someone should make a whole video about that 'Jon' thing!

"Odie isn't a dog" is one I saw on another iceberg. Since several incarnations of Odie show up in several of Garfield's Nine Lives and God makes it very clear that cats are the only animals with nine lives, Odie isn't a dog.

Wow this popped up in my recommendations and I was not expecting that shout out lmao awesome video :D

Love the fact that Jim Davis was so okay with fan productions that he teamed up w them, certain big companies could learn from this

I find it really interesting how Jim Davies seems to love dark stories and keeps trying to make dark stuff out of Garfield but keeps getting stopped

The fact that the internet collectively came together to turn Garfield into this satirical horror commentary on our society will never fail to amaze me.

honestly this just made me realize that garfield is actually a brand with multiple spin offs and "lore" and not something people just latched on to for the meme

I love the idea that God was just like, "You know, if this cat has the balls to DOUBLE lie to me, why the fuck not."

I completely forgot that I made that Garfield video so it's bonkers to see it pop up while I've been binging your channel.

Everyone is way too okay with the fact that Jon canonically kidnapped lyman and chained him up in his basement 😶 creepypasta shit

Dude Lyman canonically being in Jon’s basement next to bones is terrifying, especially since I think that was his last appearance. Edit: I now know it wasn’t his last appearance, nor is that game really canonical. But, you can’t deny it’s very fucked up that somewhere out there in the Garfverse, Lyman is in Jon’s basement.

the garfield window cling fad of the 80s and the subsequent crime spree of people *breaking into cars to steal the cling ons* is one of my favorite pieces of garfield lore

My dad knew Jim Davis as a kid. My grandma would take him to the theatre in Muncie and Jim Davis would draw comics for my dad while my grandma was doing rehearsals.

Hey everyone. I'm the creator of the original iceberg image. First of all thank you SO MUCH for making this video and i'm really glad I could help with it. Also so many people have asked why I didn't include r/imsorryjon and the answer is because I wanted to stick with official Garfield stuff (with a couple exceptions). If it were on there it'd probably be around the surface of the iceberg.

I can't believe the first video I've ever been this fast to click on was a garfield iceberg video.

Garfield and his 9 lives absolutely traumatized me as a child. It was my mum's favourite childhood comic so she gave it to me buuut it was not what I expected. Was obsessed though

lasagna cat is literally the most professional and deep way to tell someone that they're so unfunny that they need to reuse their jokes

5:35 something about just "HAM" made me wheeze uncontrollably

he turns himself into lasagna, funniest shit I've ever seen

Since you're literally the only person who'd appreciate these, here are my Garfield facts about myself: • I have read every single published Garfield comic from 1978 to 2011 where he switched to digital. • I grew up about 15 minutes from Fairmount, Indiana where Jim Davis grew up and passed a sign with Garfield on it every day. • I frequented a Children's Museum where there was a recreation of Garfield's house built inside, as well as several Garfield themed attractions like a green screen self insert video game thing and educational material. • I took several art classes done by Davis. I've always been interested in cartooning, animation, and comics, so he was big inspiration for me. • Odie is my favorite character. • Ironically I liked the Gnorm Gnat character more than Garfield because he was a bug and I was more of a fan of bugs. • I had a grandfather figure who was the carpenter who built Davis' house and would occasionally bring me sketches Jim did for me. (All lost now.) • Jim would frequent a bookstore I worked at during college and he'd sign random copies of Garfield collections and hide them on the shelf. • I was first in line to read his Mr Potato Head comic. It was shit.

