Garfield Originals is a 2D animated short series created by Jim Davis and Philippe Vidal. The series premiered in France on December 6, 2019, on France 3 and Okoo; it is also available on France.tv (a streaming platform available only in France). Half of the show's episodes aired on December 6, 2019; the remaining half aired on June 17, 2020. The show was released on Nick.com on June 19, 2020 in the United States and on The Garfield Show’s official YouTube channel on August 30, 2021, internationally. Unlike most incarnations in the Garfield franchise, Garfield Originals relies on physical comedy and is inspired by silent films.
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| Based on | Garfield by Jim Davis |
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| Directed by | Philippe Vidal |
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| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 24 (list of episodes) |
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| Running time | 3 minutes |
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| Release | December 6, 2019 – June 17, 2020 |
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| Garfield and Friends The Garfield Show | |
The series was developed with France's Dargaud Media and Ellipsanime.
Characters
edit- Gérard Surugue as Garfield
- Gregg Berger as Odie
- Bruno Choel as Jon
- Véronique Soufflet as Arlene & Dr. Liz Wilson
Structure
editIt is composed of 120 short films of thirty seconds.[1] Five short films will be divided into two segments.[2] Twelve short films are available now on the France TV website. As of October 2021, some of the shorts are now available on Nickelodeon's website.[3]
Production
editMadLab Animations, created by Ankama Animations and Ellipsanime Productions, is the animation studio for the show.[4][5]
Episodes
editSeason 1 (2019-20)
edit| No. | Title | Directed by | Original France Air Date | |
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| 1 | "Burping Madness" | Phillipe Vidal | December 6, 2019 | |
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Short 1: Garfield does a burp for hours by drinking a bottle of soda in front of Jon, then suddenly drank a larger one. Short 2: Jon and Garfield repeatedly fight over a can of soda for burping, until Squeak drinks it all and burps loudly. Short 3: Odie plays a tune on the piano and Garfield burps the Blue Danube tune as a successful talent. The song ends with arm farts. Short 4: While eating cat food with Arlene, Garfield burps thrice, but fills the gas in the paper lunch bag. Arlene opens the bag and hears a loud burp. Short 5: When they're eating, Garfield, Odie and Jon notices themselves doing a burping sympathy. Then, mice and spiders came to applaud the three. | ||||
| 2 | "Can't Sleep!" | Phillipe Vidal | December 6, 2019 | |
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Short 1: Garfield struggles to close a blind for him to sleep due to the lightning. Short 2: Squeak wakes up Garfield during a nap with a guitar and two amplifiers. Squeak uses the guitar again to ease Garfield back asleep, only for him to frighten Garfield and shatter the screen. Short 3: Garfield gets constantly irritated by the telephone. He maims the telephone, only for his alarm clock to ring. Short 4: After throwing away an alarm clock, Odie fetches the clock back. This happens three times, with Garfield throwing the clock in Odie's mouth the third time. Short 5: A spider tickles Garfield in his sleep. When Garfield flings it away, the spider grabs his friends to trap Garfield in a web. | ||||
| 3 | "Meal Time" | Phillipe Vidal | December 6, 2019 | |
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Short 1: Garfield uses four mice to distract Jon from his food in order to eat it. Short 2: Garfield, Odie, and Jon challenge who can eat the most peppers. When Garfield sneaks the entire contents of the bowl into Jon's sandwich, the spiciness causes Jon to burn Garfield and Odie. Short 3: Jon tries to defend his food from Garfield and Odie. He tries to eat a doughnut after Garfield and Odie chow down his meal, only for the two to attempt to eat his doughnut. Short 4: Garfield and Jon play with vegetables to make funny faces. When a scary creature (who turns out to be Odie) shows up, they run in fear. Short 5: Odie makes an enormous mess while eating his dog food. | ||||
| 4 | "Tricking Nermal" | Phillipe Vidal | December 6, 2019 | |
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Short 1: Garfield pranks Nermal with a cardboard cutout of him. When Nermal arrives at it, she starts crashing cymals hardly to wake him. Short 2: Nermal tries to bomb Garfield, but backfires when a mirror distracts him. Short 3: Nermal fishes for Pooky out the window. Short 4: Nermal finds an empty cat bed, which is a trap Garfield put to send him to Abu Dhabi. Short 5: Garfield hogs a mirror. When Nermal tries to get it, he hits his head and Garfield shows him the injury. | ||||
| 5 | "Pet Door" | Phillipe Vidal | December 6, 2019 | |
