Garfield (character) explained

Garfield
Series:Garfield
First:January 8, 1976 in Jon
Species:Cat
Gender:Male[1]
Family:Jon Arbuckle (owner)
Sonja (mother)
Raoul (brother)
Odie (family pet dog)
Significant Other:Arlene
Voice:Scott Beach (1980)
Lorenzo Music (1982–2001)
Tom Smothers (1991)
Bill Murray (2004–2006)
Jeff Bergman (2004)
Jon Barnard (2004–2016, 2021)
Frank Welker (2007–present)
Chris Pratt (2024)
Creator:Jim Davis
Lbl21:Birthday
Data21:June 19, 1978

Garfield is a fictional cat and the protagonist of the comic strip of the same name, created by Jim Davis. Garfield is portrayed as a lazy, fat, cynical and self-absorbed orange tabby Persian cat. He is noted for his love of lasagna and pizza, coffee, and sleeping, and his hatred of Mondays, Nermal, the vet, and exercise.

Character

Fictional biography

Garfield is an orange cat belonging to Jon Arbuckle.[2] He was born on 19 June 1978 (the day the first Garfield strip was published), in the kitchen of Mamma Leoni's Italian Restaurant.[3] [4] [5] Jim Davis named Garfield after his grandfather, James Garfield Davis.[6] As a kitten, he develops a taste for lasagna, which would become his favorite food.[7] Because of his large 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.

Garfield frequently gets into many adventures, such as getting stuck in roll-up shades, sparring with mice, and getting locked up in animal shelters.

It is also given that Garfield uses the "sandbox" on occasion, such as in one 1978 strip; he says he hates commercials because they are "too long to sit through and too short for a trip to the sandbox".[8] It was revealed on October 27, 1979, that he does not like raisins.[9]

On Garfield's 25th anniversary in 2003, several strips were featured in which he interacted with his 1978 version. In 2005, Garfield and Jon appeared in several comic strips of Blondie in honor of their 75th anniversary.[10] There was an earlier Blondie crossover on the Garfield strip published April 1, 1997, and vice versa, as part of the comic strip switcheroo.[11]

Character traits

Among Garfield's character traits are laziness, cynicism, and sarcasm. He hates Mondays, the cat Nermal, and he loves lasagna. He also has a tendency to be annoyed by Jon's dog Odie.[12]

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.[12] However, Davis later clarified that Garfield is, in fact, male.

Voice-over timeline

Voiced by in unofficial material:

