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Crosswicking, adding and expanding on examples from multiple specials.
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* ''Garfield's Feline Fantasies'' (May 18, 1990): Garfield has a variety of imagination sequences [[AffectionateParody Affectionately Parodying]] various films, including one where he portrays a treasure hunter named “Lance Sterling,” a cross between ''Franchise/JamesBond'' and ''Franchise/IndianaJones''.
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* ''Garfield's Feline Fantasies'' (May 18, 1990): Garfield has a variety of imagination sequences [[AffectionateParody Affectionately Parodying]] various films, including one where he portrays a treasure hunter named “Lance Sterling,” "Lance Sterling," a cross between ''Franchise/JamesBond'' and ''Franchise/IndianaJones''.
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* CoolOldLady: Jon's Grandma, who appears in both the Christmas and Thanksgiving specials. In the Thanksgiving special, she immediately arrived at Jon’s house to assemble a full meal for him and his date, including her cutting through a frozen turkey and turning it into croquettes.
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* CoolOldLady: Jon's Grandma, who appears in both the Christmas and Thanksgiving specials. In the Thanksgiving special, she immediately arrived at Jon’s Jon's house to assemble a full meal for him and his date, including her cutting through a frozen turkey and turning it into croquettes.
* DramaticThunder: Done when Garfield comes up to the dog pound that Odie is held in on a rainy night, followed by Garfield saying "[[LampshadeHanging Nice touch.]]"
* NewsMonopoly: Variant -- a bored Garfield tries to watch TV, but finds the exact same car commercial on every channel.
-->'''Man:''' You know, Pleasure Motors--''(click)'' You know, Pleasure Motors is conveniently located right here in Downtown--''(click)'' Of course, if you can't make it to our Downtown location, we have new locations under construction in Midtown--''(click)'' Uptown--''(click)'' And in the loop. ''(click)'' To Pleasure Motors, your business is our pleasure--''(click)'' Where our pleasure is your business--''(click)'' And our pleasure is none of your business!
-->'''Man:''' You know, Pleasure Motors--''(click)'' You know, Pleasure Motors is conveniently located right here in Downtown--''(click)'' Of course, if you can't make it to our Downtown location, we have new locations under construction in Midtown--''(click)'' Uptown--''(click)'' And in the loop. ''(click)'' To Pleasure Motors, your business is our pleasure--''(click)'' Where our pleasure is your business--''(click)'' And our pleasure is none of your business!
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* TakeMeToYourLeader: Parodied, as Garfield plays with the food on the table:
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* TakeMeToYourLeader: Parodied, as Garfield plays with the food on the table:table (in a direct adaptation of the December 28, 1980 strip):
* CampingEpisode: Garfield, Jon, and Odie go on a camping trip, only to be attacked by a [[PantheraAwesome panther]] that had escaped from a zoo.
* DeliberatelyMonochrome: The first scenes of the special are deliberately done in black and white to represent the color having gone out of Garfield's life.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Garfield himself. Though normally selfish and lazy, and initially running to the top of a tree in fear to get away from the panther, he doesn't even ''hesitate'' to ''dive from the tree'' '''onto the panther's back and claw away at it''' when it threatens the lives of both Jon and Odie; while he doesn't defeat the panther, he ''does'' manage to buy enough time for the park rangers to tranquilize the panther without anyone getting hurt.
* MockingMusic: A broadcast about a vicious black panther that's escaped from the zoo is followed with:
-->'''Woman on radio:''' [[BlackComedyBurst So long, old friend!]] [[MythologyGag I wish that I could see you once again-]]\\
'''Garfield:''' ''[immediately turns off radio]'' [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere That's it. Pack it in, we're going home.]]
-->'''Woman on radio:''' [[BlackComedyBurst So long, old friend!]] [[MythologyGag I wish that I could see you once again-]]\\
'''Garfield:''' ''[immediately turns off radio]'' [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere That's it. Pack it in, we're going home.]]
* RealisticSpeciesCartoonySpecies: Played straight with [[EscapedAnimalRampage the panther]] (the realistic to everyone else's cartoony), making it look downright ''[[VileVillainSaccharineShow terrifying]]''.
* ScrewThisImOutOfHere: This is Garfield's reaction to hearing that an escaped panther has been spotted near the area where he, Odie and Jon are camping, though Jon isn't having any of it, thinking Lake Woebegone is miles away (when it's actually right where they're camped). [[spoiler:Inverted big-time later when said panther actually does attack the camp site. Initially, Garfield is able to escape, but when he sees Jon and Odie in trouble, Garfield ''[[LetsGetDangerous attacks the panther]]''.]]
-->'''Garfield:''' That's it. Pack it in. We're going home. I don't wanna be a panther snack.
* SuperPersistentPredator: The panther, which attacks Jon, Garfield and Odie at their campsite and ''smashes the driver-side window of Jon's car with its head'' (taking two tries to break it), then turns to go after Garfield after he drops on its back and claws and bites the panther.
* ScrewThisImOutOfHere: This is Garfield's reaction to hearing that an escaped panther has been spotted near the area where he, Odie and Jon are camping, though Jon isn't having any of it, thinking Lake Woebegone is miles away (when it's actually right where they're camped). [[spoiler:Inverted big-time later when said panther actually does attack the camp site. Initially, Garfield is able to escape, but when he sees Jon and Odie in trouble, Garfield ''[[LetsGetDangerous attacks the panther]]''.]]
-->'''Garfield:''' That's it. Pack it in. We're going home. I don't wanna be a panther snack.
