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Garfield

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Garfield	comment	A Live-Action Adaptation of the popular comic strip Garfield. It was released in 2004 by 20th Century Fox. It starred Bill Murray as the voice of Garfield, Breckin Meyer as Jon, and Jennifer Love Hewitt as Liz. It was directed by Pete Hewittnote no relation to Jennifer.The plot deals with Garfield, as lazy and fat as ever, being the extreme Jerkass and Deadpan Snarker he is. Jon Arbuckle buys a dog named Odie because his extreme crush, Liz Wilson told him to. Needless to say, Garfield doesn't like this, but then Odie gets kidnapped by TV show host "Happy Chapman" (Stephen Tobolowsky). Garfield sets out on an adventure to rescue Odie... and get back to his beloved chair! The plot borrows crucial elements from the 1982 animated half-hour Here Comes Garfield, such as the animal kennel and Garfield having to go rescue Odie.Previews: Teaser, TrailerThe movie was followed with a sequel in 2006, called Garfield: A Tail Of Two Kitties. In it, Liz goes to England to make a speech, and while she, Jon, and Garfield are there, Garfield gets his life mixed up with that of an English cat named Prince (voiced by Tim Curry). But the dastardly Lord Dargis (Billy Connolly) wants the cat out of the picture so he can inherit Carlyle Castle.Previews: TrailerAfter 20th Century Fox's film rights to the character expired, reports circulated in 2016 that Garfield would have its film franchise rebooted at Alcon Entertainment. The new franchise would consist entirely of CGI-animation, rather than the live-action/CGI hybrid style of the 20th Century Fox film series, and Jim Davis, who had no involvement in Fox's franchise, will be attached as executive producer. Despite Davis ultimately selling the Garfield IP to Nickelodeon, The Garfield Movie will still be produced by Alcon and distributed by Sony Pictures. Chris Pratt is set to voice Garfield.Following its acquisition of 21st Century Fox, Disney uploaded the duology on their streaming service Disney+ as now Disney maintains the distribution rights to both live-action Garfield films.For the trilogy of CGI-animated films, see Garfield Animated Movie Trilogy.
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Garfield / int_127fc252	type	Creator Cameo
Garfield / int_127fc252	comment	Creator Cameo: The train conductor who yells "ALL ABOARD!!" when Happy Chapman enters his train is none other than Jim Davis.
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Garfield / int_138dd240	type	Mirror Routine
Garfield / int_138dd240	comment	Mirror Routine: In A Tale of Two Kitties, Garfield and Prince do this when they finally meet, over a hedge arch. They desynchronize once Garfield tries some wicked dance moves, but he's so focused on said dance moves that he doesn't realize, and it's only once he breathes in Prince's face, causing him to faint, that the routine falls apart.
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Garfield / int_172a0bfb	type	Trailer Spoof
Garfield / int_172a0bfb	comment	Trailer Spoof: The first film's trailer is a spoof of Spider-Man 2 complete with "His blessing, his curse. Who is he? He's Garfield."
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Garfield / int_18f2b2b	type	Hypocritical Heartwarming
Garfield / int_18f2b2b	comment	Hypocritical Heartwarming: Garfield treats Odie horribly throughout the film, but when Happy Chapman tortures Odie with a Shock Collar, Garfield is visibly disgusted by Chapman's actions.
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Garfield / int_1aa30797	type	Single Woman Seeks Good Man
Garfield / int_1aa30797	comment	Single Woman Seeks Good Man: In the first movie. Liz says the reason why she has a crush on Jon since high school because he has always been nicer than the other boys.
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Garfield / int_1ae6de50	type	Starring Special Effects
Garfield / int_1ae6de50	comment	Starring Special Effects: Garfield is CGI in a live-action setting.
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Garfield / int_23ee494f	type	You Won't Like How I Taste
Garfield / int_23ee494f	comment	You Won't Like How I Taste: When encountering a mob of rats in the first movie, Garfield tries persuading them not to eat him because he's 100% body fat (no nutritional value whatsoever). They just rebuff that body fat's good enough for them.
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Garfield / int_2479b6c0	type	Your Television Hates You
Garfield / int_2479b6c0	comment	Your Television Hates You: The first film has Garfield annoyed by seeing clips from movies and television shows involving dogs after he's caused Odie to run away.
