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EspañolLIST OF GARFIELD CHARACTERS
This is a list of characters in the comic strip Garfield, as well as the animated cartoon series ''Garfield and Friends''.
Main articles: Garfield (character)
'Garfield' is the main central character in the Jim Davis comic strip ''Garfield''. He is a lazy, selfish, overweight, orange tabby cat who enjoys eating, sleeping, stealing Jon's dinner, and tormenting Odie by kicking him off the table. He loves lasagna and enjoys entertaining (or annoying) an unseen neighboring audience on top of a fence in the middle of the night (and gets bombarded by various objects by the agitated audience for it). He hates spiders, and often splats them until they are as flat as a pancake with a rolled up newspaper. His first appearance was June 19, 1978. His first TV appearance was on Here Comes Garfield. His last was on the Garfield and Friends episode, The Ocean Blue.
Main articles: Jon Arbuckle
Jon is the owner of Garfield and Odie, a total nerd, and a clumsy individual. He is the primary fodder and conversation partner to Garfield and is often the butt of his jokes. He makes his living as a cartoonist. This reference has not been seen in the comic strip since its early days, but the animated show Garfield and Friends does show him several times in his job as a cartoonist. Jon manages to make enough money to keep Garfield well fed — no easy feat. Often, Jon, as well as Garfield, gets bored, and comes up with "fun" ways to cure boredom (such as buying new socks, clipping his toenails, or playing "Guess the Burp" with Garfield). His full name has been revealed as Jonathan Q. Arbuckle (the "Q" might stand for "Quack") in a Christmas strip. He is played by Breckin Meyer in the Garfield films. His first television appearance was on Here Comes Garfield. Hist last was on The Ocean Blue.
Main articles: Odie
He is a lovable but intellectually challenged yellow-furred, brown-eared beagle constantly panting with his very large tongue, and the only character without a "voice" as he was portrayed as a "normal" house dog. However, he was once shown to be thinking "I'm hungry". He sometimes says minor things in episodes of the television series, such as "Ta-da!", "Huh?", or more commonly, panting "Yeah, yeah, yeah!". In the live-action films based on the strip, Odie was a real-life dachshund. His first telivision appearance was on Here Comes Garfield. His last was on The Ocean Blue.
'First Appearance:' December 17, 1980
Garfield's girlfriend. She is a pink-colored cat with a long neck. She once wished their relationship would take a few steps, but Garfield does not seem to notice. Garfield once quipped in the early strips that he and Arlene have an apparent love-hate relationship: Garfield loves himself, and Arlene hates that.
Although she never appeared on the animated series (with the exception of a cameo appearance in the fourth season), she appeared in the film version as well, where she was voiced by Debra Messing.
In the book ''Garfield's Judgment Day'', it was revealed that she was a stray cat, which she had never been revealed to Garfield until emergency situations brought it to light.[1]
'First Appearance:'
October 23, 1978
Pooky is Garfield's teddy bear and best friend that Garfield discovered stuffed in a drawer. Despite the fact that Pooky is a stuffed animal, Garfield acts as though he can communicate with him. At one point, Garfield pretended to teach Pooky how to jump through hoops then Garfield turned around to talk to Jon. When he turned back Pooky was on the other side of the hoop. Garfield is generally overprotective of Pooky. Once Garfield thought he lost Pooky so he turned into "The Caped Avenger", a repeating storyline, and tried to find Pooky. It turned out that Jon had just thrown him in the wash.
The strip shows Garfield searching through Jon Arbuckle's bottom drawer, finding Pooky, and adopting him as his own. In the Spanish translation of the strip, Pooky was initially named "Doggy" ("perrito"), but it was suddenly changed back to Pooky in further lines. In a few strips, he is referred to as "Pookie" but "Pooky" is clearly used more often.
'First Appearance:' September 3, 1979
Nermal is a small gray kitten, self-proclaimed "The world's cutest kitten." He frequently makes unannounced visits into Garfield's home, where he flaunts his cuteness and becomes the focus of Jon's attention for the entire duration of his visit, much to Garfield's dismay. Nermal especially does this on Garfield's birthdays to remind him of how he is getting older. His first appearance suggests he belongs to Jon's parents, but this has seemingly been dropped since he is never seen there.
He once mentioned that he is going to stay cute and small forever because he is a midget. ("I think small," he once quipped, "and the coffee and cigarettes don't hurt.") Garfield, who is regularly annoyed with Nermal's cuteness, often attempts to ship Nermal to Abu Dhabi.
Desirée Goyette provided Nermal's voice on the cartoon.
The Spanish language dub of the television series changed Nermal's name to Telma during some seasons. Also, Nermal/Telma was referred to as ''gatita'' ("female kitten"); this error was not corrected until the last season of the show.
His first television appearance was on School Daze. His last was on Change of Mind. In ''Garfield: The Movie'', Nermal is portrayed as an adult Siamese cat rather than a small gray kitten, and is voiced by David Eigenberg. According to the Garfield Gets Real site, he is confirmed to return.
