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Garfield is a comic strip created by Jim Davis, featuring the cat Garfield, the pet dog Odie, and their socially inept owner Jon Arbuckle. As of 2006, it is syndicated in roughly 2,570 newspapers and journals and it currently holds the Guinness World Record for being the world’s most widely syndicated comic strip.[1] The popularity of the strip has led to an animated cartoon show, several animated television specials and two feature-length live-action films, as well as a large amount of Garfield-related merchandiseGarfield debuted on June 19, 1978, which fans consider Garfield's birthday. The strip pokes fun at pet owners and their relationship with their pets, often portraying the pet as the true master of the home. Garfield also struggles with human problems, such as diets, loathing of Mondays, apathy, boredom, and so on. Garfield is able to understand anything that Jon or other humans say. He doesn’t talk to humans but he does gesture like a human[2] (and he communicates to the reader in thought balloons, and Jon occasionally reacts to Garfield’s thoughts). However, Garfield is able to talk in "thinking" to Odie and the other animals. Odie understands what Garfield says to him, but in general cannot communicate back to Garfield except by barking because he is the only character that doesn't seem to have any normal way of communicating. Although, Odie did have two thought bubbles with words in the strip. In an earlier strip, Odie is shown poking his previous owner (Lyman) and it is written in his thought bubble "I'm hungry." In a second strip, Odie is on the fence in the alley with Garfield and it is written in his thought bubble "O sole mio." Most of the other animals (Arlene, Nermal, mice, and the other dogs) are capable of a two-way conversation with Garfield. Garfield, apparently, is able to type, and he has written messages that Jon has read and understood (typically letters to Santa Claus); however, this happens very rarely. He is also apparently able to tell time (although this, as well, has often been the subject of controversy).Over the course of the strip, Garfield's behavior and appearance evolved. Initially, he was drawn extremely obese with flabby jowls and small round eyes. Later, his appearance was slimmed down and his eyes enlarged. By 1981, Garfield started walking on his hind feet from time to time (these rear paws are now drawn as proportionally huge), due to being too fat to walk on four legs. By the middle of 1983, his familiar appearance—featuring oval-shaped eyes—had taken shape. By this time, Garfield was walking on two feet, and the strip emphasized sitcom situations such as Garfield making fun of Jon's stupidity and his inability to make social connections.Like many comic strips, Garfield is not exclusively drawn by its creator. Jim Davis still writes and makes rough sketches for the strip, but his company, Paws, Inc., employs cartoonists and assistants who do most of the work of drawing and inking, while Davis's final job is usually confined to approving and signing the finished strip. Otherwise, Davis spends most of his time managing the business and merchandising aspects of Garfield.Learning from the indifference his previous comic strip creation Gnorm Gnat met with, Jim Davis has made a conscious effort to include all readers in Garfield; keeping the jokes broad and the humor general and applicable to everyone. As a result the strip typically avoids the social or political commentary present in some of Garfield’s contemporaries, such as Boondocks, Doonesbury, Dilbert, and Cathy. Although a couple of strips in 1978 addressed inflation and, arguably, organized labor, as well as Jon frequently smoking a pipe or subscribing to a “bachelor magazine,” these elements were ultimately pruned from the product with the intent of maintaining a more universal appeal. Davis adamantly disavowed social commentary in an interview published at the beginning of one of the book compilations, joking that he once believed that OPEC was a denture adhesive.The characters and situations in Garfield have often been constant-with no change or development for the past several years. While this was not unique to Garfield, as Calvin in Calvin and Hobbes and the children of Peanuts never aged, other strips such as For Better or For Worse, Cathy, and Doonesbury maintain a continuity with characters who develop, age, and may even die as the strip proceeds. However, on July 17, 2006,[3] a new storyline began with the promise of changing Garfield’s life forever (according to the strip's official website). During the next two weeks, Garfield and Jon accidentally spotted Garfield's vet Liz in a restaurant with another date. After an embarrassing meeting, Liz admitted that she actually liked Jon, and the date culminated with a kiss[4] on July 28 (both Jon and Jim Davis's birthday), when Jon finally could say