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Garfield / int_26ac510e	type	Mythology Gag
Garfield / int_26ac510e	comment	Mythology Gag: In the first movie, like in Here Comes Garfield, he ends up sent to the pound, which he and the other cats and dogs escape from.
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Garfield / int_2a02e5c9	type	Guile Hero
Garfield / int_2a02e5c9	comment	Guile Hero: Garfield in the second film only, to taunt Lord Dargis, during the film's climax chase. Combines with Karmic Trickster.
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Garfield / int_2c110d1	type	Unimpressive Progress Reveal
Garfield / int_2c110d1	comment	Unimpressive Progress Reveal: When Garfield finds out where the lost Odie is, he claims he can do this (rescue Odie), but then it cuts to him crawling on gravel complaining that he can't do this. It's then revealed that he only reached the house driveway, to which he goes back inside to reload before he actually travels to rescue Odie.
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Garfield / int_322426f8	type	Not Good with Rejection
Garfield / int_322426f8	comment	Not Good with Rejection: Happy Chapman when Jon declines his TV promotion for Odie after he wins the dog show—though Chapman does pretend to be good with rejection.
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Garfield / int_38119dcf	type	Not the Fall That Kills You
Garfield / int_38119dcf	comment	Not the Fall That Kills Youâ€¦: In the first movie, Garfield stumbles out the window of a tall building, and survives by landing in a lasagna truck. Ignore the fact that he hit the solid metal top of it first, which would be a solid floor with an impact equal to having hit the ground, if not more so. (Justified, as he is a cat.) In the second film, Prince jumps off a bridge onto a passing barge that will take him back towards Carlyle Castle. He's noticeably apprehensive about the jump but, like Garfield in the previous film, he survives the landing just fine. Again, justified, as he's also a cat.
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Garfield / int_392372f9	type	Actor Allusion
Garfield / int_392372f9	comment	Actor Allusion: Bill Murray, well known for playing Peter Venkman in the original Ghostbusters duology, played Garfield in both movies. In The Real Ghostbusters, Lorenzo Music was the first voice of Peter Venkman,note He was replaced by Dave Coullier beginning with the "Slimer! and..." era. and was also the official "voice" of Garfield throughout both the franchise, and Lorenzo's life.
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Garfield / int_399a6b0e	type	"Risky Business" Dance
Garfield / int_399a6b0e	comment	"Risky Business" Dance: The first movie's trailer.
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Garfield / int_3fe2b13f	type	Ungrateful Bastard
Garfield / int_3fe2b13f	comment	Ungrateful Bastard: Garfield spends half the movie mistreating Odie even after he saved Garfield from Luca. The worst incident is Garfield locking Odie outside when he came to comfort his feline friend, resulting in Odie running away.
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Garfield / int_43e36f2f	type	Acrofatic
Garfield / int_43e36f2f	comment	Acrofatic: Especially in the second movie, where Garfield busts out some serious dance moves. It's a stark contrast to his usual laziness in the comics.
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Garfield / int_46b80fa7	type	Eyebrow Waggle
Garfield / int_46b80fa7	comment	Eyebrow Waggle: Becomes one of Garfield's most used moves in the films, as he gives one to the camera whenever he's about to pull a prank on Jon or Odie.
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Garfield / int_4781adbb	type	Jerk with a Heart of Gold
Garfield / int_4781adbb	comment	Jerk with a Heart of Gold: Garfield, just as he is in the comics, is a snarky grouch who nonetheless does care about Jon and Odie. Luca the Doberman pinscher in the first movie. He's been eager to maul Garfield for the latter's taunting, but even he cheers when Garfield comes back to the cul-de-sac as a hero.
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Garfield / int_504ca25a	type	Live-Action Adaptation
Garfield / int_504ca25a	comment	Live-Action Adaptation: The Garfield comic strip is adapted into a live-action film with a CGI Garfield.
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Garfield / int_5473668f	type	Logo Joke
Garfield / int_5473668f	comment	Logo Joke: In the trailers of both movies, the 20th Century Fox title was renamed 20th Century Cat with cat stripes over it.
