3643: Dispatch war rocket Ajax to bring back his Odie

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Dispatch war rocket Ajax to bring back his Odie
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Made by: Negative N


Explanation[edit | edit source]

This strip was created in conjunction with the debut of the high-definition remastered version of Garfield and Friends, which first appeared on Boomerang's streaming service on 2018-11-01; the strip shows off part of the reanimated introduction sequence, horrifying Odie in the process. The reanimated introduction sequence itself was the result of the original film masters couldn't be located; a few actual segments also could not be properly remastered due to missing film masters and thus were presented with borders.

The Boomerang streaming service no longer carries Garfield and Friends, leaving that service in 2022 after the contract expired; Viacom's acquisition of the Garfield franchise in the interim would ultimately see the franchise become available on their Pluto TV service including a dedicated linear channel for the show (and also making the show available via a number of other services as well).

The author writes:[edit | edit source]

Good news, the first thirty episodes of Garfield and Friends are finally on the Boomerang streaming service and re-mastered in HD! Bad news, the intro is reanimated in Johnny Test-level Flash and the actual episodes are cropped to 16:9 despite the episodes originally being in 4:3 and other shows like Courage the Cowardly Dog not being de-mastered.

Original strip: 2018-11-04.

Transcript[edit | edit source]

Announcer on TV: Ladies and Gentlemen, "Garfield and Friends HD"
{Odie is quietly content}
Announcer on TV: FLASH ANIMATION!
{screenshot of the Flash-reanimated Garfield and Friends intro from the HD remaster}
{Odie is horrified}