History Heartwarming / GarfieldSpecials

* Practically all the scenes between Garfield and his mom in ''WesternAnimation/GarfieldOnTheTown''.

* The Christmas Special:

* Practically all the scenes between Garfield and his mom in ''Garfield on the Town''.
* "Garfield: His Nine Lives", the animated special:

* Garfield mourns Odie after he rides a car into a volcano to [[AppeaseTheVolcanoGod stop it from erupting]]. It just shows how much he cared about his best friend.
* In the Halloween Special, Odie saves Garfield from drowning. As they reach safety, an exhausted Garfield tells him with complete sincerity, "I owe you one, old buddy", then later thanks him again by giving him his half of the trick or treat candy--"seeing as how you saved my life about eighteen zillion times tonight." As Odie licks him in gratitude, Garfield mutters, "Yeah, I love you too. Now get out of here."
* Garfield lunging at the vicious panther in ''Garfield In The Rough'' to fend it off from Jon and Odie.
** Jon straight up tells Garfield and Odie to run and save themselves, and despite him and Odie making it into the car, they refuse to escape without Garfield.
* In ''Garfield Gets a Life'', Jon brings a potential girlfriend, Mona, but it turns out that she is allergic to cats, so he has to make a choice: get rid of Garfield or break up with Mona. Jon chooses the latter and hugs Garfield, proving that even though the cat constantly gets on his nerves, he still loves him so much that he does not want to give up on him just because he's forced to choice between him and something or someone else, though Mona still agrees that they should see each other again as just friends.

* In ''Garfield Gets a Life'', Jon brings a potential girlfriend, Mona, but it turns out that she is allergic to cats, so he has to make a choice: get rid of Garfield or break up with Mona. Jon chooses the latter and hugs Garfield, proving that despite the cat constantly gets on his nerves, he still loves him so much that he does not want to give up on him just because he's forced to choice between him and something or someone else, though Mona still agrees that they should see each other again as just friends.

** A [[TearJerker rather emotional scene]] of Grandma discussing how much she misses her late husband.

** Jon straight up tells Garfield and Odie to run and save themselves, and despite him and Odie making it into the car, they refuse to getaway without Garfield.

** The ending sequence, especially when Garfield basically lies to God and tells him that (a) He was on his first life and (b) Odie is a cat too so that Odie would also get 9 lives back as well (paired with "Funny" as Odie tries to act like a cat) Once the two of them have all their lives back, Garfield and Odie dance in a circle, hand in hand before embracing as they are sent back to the universe that is the main canon. Hilariously, God then hints he knew that Odie wasn't a cat, but did that for them because "We've got to stick together, you know..." [[spoiler:as His eyes briefly shine like a cat's]].

** Jon straight up tells Garfield and Odie to run for it, and despite making him and Odie making it into the car, they refuse to getaway without Garfield.

* The animated Christmas Special was rife with heartwarming moments. Along with [[TearJerker a rather emotional scene]] of Grandma discussing how much she misses her late husband. In one scene in particular, Garfield sums up the meaning of Christmas in a simple sentence: "Christmas: It's not the giving, it's not the getting, it's the loving." Garfield doesn't need to "learn the true meaning of Christmas" or "awaken some long-forgotten corner of his heart" or any of that, it's made plain that he knows it and agrees with it right from the start and he's just too sarcastic to say it out loud.
** Odie makes Garfield a christmas present - a slapped together back-scratching post. Garfield genuinely loves it and gives Odie a big hug. The entire family d'awws at it.

* The ending sequence to "Garfield: His Nine Lives" the animated special. Especially when Garfield basically lies to God and tells him that (a) He was on his first life and (b) Odie is a cat too so that Odie would also get 9 lives back as well (paired with "Funny" as Odie tries to act like a cat) Once the two of them have all their lives back, Garfield and Odie dance in a circle, hand in hand before embracing as they are sent back to the universe that is the main canon. Hilariously, God then hints he knew that Odie wasn't a cat, but did that for them because "We've got to stick together, you know..." [[spoiler:as His eyes briefly shine like a cat's]].
** And the sixth life from the same special, "[[http://youtu.be/BArFeuszzWs Diana's Piano]]", detailing the relationship between Diana and her owner. It culminated in the owner performing a concert just for her pet as an adult, [[spoiler: and Diana laying down on the keyboard to quietly pass away during the night]].

