Jim Davis
Director
Garfield & Friends (1988)
Season 5
The animated stories of Garfield the cat, Odie the dog, their owner Jon and the trouble they get into. And also Orson the Pig and his adventures on a farm with his fellow farm animals.
Released Sept. 17, 1988
Episode 7 min
6+
Genres: Animation, Comedy, Family, Kids
Keywords: tmdb.cartoon-cat, tmdb.cartoon-dog, imdb.garfield-the-cat-character, imdb.male-protagonist, imdb.lasagna, imdb.anthropomorphic-cat, imdb.anthropomorphic-animal + 36 more, imdb.1980s, imdb.pig, imdb.farm, imdb.rooster, imdb.dog, imdb.cat, imdb.talking-animal, imdb.cartoon-cat, imdb.cartoon-dog, imdb.veterinarian, imdb.scheme, imdb.laziness, imdb.based-on-comic-strip, imdb.animal-character-name-in-title, imdb.three-word-title, imdb.jon-arbuckle-character, imdb.odie-the-dog-character, imdb.animals-family, tmdb.farm, tmdb.slapstick-comedy, tmdb.based-on-comic, imdb.musical-cartoon, imdb.adventure-cartoon, imdb.fantasy-cartoon, imdb.year-1986, imdb.1986, imdb.animal-name-in-title, imdb.slapstick-comedy, imdb.sketch-comedy, imdb.hand-drawn-animation, imdb.four-fingers-on-the-hands, tmdb.cat, tmdb.playful, tmdb.sarcastic, tmdb.comforting, tmdb.casual
Watch Providers: Tubi TV, The Roku Channel, Pluto TV, Peacock Premium, Peacock Premium Plus + 2 more, Plex, Plex Channel
Production Companies: Paws, United Media Productions, Lee Mendelson Film Productions, Film Roman
Network: CBS
Country: United States
Languages:
English
S5E1 - Home Away from Home
Garfield runs away, and is nearly smothered by his new owner, who believes Garfield is her missing cat.
Sept. 19, 1992, midnight
S5E2 - Rainy Day Robot
When Roy has to find water, he buys a robot that can alter any weather. Meanwhile, Orson's brothers try to steal the crop, disguised as a car.
Sept. 19, 1992, midnight
S5E3 - Odie the Amazing
Odie finds a magic wand tossed away by a magician. Garfield and Odie think that it is merely another stick.
Sept. 19, 1992, midnight
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S5E4 - The First Annual Garfield Watchers Test
Garfield hosts a quiz show while a spokesmouse continually advertises products.
Sept. 19, 1992, midnight
S5E5 - Stark Raven Mad
Orson tells his version of Edgar Allan Poe's The Raven, entitled The Rooster, which is about the main character (played by Orson) trying to guard his vegetables from the rooster (played by Roy). Meanwhile, Orson's brothers arrive to steal the crops.
Sept. 19, 1992, midnight
S5E6 - The Record Breaker
When Garfield and Odie accidentally break his record player, Jon tries to find a new one.
Sept. 19, 1992, midnight
S5E7 - Renewed Terror
After Jon subscribes to a magazine, the magazine salesman begins pestering and stalking him to renew his subscription.
Sept. 26, 1992, midnight
S5E8 - Badtime Story
Orson, too sick to read Chicken Licken to Booker and Sheldon, has the rest of the farm try to help.
Sept. 26, 1992, midnight
S5E9 - Tooth or Dare
A saber-tooth tiger—one that should have been extinct millions of years ago—trades places with an unwittingly involved Garfield.
Sept. 26, 1992, midnight
S5E10 - Country Cousin
In an effort to get married, Jon's cousin Roscoe looks for a job. Roscoe is hired to re-shingle the roof, mow the lawn, and vacuum the house, all of which result in the house being wrecked.
Sept. 26, 1992, midnight
S5E11 - The Name Game
Orson reads Rumpelstiltskin to Booker and Sheldon, who (along with Wade and Roy) keep making changes to the story (e.g. showing a miller's son instead of a daughter and making the title character a superhero).
