Garfield and Friends Season 3 | Shows+ Discover & Track Series

1: Skyway Robbery

Sep 15, 1990

Jon wants to go to Miami, only to find that all of the airlines are too expensive. Al Swindler then manages to con him with a cheap flight on a broken airplane.

2: The Bunny Rabbits Is Coming

Sep 15, 1990

Orson receives a message that simply reads, "The Bunny Rabbits is Coming!" Wade becomes terrified, while others make note of the message's grammar error.

3: Close Encounters Of The Garfield Kind

Sep 15, 1990

An alien crash lands near Garfield's home. Jon, who thinks the alien is cute, lets him stay at his house.

4: Astrocat

Sep 15, 1990

Garfield tells Odie the story of his great-uncle Buchanan, the first cat in space.

5: Cock-a-Doodle Duel

Sep 15, 1990

A rooster named Plato moves to the farm and all of the chickens are now in love with Plato, leaving Roy heartbroken. Because of this, Roy moves away. Orson is sure that Plato will do a fine job, until the weasel manages to steal the chickens.

6: Cinderella Cat

Sep 15, 1990

After discovering a lost copy of Cinderella in the park, Garfield encounters a Fairy Godfather. The "Fairy Godfather" steals things that Garfield wishes for so that he can give them to Garfield.

7: Ship Shape

Sep 22, 1990

Jon goes on a cruise, and Garfield manages to sneak on board. The captain finds out, so Garfield comes up with strategies to distance himself from the captain.

8: Barn of Fear II

Sep 22, 1990

Following the events of the original "Barn of Fear", Orson plans to throw a harvest party in the old barn. Wade fears the barn could still be haunted. Meanwhile, Orson's brothers plot to steal the crops.

9: Break a Leg

Sep 22, 1990

Garfield and Jon go to a ski resort. Despite Garfield warning Jon that he could get hurt, Jon convinces a girl that he is a great skier, forcing him to prove himself.

10: Twice Told Tale

Sep 22, 1990

After an accident which results in the house being filled with yogurt, Garfield and Jon each tell their point of view about how it happened. Each one exaggerates and accuses the other of causing the accident.

11: Orson Goes on Vacation

Sep 22, 1990

When Orson goes on vacation, he leaves Wade in charge. Wade, who is uncertain if he can accomplish the task, encounters Booker chasing the worm, arguments, Orson's brothers and the weasel.

12: Wedding Bell Blues

Sep 22, 1990

When Jon's cousin Marian visits and tells him about her upcoming wedding, Garfield and Odie overhear part of their conversation. Garfield gets confused and thinks that Marian is marrying Jon, so he does everything to stop the wedding.

13: Clean Sweep

Sep 29, 1990

After getting fed up with Odie's resistance to taking baths, Jon buys a machine that bathes Odie faster and forcefully. Garfield takes advantage of the machine to have fun at Odie's expense.

14: Secrets of the Animated Cartoon

Sep 29, 1990

Orson explains cartoon physics to the viewers and Wade. The topics include falling, takes (i.e. reactions) and chase scenes.

15: How the West Was Lost

Sep 29, 1990

After Cactus Jake is fired from the ranch, Jon tries to find him a new job. Jake's cowboy nature gets in the way of each job.

16: Binky Gets Cancelled...Again!

Sep 29, 1990

Due to the lack of educational material in Binky's show, the WBOR manager replaces Binky the Clown with the Buddy Bears. Garfield, not liking the change, plots to get Binky back on the station.

17: Orson's Diner

Sep 29, 1990

Whilst putting books away, Orson is inspired to make his own restaurant to make money for himself and Wade. Roy attempts to get free food when Orson makes an offer that if they cannot fulfill an order, the customer will get meals free for a month.

18: Flat Tired

Sep 29, 1990

Garfield is too tired to do a cartoon, so Odie fills in for him and Garfield watches. In the cartoon, Odie goes to the house of an old lady, who turns out to be a witch. When the witch puts Odie into a predicament, Garfield is eventually compelled to help.

19: Return of the Buddy Bears

Oct 6, 1990

Garfield wrecks the house, and Jon tells him to clean it up or he gets no food. He does not seem to have an easy solution until the Buddy Bears show up.

20: Much Ado About Lanolin

Oct 6, 1990

Orson puts on an imaginary play called The Taming of the Shrew with an imaginary Lanolin as the shrew.

21: Reigning Cats and Dogs

Oct 6, 1990

Garfield hosts a show on why cats are better than dogs.

22: Fit for a King

Oct 6, 1990

Garfield tells a story about Jon the Wide, a king who earns his weight in gold. A jealous duke tries to ruin his life by giving him a fat cat as the king's taster, eventually causing the king to lose weight.

23: Ben Hog

Oct 6, 1990

While everyone else is off at the State Fair parade, Orson is guarding the harvest and his brothers distract him with a copy of Ben-Hur.

24: Dessert in the Desert

Oct 6, 1990

After Jon gets a flat tire, Garfield and Odie get lost in the desert and begin to hallucinate.

25: The Hound of the Arbuckles

Oct 13, 1990

When Garfield is unable to watch The Hound of the Baskervilles, he dozes off and finds himself playing Watson in a dream sequence entitled The Hound of the Arbuckles.

26: Read Alert

Oct 13, 1990

As Orson reads books, his imagination gets carried away and interferes with Roy and Wade.

