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Garfield and Friends: Season 5

48 episodes Premiered Sep 19, 1992
Previously on Garfield and Friends

Season 5 Lore Primer

Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.

  • ⚡ Directly follows the overarching narrative developments of Garfield and Friends Season 4.
  • ⚡ Faction dynamics and core character alliances shift under escalating external stakes.
  • ⚡ Crucial mysteries introduced previously reach key turning points and narrative reckonings.
  • ⚡ Sets up serialized story arcs that build directly toward the climactic season finale.
Season 5 Episodes

Episode Guide

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S5·E1 Mytharc

Home Away from Home

Sep 19, 1992

Garfield runs away, and is nearly smothered by his new owner, who believes Garfield is her missing cat.

S5·E2 Core

Rainy Day Robot

Sep 19, 1992

When Roy has to find water, he buys a robot that can alter any weather. Meanwhile, Orson's brothers try to steal the crop, disguised as a car.

S5·E3 Core

Odie the Amazing

Sep 19, 1992

Odie finds a magic wand tossed away by a magician. Garfield and Odie think that it is merely another stick.

S5·E5 Core

Stark Raven Mad

Sep 19, 1992

Orson tells his version of Edgar Allan Poe's The Raven, entitled The Rooster, which is about the main character (played by Orson) trying to guard his vegetables from the rooster (p

S5·E6 Core

The Record Breaker

Sep 19, 1992

When Garfield and Odie accidentally break his record player, Jon tries to find a new one.

S5·E7 Core

Renewed Terror

Sep 26, 1992

After Jon subscribes to a magazine, the magazine salesman begins pestering and stalking him to renew his subscription.

S5·E8 Core

Badtime Story

Sep 26, 1992

Orson, too sick to read Chicken Licken to Booker and Sheldon, has the rest of the farm try to help.

S5·E9 Core

Tooth or Dare

Sep 26, 1992

A saber-tooth tiger—one that should have been extinct millions of years ago—trades places with an unwittingly involved Garfield.

S5·E10 Core

Country Cousin

Sep 26, 1992

In an effort to get married, Jon's cousin Roscoe looks for a job. Roscoe is hired to re-shingle the roof, mow the lawn, and vacuum the house, all of which result in the house being

S5·E11 Core

The Name Game

Sep 26, 1992

Orson reads Rumpelstiltskin to Booker and Sheldon, who (along with Wade and Roy) keep making changes to the story (e.g. showing a miller's son instead of a daughter and making the

S5·E12 Core

The Carnival Curse

Sep 26, 1992

After getting her arrested, Garfield is cursed by a fortune teller.

S5·E13 Core

Home Sweet Swindler

Oct 3, 1992

Heavy rain causes Jon's roof to leak. After a series of scams by Swindler, Jon finally sells his house to him.

S5·E14 Core

Forget-Me-Not Newton

Oct 3, 1992

Wade's dangerously forgetful cousin Newton comes to the farm looking for work. Meanwhile, Roy tries to build a rocket, and Gort tries to steal the tomato crop.

S5·E15 Core

The Great Inventor

Oct 3, 1992

Garfield tells the story of a cat in Ancient Rome who helped create lasagna.

S5·E16 Core

Taste Makes Waist

Oct 3, 1992

Jon buys a health food meal from an infomercial after going on a diet, only for it to be a scam. Garfield tries to get back at the advertiser.

S5·E17 Core

The Wolf Who Cried Boy

Oct 3, 1992

A wolf has been lurking around the farm, so Orson informs everyone of a bell system to alert everyone else if the wolf is seen. This gives Roy an idea to perform a practical joke s

S5·E18 Core

Day of Doom

Oct 3, 1992

Garfield finds a wishing well, and wishes to eliminate Mondays. He soon regrets his wish after learning that Monday is the day the garbage is collected, Jon mows the lawn, and Jon

S5·E19 Core

The Kitty Council

Oct 10, 1992

Garfield is put on trial by the Kitty Council for not meeting their expectations.

S5·E20 Core

The Bo Show

Oct 10, 1992

After the farm animals, except Bo, are kidnapped by Orson's brothers, Bo has to perform the rest of the episode himself by impersonating everyone.

S5·E21 Core

Bad Neighbor Policy

Oct 10, 1992

Garfield's neighbor goes into court to complain about Garfield's constant antics and ends up going mad after seeing Garfield's face.

S5·E22 Core

Canvas Back Cat

Oct 10, 1992

A wrestler challenges Jon to a wrestling match by making an excuse that Garfield eats his pizzas. It is up to Garfield to save Jon from the wrestler.

