Garfield and Friends Season 2 Quickies

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This is a page that goes in depth on the Quickies from the second season of Garfield and Friends.

The second season is the biggest in terms of volume and episodes. In total, there are 37 Garfield Quickies and 23 U.S. Acres Quickies in the second season, by far the most. Most of them are based off of Sunday strips from their respective comics. While they stay true to the original comics and tell the same story, there are often a few minor changes, like added/altered/subtracted dialogue or an added/removed scene.

Trivia[]

Characters[]

Garfield, Jon, and Odie are mainstays in the Quickies, while other unnamed characters/animals have also shown up from time to time.

Garfield[]

Garfield appeared in all 42 Quickies this season, the only character to do so. He is often--if not always--the main character. This season involves a handful of pranks/schemes from the cat, (like putting a birdhouse on his head to catch some birds or spouting water on Jon's face to wake him up) but also a handful of his less proud moments, like getting pranked by Jon and getting stuck in Venetian blinds.

Jon[]

Jon appeared in 36 of the 42 Quickies and had a speaking cameo in one more. This is the second-most appearances by one character behind only his famous fat feline. He is often the victim of Garfield's various antics, like getting hit with a wave and being robbed of cookies.

25. Charades
26. Asleep
27. Muscles
28. Wet Pets
29. Birdhouse
30. Water Wake-up
31. Soda Pop
32. Food Fun
33. Little House
34. On the Fence
35. Normal
36. Wide Awake
37. Dresser
39. Country Club
40. Dog Food
41. Apples
42. Twine
43. Human Relic
44. Indiana Garfield
46. Blind
47. The Right to Be a Cat
48. Date
49. Dog Food Ingredients
50. Daisy
51. Drawer Fun
52. Cookies
53. Play in the Snow
54. Drive Me Crazy
55. Quiet Evening
56. Nailed into Bed
57. It's My Chair!
59. Phone Calls
60. Surfing
62. Coffee Rotation
63. Blame
64. Chocolate Pudding
65. Vet
66. Worth a Quarter

Odie[]

Odie had 14 appearances in Quickies, including being in three straight, in some way. This is third most of the main three. His gullibility is shown when Garfield tricked him a couple of times, but he has one-upped Garfield a couple of times.

26. Asleep
28. Wet Pets
35. Normal
36. Wide Awake
39. Country Club
43. Human Relic
44. Indiana Garfield
45. The Contest
49. Dog Food Ingredients
53. Play in the Snow
61. Eating Cookies
62. Coffee Rotation
63. Blame
65. Vet

The Big Three[]

The trio of Garfield, Odie, and Jon appeared in nine separate Quickies, most of Odie's appearances in general (The pup had 11 this season).

28. Wet Pets
35. Normal
39. Country Club
44. Indiana Garfield
49. Dog Food Ingredients
53. Play in the Snow
62. Coffee Rotation
63. Blame
65. Vet

Other Animals/Characters[]

Six Quickies have included other animals/characters along with Garfield, Jon, and/or Odie. Some of them are given names others are not.

29. Birdhouse (Side characters: Brett and Mona Birds)
32. Food Fun (Side character: Liz)
38: Zoo (Side characters: Zoo patrons and Lion)
39. Country Club (Side character: Nermal)
56. Nailed into Bed (Side character: Pooky)
58. Snow is Cute (Side characters: Nermal and Neighbor Kids)

Repurposed Comics[]

Most Quickies are based off of Sunday strips, except for two exceptions. The earliest of these reused comics came from January 1981, and the latest also was the last Quickie, from July 1989. 1988 was the year used the most, as ten Quickies were based on strips from that year. 1986 was a close second, with nine strips from that year making appearances. Of all the years to be used, 1981 and '84 were the years used the least, with only few strips from those years being reused.

1981[]

47. The Right to Be a Cat (January 11)
57: It's My Chair! (March 1)

1982[]

45. The Contest (September 19)
33. Little House (September 26)
34. On the Fence (December 26)

1983[]

38. Zoo (January 16)
48. Date (July 31)
50. Daisy (August 14)

1984[]

53. Play in the Snow (March 4)
36. Wide Awake (November 25)

1985[]

39. Country Club (January 6)
41. Apples (January 20)
37. Dresser (February 10)

1986[]

42. Twine (February 16)
26. Asleep (Feburary 23)
63. Blame (March 16)
62. Coffee Rotation (March 23)
44. Indiana Garfield (May 11)
31. Soda Pop (July 6)
30. Water Wake-up (October 19)
40. Dog Food (November 9)
28. Wet Pets (November 23)

1987[]

25. Charades (January 25)
56. Nailed into Bed (April 12)
32. Food Fun (November 29)

1988[]

55. Quiet Evening (January 24)
52. Cookies (February 14)
58. Snow is Cute (February 21)
54. Drive me Crazy! (March 6)
43. Human Relic (July 3)
51. Drawer Fun (July 24)
46. Blind (July 31)
35. Normal (August 1)
27. Muscles (August 7)
29. Birdhouse (August 21)

1989[]

49. Dog Food Ingredients (January 15)
59. Phone Calls (June 4)
64. Chocolate Pudding (June 7)
60. Surfing (June 11)
61. Eating Cookies (June 25)
65. Vet (July 16)
66. Worth a Quarter (July 23)

Garfield Quickies[]

Charades[]

