History Heartwarming / TheGarfieldMovie

* Despite overly being pampered by Jon, Garfield's relationship with him isn't one sided in the slightest. After he falls asleep on his desk, the orange cat pushes him to his room, tucks him into bed, and even gives him Pooky.

* It's clear that Vic is still looking out for Garfield in spite of his constant antagonism towards him over supposedly abandoning him in the alleyway. During the train ride, he's aware that Jinx wouldn't leave well enough alone even if they do get the milk and is trying to figure out how to get his son to safety.
* As Garfield goes to the tree right across the street from their house, he notices a whole bunch of five-tally marks that were from Vic as he watched them grow up as a family over the last few years. He realizes that Vic let him get captured so Jon could find him with his tag. With that, a fired up Garfield is determined to save his father and continues on.

* The film ends with Vic moving in and becoming part of his son's life. While Jon seems a bit reluctant at first due to the fact that he has just as big of an appetite, if not bigger than his son's, he happily welcomes Vic into his home with open arms regardless.

* Despite overly being pampered by Jon, Garfield's relationship with him isn't one sided in the slightest. After he falls asleep on his desk, the orange cat pushes him to his room, tucks him into bed, and even gives him Pookie.

* At the climax of the film, when Jinx orders Nolan and Roland to drop Garfield and Vic off the train to their deaths, Garfield apologizse to his father for being unable to save him, to which Vic merely responds by holding his hand and tells him all that matters is that he gave him a second chance.

--> '''Nolan:''' If the point of your revenge was to hurt them, it has done the opposite. It's actually textbook irony!\\

* The film ends with Vic moving in and becoming part of the family. While Jon seems a bit reluctant at first due to the fact that he has just as big of an appetite, if not bigger than his son's, he happily welcomes Vic into his home with open arms regardless.

* In the second trailer, after Garfield eats everything edible in the restaurant, Jon finds the kitten in a take-out box and chooses to name him Garfield. Meaning, despite the appetite Garfield possessed and the trouble he caused, Jon still chose to give him a name and a home.

%%* At the climax of the film, when Jinx orders Nolan and Roland to drop Garfield and Vic off the train to their deaths, the CoDragons [[EvenEvilHasStandards find themselves unable to do so]], realizing that the father and son are at peace because they have reconciled, contrary to what she hoped putting them through this whole ordeal would've done.
%%--> '''Nolan:''' If the point of your revenge was to hurt them, it has done the opposite. It's actually textbook irony!\\

* The film ends with Vic moving in and becoming part of the family. While Jon seems a bit reluctant at first due to the fact that he has just as big of an appetite, if not bigger than his son's, regardless he happily welcomes Vic into his home with open arms.

%%* At the climax of the film, when Jinx orders Nolan and Roland to drop Garfield and Vic off the train to their dooms, the CoDragons [[EvenEvilHasStandards find themselves unable to do so]], realizing that the father and son are at peace because they have reconciled, contrary to what she hoped putting them through this whole ordeal would've done.

'''Roland:''' [[MookFaceTurn And we're no longer comfortable with your plan]].

* In the second trailer, after Garfield eats everything edible in the restaurant, Jon finds the kitten in a take-out box and chooses to name him Garfield. Meaning, despite the appetite Garfield possessed and the trouble he put him through, Jon Arbuckle chose to give him a name and a home.
* At the climax of the film, [[spoiler:Jinx orders Nolan and Roland to drop Garfield and Vic off the train to their dooms, the CoDragons [[EvenEvilHasStandards find themselves unable to do so]], realizing that the father and son are at peace because they have reconciled, contrary to what she hoped putting them through this whole ordeal would've done.]]
--> [[spoiler: '''Nolan:''' If the point of your revenge was to hurt them, it has done the opposite. It's actually textbook irony!\\
'''Roland:''' [[MookFaceTurn And we're no longer comfortable with your plan]].]]

[[caption-width-right:350:''"And that's how [[ThisIsMyHuman I adopted Jon.]]"'']]

* At the climax of the film, [[spoiler:as Jinx orders Nolan and Roland to drop Garfield and Vic off the train to their dooms, they find themselves unable to do so, realizing that they are at peace because they are together, contrary to what she hoped putting them through this whole ordeal would've done.]]
--> [[spoiler:If the point of your revenge was to hurt them... It has done the opposite.]]

* At the climax of the film, [[spoiler:as Jinx orders Nolan and Roland to drop Garfield and Vic, they find themselves unable to do so, realizing that the two feel genuine love once again, contrary to what she hoped to cause them putting them through this whole ordeal.]]

* In the second trailer, after Garfield eats everything edible in the restaurant, Jon finds the kitten in a take-out box and chooses to name him Garfield. Meaning, despite the appetite Garfield possessed, Jon Arbuckle chose to give him a name and a home.

* In the second trailer, after Garfield eats everything edible in the restaurant, John finds the kitten in a take-out box and chooses to name him Garfield. Meaning, despite the appetite Garfield possessed, John Arbuckle chose to give him a name and a home.

* Meta: For Latin American fans the fact that Garfield's original voice actor Sandro Larenas gets to take part in the project as Vic, Garfield's father.

* Meta: For Latin American fans the fact that Garfield's original voice actor Sandro Larenas gets to participate in the project as Vic, Garfield's father.

** That just means SPE and Alcon acknowledges how much of an impact Lorenzo made when he was the first VA for Garfield!

[[caption-width-right:350:''"And that's how I adopted Jon."'']]

** That just means SPE and Alcon acknowledges how much of an impact Lorenzo made when he was the first VA for Garfield!

** That just means Sony acknowledges how much of an impact Lorenzo made when he was the first VA for Garfield!

** That just means Sony acknowledges how much of an impact Lorenzo when he was the first VA for Garfield!

* The name of the stores Baby Garfield passes by is [[Creator/LorenzoMusic Lorenzo's Music]] Store.

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[[caption-width-right:1000:And that's how I adopted Jon.]]
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* In the first half of trailer, we see how Jon and Garfield met; Garfield was a stray kitten before he climbed up a window of an Italian restaurant and was immediately adopted by the lonely Jon Arbuckle. If that doesn't tug at the heartstrings, then the music that played during that moment will.

* in the first half of trailer, we see how Jon and Garfield met; Garfield was a stray kitten before he climbed up a window of an Italian restaurant and was immediately adopted by the lonely Jon Arbuckle. If that doesn't tug at the heartstrings, then the music that played during that moment will.

* in the first half of trailer, we see how Jon and Garfield met; Garfield was a stray kitten before he climbed up a window of an Italian restaurant and was immediately adopted by the lonely Jon Arbuckle. If that doesn't tug at the heartstrings, then the music that played during that moment will.

* in the first half of trailer, we see how Jon and Garfield met; Garfield was a stray kitten before he climbed up a window of an Italian restaurant and was immediately adopted by the lonely Jon Arbuckle. If that doesn't tug at the heartstrings, then the music that played during that moment will