S5·E23 Core

Make Believe Moon

Oct 10, 1992

Orson imagines himself, Wade, and Roy taking a trip to the moon. Meanwhile, two weasels named Waylon and Spence attempt to steal the chickens.

S5·E25 Core

Airborne Odie

Oct 17, 1992

Odie finds a magic lamp inside a small cave at the beach and wishes to be able to fly.

S5·E26 Core

Once Upon a Time Warp

Oct 17, 1992

Wade tries to get his five dollars back from Roy. Orson gets fed up and tries to inspire Wade with historical moments.

S5·E27 Core

Bride and Broom

Oct 17, 1992

A witch wants to make Jon her husband when her boyfriend ditches him. Garfield and Odie must find the witch's boyfriend before the marriage.

S5·E28 Core

Cute for Loot

Oct 17, 1992

Garfield uses Nermal's cuteness to his advantage in an attempt to get food.

S5·E29 Core

The Caverns of Cocoa

Oct 17, 1992

Wade, Roy, and Orson discover a mine infested with chocolate—and then find out why it was abandoned. Orson's brothers show up and hope to eat the cocoa for themselves.

S5·E30 Core

Dream Date

Oct 17, 1992

Jon goes on a rigged dating show. Garfield tries to ruin the date without telling him the truth so that he is not as hurt.

S5·E32 Core

Jack II: The Rest of the Story

Oct 24, 1992

Upset with all of the plot-holes in Jack and the Beanstalk, Booker, Sheldon, Wade, and Roy write their own conclusion.

S5·E33 Core

The Garfield Opera

Oct 24, 1992

A musical set to Dance of the Hours based on Garfield's overeating habits is performed in a "serious cultural moment" provided by the Buddy Bears.

S5·E34 Core

Dummy of Danger

Oct 24, 1992

Jon gets a dummy for an upcoming ventriloquist act. Garfield discovers that it is alive and plotting to invade the world and enslave mankind.

S5·E35 Core

Sooner or Later

Oct 24, 1992

The wolf tells Roy about procrastination, and Roy spreads the word to the rest of the farm (except Orson) and starts a procrastinators meeting.

S5·E36 Core

Jumping Jon

Oct 24, 1992

Garfield hosts a show about "great moments in stupidity" after Jon takes up skydiving.

S5·E37 Core

Sound Judgement

Oct 31, 1992

When the sound effects supervisor quits, Garfield gives Odie the job of putting sound effects into the show.

S5·E38 Core

Gross Encounters

Oct 31, 1992

After Orson reads a book about aliens, everyone else on the farm gets addicted to them. This gives the wolf an idea to make everyone think there are aliens around, so that he can g

S5·E39 Core

The Perils of Penelope

Oct 31, 1992

After dumping Brick, Penelope wants Garfield as her new boyfriend. Garfield is terrified of being near Penelope due to a threat from Brick.

S5·E41 Core

Who Done It?

Oct 31, 1992

Three dogs named Who, What, and Where come to work on the farm. For Roy and Wade, it quickly turns into an Abbott and Costello-type nightmare as they desperately try to figure out

S5·E42 Core

The Picnic Panic

Oct 31, 1992

In a musical episode, Garfield tries to keep ants from ruining a picnic prepared by Jon.

S5·E43 Core

Ghost of a Chance

Nov 7, 1992

A ghost must prove his worth and scare Garfield.

S5·E44 Core

Roy Gets Sacked

Nov 7, 1992

Roy quits the show again and returns to The Buddy Bears.

S5·E45 Core

Revenge of the Living Lunch

Nov 7, 1992

In the fourth "Garfield's Tales of Scary Stuff" episode, a meteorite with the power to bring inanimate objects to life lands on Earth. It is passed on for decades, until it finally

S5·E46 Core

Supersonic Seymour

Nov 7, 1992

In an attempt to get organized faster, Jon hires a salesman named Super Sonic Seymour, who cons him into doing way too many chores at a quick pace, to the point that he does not ha

S5·E47 Mytharc

A Mildly Mental Mix-Up

Nov 7, 1992

A psychiatrist badger named Edward R. Furrow counsels Wade while the wolf cons Roy into winning a vacation to Fiji in an attempt to steal the chickens.

S5·E48 Mytharc

Garfield Rap

Nov 7, 1992

Garfield sends in his music video to Meow TV, which becomes the top #1 video of the week.