Quickie Name: Charades
Quickie Number: 25
Original Strip: 1/25/1987
Description: Garfield tries to tell Jon something, and uses charades to do so. He points at Jon, he soon translates as "You're...". For the second word, Garfield grabs his leg and points at his foot. Jon figures out that it's "Standing in..." The third word has Garfield pointing at his eye and then wiggling his ear. After listing words that rhyme with "eye", Jon guesses "my", and Garfield confirms by nodding. The fourth word has Garfield pointing at his open mouth. Jon quickly guesses "food" and then puts the sentence together: "You're standing in my food." Jon celebrates, only for it to be revealed that he actually was standing in Garfield's food, much to the cat's frustration. Jon doesn't notice and gives Garfield a 5-word movie title for him to guess.
Tweaks:
- Much of this Quickie remains true to the strip, with a few minor changes.
  - Garfield points at his raised leg instead of his other leg in the Quickie.
  - He points at his eye instead of gesturing at himself to get Jon to get "my".

Asleep[]

Quickie Name: Asleep^[1]^[2]
Quickie Number: 26
Original Strip: 2/23/1986
Description: Jon comes in the puts gag glasses, a tie, shorts and tennis shoes on Garfield while he's asleep. He then says good morning to him, as Garfield himself wakes up. Odie snickers at him, as Garfield asks what he's laughing at, only to see himself with those clothes on in the mirror as he says that he wishes he could be awake while he's asleep.
Tweaks:
- Jon's in his normal clothes instead of his pajamas.
- He says "Good Morning Garfield" in a evil grinning way.
- The shorts are red-and-white striped instead of green and yellow, as well as green added to the blue tennis shoes.
Subtractions:
- Garfield's "Morning." is cut out, as he just groans when he wakes up.
Note: This is one of few quickies that was not released on the DVDs.

Muscles[]

Quickie Name: Muscles
Quickie Number: 27
Original Strip: 8/7/1988
Description: Jon poses in the mirror while Garfield watches from the bed. He tells Garfield that muscles earn respect, that big muscles attract women, and he is in great shape, despite his small muscles. Garfield "responds" by flexing into a ripped cat and striking several muscular poses. He returns to his regular round physique and tells Jon that one can flex fat.
Additions:
- Jon tells Garfield, "I'm in primo shape!", something he doesn't say in the comic.
Tweaks:
- Jon's first few lines are changed from questions to statements, and there are a few minor changes:
  - "Hey Garfield," is changed to "You know, Garfield,"
  - After watching his cat flex, Jon is not shocked like in the strip, but is instead disappointed, like he just got one-upped, because he did.

Wet Pets[]

Quickie Name: Wet Pets
Quickie Number: 28
Original Strip: 11/23/1986
Description: One stormy day, Jon is inside reading a newspaper when he hears a knock at the door. He answers it and his pets bound in, soaking wet from the rain, much to Jon's horror. Garfield and Odie race to the chair, but Jon shoos them off, telling them to dry off. He returns to the chair, and the pets comply by jumping on the arms of the chair and shaking themselves all over Jon, drenching him. He gets up and runs away, slips on a puddle and flies outside, the door closing behind him. He cries for help, and Garfield tells Odie that Jon's too proud to let them see him cry.
Additions:
- Jon tells his pets to dry off, something he doesn't do in the strip,
- Jon also returns to read his paper.
- After flying out of the house, Jon cries for help.
Tweaks:
- Jon's second line is a bit longer. "You're dripping all over my chair!"
- After telling his pets to dry off, he yells, "Not on me! Yuck!" as opposed to yelling "Get off!" three times in the strip.
- He also gets stuck outside in the rain instead of crying under his bed.

Birdhouse[]

Quickie Name: Birdhouse
Quickie Number: 29
Original Strip: 8/21/1988
Description: Garfield sits in a tree, with a new scheme to catch some birds. He puts a birdhouse on his head and waits, complimenting himself for his genius. Mona and Brett Bird arrive and decide to make themselves at home, and they do so by decorating the inside of the birdhouse...with "a little paint and wallpaper", much to Garfield's surprise. Once the fat cat returns inside, he passes by Jon, who is sipping coffee. The cat's face is covered with paste and a piece of wallpaper, and he simply states that it's a long story.
Tweaks:
- The birds' color scheme is slightly changed, from sky blue with pink bellies to a periwinkle blue body and pink and blue tail feathers and eyelids for Mona and Brett respectively.
- The birdhouse is also a different color--yellow with a red roof compared to pink with a gray roof.
- The petals on the floral wallpaper are green instead of purple.
Subtractions:
- Jon's "Wha...?" line is cut. Otherwise, the entire dialogue is exactly the same as the strip upon which it's based.

Water Wake-up[]

Quickie Name: Water Wake-up
Quickie Number: 30
Original Strip: 10/19/1986
Description: A trio of birds are taking a bath in the birdbath when Garfield walks up and shoos them away. With them gone, he sucks up all the water in it and hops off. Inside, Jon is sleeping, and snoring loudly, when Garfield walks up to him and stands on him. Garfield stands on his toes, posing like a fountain, and shoots water on Jon's face, waking him up. Jon confronts him about this, and Garfield explains that he wanted to know if Jon could make blueberry pancakes for breakfast.
Additions:
- There are birds in the birdbath, and Garfield shoos them away.
- Jon snores and, at the end, sighs.
Tweaks:
- Garfield grins, showing his teeth, while in the strip he just smiles.
Subtractions:
- A shot of Garfield walking inside the house with cheeks full of water is removed.