* Garfield mourning Odie after he rides a car into a volcano to [[AppeaseTheVolcanoGod stop it from erupting]]. It just shows how much he cared about his best friend.
* In the Halloween Special, Odie saving Garfield from drowning. As they reach safety, an exhausted Garfield tells him with complete sincerity, "I owe you one, old buddy", then later thanks him again by giving him his half of the trick or treat candy--"seeing as how you saved my life about eighteen zillion times tonight." As Odie licks him in gratitude, Garfield mutters, "Yeah, I love you too. Now get out of here."

* The ending sequence to "Garfield: His Nine Lives" the animated special. Especially when Garfield basically lies to God and tells him Odie is a cat so that Odie would also get 9 lives back as well. Once the two of them have all their lives back, Garfield and Odie dance in a circle, hand in hand before embracing as they are sent back to the universe that is the main canon. Hilariously, God then hints he knew that Odie wasn't a cat, but did that for them because "We've got to stick together, you know..." [[spoiler:as His eyes briefly shine like a cat's]].

* In the Halloween Special, Odie saving Garfield from drowning. As they reach safety, and exhausted Garfield tells him with complete sincerity, "I owe you one, old buddy", then later thanks him again by giving him his half of the trick or treat candy--"seeing as how you saved my life about eighteen zillion times tonight."

* The animated Christmas Special was rife with heartwarming moments. Along with [[TearJerker a rather emotional scene]] of Grandma discussing how much she misses her late husband. In one scene in particular, Garfield sums up the meaning of Christmas in a simple sentence: "Christmas: It's not the giving, it's not the getting, it's the loving." Garfield doesn't need to "[[Literature/AChristmasCarol learn the true meaning of Christmas]]" or "[[Literature/HowTheGrinchStoleChristmas awaken some long-forgotten corner of his heart]]" or any of that, it's made plain that he knows it and agrees with it right from the start and he's just too sarcastic to say it out loud.

* The animated Christmas Special was rife with heartwarming moments. Along with [[TearJerker a rather emotional scene]] of Grandma discussing how much she misses her late husband. In one scene in particular, Garfield sums up the meaning of Christmas in a simple sentence: "Christmas: It's not the giving, it's not the getting, it's the loving."

* In the Halloween Special, Odie saving Garfield from drowning. As they reach safety, and exhausted Garfield tells him with complete sincerity, "I owe you one, old buddy", then later thanks him again by giving him his half of the trick or treat candy--"seeing as how you saved my life about eighteen zillion times tonight."

--->'''Diana's Owner''': It was Diana's testament to her love for my music.

-->'''Diana's Owner''': It was Diana's testament to her love for my music.

* The ending sequence to "Garfield: His Nine Lives" the animated special. Especially when Garfield basically lies to God and tells him Odie is a cat so that Odie would also get 9 lives back as well. Once the two of them have all their lives back, Garfield and Odie dance in a circle, hand in hand before embracing as they are sent back to the universe that is the main canon. Hilariously, God then hints he knew that Odie wasn't a cat, but did that for them because "We've got to stick together, you know...".

* The ending sequence to "Garfield: His Nine Lives" the animated special. Especially when Garfield basically lies to God and tells him Odie is a cat so that Odie would also get 9 lives back as well. Once the two of them have all their lives back, Garfield and Odie dance in a circle, hand in hand before embracing as they are sent back to the universe that is the main canon. Hilariously, God then hints he knew that Odie wasn't a cat, but did that for them because "We've all got to stick together...".

** And the sixth life from the same special, "[[http://youtu.be/BArFeuszzWs Diana's Piano]]", detailing the relationship between Diana and her owner, culminating in the owner performing a concert just for her pet as an adult, [[spoiler: and Diana laying down on the keyboard to quietly pass away during the night]].

** And the sixth life from the same special, "[[http://youtu.be/BArFeuszzWs Diana's Piano]]", detailing the relationship between Diana and her owner [[spoiler: culminating in the owner performing a mini-concert for her pet as an adult, and Diana laying down on the keyboard to die afterward]].

* The animated Christmas Special was rife with heartwarming moments. Along with [[TearJerker a rather emotional scene]] of Grandma discussing how much she misses her late husband.

* Garfield mourning Odie after he rides a car into a volcano to [[AppeaseTheVolcanoGod stop it from erupting]]. It just shows how much he cared about his best friend.

* The ending sequence to "Garfield: His Nine Lives" the animated special. Especially when Garfield basically lies to God and tells him Odie is a cat so that Odie would also get 9 lives back as well. Once the two of them have all their lives back, Garfield and Odie dance in a circle, hand in hand before embracing as they are sent back to the universe that is the main canon. Hilariously, God then hints he knew that Odie wasn't a cat, but did that for them because "We've all got to stick together...".