Lola is a Persian cat Garfield originally encountered once on a beach and became romantically interested in, despite competition from Bonzo.
She appears later in two additional episodes.
Physical appearance[]
Lola appears in two different designs throughout the episodes.
Common traits[]
Regardless of the episode, Lola's fur is white and ruffled, supplemented by crimson red lipstick - without outlines in Seasons 2 & 3, outlined in Season 5. Her unique trait is a light blue retina color she has in Beach Blanket Bonzo, but does not retain in later episodes.
Lola initially had ears with inside lines in her premiere episode. Those disappeared in "Dessert in the Desert", however "The Garfield Rap" contains scenes where Lola is shown with both designs of ears.
Semi-anthropomorphic[]
In "Beach Blanket Bonzo", "Dessert in the Desert", and most of "The Garfield Rap" scenes, Lola appears to be the same height as Garfield. She is shown wearing a red two part swimsuit with purple eyeshadow in Season 2, and a blue, two-part swimsuit with matching eyeshadow in Season 3. The latest episode depicts Lola without eyeshadow. Certain scenes depict Lola without an outfit, although Lola is shown in at least two scenes dressed in skimpy outfits.
The Garfield Rap[]
Apart from her standard design, "The Garfield Rap" episode contains scenes, where Lola appears having a humanoid body with a black dress. Her ears in this design are the same as in "Dessert in the Desert".
Both desings shown in this episode seem lacking eyeshadow.
Personality[]
Despite already having a male partner in "Beach Blanket Bonzo", Lola seems interested enough in Garfield, since she accepted a seaweed gift from him (in lieu of flowers) and they were both about to kiss each other later on. A similar interest can be seen in "Dessert in the Desert", where she cannot understand why Garfield thought her to be a mirage. One of the latter scenes in "The Garfield Rap" depicts Lola being on a motorized date with Garfield, when he abandons the car because he smelled lasagna.
Trivia[]
- In "The Garfield Rap", the humanoid Lola does not have a tail. Certain scenes depict her with wrong fur color as well.
- Lola looks similar to Sonja from the Heathcliff animated series.
- Female cats with similar design appear in at least three different episodes, including Gwendolyn from "The Idol of Id", a blonde cat in Hawaiian outfit from "Video Airlines (Episode)" and a couple of cats in "The Garfield Rap". Fluffy from "Sit on It" episode also shares a similar design to Lola and the aforesaid characters. Lola can be easily distinguished by having less dense hair tufts around her temples than the aforesaid cats.