'First Appearance:' February 13, 1980
Jon’s mother lives on a farm and is known to be a great cook, offering a wide variety of food for Jon to eat when he visits. Based on Jim Davis' mother Betty Davis, Jon's mother is also known for sending him and Garfield cooked meals in packages.
In ''A Garfield Christmas Special'' and the Garfield episode ''Feeling Feline'', she was voiced by Julie Payne.
'First Appearance:' February 13, 1980
Jon's father tends the family farm. In his sole animated appearance, ''A Garfield Christmas Special'', he was voiced by Pat Harrington Jr. and as proved in one strip, has not been off the farm in a long time. Based on Jim Davis' father, James William Davis.
'First Appearance:' May 17, 1983
Jon's brother who lives on a farm with his mother and father, and often fights with Jon, calling him a "city slicker". Hates being called "Doc Boy" and Jim Davis addresses in a strip once that he did not like the name since he started wearing pants. Based on Jim Davis' brother David "Doc" Davis, who's not nearly as goofy as his cartoon counterpart.
In ''A Garfield Christmas Special'', he was voiced by David Lander.
Jon and Doc Boy's grandmother. She loves Jon, Garfield, and Odie, and occasionally makes appearances throughout the series. The most is revealed about her in Garfield's Christmas special, where it is revealed that her husband has died and she talks about her life with him. In the strip, Grandma was originally depicted as a elderly woman, wearing a plain dark dress and her hair in a tight bun; her animated appearances outfit her as an energetic elderly lady in a sweater and jeans; sometimes, she is also seen riding a motorcycle. In ''A Garfield Christmas Special'' and ''Garfield's Thanksgiving'', she was voiced by Pat Carroll.
'First Appearance:' August 7, 1978
'Last Appearance:' June 19, 1988
A friend of Jon's who lived with him for a while, Lyman was also the original owner of Odie. Lyman first appeared on August 7, 1978. However, he has since disappeared from the comic strip, with no explanation given. He made a cameo appearance in the strip on Garfield's 10th Birthday June 19, 1988, in both the splash panel and a reprinted panel appearing in the strip itself. According to Davis, Lyman's original purpose was to be someone who Jon could actually talk to and express other ideas—a role more and more taken over by Garfield himself.
'First Appearance:' June 9, 1979 (though not by name until October 19, 1979)
Waitress and owner of "Irma's Diner", a diner occasionally patronized by Jon and Garfield. Her first appearance was on October 19, 1979. Irma is often shown to be behaving oddly; for instance, her idea of a "chicken surprise" is her coming up to the table wearing a rubber chicken mask and saying "SURPRISE!"
'First Appearance:' June 26, 1979
Elizabeth Wilson, usually referred to as simply "Liz", is Garfield's veterinarian and long-time crush of Jon Arbuckle. Jon often attempts to ask Liz out on a date, but rarely does he succeed.
In a series of strips that was printed in the summer of 2006, Liz finally admitted she had feelings for him; the two have been portrayed as boyfriend and girlfriend since. [1] She first appeared on June 26, 1979. In animation, she was voiced by Julie Payne. On Garfield and Friends, she appeared occasionally in the first two seasons only. In the live-action movies, she is played by Jennifer Love Hewitt. Her first television appearance was on Garfield Goes Hawaiian. Her last was on Arrivederci, Odie!.
Jon Arbuckle's mailman. Garfield constantly torments him by ripping off his pants and leaving him shredded and scratched, and he perpetually tries to find a way to deliver the mail safely, but almost never succeeding (although the mail always makes it). In ''Garfield and Friends'', the mailman was voiced by Gregg Berger. He first appeared on January 28, 1984. His first appearance on television was on Fair Exchange. His last was on Fill-in FELINE. In some of the comics, his hair is white instead of brown.
A television personality noted for his extremely loud and piercing greetings, most notably "HEEEEEEEY, KIDS!" He was first mentioned on March, 13, 1985 in the comic strips.[2]In ''Garfield's Halloween Adventure'', the character made his first animated appearance and was given a voice. Binky was first seen in the comics on September 15, 1986[3]. On ''Garfield and Friends'', Binky became more of a regular, and would modify his greeting to suit who it was he was greeting, such as "HEEEEEEEY, CAT!" He also had his own segment on the show during the second and third seasons, called ''Screaming With Binky'', in which he showed up in the midst of a certain activity and performed his trademark greeting, ruining said activity. Most of these segments were cut in syndication, but have been restored for the DVD releases. Like Jon, Binky was voiced by Thom Huge. His first television appearance was on Peace and Quiet. His last: The Feline Philosopher.
★ 'Hubert and Reba' are Jon's stereotypical "grumpy old neighbors." Hubert is mostly outside on his porch yelling "REBA!" when Garfield, Jon, Odie, and other characters are doing something crazy. Reba is mostly inside doing something unseen. In an earlier comic, Reba is called "Thelma." Their only Television appearance was on "''Here Comes Garfield.''"
