Here Comes Garfield

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Here Comes Garfield was the first half-hour animated televised special based on the Garfield comic strip. It features the voices of Lorenzo Music as Garfield and others who later went on to voice their characters in future Garfield specials and the television series Garfield and Friends. Here Comes Garfield premiered in 1982 and was nominated for seven Emmy awards. The songs in the special are performed by Lou Rawls and Desirée Goyette, both of whom did songs for future Garfield specials. Desiree Goyette later voiced Nermal in the Garfield and Friends television series.

Spoiler warning: Plot and/or ending details follow.

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[edit] Storyline

Garfield and Odie are outside harassing a neighbor's dog when the owner Hubert (also from the Garfield strip) decides to call the pound. When the dog catcher arrives, Garfield flees but Odie is too stupid to run away and is taken. Garfield decides to go home but realizes how boring life is without Odie around and that night, he goes to rescue him. However Garfield is caught and thrown into the pound himself where he finds Odie. Garfield learns from his cellmate that Odie was going to be euthanized in the morning. Morning comes and after Odie is taken down the hall, a girl arrives at the pound to adopt a pet. She chooses Garfield. When the cage opens Garfield leads a stampede of cats and dogs out of the cage. They go to rescue Odie and break down the pound door. As the dogs and cats run amok in the street, Garfield and Odie run home knocking down Jon's front door.

[edit] Songs in Here Comes Garfield

[edit] Lyrics to the songs

  • Togeter Again: Now we're together again, no need to be lonely, together again, my one and only, together my friend, just you and me!

[edit] Quotes adapted from the strips

Numerous lines from this TV special are actual quotes from Garfield strips published before it aired. Here are samples of them:

  • Garfield: (after rudely waking Jon up) Good morning, sunshine. Welcome to another fun-filled day with your favorite pet!
    Jon Arbuckle: I'm so happy to own a cat, I could just throw up (only says this second line in comic strip, not in TV special).
  • Garfield: So this is what it feels like to be potato salad.
  • Garfield: Ten Billion Dogs in This World, and I Get Tweedldee the wonder dummy

This special is available on the Garfield: As Himself DVD.

In addition, virtually all the Garfield shorts at the end of the episode are a direct adaption of a full strip.


Garfield
Characters
Garfield | Jon Arbuckle | Odie | List of Garfield characters
Television specials
A Garfield Christmas | Garfield Gets a Life | Garfield Goes Hollywood | Garfield in Paradise | Garfield in the Rough | Garfield on the Town | Garfield's Babes and Bullets | Garfield's Feline Fantasies | Garfield's Halloween Adventure | Garfield's Thanksgiving | Garfield: His 9 Lives | Here Comes Garfield
Video games
Garfield: Big Fat Hairy Deal | Garfield: A Winter's Tail | Garfield: A Week of Garfield | Garfield Labyrinth | Garfield: Caught in the Act | Garfield: The Search for Pooky | Garfield & His Nine Lives | Garfield Bound for Home
Films
Garfield | Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties
Other media
Am I Cool or What? | Garfield As Himself | Garfield and Friends | List of Garfield and Friends episodes | Garfield's Holiday Celebrations
Other
Jim Davis | U.S. Acres
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