Soda Pop[]

Quickie Name: Soda Pop
Quickie Number: 31
Original Strip: 7/6/1986
Description: Jon and Garfield are in the park and Jon gives his cat some change to get them both some soda. Garfield runs over to the vending machine, drops a coin in and a can of soda rolls out and he catches it. He is curious what would happen if he puts in all the money at once. He decides to find out by doing just that. The machine shakes and a giant can of soda drops on top of Garfield.
Additions:
- Garfield salutes after being given the change, something he doesn't do in the strip.
Tweaks:
- Jon's first line is slightly changed from "Get up some pop" to "Get us some soda pop".
- He gives Garfield several gold-colored coins instead of silver.
- Instead of standing on a crate to reach to coin slot, Garfield is able to reach by just standing on tiptoe.

Food Fun[]

Quickie Name: Food Fun
Quickie Number: 32
Original Strip: 11/29/1987
Description: Garfield and Jon are at the table with a lot of different food around them. Garfield shows off by tossing and catching a grape in his mouth. Jon one-ups him by tossing a muffin in his mouth. Not to be outdone, Garfield throws a pie into his mouth. The two of them then begin rapidly throwing food into their mouths. Later, they have to go to the Liz's office because Garfield's head is stuck in a watermelon and Jon has an entire chicken in his mouth. Liz starts to ask, "How did...?" but Garfield cuts her off, saying "Don't ask."
Additions:
- Garfield and Jon toss a lot more food into their mouths than the small handful shown in the strip, including inedible things such as:
  - a whole pineapple--skin, leaves, and all
  - grapes still on the vine
  - the bone in a ham
Tweaks:
- Jon's first line is slightly altered. Also, Liz asks, "How did...?" as opposed to, "What the...?"

Little House[]

Quickie Name: Little House^[3]
Quickie Number: 33
Original Strip: 9/26/1982
Description: Garfield comes outside to see that Jon has built a little house, and says that one of them will be living in the big house, and the other in the little house. Garfield reacts by shoving Jon in the little house, and tells him that he can visit him in the big house on weekends.
Additions:
- As Garfield shoves Jon in the little house, Jon yells "Hey! Garfield! No!"
- Garfield also dusts his hands off as he leaves Jon in the little house.
Tweaks:
- Jon has his head and legs sticking out of the little house, while in the quickie only his legs were showing.
- Also, Garfield's last line has "Perhaps." added to "You may visit me in the big house on weekends."
Subtractions:
- Garfield saying "What have we here?" is removed from the quickie.
Note: This is one of few quickies that was not released on the DVDs.

On the Fence[]

Quickie Name: On the Fence
Quickie Number: 34
Original Strip: 12/26/1982
Description: Garfield dances on the fence and proceeds to tell jokes, getting pelted by various objects each time. Nevertheless, he goes on, shaking off every tomato or pie thrown at him. He even gets knocked off the fence by a watermelon, but keeps going regardless. He gets knocked off again and returns to the house wearing a boot, flowerpot, and various food. Jon notes that it was one of his better nights. Garfield replies that he was in rare form.
Additions:
- Garfield gets an extra joke: "I just flew in from the coast and boy, are my paws tired!"
Tweaks:
- Garfield shakes off the initial tomato and pie. He keeps them in the strip.
- His second joke in the strip is replaced by the classing comedic line, "But I wanna tell ya..."

Normal[]

Quickie Name: Normal
Quickie Number: 35
Original Strip: 8/1/1988
Description: Jon is talking on the phone, telling his mom that everything is normal, before he sees his pets dancing on the table. Garfield wears a grass skirt and Odie wears a lei around his neck, and they both wear hats with lots of fruit. They dance and spin and Garfield tells Jon that they need more fruit. Jon tells his mother that everything's real normal.
Additions:
- Garfield and Odie are dancing, something they aren't doing in the strip.
Tweaks:
- Jon calls his mother, instead of writing her a letter.
- Jon's lines are "No, mom, nothing's going on around here, everything is normal." and "REAL normal," which both differ from the letter he was writing, but still convey the same story.
Subtractions:
- Garfield is also wearing a lei in the strip, but it is gone in the Quickie.

Wide Awake[]

Quickie Name: Wide Awake^[4]
Quickie Number: 36
Original Strip: 11/25/1984
Description: At night, Garfield can't sleep as he is wide awake early in the morning. Coming up with a plan, he bursts into Jon's room, scaring both Jon & Odie awake! He then says that if he can't sleep, neither will anyone else!
Additions:
- There is a new scene with Jon and Odie snoring before Garfield comes in.
Tweaks:
- Garfield says, "I can't sleep" instead of "Rats."
- Garfield bursts into Jon's room, playing a trumpet and a drum simultaneously in the quickie, wheras in the comic, he flicked on the light and screamed.
- Jon and Odie jump off the bed briefly and land back on it.
- Garfield's last line is changed to, "Hey, if I can't sleep, no one can!"
Subtractions:
- Garfield blinking a few times before waking up is cut from the quickie.
Note: This is one of few quickies that was not released on the DVDs.

