6.4/1067 votes#1 - Pasta Wars
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 11/2/2009
It's Garfield's birthday and Jon forgets. He later remembers, and makes 8 lasagnas but is one short. Meanwhile, an unusual type of Alien which looks like lasagna and can speak English with an Italian accent arrives on Earth. They plan to invade the Earth, but are quickly scared away by Garfield's ravenous appetite.
Director: N/A
Writer: Mark Evanier
7.0/1041 votes#2 - Mother Garfield
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 11/2/2009
A Bluebird gets trapped in Garfield's neighbor's garage leaving her eggs abandoned, forcing Garfield to look after them. The eggs hatch, and call Garfield mother. This episode marks the first appearance of Garfield's rival Harry, who is determined to eat the chicks.
Director: N/A
Writer: Mark Evanier
7.3/1038 votes#3 - Orange and Black
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 11/3/2009
Garfield disguises himself as "Catzilla" for Halloween, but people mistake him for the real Catzilla, a deadly creature who escaped from the zoo.
Director: N/A
Writer: Mark Evanier
6.6/1041 votes#4 - Freaky Monday
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 11/3/2009
Garfield and Odie get their bodies swapped by a Saturnian alien when it finds out Odie is tormented by Garfield. Odie wanders off to all the people who hate Garfield without knowing they will hurt him so Garfield must protect his body from the neighborhood dogs, Herman Post and the Chef.
Director: N/A
Writer: Julien Magnat
7.5/1040 votes#5 - Bone Diggers
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 11/4/2009
Odie digs up some bones and finds that they are from the very rare Brachiosaurus. Garfield tries to sell them to the local museum, but the museum curator instead wants to compulsory purchase and demolish Jon's house to search for more dinosaur bones.
Director: N/A
Writer: Mark Evanier
5.6/1036 votes#6 - The Robot
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 11/4/2009
Jon tests a cleaning robot.
Director: N/A
Writer: Mark Evanier
7.8/1034 votes#7 - Cat Nap
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 11/5/2009
Garfield and Odie watch a movie about a villain named Silent Jack and mistakenly believe Jon, with recent tooth surgery, to be Silent Jack. In the end Garfield, Odie and Squeak find out they were attacking Jon, but the real Silent Jack robs them.
Director: N/A
Writer: Mark Evanier
7.7/1035 votes#8 - Agent X
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 11/5/2009
Nermal finds a cat called "Agent X" who claims to be a Secret Agent, but really a runaway cat. Garfield becomes jealous as Agent X tells everyone about his adventures, so Garfield tries to prove he is a house cat named "Fluffykins".
Director: N/A
Writer: Mark Evanier
6.9/1030 votes#9 - A Game of Cat and Mouse
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 11/6/2009
Squeak and his family move in to Jon's house while Jon and Odie are out. Garfield allows Squeak's family to remain in the house on the condition that they be his servants. Jon comes back and Garfield has to remove Squeak and his family before Jon called Rat-Tator Pest, who's hefty bill would have meant that Jon would not be able to afford lasagna for years.
Director: N/A
Writer: Mark Evanier
7.4/1033 votes#10 - Perfect Pizza
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 11/6/2009
Garfield gets an awful tasting Pizza from Mama Meany's Pizza Palace, Vito's rival. Mama Meany is putting Vito out of business through coupons, contests and discounts and plans to expand the restaurant to take over Vito's. Garfield arranges for Eddie Gourmand to compare Mama Meany pizza with Vito's, bringing the closure of Mama Meany, and resumed success of Vito.
Director: N/A
Writer: Mark Evanier
6.9/1028 votes#11 - King Nermal
Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 11/12/2009
Nermal lives with Garfield for 10 days because his owner is out of town. Nermal fakes a leg injury and Jon feels pity for Nermal, making Garfield and Odie do whatever he requests. Garfield and Odie get rid of him so they could enjoy their normal house and lives once again.
Director: N/A
Writer: Julien Magnat
7.2/1028 votes#12 - Desperately Seeking Pooky
Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 11/12/2009
Garfield searches for his teddy bear Pooky after he is stolen by a dog named Hercules.
