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Garfield's Judgment Day book cover
Garfield's Judgment Day is a Garfield book based on an unfinished animated feature, published in 1990. Unlike the other Garfield books, this book is in picture book format rather than in the comic book format.
Plot[]
The book begins with Garfield dreaming about all sorts of different junk food before a beam of sunlight wakes him. Garfield and Odie wake up Jon, who begins to make them breakfast, but then kicks them out when they make a mess. Meanwhile, a few houses away, Al and Fredo, the twin dogs of the Rossini household start to wake up Mr. and Mrs. Rossini and their five kids. A few houses away from them, the elderly man Eli is woken up by his senior dog, Barney. He yells at Barney to let him sleep, but does not mean any harm.
While Garfield and Odie wait outside, they feel a sense of dread wash over them. The other animals in the yard seem disturbed as well. The two pets begin to grow afraid and silently beg Jon to let them in. Jon eventually lets them inside, but they still feel uneasy.
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Characters[]
Main characters[]
Major characters[]
- Jon Arbuckle
- Eli
- Willard
- Bob
- Lorenzo
Minor characters[]
- Angelo Rosalini
- Gina Rosalini
- Rosalini Children
- Raoul
- Jacob
Film[]
Jim Davis wrote this story as the script for a feature-length, theatrical Garfield cartoon when the prime time animated specials were still in production and popular. Voices were recorded, songs were written and recorded, but no studio wanted to fund the animation, apparently because of the dark, serious tone of the story. After unsuccessfully pitching it as a movie and, eventually, as a television special for several years, Davis tried writing two other feature-length scripts for studios such as Walt Disney Pictures and 20th Century Fox, but to no avail.
Trivia[]
- The book is notable as being the only Garfield book in which the Garfield characters talk to humans.
- The title is a reference to the Last Judgment.
- The story establishes Arlene as being a stray cat.
- The story also establishes that Odie cannot speak and has the mind of a real-world dog.
- The song by Lou Rawls and Desirée Goyette from Happy Birthday, Garfield! is the only known recording from the animated version of the story thus far.
Songs[]
- "We Got It Good, And That Ain’t Bad" (recording featured in Happy Birthday, Garfield!)