Dresser[]

Quickie Name: Dresser
Quickie Number: 37
Original Strip: 2/10/1985
Description: One morning, Jon goes into the bathroom. He opens his medicine cabinet and finds Garfield inside it. He hands Jon a brush and Jon returns to the bedroom to the dresser. After opening it, Garfield pops up and offers Jon a pair of socks. Jon thanks him and Garfield returns to the drawer. Jon is slightly suspicious, but goes to his closet. Upon opening it, Garfield is hanging from a coat hook. Jon thinks that he is everywhere at once, and is amazed by it, but Garfield drops and thanks two cats who look exactly like him.
Additions:
- The entire closet scene was not present in the comic, as Jon never left the bedroom.
- Garfield's copies also get a line. After Garfield thanks them, one goes, "Don't mention it."
Tweaks:
- Garfield hands Jon a brush in the bathroom, a pair of socks from the dresser, and a shirt in the closet. He only waves in the first two instances.
Subtractions:
- Jon's "Wha?!" line is removed.

Zoo: Garfield fears he made a grave mistake after jumping inside the lion habitat.

Zoo[]

Quickie Name: Zoo
Quickie Number: 38
Original Strip: 1/16/1983
Description: While walking on all fours in the zoo, Garfield wonders what it's like to be a wild animal. He decides to find out by hopping between the bars of an enclosure. He kicks the "do not" off the "Do not feed the animals" sign, prowls around like a lion or a tiger and roars at the spectators, scaring them off. Garfield gives himself a pat on the back for a good performance, only to hear a lion growl behind him.
Additions:
- There is one extra person that Garfield scares off compared to the strip.
Tweaks:
- Garfield kicks the sign instead of smacking it off.
- He roars at the people instead of swiping at them.
- His lines are tweaked slightly, and he hears the lion behind him, unlike the strip.

Country Club[]

Quickie Name: Country Club
Quickie Number: 39
Original Strip: 1/6/1985
Description: Garfield lies in his sunbeam, complaining that he's bored, when he suddenly gets filled with vigor. He takes control of his destiny and makes his own country club. He starts with sand, adds a beach ball and umbrella, and dons some sunglasses. He lounges under the umbrella and crosses his legs, but Jon, Odie, and Nermal soon join him, ruining the vibe he made for himself. Garfield gets up, frustrated, and plans an emergency meeting with the membership committee.
Additions:
- Odie and Nermal, who weren't present in the strip, make cameo appearances in the Quickie.
Tweaks:
- Garfield does not say he got the sand from his sandbox.
- His punchline is altered.
- The umbrella and beach ball are no longer rainbow colors, but instead purple and white and red and white, respectively.
Subtractions:
- Jon's line is removed.

Dog Food[]

Quickie Name: Dog Food
Quickie Number: 40
Original Strip: 11/9/1986
Description: Garfield offers Jon some food from a box. Jon takes it and eats it, but after realizing it's dog food, he asks for something to drink. Garfield gets him tobasco sauce, and Jon chugs it. After burning his mouth, he pleads for something else to drink. Garfield gets him the fish bowl, and Jon drinks the water in it, but after seeing it, he spits it out and asks for an antidote. Garfield gets the dog food and the process starts all over again. "This could go on for days." the fat cat quips.
Additions:
- The process repeats a few more times than is shown in the strip.
- Jon has some extra lines, including calling the dog food delicious.
Tweaks:
- Garfield gives Jon dog food again instead of anchovies like he did in the strip.
- The box of dog food is also solid yellow instead of green and yellow.

Apples[]

Quickie Name: Apples
Quickie Number: 41
Original Strip: 1/20/1985
Description: Jon is about to eat an apple when Garfield starts dancing in front of him. He spins in midair and starts juggling apples. Jon watches, impressed with the show. Garfield then opens his mouth and eats the apples as he juggles them. After being reduces to cores, the apples are returned to the bowl and the cat dances away to Jon's applause. Jon then reaches for an apple, but realizes after the fact that there's nothing left but the cores.
Additions:
- Garfield ate the apples, something he doesn't do in the comic.
- Jon has lines in the Quickie. He points at Garfield for eating the apples.
Tweaks:
- Garfield spins instead of just hopping, and all the apples land in the bowl.
Subtractions:
- Garfield juggles one fewer apple and he has no lines, one of the few times he says nothing in a Quickie.

Twine[]

Quickie Name: Twine
Quickie Number: 42
Original Strip: 2/16/1986
Description: Garfield walks up to the world's biggest ball of twine. Seeing what looks like a doorstop under the twine, he pulls it out of curiosity out of what it does. The ball then starts to roll down the hill toward Garfield, who flees in terror. Unbeknownst to him, it unwinds itself as it rolls. Regardless, he leaps over a log, out of the park, up the sidewalk, into his house into Jon's arms. When the ball comes, it has devolved itself to a string. Jon mocks him for being scared of a string, and Garfield tells of his disdain for his owner.
Additions:
- Garfield is shown leaping over a log, out of the park, and up the sidewalk, three places not shown in the strip.
- He adds "Fascinating" as he looks at the ball of twine in the beginning.
- He also adds, "There are times when..." before saying the strip's punchline, "I hate him." at the end.
Tweaks:
- The ball of twine is red instead of tan.

