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Garfield Show is an okay series and fits the character of Garfield well, but there are two things that bring it down.

1. The dated CGI. It isn't the worst 2000s era CGi animation I've seen, but it's definitely worse the wonderful 2D animation of And Friends.

2. THE SONGS. Garfield Show had these specials during Season 3 or 4 that HAD to feature musical number. Yeah, let's halt the whole show just to let Garfield sing about how he's the king of cats to some lion cubs! GREAT IDEA!

But then again this show is how I found Garfield as a whole, so it gets some brownie points for that. My recommendation: dip your shoe into it once, then run back the Garfield and Friends.

I really wanted to like this show, seeing as how I'm a huge fan of Garfield, but the animation and storylines just don't do it for me. The characters don't look all that bad, but I've definitely seen better CGI. Garfield is a thousand times cuter in the movie Garfield Gets Real than he is in this program. Oh yeah, by the way, what is up with the size of his feet??? Why are they so gigantic??? I think that looks incredibly dumb. A lot of the episodes are also stupid, even for a kid's show. I can count on my hand the episodes that made me laugh hard. Otherwise, I usually stop watching a majority of them halfway because they're just too dull and/or over the top silly, to the point of being more idiotic than humorous. In one episode an alien lands on earth to recharge his spaceship, comes to Garfield's house, cancels out gravity, so objects start floating around. In another episode, a little boy living in the neighborhood who's a wannabe mad scientist shrinks Garfield. In a third episode, a humongous squid makes its way into the city sewer and sucks Odie in, so Garfield has to save him. Really? What is the targeted age group for this show, preschool? If it is, I could see a child getting bored watching this. Kids are a lot smarter than people give them credit for. I understand The Garfield Show isn't supposed to be educational, but the writers could put in more of an effort to think of creative situations for the characters. There is a funny episode that has a slight problem. Garfield encounters a mouse who's supposed to be a little girl. She's extremely inquisitive - asking questions at a rapid fire speed (I don't know if this was intentional by the writers, but it's like she has high functioning autism and ADHD, because not only did she talk a mile a minute, but she would jump from one topic to another). She gets kidnapped by one of the alley cats, and he gets so annoyed by all of her questions that he tells her to shut up, more than once. I was surprised to hear that kind of language. I've never heard a character say that in a kid's show, and I've watched A LOT of cartoons over the years. My suggestion: if you have children, and you're introducing them to Garfield for the first time, watch Garfield and Friends. The plotlines of the episodes are way better. Plus I wouldn't want kids to think this show represents what Garfield originally looked like.

In this review I'm only talking about the facts. That should explain to you why it got a 6 instead of a 1 or a 2 compared to other reviewers.

The Garfield Show isn't a good cartoon, but shouldn't be watched as a last resort if their is nothing good on the TV. The first thing that should be said about the show is that it has very well done graphics. These are what Garfield characters should look like in 3D animation. The characters act like how they should, and have pretty good voices. Thank goodness. There is only one true problem with the show. A majority of their episode have poor stories. 35% of their plots are good. The rest are mediocre. There is this one episode where Garfield saved the Earth from alien Lasagnas. Yeah that's some story. One thing the Garfield show does perfectly, is breaking the forth wall. Even though it's way over used, It's good to know that it's never done badly. The Garfield Show is a cartoon that could have done better. In the end it stayed decent.

I've seen shows trying to copy or remake the old one, but 70% of the time it ends up a total failure and gets canceled after the first 3 episodes. This show however wasn't made for adults, you can obviously tell with all the cliché jokes and the same plot line.

There is one thing you have to thank this show for, keeping Garfield alive and strong. Kids aren't in to comic books, or comic "strips" as much as they were 2 decades ago, Since Garfield isn't really adapted to TV yet since the 1980s or so (sorry if I'm wrong I'm 15) The spirit of Garfield might of just died out if it wasn't for change and I think this is it, getting CHILDREN to like this show so who knows maybe one of them will carry on Garfield through another 20 years or so? we could only hope Garfield lives as long as it can even if we have to go through some change.

Oh and I never actually reviewed this show, I think its pretty funny at times I actually like the animation style its not to much I think the way Jon runs makes me laugh the most (not the way he was animated but the way he was meant to walk)I honestly think any kid would like this show, but I know really long Garfield fans would have a hard time to adjust.

"Garfield and Friends" is something I highly recommend. As with most people, I grew up with it and still love it to this day. "The Garfield Show" is good, it is nice to watch and quite entertaining, but in terms of charm and fun it is inferior. It is not quite the Garfield I grew up with. That said, the CGI animation here is very good indeed, with colourful background art and sharp character features. The theme tune is nice as well, and the voice acting was decent. Frank Welker is a brilliant voice actor, and while no Lorenzo Music who owned the character of Garfield, he is good. Oadie is quite adorable, then again I have always loved Oadie. And Jon is appealing enough. There are shortcomings however. One is the writing, it wasn't terrible, but it wasn't the dry and witty dialogue that made "Garfield and Friends" so enjoyable. Garfield's asides especially weren't as laugh out loud funny here. Another is Garfield himself, as I've said Welker was fine as his voice, but Garfield isn't quite the same here. He does eat a lot, thank goodness they didn't miss out the fact he loves lasagne, sometimes mischievous and not always that nice to Oadie, but here he isn't lazy enough. Also some of the stories are a little unoriginal and predictable. In conclusion, it is nice, but is it the best Garfield show out there? No, Garfield fans may be disappointed, but those looking for some harmless fun will like it. 6/10 Bethany Cox