Some fans have mistaken Nermal for a female kitten because of his eyelashes, his seemingly feminine personality, and the feminine-sounding tone of his voice on Garfield and Friends. Jim Davis often gives younger characters eyelashes, including Garfield himself in the "Garfield" segment of Garfield: His 9 Lives and Orson at the beginning of the U.
Acres comic strip. After season one, "Telma" was changed back to Nermal. Despite this, Nermal's gender only changed back to male near the end of the series. Nermal is a cute grey tabby cat whom Garfield is jealous of. Although he can be nice on occasion, Nermal regularly and often intentionally annoys Garfield and sometimes Odie, which usually results in Garfield trying to ship him to Abu Dhabi.
Nermal often comes in unannounced and usually on Garfield's birthday , much to Garfield's dismay. Nermal acts as a smart-aleck towards Garfield much like Arlene. Nermal can be almost as arrogant as Garfield, sometimes even more so. When he first appeared, it was stated that he was owned by Jon's parents, which was never mentioned again nor is he seen on Jon's parents' farm.
When he appears, it is usually because Jon has to babysit him. According to " Change of Mind ", Nermal's owners leave him at Jon's house "every so often. Nermal revels in his cuteness and proudly proclaims himself as the cutest kitten in the world. Nermal can be quite devious at times like when he tricked Garfield into thinking there was a shark in his water bowl by swimming in it with a shark fin. Nermal also takes great pleasure in irritating Garfield in spite of Garfield being bigger and stronger than him Garfield told the audience that Nermal might not live to see his next birthday on one such occasion.
Nermal is shown to secretly look up to Garfield and sees him as his best friend, despite Garfield mistreating him. In The Garfield Show , Nermal often acts smug to Garfield and sometimes blackmails him into being nice to him, playing with him or getting him and Odie kicked out of the house for his mess, possibly due to years of Garfield being mean to him.
He is also much more arrogant, narcissistic and selfish than in previous incarnations. Also, in the January 13, comic strip, he is seen laughing at Garfield. And in the June 15, comic strip, he is seen poking Lyman saying "I'm hungry", he has been presumably been shown thinking when Garfield was using him as a ventriloquist's dummy in Odie is, to Garfield , a slobbering, smiling house-pet.
Due to this view, Garfield sometimes underestimates Odie. In others, he has been seen setting decoys, writing poetry, and finding a complete superhero outfit, making Garfield briefly look bad.
In yet another one, Odie tossed Garfield a bowling ball to "help" Garfield out of a tree he was stuck in. In two strips, Garfield went to see what was at the end of Odie's unusually long tongue, which turned out to be a second Odie.
Garfield acknowledges this by saying short, catchy phrases that sometimes anger Odie. On numerous occasions, Garfield actually does care a great deal for Odie, most notably in Here Comes Garfield , in which Odie is briefly captured by the dogcatcher and Garfield tearfully realizes through flashbacks of him and Odie playing together how sad his life would be without him.
Also, Garfield was visibly angry when a con artist alley cat in " Pros and Cons " conned Odie out of the grocery money, leaving Jon to be upset with Odie. So Garfield went to great lengths to clear Odie's name and get the money back. In another name-clearing instance, when Odie was televised as being part of a purse-snatching dog gang, Garfield refused to believe it because, in his words, "Odie is honest, true blue, and decent. And he's not even smart enough to steal.
Other times, Garfield tries to put the blame on Odie for some of the mishaps he has done. Garfield also enjoys kicking Odie off of the table. Odie does manage to get occasional revenge on Garfield. Comically, Odie steps out to grin at Garfield, wearing a plaid shirt, indicating that he framed Garfield.
Odie would also commonly do things to Garfield, but he gets his revenge. In one storyline, Garfield gets beat up by a bulldog after smacking him and has to wear a cast for nearly a week. The cast covers Garfield's entire body but his face. Odie torments Garfield throughout the duration of this time. In the final strip of the storyline, though, Garfield tells Jon that he would like to keep his cast after being asked what he would like to do with it, and strikes Odie with it.
In one series, when Garfield got stuck in a tree, Odie tries to help Garfield, but at the last moment, Odie flung him into the air although this was an accident. Just about every time Garfield's birthday is coming up, Odie will mock Garfield for his "gerascophobia" fear of getting old and for getting older. Odie once tricked Jon into giving Garfield an enema.
Odie and Nermal rarely interact, as the latter usually deals with Garfield. In Garfield and Friends , Odie likes Nermal. He will often stick up for Nermal when Garfield harasses him and mails him to Abu Dhabi.
Garfield and Odie will often get annoyed with Nermal. One instance being when Nermal somehow got Garfield to think he had no place left in the house from his amnesia and made him leave, taking his place as the cat of the house.
This made Odie very sad and grow angry with him. When Garfield came back after recovering his memories, Odie was overjoyed. Garfield Wiki Explore. Animals Humans. Explore Wikis Community Central. Register Don't have an account?
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