History Characters / USAcres

* VagueAge: The opening strips treat him like a young piglet, though he acts more like a senior of the group later on despite his size and appearance not altering much. Furthered in the cartoons where he has a matured voice courtesy of Gregg Berger.

* ArbitrarySkepticism: He tends not to believe in some things (until proven otherwise) despite seeing plenty of weridness. This is only sometimes. Oddly enough, he has moments of SuperGullible, where he was tricked into believing that cheese danishes were alien eggs.

* TeamRocketWins: Roy was nearly always on the recieving end in his bouts against Lanolin. He did get the last laugh in one Sunday strip however, when the two get into a crow/bleat match and Roy blasts her with a speaker system. Incidentally this ended up one of the first Quickies in ''Garfield and Friends''.

* TookALevelInKindness: While his Comic version took a turn for the worse and got crueler, Cartoon Roy took a turn for the better and got nicer. Even more than the earlier seasons. He's still a mischievous prankster of course, but in the later seasons, there were several episodes, where he wasn't even trying to make pranks or cause much trouble. In one episode, "Who Done It?" he was saying "Hi!" to one of the dog brothers and being friendly and in "Badtime Story" he(like his friends) just wanted to read a story to Booker and Sheldon. Hmmm...Must have been from hanging out with [[MoralityPet Wade so much.]]

* LovableCoward: Other than his usual cowardliness and [[CloudCuckooLander strangeness]], he's a pretty likable guy.

* NervousWreck: To go along with being the craven coward.
* NiceGuy: He's not usually mean-spirited and is normally friendly with his friends or people, he don't consider his enemies (if he's not freaking out first). [[VitriolicBestBuds With Roy on the other hand, it varies.]]

* DrearyHalfLiddedEyes: Typically has these in both the comic and the cartoon to show off her grouchiness, anger, cynicism, pessimism, and unimpressed apathy. Bonus in that in the cartoon it shows off her bright blue eyeshadow, which matches her bow.

* AccessoryWearingCartoonAnimal: His only article of clothing is an inner tube. In the cartoon, the duck head on the inner tube will mimic Wade's facial expressions.

* TheAllegedBoss: He's usually a "4" but sometimes a "2". Given how much abuse he takes from the other animals, it's easy to think his seniority doesn't go beyond being TeamMom[=/=]TeamDad. But a couple of times in the cartoon, he has reached his breaking point and reminded them, he's in charge, and if they go too far, he can kick them out. After once suffering a barrage of insults from Roy, Orson finally snapped and angrily fired him on the spot, only receding when his replacement proved even worse. Given the nature of their relationship, Roy treated it more like a falling out between friends than a firing, just going off and brooding for a few hours instead of looking for another job/place to live. In one instance, Roy was looking for another job, indicating that he may be the boss [[AnimatedActors off the set as well]].

* BewareTheNiceOnes: Orson is an affable, friendly boss and friend to the animals, but when pushed too far, he will snap and fight back if necessary. See TheAllegedBoss above. Even when he doesn't pull rank, he can fight back by using his smarts and giving Roy a taste of his own medicine, like in the "Grabbity" episode where Orson caught Roy pranking Wade into thinking the law of "grabbity" had been repealed. Orson used his imagination powers to freak Roy out into thinking he was floating away. He claimed he was just explaining the importance of gravity, but the trollish grins during the ImagineSpot suggested otherwise. Another time he got Roy back by not getting him back, the others were confused until Roy's mind creating a SelfInflictedHell made it obvious.

* BullyingTheDragon: Sometimes earns harsh retribution for trolling Lanolin. He's also heckled Orson enough break his TheAllegedBoss routine and get threatened with unemployment.

* TemptingFate: Trolling Lanolin or not watching what he says to/around her tends to backfire on him. Also, trolling Orson can result in this (even when he doesn't step out of TheAllegedBoss, Orson's smart enough to really mess with Roy in return).

* AdaptationDyeJob: A minor one is that her and Bo's eyelids are peach-ish in the comics and (presumably in Lanolin's case, given she wears blue eyeshadow) white in the cartoon. More majorly, in the comics and web games her bow is pink while in the cartoon her bow is blue and matches her blue eyeshadow. Lanolin's bow is also blue on the back of the first compilation book.

* AdaptationalNiceGuy: Lanolin is still grumpy and standoffish in ''Garfield and Friends'', though more developed plot lines lead to more softer redeeming moments to show.

* KarmaHoudini: Compared to [[KarmicButtMonkey Roy]], Lanolin could regularly aggress the other animals without worry of consequences. This trope was downplayed in the cartoons due to a blend of AdaptationalNiceGuy and the show's more Aesop friendly format.