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Garfield / int_557838d1	type	Adaptational Attractiveness
Garfield / int_557838d1	comment	Adaptational Attractiveness: Jon was a loser in the comic strips and was not stated to be a looker. Here, he is played by Breckin Meyer who looks like a Hollywood leading man.
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Garfield / int_56d0402c	type	Buffoonish Tomcat
Garfield / int_56d0402c	comment	Buffoonish Tom Cat: Nermal being Adaptational Dumbass in the movie compared to other cats, while Garfield can have his moments of clumsiness, Nermal is thoroughly Garfield's friendly, goofy, dimwitted best friend and had a moment of being prone to slapstick when gullible in Garfield's milk stunt.
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Garfield / int_5b19cc1b	type	Air-Vent Passageway
Garfield / int_5b19cc1b	comment	Air-Vent Passageway: The first film has Garfield trying to get into the building where Odie is being held by climbing through the air ducts.
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Garfield / int_6331ba26	type	Plot Hole
Garfield / int_6331ba26	comment	Plot Hole: A minor one. At the climax of the second film, when Dargis finally realizes there are two identical cats, Garfield Breaks the Fourth Wall and quips, "For those of you keeping score at home, that's eighteen lives". Except it isn't, because Garfield had stated earlier in the film that he'd already lost a few of his. Writers Cannot Do Math
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Garfield / int_68832e62	type	Human-Focused Adaptation
Garfield / int_68832e62	comment	Human-Focused Adaptation: Downplayed. The first movie came out at a time when in the comic, Liz looked down on Jon, when somehow she's madly in love with him in the movie. The comic would later follow suit. However, the film seemed to focus more on Garfield, especially in his efforts to rescue Odie.
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Garfield / int_6d7026fa	type	Punny Name
Garfield / int_6d7026fa	comment	Punny Name: The second film (set in London, as a reminder) has a character named Abby Westminster.
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Garfield / int_7286e96d	type	Idiot Ball
Garfield / int_7286e96d	comment	Idiot Ball: Jon in the first movie does not bother putting a collar on Odie that would have stated his home address and owner. Granted, Garfield doesn't need one, for he's too loyal (and too lazy) to run away, but Odie only recently moved into the house. In the first movie, a human train traffic controller leaves his station for a 10-minute break, but there's nobody else to helm the panel, thus allowing Garfield to take over the train panel and nearly cause a collision that would have killed hundreds of people. The control panel Garfield took over even had a sign that said "Remain Alert Do Not Leave Control Panel Unattended".
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Garfield / int_736d791f	type	Adaptational Badass
Garfield / int_736d791f	comment	Adaptational Badass: Jon is notably less of a wimp than his comic strip counterpart, especially as in both movies' climax he punches out the Big Bad. Even so in the second movie he resorts to using a bow-and-arrow to save Liz.
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Garfield / int_762b9223	type	Played for Laughs
Garfield / int_762b9223	comment	Played for Laughs with Garfield, who had spent part of the movie mistreating and being jealous of Odie, is disgusted when he sees Chapman use the collar on Odie. Garfield declares nobody mistreats Odie like that but himself.
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Garfield / int_7a560a7b	type	The Trope Formerly Known as X
Garfield / int_7a560a7b	comment	The Trope Formerly Known as X: When the animals of the Carlisle estate first encounter Garfield, who's masquerading as Prince:
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Garfield / int_7b20b8d2	type	Alternative Foreign Theme Song
Garfield / int_7b20b8d2	comment	Alternative Foreign Theme Song: The Flemish version of the first movie has Laat Me Vrij (Set Me Free) by X!NK. The Korean version has Summer Holiday by Lee Jung. The Chinese version has Wo Shi Mao by Leo Ku.
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Garfield / int_7b50237d	type	Distinction Without a Difference
Garfield / int_7b50237d	comment	Distinction Without a Difference: In the second film, when Jon explains the mix-up between Garfield and Prince to Smithee:
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Garfield / int_7d9dbe01	type	Mistaken for Toilet
Garfield / int_7d9dbe01	comment	Mistaken for Toilet: An inverted example occurs in A Tail of Two Kitties when Garfield stows away to London alongside Odie to accompany John. In the bathroom of John's hotel room, Garfield finds and climbs inside what appears to be a tiny bathtub just the right size for him to bathe in...only to be less than amused when the supposed "bathtub" turns out to actually be a bidet.