that he had a life.The comic strip was turned into a cartoon special for television in 1982 called Here Comes Garfield. Actor Lorenzo Music, previously known as the voice of Carlton the doorman on the show Rhoda, was hired to portray the voice of Garfield. Soul singer Lou Rawls provided musical accompaniment. Twelve television specials were made (through 1991) as well as a television series, Garfield and Friends, which ran from 1988 to 1995.For his work on the strip, creator Jim Davis received the National Cartoonist Society Humor Strip Award for 1981 and 1985, and their Reuben Award for 1989.In June 7, 1999, newspapers began to be offered full-color Garfield weekday strips.A live-action movie version of the comic strip, Garfield: The Movie had its debut in the United States on June 11, 2004. The film employed a computer-animated Garfield and live-action Odie. Lorenzo Music had died prior to the filming of the movie, and Bill Murray was cast as the voice of Garfield. Murray’s laid-back, deadpan delivery has often been compared to Music’s; indeed, Music provided the voice of Murray’s Peter Venkman character in the cartoon version of Ghostbusters. Murray became the fourth actor to provide a voice for Garfield: Tommy Smothers voiced the role in a cat food commercial, and an unnamed Music sound-alike was used in another TV spot. Prior to Murray being cast, it was widely reported that actor John Goodman had been picked to provide Garfield’s voice for the film.[citation needed]First Appearance: June 19, 1978Garfield is the central character. He is a lazy, overweight, orange tabby cat who enjoys eating and sleeping. He hates Mondays due to his consistent streak of bad luck on them and considers himself to be more intelligent than humans, dogs, or other animals. Garfield was born in the kitchen of Mama Leone's Italian Restaurant and developed a taste for lasagna the day he was born. Ever since then, it has always been his favorite food. As a kitten, he fit in a tiny bed, surprisingly. Later in his life, Garfield runs across his Mother again one Christmas Eve, accidentally, and meets his Grandfather for the first time. According to the TV special Garfield Gets a Life, in the end of the episode, Jon’s car is shown driving away and his vehicle registration plate says Indiana on it, indicating that Garfield lives in Indiana. Jim Davis added this in possibly because he is from Indiana. In his cartoon appearances, Garfield usually causes mischief in every episode. In June 1983, comic strips introduced Garfield's alter-ego, Amoeba Man, yet he was only shown in 6 strips (6-20 through 6-25). Amoeba Man is only one of his few imaginary alter egos though. The Caped Avenger is one of the more common ones. It was revealed on 01 July, 1983 that he doesn’t like raisins.[5] It has also been implied that they are his least favourite food in a comic strip where Garfield saves time by instead of making a list of things he wants for his birthday, he made a list of things he doesn’t want. The only thing on the list was raisins. His birthday is June 19, 1978.[6][7][8][edit] Jon ArbuckleMain article: Jon ArbuckleFirst Appearance: June 19, 1978Garfield's 30-year-old owner, as of 23 December, 1980 (although his birthday is July 28, the same as Jim Davis's). He has poor social skills and his attempts at dating women have usually failed, but Garfield is happy as long as he keeps him fed. His mother often refers to him as Johnny, and his full name was once revealed to be Jonathan Q. Arbuckle, but he usually just goes as Jon. Jim Davis got this name from an old coffee commercial. He thought the name fit the poor sap who would be stuck with a cranky feline with an overactive appetite. Even though he introduced himself as a cartoonist in the very first strip, Jon is never seen drawing cartoons, but his job was once referenced, as seen in the 1984 Christmas Sequence when Jon left for a cartoonists' convention. (However, Garfield is seen in a couple of strips using Jon's easel and ink, presumably his cartooning tools. In one strip, Garfield draws a cat.) Jon seems to understand Garfield in some of the later comics, but only sometimes. In the July 13, 1998, comic, he even reacted to Garfield even though Garfield hadn't even thought anything.[9][10] In recent comic strips Jon has had his first success in love and finally hit it off with Garfield’s vet, Dr. Liz Wilson (following the path of the first movie). Jon is of at least partial Italian decendency.