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* BittersweetEnding: Most of the town (and Jon's house) is wrecked by the storm, but everyone survives and Arlene gets adopted.
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* EvilDetectingDog: All the neighborhood animals sense that something is going to happen; it terrifies them, and they all try to warn their owners about what's to come.

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* EvilDetectingDog: All the neighborhood animals sense that something is going to happen; it terrifies them, and they all try to warn their owners about what's to come.come.
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''Garfield's Judgement Day'' is a ''Franchise/{{Garfield}}'' book written by Jim Davis in 1990. Unlike other ''Garfield'' works, this one is in a picture-book format and not a comic-book format, and is based on an unfinished animated film of the same title and plot.

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''Garfield's Judgement Day'' is a ''Franchise/{{Garfield}}'' book written by Jim Davis Creator/JimDavis in 1990. Unlike other ''Garfield'' works, this one is in a picture-book format and not a comic-book format, and is based on an unfinished animated film of the same title and plot.
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* DarkerAndEdgier: It's the Garfield characters we all know and love... surviving a devastating mile-wide tornado. It was such a dark concept for the usual tone of the franchise that no movie studio would pick it up.

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* DarkerAndEdgier: It's the Garfield characters we all know and love... surviving a devastating mile-wide mile wide tornado. It was such a dark concept for the usual tone of the franchise that no movie studio would pick it up.
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* DarkerAndEdgier: It's the Garfield characters we all know and love... surviving a devastating EF-5 tornado. It was such a dark concept for the usual tone of the franchise that no movie studio would pick it up.

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* DarkerAndEdgier: It's the Garfield characters we all know and love... surviving a devastating EF-5 mile-wide tornado. It was such a dark concept for the usual tone of the franchise that no movie studio would pick it up.
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* BilingualAnimal: This book reveals that all of the neighborhood animals can speak human, but have always chosen not to do to a "rule". They consider breaking the rule to warn their owners about the impending disaster.

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* BilingualAnimal: This book reveals that all of the neighborhood animals can speak human, but have always chosen not to do due to a "rule". They consider breaking the rule to warn their owners about the impending disaster.
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The story begins as normal, with Garfield dreaming about junkfood, and he and Odie getting Jon to make them breakfast. However, it becomes apparent that all around the neighborhood, pets are waking up and annoying their neighbors, and Garfield and Odie soon feel a sense of dread that something bad is coming... That's right, it's judgement day, and the story follows with the drama of Garfield, Odie, Jon, and the neighborhood pets dealing with the disaster and chaos surrounding them.

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The story begins as normal, with Garfield dreaming about junkfood, and he and Odie getting Jon to make them breakfast. However, it becomes apparent that all around the neighborhood, pets are waking up and annoying their neighbors, and Garfield and Odie soon feel a sense of dread that something bad is coming... That's right, it's judgement day, a monster tornado is coming, and the story follows with the drama of Garfield, Odie, Jon, and the neighborhood pets dealing with the disaster and chaos surrounding them.
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* DarkerAndEdgier: It's the Garfield characters we all know and love... surviving a devastating EF5 tornado. It was such a dark concept for the usual tone of the franchise that no movie studio would pick it up.

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* DarkerAndEdgier: It's the Garfield characters we all know and love... surviving a devastating EF5 EF-5 tornado. It was such a dark concept for the usual tone of the franchise that no movie studio would pick it up.
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Due to its DarkerAndEdgier storyline, the animated special was never picked up by any studio, forcing the plot to be put in the book format, instead.

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Due to its DarkerAndEdgier storyline, the animated special film was never picked up by any studio, forcing the plot to be put in the book format, instead.



* DarkerAndEdgier: It's the Garfield characters we all know and love... surviving ''judgement day''. It was such a dark concept for the usual tone of the franchise that no movie studio would pick it up.

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* DarkerAndEdgier: It's the Garfield characters we all know and love... surviving ''judgement day''.a devastating EF5 tornado. It was such a dark concept for the usual tone of the franchise that no movie studio would pick it up.
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* BilingualAnimal: This book reveals that all of the neighborhood animals can speak human, but have always chosen not to do to a "rule". They consider breaking the rule to warn their owners about the impending disaster.
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* DarkSecret: Arlene hides the fact that she's a stray from everyone, thinking they'd be prejudiced against her if they knew the truth.
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* CardboardBoxHome: With Arlene being revealed as a stray, we also learn her "home" is just a box in an alleyway.
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* AdaptationExpansion: The story adds a lot more characters to Garfield's neighborhood, and tells us more about the world and characters we already know- such as that Arlene is actually a stray.
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''Garfield's Judgement Day'' is a ''Franchise/{{Garfield}}'' book written by Jim Davis in 1990. Unlike other ''Garfield'' works, this one is in a picture-book format and not a comic-book format, and is based on an unfinished animated film of the same title and plot.

The story begins as normal, with Garfield dreaming about junkfood, and he and Odie getting Jon to make them breakfast. However, it becomes apparent that all around the neighborhood, pets are waking up and annoying their neighbors, and Garfield and Odie soon feel a sense of dread that something bad is coming... That's right, it's judgement day, and the story follows with the drama of Garfield, Odie, Jon, and the neighborhood pets dealing with the disaster and chaos surrounding them.

Due to its DarkerAndEdgier storyline, the animated special was never picked up by any studio, forcing the plot to be put in the book format, instead.

Compare this to ''ComicBook/GarfieldHis9Lives'', another darker take on the fat orange cat's life.

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* BigEater: Par for the course; Garfield's breakfast includes eggs, bacon, croissants, hash browns, pancakes...
* DarkerAndEdgier: It's the Garfield characters we all know and love... surviving ''judgement day''. It was such a dark concept for the usual tone of the franchise that no movie studio would pick it up.
* EvilDetectingDog: All the neighborhood animals sense that something is going to happen; it terrifies them, and they all try to warn their owners about what's to come.

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