The BEST episodes of Garfield and Friends season 1

Every episode of Garfield and Friends season 1, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Garfield and Friends season 1!

Curious cat Garfield, his friend Odie the dog, and their owner Jon constantly get into trouble as they live out wild adventures together.

Last Updated: 11/6/2024Network: CBSStatus: Ended
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9.77
31 votes

#1 - Sales Resistance

Season 1 - Episode 39 - Aired 12/10/1988

Jon tries to stop Garfield from buying every useless product advertised on television.

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Fair Exchange
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8.50
2 votes

#2 - Fair Exchange

Season 1 - Episode 24 - Aired 11/5/1988

Garfield dreams about switching lives with Jon, whom Garfield assumes to have an easier life.

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Green Thumbs Down
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8.00
2 votes

#3 - Green Thumbs Down

Season 1 - Episode 36 - Aired 12/3/1988

Jon thinks grocery shopping is too expensive, so he decides to plant a garden in the backyard to grow his own vegetables.

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8.00
1 votes

#4 - Return of Power Pig

Season 1 - Episode 23 - Aired 11/5/1988

Orson begins to tell a story that Sheldon thinks is too scary. He shows that he's scared, which eventually leads to speculation that there is a monster on the farm.

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Garfield Goes Hawaiian
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7.82
93 votes

#5 - Garfield Goes Hawaiian

Season 1 - Episode 3 - Aired 9/17/1988

Garfield becomes stricken with the Hawaiian cat flu.

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Ode to Odie
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7.71
42 votes

#6 - Ode to Odie

Season 1 - Episode 9 - Aired 10/1/1988

Garfield narrates (in a rapping style) a tale about Odie's encounter with a few dogs in a tough neighborhood

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Fraidy Cat
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7.70
20 votes

#7 - Fraidy Cat

Season 1 - Episode 10 - Aired 10/8/1988

Garfield and Odie are spooked when the power goes out after watching a monster movie and they find out Jon is missing.

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Magic Mutt
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7.50
6 votes

#8 - Magic Mutt

Season 1 - Episode 28 - Aired 11/19/1988

Jon and Garfield go to a magic shop and Garfield gets into a battle with the magician's dog.

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7.40
20 votes

#9 - Unidentified Flying Orson

Season 1 - Episode 5 - Aired 9/24/1988

Orson is determined to not get carried away any more while reading books, but Roy decides to bring Orson's latest story to life.

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Box O' Fun
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7.38
24 votes

#10 - Box O' Fun

Season 1 - Episode 4 - Aired 9/24/1988

With a cardboard box and his imagination, Garfield gets into a lot of trouble with Jon.

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Nighty Nightmare
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7.22
18 votes

#11 - Nighty Nightmare

Season 1 - Episode 7 - Aired 10/1/1988

After consuming a whole pizza and being warned by Jon that he'll have nightmares from it, Garfield dreams he overeats and becomes too big to feed.

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Peace & Quiet
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7.19
212 votes

#12 - Peace & Quiet

Season 1 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/17/1988

Garfield tries to sleep after watching TV all night; but Binky the Clown refuses to go away, believing he's at the home of a 97 year old woman to wish her a happy birthday.

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Caped Avenger
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7.18
33 votes

#13 - Caped Avenger

Season 1 - Episode 34 - Aired 12/3/1988

Believing Pooky's been kidnapped, Garfield turns himself into a super hero and Odie becomes his sidekick in the search for the teddy bear.

Nothing to Sneeze At
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7.13
8 votes

#14 - Nothing to Sneeze At

Season 1 - Episode 12 - Aired 10/8/1988

Garfield is allergic to something, but no one can figure out what.

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Cabin Fever
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7.12
34 votes

#15 - Cabin Fever

Season 1 - Episode 22 - Aired 11/5/1988

Cabin Fever: Garfield and Odie are stuck in a cabin during a blizzard with no food.

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The Binky Show
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7.03
34 votes

#16 - The Binky Show

Season 1 - Episode 25 - Aired 11/12/1988

The Binky Show: Garfield goes on the Binky show to win presents for Jon's birthday.

Weighty Problem
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7.03
37 votes

#17 - Weighty Problem

Season 1 - Episode 19 - Aired 10/29/1988

Garfield tampers with a new scale leading Jon to believe he's 50 pounds overweight.

School Daze
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7.00
17 votes

#18 - School Daze

Season 1 - Episode 6 - Aired 9/24/1988

After catching Garfield trying to mail Nermal to Abu Dhabi, Jon sends Garfield to obedience school.

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Don't Move!
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7.00
2 votes

#19 - Don't Move!

Season 1 - Episode 27 - Aired 11/12/1988

Odie tags along with Garfield to a fish store. Garfield tells Odie to stay put outside and this cartoon follows the adventures of Odie as he unwittingly travels from one place to another.

Wanted: Wade
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6.97
101 votes

#20 - Wanted: Wade

Season 1 - Episode 2 - Aired 9/17/1988

Wade removes a service tag from a sofa and then thinks that the police are going to come after him.

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Identity Crisis
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6.94
35 votes

#21 - Identity Crisis

Season 1 - Episode 16 - Aired 10/22/1988

A dogcatcher thinks Garfield's a dog, Floyd starts meowing and the dog chasing Garfield works on his mouse impersonation.

Best of Breed
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6.87
31 votes

#22 - Best of Breed

Season 1 - Episode 31 - Aired 11/26/1988

After seeing how many medals Nermal has won, pushes Jon to put him in a cat show.

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6.60
10 votes

#23 - Banana Nose

Season 1 - Episode 8 - Aired 10/1/1988

Lanolin gets everyone to call Roy "banana nose" as retaliation for his pirate gag.

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6.60
5 votes

#24 - The Bad Sport

Season 1 - Episode 17 - Aired 10/22/1988

The gang decides to try out a new sport called pig ball, but Roy excludes himself--until he adds some rules of his own.

Garfield's Moving Experience
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6.58
66 votes

#25 - Garfield's Moving Experience

Season 1 - Episode 13 - Aired 10/15/1988

Garfield presses his luck with Jon too much and gets thrown out of the house. He decides to go live somewhere else and gets adopted by a rich girl.

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