Garfield

''This is the page for Garfield the character. If you are looking for the comic strip, go to Garfield (Comic Strip Series).''

Early Life
Garfield was born on June 19, 1978, in the kitchen of Mama Leoni's Italian restaurant, weighing 5 pounds and 6 ounces at birth. Garfield, unlike the rest of his family, has loved lasagna ever since. Garfield was then sold to a pet shop due to lack of pasta in the restaurant. On the same day as his birth, Jon Arbuckle came to the pet store and chose Garfield, the other options being an iguana and a pet rock. On November 14, 1978, comic strip, Jon quoted, "I love cats. I wanted a cat... So what do I do? I go to the pet store and ask for a cat. What do they give me?... A lasagna with fur and fangs."

Personality
Garfield is an anthropomorphic, overweight orange tabby cat noted for his laziness, selfishness, sarcasm, arrogance, and immense passion for food, particularly lasagna and most foods made from flour. He dislikes raisins and (sometimes) anchovies on pizza.

Throughout the duration of the strip, Garfield's weight has been poked fun at, frequently by the electronic scale (see R-X2) which he uses to weigh himself. Garfield usually does not handle commands or insults from other characters very well, and will normally respond with a threatening or cheeky remark.