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Revision as of 00:44, 4 February 2007
Manfred J. Odie (better known as Odie) is a fictional character in the Jim Davis comic strip Garfield.
He is a a "lovable" but intellectually challenged yellow-furred, brown-eared dog constantly panting and drooling with his very large tongue he is usually seen with.
History
Odie first appeared on August 8, 1978; this date is considered Odie's birthday. Odie's original owner was Lyman, a friend and roommate to Jon Arbuckle. However, Lyman disappeared in 1983 and Odie became a pet to Jon. In the book Garfield: His 9 Lives, Odie's origin was changed so Jon purchased him from the same pet shop he purchased Garfield. Recently, Odie seems to be walking on two feet more often (mainly as of 2000).
Speaking
Odie is the only Garfield character without a "voice" (excluding Pooky), as he was portrayed as a "normal" house dog. However, he was once shown to be thinking "I'm hungry" [1]. Odie has also thought out "Hi to the people, dummy." when Garfield was using him as a dummy. [2] He also says "I don't know, I'm kinda scared," as a "mistake" in the cartoon episode "Mistakes Will Happen". More recently, he was seen actually speaking in one of Garfield's dream sequences. [3] He also sometimes thinks like Garfield. [4]; he sometimes says minor things in episodes such as "Ta-da!", "Huh?", or more commonly, panting "Yeah, yeah, yeah!" Oddly enough, whenever he talks in the show, he actually does speak by moving his mouth (and has said things as intelligible as "No horsey?" (from the episode Dessert in the Desert)), which is notable, although other dogs have actually spoken in other episodes.
Odie and Garfield
Odie is, to Garfield, a complete slobbering idiot. One strip shows him enjoying classical music on the TV with a novel, War and Peace nearby after Jon and Garfield leave the house. Another has him lock the others out of the car on a camping trip, were he enjoys the chicken, radio, and chips, while the others just get wet. Odie has managed to take revenge on Garfield occasionally, and Garfield sometimes cannot notice it. Garfield acknowledges this by saying "He's not as dumb as he looks, but then again who could be?"; however, Garfield has let it be shown on numerous occasions that he actually does care a great deal for Odie, most notably in the first Garfield special Here Comes Garfield, in which Odie is briefly captured by the dogcatcher and Garfield realizes how boring his life is without him.
Odie often gets kicked off the table by Garfield; once Odie tried to push Garfield off the table, but Garfield was too heavy [5]. In addition to getting kicked off the table, Odie is often the victim of Garfield's practical jokes. Curiously, Garfield has taken offense to others treating Odie in this manner. Possibly because he believes that he should beat up Odie and nobody else should.
Other media
In animation, his barks are provided by Gregg Berger and Frank Welker.