Human Relic[]

Quickie Name: Human Relic^[5]
Quickie Number: 43
Original Strip: 7/3/1988
Description: Garfield & Odie come into Jon's room, inspecting him as a human relic. As they decide to unearth him (in other words, wake him up), Garfield inspects his feet and arms. At that moment, Jon springs awake, and Garfield is thrown off his bed, landing on the floor as Odie brings him a pickaxe, only to tell him that it won't be necessary.
Additions:
- Jon raises his head as Garfield inspects his feet.
- When Jon says his line, he kicks Garfield off him and his bed.
- A new scene is added with Garfield landing on the floor as Odie brings him his pickaxe.
Note: This is one of few quickies that was not released on the DVDs.

Indiana Garfield[]

Quickie Name: Indiana Garfield
Quickie Number: 44
Original Strip: 5/11/1986
Description: The quickie opens with Garfield in a forest as adventurer Indiana Garfield. He says that he is fearless, except when it comes to quicksand, which he finds by stepping in it. He panics, but Odie comes along and sees his predicament. Garfield tells him to throw him a vine, and he does so, but is unable to free Garfield from it. That is when Jon reaches down and pulls Garfield up, revealing that the whole scene was Garfield's imagination. Garfield--covered with "quicksand" that is actually oatmeal--demands that warning signs be put on oatmeal.
Additions:
- Most of the Quickie is set in a jungle, unlike the strip.
- Garfield has a few extra lines:
  - "The intrepid jungle explorer, Indiana Garfield, knows no fear. Not poisonous snakes, not cat-eating plants, not... oh no! Quicksand!"
  - After Odie arrives, Garfield adds, "Get me outta here! Help!" to his monologue.
Tweaks:
- One of Garfield's lines becomes, "Pull, Odie! Pull!" instead of, "Now pull!".
- Jon rescues Garfield instead of Odie.
- The bowl of oatmeal is blue instead of green.
Subtractions:
- Garfield's "Thank goodness it's you!" is shortened to just "Thank goodness!" and his "Playing heck!" line is also cut.

The Contest[]

Quickie Name: The Contest
Quickie Number: 45
Original Strip: 9/19/1982
Description: Odie runs up to a sleeping Garfield and barks at him. Garfield meows in response. Odie barks again, and Garfield meows, a bit more angrily. Odie barks louder, and Garfield meows louder, causing Odie to flip over backwards. Odie walks back over to Garfield, who sticks his tongue out tauntingly as if he won, and comes back with a bark loud enough to scare the stripes off of Garfield. Odie leaves, and Garfield begrudgingly concedes victory to Odie before picking his stripes back up.
Additions:
- Garfield sticking his tongue out is something he doesn't do in the strip.
- Odie barks the stripes off Garfield's ears. In the strip, his ears still have the black highlights.
Tweaks:
- Odie leaves after removing Garfield's stripes. In the strip he stays to watch the cat pick up the pieces.

Blind[]

Quickie Name: Blind
Quickie Number: 46
Original Strip: 7/31/1988
Description: Jon watches Garfield bat the string for his blinds on the windowsill when he hears something familiar. He returns and sees Garfield is stuck in the blind, again. Jon decides to do something about it, and buys a set of Venetian blinds. After installing them, he thinks his problem is solved, but Garfield managed to get himself tangled in those blinds, too.
Additions:
- Jon has an extra line, "You keep doing this, Garfield."
- Garfield also gets a line, "I'm in pain, real pain. Pain, pain, pain." This is a callback to the season 1 Quickie, "Screen Door", in which he said a similar line, just with more "pain".
Tweaks:
- Jon's "That's a familiar sound." line in the strip changed "that's" to "there's" in the Quickie.
- There are a few color changes: The blind and the box Jon bought.
- Garfield plays with the spinny thing that opens and closes the blinds instead of the string that raises and lowers it.

The Right to Be a Cat[]

Quickie Name: The Right to Be a Cat
Quickie Number: 47
Original Strip: 1/11/1981
Description: Jon asks Garfield what happened to the former's favorite record and the lasagna he made for dinner. Garfield replies, "I scratched it." and "I ate it." respectively. Jon gets angry at Garfield for doing so, and the cat defends himself before sadly walking away. Jon feels bad and apologizes. Garfield forgives him and they hug it out, but then Jon sees his mutilated fern and asks Garfield what happened to it. "Don't ask." he replies.
Tweaks:
- Garfield walks away sadly after Jon yelled at him. He doesn't do that in the strip.
- Neither of them wave their arms in frustration, like in the comic.
Subtractions:
- An entire panel is removed, the one where Jon and Garfield say, "Cats!" and "Humans!" respectfully.

Date[]

Quickie Name: Date
Quickie Number: 48
Original Strip: 7/31/1983
Description: Jon is dressed up for a date with Liz, and he asks Garfield how he looks. Garfield responds by erupting in uncontrollable laughter, pounding the table and getting tears in his eyes. Furious, Jon decides to leave, saying, "No cat is gonna make a fool out of me!" as Garfield calms down. The cat sits up and whips out a watch, counts three seconds, and Jon returns, having forgotten to wear pants. He goes to get some pants and Garfield grins at him, stifling his laughter.
Additions:
- Garfield has lines outside of just laughter, and he pulls out a watch, something he doesn't do in the strip.
- The strip ends before Jon can leave the house by revealing that Jon isn't wearing pants.
- Everything after Jon goes outside is unique to the Quickie, except the reveal of lack of pants.
Tweaks:
- Jon's suit is a different color. However, his undergarments are not.

