Halloween Episodes & SpecialsNo. 9254 · The 2026 edition
Talk:Garfield's Halloween Adventure
Join Garfield and Odie on a spooky Halloween adventure filled with candy, costumes, and a haunted house.
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In this classic 1985 television special, Garfield and his dog Odie go trick-or-treating on Halloween night. Their quest for candy leads them to a mysterious haunted house on the outskirts of town, where they encounter ghostly pirates and other eerie surprises. The special follows their humorous and slightly spooky escapades as they navigate the haunted house and eventually make their way home, learning a lesson about the true spirit of Halloween.
About this
This is the Wikipedia talk (discussion) page attached to the article about the 1985 Garfield Halloween TV special, not the article itself. It hosts three short threads about a rumored deleted scene, a proposed Home Release section, and a proposed article rename, plus the usual WikiProject rating banners. Read it for editor debate about the special's content and titling rather than for a synopsis of the special.
Tips
- Wikipedia talk pages are for discussing improvements to the article, not for general discussion of its subject.
- The article is rated C-class and Low-importance by WikiProject Television and WikiProject Holidays (Halloween task force), Bottom-importance by WikiProject Comics (Comic strips work group), and Low-importance by WikiProject Animation.
- The page was last edited on 6 November 2024.
The list
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Cuts in halloween adventure?
Thread with 5 comments asking whether a scene existed where Garfield takes a ring from the treasure and the ghosts come to his front door looking for it; some say it was only in the book adaptation, one claims it was in the cartoon before a name change, and a VHS owner says the scene is absent from the 1985 debut.
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Home Release
Thread with 1 comment in which a user offers to add a Home Release section if nobody objects.
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I suggest renaming
Thread with 3 comments proposing the article be renamed Garfield In Disguise, citing Star Wars and Raiders of the Lost Ark; the proposal was closed as not done, with a later request for civility.
Facts from the original
- One editor recalled Garfield taking a ring from the treasure and the ghosts appearing at his front door near the end looking for it.
- Another editor replied that this happened in the book, not the TV special.
- The original commenter said they were fairly certain it was also in the cartoon before the name change.
- An editor who kept a VHS recording of the special's original 1985 debut said the long-rumored missing scene is not in it and exists only in the book adaptation, possibly because it was cut in post-production before the final version aired.
- A commenter argued Garfield had no business being at the house in the story, since it was someone else's property and the owner did not want to be bothered.
- A user offered to add a Home Release section if no one objected.
- A user proposed renaming the article to Garfield In Disguise, pointing to Wikipedia's use of original titles for Star Wars (film) and Raiders of the Lost Ark.
- The rename proposal was closed as not done, and a participant later asked the two debaters to settle down and be civil.