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Garfield / int_7f6a54f2	type	Miranda Rights
Garfield / int_7f6a54f2	comment	Miranda Rights: Parodied in A Tale of Two Kitties when Garfield is taken to the local kennel. He treats it like being thrown in jail and starts furiously rattling the cage door while yelling out his Miranda rights... until the cage door swings right open.
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Garfield / int_80595ee2	type	Prince and Pauper
Garfield / int_80595ee2	comment	Prince and Pauper: The main plot of A Tail of Two Kitties. For bonus points, the "prince" cat is actually named Prince. The UK version was even called The Prince and the Paw-per.
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Garfield / int_80c45784	type	Beware of Vicious Dog
Garfield / int_80c45784	comment	Beware of Vicious Dog: Rommel the Rottweiler, The Dragon to Dargis in the second film, is a vicious and predatory dog who hunts down anyone Dargis trains him to.
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Garfield / int_823c6e3e	type	Large Ham
Garfield / int_823c6e3e	comment	Large Ham: Bill Murray as Garfield. Oh, so much.
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Garfield / int_82a64c4b	type	Adaptational Nice Guy
Garfield / int_82a64c4b	comment	Adaptational Nice Guy: Liz in the comic strip was mostly an Ice Queen who had no interest in dating Jon (at least not at the time of this movie's release) and was not afraid to phrase it in no uncertain terms. In the movies, she's a sweetheart who doesn't hesitate to date Jon at all. She's also the one who gave Odie to Jon, while in the comics it was Lyman. The comic strip's own Liz shortly following the movies would undergo a Took a Level in Kindness and became more similar to her Hewitt-counterpart.
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Garfield / int_834fbd95	type	Kindhearted Simpleton
Garfield / int_834fbd95	comment	Kind Hearted Simpleton: Again Nermal by how pleasant he usually is while missing some obvious details, has no malicious bone towards anyone (compared to Garfield with Odie) and was shown to be gullible to Garfield's milk scam in a scene and Nermal in the live action films is this.
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Garfield / int_8376445d	type	Jealous Pet
Garfield / int_8376445d	comment	Jealous Pet: Garfield's jealousy of Odie is what kickstarts a majority of the events of the first movie. After getting punished for accidentally knocking over a majority of things in Jon's house, Garfield sings about the time he used to spend together with Jon, then locks Odie out. Odie runs away, leading him to be found by Happy Chapman, a greedy TV host looking to bank in on the popularity Odie achieved from a dog show the previous day. When Garfield finds out, he sets out to rescue Odie.
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Garfield / int_86ae1278	type	Adaptational Dumbass
Garfield / int_86ae1278	comment	Adaptational Dumbass: Nermal was more a diva Jerkass in Garfield and Friends. Here, he's as dim as Odie is, if not dimmer. For example, Arlene calls Garfield a pig for putting Odie out and Nermal interprets her remark of him being a literal swine.
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Garfield / int_8a53606f	type	Dogs Love Fire Hydrants
Garfield / int_8a53606f	comment	Dogs Love Fire Hydrants: After escaping the pound, a dog notices a fire hydrant outside but another tells him to keep running.
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Garfield / int_957e5fc2	type	Villainous Breakdown
Garfield / int_957e5fc2	comment	Villainous Breakdown: By the time Garfield, Prince, and the Carlisle Castle animals are finished with Lord Dargis, he's reduced to a gibbering wreck.
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Garfield / int_96b89043	type	Not So Above It All
Garfield / int_96b89043	comment	Not So Above It All: Preston the uptight macaw in the second movie (at least the end of it).
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Garfield / int_970c790a	type	Big Bad
Garfield / int_970c790a	comment	Big Bad: Happy Chapman is the main villain in the first film and Lord Dargis serves the role of main antagonist in the sequel A Tale of Two Kitties.
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Garfield / int_9b54d536	type	Evil Counterpart
Garfield / int_9b54d536	comment	Evil Counterpart: Happy Chapman appears to be this to Garfield character Binky the Clown, as both characters are kid's show hosts, except Chapman is eviler.
