The Garfield Shorts (partially found animated television shorts; 2009-2012)
Poster of The Garfield Shorts used in Mediatoon Distribution's site.
Status: Partially Found
The Garfield Shorts (or Garfield tout court in France) is an animated show of 40 second episodes that served as promotional content for each season of The Garfield Show, produced by Dargaud Media and distributed by Mediatoon Distribution. The shorts aired on Boomerang in the EMEA regions. Produced in tandem with The Garfield Show, each season of the latter contains their own set number of shorts. According to Mediatoon’s website[1], there are 54 shorts and 80 songs: Season 1 contains twenty-six shorts, revolving around a running theme of visual gags. Season 2 contains twenty-eight shorts that serve as public service announcements (PSAs). For seasons 3 and 4, eighty shorts were produced, each one a unique song.
As the shorts in season 1 contain no dialogue, Boomerang in EMEA regions aired the shorts with English text. In France, the shorts aired on France 3 with French text. The shorts were included on both the American releases of The Garfield Show, released by Vivendi Entertainment and Cinedigm, and the French releases of Garfield & Cie, released by Citel Video.
Shorts
Each DVD from the United States contains five shorts. Of the first season, only twenty-five out of the twenty-six shorts were released on DVD. Of the second season, only twenty-five shorts of twenty-eight were officially released. No shorts from season 3 or season 4 were ever released within the United States.
- Odie Oh! (2010)[2]
- All You Need is Love (and Pasta) (2011)[3]
- Spooky Tails (2011)[4]
- Private-Eye Ventures (2011)[5]
- Dinosaur & Other Animal Adventures (2012)[6]
- Spring Fun Collection (2013)[7]
- Pizza Dreams (2013)[8]
- A Purr-Fect Life! (2013)[9]
- It’s Showtime! (2014)[10]
- Best Friends Forever (2014)[11]
In the French Citel Video releases, all twenty-six shorts from the first season and all twenty-eight shorts from the second season were released on DVD. However, of the eighty songs for Season 3 and Season 4, only fifteen were released on DVD, with three released per DVD for volume 11 to 15, and none at all on volumes 16 and 17.
- Lasagne et Castagne[12] (five shorts)
- Souriez[13] (six shorts)
- Chat perché[14] (five shorts)
- Razzia sur la Pizza[15] (five shorts)
- Téléréalités[16] (five shorts)
- Chat plane pour moi[17] (three shorts)
- Chasse au trésor[18] (seven shorts)
- Vague de Chaleur[19] (six shorts)
- Garfield fête Noël[20] (six shorts)
- Ciao Chat ![21] (six shorts)
- Il était un chat ![22] (three songs)
- Le secret de Zabadu[23] (three songs)
- Les tribulations d'un chat en Chine[24] (three songs)
- La revanche des Égyptochats[25] (three songs)
- Un régime au poil ![26] (three songs)
Season 1:
| Short Name | Found on | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Cheesy Letters | Odie Oh! | Found |
| Boxer Shorts | Odie Oh! | Found |
| Snooze Control | Odie Oh! | Found |
| Return to Sender | Odie Oh! | Found |
| Say Cheese | Odie Oh! | Found |
| Take 5 | All You Need is Love (and Pasta) | Found |
| Lasagna Vs. Garfield | All You Need is Love (and Pasta) | Found |
| Spaceship Switch | All You Need is Love (and Pasta) | Found |
| Alarm Clock Army | All You Need is Love (and Pasta) | Found |
| Giant Alarm | All You Need is Love (and Pasta) | Found |
| Smash | Private-Eye Ventures | Found |
| Trigger Problem | Private-Eye Ventures | Found |
| Revenge Smash | Private-Eye Ventures | Found |
| Fake Out | Private-Eye Ventures | Found |
| Dance Partners | Private-Eye Ventures | Found |
| Monster Mash | Spooky Tails | Partially Found |
| Changing Partners | Spooky Tails | Partially Found |
| Boo-Tiful Photos | Spooky Tails | Partially Found |
| Spider Tricks | Spooky Tails | Partially Found |
| Spider Golf | Spooky Tails | Partially Found |
| Spider Meditation | Dinosaur & Other Animal Adventures | Partially Found |
| Spider Yo-Yo | Dinosaur & Other Animal Adventures | Partially Found |
| Spider Boomerang | Dinosaur & Other Animal Adventures | Partially Found |
| Pajama Fall | Dinosaur & Other Animal Adventures | Partially Found |
| Spider Balloon | Dinosaur & Other Animal Adventures | Partially Found |
| Christmas | TheGarfieldShow-Diary.com | Found |
Season 2:
