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Jonathan Q. "Jon" Arbuckle is an American cartoonist who is the owner of Garfield and Odie. His exact age is unknown. Jon's age was given as 29 years old in a December 23, 1980, strip when he tells Garfield a joke that he "would be 30 but he was sick a year" (although given that this is presented in the context of Jon telling a joke, it is possible Jon may not have stated his actual age). [18]
Garfield is an American comic strip created by Jim Davis.Originally published locally as Jon in 1976 (later changed to Garfield in 1977), then in nationwide syndication from 1978, it chronicles the life of the title character Garfield the cat, Odie the dog, and their owner Jon Arbuckle.
Davis's childhood on a farm parallels the life of Garfield's owner, Jon Arbuckle, who was also raised on a farm with his parents and a brother, Doc Boy. Jon is a cartoonist, who also celebrates his birthday on July 28. Davis attended Ball State University where he studied art and business, and one of his fellow students was David Letterman.
Sam receives a visit from Tanya O'Tabby, a beautiful woman who hires Sam to investigate the death of her husband, Professor O'Tabby, who apparently drove off a clifftop road. Tanya believes it was murder, as her husband was an excellent driver, but the death was ruled as a simple car accident. Despite initially suspecting foul play (that Tanya ...
Other voices present on the show included Thom Huge as Jon Arbuckle, [3] Garfield's human owner, and Gregg Berger as Odie the dog. Berger and Huge also respectively voiced Orson Pig and Roy Rooster in the U.S. Acres segments. 121 episodes were made, each consisting of two Garfield segments and one U.S. Acres segment and a "Garfield Quickie" at ...
Jon's unnamed father who runs the Arbuckle farm with Jon's mother. He is based on Jim Davis' own father. In The Garfield Show, he is voiced by Frank Welker. [23] He most commonly appears when Jon, Garfield, and Odie visit Jon's childhood home/the Arbuckle family's farm.
The owner gets frustrated with his eating and takes him to a pet shop, where he latches onto and is adopted by Jon Arbuckle. Shortly after, Jon adopts Odie as a playmate, much to Garfield's annoyance. Garfield runs out into the street thinking an ice cream truck is nearby, but Odie pulls him back as a truck passes by.
At home, Jon watches an advertisement on TV for the Lorenzo School for the Personality Impaired and chooses to attend. There, he meets a girl named Mona, and the two like each other and go to Jon's house. There, Garfield is worried about Jon being in a relationship and goes to tell him. Mona begins sneezing and Jon learns that she is allergic ...