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Garfield / int_a1d48853	type	Stupid Crooks
Garfield / int_a1d48853	comment	Stupid Crooks: When Dargis is passed over for the large inheritance in favour of Prince, he is informed the inheritance will go to him once Prince dies and until then, he'll have to settle for his usual salary. Understandably, he is very displeased by this turn of events. So much so that he begins scheming to kill or make Prince go missing to get what he believes is rightfully his. This plan completely ignores the fact that Prince going missing after he loudly expressed displeasure in front of several lawyers and palace staff at being passed over AND being next in line for the inheritence would make him the primary suspect. Considering he had a highly-likely motive, he would be investigated with great scrutiny and in the very likely case he is found guilty, not only would he would face charges of animal abuse and never see a single pence of the money, he would also be out of a job.
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Garfield / int_a3c0c1df	type	Dance Party Ending
Garfield / int_a3c0c1df	comment	Dance Party Ending: The first movie ends with Garfield celebrating his successful rescue of Odie by dancing to a reprise of James Brown's "I Feel Good".
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Garfield / int_a3c0d670	type	Evil Chancellor
Garfield / int_a3c0d670	comment	Evil Chancellor: Lord Dargis in the second film. He's (perhaps justifiably) outraged when his aunt Eleanor leaves her entire estate to her cat rather than him, and resolves to get Prince out of the way before the deeds can be signed over to him.
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Garfield / int_a4e3759e	type	You Don't Look Like You
Garfield / int_a4e3759e	comment	You Don't Look Like You: Garfield is the only character who looks like his comic counterpart. Everyone else would be unrecognizable if not for their names. Take Nermal, for instance, who is grey and striped in the comic strip, but a Siamese here. In fact, movie Arlene (a grey shorthair who bears no resemblance to the pink cat from the strip) looks more like comic Nermal.
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Garfield / int_a7066c8c	type	Bad News, Irrelevant News
Garfield / int_a7066c8c	comment	Bad News, Irrelevant News: Used at one point in the sequel:
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Garfield / int_a96d8e8d	type	Flushing Toilet, Screaming Shower
Garfield / int_a96d8e8d	comment	Flushing Toilet, Screaming Shower: When Garfield thinks Jon has been in the shower too long early on in the first film, he flushes the toilet to drive him out.
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Garfield / int_aa4cbf9a	type	My Local
Garfield / int_aa4cbf9a	comment	My Local: During the second film, Jon and Liz visit England with Garfield. Garfield is switched out with Prince during some point. Prince, who the two think is Garfield, visits a traditional British pub with the two of them, where he finds out about his apparent love for lasagna, in a similar fashion to Garfield. In traditional British pub fashion, none of the patrons have an indoor voice.
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Garfield / int_aaece264	type	Rousing Speech
Garfield / int_aaece264	comment	Rousing Speech: Garfield gives one to the Carlyle Castle animals in the second film to encourage them to... make a perfect lasagne. This is Garfield we're talking about, after all.
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Garfield / int_b32d9d96	type	"Ugly American" Stereotype
Garfield / int_b32d9d96	comment	"Ugly American" Stereotype: In the sequel, the American cast goes to the UK. Garfield yells at Odie not to pee on a British soldier's leg, because that'd make him an ugly American.
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Garfield / int_ba46585b	type	Adaptational Backstory Change
Garfield / int_ba46585b	comment	Adaptational Backstory Change: In the comics, Odie moves in with Jon and Garfield because he originally belonged to Jon's friend and then-roommate Lyman. In the movie, Odie is given to Jon by Liz.
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Garfield / int_bb18a227	type	It's All About Me
Garfield / int_bb18a227	comment	It's All About Me: Garfield spends most of the first movie thinking about himself and causing problems for Jon. His self-inflated ego gets so bad that he locks Odie outside, resulting in the dog running away. He drops this attitude and decides to bring Odie back.
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Garfield / int_bce728ca	type	Mistreatment-Induced Betrayal
Garfield / int_bce728ca	comment	Mistreatment-Induced Betrayal: Throughout the second film, Smithee the butler is ordered around and bullied by Lord Dargis, before finally being convinced to go on a vacation so Dargis can have one last go at killing Prince without Smithee being around to see it. At the end of the film, it's Smithee who calls the police on Dargis, and as Dargis is being dragged away yelling for Smithee to back him up, Smithee just cheerily waves him off.