* SuperPersistentPredator: The panther, which attacks Jon, Garfield and Odie at their campsite and ''smashes the driver-side window of Jon's car with its head'' (taking two tries to break it), then turns to go after Garfield after he drops on its back and claws and bites the panther.
* AntiSneezeFinger: Odie does this to himself while hiding from the pirate ghosts in a cupboard with Garfield, to try to stop himself from blowing their cover with an IllTimedSneeze. Unfortunately, it doesn't work.
* BedsheetGhost: During the "Scaredy Cat" song, Garfield and Odie prepare to laugh at two different ghosts of this type (whom they think are just kids in costumes), only to find the first is actually a Bigfoot-like creature and the second is apparently a ''real'' ghost.
* CostumeTestMontage: Garfield tries out many costumes during the "What Should I Be?" song while getting ready for Halloween before choosing a pirate costume.
* DramaticThunder: When Garfield and Odie approach the haunted house, thunder and lightning ensue.
-->'''Garfield:''' [[LampshadeHanging Nice touch.]]
-->'''Garfield:''' [[LampshadeHanging Nice touch.]]
* EvenTheDogIsAshamed: Odie [[AsideGlance glances toward the camera]] and shakes his head at Garfield when the latter expresses his greed for the loads of candy he'll receive from the houses at the opposite side of a river.
* HalloweenSpecial: In which Garfield and Odie go out trick-or-treating and end up facing pirate ghosts.
* HeroicDog: As Garfield and Odie jump into the lake to escape the evil ghosts chasing them, Garfield quickly sinks under and is swept away by the current (he can't swim). A frantic, whimpering Odie immediately dives underwater to find him and pulls him to safety. As they reach the shore, Garfield tells him with complete sincerity [[IOweYouMyLife "I owe you one, old buddy"]]. It's especially touching considering that Garfield is always ridiculing and tormenting Odie -- he only even brought him along for trick-or-treating in order to get more candy for ''himself'' -- yet Odie didn't hesitate to save him.
* HorrorComedy: The special plays its horror elements surprisingly straight, but it's still ultimately ''ComicStrip/{{Garfield}}'', which means that it has plenty of snark and slapstick to go around.
* HeroicDog: As Garfield and Odie jump into the lake to escape the evil ghosts chasing them, Garfield quickly sinks under and is swept away by the current (he can't swim). A frantic, whimpering Odie immediately dives underwater to find him and pulls him to safety. As they reach the shore, Garfield tells him with complete sincerity [[IOweYouMyLife "I owe you one, old buddy"]]. It's especially touching considering that Garfield is always ridiculing and tormenting Odie -- he only even brought him along for trick-or-treating in order to get more candy for ''himself'' -- yet Odie didn't hesitate to save him.
* HorrorComedy: The special plays its horror elements surprisingly straight, but it's still ultimately ''ComicStrip/{{Garfield}}'', which means that it has plenty of snark and slapstick to go around.
* IgnoredEpiphany: Flagrant:
-->'''Garfield:''' Wait a minute. Am I being too greedy? Should I share my candy with those less fortunate than me? Am I missing the true spirit of Halloween?... Naaaaah! Mine! All mine! Mine, I tell you!
-->'''Garfield:''' Wait a minute. Am I being too greedy? Should I share my candy with those less fortunate than me? Am I missing the true spirit of Halloween?... Naaaaah! Mine! All mine! Mine, I tell you!
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* IgnoredEpiphany: Flagrant:
-->'''Garfield:''' Wait a minute. Am I being too greedy? Should I share my candy with those less fortunate than me? Am I missing the true spirit of Halloween?... Naaaaah! Mine! All mine! Mine, I tell you!
-->'''Garfield:''' Wait a minute. Am I being too greedy? Should I share my candy with those less fortunate than me? Am I missing the true spirit of Halloween?... Naaaaah! Mine! All mine! Mine, I tell you!
* MistakenForAnImposter: Done while Garfield and Odie are out trick-or-treating, and Garfield removes the mask or sheet from another trick-or-treater in order to assure Odie that they're just kids in costume. The first time, he's right -- it's just a kid in disguise. The second time... it's a scary monster disguised as BedsheetGhost. The third time... a monster wearing a mask that looks just like its face. The fourth time... a BedsheetGhost with, well, nothing under the "bedsheet".
* PirateEpisode: Combined with HalloweenSpecial -- on Halloween night, Garfield dresses like a pirate to trick-or-treat and gets Odie to come along with him for the sole purpose of getting twice as much candy. The two come to a haunted house inhabited by an old man who was the cabin boy of a band of pirates in his youth, and tells them that the ghosts of the pirates are expected to arrive for their treasure at any minute, then flees from them in Garfield's rowboat, leaving Garfield and Odie to face the ghosts alone. With help from Odie, Garfield safely makes it back home, and [[IOweYouMyLife rewards Odie for saving him by giving him his rightful share of the candy]].
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* CargoCult: They come across a native tribe that worships a '57 Chevy and its driver, "The Cruiser", who drove into a nearby volcano as a sacrifice. When they learned English, it was from [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beach_party_film beach movies]].
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* CargoCult: They Jon, Garfield and Odie come across a native tribe that worships a '57 Chevy and its driver, "The Cruiser", who drove into a nearby volcano as a sacrifice. When they learned English, it was from [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beach_party_film beach movies]].
* InexplicablyIdenticalIndividuals: A Great Gildersleeve-style [[HonestJohnsDealership sleazy salesman type]] shows up as a hotel clerk and then a car rental agent successively, prompting the lines, "You look familiar." "I have a brother in the hotel business."
