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He is a kind but dumb yellow-furred, brown-eared dog. In the live-action films based on the Garfield franchise, he is played by a dachshund. In the comic of August 26, 2007, Garfield describes Odie's species as "purebred clown" after trying to find out what kind of dog Odie is with the help of a book. ^[1] Trinomial name Canis lupus familiaris The dog (Canis lupus familiaris) is a domestic subspecies of the wolf, a mammal of the Canidae family of the order Carnivora. ... This article is about motion pictures. ... The dachshund is a short-legged, elongated dog breed of the hound family. ... is the 238th day of the year (239th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era in the 21st century. ...

Odie usually has a large tongue and slobbers in his appearances. Recently, as of 2000, he is seen walking on two feet instead of all fours, just like Garfield.

In the television series, Odie's appearance is usually announced by the sound of the cavalry's bugling. Not to be confused with Golgotha, which was called Calvary. ...

History

Odie as seen in comics. Jim Davis has been quoted by saying "Odie is stupid and drools all the time. Like humans."

Odie was based off of a car dealership commercial Jim Davis wrote, and it featured Odie the Village Idiot. Davis liked the name Odie and decided to use it again ^[2].Odie first appeared in the comic strips on August 8, 1978, which is considered his birthday. There has been only one comic strip that celebrates Odie's birthday, in 1995^[3]. He was originally a pet to Jon Arbuckle's roommate Lyman, but Lyman disappeared from the series after about five years (with the exception of a one-panel cameo appearance in the strip for Garfield's 10th birthday). Odie eventually becomes a pet to Jon. There were some strips stating he was a pet to Jon originally. Image File history File links Garfield_character_Odie. ... Image File history File links Garfield_character_Odie. ... This article is about car dealerships. ... Information Species Human Gender Male Date of birth July 28, 1951 (working from his age given in the December 23, 1980 strip) Occupation Cartoonist Family Mom, Dad, Doc Boy,Grandma and Aunt Gussie. ...

In the motion picture, Odie was adopted by Jon at a veterinarian center. Look up veterinarian in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ...

Speaking

Odie is the only animal character in the strip without a recurring voice bubble, as he is portrayed as a "normal" house dog. However, he was once shown to be thinking "I'm hungry" ^[4]. Odie has also said "Hi to the people, dummy" when Garfield was using him as a dummy. ^[5] He also said "I don't know, I'm kinda scared," as a "mistake" in the cartoon episode "Mistakes Will Happen". More recently, he was seen actually speaking in one of Garfield's dream sequences. [8] He also sometimes thinks like Garfield. ^[6]; he sometimes says minor things in episodes such as "Ta-da!", "Huh?", or more commonly, panting "Yeah, yeah, yeah!" Whenever he talks in the show, he actually does speak by moving his mouth (and has said things as intelligible as "No horsey?" (from the episode Dessert in the Desert), which is notable, although other dogs have actually spoken in other episodes. Odie even says "Right!" in the first episodes of Garfield and Friends including Peace and Quiet and Nighty Nightmare. His RIGHT! yelling is to agree with Jon after he talks to Garfield. Odie also says two words (My bone!)in his Dog voice in Garfield Gets Real, after losing his bone. Binomial name Equus caballus Linnaeus, 1758 The horse (Equus caballus, sometimes seen as a subspecies of the Wild Horse, Equus ferus caballus) is a large odd-toed ungulate mammal, one of ten modern species of the genus Equus. ... This article is about the CGI film. ...

Odie's first appearance. Jim Davis was cautious in how he introduced Odie. "I wanted to create a symbol of what I think of pathetic humans, but my stupid syndicate made sure that I didn't offend anyone. So I had to be extra careful with Odie's post-modern symbolism."

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Odie and Garfield

Odie is, to Garfield, a complete slobbering idiot. One strip^[7] shows him enjoying classical music on the TV with the novel, War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy, nearby after Jon and Garfield leave the house. Another has him lock the others out of the car on a camping trip, where he enjoys the chicken, radio, and chips, while the others just get wet. Odie has managed to take revenge on Garfield occasionally, and Garfield sometimes cannot notice it. Garfield acknowledges this by saying "He's not as dumb as he looks, but then again who could be?"; however, Garfield on numerous occasions actually does care a great deal for Odie, most notably in the first Garfield special Here Comes Garfield, in which Odie is briefly captured by the dogcatcher and Garfield realizes how boring his life is without him. For other uses, see War and Peace (disambiguation). ... Here Comes Garfield was the first half-hour animated televised special based on the Garfield comic strip. ...

Odie all too often gets kicked off the table by Garfield; once Odie tried to push Garfield off the table, but Garfield was too heavy^[8]. In addition to getting kicked off the table, Odie is often the victim of Garfield's pranks. Curiously, Garfield has taken offense to others treating Odie in this manner. In one strip, he punches out another cat who beats up on Odie, insisting "Nobody beats up on Odie but me!" Similarly, in Garfield: The Movie after seeing Happy Chapman use a shock collar on Odie, he says, "Hey, nobody gets to mistreat my dog like that except me!" Garfield: The Movie is a 2004 live action movie based on the Jim Davis comic strip Garfield. ...

Odie does manage to get a little revenge on Garfield. Once, Jon accuses Garfield of clearing out his closet except for the T-shirt saying "I love cats." While Garfield professes his innocence, he is hurled out of the house. Comically Odie steps out to laugh at Garfield, wearing a plaid shirt, indicating he was indeed the one who framed Garfield. Once, however, he did manage to give Garfield a taste of his own medicine in a strip where Garfield tried to have fun with an Odie mask. Odie wasn't at the edge of the table, and while Garfield wondered where Odie was, he showed up (wearing a Garfield mask) and kicked the tabby off the table.

About the strip

References

External links

Garfield and Friends official site