Garfield is an orange cat belonging to Jon Arbuckle.[3] He was born on (1978-06-19)June 19, 1978, in the kitchen of Mamma Leoni's Italian Restaurant. Jim Davis named Garfield after his grandfather, James Garfield Davis.[4] As a kitten, he develops a taste for lasagna, which would become his favorite food.[5] Because of his appetite, the owner of Mamma Leoni's has to choose between giving away Garfield or closing down his restaurant; so Garfield is sold to a pet shop. Garfield is adopted from the store by Jon Arbuckle on August 19, 1978. In his cartoon appearances, Garfield usually causes mischief in every episode.[citation needed]
It is also given that Garfield uses the "sandbox" on occasion, such as in one 1978 strip; he says he hates commercials because they're "too long to sit through and too short for a trip to the sandbox".[6] It was revealed on October 27, 1979, that he doesn't like raisins.[7] His birthday is June 19, 1978, the day the first Garfield strip was published.[8][9][10] On Garfield's 25th anniversary in 2003, several strips were featured in which he interacted with his 1978 version.
Garfield frequently gets into many adventures, such as getting stuck in roll-up shades, sparring with mice, and getting locked up in animal shelters. In 2005, Garfield and Jon appeared in several comic strips of Blondie in honor of their 75th anniversary.[11] There was an earlier Blondie crossover on the Garfield strip published April 1, 1997 and vice versa, as part of the comic strip switcheroo.[12]
Among Garfield's personality traits are his laziness, his cynicism and sarcasm, his hatred of Mondays, his tendency to be annoyed by Jon's dog Odie, and his love of lasagna,[3] and his hatred of Nermal.[13]
Gender
In February 2017, a dispute arose on the talk page of the character's Wikipedia page as to the character's gender. Although other characters have persistently referred to Garfield with male pronouns, owing to comments that the character's creator, Jim Davis, made in 2014 to Mental Floss, in which he said, "Garfield is very universal. By virtue of being a cat, really, he's not really male or female or any particular race or nationality, young or old. It gives me a lot more latitude for the humor for the situations. Davis explained that although Garfield is neither male nor female, he does use male pronouns.[13]
Voice-over timeline
Scott Beach (1980; segment on The Fantastic Funnies)
In the first two Garfield films, Garfield: The Movie and Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties, Garfield was created using computer animation, though the movies were otherwise primarily live-action. In these films, Garfield's design has been altered to more closely favor a real cat in both looks and motion, though his facial features remain exaggerated and expressive bearing a slight resemblance to his voice actor Bill Murray. The fully animated films Garfield Gets Real, Garfield's Fun Fest and Garfield's Pet Force also depict Garfield with computer animation, however the design used in them is much closer to his original comic strip design than the first two films'.
In the prime-time specials and the animated series Garfield and Friends, Garfield was voiced by Lorenzo Music. In the live-action movies, he is voiced by Murray. The two actors also shared the role of Dr. Peter Venkman, which Murray played in Ghostbusters and Music voiced in the animated television series The Real Ghostbusters. At the start of the second season of The Real Ghostbusters, Music was replaced by Dave Coulier after Murray complained that Music's voice as Venkman and as Garfield were largely indistinguishable. In Garfield Gets Real and the CGI series The Garfield Show, he is voiced by Frank Welker, who previously voiced multiple characters in the U.S. Acres segments of Garfield and Friends, and was the understudy for Music.
Garfield was licensed to the Dakin Company for the creation of plush toys circa 1988.
Garfield has been a mascot of Kennywood, a traditional amusement park in West Mifflin, Pennsylvania near Pittsburgh since the 1990s. A ride at Kennywood, "Garfield's Nightmare", was created with the exclusive input of Garfield creator, Jim Davis.
References
^"Garfield's a boy … right? How a cartoon cat's gender identity launched a Wikipedia war". The Washington Post. 1 March 2017. Retrieved June 18, 2017. 'Garfield is male,' Davis told The Washington Post on Tuesday. 'He has a girlfriend, Arlene.'
^ abOguri, Austin (August 11, 2022). "The Simplistic Charm of Garfield: An In-Depth Analysis of this Cool Cat's Success Story". Hollywood Insider. from the original on November 27, 2022. Retrieved December 20, 2022.
^. garfield.com. Archived from the original on 17 June 2020. Retrieved 7 September 2022.
^Davis, Jim (1 April 1997). "Garfield by Jim Davis for April 01, 1997". GoComics. Retrieved 7 September 2022.
^ abFeldman, Brian (March 1, 2017). "Congress Has Entered the War Over Garfield's Gender". New York. from the original on November 13, 2018. Retrieved December 20, 2022.
^"Today's Video Link". News From ME. Retrieved October 3, 2020.
^"Voice(s) of Garfield in Alpo". Behind The Voice Actors. Retrieved 2021-03-22.
^"Brief Boomerang UK Continuity and Adverts (September 2004)". YouTube. Archived from the original on 2021-12-21. Retrieved September 27, 2020.