Dog Food Ingredients[]

Quickie Name: Dog Food Ingredients
Quickie Number: 49
Original Strip: 1/15/1989
Description: Odie is eating his dinner when Garfield walks up to him, holding an empty can. Garfield reads off the ingredients, like caterpillar fuzz, duck feet, lizards, yak lips, pre-chewed gum, and stuff that Odie doesn't even want to know. Odie nervously gulps the bit of food in his mouth and makes queasy noises. Jon tells Garfield that they're out of cat food, so he'll have to eat dog food. Garfield takes Odie's bowl of food and shovels it into his mouth. Odie gets bug-eyed at this and, totally disgusted, sprints away. Jon asks what's with Odie, and Garfield figures it was something he ate and then polishes off the leftover food from the can in his paw before walking away.
Additions:
- Garfield adds a couple of extra ingredients: caterpillar fuzz and duck feet.
- Garfield holds a can, which he doesn't have in the strip.
- He walks away after grossing out Odie.
Tweaks:
- Odie didn't grab his neck, rather, he just got bug-eyed and disgusted before running off.
- The pets are on the table and not on the floor.

Daisy[]

Quickie Name: Daisy
Quickie Number: 50
Original Strip: 8/14/1983
Description: Jon waters a daisy, giving it baby talk. Garfield notices and is repulsed by Jon's baby talk. Jon explains to Garfield that speaking nicely to plants helps them grow. Garfield thinks that this is hogwash. Jon leaves, the plant glistening, and Garfield tests Jon's theory by telling the plant to die. It instantly withers, and Garfield walks away, convinced. "Live and learn." he says.
Additions:
- The flower sparkles and shows more sentience then it did in the strip.
- Additionally, Garfield gets some more lines when killing the flower: "Die, you worthless thing, you!"
Tweaks:
- Garfield's first line is changed to "Hold on to breakfast, kids." as opposed to, "Oh boysy-woysy"

Drawer Fun[]

Quickie Name: Drawer Fun^[6]
Quickie Number: 51
Original Strip: 7/24/1988
Description: Garfield climbs into Jon's dresser drawer, attempting to scare him. As Jon opens it up, Garfield pops up, however he isn't scared by him. He then goes to get his clothes from the closet, and when he comes back, he screams as he falls on the floor. Garfield remarks that his reaction could have went better if his brain was not in a different time zone.
Additions:
- Garfield's expression as he snickers coming into the drawer is added, as well as the drawer closing.
- Everything after Jon exiting the drawer and coming back is new, from Jon coming to the closet, and coming back before he screams.
Tweaks:
- One of the pictures on the drawer is now a picture of Liz in the quickie.
Note: This is one of few quickies that was not released on the DVDs.

Cookies[]

Quickie Name: Cookies
Quickie Number: 52
Original Strip: 2/14/1988
Description: Garfield is asleep in his bed. Jon sneaks past him without waking him up. He reaches the kitchen, gently lifts the lid of the cookie jar, sets it down on the counter. He grabs a cookie, looks around him sneakily, and opens his mouth to eat it. Right at that moment, Garfield snaps awake and speeds past Jon, intercepting the cookie in his hand. Jon thought Garfield was asleep, and he was, but his stomach was still awake.
Additions:
- Jon sneaks past Garfield and looks around him. He does neither of these things in the strip.
Tweaks:
- Jon was about to eat a cookie, instead of a hamburger in the strip.

Play in the Snow[]

Quickie Name: Play in the Snow
Quickie Number: 53
Original Strip: 3/4/1984
Description: Garfield and Odie look out the window at a fresh blanket of snow. Excited, they race to Jon and knock him over. Jon understands and gets them ready. He dresses his pets with sweaters, caps, boots, the whole nine yards. After getting them dressed, he tosses them outside and asks them if they're having fun, but they're so dressed up they can barely move.
Additions:
- Instead of merely running up to Jon, the pets proceed to knock him over on the chair.
- Jon has an extra line, "Well, let's get ya ready."
- Garfield laughs at Odie, who is bundled up, before Jon puts a sweater on him.
- Jon adds a couple more articles of clothing, "Scarves...and galoshes" and then tells them that they're all set.
Tweaks:
- Aside from color changes on the pets' winter clothes, Garfield punchline is changed.
  - Instead of sarcastic laughter, he flatly sings "Jingle Bells".

Drive Me Crazy![]

Quickie Name: Drive Me Crazy!
Quickie Number: 54
Original Strip: 3/6/1988
Description: Jon is tapping his fingers on the table when Garfield dances up to him and starts waving his arms. Jon wonders what he's doing, and Garfield wants Jon to guess. The cat balances on one finger and Jon guesses, "Are you dancing?", which is wrong. Garfield hops in place and Jon guesses if he's upset. Also wrong. Garfield kicks his feet and Jon asks if he's hungry. "Not for another two minutes!" is the response. The cat hops around goofily and Jon thinks he's trying to warn him about something. As Garfield spins, Jon gets aggravated and shouts that he's driving him crazy. It turns out that was what Garfield was doing.
Additions:
- Garfield stands on one finger, something he doesn't do in the strip. Otherwise, most of his actions are directly lifted from the comic.
Tweaks:
- Jon's "Are you dancing?" and "Are you upset?" are separate guesses, instead of just one.
- When asked if he's hungry, Garfield says, "Not for another two minutes!" instead of "Guess again", which is used after Jon asked if Garfield was trying to warn him about something.
- Jon eventually leaves, something he doesn't do in the strip.
Subtractions:
- Several lines were cut.
  - Garfield's "You'll never guess"
  - Jon's "Are you hurt?!"
  - Garfield's, "Never in a million years"