All I learned from this is that Garfield k*lls himself every time he’s on his last life and tells god he still had 9 lives left to be immortal

Garfield hates mondays cause monday literally tries to kill him. There were some garfield show episodes of this

Ok all im going to say is when I heard the words Garfield's scary scavenger hunt I unlocked some deep rooted memories I forgot I even had

Excuse you ma'm you forgot, "FEED ME JOHN" DEFINITELY a horrifying Garfield comic lmao

There’s a few lake house properties on the hunting land my dad hunts at, there is an old dude who puts little figures on stumps by the dirt road to the field. One of them is a Garfield figure so whenever we pass it I say “hello there Garfield”

i remember when i was a kid, i thought the live action Garfield movie was the best movie to ever exist

oh man. That Garfield game was iconic. Especially around halloween. I just watched the entire 9 Lifes of Garfield and it was incredibly well made. The bit about the animal testing was incredibly dark? But it made it even more interesting instead of just sugarcoating everything.

was made aware by a good friend of mine that my art featured at the end of this!! can't watch it at the moment, but i wanted to say thank you! -twinvenus (hey that's me at 21:49!)

Y'know, even though I'm not a "fan" of Garfield I always feel nostalgic and soft when it comes to the tv shorts.

There was a ride in PA called "Garfield's Nightmare" at the theme park Kennywood. It was a water ride where you went on a boat past comic strips and full sized statues and told a decently sized story. It was recently converted to another ride called "The Old Mill". Thats just an interesting Garfield tidbit!

I remember when I was a kid, I would spend a lot of my spare time reading through Garfield comics in my elementary school's library. I can't say I'm as much of a megafan as you, but Garfield has always had such a special place in my heart because of it. I had no idea there was this much media out there about him though, this was a wild ride! Thanks for sharing

the fact that garfield has daddy issues is hilarious

the zombie garfield shirt looks metal as hell. i would unironically love to get my hands on that lol

I obsessed over the original Garfield: His 9 Lives comic as a kid. It originally belonged to my dad, who was a Garfield fanatic when he was younger.

I actually have the 9 lives Garfield book. This was so surreal to see someone else talk about it!

"Lyman has appeared 69 times in the comics" *Nice*

This is amazing. Garfield reminds me of the fans of simpsons and sonic. The creativity and cursed vibes from the fans creations are kinda alike. The simpsons fans recreated the whole manga of akira with simpsons characters. Sonic fans created Sonic Dream, a really weird and cursed game that I think even markiplier made a video on, and one fan comic creator even got an official job working for sonic. Idk, they're just vibing

"People like characters with big feet. Give him human feet Jim, yes, jim, yes, draw the toes, jim"

I still love Garfield comics, I don't care what anyone says. For me. it's a nice warm slice of comfort food. Plus I like how Jim Davis has a sense of humor to support certain parodies of his work.

i dont know how old i thought you were but hearing that you were born in 2002 just. shocked me for some reason

everyone else: concerned about this coming out early in the morning me, in the UK: hehe lasanga cat

Actually surprised that "I'm sorry Jon" wasn't on the list at all since it has a pretty big fanbase.

I cant believe you made this and didnt bring up gorefield/I'm sorry jon ONCE

I went to watch Garfield and his 9 lives. No idea how it did it, but it managed to make me cry. After how surreal many of the segments were, the return to normalcy at life 8 was such a relief.

It turns out I'm much deeper in Garfield lore than I probably should be.

"we need a plan, oddie W E N E E D A B A T T L E P L A N " editing to say this because this comment has way too many likes compared to what it deserves lmao. this video is actually probably the video ive watched the most on all of youtube like for some reason at some point i loved listening to it while doing other things idk why this one in particular

THE AMOUNT OF TIMES I PLAYED GARFIELDS SCARY SCAVENGER HUNT,,,, DEADASS MY FAVORITE CHILDHOOD GAME

6:03 THIS!!! This game is my oldest internet memory and as I get older it’s actually just one of my earliest memories period. I couldn’t have been older than 3-4 when I played it, and it scared the absolute hell out of me, but I played it like every day and managed to beat it a few times. I replayed it years ago before flash died and it was actually still pretty fun :) warms my heart to see it here

"my glorious birthyear, 2002." WOW i was not ready for the concept that im just barely older than Izzyzz

I'm surprised I'm Sorry, Jon wasn't mentioned-

The “Garfield Alone” comic gave me nightmares growing up. I remember staying up late, reading through my dad’s massive collection of Garfield compilation books, and coming across this one. I was horrified yet enamored with it. I kept coming back to read the comic long after I first discovered it, even though it was my worst nightmare. Thus, a psychological horror enjoyer was born.

