The Story of Here Comes Garfield is a book released in 1984. It is an adaptation of the TV special of the same name.
Plot[]
When Garfield wakes up one morning in the Arbuckle residence, he complains about mornings, then dogs, due to Odie giving him a fright. After noticing the lack of food in his bowl, Garfield wakes Jon Arbuckle up. Garfield pushes Odie off the table, before Odie scares him while he is eating. Garfield retaliates by shoving food in Odie's face, before the two fight. Jon tells them to go outside where they enjoy romping through flowers.
Hubert and Reba's dog Honey Bun appears and bites Garfield's tail. Garfield threatens the dog before she runs back to Hubert. Garfield and Odie decide to annoy them both by entering their property. Hubert first warns them, before trying to attack them with his stick, only to hit the hanging pot plant onto his head. In anger, Hubert calls the City Pound, who capture Odie while Garfield flees.
After Garfield knocks the front door down onto Jon, the cat tries to explain to Arbuckle where Odie is by doing impressions, but Jon does not understand, much to the cat's annoyance. Later, Garfield begins to miss Odie and remembers when they were puppy and kitten. Garfield goes to bed before waking up at Midnight. After having a large midnight snack, he decides to break Odie out of captivity.
He arrives at the city pound and tries to take the cell keys from the City Pound Guard, only to be thrown into the cell. Garfield finds Odie and scolds him about the situation. Another captured animal named Fast Eddy tells Garfield to take it easy on Odie as if no one comes to retrieve the latter, he will be put down at dawn. He then tells Garfield the history of the captured animals before everyone goes to sleep.
With no escape for either of them, Garfield consoles Odie through the night. When dawn arrives, Garfield sadly has memories of when the two were young. A guard comes to take Odie away while Garfield tries to stop him. Garfield is unable to, and him and Odie say goodbye by holding each other's paws.
Meanwhile, a little girl and her family arrive to adopt a pet, before she selects Garfield. With the cage open, Garfield and the other pets run out. Garfield bites the guard, freeing his grip on Odie before the two try to make it out. The dog catcher blocks the main door, making the animals attack him. They manage to break the door down as they all run free. As Jon is fixing the front door, Garfield and Odie bash it down onto him again, before they celebrate their escape. Jon assumes that they had been out all night singing on the fence and chasing cars while he was worrying. They assure him they were do that before both give Jon a kiss.