Other media

External links

Notes and References

  1. News: Garfield's a boy … right? How a cartoon cat's gender identity launched a Wikipedia war. 1 March 2017. The Washington Post. Garfield is male,' Davis told The Washington Post on Tuesday. 'He has a girlfriend, Arlene.. June 18, 2017. 16 June 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170616072512/https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/comic-riffs/wp/2017/03/01/is-garfield-a-boy-how-a-cartoon-cats-gender-identity-sparked-a-war-on-wikipedia/. live.
  2. Web site: The Simplistic Charm of Garfield: An In-Depth Analysis of this Cool Cat's Success Story. Hollywood Insider. Oguri, Austin. en-US. live. August 11, 2022. December 20, 2022. November 27, 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20221127183220/https://www.hollywoodinsider.com/garfield-success-analysis/.
  3. Web site: Davis . Jim . 19 June 2006 . Garfield by Jim Davis for June 19, 2006 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20220907121811/https://www.gocomics.com/garfield/2006/06/19 . 7 September 2022 . 7 September 2022 . GoComics . en.
  4. Web site: Davis . Jim . 19 June 2005 . Garfield by Jim Davis for June 19, 2005 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20220907121805/https://www.gocomics.com/garfield/2005/06/19 . 7 September 2022 . 7 September 2022 . GoComics . en.
  5. Web site: Davis . Jim . 19 June 1978 . Garfield by Jim Davis for June 19, 1978 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20231224010226/https://www.gocomics.com/garfield/1978/06/19 . 24 December 2023 . 7 September 2022 . GoComics . en.
  6. Web site: Jim Davis: The Man Behind the Cat . https://web.archive.org/web/20200617010200/https://garfield.com/jim-davis . 17 June 2020 . 7 September 2022 . garfield.com.
  7. Book: Davis, Jim. Garfield: His 9 Lives. Ballantine Books. 1984. 978-0345320612. registration.
  8. Web site: Davis . Jim . 4 August 1987 . Garfield by Jim Davis for August 04, 1978 . 7 September 2022 . GoComics . en . 7 September 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220907121803/https://www.gocomics.com/garfield/1978/08/04 . live .
  9. Web site: Davis . Jim . 27 October 1979 . Garfield by Jim Davis for October 27, 1979 . 7 September 2022 . GoComics . en . 7 September 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220907121801/https://www.gocomics.com/garfield/1979/10/27 . live .
  10. Web site: 2005-08-21 . Blondie . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20160406165548/http://www.newsfromme.com/2005/08/21/radical-chic-young/ . 2016-04-06 . 2010-07-02 . Newsfromme.com.
  11. Web site: Davis . Jim . 1 April 1997 . Garfield by Jim Davis for April 01, 1997 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20220921184140/https://www.gocomics.com/garfield/1997/04/01 . 21 September 2022 . 7 September 2022 . GoComics . en.
  12. Web site: Congress Has Entered the War Over Garfield's Gender. New York. Feldman, Brian. en-US. live. March 1, 2017. December 20, 2022. November 13, 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20181113140904/https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2017/03/congress-has-entered-the-war-over-garfields-gender.html.
  13. Web site: Voice(s) of Garfield. 2020-09-27. 2020-11-12. https://web.archive.org/web/20201112035536/https://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/characters/Garfield/Garfield/. live.
  14. Web site: Today's Video Link. News From ME. October 3, 2020. January 5, 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230105152849/https://www.newsfromme.com/2009/11/22/todays-video-link-291-2/. live.
  15. Web site: Voice(s) of Garfield in Alpo. Behind The Voice Actors. en-US. 2021-03-22. 2021-05-16. https://web.archive.org/web/20210516220251/https://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/commercials/Alpo/Garfield/. live.
  16. Web site: Brief Boomerang UK Continuity and Adverts (September 2004). https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/28N4DhrvrI8 . 2021-12-21 . live. YouTube. September 27, 2020.
  17. Web site: Garfield's Nightmare. Behind The Voice Actors. en-US. 2021-03-22. 2021-04-11. https://web.archive.org/web/20210411233951/https://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/rides-attractions/Garfields-Nightmare/. live.
  18. Web site: Garfield. Behind The Voice Actors. en-US. 2020-09-27. 2020-12-05. https://web.archive.org/web/20201205180542/https://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/video-games/Garfield/. live.
  19. Web site: Garfield: Saving Arlene. Behind The Voice Actors. en-US. 2020-09-27. 2020-10-21. https://web.archive.org/web/20201021022139/https://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/video-games/Garfield-Saving-Arlene/. live.
  20. Web site: Garfield: Lasagna Tour. Behind The Voice Actors. en-US. 2020-09-27. 2020-10-27. https://web.archive.org/web/20201027094208/https://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/video-games/Garfield-Lasagna-World-Tour/. live.
  21. Web site: The Garfield Show: Threat of the Space Lasagna. Behind The Voice Actors. en-US. 2020-09-27. 2020-10-20. https://web.archive.org/web/20201020173934/https://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/video-games/Garfield-Show-Threat-of-the-Space-Lasagna/. live.
  22. Web site: Garfield Cat Litter. https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/4bjw_iLuq3A . 2021-12-21 . live. YouTube. September 27, 2020.
  23. Web site: Garfield Cat Litter. Behind The Voice Actors. en-US. 2021-03-22. 2021-01-17. https://web.archive.org/web/20210117033253/https://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/commercials/Garfield-Cat-Litter/. live.
  24. Web site: Voice(s) of Garfield in Mad. Behind The Voice Actors. en-US. 2020-09-27. 2020-08-11. https://web.archive.org/web/20200811161208/https://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/tv-shows/Mad/Garfield/. live.
  25. Web site: June 6, 2022 . Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl on Twitter . September 7, 2022 . . June 6, 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220606230057/https://twitter.com/nickbrawlgame/status/1533845202170957825 . live .
  26. Web site: Garfield set to have same voice as Mario: Chris Pratt. New York Post. Frishberg. Hannah. November 1, 2021. November 1, 2021. November 1, 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20211101231243/https://nypost.com/2021/11/01/garfield-set-to-have-same-voice-as-mario-chris-pratt/amp/. live.
  27. Web site: Voice(s) of Garfield in Robot Chicken. Behind The Voice Actors. en-US. 2020-09-27. 2021-04-28. https://web.archive.org/web/20210428204441/https://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/tv-shows/Robot-Chicken/Garfield/. live.
  28. Web site: "The Simpsons" the Cad and the Hat (TV Episode 2017) - IMDb. IMDb. 2020-09-27. 2021-07-31. https://web.archive.org/web/20210731015010/https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5847492/. live.
  29. Web site: Max Caenen in: Why Would He Know if His Mother's a Size Queen. IMDb. 28 June 2020. 27 September 2020. 6 July 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210706232250/https://www.imdb.com/title/tt12523934/. live.
  30. Web site: Waltz . Amanda . Defunctland traces weird, horny history of Kennywood ride . 2024-03-27 . Pittsburgh City Paper . en.

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