6:43 i think Jon and Lyman were more than "just roommates" considering he's appeared 69 times

Hearing that your age is 18: cool, fine, an adult Hearing "my glorious birth year of 2002": HATE IT, CURRENTLY CRUMBLING, THE SANDS HAVE ENGULFED ME

diana’s piano made me cry so hard as a child, and watching it recently made me bawl just as hard, it’s simultaneously the most simple and poignant story in the entire special and it’s stuck with me my entire life.

As a child i used to religiously watch the first live action garfield movie. by the way my mom tells it at some point in my life i would not be able to go to sleep unless she put on the garfield movie for me. to this day i love the movie. when you said that the movies were widely hated i had to do a double because i was actually surprised by that statement. man the power of nostalgia.

i was obsessed with garfield as a kid (i must have taken out every garfield book my library had multiple times), so it was weird just how much i knew! awesome video, great to listen to while i do work.

Are we just going to ignore the fact that there's a furby spider

My favorite fan edit of Garfield is the one that removes thought bubbles from the comics. I'm pretty sure Jon doesn't know what the animals think in the thought bubbles and the edits just truly show how insane he is.

It's sad that so much plastic and parts wound up in the ocean, but the fact that it was specifically Garfield phones and it was washing phones up on the for over 30 years just gets me everytime it's just. It is kinda hilarious

"Garfield's Scary Scavenger Hunt walked so Phasmophobia could run." Why is nobody talking about this comedy gold,, what??

i had so much whiplash when you said you were born in 2002, i was asking myself "how are you 18 then" and then i was forcibly remembered of the passage of time and that we live in 2020

the fact that the "garfield minus garfield" book is considered near the bottom of the iceberg is so wild to me. that book was in my elementary school library - i read the book years before i knew the website existed, and until i watched this video, i was under the impression that the book had come first!

I don’t understand why the tumblr people hate me

What I expected: some fun facts about Jim Davis, some behind the scenes, maybe some early concept art What I got: Garfield has met God

I COMPLETELY FORGOT ABOUT GARFIELD’S SCARY SCAVENGER HUNT!!! IT WAS THE ONLY GAME WE WERE ALOUD TO PLAY IN MY SCHOOL!!

Never forgiving Jim Davis for the jumpscare in Garfield's scary scavenger hunt. 9 year old me TRUSTED YOU JIM...

I watched "Garfield and Friends" every Saturday as a kid in the '90s! Also, I loved the "9 Lives" TV special too. It was a little creepy but I loved it, especially the Diana segment ( even though it ended a little sad 😔) the different art styles all intermixed made it a wild ride.

i’m sorry but are we really just going to gloss over lyman being chained up in jon’s basement after he disappeared? lmao

I love this whole thing. I know original Garfield is lame, I know it's tired, but I love it. I love it ironically and unironically. I just like Garfield. He is pleasing to look at. He is so.. round...so larg. I bought a Garf at an animecon for 5 bucks of an old dude selling TMNT toys and he is what I will leave in my will.

The true difference between Heathcliff and Garfield is that... Heathcliff doesn't take shit from anyone, and literally beat anybody up who are 10x larger his size.

"We need a plan, Odie... we need a battle plan" Holy shit, I didn't know that Garfield went to Vietnam

this is why i subscribed to you “i used to think of myself as a pretty big garfield fan before i saw this” i didn’t even know i knew a lot of garfield “lore” when i would talk to my friends about it until one day when i was telling my friends some real crazy cannon shit they were like “how do you know this” and i fell down this rabbit hole

You forgot "Gorefield" the SCP based on Garfield.

i’m not even a fan of garfield but when i saw “garfield iceberg” you know i had to click

Great video izzy. Very informative. However i was hoping to see more of the 'im sorry jon' which i guess its called. I have seen these artworks passed around online of Garfield in disturbing horror imagery and was genuinely confused as to why someone would pair Garfield into horror imagery. But this video still kind of explains it sort of.