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Short 1: Jon comes up with the idea of letting his pets through the pet door. This backfires when an excessive amount of pets enter the door. Short 2: Garfield and Odie fight with the pet door. When Odie lifts the door up, Garfield crashes into a wall. Short 3: Garfield fights Odie to use the pet door, and vice versa. This baffles Jon when the two walk connected with the door. Short 4: Jon tries to enter through the pet door. He gets stuck, and his pets give him makeup while he's at it. The mailman falls in love with Jon too. Short 5: Garfield gets stuck in the door. When Odie helps him, he goes through, only to be elongated. | ||||
| 6 | "Pumpkin Trouble" | Phillipe Vidal | December 6, 2019 | |
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Short 1: Garfield marks a face in a pumpkin, but when he attempts to carve it, the pumpkin comes to life and runs away. Short 2: Garfield attempts to scare Odie using a carved pumpkin on his head, which somehow scared Jon instead. Short 3: When Nermal scared Garfield with a spider decoy, he tried to scare him back trying to be a ghost then a pumpkin head, then colours Nermal's nose red and showed in the mirror, scaring him. Short 4: As Garfield tries to grow a pumpkin, Odie pees on the seed causing it grow too much with a pumpkin on Garfield. Short 5: Garfield is hurting Nermal's chance for lying down on the pumpkin seeds. When he finally gets a chance, the pumpkin quickly grown, launching him away. | ||||
| 7 | "Treadmill Trouble" | Phillipe Vidal | December 6, 2019 | |
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Short 1: Odie rubs his treadmill skills to Garfield but when he tries, he crashes through the wall. Short 2: Garfield tries to sleep on the treadmill but it repeatedly turns on automatically whenever he does. Short 3: Garfield attempts to use the treadmill, but it went too fast that it caught his tongue making him pant like Odie. Short 4: Garfield (holding Pookie), Squeak, other mice, and Odie attempts to use the treadmill one by one, but each of them crashed into the wall, collapsing it. Jon tries to use the treadmill, then he destroys the house. Short 5: As food is served, Garfield tries to leave the treadmill, but it turns on as he ran, with Odie eating both of their food. | ||||
| 8 | "Waking Jon!" | Phillipe Vidal | December 6, 2019 | |
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Short 1: Garfield tries to wake up Jon to get fed overnight but instead moves his bed out of the room. Short 2: Garfield wants to sit on the sofa, but Jon was sleeping on it. He wakes him up using the radio. Short 3: Odie tries to wake up Jon so he can take him for a walk Short 4: Garfield and Odie try to wake up Jon for food. Short 5: Garfield tries to prank Jon with a ghost disguise waking him up with horror. | ||||
| 9 | "Mice Phobia" | Phillipe Vidal | December 6, 2019 | |
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Short 1: Garfield gets Squeak to scare Jon out of his chair by placing cheese next to him. Short 2: Jon freaks out and starts acting crazy when he spots Squeak roaming the living room. Short 3: Jon gets suspicious when Squeak orders his fellow mice to collect food. Short 4: When Jon spots Squeak, he jumps very high from his chair. Short 5: Garfield tries to distract Jon with Squeak in order to get his coffee. | ||||
| 10 | "Chair Mayhem" | Phillipe Vidal | December 6, 2019 | |
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Short 1: Garfield is unable to watch his favorite show when Odie keeps drooling on him. Short 2: Odie scares Garfield with a decoy spider but ends up getting scared himself. Short 3: Garfield watches his favorite show but Jon and Odie also want to watch kicking him out of his sofa. Short 4: In an attempt to sit in the sofa, Garfield scares Jon with Squeak, but wJon screams too loud, destroying everything in the house. Short 5: Garfield sits in the sofa but when Jon also sits in it, Garfield tricks him into leaving. | ||||
| 11 | "Sweet Arlene" | Phillipe Vidal | December 6, 2019 | |
| 12 | "Up a Tree" | Phillipe Vidal | December 6, 2019 | |
| 13 | "Did You Say Cake" | Phillipe Vidal | June 17, 2020 | |
| 14 | "Mosquito" | Phillipe Vidal | June 17, 2020 | |
| 15 | "Mind the Vet" | Phillipe Vidal | June 17, 2020 | |
| 16 | "Big Dog" | Phillipe Vidal | June 17, 2020 | |
| 17 | "Spider Wars" | Phillipe Vidal | June 17, 2020 | |
| 18 | "Donuts Mania" | Phillipe Vidal | June 17, 2020 | |
| 19 | "Beach Boogie" | Phillipe Vidal | June 17, 2020 | |
| 20 | "Mailman!" | Phillipe Vidal | June 17, 2020 | |
| 21 | "Sleepwalk!" | Phillipe Vidal | June 17, 2020 | |
| 22 | "Scratching!" | Phillipe Vidal | June 17, 2020 | |
| 23 | "Bouncing Ball" | Phillipe Vidal | June 17, 2020 | |
| 24 | "Pookie Time" | Phillipe Vidal | June 17, 2020 | |
Notes
edit- ^ This is the French voice cast of the show except for Gregg Berger but because the show has no dialogue, it was never dubbed intentionally.
References
edit- ^ "Paws Inc. Closing Indiana Headquarters". Licensing International. February 4, 2019. Retrieved August 24, 2019.
- ^ "GARFIELD ORIGINALS - EP01 - Burping madness". YouTube. August 30, 2021.
- ^ "Garfield - Official TV Series".
- ^ "Garfield Originals (en production)". Mediatoon-distribution.com. Archived from the original on April 22, 2017. Retrieved August 24, 2019.
- ^ "Garfield Celebrates the Big 4-0 But Skips the Middle-Age Crisis". garfield.com. May 7, 2018. Archived from the original on August 6, 2019. Retrieved August 24, 2019.
