History WesternAnimation / GarfieldsBabesAndBullets

* AdaptationSpeciesChange: In the original prose story of ''Babes and Bullets'' that was featured in ''ComicBook/GarfieldHis9Lives'', all of the characters are cats. In the animated special (which was separate from the adaptation of ''His 9 Lives''), everyone else is human with only Garfield remaining a cat. This is never remarked on, even by his love interests.
* BettyAndVeronicaSwitch: Sam Spayed is torn between his client Tanya, whom he profiles as TheVamp who probably killed her husband, and Kitty, his NiceGirl of a secretary. It's revealed that [[spoiler:Tanya was faithful to her husband while he was alive, and Kitty was tempted to lure Professor O'Tabby away from Tanya because she loved him, though she ultimately didn't go through with it. At the end, Tanya tells Sam any romantic relationship between them won't work, and Kitty seduces the detective with milk]].

* {{Bowdlerization}}:
** In the ''His 9 Lives'' version, when Spayed gets hot coffee spilled on him, he exclaims, "Damn it! That's hot!" Here it's changed to, "Gosh, that's hot!"
** O'Tabby and O'Felix are different in this adaptation too. While they were Greek Orthodox priests in the book, here they are university professors.

* ChekhovsGunman: Woman rather. Sam Spayed mentions he hired his secretary a day before the story starts because Kitty makes good coffee. [[spoiler:Kitty worked for Professor O'Tabby, it turns out, and quit because she loved him but knew he loved his wife and would never leave Tanya. She didn't kill Professor O'Tabby, but she provides the crucial evidence that leads Sam to the murderer]].

* SayingTooMuch: This is how the killer gets caught. [[spoiler:Professor O'Felix]] mentions that Professor O'Tabby probably fell asleep at the wheel, but Kitty reveals [[spoiler:O'Tabby was an insomniac and needed sleeping pills to deal with his caffeine addiction. He only would have been asleep if the sleeping pills had been put into his coffee, and O'Felix was making it after Kitty resigned.]]

* WrongGenreSavvy: When he first meets Tanya, Sam thinks she's the typical FilmNoir style FemmeFatale and posits several theories that she killed her husband and is hiring him to take the fall so she can [[KarmaHoudini get clean away.]] However, every time he asks her a question that would confirm one of said theories, it always ends up being wrong. This also occurs in his first meeting with O'Felix, positing a theory that O'Tabby was having an affair with a wealthy widow under the guise of visiting a university benefactress, but that proves wrong after he asks how old the benefactress was.

* DameWithACase: The plot is kickstarted when a woman named Tanya O'Tabby hires Sam Spayed to investigate her husband's murder. She's so beautiful that Spayed's PrivateEyeMonologue is initially distracted with flowery descriptions, and when on the case, he posits that she's probably the FemmeFatale type who murdered her husband. In fact, Sam initially suspects either: 1. that she married an old man that she then bumps off to inherit the fortune. Or 2. her husband was a ladie's man whom she snuffed when she found out he was unfaithful.)

* NonIndicativeName: There are no signs of any bullets in the special, the closest thing to it being bullet holes seen in the picture in the TitleSequence and end credits.

* BittersweetEnding: Garfield solves the murder and gets a check that will cover the rent for his office, but [[spoiler:Tanya turns him down because she's still grieving her husband. Kitty is also grieving Professor O'Tabby but decides to cuddle with Garfield for comfort. He's fine with that]].

** In the ''His 9 Lives'' version, when Garfield gets hot coffee spilled on him, he exclaims, "Damn it! That's hot!" Here it's changed to, "Gosh, that's hot!"

* DidTheyOrDidntThey: It's heavily implied that Garfield got laid. Twice. BY HUMAN WOMEN. It starts when in typical FilmNoir style, the sexy female client invites Sam Spayed to "[[DoubleEntendre have a little milk with her]]", and he reacts much as if she'd invited him in for coffee. At the end, his secretary picks up a pair of glasses and a bottle of milk, sashaying into Sam's office while throwing a few {{Fanservice}} poses, inducing an "oh wow" reaction from Sam.
* DramaticDrop: Kitty spills coffee all over Garfield when she overhears his phone call about Professor O'Tabby possibly being in love with another woman. [[spoiler:It clues in Garfield that she knows something about the O'Tabbys]].

* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: The real killer is [[spoiler:praying for forgiveness when Garfield confronts him. He's almost relieved to have to go to jail]].

!!''Garfield's Babes and Bullets'' contains examples of:

* AdaptationSpeciesChange: In the original prose story of ''Babes and Bullets'' that was featured in ''His 9 Lives'', all of the characters are cats. Here, everyone else (bar Odie) is human with only Garfield remaining a cat. This is never remarked on, even by his love interests.

* {{Bowdlerization}}

%%* TheCameo: By virtue of the story, both Jon and Odie.%%ZCE

%%* DeliberatelyMonochrome:

%%* NoirEpisode:

* ScareChord: Two also occur close together when a thug [[spoiler:who is actually Sam Spayed's angry landlord looking for rent]] can be seen spying on Spayed.

%%* MrImagination:

-->''My life's full of [[TitleDrop babes and bullets]]''\\

* BettyAndVeronicaSwitch: Sam Spayed is torn between his client Tanya, whom he profiles as TheVamp who probably killed her husband, and Kitty, his NiceGirl of a secretary. [[spoiler:It's revealed that Tanya was faithful to her husband while he was alive, and Kitty was tempted to lure Professor O'Tabby away from Tanya because she loved him, though she ultimately didn't go through with it. At the end, Tanya tells Sam any romantic relationship between them won't work, and Kitty seduces the detective with milk]].

** In the ''His 9 Lives'' version when Garfield gets hot coffee spilled on him, he exclaims, "Damn it! That's hot!" Here it's changed to, "Gosh, that's hot!"

* DrivenByEnvy: O'Felix's motive for killing O'Tabby. He grew so jealous of his former student that the only way to get his position in the university was to murder him.

* WhosOnFirst: Garfield's alter-ego was named Sam '''Spayed''', leading to this:

* TheCameo: By virtue of the story, both Jon and Odie.

* DeliberatelyMonochrome:

* MrImagination:

* NoirEpisode:
* RedHerring: There are many suspicious shots of Tanya watching Sam as he's pursued by a huge tough guy. [[spoiler: It turns out these are unrelated - Tanya was watching Sam to make sure he was able to do the job she hired him for... and the big goon was just his landlord looking for back rent.]]

* WrongGenreSavvy: When he first meets Tanya, Sam thinks she's the typical FilmNoir style FemmeFatale and posits several theories that she killed her husband and is hiring him to take the fall so she can [[KarmaHoudini get clean away.]] However, every time he asks her a question that would confirm one of said theories, it always ends up being wrong. This also occurs in his first meeting with O'Felix, positing a theory that O'Tabby was having an affair with a wealthy widow under the guise of visiting a university benefactress, but that proves wrong after he asks how old the benefactress was.

* {{Bowdlerization}}: In the ''His 9 Lives'' version when Garfield gets hot coffee spilled on him, he exclaims, "Damn it! That's hot!" Here it's changed to, "Gosh, that's hot!"

''Garfield's Babes and Bullets'' is a 1989 animated special starring ComicBook/{{Garfield}}. Based on a story from ''ComicBook/GarfieldHis9Lives'', the special sees Garfield as second-rate private eye Sam Spayed attempting to solve a murder mystery.

* DeliberatelyMonochrome:

* DameWithACase: The plot is kickstarted when a woman named Tanya O'Tabby hires Sam Spayed to investigate her husband's murder. She's so beautiful that Spayed's PrivateEyeMonologue is initially distracted with flowery descriptions, and when on the case, he posits that she's probably the FemmeFatale type who murdered her husband. In fact, Sam initially suspects either: 1. that she married an old man that she then bumps off to inherit the fortune. Or 2. her husband was a ladie's man whom she snuffed when she found out he was unfaithful.)

''Garfield's Babes and Bullets'' is a 1989 animated special starring ComicBook/Garfield. Based on a story from ''ComicBook/GarfieldHis9Lives'', the special sees Garfield as second-rate private eye Sam Spayed attempting to solve a murder mystery.