Garfield (Comic Strip)/Characters: Difference between revisions

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The strip's title character. Most of the time, he's a fat, lazy, cynical cat, with Jon being the main victim of his constant sarcasm. Many of the strip's gags revolve around his constant eating and/or sleeping, as well as offering plenty of sarcasm towards Jon and abuse towards Odie.

* [[Acid Reflux Nightmare]]: Garfield [http://garfield.nfshost.com/1987/01/11/ had] [http://garfield.nfshost.com/1988/01/10/ several] [http://garfield.nfshost.com/1984/10/14/ of] [http://garfield.nfshost.com/1988/09/25/ these], one interestingly from [http://garfield.nfshost.com/1998/09/13/ drinking too much coffee.]

* [[Acid Reflux Nightmare]]: Garfield [https://web.archive.org/web/20110811205054/http://garfield.nfshost.com/1987/01/11/ had] [https://web.archive.org/web/20110811210317/http://garfield.nfshost.com/1988/01/10/ several] [https://web.archive.org/web/20110811220930/http://garfield.nfshost.com/1984/10/14/ of] [https://web.archive.org/web/20110811203648/http://garfield.nfshost.com/1988/09/25/ these], one interestingly from [https://web.archive.org/web/20110811201942/http://garfield.nfshost.com/1998/09/13/ drinking too much coffee.]

* [[Acrofatic]]: For a cat who is supposedly morbidly obese, Garfield is surprisingly athletic when he wants to be. [[Lampshade Hanging|Subtly lampshaded]] in an early strip when Garfield ran so fast that he went ''straight up one wall, across the ceiling, and down the opposite wall''! Jon noted that "I know cats are fast, but that's ridiculous."

** Another strip shows Garfield voluntarily jogging, of all things. He tells the reader that even he can run when he has the proper motivation, and in the last panel we see that he's chasing an ice cream truck.

* [[Anti-Hero]]: Type [[V/Villain Protagonist|V]], at least in the comic strip. [http://www.garfield.com/comics/vault.html?yr=1988&addr=881209 This unedited comic] exemplifies this well, as it is very typical of how Garfield does things in the comics. It was once used for [[Crosses the Line Twice]], and for good reason.

* [[Anti-Hero]]: Type [[V/Villain Protagonist|V]], at least in the comic strip. [http://www.garfield.com/comics/vault.html?yr=1988&addr=881209 This unedited comic]{{Dead link}} exemplifies this well, as it is very typical of how Garfield does things in the comics. It was once used for [[Crosses the Line Twice]], and for good reason.

** He [[Took a Level In Kindness]] for [[The Garfield Show]], bringing him down to Type III/IV, depending on the show.

* [[Anti Role Model]]: Undoubtedly.

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* [[Cats Are Superior]]: And try telling him otherwise.

* [[Centipede's Dilemma]]: The first time Garfield moved around on only two legs, Jon pointed out that cats couldn't do that, invoking this trope, in a way. Doesn't stop him from making bipedalism his preferred mode of travel in the new strips, though.

** In [http://garfield.nfshost.com/1983/05/09/ one strip], Jon asks Garfield which way he puts his feet down when he walks. Garfield is then paralyzed, saying, "I'll never walk again."

** In [http://garfield.nfshost.com/1983/05/09/ one strip]{{Dead link}}, Jon asks Garfield which way he puts his feet down when he walks. Garfield is then paralyzed, saying, "I'll never walk again."

* [[Child-Hater]]: Though he has [http://garfield.nfshost.com/1985/05/03/ a good reason for it]

* [[Child-Hater]]: Though he has [http://garfield.nfshost.com/1985/05/03/ a good reason for it]{{Dead link}}

* [[Deadpan Snarker]]: Most of the time.

* [[Does Not Like Spam]]: His least favorite foods are raisins and spinach.

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* [[Jerkass]]

* [[Jerk with a Heart of Gold]]: Although he constantly abuses both Jon and Odie, he does seem to love them both deep down. His softer side is most prominent around Christmastime.

* [[Karma Houdini]]: A extreme example - he can bully Jon, Odie, and Nermal (verbally and physically) and '''NEVER''' receive any punishment whatsoever. (Every rule has its exceptions, though, and [http://garfield.nfshost.com/1980/10/29/ sometimes] [http://garfield.nfshost.com/1984/08/11/ karma] ''[http://garfield.nfshost.com/1984/01/15/ does]'' [http://garfield.nfshost.com/1986/10/26/ get] [http://garfield.nfshost.com/1987/10/09/ him].)

* [[Karma Houdini]]: A extreme example - he can bully Jon, Odie, and Nermal (verbally and physically) and '''NEVER''' receive any punishment whatsoever. (Every rule has its exceptions, though, and [http://garfield.nfshost.com/1980/10/29/ sometimes]{{Dead link}} [http://garfield.nfshost.com/1984/08/11/ karma]{{Dead link}} ''[http://garfield.nfshost.com/1984/01/15/ does]{{Dead link}}'' [http://garfield.nfshost.com/1986/10/26/ get]{{Dead link}} [http://garfield.nfshost.com/1987/10/09/ him]{{Dead link}}.)

** Not so much in [[The Garfield Show]], where Jon tends to suspect Garfield of wrongdoing when something bad happens... and he's often right.

* [[Klatchian Coffee]]: One of his favorite ways of staying awake.

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* [[Never My Fault]]: His typical form of self-chastisement.

* [[Not a Morning Person]]

* [[Out-of-Character Moment]]: [http://garfield.nfshost.com/1979/05/28/ This strip]. Keep in mind that he had already established "I hate Mondays" as a [[Catch Phrase]].

* [[Out-of-Character Moment]]: [https://web.archive.org/web/20111112050820/http://garfield.nfshost.com/1979/05/28/ This strip]. Keep in mind that he had already established "I hate Mondays" as a [[Catch Phrase]].

** [[Invoked Trope]] in [http://images.ucomics.com/comics/ga/2002/ga021012.gif this strip].

** Also invoked at the end of ''Garfield's Halloween Adventure'':