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** Creator/AngelinaJolie, Creator/JenniferGarner, Creator/NataliePortman and Creator/PatsyKensit were considered for the part of Liz before Creator/JenniferLoveHewitt was cast.

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** Creator/AngelinaJolie, Creator/JenniferGarner, Creator/JenniferGarner and Creator/NataliePortman and Creator/PatsyKensit were considered for the part of Liz before Creator/JenniferLoveHewitt was cast.
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** Creator/JimCarrey, Creator/BenStiller, and Creator/AdamSandler were all considered for the role of Jon, but were all too expensive.
** Creator/JenniferGarner was considered for the role of Liz.
** Creator/JackNicholson was another actor considered to voice Garfield.
** [[https://twitter.com/GarfieldFanArt/status/1284614195632168965?s=20 The sequel]] would have been a CrossOver with ''ComicStrip/USAcres'', but never came to be.

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** Creator/JimCarrey, Creator/BenStiller, and Creator/AdamSandler were all considered for the role of Jon, but were all too expensive.
** Creator/JenniferGarner was considered for the role of Liz.
** Creator/JackNicholson was another actor and Creator/JohnGoodman were considered to voice Garfield.
Garfield before Creator/BillMurray was cast.
** [[https://twitter.com/GarfieldFanArt/status/1284614195632168965?s=20 The sequel]] would have been a CrossOver with ''ComicStrip/USAcres'', but never came to be.
Creator/JimCarrey, Creator/BenStiller and Creator/OwenWilson were approached for the role of Jon Arbuckle before the casting of Creator/BreckinMeyer.
** Creator/AngelinaJolie, Creator/JenniferGarner, Creator/NataliePortman and Creator/PatsyKensit were considered for the part of Liz before Creator/JenniferLoveHewitt was cast.
** Creator/MichaelIronside, Creator/ThomasLennon and Creator/BradDourif were considered for Happy Chapman before the casting of Creator/StephenTobolowsky.
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* WorkingTitle: When ''Garfield'' was picked up by United Features Syndicate in January 1978, an early title for the nationally syndicated strip was ''Garfield and Friends'', a title that would later be used for [[WesternAnimation/GarfieldAndFriends the cartoon]].
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* FranchiseZombie: The comic is a prime example of this trope. While Jim Davis maintains creative control and signs the strips, he now only does the writing and rough sketches while his assistants do the inking and coloring. This is due to the fact that Jim Davis now spends most of his time supervising production and merchandising his characters through his company Paws, Inc. And as of 2016, he is currently an adjunct professor at Ball State University, his alma mater, meaning that he will most likely devote less time to his strip he created forty years ago.

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* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: Two Garfield books: ''Babes and Bullets'' and ''Garfield: His 9 Lives'' are out of print, and neither are listed on the Garfield Website's store. Interestingly, the animated specials based on both books ''are'' listed on the Garfield Website store.
** A 1986 compilation of original gags, ''The Unabridged Uncensored Unbelieveable Garfield'', is also out of print.

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Two Garfield books: ''Babes and Bullets'' and ''Garfield: His 9 Lives'' are out of print, and neither are listed on the Garfield Website's store. Interestingly, the animated specials based on both books ''are'' listed on the Garfield Website store.
** A 1986 compilation of original gags, ''The Unabridged Uncensored Unbelieveable Unbelievable Garfield'', is also out of print.



** In 1987, UsefulNotes/McDonalds released a set of four mugs.

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** In 1987, UsefulNotes/McDonalds released a set of four mugs. These mugs are infamous for containing ''extremely'' dangerous amounts of lead paint, making them a serious health risk to use.

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* ActingForTwo: In the 2004 game (not related to the film from the same year), Garfield and Jon are voiced by the same actor, Jon Barnard.



* ActingForTwo: In the 2004 game (not related to the film from the same year), Garfield and Jon are voiced by the same actor, Jon Barnard.
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* TalkingToHimself: In the 2004 game (not related to the film from the same year), Garfield and Jon are voiced by the same actor, Jon Barnard.

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* TalkingToHimself: ActingForTwo: In the 2004 game (not related to the film from the same year), Garfield and Jon are voiced by the same actor, Jon Barnard.
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* NoExportForYou: The [[UsefulNotes/NintendoEntertainmentSystem Famicom]] game, A Week of Garfield, was never released outside if UsefulNotes/{{Japan}}.
* TalkingToHimself: In the 2004 game (not related to the film from the same year), Jon and Garfield are voiced by the same actor, Jon Barnard.

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* NoExportForYou: The [[UsefulNotes/NintendoEntertainmentSystem Famicom]] game, A Week of Garfield, was never released outside if of UsefulNotes/{{Japan}}.
* TalkingToHimself: In the 2004 game (not related to the film from the same year), Jon and Garfield and Jon are voiced by the same actor, Jon Barnard.
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* NoExportForYou: The [[UsefulNotes/NintendoEntertainmentSystem Famicom]] game, A Week of Garfield, was never released outside if UsefulNotes/Japan.

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* NoExportForYou: The [[UsefulNotes/NintendoEntertainmentSystem Famicom]] game, A Week of Garfield, was never released outside if UsefulNotes/Japan.UsefulNotes/{{Japan}}.
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* NoExportForYou: The [[UsefulNotes/NintendoEntertainmentSystem Famicom]] game, A Week of Garfield, was never released outside if UsefulNotes/Japan.
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!!Video Games
* TalkingToHimself: In the 2004 game (not related to the film from the same year), Jon and Garfield are voiced by the same actor, Jon Barnard.

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* ExecutiveMeddling: Davis was forced to change Odie's ears from black to brown by the publisher because they apparently made him look too much like [[ComicStrip/{{Peanuts}} Snoopy]] [[ViewersAreMorons somehow]].

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* ExecutiveMeddling: ExecutiveMeddling:
** Garfield was given his trademark tabby stripes as a suggestion from an editor.
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Davis was forced to change Odie's ears from black to brown by the publisher because they apparently made him look too much like [[ComicStrip/{{Peanuts}} Snoopy]] [[ViewersAreMorons somehow]].
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* TheWikiRule: [[https://garfield.fandom.com/wiki/Main_Page The Garfield Wiki]].

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* KidsMealToy: Provided by Wendy's, which had sold Garfield toys four years prior. Wendy's ProductPlacement appears constantly throughout the film.
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* KidsMealToy: Provided by Wendy's, which had sold Garfield toys four years prior. Wendy's ProductPlacement appears constantly throughout the film.
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* KidsMealToy: Provided by Wendy's, which had sold Garfield toys four years prior. Wendy's ProductPlacement appears constantly throughout the film.
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** [[https://twitter.com/GarfieldFanArt/status/1284614195632168965?s=20 The sequel]] would have been a CrossOver with ''ComicStrip/USAcres'', but never came to be, likely due to the failing health of Creator/HowardMorris, voice of Wade Duck.

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** [[https://twitter.com/GarfieldFanArt/status/1284614195632168965?s=20 The sequel]] would have been a CrossOver with ''ComicStrip/USAcres'', but never came to be, likely due to the failing health of Creator/HowardMorris, voice of Wade Duck.
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