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Jon Arbuckle
Garfield character
First appearanceJanuary 8, 1976 in Jon
Created byJim Davis
Portrayed byBreckin Meyer (live-action/CGI 2004–06)
Voiced bySandy Kenyon (1982)
Thom Huge (1983–1994)
Wally Wingert (2007–present)
In-universe information
SpeciesHuman
GenderMale
OccupationCartoonist
FamilyGarfield (pet cat), Odie (pet dog)
Significant otherLiz Wilson (girlfriend)
RelativesDoc Boy (brother), Tony Arbuckle, Long John Arbuckle, Judy (cousin), Tammy (niece), Stevie (nephew), Ned (uncle), Roy (uncle), Bill (uncle), Ed (uncle), Orpha (aunt), Edna (aunt), Trudy (aunt), Zelda (aunt), an unnamed great-great-grandmother
BirthdayJuly 28[1][2][3]
"John Arbuckle" redirects here. For other uses, see John Arbuckle (disambiguation).

Jon Q. Arbuckle is a fictional character from the Garfield comic strip by Jim Davis. He has also appeared in the animated television series Garfield and Friends, the computer-animated The Garfield Show, and two live-action/computer-animated feature films.

A geeky and clumsy man yet caring owner, Jon is the owner of Garfield and Odie. He converses with Garfield and is often the butt of his jokes.

Fictional biography

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Jon's birthday is July 28, as Jon told Garfield that he was 29 years old in a December 23, 1980 strip.[4] However, in the episode "T3000" of The Garfield Show, he is described as 22.[citation needed] In the animated show Garfield and Friends, it's learned that Jon has an Italian ancestor whose name was Tony Arbuccli. Some episodes of the show suggested that Jon and his pets live in Muncie, Indiana. Jon wears contact lenses, his eyes are green,[5] and his favorite music style is polka. Jon believes in God, as he is seen praying before going to bed in the April 29, 1987 strip.[6]

Jon’s full name is Jonathon Q. Arbuckle as shown in the December 6th Garfield strip published in 2001. His pet Garfield, has a teddy bear named Pooky. Jon has a talking scale, first appeared on November 18, 1985. Jon has a bad taste for clothes.

His personal will states that he wishes to be cremated and have his ashes spread over his accordion. He can play accordion, bagpipes, guitar, banjo, and bongos and sing, though his singing and musical skills are not the greatest. Jon Arbuckle's favorite color is red, and he likes decaffeinated coffee, chocolate-chip cookies, and unleaded gasoline. According to one episode of Garfield and Friends, some of his "fun" ways to cure boredom are buying new socks, clipping his toenails, or playing "Guess the Burp" with Garfield.[7] Jon was raised on a farm and occasionally visits his mother, father, grandma, and brother Doc Boy (Which Jon's brother hates to be called), who live on the farm.

Jon acquired Odie when Lyman, an old friend of his (and Odie's original owner), moved in with him and Garfield. After a few years, Lyman disappeared from the strip, never to be heard from again. The book Twenty Years and Still Kicking, which marked Garfield's twentieth year, included parodies of how Lyman left, such as "Had lunch with Jimmy Hoffa and then...". Lyman does appear in an episode of The Garfield Show, during which Jon sets out to look for him. Odie goes back to Lyman, but returns to Garfield at the end.

Jon has a long-time crush on Garfield's veterinarian, Dr. Liz Wilson. Although she has a deadpan, sardonic persona, she finds Jon's outlandish and goofball behavior endearing on occasion. Jon often attempts to ask her out on a date, but rarely succeeds, usually with Garfield making fun of his failure; however, in an extended story arc from June 20 to July 29, 2006, Liz finally admitted she was in love with him and became his girlfriend from that point onwards. As early as 1982, Davis had suggested he would eventually bring Jon and Liz together as a couple.[8]

Despite his somewhat timid and honest nature, Jon is sometimes shown to be quite assertive on Garfield And Friends. He also shows a tendency to be a miser, as Garfield mentions how Jon passes out seeing the rates on a parking meter and Jon tries to perform an appendectomy on himself to save money.

Jon was voted number one on the Best Week Ever blog's list of "The Most Depressed Comic Book Characters".[9]

Jon also dresses in snappy outfits whenever he goes out on a date. It is briefly mentioned in one strip where Jon mentions that Liz called him a "fashion emergency". In a May 2006 strip, when he asks Garfield if his tie is too big, Garfield replies "Not at all, as long as your circus friends don't object, neither do I!"[10] In a June 2006 strip, Garfield laughs at his outfit, and when Jon asks what he is laughing at, Garfield replies, "Oh, my...where to start...where to start...".[11] In a January 2002 strip, Garfield mentions that two hundred moths committed suicide after seeing Jon's wardrobe.[12] Also, on the Halloween 2014 strip, Jon was scared of a monster hiding in his closet. Garfield said not to worry because his wardrobe will kill it.[13]

In the first strip, Arbuckle is presented as a cartoonist.[14] Garfield and Friends also shows him several times as a cartoonist. His occupation is likely still that of a cartoonist on The Garfield Show, as in the episode "Family Picture" he draws a sketch of a photograph that he wants to take as Liz's birthday present. Also, in the strip from May 2, 2010, Liz tells her parents Jon is a cartoonist.[15] Jon was also seen doing his work briefly in the August 2, 2015 strip.[16]

Jon was adopted.

Many of Arbuckle's character traits are shared with his author Jim Davis, who was likewise a cartoonist, raised on a farm and born on July 28.[17]

Other media

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Breckin Meyer portrays Jon Arbuckle in the feature film adaptations.

Carnegie Mellon Mascot - Garfield the cat [20]

References

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  1. ^ "Garfield & Friends". Retrieved 3 March 2017.
  2. ^ "Garfield & Friends". Retrieved 3 March 2017.
  3. ^ "Garfield & Friends". Retrieved 3 March 2017.
  4. ^ "Garfield & Friends". Retrieved 3 March 2017.
  5. ^ When his irises are shown. For example, in the July 18, 2010 Sunday strip.
  6. ^ "Garfield & Friends". Retrieved 3 March 2017.
  7. ^ "Garfield & Friends". Retrieved 3 March 2017.
  8. ^ Shapiro, Walter (December 12, 1982). "LIVES: The Cat That Rots the Intellect". The Washington Post. Retrieved June 23, 2019.
  9. ^ Best week ever blog
  10. ^ "Garfield & Friends". Retrieved 3 March 2017.
  11. ^ "Garfield & Friends". Retrieved 3 March 2017.
  12. ^ "Garfield & Friends". Retrieved 3 March 2017.
  13. ^ "Garfield & Friends". Retrieved 3 March 2017.
  14. ^ "Garfield & Friends". garfield.com. Retrieved 2019-09-30.
  15. ^ "Garfield & Friends". Retrieved 3 March 2017.
  16. ^ "Garfield & Friends". Retrieved 3 March 2017.
  17. ^ "Jim Davis - Biography". Retrieved December 7, 2019.
  18. ^ Doty, Cate (June 2, 2008). "Is the Main Character Missing? Maybe Not". The New York Times. Retrieved July 25, 2008.
  19. ^ "When the Cat's Away, Neurosis Is on Display". The Washington Post. April 6, 2008. Retrieved July 25, 2008.
  20. ^ "Garfield the cat".


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