^"Garfield's Nightmare". Behind The Voice Actors. Retrieved 2021-03-22.
^"Garfield". Behind The Voice Actors. Retrieved 2020-09-27.
^"Garfield: Saving Arlene". Behind The Voice Actors. Retrieved 2020-09-27.
^"Garfield: Lasagna Tour". Behind The Voice Actors. Retrieved 2020-09-27.
^"The Garfield Show: Threat of the Space Lasagna". Behind The Voice Actors. Retrieved 2020-09-27.
^"Garfield Cat Litter". YouTube. Archived from the original on 2021-12-21. Retrieved September 27, 2020.
^"Garfield Cat Litter". Behind The Voice Actors. Retrieved 2021-03-22.
^ ab"Voice(s) of Garfield in Mad". Behind The Voice Actors. Retrieved 2020-09-27.
^"Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl on Twitter". Twitter. June 6, 2022. Retrieved September 7, 2022.
^Frishberg, Hannah (November 1, 2021). "Garfield set to have same voice as Mario: Chris Pratt". New York Post. Retrieved November 1, 2021.
^ ab"Voice(s) of Garfield in Robot Chicken". Behind The Voice Actors. Retrieved 2020-09-27.
^""The Simpsons" the Cad and the Hat (TV Episode 2017) - IMDb". IMDb.
^"Max Caenen in: Why Would He Know if His Mother's a Size Queen". IMDb. 28 June 2020.
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This article is about the cartoon character For the comic strip see Garfield For the 2004 film see Garfield The Movie For other uses see Garfield disambiguation This article relies excessively on references to primary sources Please improve this article by adding secondary or tertiary sources Find sources Garfield character news newspapers books scholar JSTOR September 2022 Learn how and when to remove this template message Garfield is a fictional cat and the protagonist of the comic strip of the same name created by Jim Davis The comic strip centers on Garfield portrayed as a lazy fat and cynical orange tabby Persian cat He is noted for his love of lasagna and sleeping and his hatred of Mondays fellow cat Nermal and exercise GarfieldGarfield characterFirst appearanceJanuary 8 1976 in JonCreated byJim DavisVoiced byScott Beach 1980 Lorenzo Music 1982 2001 Tom Smothers 1991 Bill Murray 2004 2006 Jeff Bergman 2004 Jon Barnard 2004 2016 Frank Welker 2007 present Chris Pratt 2024 In universe informationSpeciesCatGenderMale 1 FamilyJon Arbuckle owner Sonja mother Raoul brother Odie family pet dog Bill the Cat illegitimate son 2 Significant otherArleneBirthdayJune 19 1978 Contents 1 Character 1 1 Fictional biography 1 2 Personality 1 3 Gender 2 Voice over timeline 3 Other media 4 References 5 External linksCharacter EditFictional biography Edit Garfield as portrayed on the back cover of Garfield At Large Garfield is an orange cat belonging to Jon Arbuckle 3 He was born on 1978 06 19 June 19 1978 in the kitchen of Mamma Leoni s Italian Restaurant Jim Davis named Garfield after his grandfather James Garfield Davis 4 As a kitten he develops a taste for lasagna which would become his favorite food 5 Because of his appetite the owner of Mamma Leoni s has to choose between giving away Garfield or closing down his restaurant so Garfield is sold to a pet shop Garfield is adopted from the store by Jon Arbuckle on August 19 1978 In his cartoon appearances Garfield usually causes mischief in every episode citation needed It is also given that Garfield uses the sandbox on occasion such as in one 1978 strip he says he hates commercials because they re too long to sit through and too short for a trip to the sandbox 6 It was revealed on October 27 1979 that he doesn t like raisins 7 His birthday is June 19 1978 the day the first Garfield strip was published 8 9 10 On Garfield s 25th anniversary in 2003 several strips were featured in which he interacted with his 1978 version Garfield frequently gets into many adventures such as getting stuck in roll up shades sparring with mice and getting locked up in animal shelters In 2005 Garfield and Jon appeared in several comic strips of Blondie in honor of their 75th anniversary 11 There was an earlier Blondie crossover on the Garfield strip published April 1 1997 and vice versa as part of the comic strip switcheroo 12 Garfield was one of numerous cartoon characters featured in the 1990 animated special Cartoon All Stars to the Rescue Personality Edit Among Garfield s personality traits are his laziness his cynicism and sarcasm his hatred of Mondays his tendency to be annoyed by Jon s dog Odie and his love of lasagna 3 and his hatred of Nermal 13 Gender Edit In February 2017 a dispute arose on the talk page of the character s Wikipedia page as to the character s gender Although other characters have persistently referred to Garfield with male pronouns owing to comments that the character s creator Jim Davis made in 2014 to Mental Floss in which he said Garfield is very universal By virtue of being a cat really he s not really male or female or any particular race or nationality young or old It gives me a lot more latitude for the humor for the situations Davis explained that although Garfield is neither male nor female he does use male pronouns 13 Voice over timeline EditScott Beach 