-->'''Garfield''': Racket is more like it.
-->'''Garfield''': Racket is more like it.
* NewJobsAsThePlotDemands: The same person who looks suspiciously like Frank Nelson is both a hotel clerk and a car rental agent. He claims they're separate people, but Garfield isn't buying it.
-->'''Nelson-type man:''' (as the rental agent) ''Yeeeeeeeeeeeeehs?''\\
'''Jon Arbuckle:''' You look familiar.\\
'''Nelson:''' I have a brother in the hotel business.\\
'''Garfield:''' Racket is more like it.
-->'''Nelson-type man:''' (as the rental agent) ''Yeeeeeeeeeeeeehs?''\\
'''Jon Arbuckle:''' You look familiar.\\
'''Nelson:''' I have a brother in the hotel business.\\
'''Garfield:''' Racket is more like it.
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--->"Whoever said getting there is half the fun should be dragged out into the street and ''shot''."
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--->'''High Rama Lama''': "No. Uh, plugs up the hole."
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* BrickJoke:
** When Jon, Garfield and Odie enter ''[[Series/StarSearch Pet Search]]'', they see a roller-skating bear as one of the acts. Later, there is a man named Herbie who spent 18 years training his pigeons to tap-dance, but when he presents them, they immediately fly away...and, [[HumiliationConga to add insult to injury]], the roller-skating bear skates into the scene and knocks into him.
** Later, when Jon happily says that there's only one more act after theirs, Garfield comments that with their luck, it would be a dog that plays five instruments at once. Take a guess what the last act of the show was. (Although, he got disqualified because [[spoiler:he was actually a human in a dog suit]].)
* CelebrityIsOverrated: Parodied by Garfield himself. As Jon trots out the usual justifications for this trope, such as forgetting who they are and about the little people, Garfield welcomes all that in his usual snarky manner. It's still played straight with Jon though, as really, he's afraid that his pets will forget about him.
** When Jon, Garfield and Odie enter ''[[Series/StarSearch Pet Search]]'', they see a roller-skating bear as one of the acts. Later, there is a man named Herbie who spent 18 years training his pigeons to tap-dance, but when he presents them, they immediately fly away...and, [[HumiliationConga to add insult to injury]], the roller-skating bear skates into the scene and knocks into him.
** Later, when Jon happily says that there's only one more act after theirs, Garfield comments that with their luck, it would be a dog that plays five instruments at once. Take a guess what the last act of the show was. (Although, he got disqualified because [[spoiler:he was actually a human in a dog suit]].)
* CelebrityIsOverrated: Parodied by Garfield himself. As Jon trots out the usual justifications for this trope, such as forgetting who they are and about the little people, Garfield welcomes all that in his usual snarky manner. It's still played straight with Jon though, as really, he's afraid that his pets will forget about him.
* PetContestEpisode: Garfield and Odie enter a local TV talent show called ''Pet Search'', where the winners can go on to the national finals in Hollywood. Garfield and Odie win handily due to the low bar set by the other contestants, but in Hollywood, the competition is extremely stiff, and their tango act is placed second after a cat who sings opera.
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* TheShowGoesHollywood: Naturally.
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* TheShowGoesHollywood: Naturally.Naturally, as Garfield, Odie, and Jon put together an act for the talent show ''Pet Search'' that gets them to the national finals in Hollywood.
* SuddenAnatomy: When the announcer says that a dog can play five instruments at once he grows an extra finger to emphasize this, which disappears seconds later.
* TheTelevisionTalksBack: Garfield, Jon and Odie are watching ''Pet Search'', where this trope happens twice: one when they learn about the U$1000 prize ("One thousand dollars?" "That's right, one thousand dollars!") and again when they learn about the trip to Hollywood ("I can't believe it!" "Well, believe it.").
* SuddenAnatomy: When the announcer says that a dog can play five instruments at once he grows an extra finger to emphasize this, which disappears seconds later.
* TheTelevisionTalksBack: Garfield, Jon and Odie are watching ''Pet Search'', where this trope happens twice: one when they learn about the U$1000 prize ("One thousand dollars?" "That's right, one thousand dollars!") and again when they learn about the trip to Hollywood ("I can't believe it!" "Well, believe it.").
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* AdaptationExpansion: The comic based on the special adds a few extra scenes, like turning Doc Boy's one use of "Don't call me Doc Boy!" into a RunningGag, expanding on the scene of Odie making Garfield's present (instead having him try and fail to put the post of it into the base, and then get distracted by a sound made by Garfield throwing a corncob and going to investigate, allowing Garfield to drill a hole into the base and then assemble the gift himself) and Jon and Doc Boy walking into the room yawning on Christmas morning because someone turned their alarm clock off (and their dad implying he was responsible).
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* AdaptationExpansion: The comic based on the special adds a few extra scenes, like turning such as:
** Turning Doc Boy's one use of "Don't call me Doc Boy!" into aRunningGag, expanding RunningGag.
** Doing the same with Garfield's MadLibsCatchphrase of "Whoever invented (insert phrase here) should be drug out into the street and shot".
** Adding a bit of Jon wrapping Christmas presents at home before they get in the car (wherein Garfield wraps Odie as a present to try and give him away).
** Replacing Jon's walk through the snow with the pets with a sequence of him doing chores (to his annoyance) with his dad and brother.