| Short Name | Found on | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | Spring Fun Collection | Found |
| Unknown | Spring Fun Collection | Found |
| Unknown | Spring Full Collection | Found |
| Unknown | Spring Fun Collection | Found |
| Unknown | Spring Fun Collection | Found |
| Eat Right | Pizza Dreams | Found |
| Lunch Time | Pizza Dreams | Found |
| Exercise | Pizza Dreams | Found |
| Learn to Cook | Pizza Dreams | Found |
| Shopping List | Pizza Dreams | Found |
| Rest Well | A Purr-Fect Life! | Found |
| Prepare for the Day | A Purr-Fect Life! | Found |
| Get Out There | A Purr-Fect Life! | Found |
| Party Plan | A Purr-Fect Life! | Found |
| Play Together | A Purr-Fect Life! | Partially Found |
| Look Both Ways | It's Showtime! | Found |
| Dirty Dog | It's Showtime! | Found |
| Internet Saftey | It's Showtime! | Found |
| Rainy Days | It's Showtime! | Partially Found |
| Loud Music | It's Showtime! | Found |
| Recycle! | Best Friends Forever | Found |
| Clean Up | Best Friends Forever | Found |
| Group Talk | Best Friends Forever | Found |
| Chores | Best Friends Forever | Found |
| Organize | Best Friends Forever | Found |
| Unknown | Not on DVD | Found |
| Unknown | Not on DVD | Partially Found |
| Unknown | Not on DVD | Partially Found |
Songs Shorts
seasons 3 and 4 have song shorts
Gallery
Special Feature screen in the DVD of Spooky Tails (2011)
See Also
- Lasagna Cat (partially found unreleased/prototype episodes of "Garfield" parody web series; 2008-2017)
- Garfield "Bound For Home" (lost build of cancelled Nintendo DS game based on comic strip; existence unconfirmed; 2005)
- Garfield: The Lost Levels (lost Sega Channel exclusive levels of Sega Genesis game based on comic strip; mid-1990s)
- Garfield and Friends (found original "U.S. Acres" title cards of CBS animated series based on comic strip; 1988-1994)
- Garfield and Friends "Screaming With Binky" (partially lost segments from animated series; 1988-1990)
- The Garfield Show "Rodent Rebellion" (found animated television special; 2016)
- Garfield's Judgment Day (partially found production material from cancelled animated special based on comic strip; late 1980s-early 1990s)
- Garfield's World Ego Tour (lost live-action special based on comic strip; 2003)
- Gnorm Gnat (found Jim Davis comic strip; 1973-1975)
- Jon (found prototype "Garfield" comic strip; 1976-1978)
References
- ↑ https://mediatoon-distribution.com/en/programme/garfield-shorts/
- ↑ https://youtu.be/i_IbsQgYeUg
- ↑ https://youtu.be/aH5yQtF5JLQ
- ↑ https://youtu.be/hDA8AFN077E
- ↑ https://youtu.be/equqem12XlY
- ↑ https://dvdtalk.com/reviews/images/reviews/250/1327679883_2.jpg
- ↑ https://youtu.be/9J0AWxWlVOo
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20140213112525/http://garfield.com/video/the-garfield-show-vol-8-pizza-dreams
- ↑ https://youtu.be/WnEXfS--lys&feature=youtu.be
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20140429065822/http://garfield.com:80/video/the-garfield-show-vol-10-its-showtime
- ↑ https://lifewithkathy.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/IMG_2135.jpg
- ↑ https://citelvideo.dlpdomain.com/catalogue/animation/garfield-cie-lasagne-et-castagne/
- ↑ https://citelvideo.dlpdomain.com/catalogue/animation/garfield-cie-souriez/
- ↑ https://citelvideo.dlpdomain.com/catalogue/animation/garfield-cie-chat-perche/
- ↑ https://citelvideo.dlpdomain.com/catalogue/animation/garfield-cie-razzia-pizza/
- ↑ https://citelvideo.dlpdomain.com/catalogue/animation/garfield-cie-telerealites/
- ↑ https://citelvideo.dlpdomain.com/catalogue/animation/garfield-cie-chat-plane-moi/
- ↑ https://citelvideo.dlpdomain.com/catalogue/animation/garfield-cie-chasse-tresor/
- ↑ https://citelvideo.dlpdomain.com/catalogue/animation/garfield-cie-vague-de-chaleur/
- ↑ https://citelvideo.dlpdomain.com/catalogue/animation/garfield-cie-garfield-fete-noel/
- ↑ https://citelvideo.dlpdomain.com/catalogue/animation/garfield-cie-ciao-chat/
- ↑ https://citelvideo.dlpdomain.com/catalogue/animation/garfield-cie-il-etait-un-chat/
- ↑ https://citelvideo.dlpdomain.com/catalogue/animation/garfield-cie-secret-de-zabadu/
- ↑ https://citelvideo.dlpdomain.com/catalogue/animation/garfield-cie-tribulations-dun-chat-chine-2/
- ↑ https://citelvideo.dlpdomain.com/catalogue/animation/garfield-cie-revanche-egyptochats/
- ↑ https://citelvideo.dlpdomain.com/catalogue/animation/garfield-cie-un-regime-au-poil/
