# Garfield

    For the United States President, see James A. Garfield.
Garfield is a popular comic strip created by Jim Davis, as well as the name of the main character of the strip.
For quotes from the animated TV series based on the strip, see: Garfield and Friends.
    Lyman: What's it strung with?
    Jon: Catgut.
    Garfield: Aunt Reba!
    (6 Jun 1979)
    Garfield: You rent it?!
    (8 May 2006)
    Odie walks by, as does Jon, wearing a T-shirt that says "Kiss Me," a pair of heart-print shorts, and bunny slippers.
    Garfield: Sigh… I abdicate.
    (20 May 1991)
    Liz: Fine.
    Jon: And how's your boyfriend?
    Liz: I don't have a boy-
    (Jon smiles)
    Garfield: Lady, you have no one to blame but yourself.
    Liz: -friend…
    (26 Jun 2000)
    Garfield You're also boring. (smiles) You do it all!
    (21 Nov 2000)
    Garfield: Did I mention I rolled Odie up in a blanket and stuffed him onto the top shelf of the hall closet?
    Jon: Very quiet.
    Garfield: Quiet indeed…
    (11 Sep 1993)
    Jon: My life stinks.
    Garfield: I said what's NEW?
    (2 Aug 1993)
    Garfield: That was MY line!
    (29 Apr 2002)
    Mouse: I'm back from Hawaii!
    Garfield: OK, so it was several eyelashes.
    (17 Apr 1997)
    Garfield: (dragging in a woman by her legs) How about a woman?
    (25 Jan 1984)
    Jon: Good morning, Garfield. It's a beautiful day today.
    Garfield: What a beautiful day. I think I'll stay in bed all day.
    (8 Mar 1982)
    Garfield: Especially the way things smell.
    (8 Aug 2006)
    (Garfield walks along)
    Sign: Or visit me on the web at:
    Sign 2 WWW. cut off by panel edge
    (14 Oct 2006)
    Garfield: There's little difference in Jon's world.
    (15 Aug 2006)
    Garfield: No…
    Phone: Hello? Hello?
    Garfield: Cats can't talk.
    (31 Jul 1996)
    Garfield (Looking over his shoulder, seeing Jon and Odie) Could you be more specific?
    (26 Jun 1998)
    Jon: (Walks in the door and trips over Garfield, spilling his shopping everywhere) ARRRRGH!
    Jon GARFIELD! HOW MANY TIMES HAVE I TOLD YOU NOT TO LIE NEAR THE DOOR?!
    Jon: (Gets up) I'm sick of tripping over you!
    Garfield (Walks into the living room) All right! All right!
    Jon: (Gets up and puts his shopping back into the bags) Why does this always happen to me?
    Jon: (Walks into the living room and trips over Garfield again, spilling his shopping again) ARRRRGH!
    Jon: HOW MANY TIMES HAVE I TOLD YOU NOT TO LIE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE LIVING ROOM?!
    Garfield: (Puts paws on head) I can't win.
    (7 Jun 1987)
    Jon: (Off-screen) Garfield, hurry up! I'm getting tired!
    Garfield: Gripe, gripe, gripe.
    Jon: (Off-screen) And I'm freezing, too!
    Garfield: You can't rush art, you big crybaby.
    Cut to Jon dressed as a "model" for Garfield's snowman, wearing a white cap and a fake carrot on his nose and with his arms spread out wide a la the twig arms on the snowman.
    Jon: The things I do for my pets.
    Garfield: Hold still.
    (10 Jan 1992)
    Garfield snatches Jon's coffee cup
    Jon: Hey! That's my Binky the Clown cup! (Throws temper tantrum) MINE! MINE! MINE! MINE!
    Garfield: I think I've isolated your problem.
    (18 Nov 1991)
    Liz: Fine.
    Jon: And how's Odie?
    Liz: Fine.
    Jon: And how are you?
    Liz: Fine.
    Jon: Okay if I pay by check?
    Liz: Fine.
    Jon: How about a date?
    Liz: Fine.
    Jon: (Cheering) YEEESS!! YEEESS!!
    Liz: THAT'S CHEATING!
    Garfield: If you can't attract 'em, trick 'em.
    Odie: ?
    (13 Oct 1991)
    Jon: (Off-screen) Okay, here we go....Aaannnd... (Garfield picks up a cookie)
    A loud crash is heard. Garfield takes a bite out of the cookie.
    Jon: (Off-screen) Okay, okay, I know what I did wrong... Let's try that againnnnn... (Garfield takes a sip of coffee)
    Something falls over, creating a second crash, glass breaks and there is a small tinkling noise is heard. Garfield finishes the cookie.
