History WesternAnimation / TheGarfieldShow

* MagicalFlutist: In the "Rodent Rebellion" special, Nermal saves the day by using his recorder to herd all the rats in town.

%%FakeUltimateHero: Professor Bonkers

* GrandFinale: The "Rodent Rebellion" special, which has Garfield, Odie and Nermal trying to defend the city from an uprising of rats who have also framed Jon for committing robberies, serves as the conclusion to this series.

* RealAfterAll: [[spoiler:The Zabadu turns out to be a real creature at the end of the "Long Lost Lyman" special.]]

-->'''Yellow Hat Guy:''' Dr. Whipple, they’re hearing you on national television!

-->'''Yellow Hat Guy:''' They can...

-->'''Actor:''' This Awesome Audio Appliance plays the most beautiful music. Listen! ''presses play''

-->'''Mama Meany:''' They never catch on that the stuff I sell is garbage!

** The "Lasagna Tree" special ends with Garfield exposing Mama Meany as a con man duping his customers with cheaply-manufactured and horrible-tasting substitutes for real food when the cat uses Eddie Gourmand's robotic cameraman to record and broadcast to the world Mama Meany gloating about how lucrative his restaurants are while calling his customers idiots for continuing to fall for his scam.

** Done again when Garfield uses a functional model of a hyped-up tape recorder to record a conversation between the owner of the "All Buying Channel" and his salesman that ''everything'' they sell is just junk that's cleverly hyped. As such when the salesman of the recorder attempts to prove the product works, it plays back the conversation neither knew had been recorded.
* TheEponymousShow

* CanonForeigner: Eddie Gourmand, Dr. Whipple, Aunt Ivy, Drusilla and Minerva, and Vito Cappelletti, the Italian restaurant/pizzeria owner.

* TyrannosaurusRex: A trio attack the characters in part 5 of "Glitter Gulch".

* AnimatedActors: Several episodes portray Garfield and the others as in-universe actors, examples including "Laugh in a Can" (where a laugh track is added to the show against Garfield's wishes) and "The Golden Lasagna Awards" (which has Garfield run an awards ceremony and Nermal ticked that Garfield appears to be winning every award).

** In the "Mean Machine" special, the penultimate part "Robot Rampage" has Master Control sing "That Fat Cat", where he expresses how he must eliminate Garfield to prevent him from thwarting his plan.

* VillainSong: In "The Lion Queen" special, EgomaniacHunter Dirk Dinkum sings "Go Away", where he boasts about what a repugnant and horrid scumbag he is. The title refers to the phrase frequently said to him by the people he has tormented.

* GrandFinale: The "Rodent Rebellion" special, which has Garfield, Odie and Nermal trying to stop a rat uprising, serves as the conclusion to this series.

* DiamondsInTheBuff: Neferkitty. Though cats don't usually wear clothes to begin with.

* ThirtyMinutesOrItsFree: Garfield exploits this to Vito's Pizza in the episode "Great Pizza Race" to keep feeding himself for free. And he would have gotten away with it... if it weren't for the fact that John was taking Liz to Vito's on a dinner date. [[spoiler: The episode ends with Garfield and Odie, after being busted, having to wash dishes -- which were a lot due to Garfield's scheme -- at Vito's Pizza as reparation, while Vito monitors in person.]]

-->'''Harry''': You can't beat me, you're out of shape!
-->'''Garfield''': Twenty pounds of pasta a day will do that to you...

-->'''Garfield''': I can explain! Well if I could talk I could explain...

* ArsonMurderAndJaywalking: In "Nice to Nermal," Garfield decides the cruelest thing he should do to Nermal is not sending him into outer space or even feeding him to the sharks but instead making him watch televised golf games.

-->'''Garfield''': ''[peering into the sewer]'' Don't worry Odie! I'll get you out of there! I won't abandon you! ''[runs off then comes back]'' And while you're down there, keep an eye out for my donuts!

-->'''Garfield''': Nermal, you know how I'm always telling you to leave? Well this time it's for your own good!