** A bit of Grandma whacking Jon, Dad and Doc Boy each with a spoon (Jon for taste-testing, Dad for having his feet on the table and Doc Boy just because) as they're getting dinner ready.
** A scene of Dad threatening violence against Mom over her remark about why they didn't just put the star on the tree before putting the tree up.
** A bit of Garfield doing a GiftShake (lifted directly from the comic strip), followed by Jon and Doc Boy heading to bed (including a case of the "Don't call me Doc Boy" RunningGag), Grandma saying she'll be up a little longer and then Jon and Doc Boy ''in'' bed and Mom coming in to say goodnight.
** Expanding on the scene of Odie making Garfield's present (instead having him try and fail to put the post of it into the base, and then get distracted by a sound made by Garfield throwing a corncob and going to investigate, allowing Garfield to drill a hole into the base and then assemble the gifthimself) and himself).
** Jon and Doc Boy walking into the room yawning on Christmas morning because someone turned their alarm clock off (and their dad implying he was responsible).
** Turning Doc Boy's one use of "Don't call me Doc Boy!" into a
** Doing the same with Garfield's MadLibsCatchphrase of "Whoever invented (insert phrase here) should be drug out into the street and shot".
** Adding a bit of Jon wrapping Christmas presents at home before they get in the car (wherein Garfield wraps Odie as a present to try and give him away).
** Replacing Jon's walk through the snow with the pets with a sequence of him doing chores (to his annoyance) with his dad and brother.
** A bit of Grandma whacking Jon, Dad and Doc Boy each with a spoon (Jon for taste-testing, Dad for having his feet on the table and Doc Boy just because) as they're getting dinner ready.
** A scene of Dad threatening violence against Mom over her remark about why they didn't just put the star on the tree before putting the tree up.
** A bit of Garfield doing a GiftShake (lifted directly from the comic strip), followed by Jon and Doc Boy heading to bed (including a case of the "Don't call me Doc Boy" RunningGag), Grandma saying she'll be up a little longer and then Jon and Doc Boy ''in'' bed and Mom coming in to say goodnight.
** Expanding on the scene of Odie making Garfield's present (instead having him try and fail to put the post of it into the base, and then get distracted by a sound made by Garfield throwing a corncob and going to investigate, allowing Garfield to drill a hole into the base and then assemble the gift
** Jon and Doc Boy walking into the room yawning on Christmas morning because someone turned their alarm clock off (and their dad implying he was responsible).
* GiftShake: In a scene only in the comic version, Garfield reenacts a scene from the December 23, 1981 strip:
--> "Wonder what this could be?" (shakes it) "Gee, I hope it's for me." (''tinkle tinkle'') "Gee, I hope it's for Odie."
* HomemadeSweaterFromHell: Jon gets a Christmas sweater that flows far past the tips of his fingers. Downplayed though, in that he isn't shown having any problem with it.
--> "Wonder what this could be?" (shakes it) "Gee, I hope it's for me." (''tinkle tinkle'') "Gee, I hope it's for Odie."
* HomemadeSweaterFromHell: Jon gets a Christmas sweater that flows far past the tips of his fingers. Downplayed though, in that he isn't shown having any problem with it.
* OrphanedPunchline: In the scene where the Arbuckles finish decorating their Christmas tree and have to put the star on, Dad asks why they can't just put the star on the tree first and then put the tree up, to which Mom replies by saying that "it just wouldn't be Christmas" if they did that. In the special itself, no response is given to that line, but in the ComicBookAdaptation, Dad replies ""One more remark like that, and you'll see stars, woman."
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* TemptingFate: While Jon, Garfield and Odie are out walking in the snow, Jon talks about the "beautiful scenery". Garfield, who's walking with only his tail sticking out of the snow, grumbles about "''What'' scenery?" and continues on to say "In fact I'd go so far as to say things can't much worse than-" before getting cut off by banging his head into a water pump. He then lampshades it by adding "I gotta quit saying that."
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* TemptingFate: While Jon, Garfield and Odie are out walking in the snow, Jon talks about the "beautiful scenery". Garfield, who's walking with only his tail sticking out of the snow, grumbles about "''What'' scenery?" and continues on to say "In fact I'd go so far as to say things can't much worse than-" before getting cut off by banging his head into a water pump. He then lampshades it by adding "I "[[YouJustHadToSayIt I gotta quit saying that.]]"
* TrueMeaningOfChristmas: At the very end of the special, Garfield declares what he feels is the true meaning of the holiday (though he doesn't outright call it that, instead opening with "Permit me one sentimental moment here."):
-->'''Garfield''': "Christmas: it's not the giving, it's not the getting, it's the loving. There, I said it. Now get outta here."
* TrueMeaningOfChristmas: At the very end of the special, Garfield declares what he feels is the true meaning of the holiday (though he doesn't outright call it that, instead opening with "Permit me one sentimental moment here."):
-->'''Garfield''': "Christmas: it's not the giving, it's not the getting, it's the loving. There, I said it. Now get outta here."
* YouJustHadToSayIt: When Garfield, Jon, and Odie are walking through deep snow:
-->'''Jon:''' This is what it's all about, right, boys? Hard work, crisp weather, and beautiful scenery.\\
'''Garfield:''' [''with only his tail showing''] What scenery? I think somebody turned the lights out. In fact, I'd go so far as say things can't get much worse than...\\
(''Garfield crashes into a snow gauge'')\\
'''Garfield:''' I gotta quit saying that.