    Jon: (Off-screen) ALL RIGHT, WISE GUY... YOU'RE GONNA STAND UP OR ELSE!! (Garfield takes another sip of coffee)
    Something falls over again, creating a third crash.
    Jon: (Off-screen) AAARRRGGHH!
    Garfield: Christmas Tree: 3. Jon: 0.
    (6 Dec 1998)
    Jon: You ate all the Christmas cookies!
    Garfield: So I did.
    (Jon looks angry)
    Garfield: (crosses his arms) So, what are you going to do about it?
    Jon: (walks off) I'm telling Santa.
    Garfield: WAIT! I'M SORRY! I'LL MAKE SOME MORE! I'LL LEARN TO BAKE!
    (12 Dec 2007)
    Jon is shown with Garfield's food bowl lodged in his mouth.
    Garfield: Then don't.
    (2 Jun 1987)
    He leaves the hair on the table and walks away.
    Jon: I dread tomorrow.
    (10 Oct 2002)
    Garfield: (Sampling the food) Tastes like an old hyena!
    Jon: It's old hyena.
    Garfield: Then why don't I feel like laughing?
    (24 May 1995)
    Garfield: Cue the crushing rejection.
    (1 Sep 2002)
    Jon: HA! BEAT YOU TO IT!...Uh, Garfield, would you mind taking your claws out of my hand?
    Garfield: Give me a good reason.
    (25 Jan 1990)
    Garfield: Huh?
    Jon: Why don't you ever agree with me?
    Garfield: That's not true.
    Jon: Why don't you show me any respect?
    Garfield: I do... bonehead.
    Jon: Why don't you ever show affection?
    Garfield: Catch me around a mirror sometime.
    Jon: Why don't you cause me so much grief?!
    Garfield: Because I'm a cat.
    Jon: And why do I still love you anyway?
    Garfield: See previous answer.
    (06 Oct 2002)
    Irma: And your buddy's?
    Garfield: Moo.
    Jon: Rare.
    Irma: Check.
    (04 Mar 2002)
    Doc Boy: Awwww...
    Jon's mom: And here's Doc Boy, running naked through the soybeans.
    Jon: When was that taken?
    Jon's mom: This summer.
    Jon: (mockingly) Awwww!
    (16 Dec 1993)
    Spider: Hey! What happened to "The Far Side"?
    (17 May 1995)
    Jon: I'm trying to decide which would be more exercise: Running around the block... Or running around you.
    (Garfield now has an angry look on his face, and is showing his claws to Jon.)
    Garfield: How about running from me, smart guy?
    (18 Mar 2003)
    Garfield wheels past him on a unicycle, while wearing a pair of underwear on his head, flapping his right arm like a chicken, and holding a pennant that says "I Like Ike" in his left hand.
    Jon: And scary.
    (30 Nov 1998)
    Garfield opens his mouth wide and puts the entire bird inside.
    Jon: If you swallow, I'll tie a knot in your neck.
    (24 Dec 1979)
    Jon: Thanks, Mom. We really ha-
    Mom: (interrupting) How about taking some food with you?
    Jon: Well... maybe just a...
    Mom: (interrupting again) Dad!
    Cut to Mom tying something big to the roof of the car, while Garfield looks on, clearly pleased.
    Dad: Hey, Doc Boy! I think that side of beef will fit in the trunk!
    (11 Nov 1989)
    He takes the letter out of the envelope and reads it.
    Jon: Maybe now you'll consider dieting. You've been classified as a small planet!
    Garfield: Cool!
    (15 Apr 2004)
    Garfield: Let's find out. (leaves, then returns, wearing glasses)
    Garfield: No, you still look stupid.
    (5 Sep 1997)
    Garfield: Deep-fry that sucker.
    Jon: Boiled it is.
    Garfield: What we have here is a failure to communicate.
    (4 July 1979)
    Jon: Odie! Dogs can't climb trees!
    Garfield: It's amazing what one can do when one doesn't know what one can't do.
    (19 Jan 1982)
    Garfield: (bounces off of Jon and Odie's heads) Why, by using my head... and Jon's, and Odie's.
    (21 Jan 1982)
    Jon looks confused by what the mouse said, then he turns and glares at Garfield, who's holding up a cue card that reads "Help! I am frightened of that big, strong cat!"
    Garfield: What?
    (15 Jan 2004)
    Woman: (off-screen) EEK!! (Jon looks down in shock)
    Garfield: I'll get your trunks...
