Changes: Garfield's mother

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Garfield's mother is the mother of Garfield.

She gave birth to Garfield in an Italian restaurant. Garfield was taken away from his mother and became Jon Arbuckle's pet when he was still a very young kitten. In Garfield on the Town, Garfield accidentally finds himself back in the now abandoned restaurant where he was born. He is reunited with his mother and meets other members of his family, including his brother Raoul, who still lives there.

A group of vicious, sadistic cats called "The Claws" develop a grudge against Garfield, and Garfield's family comes in to protect him. When Garfield is told by his maternal grandfather to leave for lacking the proper traits of a mouse hunting cat, including the proper ability to fight back, he was about to leave the restaurant until his mother notes that she still loves him, and that his life with Jon is for the best. At the end of the episode when Garfield comes back to Jon, he sees a tail (which was his mother's) outside of Garfield's house when he looks out the window, letting him know that she will always be there for him.

She has made a few cameos in the comic strip, including a December 1984 story, which was a loose adaptation of Garfield on the Town. Another such appearance was on November 5, 1994, where she applauded Garfield's acting on the fence. Her most recent appearance was on May 8, 2022, where she appeared as a picture, along with Odie's unnamed mother.

Appearances

Garfield TV Specials

Trivia

She has three different color schemes - in Garfield on the Town, she has beige fur with stripes and yellow mouth similar to her son, as well as having green eyes with black irises. In the book adaptation of the special, she retains her eye color and stripes, but now has yellow fur, her mouth is white and she has lipstick. Since Garfield: His 9 Lives and the Christmas 1984 storyline, her design was changed to omit her stripes.
In the December 14, 1984 strip, she suggests that the maternity ward had switched kittens when her father realized that Garfield does not mouse, unlike the rest of his family.^[1]
In Garfield Goes Hollywood, during Garfield's comedy routine on the fence, he does an impression of "cat on a hot tin roof" that only one person claps to, which he says: "Thank you, Mom." This may or may not have been a sincere comment.
Garfield's separation from his mother is similar to that of Orson Pig in U.S. Acres.

Gallery

Garfield on the Town

Garfield: His 9 Lives (TV Special)

Appearances in the Comic Strip

Miscellaneous

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[1] ttps://www.gocomics.com/garfield/1984/12/14

[2] ttps://goldenbelldirect.com/garfield-toon-line/

[3] ttps://web.archive.org/web/20190806183538/https://garfield.com/news/golden-bell-studios-and-paws-team-up-to-develop-garfield-board-and-card-games