27: Urban Arbuckle

Oct 13, 1990

Cactus Jake fixes up Jon with his daughter, Cactus Jackie. While on a dinner date (with Garfield and Cactus Jackie's entire family), Jon struggles to ride a mechanical bull in an attempt to impress Jackie.

28: Odielocks and the Three Cats

Oct 13, 1990

While waiting for his microwave lasagna to cool, Garfield tells Odie his version of Goldilocks and the Three Bears by changing it to Odielocks and the Three Cats.

29: Quack to the Future

Oct 13, 1990

Orson yells at Wade for getting oil spilled on him. Orson soon feels bad about what he did, then dreams about having a time machine to see what may be in the future.

30: Beddy Buy

Oct 13, 1990

After Garfield breaks his bed, he and Jon go out to buy a new one.

31: Count Lasagna

Oct 20, 1990

Jon attempts to pitch a comic book featuring Dracula's cat, "Count Lasagna".

32: Mystery Guest

Oct 20, 1990

Roy hosts a game show called "Mystery Guest" with a tractor as a prize and Garfield as the mystery guest. Orson's brothers show up to try and steal the tractor.

33: Rodent Rampage

Oct 20, 1990

Floyd's cousin Tyrone visits and is surprised upon discovering Garfield does not chase mice. Once Jon discovers the mice in his house, he tries to get Garfield to chase them away.

34: Feline Felon

Oct 20, 1990

Jon bakes a pie for a charity bake sale and warns Garfield not to steal the pie, which Garfield does anyway. While falling down a tree with the pie, Garfield fantasizes about being on a TV show called Wanted: Bad Guys.

35: The Legal Eagle

Oct 20, 1990

When Orson finds a book of farm laws, he elects to have someone make sure that these laws are kept. Orson asks Roy to help out, which soon gets out of hand.

36: The Cactus Saga

Oct 20, 1990

Cactus Jake tells Jon and Garfield the story of how he got to be known as Cactus Jake. The flashback sequence features Cactus Jake's Grandpa Jack and his sidekick (resembling Garfield) The Lasagna Kid.

37: D.J. Jon

Oct 27, 1990

When Jon visits his cousin George, he accepts a job as a disc jockey at a local radio station. The job soon takes over his life, leading him to neglect Garfield and Odie.

38: Cornfinger

Oct 27, 1990

Orson imagines himself as Double Oh Orson to find the location of the missing corn.

39: Five Minute Warning

Oct 27, 1990

Jon makes a wager to Garfield that if he can stop eating for 5 minutes to prove Garfield's self-control, he will give him chocolate cake and do a can-can dance. This becomes more challenging for Garfield than he anticipated.

40: Wonderful World

Oct 27, 1990

Jon takes Garfield and Odie to an amusement park after watching a commercial for it, only to find out that it has been neglected for years and taken over by Al Swindler.

41: Orson Awards

Oct 27, 1990

The 32nd annual Orson awards ceremony is being held, and Orson runs into his brothers, who demand an award. Meanwhile, Roy is determined to win an award.

42: The Garfield Workout

Oct 27, 1990

Garfield hosts his own exercise program.

43: All Things Fat and Small

Nov 3, 1990

While on a camping trip, Garfield accidentally falls into a runaway raft and ends up on another part of the campgrounds. He later encounters a bear and raccoon that have been stealing picnic lunches.

44: Robin Hog

Nov 3, 1990

After a walnut falls on his head, Orson fantasizes about becoming Robin Hog; while dreaming, he figures out a way to take back the supply of walnuts that Roy had stolen.

45: Hare Replacement

Nov 3, 1990

Jon is performing a magic act, complete with a bunny rabbit. The rabbit is getting tired of being part of magic acts and runs away, leaving Jon to put Garfield in a bunny suit as a replacement.

46: Stick to It

Nov 10, 1990

Annoyed with Odie wanting to persistently fetch a stick, Garfield throws the stick as hard as he can so that Odie will not bring it back. Odie chases the stick to virtually every place a dog can go.

47: Orson in Wonderland

Nov 10, 1990

While playing croquet with Lanolin, Orson's croquet ball goes clear into the woods. After he reaches his ball, he drifts off and dreams of himself in an Alice in Wonderland setting.

48: For Cats Only

Nov 10, 1990

Garfield shows how cats came to Earth from another planet and are pretending to be pets for humans in order to enslave them.

49: Mistakes Will Happen

Nov 17, 1990

In response to letters about mistakes on the show, Garfield tries to convince viewers that his show does not have any mistakes. He and Odie watch a cartoon that is full of mistakes.

50: The Well Dweller

Nov 17, 1990

While drilling for water, Orson encounters a strange little creature named Al.

51: The Wise Man

Nov 17, 1990

Jon takes in a Maharishi to give him peace and tranquility. The Maharishi's idea of peace and tranquility does not sit well with Garfield.

52: Star Struck

Nov 17, 1991

Fed up with being underrepresented in the show, Garfield tries to write his own episode. The scenarios for each end with Garfield eating and sleeping.

53: Election Daze

Nov 17, 1990

The weasel tricks Roy into challenging Orson for barn leadership and rigs the voting booth in his latest attempt to steal the chickens.

54: Dirty Business

Nov 17, 1990

Jon takes Garfield and Odie to visit his cousin Berferd. They soon find out that things tend to disappear in Berferd's store.

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