-->'''Jon:''' This is what it's all about, right, boys? Hard work, crisp weather, and beautiful scenery.\\
'''Garfield:''' [''with only his tail showing''] What scenery? I think somebody turned the lights out. In fact, I'd go so far as say things can't get much worse than...\\
(''Garfield crashes into a snow gauge'')\\
'''Garfield:''' I gotta quit saying that.
* BalloonBelly: Garfield and Odie both have massive stomachs after Thanksgiving dinner.
* CostumeTestMontage: Jon goes through a serious of outfits to try to find one to impress Liz when she comes over for Thanksgiving Dinner. Garfield rejects each outfit with a raspberry until Jon dresses "as himself" in a simple suit and tie (but forgets his pants).
* DietEpisode: Liz orders Jon to put Garfield on a diet during one of their regular vet visits, which he, obviously, is already upset about. He's even ''more'' upset because it's the day before Thanksgiving.
* EvenTheDogIsAshamed: There's a quick shot of Garfield covering his eyes in embarrassment after Jon (who waited until the last moment to even begin preparing for his Thanksgiving dinner date with Liz), instead of rubbing butter on the turkey skin, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vxjqdzvFzGM rubbed it]] on [[EpicFail his]] ''[[EpicFail own]]'' [[EpicFail skin]].
* GladIThoughtOfIt: Thanksgiving dinner is seemingly ruined, so Garfield tries to get Jon to call his grandmother since she's the only one who could potentially salvage things for everyone. Unfortunately, none of the hints he's giving Jon are getting through to him. So finally, Garfield shoves a picture of Grandma Arbuckle in his face.
-->'''Jon:''' I know! I'll call Grandma! Jon, you're a genius!\\
'''Garfield:''' ...If he had a brain, he'd be dangerous.
* DietEpisode: Liz orders Jon to put Garfield on a diet during one of their regular vet visits, which he, obviously, is already upset about. He's even ''more'' upset because it's the day before Thanksgiving.
* EvenTheDogIsAshamed: There's a quick shot of Garfield covering his eyes in embarrassment after Jon (who waited until the last moment to even begin preparing for his Thanksgiving dinner date with Liz), instead of rubbing butter on the turkey skin, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vxjqdzvFzGM rubbed it]] on [[EpicFail his]] ''[[EpicFail own]]'' [[EpicFail skin]].
* GladIThoughtOfIt: Thanksgiving dinner is seemingly ruined, so Garfield tries to get Jon to call his grandmother since she's the only one who could potentially salvage things for everyone. Unfortunately, none of the hints he's giving Jon are getting through to him. So finally, Garfield shoves a picture of Grandma Arbuckle in his face.
-->'''Jon:''' I know! I'll call Grandma! Jon, you're a genius!\\
'''Garfield:''' ...If he had a brain, he'd be dangerous.
* IfICantHaveYou: A non-romantic example. Garfield is put on a diet the day before Thanksgiving, and thus he's not looking forward to what is usually his favorite holiday. When Jon isn't looking, he puts a bunch of garlic on the vegetables that Jon just threw into a pot without cutting, saying something like "If I can't enjoy Thanksgiving dinner, nobody will!" in a rather evil-sounding tone. He eventually regrets it after Liz lifts his diet, the reason why he did it since he had to suffer going on a diet during Thanksgiving.
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* MicroDieting: In "Garfield's Thanksgiving," the vet puts Garfield on a severe diet the day before Thanksgiving that includes getting half a leaf of lettuce to eat for lunch.
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* MicroDieting: In "Garfield's Thanksgiving," Liz the vet puts Garfield on a severe diet the day before Thanksgiving that includes getting half a leaf of lettuce to eat for lunch.lunch.
* MyGodYouAreSerious: While Grandma Arbuckle is making Thanksgiving dinner in the kitchen, Jon is distracting Liz until dinner is ready by telling her about the entire history of Thanksgiving. Liz thinks he's kidding until he starts going into detail about the holiday, causing her to realize that he isn't.
* MyGodYouAreSerious: While Grandma Arbuckle is making Thanksgiving dinner in the kitchen, Jon is distracting Liz until dinner is ready by telling her about the entire history of Thanksgiving. Liz thinks he's kidding until he starts going into detail about the holiday, causing her to realize that he isn't.
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* SupremeChef: After Jon fails to get Thanksgiving dinner ready, at Garfield’s suggestion, he calls his grandmother to save the day, and boy, does Grandma deliver!
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* SupremeChef: After Jon fails to get Thanksgiving dinner ready, at Garfield’s Garfield's suggestion, he calls his grandmother to save the day, and boy, does Grandma deliver!
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* DisappointedByTheMotive: How Lance Sterling/Garfield feels about [[spoiler: Nadia’s motivation for stealing The Banana of Bombay; using it to open a fruit stand.]]
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* DisappointedByTheMotive: How Lance Sterling/Garfield feels about [[spoiler: Nadia’s Nadia's motivation for stealing The Banana of Bombay; using it to open a fruit stand.]]
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'''[[spoiler: Nadia]]''': [[DeadpanSnarker It’s your fantasy, fat boy!]]
* EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep: We never hear the villain of the “Lance Sterling” fantasy get called anything other than “Fat Guy.”
* EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep: We never hear the villain of the “Lance Sterling” fantasy get called anything other than “Fat Guy.”
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'''[[spoiler: Nadia]]''': [[DeadpanSnarker It’s It's your fantasy, fat boy!]]
* EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep: We never hear the villain of the“Lance Sterling” "Lance Sterling" fantasy get called anything other than “Fat "Fat Guy.”"
* EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep: We never hear the villain of the
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** The [[MeaningfulName appropriately]] [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin named]] “Fat Guy” is the [[BigBad main antagonist]] of Garfield’s “Lance Sterling” fantasy.
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** The [[MeaningfulName appropriately]] [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin named]] “Fat Guy” "Fat Guy" is the [[BigBad main antagonist]] of Garfield’s “Lance Sterling” Garfield's "Lance Sterling" fantasy.
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* {{Greed}}: Fat Guy’s motivation for acquiring The Banana of Bombay is that he believes that it “belongs to the world,” [[NotSoWellIntentionedExtremist by which he means]] he intends to [[AuctionOfEvil auction it off]] to the highest bidding country. Lance Sterling/Garfield is [[EveryoneHasStandards noticeably disgusted by this]].
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* {{Greed}}: Fat Guy’s Guy's motivation for acquiring The Banana of Bombay is that he believes that it “belongs "belongs to the world,” world," [[NotSoWellIntentionedExtremist by which he means]] he intends to [[AuctionOfEvil auction it off]] to the highest bidding country. Lance Sterling/Garfield is [[EveryoneHasStandards noticeably disgusted by this]].
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* ItBelongsInAMuseum: The Banana of Bombay was stolen from the “Museum of Humor” several years before the fantasy takes place, so Lance Sterling/Garfield seeks to return it in order to prevent “the end of humor as we know it.”
* MacGuffin: The Banana of Bombay, the first one to ever be used for the “[[BananaSlip banana gag]],” is what Garfield and Fat Guy are both pursuing in the “Lance Sterling” fantasy, with Garfield wanting to [[ItBelongsInAMuseum return it to the museum that it was stolen from]], and Fat Guy seeking to profit off of it.
* MacGuffin: The Banana of Bombay, the first one to ever be used for the “[[BananaSlip banana gag]],” is what Garfield and Fat Guy are both pursuing in the “Lance Sterling” fantasy, with Garfield wanting to [[ItBelongsInAMuseum return it to the museum that it was stolen from]], and Fat Guy seeking to profit off of it.
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* IKnowKarate: In Garfield's fantasy, he and the villain each do this when they threaten each other:
-->'''"Fat Guy":''' I would like you to meet [[TheDragon my associate]], Rameet. He doesn't smoke, drink, eat or sleep. He's been trained in the martial arts, you know. Judo, karate, tae kwan do, jujitsu, and [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking machete-eating]].\\
'''Lance Sterling [Garfield]:''' Big deal. This is ''my'' associate, Slobberjob [Odie]. He doesn't think. He's been trained in [[BlackBeltInOrigami macrame, bansai, origami]], and he's nearly housebroken.
* ItBelongsInAMuseum: The Banana of Bombay was stolen from the“Museum "Museum of Humor” Humor" several years before the fantasy takes place, so Lance Sterling/Garfield seeks to return it in order to prevent “the "the end of humor as we know it.”
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* JawsAttackParody: Garfield tries to get at Jon's goldfish, only for the Jaws theme to start playing and for a shark to emerge from the fishbowl and scare Garfield.
* MacGuffin: The Banana of Bombay, the first one to ever be used for the“[[BananaSlip "[[BananaSlip banana gag]],” gag]]," is what Garfield and Fat Guy are both pursuing in the “Lance Sterling” "Lance Sterling" fantasy, with Garfield wanting to [[ItBelongsInAMuseum return it to the museum that it was stolen from]], and Fat Guy seeking to profit off of it.
-->'''"Fat Guy":''' I would like you to meet [[TheDragon my associate]], Rameet. He doesn't smoke, drink, eat or sleep. He's been trained in the martial arts, you know. Judo, karate, tae kwan do, jujitsu, and [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking machete-eating]].\\
'''Lance Sterling [Garfield]:''' Big deal. This is ''my'' associate, Slobberjob [Odie]. He doesn't think. He's been trained in [[BlackBeltInOrigami macrame, bansai, origami]], and he's nearly housebroken.
* ItBelongsInAMuseum: The Banana of Bombay was stolen from the
* JawsAttackParody: Garfield tries to get at Jon's goldfish, only for the Jaws theme to start playing and for a shark to emerge from the fishbowl and scare Garfield.
* MacGuffin: The Banana of Bombay, the first one to ever be used for the
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* StraightEdgeEvil: Parodied when the untrustworthy Fat Guy boasts that his “[[TheDragon associate]]”, Rameet, in addition to being trained in various martial arts ([[BreadEggsMilkSquick and apparently machete eating]]), doesn't smoke, drink, ''eat or sleep.'' Slobberjob/Odie, in response, has his skills prefaced with how he doesn't ''think.'' ("Most impressive.")
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* StraightEdgeEvil: Parodied when the untrustworthy Fat Guy boasts that his “[[TheDragon associate]]”, "[[TheDragon associate]]", Rameet, in addition to being trained in various martial arts ([[BreadEggsMilkSquick and apparently machete eating]]), doesn't smoke, drink, ''eat or sleep.'' Slobberjob/Odie, in response, has his skills prefaced with how he doesn't ''think.'' ("Most impressive.")
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* WellIntentionedExtremist: [[spoiler: Nadia, while initially posing as a government agent sent to protect Lance Sterling/Garfield and Slobberjob/Odie from Fat Guy and Rameet, is really from a very poor country called “Moldavia”, and seeks to steal The Banana of Bombay in order to promote tourism… by opening up a fruit stand. Lance Sterling is [[DissapointedByTheMotive unamused by that last part.]]]]