I’m still not used to content creators being around my age

*furby spider* (Edit) wait, if Garfield is living and dying infinitely does that mean that he’s just suffering an infinite death? If so, then y’all better start making Garfield death memes instead of diavolo death memes rn

"In my glorious birth year of 2002" Im old, Yusuke.

I know a lot of kids found it scary but 9 Lives weirdly helped me understand death as a part of life and how our pets can only be with us a short time. That and Disney's Thomasina are what I thought of when the cat I'd raised since childhood died after 19 wonderful years together. And they really brought me a lot of comfort and closure.

7:32 the exact second i unlocked a major long-lost nostalgia blast OMG

This video reminded me how much I love Garfield. I watched 'His 9 lives' last night and haven't stopped crying over 'Diana's Piano'. I don't trust anyone that doesn't cry at that!!

“In my glorious birth year of 2002-“ me: hOW AM I OLDER THAN YOU

The Garfield and Friends section just hit me with the most random (and dated) memory. I remembered being a little kid, probably 5 or 6, and getting super sick and I couldnt go to school. My mom took me to the local Blockbuster and I picked up most, if not all, of dvds they had of Garfield and Friends. I binged it all day until im pretty sure my mom was sick of it 😂

One day I really hope to make beloved and popular characters that end up with such extensive lore both canon and fan speculated

so we just gunna ignore how jon kept someone in his basement ok i see

it's 2:00 am and i'm watching garfield videos. What has my life become

Saying the name Garfield Eats followed by the death sound from Dark Souls is probably one of the most perfect occurrences ever.

Izzzy, are you ever going to do a makeup tutorial?

I'm uncomfortable with just how much of this i already knew...

I was going to make a video similar to this for my April Fool's special this year but you nailed the topic right on the head! Awesome video!

This is both one of the greatest and most unsettling vids I’ve ever seen, up until I was about 10 years old I was obsessed with Garfield and extremely deep into his fandom and lore, somehow I knew a large amount of these things but a lot of the stuff you covered surprised, amazed and even shocked me! It’s 3am and my brain is slightly freaking out from both the nostalgia and the horrors of the garfield’s 9 lives things… because those were so terrifying and amazing to me as a kid lol. This was such an amazing video and I Thank you for that! I normally don’t comment on things but dude you blew me away honestly. I’d love to see more vids on Garfield and his lore :D

I don’t know anyone more qualified to make this video

Odie being smart makes sense; I made a D&D character which was Garfield as a warlock with powers granted to him by Odie, who was Odin in disguise.

That was exceptionally well made, Izzy! I love your content! Growing up, I read every Garfield comic the children's section of my local library had, including the original "9 Lives" (had no idea there was a redo), the anniversary book and one single, solitary random US Acres book. Never got a chance to see the show or the specials tho. Was really a treat to see a Garfield iceburg! Keep it up! ❤

Stopped the video to go watch Garfield: his nine lives... and I cried. It's good, and not too long. Each segment is quite unique too. I suggest giving it a watch if you haven't yet

I feel like “Stu is god” is something i knew on a subconscious level but now that ive seen it in writing i cannot handle it

If I ever land a movie role that requires me to cry on cue, I only need to hear someone say the *title* 'Diana's Piano' and I'll be bawling in seconds. That short has never failed to tear my heart right tf out since I watched it as a kid and all the years after that, not *once.*

As long as its got Garfield, I ain't gonna complain. Praise you, Garfield.

I had completely forgotten about Garfield and Friends but the opening of this video hit me with such a wave of nostalgia

It's crazy how many styles Garfield has went thru