* PolarOppositeTwins and SiblingYinYang: He's the more perky (more calmer in the cartoon) and more nicer one, of the siblings.

* TookALevelInJerkass: In the comics, unfortunately. Check above {{Flanderization}}.
* TookALevelInKindness: While his Comic version took a turn for the worse and got more crueler, Cartoon Roy took a turn for the better and got more nicer. Even more than the earlier seasons. He's still a mischievous prankster of course, but in the later seasons, there were several episodes, where he wasn't even trying to make pranks or cause much trouble. In one episode, "Who Done It?" he was saying "Hi!" to one of the dog brothers and being friendly and in "Badtime Story" he(like his friends) just wanted to read a story to Booker and Sheldon. Hmmm...Must have been from hanging out with [[MoralityPet Wade so much.]]

* BigBad: He's the main antagonist of the comic strip (and sometimes the cartoon [[AdaptationalNiceGuy due to being more kinder]]).

* TheAllegedBoss: He's usually a "4" but sometimes a "2". Given how much abuse he takes from the other animals, it's easy to think his seniority doesn't go beyond being TeamMom/TeamDad. But a couple of times in the cartoon, he has reached his breaking point and reminded them, he's in charge, and if they go too far, he can kick them out. After once suffering a barrage of insults from Roy, Orson finally snapped and angrily fired him on the spot, only receding when his replacement proved even worse. Given the nature of their relationship, Roy treated it more like a falling out between friends than a firing, just going off and brooding for a few hours instead of looking for another job/place to live. In one instance, Roy was looking for another job, indicating that he may be the boss [[AnimatedActors off the set as well]].

* ActionGirl: Lanolin often rescues Orson in his own fantasies.

* RedOniBlueOni: She is the athletic, aggressive, angry, and (mostly in the comics) aggressive Red to Bo's artistic, calm, and passive Blue.

* TheSmurfettePrinciple: Most of the time. In ''WesternAnimation/GarfieldAndFriends'', she's the only female who regularly appeared in ''either'' short ([[DudeLooksLikeALady Nermal is male]], Liz only showed up occasionally, and Penelope was only in the last three seasons). The writers were going to add in Chloe, but they forgot. The strip had Blue, but she disappeared after awhile.

** AdaptationalIntelligence: He was made much smarter compared to the comic strip.

* MasculineGirlFeminineBoy: Orson and cartoon! Bo are the passive, understanding and easygoing Feminine Boys to Lanolin's loud, aggressive, and grumpy Masculine Girl.

* AdaptedOut: Neither of them appeared in ''Garfield and Friends'', they were indirectly references a few times.

* ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: Both of them disappeared in mid-1988, months before ''WesternAnimation/GarfieldAndFriends'' premiered. They never appeared in the cartoon, likely due to the confusion that might have arisen from them being in the same series as Garfield and Odie, who don't speak.
** Although Cody appeared in a few of the ''U.S. Acres'' storybooks.

* TrueBlueFemininity: It's said in Blue's Bio that she's graceful.

* EvilCounterpart: Like 'Cartoon' Bo Sheep, Wart seems to be the more laid back one of the trio, but he's still just as malicious as his other two brothers.

* {{Hypocrite}} and HypocriticalHumor: There are moments when he gets like that. For example in the episode, "The Impractical Joker", when the other animals complain to him about Roy insulting him with a joke book, Orson tells them to just ignore it, they're harmless. But when Roy does it to Orson, he fires him from the farm. The other animals ([[VitriolicBestBuds even Wade]]) thought firing Roy was too far.

* AccessoryWearingCartoonAnimal: His only article of clothing is an inner tube.

* OffModel: Occasionally in the colored strips, Booker is shown as a white chick, instead of his usual yellow.

* TheAllegedBoss: Given how much abuse he takes from the other animals, it's easy to think his seniority doesn't go beyond being TeamMom. But a couple of times in the cartoon, he has reached his breaking point and reminded them, he's in charge, and if they go too far, he can kick them out. After once suffering a barrage of insults from Roy, Orson finally snapped and angrily fired him on the spot, only receding when his replacement proved even worse. Given the nature of their relationship, Roy treated it more like a falling out between friends than a firing, just going off and brooding for a few hours instead of looking for another job/place to live.

* BewareTheNiceOnes: Orson is an affable, friendly boss and friend to the animals, but when pushed too far, he will snap and fight back if necessary. See TheAllegedBoss above.