★ 'Mrs. Feeny' is another neighbor, who has never appeared in the strip. Garfield routinely torments her, her little dog, and Mr. Feeny (who have never appeared as well) and as such Mrs. Feeny is always complaining to Jon about Garfield over the phone, or occasionally, vent her revenge on Jon. But, Garfield isn't always bitter to Mrs. Feeny. One year, he gave her a homemade hairball for Christmas. In one strip it is mentioned that Garfield once glued her dog to a cross town bus. When called on this, he raises his paw to swear, only to notice that his coffee cup has become attached to him. Another time Jon reported, "Mrs. Feeney's little dog is missing again,and all those stamps I bought yesterday, not to mention a box and some twine." Garfield replied, "Take your time, it'll come to you."
★ 'Ellen' is a local woman whom Jon often tried to go out with. Of all of the women Jon calls for a date and ends up getting rejected, Ellen is the most common. She was introduced as a blind date for Jon November 9, 1990 After 16 years, Ellen finally dated Jon in the comic on July 17, 2006 and appeared in person on July 20, 2006 after Jon convinced her to go on a date because she had amnesia and couldn't remember how much she despised him.[4] She was persuaded to go on a date with him, and on July 20th, 2006, the strip finally showed her as a blond woman with a striped dress. [5] For years she never appeared in the strip, but many strips focused on Jon phoning Ellen asking for a date. She usually asked him sarcastically to do something very stupid first, before refusing. Once Jon received a restraining order from her on November 22, 1996, but despite that has asked her out many times since then (to no success). Jon fell in love with Liz who admitted that she did like Jon - and Ellen, still having amnesia, went with the man that Liz initially dated that night.
★ 'Sonja: Garfield's mother,' Garfield's most influential family member. His mother is a stray, and he hardly sees her. But when they do meet, such as in the television special ''Garfield on the Town'' and a loose adaptation that ran in the strip in December 1984, she showers him with the love that she can rarely give. She also appeared in the television special ''Garfield: His 9 Lives'', and in the November 5, 1994 strip, in which she's the only one watching Garfield's representation on the fence. Sandy Huge provided her voice in the specials. She also appeared once on ''Garfield and Friends''.
★ Garfield's 'grandfathers' have both appeared in the strip as well. His maternal grandfather is a strict, demanding stray who insists that Garfield become a mouser. Garfield's paternal grandfather, Garfield I, is a cynical, bitter and sarcastic character with a habit of telling long (and often completely made up) stories. He held his grandson in mild contempt and threatened Jon with physical harm when Jon claimed a familial resemblance between grandfather and grandson.
★ 'Mice' - Jon's house is also inhabited by mice, Most of whom are unnamed, though one was named "Squeak" and another was named "Herman Vermin". The mice enjoy a quite full social life—much to the annoyance of Jon. Garfield, however, cannot be bothered to chase them, and according to him they tend to either bribe or blackmail him to stay so. In the cartoon show, there was a significant mouse with a similar role named 'Floyd', who could be told apart by the fact that he was drawn with oval eyes, like the other regulars, had a pink nose (an animation goof in "Good Mousekeeping" shows another mouse briefly with Floyd's nose), and was voiced by Gregg Berger. A running gag with Floyd was his annoyance with the fact that he didn't appear often (he often says he wishes he'd be on more than once a season; it's unclear whether Floyd really does only appear once a season).
★ 'Spiders' - also appear in the strip regularly. They sometimes walk around the house or dangle from the ceiling-or get squished by a newspaper wielded by Garfield. This, of course, leads to several attempts by the spiders to get back at Garfield, which are unsuccessful in most cases. Garfield does occasionally obtain help from the spiders, such as to get rid of an annoying fly. The spiders were initially drawn with six legs, although now they are generally drawn with eight.
★ Three household appliances in the comic are the 'talking bathroom scale', the 'alarm clock' and the 'TV'. The three objects have quite different personalities: The scale, sometimes known as 'RX-2', usually allows itself to be quite cynical and crude about Garfield's overweight state. But sometimes when it does so, it gets smashed or thrown into a trash can. A cover on one of the Garfield paperbacks show Garfield putting a toe on the scale and it heaving with agony. The clock usually retracts from ringing loud and waking Garfield, since he tends to smash it into pieces, and was once flushed down a toilet because it woke Garfield. The TV also speaks to Garfield by itself on occasion, usually trying to persuade Garfield into continuing to watch it or turning it off.
★ 'Stretch' is Garfield's rubber chicken, who was given to Garfield on his 6th birthday. It only appeared for a week after, yet makes cameo appearances from time to time, mainly used as a weapon against Jon. Stretch was last seen on December 31 2000.
★ A recurring plot in the strip is Garfield eating Jon's various 'pet fish', which causes Jon to get mad.