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* WellIntentionedExtremist: [[spoiler: Nadia, while initially posing as a government agent sent to protect Lance Sterling/Garfield and Slobberjob/Odie from Fat Guy and Rameet, is really from a very poor country called “Moldavia”, "Moldavia", and seeks to steal The Banana of Bombay in order to promote tourism… by opening up a fruit stand. Lance Sterling is [[DissapointedByTheMotive [[DisappointedByTheMotive unamused by that last part.]]]]
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* BeYourself: While the trope name isn't explicitly stated, it can be inferred that Jon's learned this -- towards the end of their date, he points out to Mona that they've had a wonderful time just talking together without having to rely on anything from the class they met in.
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* ProfessionalVoiceDissonance: When Jon decides to go to the Lorenzo School for the Personality Impaired to try to get a life, he's surprised to hear how calm Lorenzo is compared to the hyperactive portrayal in the commercial. [[ThatSyncingFeeling Turns out it was a lip sync]].
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* BittersweetEnding: The end. Garfield finds his way back to Jon and Odie, but he's been more or less forbidden to ever come near his family, including his long-lost mother, again. [[HopeSpot Though it's implied that Garfield's mother is checking up on him to see how he's doing]]. She's also apparently in the audience for Garfield's act on the fence in the intro to ''Garfield Goes Hollywood''.
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* BittersweetEnding: The end. Garfield finds his way back to Jon and Odie, but due to hiding in the battle with the Claws, he's been more or less forbidden to ever come back to the restaurant and implicitly even come near his family, including his long-lost mother, again. [[HopeSpot Though it's implied that Garfield's mother is checking up on him to see how he's doing]]. She's also apparently in the audience for Garfield's act on the fence in the intro to ''Garfield Goes Hollywood''.
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* BeachBury: In one scene, Garfield buries Odie in the sand, up to his ankles... and upside down (in a scene reminiscent of [[https://www.gocomics.com/garfield/1980/08/14 an August 1980 strip]]).
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* MicroDieting: In "Garfield's Thanksgiving," the vet puts Garfield on a severe diet the day before Thanksgiving that includes getting half a leaf of lettuce to eat for lunch.
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* CanadaEh: According to Lorenzo, the teacher, speaking Canadian is easy: You talk like you normally would, but sometimes, you add an "Eh?".
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* CanadaEh: According to Lorenzo, the teacher, speaking Canadian is easy: You talk like you normally would, but sometimes, you add an "Eh?".CatapultNightmare: After his NightmareSequence, Garfield wakes up, sitting bolt upright in horror and clutching his tail after it got bitten ''in'' said nightmare.
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* EnfantTerrible: In Garfield's nightmare sequence of Jon and Mona's married life, when they aren't watching, their infant son gets a nasty look on his face before outright chasing down Garfield and purposely biting his tail, causing him to wake up.
* MooseAndMapleSyrup: According to Lorenzo, the teacher, speaking Canadian is easy: You talk like you normally would, but sometimes, you add an "Eh?".
* MooseAndMapleSyrup: According to Lorenzo, the teacher, speaking Canadian is easy: You talk like you normally would, but sometimes, you add an "Eh?".
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* WeightLossSalad: Jon puts Garfield on a diet the day before Thanksgiving. Garfield is served a single lettuce leaf. This exchange occurs:
-->'''Jon:''' Here, Garfield, have some food. According to your diet, you get this.
-->'''Garfield:''' That's it? That's all? Just one scraggly piece of lettuce?
-->'''Jon:''' Oh, I'm sorry, Garfield, that's not what you get.
-->'''Garfield:''' Well, I should hope not.
-->'''Jon:''' You get half a leaf of lettuce!
-->'''Garfield:''' [[SarcasmMode That's better!]]
-->'''Jon:''' Here, Garfield, have some food. According to your diet, you get this.
-->'''Garfield:''' That's it? That's all? Just one scraggly piece of lettuce?
-->'''Jon:''' Oh, I'm sorry, Garfield, that's not what you get.
-->'''Garfield:''' Well, I should hope not.
-->'''Jon:''' You get half a leaf of lettuce!
-->'''Garfield:''' [[SarcasmMode That's better!]]
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* InflatingBodyGag: Jon continues flirting with Liz while she's taking Garfield's blood pressure, and this distraction results in her accidentally inflating Garfield with air--first just his hand, then his entire body.
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* YouGetWhatYouPayFor: Jon wanted a more affordable tropical vacation, so he chose a poor man's Hawaii, called Paradise World, but the hotel is shoddy, the pool doesn't have water, and there's only one car available at the car rental. Averted as [[spoiler:Jon, Garfield and Odie still manage to have fun time. The vintage convertible is beautiful and runs perfectly, and their meeting with the tribe provided an adventure that likely would have been worth much more than if Jon **had** decided to pay for a proper Hawaiian vacation.]]
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* YouGetWhatYouPayFor: Jon wanted a more affordable tropical vacation, so he chose a poor man's Hawaii, called Paradise World, but the hotel is shoddy, the pool doesn't have water, and there's only one car available at the car rental. Averted as [[spoiler:Jon, Garfield and Odie still manage to have fun time. The vintage convertible is beautiful and runs perfectly, and their meeting with the tribe provided an adventure that likely would have been worth much more than if Jon **had** had decided to pay for a proper Hawaiian vacation.]]