Sept. 26, 1992, midnight
S5E12 - The Carnival Curse
After getting her arrested, Garfield is cursed by a fortune teller.
Sept. 26, 1992, midnight
S5E13 - Home Sweet Swindler
Heavy rain causes Jon's roof to leak. After a series of scams by Swindler, Jon finally sells his house to him.
Oct. 3, 1992, midnight
S5E14 - Forget-Me-Not Newton
Wade's dangerously forgetful cousin Newton comes to the farm looking for work. Meanwhile, Roy tries to build a rocket, and Gort tries to steal the tomato crop.
Oct. 3, 1992, midnight
S5E15 - The Great Inventor
Garfield tells the story of a cat in Ancient Rome who helped create lasagna.
Oct. 3, 1992, midnight
S5E16 - Taste Makes Waist
Jon buys a health food meal from an infomercial after going on a diet, only for it to be a scam. Garfield tries to get back at the advertiser.
Oct. 3, 1992, midnight
S5E17 - The Wolf Who Cried Boy
A wolf has been lurking around the farm, so Orson informs everyone of a bell system to alert everyone else if the wolf is seen. This gives Roy an idea to perform a practical joke similar to The Boy Who Cried Wolf.
Oct. 3, 1992, midnight
S5E18 - Day of Doom
Garfield finds a wishing well, and wishes to eliminate Mondays. He soon regrets his wish after learning that Monday is the day the garbage is collected, Jon mows the lawn, and Jon gets paid, among others.
Oct. 3, 1992, midnight
S5E19 - The Kitty Council
Garfield is put on trial by the Kitty Council for not meeting their expectations.
Oct. 10, 1992, midnight
S5E20 - The Bo Show
After the farm animals, except Bo, are kidnapped by Orson's brothers, Bo has to perform the rest of the episode himself by impersonating everyone.
Oct. 10, 1992, midnight
S5E21 - Bad Neighbor Policy
Garfield's neighbor goes into court to complain about Garfield's constant antics and ends up going mad after seeing Garfield's face.
Oct. 10, 1992, midnight
S5E22 - Canvas Back Cat
A wrestler challenges Jon to a wrestling match by making an excuse that Garfield eats his pizzas. It is up to Garfield to save Jon from the wrestler.
Oct. 10, 1992, midnight
S5E23 - Make Believe Moon
Orson imagines himself, Wade, and Roy taking a trip to the moon. Meanwhile, two weasels named Waylon and Spence attempt to steal the chickens.
Oct. 10, 1992, midnight
S5E24 - The Creature that Lived in the Refrigerator, Behind the Mayonnaise, Next to the Ketchup and to the Left of the Cole Slaw!
In "Garfield's Tales of Scary Stuff", a creature from the refrigerator comes alive and attempts to attack Jon, Garfield, and Odie.
Oct. 10, 1992, midnight
S5E25 - Airborne Odie
Odie finds a magic lamp inside a small cave at the beach and wishes to be able to fly.
Oct. 17, 1992, midnight
S5E26 - Once Upon a Time Warp
Wade tries to get his five dollars back from Roy. Orson gets fed up and tries to inspire Wade with historical moments.
Oct. 17, 1992, midnight
S5E27 - Bride and Broom
A witch wants to make Jon her husband when her boyfriend ditches him. Garfield and Odie must find the witch's boyfriend before the marriage.
Oct. 17, 1992, midnight
S5E28 - Cute for Loot
Garfield uses Nermal's cuteness to his advantage in an attempt to get food.
Oct. 17, 1992, midnight
S5E29 - The Caverns of Cocoa
Wade, Roy, and Orson discover a mine infested with chocolate—and then find out why it was abandoned. Orson's brothers show up and hope to eat the cocoa for themselves.