★ 'The Spluts' are slapstick-comedy flying pies which strike Garfield on random occasions, making the sound "SPLUT!" when they hit. Typically the Spluts are used for shock humor or as a running gag (their first appearance included Garfield checking the calendar to discover that it was "Splut Week"). They have not appeared in the strip for several years, however.
★ 'Garfield's Fence Hecklers' are usually known to be unseen characters. The very first strip to show Garfield on a fence had an irate old man in a nightshirt toss an alarm clock. However, in later strips, many of the (normally unseen) throwers are implied to be dogs. Sometimes, Garfield is hit with a Splut while on the fence.
★ 'Wheezer' is Jon's old school friend. He calls Jon "Carp Face". Wheezer visited Jon at his house April 23, 1990 through April 29, 1990. Later in the comic, Jon saw Wheezer at his high-school reunion. Wheezer often brings up embarrasing moments in Jon's high school career at the wrong time. While Jon was talking to the girl of his dreams, Wheezer yells "HEY CARPFACE!"
★ 'Aunt Gussie' is Jon's aunt. She first appeared August 14 through August 15, 1981, baby-sitting Garfield while Jon took a vacation. She didn't know Garfield left. She later appeared on November 8 through November 12 1983, when she became mean and had glasses. She was supposed to baby-sit Garfield on the week of April 25, 1988 while Jon was having his tonsils removed, but she did not show up.
★ 'The Caped Avenger' is Garfield's alter ego, a superhero who fights with only a cape (his blanket). He once had a sidekick named Slurp (Odie).
===Garfield===
★ 'Luca' is a very senstive dog who guards a house next door. But Garfield always tricks Him. Garfield attempts to steal a pie at his house and tangles Luca up in garden gnomes. He is voiced by Brad Garrett.
★ 'Persnikitty' is a cat that releases the pets from the animal shelter. He was originally on Happy Chapman's show. He was voiced by Alan Cumming.
★ 'Louis' is a friendly mouse voiced by Nick Cannon. He often helps Garfield and is rewarded with Macadamia Nut cookies.
Dagris
Prince XII
Main articles: Garfield and Friends
'Cactus Jake' is the foreman of the Polecat Flats ranch, and a friend of Jon. He was seen only in the TV series and had a habit of saying Garfield's name wrong. Whenever Garfield wore a cowboy outfit, Jake always believed that he really was a cowboy named "Shorty" (Jon would always recognize "Shorty" as Garfield, however). Jake's voice was provided by Pat Buttram. First appeared: Polecat Flats. Last appeared: The Multiple Choice Cartoon. Last appearance (mentioned): Stairway to Stardom.
'The Buddy Bears' are a trio of annoying singing bear cubs who encourage viewers to "always agree with the group" (similar to ''The Get-Along Gang''). Their names are 'Bobby', 'Billy', and 'Bertie'. In the episode "5 Minute Warning" the DVD subtitles mistakenly gave Bertie's name as Brady. The only disagreement they've ever had was over pizza toppings, which supposedly no one can agree on. Their show once replaced Binky's, and Roy Rooster from ''U.S. Acres'' has twice been stuck as their fall guy. Garfield has remarked that he "hates Buddy Bear episodes". In the episode "The Garfield Opera", the bears' full names are revealed to be 'Robert,' 'William,' and 'Bertram' respectively. In one episode, they are accompanied by their sister, 'Betty Buddy Bear.' In another episode, the Buddy Bears are hired to provide factual explanations for everything Garfield does, i.e., appearing spontaneously to say "Bananas are a very good source of potassium" when Garfield mentions bananas. Eventually Garfield tricks them into leaving by asking them about "gazorninplats," which they know nothing about (since Garfield made it up), and, admitting defeat, they leave. The trick backfires, however, when a TV producer notifies Garfield that he is so taken with the name "Gazorninplat" that he is going to replace Garfield's show with new Gazorninplat show. They first appeared on Binky Gets Cancelled, Again!.
'Mr. Burnside' is Jon's next-door neighbor, who is constantly annoyed by Garfield stealing his food. Early on in the sixth season, he was pushed so far as to rent his house out. Shortly after moving, Burnside found out that without Garfield stealing his food, he and his wife were getting overweight, so they agreed to move back. He is voiced by Gregg Berger.
'Penelope Pussycat' served as another love interest for Garfield, appearing only in the show's last three seasons, quickly becoming a regular even with only three episodes being labeled by their titles as "Penelope episodes". She lives in an Italian restaurant, which is no doubt the main reason that Garfield goes out with her. The fact that Garfield enjoys eating more than being with her annoys Penelope, but she willingly goes out with him anyway, because as she says, "It doesn't matter what we do so long as we do it together." She is voiced by Victoria Jackson. Penelope was not a character creation by Jim Davis or 'Garfield & Friends' writer, Mark Evanier. Penelope was a conception of Dallas, TX resident and Garfield fanatic by the name of Chris Miller. Penelope was included as part of a spoof newspaper submission to Paws Inc in 1989.
