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Mar 23, 2024 · Little do fans know, though, that Odie has actually spoken before, but only once since he was first introduced in 1978. In the Garfield comic released on June 15, 1980, Garfield aggressively begins poking at Jon, telling him to feed him.
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Odie generally appears as a yellow beagle who has two huge eyes with white sclera and black pupils, two long brown ears, a yellow muzzle and a big black nose. He has a very thin body with black spots around his hips, as well as short legs and four paws with two toes.
Odie was based on a car dealership commercial, written by Jim Davis, which featured Odie the Village Idiot. Davis liked the name Odie and decided to use it again. When Garfield was first submitted, Davis named the main dog character "Spot" before finding out that the name was already being used by another character (see the Trivia section below). O...
Odie is a lovable, seemingly dopey, kind, underweight, yellow-furred, brown-eared beagle, who is Garfield's best friend (and usual victim). Garfield is jealous of Odie. Although Garfield says that he is dumb, Odie can be relatively smart on occasion. He is capable of communicating articulate sentences through barks. Garfield once described him as "...
Intelligence
Odie's intelligence varies depending on the strip, film, or episode. Sometimes he is surprisingly brilliant, other times he only has the capacity to stare into space and slobber, and still other times, he is depicted as somewhere inbetween, not quite a genius, yet not quite brainless. Animated versions of Odie tend to be somewhat smarter than his depiction in the comic strip, although still lacking in certain areas. He has shown examples of relatively quick thinking from time to time, such as...
Speaking
Odie is the only animal character in the Garfield series without a recurring voice bubble, as he is portrayed as a "normal" house dog. Odie can say, "What?", "Yeah", "Huh?", "Mmm-hmm", "Ta-da!", "Uh-Uh", and "Oh no!". He has occasionally been shown thinking. In The Garfield Show, he says some intelligible sentences, and short phrases. When he talks on Garfield and Friends, he speaks by moving his mouth, although other dogs do not do so. Odie speaks only in mumbles in a similar manner in Garfi...
Odie and Garfield
Odie is, to Garfield, a slobbering, smiling house-pet. Due to this view, Garfield sometimes underestimates Odie, allowing Odie to get the upper hand. Garfield acknowledges this by saying short, catchy phrases that sometimes anger Odie. On numerous occasions, Garfield actually does care a great deal for Odie, most notably in Here Comes Garfield, in which Odie is briefly captured by the dogcatcher and Garfield tearfully realizes through flashbacks of him and Odie playing together how sad his li...
1. Here Comes Garfield(1982) 2. Garfield on the Town(1983) 3. Garfield in the Rough(1984) 4. Garfield's Halloween Adventure(1985) 5. Garfield in Paradise(1986) 6. Garfield Goes Hollywood(1987) 7. A Garfield Christmas(1987) 8. Happy Birthday, Garfield!(1988) 9. Garfield: His 9 Lives(1988) 10. Garfield's Babes and Bullets(1989) 11. Garfield's Thanksgiving(1989) 12. Garfield's Feline Fantasies(1990) 13. Garfield Gets a Life(1991)
Odie appears in all episodes of The Garfield Show except "It's a Cheese World", "Meet Max Mouse" and "Black Cat Blues".
Odie was going to be named Spot until Jim Davis found out this name was being used for another character. This was shown in the original Jon comics and referenced in the August 15th 1978 strip, whe...In his earliest appearances, Odie had black ears. They were recolored to brown on September 27, 1979, supposedly to avoid confusion with Snoopy from Peanuts("Hint: The pooch works for 'peanuts', bu...In animated media, Odie's appearance is usually announced by the sound of the cavalry's bugling.Despite being established as a primary character, Odie has been absent for as long as three months in the comic strip. Jim Davis admitted in 30 Years of Laughs and Lasagnathat Odie is very hard to...The best explanation that I can give is that Odie's lack of thought bubbles is a relic from early installment weirdness. Garfield was the only animal in the strip before Odie appeared. The strip largely took place from Garfield's point of view, and he was the only animal who could have thought bubbles because of this. This made sense.
Aug 21, 2024 · Odie somehow sees the words in Garfield's thought balloon, and reacts by giving Garfield a big hug to show him that the feeling is mutual. It seems Odie didn't just prove to be the MVP in this comic, but also in Garfield's life, as the orange cat finally admits his true feelings for his fellow pet.
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Oct 12, 2024 · Odie was introduced as Lyman’s dog when he briefly moved in with Jon, but after Lyman’s mysterious disappearance (don’t look in Jon’s basement), Odie became Jon’s dog - much to Garfield’s dismay. Since then, Garfield has consistently bullied Odie, and the seemingly dim-witted dog fell for all of Garfield’s cruel pranks.
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Odie is the tritagonist of the Garfield franchise. He was created by Jim Davis. He is both Garfield's best friend and frenemy who he often calls a "dumb dog." However, Odie is kind, loyal and caring but will, every now and again, stand up to Garfield mistreating him.
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Odie understands him the same way other animals do through thought balloons, but Odie doesn't "speak". Jon on the other hand usually understands him through obvious gestures like pointing or he gets lucky guessing what Garfield wants, but he can't "hear" him.
