History Trivia / GarfieldAndFriends

** It is unknown if ''{{ComicStrip/USAcres}}'' will be part of the show, due to the death of Howard Morris (the voice of Wade). It doesn’t help that Jim Davis seems to consider the strip to be an OldShame and it never reached the amount of popularity as Garfield.

** In 2019, Creator/{{Nickelodeon}} announced the production of a new animated series based on ''ComicStrip/{{Garfield}}'' and ''ComicStrip/USAcres'', the comic strips which were the basis for this show. However, the voice of Wade Duck, Howard Morris, died of congestive heart failure in 2005, and Kevin Meaney, voice of Aloysius Pig, had a fatal heart attack in 2016. It is unknown how the show will deal with their voice actors' deaths.

** During the seventh and final season of the show, the series' traditional [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=92tL-xwMAdY "We're Ready to Party"]] intro was replaced with [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c6vL48DHcKw a rap-like intro]] that everyone ranging from fans of the show to the creators hated--the rap intro was only used on the original CBS airings. It was not used in international airings and as a result does not appear on the series' DVD boxsets (which use the international version of the series). According to a post Mark Evanier made on Usenet in response to a fan who asked about the intro, this was done to differentiate the intros of the syndicated ''Garfield and Friends'' [[note]] which had begun airing a year prior[[/note]] from the Saturday morning run of the show.

** The entirety of episode 7, as well as the episode "Beddy Buy" and the quickie before "Temp Trouble" narrowly avoids this by being presented with a border around the cartoon (dubbed "Retrovision" by the restoration team) because, like with the original opening, the original film master couldn't be found and the VHS master couldn't be properly upscaled, so they used this method to present the picture quality as best as they could.

** In the past, Nickelodeon adored the show more than ''WesternAnimation/TinyToonAdventures'' when it was on Nick in the Afternoon by airing it back to back for an hour.

** One of the early episodes narrowly avoids this by being presented with a border around the cartoon (dubbed "Retrovision" by the restoration team) because, like with the original opening, the original film master couldn't be found and the VHS master couldn't be properly upscaled, so they used this method to present the picture quality as best as they could.
** Meanwhile, the title cards are cropped to 4:3 with a random-colored border filling the rest of the screen, while the episodes themselves are cropped and zoomed in to fit a 16:9 picture.

** Now that Viacom (which bought the whole of Paws, Inc. in 2019) has taken over distribution of the show from 9 Story Media (who commissioned the "remaster" to begin with), hopefully this version will be removed and the 4:3 SD originals reinstated.

* NonSingingVoice:
** Despite each of the Buddy Bears having their own voice actor, Thom Huge did all three bears' singing voices.
** In the prime time animated specials, Garfield's singing voice was frequently provided by Lou Rawls.

* NonSingingVoice: Despite each of the Buddy Bears having their own voice actor, Thom Huge did all three bears' singing voices.

* ActorAllusion: In "Curse of the Klopman", Garfield answers the door with "Hello, this is Garfield, your doorman", a reference to Lorenzo Music's previous claim to somewhat fame as ''Series/{{Rhoda}}'''s unseen drunken doorman, Carlton.

** With the death of David Lander in 2020, it is unknown if Doc Boy will be [[PutOnABus written out]] or recast, should he appear in this upcoming series.

** While the original ''Garfield and Friends'' series was still airing, the voice of Cactus Jake, Pat Buttram, passed away, causing the character to have no further appearances.

** The show got worse treatment when it returned to Creator/{{Boomerang}} in 2019. Originally at an already bad time slot at 12PM on weekdays with no repeats, it was pulled to a time slot at ''4AM'', a time where ''no one'' is going to even be awake. Granted, ''Garfield and Friends'' is a pretty old show and has already aired on Boomerang years ago, but considering it airs on the same channel as ''WesternAnimation/TheSmurfs'', ''WesternAnimation/TomAndJerry'' (which has ran on Boomerang since the channel launched), and ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes'', all of which have been reran into the ground by the network (especially the latter two, though ''The Smurfs'' got this in the network's early days), it's still pretty disappointing. At least the episodes are on the app...

** In "The Incredibly Stupid Swamp Monster", Roy mention to his agent that Hanna Barbera is making "a funny version of ''WesternAnimation/RenAndStimpy''", a TakeThat at ''WesternAnimation/TwoStupidDogs'', which premiered the same year as the aformentioned segment.

** At the end of the intro in one episode, Garfield says, “Don’t check NBC, kids. They’re not airing cartoons anymore.” This was omitted in home video releases.