* AdaptationalNiceGuy: Sort of. Roy's still a loudmouthed {{Troll}} in ''Garfield and Friends'', but the stories are longer and morals are more prevalent, so a nicer side of him does show at times, and he's more of a prankster.

* {{Flanderization}}: In the comics, his appearances of early 1986 had him with much more mellowed down jerkish tendencies and his prankster aspect merely started out with waking up other farm animals with his horn. These aspects were treated light-heartedly harmless and were not as much a core aspect of his personality. By 1988, he pretty much exists as a full on {{Troll}} for the farm.

* KarmicButtMonkey: He often suffers humiliation or injuries, usually at the hands of Lanolin or his pranks backfiring on him, though he's usually a deserving victim due to being a jerkish {{Troll}}.

* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: He once thought his sneeze powder killed Sheldon. He spent the rest of the episode in guilt-ridden shock until Sheldon turned out to be okay.

* UnsympatheticComedyProtagonist: He's not a bully, but he’s still an arrogant, rude, and assholish prankster who constantly likes playing jokes on his friends and usually gets his repercussions that serves him right. Despite that, he can tell when he’s gone too far and doesn’t mean any actual harm.

* AbsurdPhobia: FAR too many to count. Name anything innocuous or harmless and chances are good Wade has worried about it posing a threat at one point.

* BornUnlucky: One of the main reasons in the strip for his paranoia and depression.

* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: When he's not scared of something, everyone notices.

* TheAllegedBoss: Given how much abuse he takes from the other animals, it's easy to think his seniority doesn't go beyond being TeamMom. But a couple of times in the cartoon, he has reached his breaking point and reminded them, he's in charge, and if they go too far, he can kick them out. After once suffering a barrage of insults from Roy, Orson finally snapped and angrily fired him on the spot, only receding when his replacement proved even worse.

* CampStraight: There's teasing between him and Lanolin, and look below ChildhoodFriendRomance. Also there's [[https://garfield.com/usacres/1987/03/13 this strip]].

* MeaningfulName: "Orson" sounds like the word "porcine", meaning "pig-like", befitting a pig.

* OnlySaneMan: He often takes this role when his friends are unbalanced, since he is TheLeader after all.

* AdaptationalNiceGuy: Sort of. Roy's still a loudmouthed {{Troll}} in ''Garfield and Friends'', but the stories are longer and morals are more prevalent, so a nicer side of him does show at times.

* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Mostly in the cartoons though, he's a self-centered arrogant prankster, but he is not a bully and will often use these very qualities to help his friends out of trouble and has moments of remorse when he feels he might have gone a bit too far.

* ThePrankster: He likes to make schemes and pull pranks at people and his friends, though sometimes, his karma catches up to him.

* TemptingFate: Trolling Lanolin or not watching what he says to/around her tends to backfire on him.

* AdaptedOut: Neither of them appeared in ''Garfield and Friends''.

* PoliticalOvercorrectness: He does this to nursery rhymes in "Kiddie Korner", complaining about even the most minor details being offensive (like thinking "tuffet" is a naughty word).

* KickTheSonOfABitch: Whenever Roy's the one suffering her wrath, it's usually deserved. Case in point, the November 9, 1988 strip has her slap Roy's face off in response to the rooster [[FlirtatiousSmackOnTheAss slapping her on the rear]].

* HeelFaceMole: Gort pulls this off in "Gort Goes Good".

* SlapstickKnowsNoGender: Even she is not safe from slapstick as she gets pranked by Roy and once rolled her wool up her arm that it hurt.

* AccessoryWearingCartoonAnimal: His only article of clothing is an inner tube.

** AdaptationalIntelligence: He was made much more smarter compared to the comic strip.
* BewareTheNiceOnes: As shown in the episode "Keeping Cool". He acted carefree when Orson's brothers' tried to pick on him. But ''DON'T'' threaten or mess with his friends! [[spoiler:He got rid of Orson's brothers by having them be dragged from a bus.]]

%%* GeniusDitz: In the cartoon.

* BewareTheNiceOnes: As shown in the episode "Keeping Cool". He acted carefree when Orson's brothers' tried to pick on him. But ''DON'T'' threaten or mess with his friends! [[spoiler:He got rid of Orson's brother by having them be dragged from a bus.]]

* DisembodiedEyebrows: He has eyebrows, that floats above his head.

* {{Jerkass}}: They're mean and nasty and whenever they're not (just)picking on Orson and sometimes his friends, they steal their crops and sometimes tie the farm animals up or lock them somewhere, so they won't get in their way.