Halloween Episodes & SpecialsNo. 6389 · The 2026 edition
Garfield's Halloween Adventure
Join everyone's favorite lasagna-loving cat and his canine pal on a spooky Halloween night adventure.
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In this classic TV special, Garfield and Odie dress up as pirates and set sail for a night of trick-or-treating, only to encounter a ghostly pirate ship and a haunted house that teaches them a valuable lesson about greed.
About this
Garfield's Halloween Adventure (also known as Garfield in Disguise) is the fourth half-hour TV special based on the Garfield comic strip and the character's first holiday special. Released in 1985, it told an original story rather than adapting a familiar comic plot, and it continued the series' run of Emmy Awards for best animated program. The page covers the special's plot, voice cast, its later book adaptation, its songs, and where it is currently available.
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Where to watch: Garfield: Holiday Celebrations DVD
Facts from the original
- Garfield's Halloween Adventure is the fourth half-hour TV special based on the Garfield comic strip.
- It is the first holiday special about Garfield.
- Unlike the earlier specials, it was based on an original story instead of well-known plots from the comic strip.
- Lorenzo Music and Lou Rawls both returned for this special.
- The special came out in 1985.
- It continued the series' run of won Emmy Awards for best animated program.
- The special is currently available on the Garfield: Holiday Celebrations DVD.
- The book adaptation reveals that the old man is himself a ghost.
- In the book version the boat drifted away on the current rather than being taken by the old man.
- The book adds a scene in which Garfield steals a ring from the treasure chest, causing the ghost pirates to chase them home until Garfield returns the ring.
From the original
It is Halloween, which means it is once again time for trick-or-treating. Garfield brings Odie along in the hope of collecting twice as much candy. The two dress as pirates using old costumes they found in the attic and quietly blend into a group of children. They soon finish the whole neighborhood, but Garfield wants more. Noticing more houses on the other side of the river, he and Odie row across in a rowboat. They lose the oars, however, and drift downstream until they stop at a small harbor where a haunted house stands. When they enter the house they meet an old man who tells them that the ghosts of a group of pirates will come to the house to collect a treasure buried there 100 years earlier. Before Garfield and Odie can flee, the man takes off in their boat. At midnight the ghost pirates indeed appear and find Garfield and Odie. The two run away and dive into the river. Garfield nearly drowns, but Odie drags him to the shore, where they find their boat with their candy still in it. They row home, and Garfield gives Odie a share of the haul as thanks.