    (10 July 1997)
    Garfield: (smiling with delight) These are the memories that last a lifetime.
    (6 Oct 1989)
    (31 Aug 1983)
    Odie: BARK! (wakes Garfield up)
    Garfield: Shut the..... (Looks around room) Oh, yeah, it's Christmas morning. This morning, I have to get up early, be nice to people, skip breakfast...
    Odie: Urf!
    Jon: (holding Garfield) I love you, Garfield!
    Garfield: I wish it would never end.
    (25 Dec 1988)
    Garfield: You said "Meow," you idiot.
    (14 Jan 1998)
    Jon: Hi, I'd like to order a pizza...
    (He looks behind him again.)
    Jon: ...with everything on it...
    (...and again.)
    Jon: ...and do you have anything bigger than a large, you dork?
    Garfield: (holding a cue card that reads "Bigger than a large, you dork") Oops...
    (18 Sep 2005)
    (beat, then something falls off-screen, creating a thud.)
    Garfield: (face palm) Timing, Garfield, timing!
    (17 Oct 1997)
    Dad: I know that! What kind of rube do you think I am?
    (Jon walks out of the bathroom... and immediately hears a loud crack.)
    Dad: (off-screen) MODERN CONVENIENCES, HA! CHEAP, YOU MEAN!
    (Jon looks back into the bathroom... and sees a huge fountain of water coming out of the sink.)
    Dad: (holding the faucet in his hand) Pumped the handle twice and it snapped like a twig!
    (28 Jan 1988)
    Jon: Garfield, cats don't ring doorbells when they want in.
    Garfield: Fine... (re-exits the house)
    (Heavy scratching is heard at the door, then Garfield walks back inside. Much to Jon's chagrin, the front door is covered in claw marks.)
    Garfield: Happy now?
    (27 Mar 1994)
    (Beat)
    Jon: (shaking his arm) CRAMP! CRAMP!
    Garfield: Has the future started yet?
    (22 Apr 1999)
    (A thunderstorm suddenly begins. Later, Garfield is seen inside, soaking wet, and glaring at Jon.)
    Garfield: Did you forget to pay the nature bill?
    (7 Nov 2002)
    Garfield: Hmmm... the little light in the refrigerator has burned out. (walks to the drawer, carrying the tiny bulb.) This dinky thing was never bright enough anyway... (holding a regular-sized light bulb) Better.
    (Later that night, Jon is seen walking to the fridge.)
    Jon: A snack should help me sleep...
    (Cut to an exterior view of the house, shown from across the street. Jon opens the refrigerator door, and the house is immediately illuminated with a very, very bright light.)
    Jon: GARFIELD!!
    (10 July 1994)
    Garfield: Here's a good spot to bury your bone, Odie!
    (Odie is seen digging into the cliff, as a content Garfield walks away.)
    Garfield: I love my job.
    (24 June 2009)
    Jon: GARFIELD! (Jon is seen holding a carrot on a plate.) Dinner!
    (Jon sets the plate on the table and walks away, while a shocked Garfield comes to the table. Sadly, he takes a bite out of the carrot, then walks to the kitchen while still chewing his carrot. He then starts crying, standing by a locked fridge.)
    (8 Oct 1995)
    Blueberry Muffin: Hi, I'm a blueberry muffin and seem to have lost my way.
    (A butter pat appears behind the muffin.)
    Butter Pat: Excuse me... I'm a butter pat and I'm also lost...
    Blueberry Muffin: Hi, Pat!
    Off-screen voice: Pardon...
    (A cup of coffee appears behind the pat.)
    Cup of coffee: I'm a steaming-hot cup of coffee and I do believe I've taken a wrong turn.
    Garfield: (realizing this is a dream, and shedding a tear) Even if this is a dream, it's still the happiest moment of my life.
    Blueberry Muffin: I'm cold. Can you warm me up?
    Butter Pat: Me too.
    Cup of coffee: I'm burning up...got any cream?
    Crescent roll: (appearing behind the cup of coffee) Hey, parlez-vous francais, anyone?!
    (21 Apr 2002)
    Garfield: (with an angry look on his face) I hate this diet.
    (Music from an ice cream truck plays, possibly from the window. Garfield, hearing this, starts crying, wanting to quit his diet.)
    Jon: (also hearing the music) Ice cream truck.
    (10 Nov 1997)
    Jon: (inside the house) Odie! Cut that out!
    (Garfield is also heard howling... by the fridge. Jon does a face-palm when seeing this.)