Primary characters
Garfield
Main articles: Garfield (character)
Garfield
Jon Arbuckle
Main articles: Jon Arbuckle
Jon Arbuckle
Jon is the owner of Garfield and Odie, a total nerd, and a clumsy individual. He is the primary fodder and conversation partner to Garfield and is often the butt of his jokes. He makes his living as a cartoonist. This reference has not been seen in the comic strip since its early days, but the animated show Garfield and Friends does show him several times in his job as a cartoonist. Jon manages to make enough money to keep Garfield well fed — no easy feat. Often, Jon, as well as Garfield, gets bored, and comes up with "fun" ways to cure boredom (such as buying new socks, clipping his toenails, or playing "Guess the Burp" with Garfield). His full name has been revealed as Jonathan Q. Arbuckle (the "Q" might stand for "Quack") in a Christmas strip. He is played by Breckin Meyer in the Garfield films. His first television appearance was on Here Comes Garfield. Hist last was on The Ocean Blue.
Odie
Main articles: Odie
He is a lovable but intellectually challenged yellow-furred, brown-eared beagle constantly panting with his very large tongue, and the only character without a "voice" as he was portrayed as a "normal" house dog. However, he was once shown to be thinking "I'm hungry". He sometimes says minor things in episodes of the television series, such as "Ta-da!", "Huh?", or more commonly, panting "Yeah, yeah, yeah!". In the live-action films based on the strip, Odie was a real-life dachshund. His first telivision appearance was on Here Comes Garfield. His last was on The Ocean Blue.
Arlene
Arlene
'First Appearance:' December 17, 1980
Garfield's girlfriend. She is a pink-colored cat with a long neck. She once wished their relationship would take a few steps, but Garfield does not seem to notice. Garfield once quipped in the early strips that he and Arlene have an apparent love-hate relationship: Garfield loves himself, and Arlene hates that.
Although she never appeared on the animated series (with the exception of a cameo appearance in the fourth season), she appeared in the film version as well, where she was voiced by Debra Messing.
In the book ''Garfield's Judgment Day'', it was revealed that she was a stray cat, which she had never been revealed to Garfield until emergency situations brought it to light.[1]
Pooky
Pooky
'First Appearance:'
October 23, 1978
Pooky is Garfield's teddy bear and best friend that Garfield discovered stuffed in a drawer. Despite the fact that Pooky is a stuffed animal, Garfield acts as though he can communicate with him. At one point, Garfield pretended to teach Pooky how to jump through hoops then Garfield turned around to talk to Jon. When he turned back Pooky was on the other side of the hoop. Garfield is generally overprotective of Pooky. Once Garfield thought he lost Pooky so he turned into "The Caped Avenger", a repeating storyline, and tried to find Pooky. It turned out that Jon had just thrown him in the wash.
The strip shows Garfield searching through Jon Arbuckle's bottom drawer, finding Pooky, and adopting him as his own. In the Spanish translation of the strip, Pooky was initially named "Doggy" ("perrito"), but it was suddenly changed back to Pooky in further lines. In a few strips, he is referred to as "Pookie" but "Pooky" is clearly used more often.
Nermal
Nermal
'First Appearance:' September 3, 1979
Nermal is a small gray kitten, self-proclaimed "The world's cutest kitten." He frequently makes unannounced visits into Garfield's home, where he flaunts his cuteness and becomes the focus of Jon's attention for the entire duration of his visit, much to Garfield's dismay. Nermal especially does this on Garfield's birthdays to remind him of how he is getting older. His first appearance suggests he belongs to Jon's parents, but this has seemingly been dropped since he is never seen there.
He once mentioned that he is going to stay cute and small forever because he is a midget. ("I think small," he once quipped, "and the coffee and cigarettes don't hurt.") Garfield, who is regularly annoyed with Nermal's cuteness, often attempts to ship Nermal to Abu Dhabi.
Desirée Goyette provided Nermal's voice on the cartoon.
The Spanish language dub of the television series changed Nermal's name to Telma during some seasons. Also, Nermal/Telma was referred to as ''gatita'' ("female kitten"); this error was not corrected until the last season of the show.
His first television appearance was on School Daze. His last was on Change of Mind. In ''Garfield: The Movie'', Nermal is portrayed as an adult Siamese cat rather than a small gray kitten, and is voiced by David Eigenberg. According to the Garfield Gets Real site, he is confirmed to return.
Mom
Mom
'First Appearance:' February 13, 1980
Jon’s mother lives on a farm and is known to be a great cook, offering a wide variety of food for Jon to eat when he visits. Based on Jim Davis' mother Betty Davis, Jon's mother is also known for sending him and Garfield cooked meals in packages.
In ''A Garfield Christmas Special'' and the Garfield episode ''Feeling Feline'', she was voiced by Julie Payne.
Dad
Dad
'First Appearance:' February 13, 1980
Jon's father tends the family farm. In his sole animated appearance, ''A Garfield Christmas Special'', he was voiced by Pat Harrington Jr. and as proved in one strip, has not been off the farm in a long time. Based on Jim Davis' father, James William Davis.
