today i learned they made a garfield kart game and I'm kind of fascinated by this very cute iteration of the garfield character design

choose your fighter

this is the correct take. also I'm very upset at the internet because a google search for "garfield first appearance of feet" yields no exhaustive articles on the subject that i can find https://twitter.com/visagermusic/status/1248477995393626112?s=19

imagining the smash announcer's 45 unique readings of "GARFIELD!" https://twitter.com/StudioStobie/status/1248483387007881222?s=19

doing deep research and i think i've hit upon the explanation for garfield's feet. i'm about to lay it out in a way this extremely thin wikipedia paragraph couldn't

Wednesday, May 18, 1983. Garfield stands upright on paws for the final time.

Tuesday, June 7, 1983. Just twenty days later, this is what Garfield looks like standing.

on Saturday, June 11, 1983 we see Garfield "BOOT" Odie with his new feet for the first time. Is it true that he did this more easily than the paw-powered "PUNT" from the previous year?

What *really* happened in 1983 to spur this design change? What is Jim Davis really talking about when he talks about making it easier for Garfield to push Odie off the table? I'll tell you.