TransAtlantyk
This is one of the best children's Halloween specials you could hope to watch. It is somewhat obscure and often forgotten about but it deserves all the recognition that the famous Christmas specials get. The dead leaves and dark night set the autumn mood while Garfield and Odie go out candy collecting but get into a spooky adventure along the way. I won't spoil the show but it involves a haunted house, classic Halloween fare all around.There are a few memorable songs, good animation, classic Garfield humor, and a nice spooky Halloween setting. This is a perfect choice to show to children around October, it might even become a yearly tradition.
Silvaine J. Brown
The main reason I watched this episode recently was because I remembered the main song Garfield sang as a pirate. This is a really entertaining episode, that can amaze a child, and can transport people who used to watch Garfield in time and remember the magic there used to be in old cartoons (opposed to actual anime and other poor cartoons which have no magic at all).It is also surprising how the story develops, the original horror story the old man tells Garfield and Odi and the adventures they encounter. Another great characteristic about this old cartoons is that they had a great use of expressions, with impressive details, which from my point of view are art in the form of entertainment.
Julia Arsenault (ja_kitty_71)
This is another Halloween TV Special I love and it's my favorite Garfield holiday special. Garfield's Halloween is also the first Garfield holiday special too. Well the story starts with Garfield and Odie, dressed as pirates on Halloween night, and went off tricking-or-treating. Then by a river dock, Garfield spied a row-boat and houses across the river, and thought they could row across the river to the houses to get more candy. But the row-boat took Garfield and Odie down the river, and landed them on an island with an old house on it. Inside the house, they meet a spooky old man who tells them that the house is haunted by pirate ghosts who buried a treasure under the house 100 years ago, vowing to come back for it that very night.So anyway I love this Halloween special and I loved how Lou Rawls sang the "trick or treat" song, he's got an awesome singing voice; the other songs are catchy too.
Rynaldo J
"Garfield's Halloween Adventure" is a great show for young children to watch any time of the year. It is just the right length in time and the funny dialogue of Garfield is enough to keep children entertained. The story at the start shows Garfield's lack of morals through his desire for Halloween candy, but as the story progresses, so does he.Since this is a somewhat old children's show (this show was made in 1985), one or two random parts may be viewed as too scary, but it's all part of the fun. I personally first saw this show over twelve years ago, but I can watch it over and over again even today, without fast forwarding any of it, which is hard to say for anything I watch multiple times. Overall, this is a great show and I recommend it to everyone who loves Garfield, Halloween or candy.
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