Doc Boy
Doc Boy
'First Appearance:' May 17, 1983
Jon's brother who lives on a farm with his mother and father, and often fights with Jon, calling him a "city slicker". Hates being called "Doc Boy" and Jim Davis addresses in a strip once that he did not like the name since he started wearing pants. Based on Jim Davis' brother David "Doc" Davis, who's not nearly as goofy as his cartoon counterpart.
In ''A Garfield Christmas Special'', he was voiced by David Lander.
Grandma
Grandma
Jon and Doc Boy's grandmother. She loves Jon, Garfield, and Odie, and occasionally makes appearances throughout the series. The most is revealed about her in Garfield's Christmas special, where it is revealed that her husband has died and she talks about her life with him. In the strip, Grandma was originally depicted as a elderly woman, wearing a plain dark dress and her hair in a tight bun; her animated appearances outfit her as an energetic elderly lady in a sweater and jeans; sometimes, she is also seen riding a motorcycle. In ''A Garfield Christmas Special'' and ''Garfield's Thanksgiving'', she was voiced by Pat Carroll.
Lyman
Lyman & Garfield.
'First Appearance:' August 7, 1978
'Last Appearance:' June 19, 1988
A friend of Jon's who lived with him for a while, Lyman was also the original owner of Odie. Lyman first appeared on August 7, 1978. However, he has since disappeared from the comic strip, with no explanation given. He made a cameo appearance in the strip on Garfield's 10th Birthday June 19, 1988, in both the splash panel and a reprinted panel appearing in the strip itself. According to Davis, Lyman's original purpose was to be someone who Jon could actually talk to and express other ideas—a role more and more taken over by Garfield himself.
Irma
'First Appearance:' June 9, 1979 (though not by name until October 19, 1979)
A strip featuring Irma
Waitress and owner of "Irma's Diner", a diner occasionally patronized by Jon and Garfield. Her first appearance was on October 19, 1979. Irma is often shown to be behaving oddly; for instance, her idea of a "chicken surprise" is her coming up to the table wearing a rubber chicken mask and saying "SURPRISE!"
Dr. Elizabeth Wilson
Dr. Liz Wilson
'First Appearance:' June 26, 1979
Elizabeth Wilson, usually referred to as simply "Liz", is Garfield's veterinarian and long-time crush of Jon Arbuckle. Jon often attempts to ask Liz out on a date, but rarely does he succeed.
In a series of strips that was printed in the summer of 2006, Liz finally admitted she had feelings for him; the two have been portrayed as boyfriend and girlfriend since. [1] She first appeared on June 26, 1979. In animation, she was voiced by Julie Payne. On Garfield and Friends, she appeared occasionally in the first two seasons only. In the live-action movies, she is played by Jennifer Love Hewitt. Her first television appearance was on Garfield Goes Hawaiian. Her last was on Arrivederci, Odie!.
Herman Post
Herman Post
Jon Arbuckle's mailman. Garfield constantly torments him by ripping off his pants and leaving him shredded and scratched, and he perpetually tries to find a way to deliver the mail safely, but almost never succeeding (although the mail always makes it). In ''Garfield and Friends'', the mailman was voiced by Gregg Berger. He first appeared on January 28, 1984. His first appearance on television was on Fair Exchange. His last was on Fill-in FELINE. In some of the comics, his hair is white instead of brown.
Binky the Clown
Binky the Clown
A television personality noted for his extremely loud and piercing greetings, most notably "HEEEEEEEY, KIDS!" He was first mentioned on March, 13, 1985 in the comic strips.[2]In ''Garfield's Halloween Adventure'', the character made his first animated appearance and was given a voice. Binky was first seen in the comics on September 15, 1986[3]. On ''Garfield and Friends'', Binky became more of a regular, and would modify his greeting to suit who it was he was greeting, such as "HEEEEEEEY, CAT!" He also had his own segment on the show during the second and third seasons, called ''Screaming With Binky'', in which he showed up in the midst of a certain activity and performed his trademark greeting, ruining said activity. Most of these segments were cut in syndication, but have been restored for the DVD releases. Like Jon, Binky was voiced by Thom Huge. His first television appearance was on Peace and Quiet. His last: The Feline Philosopher.
Neighbors
★ 'Hubert and Reba' are Jon's stereotypical "grumpy old neighbors." Hubert is mostly outside on his porch yelling "REBA!" when Garfield, Jon, Odie, and other characters are doing something crazy. Reba is mostly inside doing something unseen. In an earlier comic, Reba is called "Thelma." Their only Television appearance was on "''Here Comes Garfield.''"