-->'''Jon''': (notices Garfield and Odie stuck in a tree) Garfield! Odie! You're stuck in a tree!
-->'''Garfield''': And the grass is green, [[LampshadeHanging Captain Obvious]].

-->'''Jon''': If you want roast turkey, it's easy Garfield. ''You'' go put it in the oven.
-->'''Garfield''': At least it's fresh. ''[noticing the turkey eating his food]'' Hmm, my dinner seems to be having lunch...
-->'''Jon''': I'm sorry Garfield, I don't have the heart to end that little turkey's life and neither do you.
-->'''Garfield''': I hate it when Jon's right. Fortunately it doesn't happen very often.
** And another instance would be in "Mother Garfield" where Garfield claims he stopped eating birds because "they were too much work, too many feathers and not enough drumsticks." [[MyInstinctsAreShowing He then gets the urge to takes up bird chasing again]] but then reconsiders and instead tries to prevent a family of Bluebirds from being eaten by the stray cat Harry.

* CatsAreSnarkers: Garfield, of course

-->'''Harry''': He's not an incredibly cute kitten. He's older than ''you'' even. Only cat I know who's old enough to shave. But he's bad news.

-->'''Garfield''': I can get away with this because as you may have noticed, dogs aren't particularly bright.

** "King Nermal", which ends with Garfield and Odie injured,and Nermal getting to stay even longer.

-->'''Garfield''': No! No! I'd rather have the accordion back! Wait! Stop! HEEEEELLLLPPPP!!

* DrJerk: Dr Whipple.

-->'''Garfield''': Maybe we might get lucky and Jon won't take us back!
* EasyAmnesia: This happens to Garfield in "Garfield Astray" when a bowling ball drops to his head. [[spoiler: A taste of lasagna gets his memories back.]]

-->'''Heather''': I'll name you..."Fuzzbutton"!
-->'''Neferkitty''': Ewwww! ''Fuzzbutton''!?

* NotSoHarmlessVillain: The first time we see Nathan, a kid in the same neighborhood as Jon, he appears quite friendly. [[spoiler: Then he turns out to be a [[KidsAreCruel nasty]] MadScientist-in-the-making, trying to turn Odie into a cockroach in the very same episode.]]

* OurWerebeastsAreDifferent: In "Curse of the Weredog", a rare star alignment in the sky causes Odie to turn into a Weredog whenever the full moon is visible. [[spoiler: By the end of the episode Odie no longer suffers from this due to the stars rearranging themselves, but then another rare star alignment occurs which affects Garfield...]]

* ScrewballSquirrel:
** Odie ends up facing one when he has to face four of them in "Up A Tree". [[spoiler: They settle their differences and become friends by the end of the episode though]].

* AIIsACrapshoot: Night of the Apparatuses
** The T3000.
* AllCGICartoon
* AlternateContinuity: In spite of also being in CGI and having the central characters played by the exact same voice actors, this show isn't in the same continuity as the ''WesternAnimation/GarfieldAnimatedMovieTrilogy'', as the animated films established that the Garfield cast live in a world of comic strip characters, while this series takes place in its own world.
* ArsonMurderAndJaywalking: In "Nice to Nermal," Garfield decides the cruelest thing he should do to Nermal is not sending him into outer space or even feeding him to the sharks but instead making him watch televised golf games.

* NoFourthWall: In the 2nd season. In one episode, Garfield knows he needs an idea, so he borrows a copy of the script to see what he is going to do next.

* SurpisinglyRealisticOutcome: Eddie Gourmand finds out the hard way that building a cheese theme park 100% out of cheese is a horrible idea due to the smell, attraction of flies and the buildings melting.

* RealAfterAll: [[spoiler:The Zabadu from "Long Lost Lyman".]]
* RealityEnsues: Eddie Gourmand finds out the hard way that building a cheese theme park 100% out of cheese is a horrible idea due to the smell, attraction of flies and the buildings melting.

%%* TheEeyore:
%%** A parrot Jon's editor entrusts to Jon in "Parrot Blues", with more than enough {{Wangst}} for anyone around it.