Garfield's Halloween Adventure
| Garfield's Halloween Adventure | |
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| Created by | Jim Davis |
| Written by | Jim Davis |
| Directed by | Phil Roman |
| Starring |
Lorenzo Music Thom Huge Gregg Berger C. Lindsay Workman Desiree Goyette |
| Theme music composer |
Ed Bogas and Desiree Goyette (music and lyrics) Lou Rawls and Lorenzo Music (vocals) |
| Country of origin |
 United States |
| Original language(s) | English |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) | Jay Poynor |
| Producer(s) | Phil Roman |
| Editor(s) | Mark R. Crookston Sam Horta |
| Running time | 24 minutes |
| Production company(s) |
Film Roman United Media Productions |
| Release | |
| Original network | CBS |
| Original release | October 30, 1985 |
| Chronology | |
| Preceded by | Garfield in the Rough |
| Followed by | Garfield in Paradise |
Garfield's Halloween Adventure (originally titled Garfield in Disguise) is a 1985 American animated television special based on the Garfield comic strip. It is directed by Phil Roman and written by Garfield creator Jim Davis, and features the voices of Lorenzo Music, Thom Huge, Gregg Berger and C. Lindsay Workman.
The special is a ghost story with a pirate theme, originally aired near Halloween and afterwards often played around the time of the holiday. It won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Animated Program and was also the subject of an illustrated children's book adaptation.
Garfield is awakened early in the morning by the obnoxious Binky the Clown Show and learns that it is Halloween, thrilled at the prospect of obtaining a mass of candy via trick-or-treating. He hatches the idea of deceiving Odie into thinking dogs are required to trick-or-treat with cats and give almost all of their candy to them, save one piece of candy for the dog. Odie is tempted by the minimal reward, and the two head for the attic to find costumes in an old trunk. After considering a number of options, Garfield decides on pirate costumes.
Jon Arbuckle gives them sacks and tells them to have a good time and not to be out too late. They head out trick-or-treating amongst children in the neighborhood. When Odie expresses fear, Garfield assures him the scary characters they see are only children in costumes, only to lift some of the costumes and discover the characters are actually supernatural. At the end of the evening, they arrive on a dock and Garfield decides to cross the river on a row boat to visit more houses. When Garfield tells Odie to put out the oars, Odie misunderstands the command and throws the oars overboard, leaving the boat adrift as the current takes it down the river.
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