★ 'Mrs. Feeny' is another neighbor, who has never appeared in the strip. Garfield routinely torments her, her little dog, and Mr. Feeny (who have never appeared as well) and as such Mrs. Feeny is always complaining to Jon about Garfield over the phone, or occasionally, vent her revenge on Jon. But, Garfield isn't always bitter to Mrs. Feeny. One year, he gave her a homemade hairball for Christmas. In one strip it is mentioned that Garfield once glued her dog to a cross town bus. When called on this, he raises his paw to swear, only to notice that his coffee cup has become attached to him. Another time Jon reported, "Mrs. Feeney's little dog is missing again,and all those stamps I bought yesterday, not to mention a box and some twine." Garfield replied, "Take your time, it'll come to you."
★ 'Ellen' is a local woman whom Jon often tried to go out with. Of all of the women Jon calls for a date and ends up getting rejected, Ellen is the most common. She was introduced as a blind date for Jon November 9, 1990 After 16 years, Ellen finally dated Jon in the comic on July 17, 2006 and appeared in person on July 20, 2006 after Jon convinced her to go on a date because she had amnesia and couldn't remember how much she despised him.[4] She was persuaded to go on a date with him, and on July 20th, 2006, the strip finally showed her as a blond woman with a striped dress. [5] For years she never appeared in the strip, but many strips focused on Jon phoning Ellen asking for a date. She usually asked him sarcastically to do something very stupid first, before refusing. Once Jon received a restraining order from her on November 22, 1996, but despite that has asked her out many times since then (to no success). Jon fell in love with Liz who admitted that she did like Jon - and Ellen, still having amnesia, went with the man that Liz initially dated that night.
Family
Garfield's mother, Sonja
★ 'Sonja: Garfield's mother,' Garfield's most influential family member. His mother is a stray, and he hardly sees her. But when they do meet, such as in the television special ''Garfield on the Town'' and a loose adaptation that ran in the strip in December 1984, she showers him with the love that she can rarely give. She also appeared in the television special ''Garfield: His 9 Lives'', and in the November 5, 1994 strip, in which she's the only one watching Garfield's representation on the fence. Sandy Huge provided her voice in the specials. She also appeared once on ''Garfield and Friends''.
★ Garfield's 'grandfathers' have both appeared in the strip as well. His maternal grandfather is a strict, demanding stray who insists that Garfield become a mouser. Garfield's paternal grandfather, Garfield I, is a cynical, bitter and sarcastic character with a habit of telling long (and often completely made up) stories. He held his grandson in mild contempt and threatened Jon with physical harm when Jon claimed a familial resemblance between grandfather and grandson.
Pests
Floyd the Mouse from ''Garfield and Friends''.
★ 'Mice' - Jon's house is also inhabited by mice, Most of whom are unnamed, though one was named "Squeak" and another was named "Herman Vermin". The mice enjoy a quite full social life—much to the annoyance of Jon. Garfield, however, cannot be bothered to chase them, and according to him they tend to either bribe or blackmail him to stay so. In the cartoon show, there was a significant mouse with a similar role named 'Floyd', who could be told apart by the fact that he was drawn with oval eyes, like the other regulars, had a pink nose (an animation goof in "Good Mousekeeping" shows another mouse briefly with Floyd's nose), and was voiced by Gregg Berger. A running gag with Floyd was his annoyance with the fact that he didn't appear often (he often says he wishes he'd be on more than once a season; it's unclear whether Floyd really does only appear once a season).
★ 'Spiders' - also appear in the strip regularly. They sometimes walk around the house or dangle from the ceiling-or get squished by a newspaper wielded by Garfield. This, of course, leads to several attempts by the spiders to get back at Garfield, which are unsuccessful in most cases. Garfield does occasionally obtain help from the spiders, such as to get rid of an annoying fly. The spiders were initially drawn with six legs, although now they are generally drawn with eight.
Household Appliances
★ Three household appliances in the comic are the 'talking bathroom scale', the 'alarm clock' and the 'TV'. The three objects have quite different personalities: The scale, sometimes known as 'RX-2', usually allows itself to be quite cynical and crude about Garfield's overweight state. But sometimes when it does so, it gets smashed or thrown into a trash can. A cover on one of the Garfield paperbacks show Garfield putting a toe on the scale and it heaving with agony. The clock usually retracts from ringing loud and waking Garfield, since he tends to smash it into pieces, and was once flushed down a toilet because it woke Garfield. The TV also speaks to Garfield by itself on occasion, usually trying to persuade Garfield into continuing to watch it or turning it off.
Toys
★ 'Stretch' is Garfield's rubber chicken, who was given to Garfield on his 6th birthday. It only appeared for a week after, yet makes cameo appearances from time to time, mainly used as a weapon against Jon. Stretch was last seen on December 31 2000.
★ A recurring plot in the strip is Garfield eating Jon's various 'pet fish', which causes Jon to get mad.
Objects thrown at Garfield
An example of a SPLUT! hitting Garfield in the face
★ 'The Spluts' are slapstick-comedy flying pies which strike Garfield on random occasions, making the sound "SPLUT!" when they hit. Typically the Spluts are used for shock humor or as a running gag (their first appearance included Garfield checking the calendar to discover that it was "Splut Week"). They have not appeared in the strip for several years, however.