1980 segment on The Fantastic Funnies Lorenzo Music 1982 2001 TV specials Garfield and Friends 14 Lou Rawls 1982 1991 occasional singing voice TV specials Tom Smothers 1991 Alpo commercials 15 16 Bill Murray 2004 2006 Garfield The Movie Garfield A Tail of Two Kitties 14 Jeff Bergman 2004 Boomerang UK bumper 17 Jon Barnard 2004 2016 Garfield s Nightmare 18 Garfield 19 Garfield Saving Arlene 20 Garfield Lasagna Tour 21 The Garfield Show Threat of the Space Lasagna 22 Garfield Cat Litter commercial 23 24 14 Frank Welker 2007 present Garfield Gets Real Garfield s Fun Fest Garfield s Pet Force The Garfield Show Mad 25 Nickelodeon All Star Brawl 26 Nickelodeon Extreme Tennis 14 Chris Pratt 2024 Upcoming film 27 Voiced by in unofficial material Fred Tatasciore 2006 Robot Chicken 28 Seth Green 2011 2012 Robot Chicken 28 Kevin Shinick 2011 2012 Mad 25 Dan Castellaneta 2017 The Simpsons 29 Dan Milano 2020 Robot Chicken 30 Other media Edit Garfield s computer animated design from the first two theatrical films as seen in Garfield A Tail of Two Kitties This section does not cite any sources Please help improve this section by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed September 2022 Learn how and when to remove this template message In the first two Garfield films Garfield The Movie and Garfield A Tail of Two Kitties Garfield was created using computer animation though the movies were otherwise primarily live action In these films Garfield s design has been altered to more closely favor a real cat in both looks and motion though his facial features remain exaggerated and expressive bearing a slight resemblance to his voice actor Bill Murray The fully animated films Garfield Gets Real Garfield s Fun Fest and Garfield s Pet Force also depict Garfield with computer animation however the design used in them is much closer to his original comic strip design than the first two films In the prime time specials and the animated series Garfield and Friends Garfield was voiced by Lorenzo Music In the live action movies he is voiced by Murray The two actors also shared the role of Dr Peter Venkman which Murray played in Ghostbusters and Music voiced in the animated television series The Real Ghostbusters At the start of the second season of The Real Ghostbusters Music was replaced by Dave Coulier after Murray complained that Music s voice as Venkman and as Garfield were largely indistinguishable In Garfield Gets Real and the CGI series The Garfield Show he is voiced by Frank Welker who previously voiced multiple characters in the U S Acres segments of Garfield and Friends and was the understudy for Music Garfield was licensed to the Dakin Company for the creation of plush toys circa 1988 Garfield has been a mascot of Kennywood a traditional amusement park in West Mifflin Pennsylvania near Pittsburgh since the 1990s A ride at Kennywood Garfield s Nightmare was created with the exclusive input of Garfield creator Jim Davis References Edit Garfield s a boy right How a cartoon cat s gender identity launched a Wikipedia war The Washington Post 1 March 2017 Retrieved June 18 2017 Garfield is male Davis told The Washington Post on Tuesday He has a girlfriend Arlene Bloom County December 29 2015 a b Oguri Austin August 11 2022 The Simplistic Charm of Garfield An In Depth Analysis of this Cool Cat s Success Story Hollywood Insider Archived from the original on November 27 2022 Retrieved December 20 2022 Jim Davis The Man Behind the Cat garfield com Archived from the original on 17 June 2020 Retrieved 7 September 2022 Davis Jim 1984 Garfield His 9 Lives Ballantine Books ISBN 978 0345320612 Davis Jim 4 August 1987 Garfield by Jim Davis for August 04 1978 GoComics Retrieved 7 September 2022 Davis Jim 27 October 1979 Garfield by Jim Davis for October 27 1979 GoComics Retrieved 7 September 2022 Davis Jim 19 June 2006 Garfield by Jim Davis for June 19 2006 GoComics Retrieved 7 September 2022 Davis Jim 19 June 2005 Garfield by Jim Davis for June 19 2005 GoComics Retrieved 7 September 2022 Davis Jim 19 June 1978 Garfield 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Actors Retrieved 2020 09 27 Garfield Cat Litter YouTube Archived from the original on 2021 12 21 Retrieved September 27 2020 Garfield Cat Litter Behind The Voice Actors Retrieved 2021 03 22 a b Voice s of Garfield in Mad Behind The Voice Actors Retrieved 2020 09 27 Nickelodeon All Star Brawl on Twitter Twitter June 6 2022 Retrieved September 7 2022 Frishberg Hannah November 1 2021 Garfield set to have same voice as Mario Chris Pratt New York Post Retrieved November 1 2021 a b Voice s of Garfield in Robot Chicken Behind The Voice Actors Retrieved 2020 09 27 The Simpsons the Cad and the Hat TV Episode 2017 IMDb IMDb Max Caenen in Why Would He Know if His Mother s a Size Queen IMDb 28 June 2020 External links Edit Wikiquote has quotations related to Garfield Garfield The Official Site of Garfield Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Garfield character amp oldid 1129017817, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