* DistancedFromCurrentEvents: Boomerang removed reruns of the episodes "Peace and Quiet; Wanted: Wade; Garfield Goes Hawaiian" and "Attention-Getting Garfield; Swine Trek; It Must Be True!" from their channel during the [[UsefulNotes/CoronavirusDisease2019Pandemic coronavirus pandemic]] because the plot of the third segment in the former episode involves Garfield catching the Hawaiian Cat Flu, despite the symptoms of the illness not resembling what one would consider to be the flu, and the second segment in the latter episode has its' plot spurred from Orson being sick in bed. Both are still on the Boomerang app, however.

* FakeRussian: Averted in "Swine Trek." In Orson's ''Star Trek''-based dream where he's TheKirk of his barn-shaped starship, Booker, as Chekov's counterpart, is dressed like the stereotypical Russian Cossack, complete with beard. Frank Welker, Booker's VA, speaks in a believable Russian accent, with a commenter on the clip using Google Translate to [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DBBWVUzG0Ec put in the comments the Cyrillic Russian for Booker's line at 3:58.]] Booker speaks Russian again at 4:43, and Roy at both times must ask for translations. Leading to Lanolin as "Uhura" snarking "Flunked Russian at the Space Academy, didn't ya?"

** Instead of scanning the original film for an HD master, the intro was instead re-animated in [[UsefulNotes/AdobeFlash Flash]]. Not surprisingly, fans of the show quickly noticed that the animations of the characters looked [[LimitedAnimation cheap and stiff]], [[DullSurprise missing reactions of the animated characters]] and [[SpecialEffectFailure some special effects completely ruined]]. A comparison with the two intros can be found [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nlKgRcV7YaU here]]. This can be justified as apparently [[RealLifeWritesThePlot the original film masters couldn't be located for the opening, and the original effects were edited on videotape and the VHS master is too low resolution to upscale to HD, meaning a true restoration is straight up impossible]].

** The show got worse treatment when it returned to Creator/{{Boomerang}} in 2019. Originally at an already bad time slot at 12PM on weekdays with no repeats, it was pulled to a time slot at ''4AM'', a time where ''no one'' is going to even be awake. At least the episodes are on the app...

* EverythingTryingToKillYou ("The Bunny Rabbits Is Coming!)

* AuthorExistenceFailure: In 2019, Creator/{{Nickelodeon}} announced the production of a new animated series based on ''ComicStrip/{{Garfield}}'' and ''ComicStrip/USAcres'', the comic strips which were the basis for this show. However, the voice of Wade Duck, Howard Morris, died of congestive heart failure in 2005, and Kevin Meaney, voice of Aloysius Pig, had a fatal heart attack in 2016. It is unknown how the show will deal with their voice actors' deaths.

** The show was treated worse on Creator/{{Boomerang}}. Originally at an already bad time slot at 12PM on weekdays with no repeats, it was pulled to a time slot at ''4AM'', a time where ''no one'' is going to even be awake. At least the episodes are on the app...

** The show was treated worse on Creator/{{Boomerang}}. Originally at an already bad time slot at 12PM on weekdays with no repeats, it was pulled to a time slot at ''4AM'', a time where ''no'' Garfield fan is going to even try to watch the show. At least the episodes are on the app...

* TooSoon: Boomerang removed reruns of the episodes "Peace and Quiet; Wanted: Wade; Garfield Goes Hawaiian" and "Attention-Getting Garfield; Swine Trek; It Must Be True!" from their channel during the [[UsefulNotes/CoronavirusDisease2019Pandemic coronavirus pandemic]] because the plot of the third segment in the former episode involves Garfield catching the Hawaiian Cat Flu, despite the symptoms of the illness not resembling what one would consider to be the flu, and the second segment in the latter episode has its' plot spurred from Orson being sick in bed. Both are still on the Boomerang app, however.

** According to the same Usenet thread that told the history behind the rap theme, the later episodes that did not appear in syndication were supposed to be added to the package in 2000, but this never came about, as broadcast stations did not think it was necessary to add more episodes; it was already successful the way it was (of course, then those stations phased out syndicated kids' programming anyway).

* TheOtherDarrin: Lorenzo Music voiced Billy of the Buddy Bears in their first appearance; all other appearances used Howard Morris instead.

** In "The Discount Of Monte Cristo", Aloysius talked about how animation cels are used to animate cartoons. Most modern cartoons are animated on computer programs, and the last show to use cels, ''Manga/SazaeSan'', stopped doing so in 2013.

** "Roy Gets Sacked" has a scene in which Roy spoofs various 90's movies to impress his agent Bernie.
** The plot of "Hare Force" has Orson teach Booker and Sheldon how to use a computer by using the story of ''Literature/TheTortoiseAndTheHare''. Now, many kids their age are skilled at using computers.