• Air date: 17 Sep '88 39 episodes
      The animated stories of Garfield the cat, Odie the dog, their owner Jon and the trouble they get into. And also Orson the Pig and his adventures on a farm with his fellow farm animals.
  • List of Episodes (39)
    • 1. Peace & Quiet / Wanted: Wade / Garfield Goes Hawaiian

      17 Sep '88
      Peace and Quiet: Garfield watches TV all night after Jon leaves the set on, so the tired cat tries to take a long nap while Jon and Odie go out to run errands. Unfortunately, Binky the Clown shows up at the door to deliver a special birthday greeting to "Mrs. Edna Fogerty," and won't leave until he completes his quest. Wanted: Wade: Wade believes that the police will arrest him after he rips the a tag off the bottom of a couch. Meanwhile, Roy plays a CD of rooster crows on his stereo, which goe
    • 2. Box O' Fun / Unidentified Flying Orson / School Daze

      24 Sep '88
      Box O' Fun: Jon is studying for a test in his night school class, and brings home a cardboard box full of books. While he tries to read, Garfield and Odie use the box to have all sorts of imaginary adventures, including driving a race car, sailing across the ocean, and flying an airplane. Unidentified Flying Orson: When Roy sees Orson reading a science fiction novel, the crafty rooster decides to play a prank by claiming that the Earth has been invaded by aliens which look like cheese danishes.
    • 3. Nighty Nightmare / Banana Nose / Ode to Odie

      01 Oct '88
      Nighty Nightmare: When Garfield eats Jon's entire pizza, Jon claims that Garfield will have a nightmare from such eating. Garfield scoffs at that idea, but later that night, he dreams that he eats so much that he grows into an insatiable giant. At first, things in the dream seem wonderful--until the military decides to try to destroy Garfield in a parody of King Kong. Title Reference: Nighty Night Banana Nose: The gang becomes annoyed by Roy's pranks; when he accuses them of not being able to t
    • 4. Fraidy Cat / Shell Shocked Sheldon / Nothing to Sneeze At

      08 Oct '88
      Fraidy Cat: Garfield watches a horror movie during a thunderstorm while Jon goes out shopping. The electricity goes out and Garfield thinks Jon was captured by a monster. Shell Shocked Sheldon: Orson and Booker think that it's time for Sheldon to come out of his shell, so Orson sits on him one night. However, a fox comes and kidnaps Sheldon when Orson gets himself a snack. Nothing to Sneeze At: Jon asks Liz, the vet, out on a date while Garfield has an allergy and is sneezing frequently. Liz th
    • 5. Garfield's Moving Experience / Wade: You're Afraid / Good Mousekeeping

      15 Oct '88
      Garfield's Moving Experience: Garfield feels mistreated by Jon, so he decides to find himself a new home. A rich girl finds him and takes him to her giant manor. Wade: You're Afraid: The farm animals think it is a good idea for Orson to hypnotize Wade into being the bravest duck in the world. However, this results in chaos when Wade taunts the farm's bull. Good Mousekeeping: A mouse named Floyd realizes Garfield does not chase mice, so he informs a mouse clan about the situation. They end up i
    • 6. Identity Crisis / The Bad Sport / Up a Tree

      22 Oct '88
      Identity Crisis: Garfield finds Floyd in an alley with a dog being on the run from a dog catcher. The three decide to exchange their animal sounds, and so the dog catcher goes after Garfield. The Bad Sport: Everyone on the farm except for Roy decides to try a new game that Orson found in a book of group games. Roy decides to replace the rules with his made-up version. Up a Tree: Nermal visits Garfield's house and Garfield gets jealous of the attention he gets. Garfield therefore decides to clim
    • 7. Weighty Problem / The Worm Turns / Good Cat, Bad Cat

      29 Oct '88
      Weighty Problem: Jon buys a new talking scale, which Garfield tampers with, causing the results to be inaccurate when Jon weighs himself. Jon decides to go on a strict diet and exercise a lot, dragging an unwilling Garfield along with him. The Worm Turns: While showing the viewers around the farm, Orson narrates a story of why Booker stopped chasing worms. Good Cat, Bad Cat: Jon tells Garfield to leave the mailman alone due to an important package delivery. But the cat runs into trouble when hi
    • 8. Cabin Fever / Return of Power Pig / Fair Exchange

      05 Nov '88
      Cabin Fever: Jon, Garfield, and Odie, vacation during the winter in a cabin. While Jon is out to buy groceries, Garfield and Odie are snowed inside the cabin without nourishment. Garfield worries that this could be the end. Return of Power Pig: Sheldon becomes frightened when Orson tries to read Humpty Dumpty to him. When the event is relayed around the farm, it leads to a rumor of a monster lurking around. Fair Exchange: Garfield and Jon both have dreams where they switch bodies after they arg
    • 9. The Binky Show / Keeping Cool / Don't Move

      12 Nov '88
      The Binky Show: When Jon's birthday arrives, Garfield panics as he doesn't have any money to get Jon anything. To win Jon a present, Garfield goes on a game show titled "Name That Fish", which is hosted by Binky the Clown. Keeping Cool: Orson is terrified of the fact that his mean older brothers are visiting him, while Bo tells him not to worry about how they harm him. This is the first appearance of Orson's brothers Don't Move: Garfield wanders into a fish shop to eat, telling Odie to sit on a
    • 10. Magic Mutt / Short Story / Monday Misery

