Pet Matchers

The Garfield Show
Season 1, Episode 10a
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Air date	November 19, 2009
Written by	Mike Puley (dialogue by Mark Evanier)
Production #	119
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Pet Matchers is the nineteenth episode from the first season of The Garfield Show.

Synopsis

After constant bickering between Garfield and Jon, they go on Pet Matchers to see if they are compatible.

Plot

Garfield and Jon are running around the house, arguing over matters such as the last pizza slice. Squeak and Odie are both upset with the duo’s lack of harmony (with Squeak noting that he’s “a sensitive rodent”). Later on, as Garfield and Jon argue over whether to watch a monster movie or a music show, Squeak and Odie get the channel changed to Pet Matchers, a game show that links compatible pets and owners together. Garfield and Jon decide to go on the show to see if they’re compatible for each other, much to the delight of Squeak and Odie.

On Pet Matchers, a computer shows the interests of Garfield and Jon, with the computer ultimately deeming them incompatible. Garfield’s new owner becomes Freddie Applegate, a hyperactive 9-year old, while Jon’s new pet becomes a frog. At the Arbuckle house, Jon and Odie get little activity, and excitement, from the frog; Jon soon decides it is “the most boring pet in the world”. At Freddie’s house, Garfield dislikes living with Freddie, since he can’t get the food he wants and ends up playing games like “Rocket to Mars” and “Cops and Robbers”.

Soon, Garfield and Jon look for each other, and are soon reunited. Meanwhile, Freddie gets the frog as a new pet, while Odie is shown to be happy to have Garfield and Jon back together. As a consolation gift from Pet Matchers, all five of them get “the ideal vacation spot”, which is in an arctic location.

Characters

Main Characters

• Garfield
• Jon Arbuckle
• Freddy Applegate

Major Characters

• Frog
• Odie
• Chuck Yenta
• Squeak

Minor Characters

• Camera Man 1
• Camera Man 2
• Penguins

Trivia

• The Pet Matchers show was also seen briefly in Virtualodeon.
• This episode shows Jon's favorite sport is golf.
• "The Garfield Show" theme song was heard when Garfield drives the getaway car and he and when Jon run back to each other.
• This is the first time Jon's last name was mispronounced, it will later be mispronounced in With Four You Get Pizza.

Gallery

The Garfield Show

Episodes Season 1 Season 2 Season 3 Season 4 Season 5 "Pasta Wars" "Mother Garfield" "Orange and Black" "Freaky Monday" "Bone Diggers" "The Robot" "Catnap" "Agent X" "A Game of Cat and Mouse" "Perfect Pizza" "King Nermal" "Desperately Seeking Pooky" "High Scale" "Jon's Night Out" "Not So Sweet Sound of Music" "Turkey Trouble" "Pup in the Pound" "Odie in Love" "Pet Matchers" "Lucky Charm" "Curse of the Were-Dog" "Meet the Parents" "Down on the Farm" "The Pet Show" "Curse of the Cat People" "Glenda & Odessa" "Underwater World" "Family Picture" "Time Twist" "Time Master" "Fish to Fry" "Little Yellow Riding Hood" "Fame Fatale" "Virtualodeon" "It's a Cat's World" "Mailman Blues" "Extreme Housebreaking" "Heir Apparent" "Caroling Capers" "From the Oven" "Neighbor Nathan" "History of Dog" "Up a Tree" "It's a Cheese World" "Nice to Nermal" "Out on a Limb" "Super Me" "Mastermind" "The Amazing Flying Dog" "The Last Word" "Iceman" "T3000" "Home for the Holidays" (Part 1, Part 2), "Ticket to Riches" "Gravity of the Situation" "The Art of Being Uncute" "Night of the Bunny Slippers" "Blasteroid" "The Big Sneeze" "The Spy Who Fed Me" "Meet Max Mouse" "The Haunted House" "Which Witch" "Cyber Mailman" "Odie for Sale" "Farm Fresh Feline" "Dog Days" "Planet of Poultry" "With Four You Get Pizza" "The Bluebird of Happiness" "Inside Eddie Gourmand" "Fido Food Feline" "Everything's Relative" "Honey, I Shrunk the Pets" "Garfield Astray" "History of Cats" "Black Cat Blues" "Cuter Than Cute" "Great Pizza Race" "Master Chef" "Guest from Beyond" "Depths of a Salesman" "Night of the Apparatuses" "Land of Hold" "Penny Henny" "A Gripping Tale" "Wicked Wishes" "Jumbo Shrimpy" "Pirate Gold" "Me, Garfield and I" "Detective Odie" "Stealing Home" "Full of Beans" "Love & Lasagna" "True Colors" "Mind Over Mouse" "The Big Sleep" "Pampered Pussycat" "Parrot Blues" "Rain or Shine" "The Mole Express" "Unfair Weather" (Part 1, Part 2) "Furry Tales" (Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4) "Kind to Kittens" "Little Angel" "Prehistoric Pup" "Land of Later" "Laugh in a Can" "The Non-Garfield Show" "The Caped Avenger Rides Again!" "The Superhero Apprentice" "Teddy Dearest" "Bath Day" "What a Difference a Pet Makes" "Garfield Gets Canned" "Partners in Mime" "Boris the Snowman" "Long Lost Lyman" (Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4), "The Golden Lasagna Awards" "Pawparazzi" "It's About Time" "Online Arbuckle" "Muscle Mouse" "The Write Stuff" "Cupid Cat" "The Control Freak" "Every Witch Way" "Revenge of the Cat People" "The Garfield-Only Show" "Filthy Fugitives" "Smartest Dog in the World" "Farmer Garfield" "More Than Meets the Eye" "Fast Friends" "Where's Odie?" "Doggone Jon" "The Mysterious Machine" "Fitness Crazed" "Little Trouble in Big China" (Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4) "My Friend, Nermal" "Take a Ferret to Lunch" "Bride and Broom" "Problems, Problems, Problems" "Two Times the Trouble" "The Great Trade-Off" "Lion Queen" (Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5) "Bewitched" (Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5) "The Mean Machine" (Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5) "Glitter Gulch" (Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5) "Against All Tides" (Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5) "Lasagna Tree" (Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5) "Into the Wild" (Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5) "Double Vision" "My Cousin Petunia" "Barking Mad" "Garfception" "For Mice" "The Six-Can Solution" "Silence of the Sheep" "Bulldog of Doom" "Mother Owl" "Home Sweet Home" "Whatever Happened to Aunt Ivy?" "Delicious Donut Day" "Little Miss Mouse" "Stink, Stank, Skunk!" "Jon 2" "My Dog, the Cat" "World Without Me" "Fraidy Cat" "The Very, Very Long Night" "Rodent Rebellion" (Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4)