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* YouGetWhatYouPayFor: Jon wanted a more affordable tropical vacation, so he chose a poor man's Hawaii, called Paradise World, but the hotel is shoddy, the pool doesn't have water, and there's only one car available at the car rental. Averted as [[spoiler:Jon, Garfield and Odie still manage to have fun time. The vintage convertible is beautiful and runs perfectly, and their meeting with the tribe provided an adventure that likely would have been worth much more than if Jon *had* decided to pay for a proper Hawaiian vacation.]]
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* YouGetWhatYouPayFor: Jon wanted a more affordable tropical vacation, so he chose a poor man's Hawaii, called Paradise World, but the hotel is shoddy, the pool doesn't have water, and there's only one car available at the car rental. Averted as [[spoiler:Jon, Garfield and Odie still manage to have fun time. The vintage convertible is beautiful and runs perfectly, and their meeting with the tribe provided an adventure that likely would have been worth much more than if Jon *had* **had** decided to pay for a proper Hawaiian vacation.]]
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* YouGetWhatYouPayFor: Jon wanted a more affordable tropical vacation, so he chose a poor man's Hawaii, called Paradise World, but the hotel is shoddy, the pool doesn't have water, and there's only one car available at the car rental. Averted as [[spoiler:Jon, Garfield and Odie still manage to have fun time. The vintage convertible is beautiful and runs perfectly, and their meeting with the tribe provided an adventure that likely would have been worth much more than if Jon *had* decided to pay for a proper Hawaiian vacation.]]
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* OhNoNotAgain: Jon and Doc's father is not keen on the family tradition of reading "Binky: the Clown Who Saved Christmas" every year, particularly since his sons are now adults.
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* ''A Garfield [[ChristmasSpecial Christmas]]'' (December 21, 1987): Garfield and Odie go with Jon to spend Christmas on the farm where Jon's family lives.
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* AdaptationExpansion: The comic based on the special adds a few extra scenes, like turning Doc Boy's one use of "Don't call me Doc Boy!" into a RunningGag, expanding on the scene of Odie making Garfield's present (instead having him try and fail to put the post of it into the base, and then get distracted by a sound made by Garfield throwing a corncob and going to investigate, allowing Garfield to drill a hole into the base and then assemble the gift himself) and Jon and Doc Boy walking into the room yawning on Christmas morning because someone turned their alarm clock off (and their dad implying he was responsible).
* AdaptationalIntelligence: Odie, normally known for his lack of brains, spends the special gathering miscellaneous stuff from around the farm and then single-handedly crafts a present for Garfield (a backscratcher) out of those items. Subverted in the comic adaptation, where Garfield is the one who makes a hole in the base and then assembles the whole thing ''for'' Odie while the latter is investigating a noise Garfield had made to distract him.
* DancePartyEnding: The last minute or so of the special involves the whole family dancing to "A Good Old-Fashioned Christmas".
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* TemptingFate: While Jon, Garfield and Odie are out walking in the snow, Jon talks about the "beautiful scenery". Garfield, who's walking with only his tail sticking out of the snow, grumbles about "''What'' scenery?" and continues on to say "In fact I'd go so far as to say things can't much worse than-" before getting cut off by banging his head into a water pump. He then lampshades it by adding "I gotta quit saying that."
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* LethalChef: Jon clearly didn't do any research into how to cook a turkey before the big day, as he failed to notice that his recipe called for baking a thawed turkey for five hours until three hours before dinnertime, which is when he took the turkey out of the freezer.
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* AppeaseTheVolcanoGod: The volcano. However, it rejects the usual virgin sacrifice common to this trope when it throws out Princess Owooda when she attempts a HeroicSacrifice. What the volcano really wants is a vintage [=1950s=] car that contains the spirit of the Cruiser, who appeased it the first time.
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* AppeaseTheVolcanoGod: The volcano. However, it rejects the usual virgin sacrifice {{virgin sacrifice}} common to this trope when it throws out Princess Owooda when she attempts a HeroicSacrifice. What the volcano really wants is a vintage [=1950s=] car that contains the spirit of the Cruiser, who appeased it the first time.
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** Garfield imagines himself as Music/DonHo at one point, while the character named "The Cruiser" seems to be a cross between James Dean and [[Series/HappyDays The Fonz]].
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** Garfield imagines himself as Music/DonHo at one point, while the character named "The Cruiser" seems to be a cross between James Dean Creator/JamesDean and [[Series/HappyDays The Fonz]].
* BittersweetEnding: The special ends with Jon forced to break up with Mona because she's allergic to cats, but the two [[AmicableExes agree to stay friends]] and Garfield is pleased that Jon still sticks by him.
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* BittersweetEnding: The special ends with Jon forced to break up with Mona because she's allergic to cats, but the two agree to stay friends and Garfield is pleased that Jon still sticks by him.
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* AndThatLittleGirlWasMe: After telling the story of the pirates and seeing that Garfield doesn't believe him, the old man tells him to "Believe it, my friends!", then adds that "The pirates had a ten-year-old cabin boy. ''I'' was that boy."
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* AndThatLittleGirlWasMe: After telling the story of the pirates and seeing that Garfield doesn't believe him, the old man tells him to "Believe "'''''Belie-e-e-eve''''' it, my friends!", friends.", then adds that "The pirates had a ten-year-old cabin boy. ''I'' '''''I''''' was that boy."
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* IAteWhat: When Garfield finds a bowl of what he thinks is something like lasagna, it eats it, prompting Jon to ask since when he liked pumpkin innards.
-->'''Garfield:''' [[SpitTake Ptooe!]] Since never!
-->'''Garfield:''' [[SpitTake Ptooe!]] Since never!
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