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-|Box title = Garfield's Mother
+|Box title = Garfield's mother
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-|Row 1 title = First Appearance
+|Row 1 title = First App.
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+|Row 1 info = [[File:1984-12-11.gif|thumb|170x170px]]
 |Row 2 title = Gender
 |Row 2 info = Female
 |Row 3 title = Personality
-|Row 3 info = Sweet
+|Row 3 info = Sweet <br>Gentle<br>Sensible <br>Kind <br>Motherly
-Gentle
-Sensible
-Kind
-Motherly
 |Row 4 title = Family
+|Row 4 info = [[Garfield (character)|Garfield]] (son)<br>[[Raoul]] (son)<br>[[Vic]] (mate)<br>[[Garfield's grandfather]] (father)<br>[[Sly]] (cousin)<br>[[Garfield's family#Oslo|Oslo]] (grandfather)<br>[[Garfield's family#Arno|Arno]]<br>[[Garfield's family#Barney|Barney]] (brother)<br>[[Garfield's family#Berle|Berle]] (brother)<br>[[Garfield's family#Bernie|Bernie]] (brother)<br>[[Garfield's family#Bob|Bob]] (brother)<br>[[Garfield's family#Ed|Ed]] (brother)<br>[[Garfield's family#Harry|Harry]] (brother)<br>[[Garfield's family#Hubert|Hubert]] (brother)<br>[[Garfield's family#Leo|Leo]] (brother)<br>[[Garfield's family#Morty|Morty]] (brother)<br>[[Garfield's family#Nick|Nick]] (brother)<br>[[Garfield's family#Patrick|Patrick]] (brother)<br>[[Garfield's family#Roy|Roy]] (brother)<br>two unnamed brothers<br>[[Garfield's family#Edna|Edna]] (sister)<br>[[Garfield's family#Evelyn|Evelyn]] (sister)<br>[[Garfield's family#Em|Em]] (sister)<br>[[Garfield's family#Rockelvia|Rockelvia]] (sister)<br>[[Garfield's family#Reba|Reba]] (sister)<br>[[Great-Uncle Buchanan|Buchanan]] (uncle)<br> [[Garfield's family#Ralph|Ralph]] (uncle)
-|Row 4 info = Unnamed husband<br>[[Garfield]] (son)<br>[[Jarfield]] (son)<br>[[Raoul]] (son)<br>[[Garfield's Grandfather]] (father)<br>[[Sly]] (nephew)<br>
+|Row 5 title = Latest App.
-[[Great-grandfather Oslo|Oslo]] (grandfather)<br>
+|Row 5 info = [[File:2022-05-08.jpg|thumb|170x170px]]
-[[Uncle Arno|Arno]]<br>[[Uncle Barney|Barney]] (brother)<br>[[Uncle Berle|Berle]] (brother)<br>[[Uncle Bernie|Bernie]] (brother)<br>[[Uncle Bob|Bob]] (brother)<br>[[Uncle Ed|Ed]] (brother)<br>[[Uncle Harry|Harry]] (brother)<br>[[Uncle Hubert|Hubert]] (brother)<br>[[Uncle Leo|Leo]] (brother)<br>[[Uncle Morty|Morty]] (brother)<br>[[Uncle Nick|Nick]] (brother)<br>[[Uncle Patrick|Patrick]] (brother)<br>[[Uncle Roy (Garfield's Uncle)|Roy]] (brother)<br>two unnamed brothers<br>[[Aunt Edna|Edna]] (sister)<br>[[Aunt Evelyn|Evelyn]] (sister)<br>[[Auntie Em|Em]] (sister)<br>[[Aunt Rockelvia|Rockelvia]] (sister)<br>[[Aunt Reba|Reba]] (sister)<br>[[Great-uncle Buchanan|Buchanan]] (uncle)<br> [[Great-uncle Ralph|Ralph]] (uncle)
-|Row 5 title = Voice
+|Row 6 title = Voice
-|Row 5 info = [[Sandi Huge]]}}
+|Row 6 info = [[Sandi Huge]]
+}}
+'''Garfield's mother''' is the mother of [[Garfield (character)|Garfield]].
-'''Garfield's Mother''' (voiced by [[Sandi Huge]]) is the mother of [[Garfield]]. She first appeared in the animated television special [[Garfield on the Town]] and later appeared in the special [[Garfield: His 9 Lives]]. She has also made a few cameos in the comic strip, including a December 1984 story, which was a loose adaptation of Garfield on the Town.
+She gave birth to Garfield in an [[Luigi's|Italian restaurant]]. Garfield was taken away from his mother and became [[Jon Arbuckle]]'s pet when he was still a very young kitten. In ''[[Garfield on the Town]]'', Garfield accidentally finds himself back in the now abandoned restaurant where he was born. He is reunited with his mother and meets other members of his family, including his brother [[Raoul]], who still lives there.
-She gave birth to Garfield in an Italian restaurant. Garfield was taken away from his mother and became [[Jon Arbuckle]]'s pet while he was still a very small kitten. In the animated television special,&nbsp;[[Garfield on the Town]], Garfield accidentally finds himself back in the now abandoned restaurant where he was born. He is reunited with his mother and meets other members of his family, including his brother [[Raoul]], who still live there.