★ 'Garfield's Fence Hecklers' are usually known to be unseen characters. The very first strip to show Garfield on a fence had an irate old man in a nightshirt toss an alarm clock. However, in later strips, many of the (normally unseen) throwers are implied to be dogs. Sometimes, Garfield is hit with a Splut while on the fence.
Friends
★ 'Wheezer' is Jon's old school friend. He calls Jon "Carp Face". Wheezer visited Jon at his house April 23, 1990 through April 29, 1990. Later in the comic, Jon saw Wheezer at his high-school reunion. Wheezer often brings up embarrasing moments in Jon's high school career at the wrong time. While Jon was talking to the girl of his dreams, Wheezer yells "HEY CARPFACE!"
★ 'Aunt Gussie' is Jon's aunt. She first appeared August 14 through August 15, 1981, baby-sitting Garfield while Jon took a vacation. She didn't know Garfield left. She later appeared on November 8 through November 12 1983, when she became mean and had glasses. She was supposed to baby-sit Garfield on the week of April 25, 1988 while Jon was having his tonsils removed, but she did not show up.
Miscellaneous
★ 'The Caped Avenger' is Garfield's alter ego, a superhero who fights with only a cape (his blanket). He once had a sidekick named Slurp (Odie).
Movies Only
===Garfield===
★ 'Luca' is a very senstive dog who guards a house next door. But Garfield always tricks Him. Garfield attempts to steal a pie at his house and tangles Luca up in garden gnomes. He is voiced by Brad Garrett.
★ 'Persnikitty' is a cat that releases the pets from the animal shelter. He was originally on Happy Chapman's show. He was voiced by Alan Cumming.
★ 'Louis' is a friendly mouse voiced by Nick Cannon. He often helps Garfield and is rewarded with Macadamia Nut cookies.
Dagris
Prince XII
Television series only
Main articles: Garfield and Friends
Cactus Jake
Cactus Jake
'Cactus Jake' is the foreman of the Polecat Flats ranch, and a friend of Jon. He was seen only in the TV series and had a habit of saying Garfield's name wrong. Whenever Garfield wore a cowboy outfit, Jake always believed that he really was a cowboy named "Shorty" (Jon would always recognize "Shorty" as Garfield, however). Jake's voice was provided by Pat Buttram. First appeared: Polecat Flats. Last appeared: The Multiple Choice Cartoon. Last appearance (mentioned): Stairway to Stardom.
The Buddy Bears
The Buddy Bears
'The Buddy Bears' are a trio of annoying singing bear cubs who encourage viewers to "always agree with the group" (similar to ''The Get-Along Gang''). Their names are 'Bobby', 'Billy', and 'Bertie'. In the episode "5 Minute Warning" the DVD subtitles mistakenly gave Bertie's name as Brady. The only disagreement they've ever had was over pizza toppings, which supposedly no one can agree on. Their show once replaced Binky's, and Roy Rooster from ''U.S. Acres'' has twice been stuck as their fall guy. Garfield has remarked that he "hates Buddy Bear episodes". In the episode "The Garfield Opera", the bears' full names are revealed to be 'Robert,' 'William,' and 'Bertram' respectively. In one episode, they are accompanied by their sister, 'Betty Buddy Bear.' In another episode, the Buddy Bears are hired to provide factual explanations for everything Garfield does, i.e., appearing spontaneously to say "Bananas are a very good source of potassium" when Garfield mentions bananas. Eventually Garfield tricks them into leaving by asking them about "gazorninplats," which they know nothing about (since Garfield made it up), and, admitting defeat, they leave. The trick backfires, however, when a TV producer notifies Garfield that he is so taken with the name "Gazorninplat" that he is going to replace Garfield's show with new Gazorninplat show. They first appeared on Binky Gets Cancelled, Again!.
Mr. Burnside
'Mr. Burnside' is Jon's next-door neighbor, who is constantly annoyed by Garfield stealing his food. Early on in the sixth season, he was pushed so far as to rent his house out. Shortly after moving, Burnside found out that without Garfield stealing his food, he and his wife were getting overweight, so they agreed to move back. He is voiced by Gregg Berger.
Penelope Pussycat
Penelope
'Penelope Pussycat' served as another love interest for Garfield, appearing only in the show's last three seasons, quickly becoming a regular even with only three episodes being labeled by their titles as "Penelope episodes". She lives in an Italian restaurant, which is no doubt the main reason that Garfield goes out with her. The fact that Garfield enjoys eating more than being with her annoys Penelope, but she willingly goes out with him anyway, because as she says, "It doesn't matter what we do so long as we do it together." She is voiced by Victoria Jackson. Penelope was not a character creation by Jim Davis or 'Garfield & Friends' writer, Mark Evanier. Penelope was a conception of Dallas, TX resident and Garfield fanatic by the name of Chris Miller. Penelope was included as part of a spoof newspaper submission to Paws Inc in 1989.
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