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Garfield / int_c55c31e2	type	Non-Standard Character Design
Garfield / int_c55c31e2	comment	Non-Standard Character Design: Garfield (and his identical twin Prince in the second film) are the only animals in the movies to be animated with CGI. Every other animal is a real-life one.
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Garfield / int_c75df49a	type	Shout-Out
Garfield / int_c75df49a	comment	Shout-Out: The first movie has ones to Apocalypse Now, Cape Fear, The Lion King, Jerry Maguire, Apollo 13, and Rayman 3: Hoodlum Havoc. Also, Garfield watches TV at one point in the first movie, and watches a bit of Cheaper by the Dozen (2003), Lassie, Old Yeller, Benji, Oh! Heavenly Dog, Far From Home: The Adventures of Yellow Dog, and The Best *** Sports Show Period. Also, The Simpsons, and An Affair to Remember are on the TV at other points in the movie. Tail of Two Kitties has even MORE, to The Maltese Falcon, The Ugly American, Born Free, Fists of Fury, The Jeffersons, History of the World Part I, Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo, The Silence of the Lambs, Free Willy, Fear Factor, and Oliver Twist.
Garfield / int_c75df49a	featureApplicability	1.0
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Garfield / int_d112f7ec	type	"Oh, Crap!" Smile
Garfield / int_d112f7ec	comment	"Oh, Crap!" Smile: Garfield gives one to Jon after (accidentally) demolishing the house.
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Garfield / int_d1a6c9d7	type	British Royal Guards
Garfield / int_d1a6c9d7	comment	British Royal Guards: Garfield comes across one during A Tail of Two Kitties and, after lampshading the trope ("Oh, I know these guys. They won't crack up no matter what you do?"), tries to get him to crack. He fails. Then Odie pees on the man's trousers. That gets him to crack.
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Garfield / int_d397657d	type	Hoist by His Own Petard
Garfield / int_d397657d	comment	Hoist by His Own Petard: Happy Chapman in the first film ends up having his own shock collar used on him by Garfield and Odie. Dargis tries to train his rottweiler, Rommel, to seek out Prince (actually Garfield) and savage him to death. Winston the English bulldog intercepts Rommel before he can do so and retrains him to attack Dargis' trousers, leading to the aforementioned Groin Attack.
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Garfield / int_d39e327f	type	What the Hell, Hero?
Garfield / int_d39e327f	comment	What the Hell, Hero?: Even after Odie comes outside to comfort Garfield (who is locked out for the night), Garfield leaves him outside and locks the pet-door, causing Odie to run away. Arlene, Nermal, and Luca the Doberman pinscher all call Garfield out on this.
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Garfield / int_da1c8191	type	Writers Cannot Do Math
Garfield / int_da1c8191	comment	Writers Cannot Do Math
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Garfield / int_db27d520	type	Amazing Technicolor Wildlife
Garfield / int_db27d520	comment	Arlene in the comics is pink, while Arlene in the first movie is gray (since the cat that plays Arlene is a Russian Blue). Not to mention the film set in a live-action setting.
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Garfield / int_dc579c91	type	Contrived Coincidence
Garfield / int_dc579c91	comment	Contrived Coincidence: The plot of the second film hinges on a few: Prince just happens to wash up near Jon and get mistaken for Garfield; Smithee just happens to come across Garfield and mistake him for Prince; Liz just happens to be visiting the Carlyle Estate during the climax. Any one of those things not happening would have completely derailed it.
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Garfield / int_dec54a8c	type	Avoid the Dreaded G Rating
Garfield / int_dec54a8c	comment	Avoid the Dreaded G Rating: The first film had a minor use of "damn" to earn itself a PG.
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Garfield / int_e2016174	type	Sphere Eyes
Garfield / int_e2016174	comment	Sphere Eyes: Garfield only. Which is slightly creepy to some, even for a CGI talking animal in a live action movie.
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Garfield / int_e4ba33fc	type	Disaster Dominoes
Garfield / int_e4ba33fc	comment	Disaster Dominoes: Garfield's destruction of Jon's living room in the first movie. At the end, a large shelf falls and perfectly misses Garfield.
