List of characters in the Garfield franchise

This is a list of characters in the Garfield comic strip, created by Jim Davis. It includes notable characters from the comic strip as well as cartoons, and movies centered on the Garfield character, and is organized by what medium they appeared in first.

First Appearance: June 19, 1978

Garfield is the strip's title character. He is a lazy, fat Orange Tabby. He also appears to be more anthropomorphic and/or humanoid-like as the series passes by and there are more strips being made. He is usually depicted eating or sleeping. His favorite food is lasagna. Hates Mondays, spiders and raisins. Loves bullying Odie and mailing Nermal to Abu Dhabi. Garfield also hates Nermal but sometimes love him. His girlfriend is Arlene, who does not appear at all in Garfield and Friends, but Garfield and Friends has some episodes and specials of female cats as his love interest from time to time.

First Appearance: June 19, 1978

Jonathan Quincy "Jon" Arbuckle is the owner of Garfield and Odie. It is said several times that he is a cartoonist. When going out on a date, he dresses in loud, mismatched clothes. He has attempted to date several women, many of whom have turned him down. That was before it is revealed that Liz (see below), actually likes him, and now frequently go out on dates.

First Appearance: August 8, 1978

Odie is a yellow beagle, also owned by Jon. He was initially owned by Jon's roommate, Lyman (see below), but later became Jon's dog. Odie is often punted or pushed off the table by Garfield though Odie sometimes gets him back. He is almost always shown to be dumb, but there are several strips in which he seems to be smart and clever.

First Appearance: June 26, 1979

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