Warning don't read unless seen film.Another one of the things I love about Halloween are the TV episodes and specials. To me this is a big part of the holiday tradition because they were a big part of my life, I seen these before Halloween hit, watch them before and after I trick or treat, and even now I still watch some of them as I now hand over treats, this special is one of them.This special is one of my favorite Halloween TV specials/episodes number 9 on the list. This is also a childhood relic of mine, this special is what helped me get into the comic strip series "Garfield" which I didn't know about at the time; though it was also the franchises very first foray into the visual medium they didn't have the series until 4 years later.The animation is great true to the original comic strip which is fine with me I don't want it any other way. The music I think is solid, the songs I wouldn't say are the most memorable in my book, but I enjoyed them their fun songs and fit the nature of the special. One I thought was funny was the "Scaredy Cat" song where Garfield is singing and once he uncovers a person in a costume we then see it's an actual monster, then Garfield and Odie run a circle around him and run off, that I always found as a kid funny and maybe a little scary at the time since I honestly didn't expect it. Though as an adult I now it always cracks me up, just the fact that monsters are also going trick or treating, I guess even their hungry want candy.There really isn't much to the story as it's just a simple adventure of Garfield and Odie questing for candy. It's just funny seeing Garfield simply being Garfield as he just craves candy and wants to get as much as he wants to fill his black hole of a stomach. And like in any Garfield comic strip the humor is clever and funny as usual, there are plenty of memorable line and humorous moments. The first half is simply made of scenes from some usual banter between both Jon and Garfield, one funny scene is seeing Garfield put on the pirate persona and actually pillage a piece or two of Jon's lasagna, poor Jon can never seem to finish a meal hopefully he has more lasagna for himself somewhere. It then comes down to the trick or treating which leads to the last half when the whole special once again takes a rather unexpected turn. Garfield gets just a bit greedy and decides to go to one last house on an island. I know Garfield's made bad judgement calls before, but this is probably takes the cake or should I say the candy, when they venture into a house that looks like Norman Bates pad. And of course, we have that creepy old man that looks like someone from the "Creepy" horror comic series and he is telling a story of ghost pirates coming to reclaim their lost treasure. That story I'll admit gave me a chill inside and it gets chilly once we see the ghosts. The pirate ghosts I still find creepy, the way their animated, color, and how they move is just well done, I remember as a kid this sequence scarred me I kind covered my eyes with the pillow. It also made me worried for both Garfield and Odie hoping both will get out. And that escape sequence was exciting I remember on the edge of my seat thinking c'mon get out of there, I even literally pounded my feet just running with both hoping they'll get far enough away. Yeah, this sequence of the film was scary but kind of fun at the same time as there is relief in the end, which is the common feeling we all have after trick or treating or going to a Halloween Party it was a fun ride but were glad it's over.Garfield's Halloween Adventure is a real treat.Rating: 4 stars

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/

After a wake up call from Blinky the Clown on the TV. Garfield learns that today was Halloween, one of the few Holidays that he gives a care about. Just because he gets free candy.He dresses up as a pirate and brought Oddie along as his first mate because he wants twice as much candy to eat. It was quite a night for Garfield. And he was getting into the Pirate gig a lot.But things become wiry when they got on a boat to a distant island when things become slightly creepy.This is one of the few Garfield Holiday specials ever made. The animation improves slightly in this one. Specially when this was made 20 years ago. And it keeps itself entertaining for a good half an hour.It has the same running gags and open minded jokes from Garfield like in the other TV specials. A lot of the Garfield fans and Halloween fans consider this one a classic.

This Garfield short I love! It is a terrific Halloween show and the first time I saw it many years ago I was very surprised about what happened in the old house and it is actually scary!Lorenzo Music was very good as the fat cat Garfield and he is just hilarious in this one! Thom Huge was good as John and Binky the Clown! If you love the season of Halloween and autumn time then this is the perfect animated feature to watch!