Quiet Evening[]

Quickie Name: Quiet Evening
Quickie Number: 55
Original Strip: 1/24/1988
Description: Jon sits down in his chair with a bowl of popcorn in his lap, about to enjoy a quiet evening with some TV. Garfield then appears out of nowhere, grabs the remote, changes the channel a bunch of times, devours the popcorn, sticks the empty bowl on Jon's head, scratches the chair, and then dances away. Jon says that there are no quiet evenings, "Not around here at any rate."
Additions:
- Garfield dances away, something not shown in the strip.
Tweaks:
- Instead of clawing Jon's pants, Garfield claws the chair.

Nailed into Bed[]

Quickie Name: Nailed into Bed
Quickie Number: 56
Original Strip: 4/12/1987
Description: Garfield wakes up and pulls out Pooky, telling him to go play. To his surprise, Pooky falls up. He then sees that his blanket has been nailed down. He loosens himself and gets out, only to be left clinging to the blanket after he too fell up. The camera rotates, showing Garfield is hanging from the ceiling, a case of revenge from Jon after the cat slipped a lizard into his shoe.
Additions:
- Garfield sighs after Jon tells him that they are even now.
Tweaks:
- Garfield's "What the...?" line is switched to "Huh?"
Subtractions:
- Garfield's "WHA?!!" line after getting out of bed is cut.

It's My Chair![]

Quickie Name: It's My Chair!
Quickie Number: 57
Original Strip: 3/1/1981
Description: Garfield walks up to the chair, hops into it, and declares it as his own. Jon comes up and tries kicking Garfield out, but the cat refuses. Jon picks the chair up and shakes it upside-down, but Garfield does not budge. Fed up, Jon kicks the back of the chair, launching Garfield out. Jon sits down, but Garfield smartly remarks, "My cushion!" as he grins and points at it.
Additions:
- Garfield looks at the audience and lifts his eyebrows a couple of times.
- Garfield and Jon get an extra "My chair!" each.
Tweaks:
- Garfield stands on the chair, something he didn't do in the strip as it was made before he regularly stood on two feet.
- Garfield grins at the end instead of just looking annoyed.

Snow is Cute[]

Quickie Name: Snow is Cute
Quickie Number: 58
Original Strip: 2/21/1988
Description: Nermal romps through a pile of snow and pops up next to Garfield. Nermal says how cute snow is, but Garfield is nervous about getting spotted by the neighbor kids. His fears are validated when the cats both get hit in the face with snowballs. They race for cover behind a fence and Garfield is given a proposition: give the neighbor kids Nermal or die. The kitten is confident that they'll stand their ground, but Garfield simply tosses him over the fence.
Additions:
- Nermal has an extra line, "Snow is cute!"
- After Garfield throws Nermal into the crossfire, the latter gets pelted by snowballs, which doesn't happen in the strip.

Phone Calls[]

Quickie Name: Phone Calls
Quickie Number: 59
Original Strip: 6/4/1989
Description: Garfield is in his bed, trying to sleep, but the never-ending ringing of the phone is too irritating for him to snooze. He storms over to it and wonders where Jon is. The cat takes it upon himself to silence the phone by tying a knot in the phone cord, backing up the ring and causing the cord to inflate like a balloon. He goes back to sleep, satisfied, when Jon comes up and notices the knot. He unties it and is propelled backwards by the huge ring contained in the cord.
Additions:
- While tying the cord, Garfield gets an additional line: "I'll fix this!"
Tweaks:
- The phone is a different color, and Jon's line is slightly tweaked to "Who tied a knot in my phone cord?"

Surfing[]

Quickie Name: Surfing
Quickie Number: 60
Original Strip: 6/11/1989
Description: Garfield peeks into the laundry room and grabs the ironing board. He folds it up and carries it with him into the shower, along with a drain plug. He enters and closes the door behind him. Jon then walks up--whistling what might be the Garfield and Friends theme song Friends Are There--and opens the shower, only to be swept away by a tidal wave to gush out with Garfield riding the ironing board like a professional surfer. When the water died down, Jon is lying in the hallway, asking Garfield why he can't just bat at a piece of string.
Additions:
- Garfield appears to the views and says, "All set!" before closing the door behind him.
- He also says "Surfs up!" while riding the wave, something he doesn't say in the strip.
Tweaks:
- Jon wears a different colored robe and sandals instead of bunny slippers.
Subtractions:
- Odie, who makes a brief cameo in the strip, is not present in the Quickie.

Eating Cookies[]

Quickie Name: Eating Cookies
Quickie Number: 61
Original Strip: 6/25/1989
Description: Odie runs up to the cookie jar, looks around him, and sneakily slips inside. Garfield wakes up and realizes it's "time for [his] 2:17 PM snack." He dashes into the kitchen and licks his lips as he eyes the cookie jar greedily. He climbs onto the counter, and rubs his paws, ready to devour the cookies in the jar. He lifts the lid and dumps its contents into his mouth, only for Odie, who is eating a cookie, to fall out and into his open mouth.
Additions:
- Odie running up and hiding himself in the cookie jar is something that doesn't happen in the strip.
- Garfield gets an additional line: "Now, nothing is gonna stop me from those cookies!" while rubbing his paws together.
Tweaks:
- The cookie jar is a different color.
Subtractions:
- Garfield does not struggle nearly as much to reach the countertop the way he does in the strip.
- While Odie makes chewing noises in the strip, they are absent in the Quickie.

