Garfield's Halloween Adventure (1985)

Simply Perfect

Let's be realistic.

Good movie but grossly overrated

The performances transcend the film's tropes, grounding it in characters that feel more complete than this subgenre often produces.

"Garfield in Disguise" is a 24-minute television short movie from 30 years ago and is also known as "Farfield's Halloween Adventure". The 1980s are not particularly known for great cartoons or short films, so these Garfield movies may be among the best there is. Awards bodies seem to agree as this one here won an Emmy back then. Garfield and Odie decide to go out trick-or-treating and basically meet ghosts and spooky creatures during the entire movie. These poor two. However, there is a happy ending when, for whatever reason, our duo is stranded on a remote island, but manages to get two big bags full of candy. Still, the last scene shows that Garfield has enough of being a pirate for a while. Maybe until next Halloween. I think Lorenzo Music is really great as usual and his voice was perfect for Garfield. Still, I must say that I cannot like this little movie as much as I love the comics. Nonetheless, this was a good, occasionally spooky, watch and I recommend it with Halloween 2015 coming up.

This was probably my favorite Halloween flick when I was a kid. Garfield is asleep in his box as usual when he is blasted out of the sack by Binky the Clown. Binky is pretty much a rip off of Bozo hyped up on crystal meth. One thing I didn't realize as a kid, but I love now is that this is the first appearance and there is no indication that Binky hasn't been a cast member forever. Anyhow, Binky screams out that it is Halloween and that every kid loves candy.Garfield decides that he is going to go trick or treating, and that if he takes Odie he can get twice as much candy. One of my favorite scenes takes place in the attic as they are looking for stuff to make costumes out of. Garfield is digging through this box and tossing stuff out of the way as he is describing what each item is and why it's no good. Then the camera pans over to Odie and he is wearing all of the stuff and has one of the greatest expressions on his face I have ever seen.As they go out in search of candy Garfield realizes they can get a bigger haul if they take a boat across the river since no one goes trick or treating over there. When they get there they only see one house and when they go in all they find is a crazy old man. The old dude explains that he was a cabin boy on a pirate ship and that the house was built on the spot where the pirates buried their treasure. To make matters worse the pirate's ghosts were going to return that very night.Garfield and Odie have the crap scared out of them and the old man steals their boat stranding them there. The pirate ghosts come and hilarity ensues.http://heystupid.wordpress.com/category/stupid-movies/

This has to be one of my favorite TV specials of all time.And no wonder. It has Garfield, the world's greatest cat, in a story about Halloween-- the best and most fascinating holiday the world has to offer. In this story, he and Odie go trick-or-treating at the wrong door... on the eve of a supernatural visitation from vengeful pirates! The songs are great, and I can't pick favorites because they're all equally phenomenal. The humor is still there, and the crew balances it well with the eeriness.Ladies and gentlemen, this is the one that should be shown every October on every network in the known universe. It's not Halloween if you haven't watched "Garfield in Disguise," also 'disguised' as "Garfield's Halloween Adventure." A seasonal must and a classic for all time.

Such a wonderful way to ask for candycandycandycandy. Well it's Garfield's way. And candy he certainly gets in this wonderful Halloween Special. It all starts on one cozy Halloween morn with Garfield waking to the sound of the TV. Normally he'd be irate at waking so early but when he learns what day it is he cannot wait to go trickortreating and get his paws on some candycandycandycandy!He and Odie dress as pirates and go off on an adventure that happens to involve the ghosts of REAL pirates and real buried treasure. In the course of these brilliant 25 minutes we get the typical assortment of great Garfield humor and wonderful songs.If only the movie were this good.