Director: N/A
Writer: Mark Evanier
7.0/1029 votes#13 - High Scale
Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 11/13/2009
Jon and Liz put Garfield on a diet and force him to exercise when an electronic talking scale tells him that he's overweight.
Director: N/A
Writer: Mark Evanier
6.9/1026 votes#14 - Jon's Night Out
Season 1 Episode 14 - Aired 11/13/2009
Jon has difficulty sleeping, so a Hypnotist attempts to put Jon under hypnosis to make him fall asleep at the sound of a horn. However, Jon hears Odie's bark before the horn, making Odie the hypnosis trigger.
Director: N/A
Writer: Mark Evanier
7.5/1032 votes#15 - Not So Sweet Sound of Music
Season 1 Episode 15 - Aired 11/16/2009
Jon finds his old Accordion but Garfield doesn't like him playing it nor the very sound of it. Garfield tries to get rid of it, but in the end, the Accordion breaks and Jon gets bagpipes instead.
Director: N/A
Writer: Mark Evanier
7.2/1028 votes#16 - Turkey Trouble
Season 1 Episode 16 - Aired 11/16/2009
Jon wins a turkey in a competition, which he plans to cook for Liz. However, when it is delivered it is still alive. Garfield disguises himself as a turkey to get rid of the real one.
Director: N/A
Writer: Mark Evanier
7.3/1027 votes#17 - Pup in the Pound
Season 1 Episode 17 - Aired 11/18/2009
Odie gets taken to the dog pound as he's not wearing his license tag Collar. Garfield disguises himself as a dog to rescue Odie.
Director: N/A
Writer: Mark Evanier
7.4/1029 votes#18 - Odie in Love
Season 1 Episode 18 - Aired 11/18/2009
Odie falls in love with a shower brush. Garfield gets jealous as Odie is no longer paying attention to him and throws the brush in the recycling bin without Odie knowing it.
Director: N/A
Writer: Julien Magnat
7.1/1026 votes#19 - Pet Matchers
Season 1 Episode 19 - Aired 11/19/2009
Jon and Garfield fight so much against what to watch on TV that they decide to go on a TV show called Pet Matchers.
Director: N/A
Writer: Mark Evanier
7.0/1028 votes#20 - Lucky Charm
Season 1 Episode 20 - Aired 11/19/2009
Garfield gets rich after a Leprechaun gives him some good luck.
Director: N/A
Writer: Mark Evanier
6.8/1027 votes#21 - Curse of the Were-Dog
Season 1 Episode 21 - Aired 11/20/2009
Odie becomes a monster-dog in the middle of the night and eats a lasagna that was for for Jon and Liz. Jon thinks that Garfield is responsible, and blames him.
Director: N/A
Writer: Mark Evanier
7.0/1027 votes#22 - Meet the Parents
Season 1 Episode 22 - Aired 11/20/2009
Liz introduces Jon to her parents. Liz's father is a grumpy man, while Liz's mother has a canary named Petey - who Garfield tries to eat.
Director: N/A
Writer: Jessica Menendez
6.9/1027 votes#23 - Down on the Farm
Season 1 Episode 23 - Aired 12/2/2009
Garfield goes to visit Jon's little brother Doc Boy. But with no TV and no pizza, Garfield shows the farm animals how to live life his way.
Director: N/A
Writer: Mark Evanier
6.5/1029 votes#24 - The Pet Show
Season 1 Episode 24 - Aired 12/2/2009
Garfield is rejected from The Pet Show because he's too fat to enter, so Odie takes his place and competes against Nermal for lasagna.
Director: N/A
Writer: Mark Evanier
6.6/1024 votes#25 - Curse of the Cat People
Season 1 Episode 25 - Aired 12/3/2009
Garfield and Odie get taken to another land through a magic mirror where Neferkitty (voiced by Susan Silo) and her Egyptian colony of cats live, planning their revenge on humans.
Director: N/A
Writer: Mark Evanier
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Season 1 Ratings Summary
"Pasta Wars" is the best rated episode of "The Garfield Show" season 1. It scored 6.4/10 based on 67 votes. Directed by N/A and written by Mark Evanier, it aired on 11/2/2009. This episode is rated 0.6 points higher than the second-best, "Mother Garfield".