    (27 May 1982)
    Garfield: Hmmmm...It's that time of night. Time to sneak out to the fridge for a midnight snack.
    (He sneaks to the fridge and opens the door. To his surprise, no light is seen. Garfield screams off-screen. As he does, Jon is shown in bed, holding the now burned-out light bulb.)
    (5 Nov 1995)
    Jon: I had an accident today at the salad bar. I smacked my face into the clear sneeze guard and knocked a crock of garbanzo beans onto the floor. A fat woman slipped on them and somersaulted onto the soup-of-the-day tureen. Then her husband threw a bowl of broccoli florets at me and I ducked, falling face first into the french dressing. Then the woman attacked me, force-feeding me jalapeno peppers and stuffing black olives in my ears while her husband put a cold pewter plate down my plants.
    Garfield: So, what was the soup of the day?
    (10 Oct 1999)
    Garfield: Oh no! Pooky's broken a stitch! (He starts crying, then stops for a moment.) When I diet, I get emotional.
    (8 Apr 1982)
    Garfield: I'm strong. I can handle this diet. (He begins sobbing.) Then why do I feel like I've just lost my best friend?
    (1 Jul 1982)
    Garfield: I shall now use sheer willpower to resist eating that hamburger. (He tries not to eat the hamburger, but then ends up crying.)
    Jon: I'm beginning to worry about Garfield.
    (9 Sep 1982)
    Dear Jon,
    Life here with you has
    become unbearable.
    I can't stand it in this
    house another day, so I am
    running away to join the
    French Foreign Legion.
    Please don't try to find me.
    Just know that this is what I
    want, and that it's the best
    thing for both of us. Goodbye.
    (He prints the note on a printer and carries it. Later, Jon spots the note in a fish bowl (in which the fish had already been eaten by Garfield, complete with tartar sauce and a lemon wedge.))
    Jon: GARFIELD!!
    (26 Apr 2009)
    Garfield: Monday check. (A small pie hits the face) HA! (He gets up from the bed, as a huge pie is about to hit Garfield in the back) Fooled you!
    (18 Jan 1993)
    Garfield: Mmmph.
    (29 Jul 1981)
    Jon: They've improved your cat food. It doesn't look and smell as disgusting as it used to.
    Garfield: (walking away on all fours) Then it isn't cat food.
    (29 Apr 2004)
    Garfield: So what if I'm lost. Big deal. I can handle it. Cats are adventurous. Cats are independent. Cats are strong... (Garfield unexpectedly ends up sobbing) I want my teddy bear!
    (2 Feb 1981)
    Garfield: What does Garfield The Cat do when he's stuck up a tree? Why what any honorable cat would do, of course.
    (He starts crying for attention)
    (7 Jul 1981)
    Jon: Garfield, begging for food is not going to get you anything to eat. (Garfield starts throwing a crying tantrum) Throwing a tantrum is not going to get you anything to eat. (Garfield stops the tantrum and tugs his shirt, getting ready to punch Jon.) Now you're getting somewhere.
    (2 Nov 1985)
    Jon: (clears his throat) I am honored to address this assembly of the United Nations. And the millions watching by television. I am Jon Arbuckle, and I can't get a date to save my life. (lowers down to reveal he isn't wearing pants) Also, I forgot to wear pants. (It turns out to be a dream, and Jon wakes up screaming.) Garfield, I just had a terrible nightmare!
    Garfield: Not the one about the rubber pizzas?!
    (1 Dec 1991)
    Cashier: May I have your order?
    (8 Jul 2007)
    Jon: Hello? Yes, this is he...A date?...With me?! This Friday night?! Pinch me, I must be dreaming!
    (Garfield pinches him, and then Jon wakes up in the middle of the night, screaming.)
    (13 May 1999)
    Announcer: This week on "Unfinished Sentence Theater," we will...Thanks for watch...Tune in again next... (Garfield screams)
    (26 May 1999)
    Mouse: Hey! That girl you sit on the fence with ate my buddy, Dave!
    Garfield: Arlene?
    Mouse: (distraught) Never again will I thrill to him playing those traditional mouse folk rumbas on his tiny accordion! (walks away, sobbing)
    Garfield: I'll speak to her about it.
    (Cut to the fence, later that night. Arlene is sitting on the fence, then Garfield walks in and sits down next to her.)
    Garfield: Hi, Arlene.
    Arlene: Hi, Garfield.
    Garfield: Thanks for eating Dave.
    Arlene: His sister-in-law sent me flowers.