      19 Nov '88
      Magic Mutt: When Jon is asked to perform a magic show at a children's hospital, he goes to a local magic shop to buy some new tricks. Garfield tags along and makes an enemy of Merlin, the owner's dog. The two pets begin to have a small war using the various magical devices in the store, including a genuinely magic wand that allows the user to change form. Short Story: Booker wants more responsibility on the farm, but the adults tell him that he's too little to help out. Meanwhile, Orson's broth
    • 11. Best of Breed / National Tapioca Pudding Day / All About Odie

      26 Nov '88
      Best of Breed: When Garfield gets jealous of Nermal's awards, he enters a cat talent show, where he is coincidentally up against Nermal. National Tapioca Pudding Day: Roy makes a spring-loaded present of tapioca pudding under the guise of "National Tapioca Pudding Day", a fake holiday where tapioca pudding is given as a gift. But his plan goes awry when everyone on the farm gives the present to someone else to try to celebrate the holiday. All About Odie: At a university, Garfield presents a do
    • 12. Caped Avenger / Shy Fly Guy / Green Thumbs Down

      03 Dec '88
      Caped Avenger: While a cartoon expert comes to review some of Jon's characters, Garfield's alter ego, the Caped Avenger, searches for a missing Pooky. Shy Fly Guy: During the winter, Wade's cousin Fred Duck visits the farm to ask Wade if they want to fly together, and finds humor in the fact that Wade is afraid to fly. Wade makes a resolution to fly during the end of the winter. Green Thumbs Down: Jon decides to grow his own food in the garden after noticing the high grocery bills. However, his
    • 13. Forget Me Not / I Like Having You Around! / Sales Resistance

      10 Dec '88
      Forget Me Not: Garfield is hit in the head by a falling pie tin, and suffers from amnesia. His personality is completely reversed. Jon is especially concerned when Garfield asks who everyone is, does not know his own name and even turns down lasagna. I Like Having You Around!: Orson is writing an extract in his diary, from about two weeks ago, about Bo leaving the farm after fighting with his sister Lanolin. Lanolin doesn't seem concerned, but Orson knows better. Sales Resistance: Due to Garfie
    • 14. Wade: You're Afraid

      15 Oct '88
      Orson tries to hypnotize Wade into not being afraid of everything.
    • 15. Good Mousekeeping

      15 Oct '88
      Mice take over the house after learning that Garfield doesn't chase them.
    • 16. Identity Crisis

      22 Oct '88
      While on a jaunt about town, Garfield runs into Floyd the mouse and they begin to chat. In the meantime, a dog catcher comes by trying to catch a big, mean dog. The dog finds Garfield, so Garfield begins to bark like a canine to save himself. Floyd wants to learn the trick in case he comes across any crabby cats, so Garfield teaches him to meow. The dog comes across FLoyd, and he teaches the dog to squeak like a mouse. In the meantime, the dog catcher has become very confused, and captures
    • 17. The Bad Sport

      22 Oct '88
      The gang decides to try out a new sport called pig ball, but Roy excludes himself--until he adds some rules of his own.
    • 18. Up a Tree

      22 Oct '88
      Nermal's come over for another visit, and Jon can't get over how cute he is. Garfield tries to be cute as well, but ends up destroying some of the items in the house, so Jon sends him outside. Garfield gets a craving to climb a tree, but he gets stuck as usual. As Garfield waits for someone to rescue him, Nermal comes by and joins Garfield in the tree. The firemen come, but they only take Nermal out of the tree! Finally as the sun sets, Jon comes up to rescue Garfield after he had been watc
    • 19. Weighty Problem

      29 Oct '88
      Jon buys a new talking, fortune telling scale. Garfield decides to turn the knob of it and afterwards Jon goes on it. The scale tells him that he is overweight so Jon decides to excercise and gets Garfield to excercise with him. After many excercises that went wront due to Garfield, Jon goes onto the scale again and the scale informs him that he is the correct weight for his size. The scale then tells him that his fortune is to punish his cat for tempering with the scales eariler. Uh-oh!
    • 20. The Worm Turns

      29 Oct '88
      Orson explains how Booker gave up worm-chasing.
    • 21. Good Cat, Bad Cat

      29 Oct '88
      Garfield's Bad conscience provokes him to do bad things while his Good conscience tries to stop him.
    • 22. Cabin Fever

      05 Nov '88
      Jon's friends loan him their cabin the the woods for the weekend, so the entire crew packs up their things and head up to the mountains. Jon goes out to get food when he finds the cupboards empty, leaving Garfield and Odie alone in the cabin. However, it begins to snow very heavily, and the roads are closed. Jon decides to make it back to the cabin on foot, while Garfield curbs his appetite by eating pictures of food out of a cooking book. Will Jon be able to get back to the cabin, and will G
    • 23. Return of Power Pig

      05 Nov '88
      Orson begins to tell a story that Sheldon thinks is too scary. He shows that he's scared, which eventually leads to speculation that there is a monster on the farm.
    • 24. Fair Exchange

      05 Nov '88
      Jon is tired of Garfield's laziness and antics, and Garfield is sick of Jon's lectures. Jon is so annoyed, he wishes that Garfield could be in his shoes and understand what he has to deal with. Garfield wishes that Jon knew how tough it is being a cat. So, the both of them go to bed and begin to dream. In the dream, they each switch bodies and begin to fully understand the problems the other has to deal with. The next morning, they wake up with the realization that their lives are not as ba
    • 25. The Binky Show

      12 Nov '88
      Garfield goes on the Binky Show to win a birthday present for Jon.