of a newspaper that Jon is reading in the comic of April 2, 2013.[8]. In the Garfield film, she appears as a purple-ish Russian Blue cat, voiced by Debra Messing. The DVD was shipped to stores on June 19, 2007. Mrs. Cauldron's oldest niece who appeared for the first time in "Every Witch Way". In September 1979, Jon's Mom and Dad left Nermal with him for the week while they went on vacation, yet in November 1984, Jon's Mom claimed that they had not been off the farm since 1953. Garfield sees his chance and goes through the screen without anyone noticing. First Appearance: August 7, 1978Last Appearance: As a regular: April 24, 1983 (Cameo in the 10th anniversary strip: June 19, 1988) (Appearance as photograph on Jon's newspaper: April 2, 2013). 1. He was removed from the Sunday splash panel in March 1982. It was produced by Paws, Inc. in cooperation with Davis Entertainment, and The Animation Picture Company and distributed by 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment. These are shown in January 13, 2017 and January 13, 2018. In the Garfield and Friends episode Feeling Feline, she appears in a speaking line along with Jon's dad (no speaking parts) in Jon's dream. They were voiced by Lorenzo Music, Thom Huge, and Gregg Berger with sped up voices. He was fired from his job once by Mr. Station Manager Sir for showing the viewers what unhealthy foods to eat, but he was rehired after Mr. Station Manager Sir's new show got the least ratings. HOP is nothing more than a generic holiday movie with a bunny swapped in for good ol' St. Nick. His first appearance with his current name was in "Virtualodeon", where by watching Virtualodeon, Garfield gets sucked into the TV. Pooky is Garfield's teddy bear and best friend. Pooky debuted on October 23, 1978, when Garfield discovered him in a drawer. Jim Davis revealed in Garfield at 25 that he borrowed Irma's name, but not her personality, from his aunt. Most of the time purring means your cat is Irma is often shown to be behaving oddly, for instance, her idea of a "Chicken Surprise" is putting on a chicken mask and yelling "SURPRISE!!" Ellen (first mentioned in November 9, 1990)[20] is a local woman whom Jon often tried to go out with. Nermal was first introduced as Jon's parents' kitten, but this idea was quickly dropped. In The Garfield Show, she is once again voiced by Julie Payne, who is shown to be kinder and more sympathetic. In Blasteroid the lasagnas pluck a meatball asteroid from orbit of their planet, "Parma", and launch it toward Earth. In A Garfield Christmas Special, he was voiced by David Lander. Latest Appearance: May 9, 2021 (at Garfield title). when she helped by guided Garfield, Odie, and Abigail to save both human world and witch realm by find the object that was able to stop her evil aunt Varicella and her plot by change all the humans into frogs. Sophra I am sad to say passed away and so this is really for my other kitties enjoyment but I'll probably make a hub on it one of these days. Garfield Gets Real (also known as Garfield 3D in some regions) is a 2007 American CGI movie starring Garfield. For this reason, she regularly calls Jon to complain about him. Like Garfield, Jon, and Odie, Doc Boy believes in Santa Claus and is seen to either call Jon during Christmas or even stay up to see Santa Claus in excitement. Lyman first appeared on August 7, 1978. She is voiced by Laraine Newman. Replaced in a one-off episode by a T3000 terminator animal controller until assisted in getting their jobs back by Garfield. Lyman was Jon's friend, roommate, and Odie's original owner during the strip's early years. Garfield's mother first made appearances in the animated specials Garfield on the Town and Garfield: His 9 Lives, as well as a few cameos in the comic strip (including a December 1984 story which was a loose adaptation of Garfield on the Town). They all have two things in common. Other animals appear in the strip. Arlene is the name of a beautiful, sweet-natured, loving pink stray cat who likes Garfield. The next day, Garfield realizes that his comic will be canceled unless he returns to the comic. Grandpa was not there for Garfield's birth, but "heard the scream." Later in the comic, Jon saw Wheezer at his high-school reunion. He, along with some other dogs, helped save Vito and the pizzeria from a blaze. He once became violent and used a rolling pin in an attempt to strike Garfield that tasted one of his dishes. Garfield is tired of the old jokes his friends crack and is bored with life in Comic Strip World and longs to go to The Real World. He did, however, succeed in delivering the mail safely by folding the mail into paper airplanes and throwing them at the house, to which Garfield replied "NO FAIR!". He was mentioned a few times to have a girlfriend, although it was noted that she is incredibly ugly, as when he showed her picture to Jon and Garfield, Jon looked at it in shock while Garfield commented "That is one shiny golden tooth". The character returned to the name Squeak for The Garfield Show, with Berger reprising his role. On Garfield and Friends, Liz was voiced by Julie Payne, occasionally appearing in the first two seasons. Wheezer is Jon's old school friend. Often she is depicted as being more moral than Garfield, particularly in more recent television or media adaptions of the comics; she serves as a conscientious voice of guidance for her love interest and will persuade him to choose the proper decisions. The film fell down to fifth in its fourth weekend, decreasing 40.8% to $159,768. Grandpa tells stories to Garfield, including how he weighed 5 pounds, 6 ounces at birth. In A Garfield Christmas Special and Garfield's Thanksgiving, she was voiced by Pat Carroll. Garfield lives with canine Odie and Jon in what appears to be a suburban town inhabited by cartoon characters. The film stayed second in its sophomore weekend, falling 34.1% to $390,688, before dropping down to third in its third weekend, decreasing 30.9% to $269,798.