Fraidy Cat

"Fraidy Cat" is an episode of Garfield and Friends. It originally aired on October 8, 1988. While Garfield is watching a monster movie on a stormy night, Jon walks by and informs him that he is going to the grocery store. Garfield is so hooked on the movie that he doesn’t hear a word Jon says; Jon gives up and leaves for the store anyway (he closes the front door behind him, but then it cracks open). Odie then walks in, leaving muddy paw prints ... more

"Fraidy Cat" is an episode of Garfield and Friends. It originally aired on October 8, 1988. While Garfield is watching a monster movie on a stormy night, Jon walks by and informs him that he is going to the grocery store. Garfield is so hooked on the movie that he doesn’t hear a word Jon says; Jon gives up and leaves for the store anyway (he closes the front door behind him, but then it cracks open). Odie then walks in, leaving muddy paw prints on the floor. He approaches Garfield at an especially intense part of the movie and frightens him, and while Garfield is a little upset at first, he then companionably invites Odie to watch the movie with him. Odie soon becomes frightened by the storm, and Garfield tries to comfort him until he becomes frightened himself. At the climax of the movie, a power failure occurs. The front door opens wider, and Garfield soon notices Odie’s paw prints, but he mistakes the prints as belonging to a monster. He and Odie barricade the front door and then... less