 A group of vicious, sadistic cats called "The Claws" develop a grudge against Garfield, and Garfield's family comes in to protect him. When Garfield is told by his maternal grandfather to leave for lacking the proper traits of a mouse hunting cat, including the proper ability to fight back, he was about to leave the restaurant until his mother notes that she still loves him, and that his life with Jon is for the best. At the end of the episode when Garfield comes back to Jon, he sees a tail (which was his mother's) outside of Garfield's house when he looks out the window, letting him know that she will always be there for him.
+She has made a few cameos in the comic strip, including a [[Garfield, December 1984 comic strips|December 1984]] story, which was a loose adaptation of ''Garfield on the Town''. Another such appearance was on [[Garfield, November 1994 comic strips|November 5, 1994]], where she applauded Garfield's acting on the fence. Her most recent appearance was on [[Garfield, May 2022 comic strips|May 8, 2022]], where she appeared as a picture, along with Odie's unnamed mother.
-Another one of her few appearances was on November 5, 1994.
+==Appearances==
-[[File:Mom.JPG|thumb|"What do you want?!"]]
+===[[Garfield Specials|Garfield TV Specials]]===
+*''[[Garfield on the Town]]''
+*''[[Garfield Goes Hollywood]]'' (mentioned)
+*''[[Garfield: His 9 Lives (TV special)|Garfield: His 9 Lives]]''
 ==Trivia==
-*She has two different color schemes - in [[Garfield on the Town]] , she has beige fur with stripes and yellow mouth similar to her son and green eyes with black irises. Since December 1984, her design was changed to plain yellow with white mouth and black eyes.
+*She has three different color schemes - in ''[[Garfield on the Town]]'', she has beige fur with stripes and yellow mouth similar to her son, as well as having green eyes with black irises. In the book adaptation of the special, she retains her eye color and stripes, but now has yellow fur, her mouth is white and she has lipstick. Since ''[[Garfield: His 9 Lives (book)|Garfield: His 9 Lives]]'' and the Christmas 1984 storyline, her design was changed to omit her stripes.
-*In one of the comics, she suggested that the maternity ward had switched kittens.
+*In the December 14, 1984 strip, she suggests that the maternity ward had switched kittens when her father realized that Garfield does not mouse, unlike the rest of his family.<ref>https://www.gocomics.com/garfield/1984/12/14</ref>
-*In [[Garfield Goes Hollywood]], Garfield makes a joke that only one person claps to, which he says: "Thank you Mom."
+*In ''[[Garfield Goes Hollywood]]'', during Garfield's comedy routine on the fence, he does an impression of "cat on a hot tin roof" that only one person claps to, which he says: "Thank you, Mom." This may or may not have been a sincere comment.
-*Garfield's separation from his mother is similar to that of [[Orson Pig]] from [[U.S. Acres]].
+*Garfield's separation from his mother is similar to that of [[Orson Pig]] in ''[[U.S. Acres]]''.
 ==Gallery==
+=== Garfield on the Town ===
-<center>
+<gallery widths="185">
+Garfield16.jpg
+Mom.JPG|thumb|<i>"What do you want?!"</i>
+</gallery>
+=== Garfield: His 9 Lives (TV Special) ===
 <gallery>
+File:Mom 08 (7).png
-Image:Garfields_first_bed.jpg
-Image:Garifeld,sonja,_and_grandpa.jpg
-Image:Christmas.jpg
-Garfield Sonja 9 lives.png|With Garfield in "Garfield and his 9 Lives"
-Ga941105.gif
-garfield16.jpg
-garfield91a.jpg|An Animation cell from Garfield on the Town.
 </gallery>
-</center>
+=== Appearances in the Comic Strip ===
+<gallery>
+File:1984-12-11.gif
+File:1984-12-12.gif
+File:1984-12-13.gif
+File:1984-12-14.gif
+File:1984-12-19.gif
+File:1984-12-22.gif
+File:1984-12-25.gif
+File:1994-11-05.gif
+File:2022-05-08.jpg
+</gallery>
+=== Miscellaneous ===
+<gallery>
+File:Advert.jpg
+File:Garfield91a.jpg
+File:Image of the Have You Hugged Your Mom Today Mug (Latter-1980's Garfield Mug).png|Appearance on a 1980s mug.
+File:Toon line mock up 11456.jpg|Her appearance on the matching card game Toon Line Garfield.
+</gallery><ref>https://goldenbelldirect.com/garfield-toon-line/</ref><ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20190806183538/https://garfield.com/news/golden-bell-studios-and-paws-team-up-to-develop-garfield-board-and-card-games</ref>
+[[es:Madre de Garfield]]
+[[pl:Matka Garfielda]]
+[[pt-br:Mãe do Garfield]]
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+[[Category:TV specials]]
+[[Category:TV Special Characters]]
+[[Category:Comic Strip Characters]]
+[[Category:Garfield Specials]]