Garfield's First Birthday Nightmare
The Birthday Nightmares (later referred to as Age Nightmares) are a running gag, where Garfield, during the week leading up to his birthday, has various Birthday Nightmares about growing older.
These range from anthropomorphic hearing aids and senior citizen cards to gray hairs and liver spots (which Garfield cannot see). Garfield is usually more annoyed then frightened by them. One exception was the nightmare about the coffee cup who contained decaffeinated coffee with nonfat milk and artificial sweetener.
Birthday Nightmares[]
- A Group of Candles (June 14, 2006)
- Garfield's Memory (June 15, 2006), (June 18, 2012), (June 15, 2013)
- A Gift Certificate for a New Hip (June 16, 2006)
- An Hourglass (June 17, 2006)
- A Senior Citizen's Discount Card (June 15, 2011)
- Teeth in a Glass (June 16, 2011)
- A Comb Over (June 17, 2011)
- The Universal Remote Control and The Garage Door Opener (June 18, 2011)
- A Hearing Aid (June 16, 2012)
- Candles (June 17, 2012)
- A Bald Spot (June 13, 2013)
- A 45 R.P.M. Record (June 14, 2013)
- Reading Glasses (June 16, 2013)
- Reading Glasses Chain (June 16, 2013)
- A Menu Garfield Can't Read Without The Glasses He Can't Find (June 13, 2014)
- That Awful Music That Kids Today Listen To (June 14, 2014)
- Decaffeinated Coffee with Nonfat Milk and Artificial Sweetener (June 16, 2014)
- Fine Print Paper (June 17, 2014)
- A Jar of Pickles (June 18, 2014)
- Package of Batteries (June 18, 2014)
- Teeth (June 15, 2015)
- Garfield's Lighting Quick Reflexes (June 16, 2015)
- A Middle Age Gut (June 17, 2015)
- Garfield's Youthful Optimism (June 18, 2015)
- An Ear Chart (June 20, 2015)
- A Mirror (June 16, 2018)
- A Candle (June 14, 2019)
- Website Password That Garfield Cannot Remember Anymore (June 13, 2021)