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Garfield / int_e71db2e	type	Depraved Kids' Show Host
Garfield / int_e71db2e	comment	Depraved Kids' Show Host: Happy Chapman. While he may look like he lives up to his name, in reality he is very arrogant, allergic to cats, and wants a dog to star in his show to overshadow his more successful twin brother newscaster Walter.
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Garfield / int_ead9bc9	type	Dog Stereotype
Garfield / int_ead9bc9	comment	Dog Stereotype: Downplayed with Luca. For the first part of the movie, he acts as the usual tough and aggressive guard Doberman pinscher, ready to maul Garfield for taunting him. But for the second part of the movie, he interacts a little bit with Garfield without jumping at him.
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Garfield / int_eaf5a1ac	type	Groin Attack
Garfield / int_eaf5a1ac	comment	Dargis tries to train his rottweiler, Rommel, to seek out Prince (actually Garfield) and savage him to death. Winston the English bulldog intercepts Rommel before he can do so and retrains him to attack Dargis' trousers, leading to the aforementioned Groin Attack.
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Garfield / int_eb81c601	type	Big Damn Heroes
Garfield / int_eb81c601	comment	Big Damn Heroes: Happy Chapman's former cat leads the cats, dogs, and rats to the train station to deal with Chapman. Garfield himself leads the attack after they arrive.
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Garfield / int_f1a15f4b	type	Cats Have Nine Lives
Garfield / int_f1a15f4b	comment	Cats Have Nine Lives: Referred to at a couple of points in the second film. After being locked in a dungeon by Lord Dargis and left to die, Garfield counts out how many lives he's used up and decides he has enough left to survive his current predicament. Later, when Dargis finally realises that there are two identical cats, Garfield quips, "For those of you keeping score at home, that's eighteen lives" (which isn't entirely accurate, given his earlier statement about having lost some of them).
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Garfield / int_f27ec906	type	Identical Stranger
Garfield / int_f27ec906	comment	Identical Stranger: Garfield and Prince look exactly alike, the only difference being their accents. The humans' inability to understand them is one of the reasons why they get confused for each other by their respective caretakers in the sequel.
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Garfield / int_f511ea9b	type	Product Placement
Garfield / int_f511ea9b	comment	Product Placement: The first film has so much, including a scene where Garfield rattles off a number of cereal brands. Goldfish crackers are eaten by Garfield. Garfield mentions Chuck E Cheese. There are ads of Wendy's.
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Garfield / int_f5289c99	type	Shaking the Rump
Garfield / int_f5289c99	comment	Shaking the Rump: Garfield does this to Lord Dargis twice: the first time to distract him from Liz in Carlisle Castle, and the second time to taunt him during the film's climactic chase scene.
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Garfield / int_f5c3defd	type	Cosmic Deadline
Garfield / int_f5c3defd	comment	Cosmic Deadline: A villainous example: in order for Carlyle Estate to pass on to him, Lord Dargis has to get rid of Prince before the lawyers arrive to sign the deeds over to Prince. He thinks he's succeeded, and has a massive Oh, Crap! moment when he realizes Prince is still alive.
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Garfield / int_f7a458c3	type	Dartboard of Hate
Garfield / int_f7a458c3	comment	Dartboard of Hate: In Tale of Two Kitties, the greedy Lord Dargis is throwing darts at a portrait of Prince (who looks exactly like Garfield) when the phone rings. As Dargis answers the phone, a rabbit places a mousetrap next to his darts. When Dargis hangs up and reaches for another dart... you can guess the rest.
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Garfield / int_fb3576b2	type	The Dog Bites Back
Garfield / int_fb3576b2	comment	The Dog Bites Back: Or rather, the cat bites back. Persnikitty (real name Sir Roland) led the escaped animals from the pound to attack Happy Chapman.
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Garfield / int_fb933192	type	Car Cushion
Garfield / int_fb933192	comment	Car Cushion: Doubly subverted in the first movie. Garfield's so heavy he falls straight through the ceiling of the truck. Into lasagna.
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Garfield / int_fbd285b7	type	Comically Missing the Point
Garfield / int_fbd285b7	comment	Comically Missing the Point: Nermal says this in the first movie when Garfield locks Odie outside.
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