Oct. 17, 1992, midnight
S5E30 - Dream Date
Jon goes on a rigged dating show. Garfield tries to ruin the date without telling him the truth so that he is not as hurt.
Oct. 17, 1992, midnight
S5E31 - The Worst Pizza in the History of Mankind
Garfield tells the story of a terrible pizza-maker who angers all of the townspeople with his bad pizza.
Oct. 24, 1992, midnight
S5E32 - Jack II: The Rest of the Story
Upset with all of the plot-holes in Jack and the Beanstalk, Booker, Sheldon, Wade, and Roy write their own conclusion.
Oct. 24, 1992, midnight
S5E33 - The Garfield Opera
A musical set to Dance of the Hours based on Garfield's overeating habits is performed in a "serious cultural moment" provided by the Buddy Bears.
Oct. 24, 1992, midnight
S5E34 - Dummy of Danger
Jon gets a dummy for an upcoming ventriloquist act. Garfield discovers that it is alive and plotting to invade the world and enslave mankind.
Oct. 24, 1992, midnight
S5E35 - Sooner or Later
The wolf tells Roy about procrastination, and Roy spreads the word to the rest of the farm (except Orson) and starts a procrastinators meeting.
Oct. 24, 1992, midnight
S5E36 - Jumping Jon
Garfield hosts a show about "great moments in stupidity" after Jon takes up skydiving.
Oct. 24, 1992, midnight
S5E37 - Sound Judgement
When the sound effects supervisor quits, Garfield gives Odie the job of putting sound effects into the show.
Oct. 31, 1992, midnight
S5E38 - Gross Encounters
After Orson reads a book about aliens, everyone else on the farm gets addicted to them. This gives the wolf an idea to make everyone think there are aliens around, so that he can get the chickens.
Oct. 31, 1992, midnight
S5E39 - The Perils of Penelope
After dumping Brick, Penelope wants Garfield as her new boyfriend. Garfield is terrified of being near Penelope due to a threat from Brick.
Oct. 31, 1992, midnight
S5E40 - The Cartoon Cat Conspiracy
Garfield complains about cartoons starring cats, and makes his own.
Oct. 31, 1992, midnight
S5E41 - Who Done It?
Three dogs named Who, What, and Where come to work on the farm. For Roy and Wade, it quickly turns into an Abbott and Costello-type nightmare as they desperately try to figure out their names.
Oct. 31, 1992, midnight
S5E42 - The Picnic Panic
In a musical episode, Garfield tries to keep ants from ruining a picnic prepared by Jon.
Oct. 31, 1992, midnight
S5E43 - Ghost of a Chance
A ghost must prove his worth and scare Garfield.
Nov. 7, 1992, midnight
S5E44 - Roy Gets Sacked
Roy quits the show again and returns to The Buddy Bears.
Nov. 7, 1992, midnight
S5E45 - Revenge of the Living Lunch
In the fourth "Garfield's Tales of Scary Stuff" episode, a meteorite with the power to bring inanimate objects to life lands on Earth. It is passed on for decades, until it finally reaches the Arbuckle residence.
Nov. 7, 1992, midnight
S5E46 - Supersonic Seymour
In an attempt to get organized faster, Jon hires a salesman named Super Sonic Seymour, who cons him into doing way too many chores at a quick pace, to the point that he does not have time to feed his pets.
Nov. 7, 1992, midnight
S5E47 - A Mildly Mental Mix-Up
A psychiatrist badger named Edward R. Furrow counsels Wade while the wolf cons Roy into winning a vacation to Fiji in an attempt to steal the chickens.
Nov. 7, 1992, midnight
S5E48 - Garfield Rap
Garfield sends in his music video to Meow TV, which becomes the top #1 video of the week.
Nov. 7, 1992, midnight
Network: CBS
Episode Runtime: 7 min.
Season Runtime: 2541 min.
Released: Sept. 17, 1988
Last Air Date: Dec. 10, 1994, midnight
Status: Ended
Certification: TV-G
Common sense age: 6+
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