[edit] OdieMain article: OdieFirst Appearance: August 8, 1978Jon's pet dog (although technically owned by Jon's friend Lyman, who hasn’t been seen in the strip in over two decades). A yellow, long-eared beagle who is always drooling and walks on all four legs. He is very stupid and naïve (although he has been shown on rare occasions to be the exact opposite). Because of his naïveté, Garfield likes to play tricks on him, particularly taking advantage to give him the boot—quite literally—when he is standing on the edge of a table. Odie is the only animal character who doesn't communicate with any form of dialogue (except in one comic where Odie actually speaks in Garfield's dream, once when he tries coffee and says 'rowr...' and another when he sings on a fence "O sole mio" and another one, the June 15, 1980 comic where he's poking his original owner, Lyman, and saying he's hungry[11]), solely communicating with body language and his enthusiastic barking and other dog sound effects. Also, Odie didn’t appear in the very first comics; he debuts on August 8, 1978,[12] which is considered his birthday. Odie was originally going to be named Spot, but Davis thought the name “Odie” better indicated stupidity. (Odie was the name of the village idiot in Davis' Car Ad) Odie used to have black ears, but Davis was told that he looked a little like Snoopy; Odie’s ears are now brown. Sometimes Odie catches on to Garfield’s tricks; one time as Odie was sleeping on a rug, Garfield creeps up and pulls the rug out from under him, spinning him into the air. As Garfield settles in, Odie gets back by stamping his foot into the floorboard, shooting Garfield into the ceiling.[9] Another favorite trick of Odie's is sneaking up behind Garfield while Garfield is eating, and barking loudly, which results in Garfield being startled and pitching forward face-first into his food bowl.[edit] Supporting charactersMain article: List of Garfield characters[edit] ArleneFirst Appearance: December 17, 1980Garfield's female friend. She is a pink cat with a long neck and buck teeth. She once wished their relationship would take a few steps, but Garfield does not seem to notice. Garfield once quipped in the early strips that he and Arlene have an apparent love-hate relationship: Garfield loves himself, and Arlene hates that. Garfield loves to tease Arlene about the gap between her front teeth, which also infuriates her.[edit] NermalFirst Appearance: September 3, 1979"The world's cutest kitten." Garfield hates him and hates especially when he comes to show everyone how cute he is. Nermal especially does this on Garfield's birthdays to remind him of how he is getting older. Nermal is a male kitten, but his voice actress in the cartoon (Desirée Goyette) and long eyelashes have led to some confusion over his gender. He once mentioned that he is going to stay cute and small forever because he's a midget. ("I think small," he once quipped, "and the coffee and cigarettes don't hurt.") However, there is evidence that Nermal preserves his cuteness by mud packing his face. In exasperation and feelings of being degraded for ugliness and advancement in age, Garfield ultimately attempts to ship Nermal to Abu Dhabi.[edit] Dr. Elizabeth "Liz" WilsonFirst Appearance: June 26, 1979Garfield's veterinarian and Jon's biggest crush. Even though Garfield hates going to the vet, Jon often forces him to go. Sometimes the visit is just an excuse for Jon to ask Liz out for a date. Traditionally, they seldom actually went out, and for many years only one date was successful: on December 19, 1981, they kissed.[13] On July 28, 2006, Jon and Liz shared their second kiss after a slight dating fiasco;[4] a third kiss was shared on September 3 of the same year. In the past, Liz showed great dislike and little respect for Jon; her attempts to show him that she was not interested in him were generally futile, although she did deliver some pithy comments. Once Jon asked her what she would suggest for an animal who is madly in love (referring to himself), and Liz countered with "neutering."Nevertheless, mutual interest developed with time: on July 26, 2006, it was revealed that Liz now had an attraction to Jon.[14] From this point on, Liz has been Jon's girlfriend (she called him "Sweetie" on September 7, 2006.)[15][edit] Pooky the Teddy BearFirst Appearance: October 23, 1978Pooky is Garfield's teddy bear and best friend (Also considered by Garfield as his "Confidant") who Garfield discovered stuffed in a drawer. Despite the fact that Pooky is a stuffed animal, Garfield acts as though he can communicate with Pooky. When Pooky first appeared, his head was smaller, his eyes were larger and he had a smile stitched on his face. In some strips, Pooky's name was spelled "Pookie".[edit] LymanFirst Appearance: August 7, 1978Last Appearance: April 24, 1983Lyman was Jon's roommate and Odie's owner. He stopped appearing in the strip after a few years, apparently because he was considered superfluous. Jim Davis explained how the character was created to give Jon someone to be friends with and talk to, but as Garfield’s character evolved and ended up holding the conversations through his thought bubbles, the conversations became more Garfield-Jon oriented. This made Lyman's character unneeded; thus, Davis stopped including Lyman in the strip with little to no explanation. However, Jim Davis later gave humorous scenarios of what happened in the Garfield 25th Anniversary Book. One clue, supplied by Davis, indicated "Don’t look in Jon's basement!" In the online game "Scary Scavenger Hunt", this clue materialized: Lyman's head can be found in the oven and under a cloth. Lyman himself is found in the bathtub. Upon discovering Lyman in the basement, the Psycho music plays [1]. Although his last in-strip appearance was in April 24, 1983, he makes a cameo five years later in the title panel of the strip that was published on Garfield's 10th birthday.