Garfield: I'm hungry.
Jon: Garfield, you know how I hate it when you poke me.
Garfield: Then feed me.
Jon: How would you like it if I poked you?!
Lyman: It's things like that, that make me glad I'm a dog owner.
Odie: I'm hungry.
I have read almost all Garfield comic strips, and I can indeed confirm that this is the only time in the comic’s history where Odie had a thought. With the exception of another Sunday one where Garfield had a crazy dream, but… it was a dream, so naturally, it doesn’t count.
it’s weird, not only because this is the only time Odie “speaks” but because the punchline could’ve stuck without the thought and just from pure visual cues…
jperes moderator over 16 years ago
Odie “speaks” - June 15, 1980.
comicgirl1000 over 15 years ago
omy
comicgirl1000 over 15 years ago
poke
wolfintheshadows almost 14 years ago
Odie spoke!
yow4zip Premium Member almost 13 years ago
Before Facebook.
Dark ages over 11 years ago
One of the only comics where Odie speaks.
Garfieldiscool2 about 11 years ago
Read this:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Odie
Garfieldiscool2 about 11 years ago
Darn, forgot to add the #Speaking tag
odiesnout about 9 years ago
Odie “thought talks” for the first and only time.
Clearstream about 8 years ago
Ah, the first, and only time Odie speaks.
BrainyFeather54 over 7 years ago
Technically, Odie had a thought, he didn’t speak
cml103020 almost 7 years ago
I have read almost all Garfield comic strips, and I can indeed confirm that this is the only time in the comic’s history where Odie had a thought. With the exception of another Sunday one where Garfield had a crazy dream, but… it was a dream, so naturally, it doesn’t count.
LindsayW1 over 6 years ago
#onlytimeOdiespoke
Vetsworldwide3327 over 5 years ago
I wish Jim made odie thought more.
LeonardoO'Laughlin over 5 years ago
Who cares that odie can speak. Imagine the bruses from all that poking .
LeonardoO'Laughlin over 5 years ago
Who cares that odie can speak. Imagine the bruses from all that poking .
(Insert funny name) about 5 years ago
Odie thinks instead of barks. He never does this after given to Jon. Maybe Lyman is better at teaching Odie?
MATTHEWSHERARD over 4 years ago
The only strip that odie had a thought
RandoSoup over 4 years ago
the reason odie never thinks again is because it is part of his character and it would make him seem less stupid
Vortexian about 4 years ago
Odie actually showed intelligently life… though that all changed in the future when he somehow becomes more stupid
apples about 4 years ago
Was that… ODIES FIRST THOUGHT?!?!?!?
D7281 almost 4 years ago
The dog speaks!
T&J Fan over 3 years ago
The Pokefest of 1980… must of hurt
6th Hokage Kakashi Hatake over 3 years ago
ODIE TALKED! ODIE TALKED!
T&J Fan over 3 years ago
They should of made Odie talk every time after this comic
T&J Fan over 3 years ago
Odie later said “Then Feed Me”
Goat from PBS about 3 years ago
Score five for the dogs…for talking!
Garfield #1 Fan Premium Member about 3 years ago
Odie can communicate? I can really see Jim Davis’s train of thought here.
Julian Dieter about 3 years ago
ODIE SPEAKS!
★YoshifanGocomicsUser★ about 3 years ago
OMG ODIE CAN TALK!
Zack Vladimirsky almost 3 years ago
Odie… What???
The_bunny_guy over 2 years ago
Just so you guys know, this is going to be the only time oldie ever speaks
jerm about 2 years ago
it’s weird, not only because this is the only time Odie “speaks” but because the punchline could’ve stuck without the thought and just from pure visual cues…
ParappaFan almost 2 years ago
ODIE TALKS!?!?!1