The fifth aired episode of the first season of Garfield and Friends, and the first episode produced.
Post-opening sequence line: "This show is K-rated. No adults unless accompanied by a kid."
Garfield's Moving Experience
When Garfield pushes his luck with Jon too much, he gets thrown out of Jon's house. He gets adopted by by a rich girl with a large dog.
Wade, You're Afraid
Fed up with Wade cowering over every little thing, Orson hypnotizes Wade to be brave. Unfortunately, this hypnotism works too well, as it leads to Wade releasing a bull from its pen.
Good Mousekeeping
When Floyd the Mouse encounters Garfield, Garfield reveals to him that he doesn't catch mice. Floyd invites his friends over to Garfield's house, and when Jon discovers them, he makes Garfield get rid of them.
"Garfield's Moving Experience" provides examples of:
- Baby Talk: The little rich girl talks this way towards Garfield, much to his annoyance.Girl: Does um, Kitty-witty want to take a nappy-wappy?
Garfield: Kitty-witty is getting sicky-wicky. - Bannister Slide: Garfield does this as he tries to escape from the little rich girl. He sees a decoration of Cupid with a bow and arrow at the bottom, and screeches to a halt, just narrowly avoiding getting poked in the butt.
- Cordon Bleugh Chef:
- Jon makes peanut butter and fish-head stew with a side of pickles and optional chocolate sauce. When Garfield tastes it, he says "Thank goodness. I thought for a minute there it might be food."
- At the end of the episode, Jon makes mousse-flavored pancakes with tomato and anchovy syrup to welcome Garfield back into his house. Garfield then packs his bags and moves back to the little rich girl's house.
- Even the Rats Won't Touch It: Jon's mousse-flavored pancakes with tomato and anchovy syrup is enough to get Garfield to move back into the little rich girl's house and take his chances with Boopsie.
- Fluffy the Terrible: The little rich girl is revealed to have a large dog named Boopsie, who scares Garfield away. The little rich girl then remarks "That's the eighth kitty cat we've lost this week!" Boopsie then barks, and the little rich girl says "Okay, if you say so; nine."
- Get Out!: Jon kicks Garfield out of his house for insulting his cooking and tying Odie's tongue in a knot.
- Hollywood Tone-Deaf: When the little rich girl sings him a lullaby, Garfield escapes from his cradle and remarks "An excellent example of cruelty of animals. Anyone who sings like that should be drug out into the street and shot, or worse, made to listen to a tape of themselves."
- Losing a Shoe in the Struggle: Garfield's bonnet falls off when Boopsie chases him.
- Pet Dress-Up: When the little rich girl puts Garfield down for a nap, she dresses him in a pink bonnet and nightshirt. Garfield then tells the viewers "Hey, I didn't laugh when your parents dressed you like this."
- Screw This, I'm Outta Here: When Jon welcomes Garfield back into his house and serves him his mousse-flavored pancakes with tomato and anchovy syrup, Garfield packs his bags and moves back to the little rich girl's house, deciding to take his chances with Boopsie.
- Stripping Snag: When Garfield tries to climb over the fence, Boopsie grabs his nightshirt and ends up pulling it off.
- Was Too Hard on Him: After Garfield escapes from the little rich girl and Boopsie, Jon feels bad about kicking Garfield out of his house, feeling maybe he was a little too hard on him. Odie agrees, and Jon goes outside to apologize to him, only for Garfield to run back in.
"Wade, You're Afraid" provides examples of:
- An Aesop: What makes a person brave isn't being fearless, but rather facing their fears to do what's right even when they're afraid.
- Bigger on the Inside: Sheldon is revealed to have a pinball machine inside his eggshell.
- Breaking the Fourth Wall: When Booker tricks Wade into thinking that the bull is loose, Wade turns to the viewers and asks them "Why are you just sitting there watching TV?!"
- Brutish Bulls: This episode's antagonist is a bull who chases Wade and his friends when the hypnotized Wade goads him out of his pen.
- Bullying a Dragon: While in his hypnotized state, Wade opens the bull pen and tells the bull "Hey, you ugly bull, you! How'd you like to become a cheeseburger?", angering the bull. When Roy snaps Wade out of his trance, the bull chases Wade and his friends.
- Bungled Hypnotism: Orson uses hypnotism on Wade in order to make him not fear anything. It works, and Wade goes from being a Lovable Coward to shortly being a fearless and reckless Jerkass who fears absolutely nothing.
- By the Lights of Their Eyes: When Wade hides in the shed, only to find Orson and his friends there waiting for him, all that can be seen of them are their eyes. Yes, even the eyes of Wade's inner tube are visible.
- Cowardly Lion: When Wade is snapped out of his trance and the bull starts chasing his friends, Wade decides to face his fears and goad the bull into chasing him to save his friends.
- Here We Go Again!: At the end of the cartoon, Wade is back to normal, but now the animals have to deal with the bull acting like a chicken.
- Impact Silhouette: When Wade runs through the wall of the shed he hides in, he leaves a hole shaped like his body.
- Literal Metaphor: When Wade runs after Booker tricks him into thinking the bull is loose, Wade literally runs up the wall of a silo.
- Rhyming Title: Wade, You're Afraid.
- Tempting Fate: While relaxing in his waller, Orson reads a book telling him that there are certain people in the world who totally lack self confidence. Upon reading it, he says "I wonder what they're like." Wade then runs past him, splashing him with mud. Upon seeing this, Orson says "Well, that answers my question."
"Good Mousekeeping" provides examples of:
- Cordon Bleugh Chef: Jon. When Jon makes Garfield catch the mice, Garfield offers to trade places with Jon; Jon will catch the mice while Garfield messes up dinner. In the end, Jon's avocado and peanut butter stew with french dressing is bad enough to drive the mice away.
- Eek, a Mouse!!: When Floyd discovers that Garfield doesn't chase mice, he invites his friends into Jon's house. Jon soon discovers that his kitchen is infested with mice, so he calls Garfield to catch them.
- Even the Rats Won't Touch It: Garfield combats a rodent infestation by serving them Jon's avocado and peanut butter stew with french dressing. They eat a few bites before deciding that it's too awful for them and leave. It also counts as this for Garfield himself since he won't eat it, and he and Odie end up joining the mice in the alley for scraps.Floyd: I knew you cats were sneaky, but I never thought you'd stoop to rat poison!
- Pie in the Face: When Garfield catches a mouse carrying a pie, the mouse tosses the pie into the air. Garfield then asks if the mouse was carrying a lemon meringue pie, and the pie falls on his head. Garfield then tastes the pie and says "I was wrong; it was peach."
- Shout-Out: The cartoon that Floyd shows Garfield to prove to him that cats catch mice is a parody of Tom and Jerry. Garfield is naturally appaled by it, asking that they let children watch it.
- Weapons That Suck: One of Garfield's attempts to catch the mice is by sucking them up with a vacuum cleaner. He ends up sucking up Odie and Jon instead.