Coffee Rotation[]

Quickie Name: Coffee Rotation
Quickie Number: 62
Original Strip: 3/23/1986
Description: Garfield--on all fours--walks up to his coffee cup and sips it. He is disgusted by it, as the taste is too weak, and dumps it into Jon's shoe and walks away. Jon puts on his shoes and feels the coffee inside. He promptly takes the shoe off and wrings his sock into Odie's bowl. Odie licks it, and is also grossed out. He gets up and dumps it into another coffee cup, from which Garfield sips. He now approves the taste.
Additions:
- Garfield licks his lips at the end, something he doesn't do in the strip.
- He adds "Mmmmm" to his last line.
Tweaks:
- Jon's line is changed to "What's going on here?!"
- Odie's bowl is a different color so is Garfield's coffee cup.
- Odie gags--instead of holding his throat--and deliberately dumps the coffee into Garfield's cup, while in the strip he seems to be unaware of what he did.

Blame[]

Quickie Name: Blame
Quickie Number: 63
Original Strip: 3/16/1986
Description: Garfield tiptoes on the mantle and pushes a vase to the edge of the mantle. He then loosens the bolts on the chandelier and props the window open with a ruler. Jon returns home and slams the door behind him, causing the vase to fall, the window to slam and break, and the chandelier to crash onto the floor, startling Odie, who runs off immediately. Jon instantly blames Garfield for it, and the cat wonders why he gets blamed for everything.
Additions:
- Odie ran off after being startled by the lamp crashing, something he didn't do in the strip.
Tweaks:
- A few things are different colors:
  - The ruler used to keep the window open.
  - The vase and ceiling lamp.

Chocolate Pudding[]

Quickie Name: Chocolate Pudding
Quickie Number: 64
Original Strip: 6/7/1989
Description: Jon carries a basket of laundry into the laundry room and dumps the dirty clothes into the washing machine. He turns it on and leaves, but quickly races back and sees his clothes spinning in brown glop. Jon yells for Garfield and demands why he filled the washing machine with brown glop. Garfield retaliates (saying Jon's name similarly to the way Jon called him) by demanding to know why Jon put dirty laundry in his chocolate pudding.
Additions:
- Practically everything before Jon yelled for Garfield is new, things like:
  - Jon walking to the laundry room
  - Jon realizing the laundry is spinning in pudding.
- At the end, Jon exasperatedly lies on the washer. The strip ends before he does that.

Vet: Garfield clucks after telling Odie a fib about an uncle who got his brain replaced with a chicken brain during a trip to the vet.

Vet[]

Quickie Name: Vet
Quickie Number: 65
Original Strip: 7/16/1989
Description: Jon asks Odie to guess who's going to the vet today, practically implying that it will be the pup who will get the vet visit. Seeing the opportunity, Garfield takes the chance to tell Odie about an uncle of his who went to the vet. This uncle got his brain replaced with the brain of a chicken and proceeded to "break into grocery stores so he could sit on the eggs." Odie whimpers, but then Jon tells them that Garfield is the one going, much to the latter's surprise, and Odie's delight. Garfield then starts clucking and flapping his arms like a chicken, and Odie chuckles his friend's expense.
Additions:
- Odie gets a line, "Huh?" after hearing the first half of Garfield's lie.
Tweaks:
- Odie is sitting instead of standing.
- Aome of Garfield's stances and hand motions are changed.
- Instead of Garfield leaving to "preen [his] feathers", like in the strip, Garfield clucks at the end.
Subtractions:
- Jon's last line, "You heard me", is cut.

Worth a Quarter[]

Quickie Name: Worth a Quarter
Quickie Number: 66
Original Strip: 7/23/1989
Description: Garfield grabs a banana from the fruit basket, peels it, and replaces the phone with it. He tiptoes away and runs out the door to a nearby phonebooth. He deposits a quarter into the slot and dials Jon's number.Jon answers the phone, but then realizes it's a banana and loud crashing is heard through the phone. Garfield grins, enjoying a laugh, and says, "Hey, if that isn't worth the quarter, what is?"
Tweaks:
- Jon's reaction isn't screaming, but crashing and yelping.
- Garfield's punchline is changed, though it definitely is worth more than a quarter.

U.S. Acres Quickies[]

Waller[]

Quickie Name: Waller
Quickie Number: 12
Original Strip: 6/28/1987
Description: Orson is standing by his waller wearing goggles declaring he’s going to explore the bottom of the waller. He dives in, leaving his tail exposed. At the same time, Booker is chasing a worm. The worm soon evades Booker and the chick sees Orson’s tail mistaking it for the worm. Booker bites it and then a big bubble emerges from the waller much to his confusion. The bubble soon floats towards Wade who pops it and is then blown away in fright by Orson’s scream of pain from the bubble leaving him stuck up a tree.

Rampage[]

References[]

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[3] ttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rFuRnttMAY4

[4] ttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=26fE87I3Vfg

[5] ttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V63gXolCJe0&list=PL416Ms2ciOHe_Sm_91CDwFMOCVEHAdgn8

[6] ttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9QKJ1mbO4Gw

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