[edit] MomFirst Appearance: February 13, 1980Jon’s mother lives on a farm and is known to be a great cook (she can make just about anything out of potatoes, proven in a 1980s strip when she creates five dishes of potatoes using five different techniques). Based on Jim Davis' mother Betty Davis, Jon's mother is also known for sending him and Garfield cooked meals in packages. Jon once got mashed potatoes and Garfield got gravy, which started to leak from the corner of the envelope. On one Christmas occasion, after Dad said, "Please tell me they were adopted.", her response "I don't know, I was out at the time" implies she had gone through two Caesarean sections on the days Jon and Doc Boy were born.[edit] DadFirst Appearance: February 13, 1980Jon's father; lives on a farm, and is completely useless when it comes to modern equipment. Calls Jon "Jon Boy". Based on Jim Davis' father, James William Davis.[edit] Doc BoyFirst Appearance: May 17, 1983Jon's brother who lives on a farm with his mother and father, and often fights with Jon, calling him a "city slicker". Based on Jim Davis' brother David "Doc" Davis, who's not nearly as goofy as his cartoon counterpart; he's goofier.[9][edit] SpidersSmall spiders appear numerous times throughout the strip (implying that Jon's house may be infested with them), and try to have conversations with Garfield; unfortunately for them, he takes great pleasure in swatting them with a rolled-up newspaper, and does so every time he encounters one. Despite this, being swatted apparently isn't fatal for them as they have been seen getting up and stumbling away or thinking to themselves afterwards. The spiders occasionally show a desire for revenge, but are usually friendly; one particular spider named Lorenzo (possibly named for Lorenzo Music, Garfield's late voice actor in the TV show) makes repeated appearances, seeming to share an awkward friendship with Garfield. The spiders in Garfield are only drawn with six legs, not eight.[edit] MiceGarfield has had many mice friends (and some enemies). Most of them are nameless but there are a few that have been identified. Three mice named Herman, Floyd, and Squeak make occasional appearances. The mice usually get along with Garfield but they also humiliate him sometimes and care very little about it. They know that Garfield is too lazy to chase them (although there have been a few occasions) so they tend to take advantage of their freedom and casually walk around the house, sometimes stealing food from the kitchen. As Jon expects Garfield to catch and eat the mice, he gets disappointed when he has to dispose of them by himself. He sometimes coaxes Garfield into doing his natural tasks by telling him he won't get dinner if he doesn't catch them.[edit] IrmaFirst Appearance: June 9, 1979 (though not by name until October 19, 1979)The waitress and manager of a greasy, lowbrow diner (Irma's Diner), Irma takes no shame in the obvious low quality of her establishment, often oblivious to the disgusting foodstuffs she serves Jon and Garfield and the chaos that goes on under her nose. She doesn't seem to be very bright and is very literal in her tasks as a waitress: once, when Jon ordered what the person next to him was having, she simply snatched the plate from the customer and gave it to Jon. She is the only person who can make Garfield lose his appetite.Lately, her appearances in the comic have become quite rare.[edit] Mrs. FeenyAlthough she has never appeared physically or with a voice bubble, she and her little dog are constantly tormented by Garfield resulting in her calling Jon and complaining, at one point sending Jon a cake that turned out to be a balloon, splattering Jon and Garfield with icing when it popped. Although Garfield has tormented the entire neighbourhood, Mrs. Feeny is considerably Garfield's biggest target. Mr. Feeny was mentioned in a strip in 2005, but that was the only time he was mentioned. Other one-shot characters included Mr. Talbot.[edit] EllenOf all of the women Jon calls for a date and ends up getting rejected, Ellen is the most common. She was introduced as a blind date for Jon November 9, 1990 and recently appeared in person after Jon convinced her to go on a date because she had amnaesia and couldn't remember how much she despised him. This didn't last long though. In the middle of their date, Liz (Garfi