Garfield and Friends (1988)
The animated stories of Garfield the cat, Odie the dog, their owner Jon and the trouble they get into. And also Orson the Pig and his adventures on a farm with his fellow farm animals.
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1988 / TV-GThe animated stories of Garfield the cat, Odie the dog, their owner Jon and the trouble they get into. And also Orson the Pig and his adventures on a farm with his fellow farm animals.
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In a spoof of Johnny Appleseed, Jon plants ragweed plants, which makes people sneeze. A country singer narrates the story, which annoys Garfield.
Roy is forced to guard the fruit in the barn, due to The Big Cock-A-Doodle coming to check on him. When Wade eats a grape, Roy goes to the supermarket to buy a replacement, only to be stuck in a long line-up at the checkout. When he finally returns, he does not notice that Booker has also eaten a grape from the harvest, and fails to replace it. The Big Cock-A-Doodle declares that Roy must be punished.
Garfield must save Ludlow from another cat who attempts to eat him.
A cricket named Ichabod agrees to be Garfield's conscience to help keep him out of trouble.
The Big Cock-A-Doodle puts Roy on trial for being a bad rooster. The other farm animals head over to clear Roy's name.
Garfield gives top ten lists on how he can tell he has had enough to eat, why Jon's dates end badly, things he hates to find on the table, and how a robbery will be foiled.
A wish on a shooting star causes Nermal and Garfield switch personalities for a day.
Orson goes on vacation and hires his cousin Aloysius to take his place. Aloysius gives Roy and Wade a hard time, handing out demerits over any offenses they make.
Jon finds his ideal match: Jane Arbinkle, who shares all of Jon's flaws as well.
Garfield gets kicked out of the house and wanders into an alley, where an animal trainer tries to train him into a proper cat.
Roy thinks he is doing too much work on the farm. When he meets a salesman from a double talk school, he buys a CD that teaches him how to keep Orson and Lanolin from making him do work.
Jon has a job offer in Alaska that Garfield and Odie dislike, so they hire Ichabod to give Jon bad advice.
Garfield tells his rendition of Puss in Boots. In this version, Garfield is the titular cat, who uses trickery to win his new owner (Jon) fame and fortune. The king eventually wants him to be with his beautiful daughter—if he vanquishes a shapeshifting ogre.
Orson and Bo tell a story about Wade, who became inspired by Sheldon to live life in an egg shell.
When a dinosaur awakens in the present day, he plots to take over humanity by painting himself pink and hosting a Barney and Friends-type TV show. Everyone who watches Sidney the Pink Dinosaur becomes a babbling idiot who parrots everything Sidney says. Garfield is the only one left unaffected, and must devise a way to save the world.
Jon goes on a date with a supermodel, who is instead interested in Garfield.
Orson and Bo, now joined by Roy, continue the story where they left off: Wade, still in his egg shell, is held captive by the Weasel.
The singing ants from "The Picnic Panic" return and invade Garfield's house. Jon and Garfield hire an exterminator to deal with the problem.
In a musical, Penelope is unhappy with her repetitive dates with Garfield and imagines them going on adventures.
When Orson reads the story of The Count of Monte Cristo, Aloysius continually tries to save money by cutting corners.
In a Cinderella-esque tale, Garfield narrates the story of a fairy godmother named Esmeralda. Esmeralda grants Odie a wish to attend the Hound Dog Harvest Ball, where trouble emerges.
A mouse named Myron moves in the Arbuckle house after Floyd leaves. When Myron finds out that Garfield does not chase mice, he uses Garfield for stand-up material.
After thinking he is too busy reading books and not guarding the chickens from the weasel, Orson asks therapist Edward R. Furrow for advice.
Jon discovers that Garfield's birthday is coming up, with the whole world reminding him.
Garfield sits on a book that Jon is reading and refuses to move, no matter what Jon does.
The animals' production of Doctor Zhivago is interrupted by the meddling Aloysius Pig, who insists they do "wholesome, educational" content: namely, nursery rhymes. Threatened with cancellation if they do not agree, everyone tries to stage a good skit. Aloysius then keeps interrupting with complaints about how each rhyme is "inappropriate".
Garfield explains how humans can hear animal thoughts as if they were conversing normally, through the use of a special microphone. Demonstrating it leads Garfield to discover plans for a bank robbery, and he attempts to notify the police.
Jon's teenage niece sneaks off to the mall, where Garfield and Odie follow her.
Everyone wonders what is in a box addressed to Bo, with most convinced it contains something scary. It turns out to be Nermal, whom Garfield had mailed away in an attempt to get rid of him.
When Garfield fails to get a pie from a windowsill, he is given motivational speeches by a philosopher cat.
Garfield motivates Floyd's friend, Irwin, into thinking he is a cat.
When Wade finds Gort sleeping in his bed, he seeks advice to get Gort out of his home.
Jon is hired to cook for a heavyweight champion.
A modern day pirate steals food.
In a follow-up to "The Feline Philosopher," the philosopher gives Orson, Roy, Wade, and the Weasel advice.
In a sequel to "The Fairy Dogmother," Esmerelda is assigned to grant Garfield's wish to get revenge on a dog. Since she forgets his wish, she grants every wish Garfield, Odie and Jon make.
Garfield tells the story of the 40 thieves, with his own twist.
Orson and the gang take a pretend trip to various planets. Meanwhile, Orson's brothers try to steal their vegetables.
Garfield finds himself in the wrong cartoon again, this time an X-Men spoof. Garfield's new friends help Jon out of a conniving sleazy salesman's grasp.
Jon builds a comedy robot out of his old refrigerator. It ends up going wild around the house.
Orson, Roy, Wade, and the Weasel keep getting stuck in what they have done before. Meanwhile, Wade begins to have trouble pronouncing the weasel's name.
In a musical episode, Jon gets a new neighbor who detests cats. Garfield finds out the reason behind the man's hatred and reunites him with a cat he had as a child, causing him to like cats again.
When Jon gets a crush on horror movie hostess Vivacia, Garfield and Odie give him an opportunity to date her.
Wade appears on a TV news show to talk about his fears.
Garfield and Odie head out to rescue Jon (along with other men) from Vivacia and various horror creatures.
An alien spaceship's force field sphere lands in Jon's back pocket. This makes Jon invincible as long as he has the sphere in his possession. To take advantage of this, Jon attempts a dangerous stunt to earn money.
Orson tells Booker and Sheldon the story of a young monster having difficulty in scaring anyone.
Told in song, Garfield, Jon, and Odie vacation at the beach, where they wind up in trouble during a shark encounter.
The animated stories of Garfield the cat, Odie the dog, their owner Jon and the trouble they get into. And also Orson the Pig and his adventures on a farm with his fellow farm animals.