    (18 Jan 2009)
    Jon: Oh, Garfield...
    (Jon enters the room, where Garfield is sitting in a recliner in front of the TV, surrounded by numerous potted plants, a hanging plant, a couple of framed pictures, a coffee table, a lamp, and an umbrella stand. It is revealed that Jon is holding a box of kitty treats.)
    Jon: Garfield, I'm going to teach you self-control. This is a box of kitty treats. (puts the box on the floor) Do not take the kitty treats. (turns to leave) I'm leaving the room now. You are not to take the kitty treats.
    (Jon waits outside the room briefly, then starts to return.)
    Jon: Okay, I'm coming back in now! The kitty treats had better be there!
    (Jon looks into the room... and sees that everything is gone, including the light switch. That is, everything... except the kitty treats.)
    (1 July 1990)
    Liz: Hi, Jon, this is Liz. I was just calling to remind you that Garfield is due for his checkup next week...
    (A sudden hiss is heard on the phone, followed by being hung up. Cut back to the house to reveal Garfield was on the phone and hung up on Liz.)
    (27 Apr 1993)
    Jon: (setting a coffee cup down) Here's your coffee. By the way, we're out of cream. I'll get the sugar though.
    (Both Jon and Garfield walk away, Jon getting the sugar, and Garfield walking outside. Some crying (likely from a baby) is heard from outside. Cut back to the table. Jon is holding the cup of sugar, and Garfield had gotten a baby bottle with milk, to substitute cream.)
    (20 Oct 1996)
    Jon: Hey Garfield! It's Mondayǃ
ːGarfieldː And people who love that I hate Mondays. ː(21 Jun 2004)
    Garfield: Not nice? (Garfield starts sobbing in confusion and tugs Jon's shirt.) Not nice?! Oh, no!!! Anything but that!!
    Jon: You're cold.
    Garfield: What if I shaved my head as penance?
    (23 Mar 1993)
    Dog: Now that hurts.
    Garfield: (grinning and holding a breath mint the size of a cake) Mint?
    (25 Oct 2005)
    Operator: You have reached the North Pole "Naughty Line". We are currently experiencing a high volume of calls. Please stay on the line, and your call will be answered in the order it was received.
    (Jon gets put on hold with a loud voice singing "Deck the Halls")
    Garfield: With any luck, he'll be on hold till January.
    (12 Dec 2010)
    (Jon and Garfield are walking through the front lawn.)
    Jon: Yesiree, Garfield, there's nothing like the feel of fresh, cool grass on your fee-Hey, there are ants in this grass! Ow! Ow! Owie! Ow!
    (There is now a snake coiled around Jon's leg.)
    Jon: A GARDEN SNAKE! YAAAAH!
    (Jon retreats to the sidewalk, which, unfortunately for him, is...)
    Jon: HOT! HOT! HOT! HOT!
    (His frantic dancing causes him to step in some...)
    Jon: GAAH! GUM!
    Garfield: (still in the grass) Shall we have a moment of silence for this man's dignity?
    (16 Aug 1998)
    (The two pets just stare at Jon in confusion; Garfield has a blank expression, while Odie legitimately looks ready to cry)
    Jon: (somewhat annoyed) Thank goodness no one was hurt in the stampede.
    Garfield: (whispering to Odie) That's his little attempt at sarcasm.
    (14 Jan 2011)
    Jon: Isn't this better than watching TV in a stuffy room? This is reality!
    Garfield: Ummm... so it's like a documentary?
    Jon: (irritated) It's called "OUTSIDE"!
    Garfield: Uh-oh.
    Dingleball: Dingle dingle
    (The dingleball passes through Jon's legs. Garfield is now riding Odie. Jon is reading the newspaper and the door is open.)
    Jon: YAAAAAHH!! (They are now outside. Odie is chasing the dingle ball, Garfield has Jon's feet in his hands, and Jon is waving his hands around with his newspaper in his face. two cops are watching the whole scene.)
    Cop #1: I'd say they've broken at least three city ordanances, right, Bubba?
    Cop #2: I didn't see nothin'. let's go get a donut.
    (There is also a light blue sign around Squeak's neck that reads "Prey")
    Jon: See, Garfield... You are the hunter... the mouse is the prey. Now what does the hunter do?
    (Garfield & Squeak take off their signs and hang a yellow sign around Jon's neck that reads "Dork Boy".)
    Garfield: (holding nose) A really painful stifled laugh.

## External links

* Encyclopedic article on Garfield on Wikipedia
* Media related to Garfield on Wikimedia Commons
* Official website