Mistakes Will Happen (Garfield and Friends)

Mistakes Will Happen (Garfield and Friends)
This self-aware episode is anything but a "mistake", and is very impressive for its time.
Part of Season: 3 Episode Number: 17a Air Date: November 17, 1990 Writer: Mark Evanier Sharman DiVino Previous episode: "For Cats Only" Next episode: "The Well Dweller" (US Acres) "The Wise Man"

"Mistakes Will Happen" is the first part of the seventeenth episode in the third season of Garfield and Friends.

Plot

In response to letters about mistakes on the show, Garfield tries to convince viewers that his show does not have any mistakes. Himself and Odie watch a cartoon that is full of mistakes.

Why It's Anything But a Mistake

1. Garfield's famous quote/fourth wall break when stopping the title card to say about how people have been writing letters about this show having mistakes, and himself saying that it's not possible except on a rare occasion in casting.
2. Although there's a lot of animation & voice acting errors here, they're very funny to look at/listen to & do a great job at making fun of these mistakes.
3. Some funny voice acting goofs from Jon, such as "Garfield's been a very bad dog lately. I'm gonna teach him a lesson she'll never forget", "This will scare the pants off those three or my name isn't June Arberckle!" & "Don't worry, Kermit, we have pretty boring lives - we never run into people like that".
4. Due to the nature of this episode, it is a very funny episode with ton of funny moments such as the mistakes that was intended, or even the voice acting, in fact it may be one of the funniest episode of the whole show.
5. The giant picnic feast Garfield puts on his picnic blanket looks very delicious.
6. The way Garfield scares & defeats the robber is top-notch and hilarious with intentional goofs.
7. Funny Ending: When the cartoon full of mistakes ends, Garfield shows the viewers how many mistakes were shown, and he only said 3 - which include his picnic not having mustard, Jon's car not having gas & himself not eating, even though a truckload of them were shown to no end, and it ends with him telling Odie (who is incorrectly shown as a big brown dog) to get a midnight snack by saying that it's 10:00am.

Reception

It holds a rating of 7.9/10 on IMDB.

Trivia

• There's so much intentional mistakes here, that even the Leaning Tower of Pisa, the Taj Mahal and the Effiel Tower have mistakes.

List of Goofs Found (If You're Interested)

• An alteration of the title card shows Garfield in Odie's body and has the "S" removed.
• One of the steaks on Jon's barbecue grill appears as a boot.
• Jon says "Garfield, your macaroni is ready!", even though steaks were shown.
• Garfield has shoes on his feet for a few frames.
• Jon then has a tuxedo & then says that Garfield likes his pizza with everything on it, and the steak Jon gives Garfield then changes to a fish.
• Odie has a cowboy hat in one frame and flowers in the next, while Jon has an underwater suit on him & a ballerina one in the next when telling Garfield scary stories about the woods.
• The sky changes to night & Jon suddenly has a pinball machine.
• Garfield says if him and Odie can believe about Pete trying to scare them, while Odie has a talking voice and two of them are seen in the next frame, a Jon Davis signature can be seen on a bush and Garfield is wearing shades.
• Jon suddenly has a mustache, and in the next frame just his underwear and bunny slippers, and then Binky the Clown is seen when he tiptoes.
• Odie then has a tuxedo in the next scene of him and Garfield walking, while Garfield has a sleeping hat and then Odie is replaced with Nermal for a few frames. Then, a fish swims around the two walking while the robber's clothes suddenly change & he has an eyepatch, while Garfield and Odie then have antlers.
• Garfield and Odie then suddenly have winter clothes on along with the weather being that style, and Garfield said that Fred was all wrong and that there was nothing to be afraid of. Garfield's outline disappears and Jon mistakes Garfield for a dog and says that she'll be taught a lesson (and the farm animals from US Acres can be seen).
• Garfield's picnic appears as a big feast at first, but much smaller when he eats it, then Garfield has blonde curly hair, while Jon mistakenly said that his punishment will scare the pants off those three and referred himself as June Arberckle and then the screen goes upside-down.
• Jon suddenly has a big beard in one frame while the robber has a sombrero hat, Garfield and Odie have duck lips, Garfield then has a hat and he mistook the robber as his owner & became blue when fighting him and Odie suddenly has duck feet.
• Jon says "Don't worry Kermit, he have pretty boring lives - we never run into people like that" (Probably referencing Kermit the Frog from The Muppets.

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