Garfield the Cat
Garfield is a fictional character and the title protagonist from the comic strip "Garfield" created by Jim Davis, that began its run in syndicated newspaper comic pages in 1978.
He is portrayed as an overweight anthropomorphic orange tabby cat noted for his sheer laziness, smug sarcasm, and intense passion for food, particularly lasagna, pizza, and ice cream.
The comic strip centers on Garfield and portrays him to be lazy, fat and cynical. He loves lasagna and coffee, he hates Mondays, and he hates Nermal (another cat character in the comic) along with hating raisins.
Nermal
Garfield relates to many people because of his passion for food, his ability to just eat a lot, and his lack of motivation to work out. Sleep is his favorite hobby and to him, "Diet is 'die' with a 'T'."
One of his favorite sayings is, "I hate Mondays."
Often throughout the course of the strip, Garfield's weight has been poked fun at as an object of ridicule, particularly by the electronic talking scale which he frequently uses to weigh himself. Garfield usually does not handle insults or commands from the scale (or anybody else) very well, and normally will respond to such remarks with violence or a saucy comeback of some sort, in spite of the fact that the character solely communicates through thought bubbles and does not actually talk.
Garfield lives with his slightly eccentric and socially awkward owner, Jon Arbuckle along with Jon's dimwitted pet dog Odie, and derives pleasure from mocking the actions performed by the two of them, often referring to them as "stupid" or "dimwitted".
Odie, Jon, and Garfield
Garfield is not particularly fond of Odie (as obviously expected from the common hatred shared by cats and dogs) and enjoys causing him physical harm or insulting him, seldom showing empathy for the beagle. Although Garfield's life would be very empty without Odie, to be sure.
Odie usually shows Garfield no belligerence of any kind, and would never deliberately cause him harm. Garfield still dislikes him even with this, and is apt to make rude comments based on the utter lack of intelligence displayed by Odie. However, Odie isn't the only target of Garfield's taunts as he frequently pokes fun at Jon as well for his nerdy behaviors and unpopularity with women. This also include's Jon's tacky and ridiculous fashion sense, as well as other "not quite social" behavoiors.
Despite all this, Garfield cares for Odie and Jon nonetheless, but he especially shows affection for his beloved teddy bear Pooky, which is frequently seen in his arms or close to its owner.
Early drawing of Garfield
Garfield has even had some "big screen" adventures, with a computer-generated version of him that is made to look more like a "real cat" versus his normal-looking self.
2004 Garfield: The Movie
Jim Davis named Garfield after his grandfather, James Garfield Davis, who was named after President James A. Garfield.