Garfield: The Movie (2004) - 21 mistakes

Revealing: When one of the men picks up Garfield from his cage to display to potential buyers at the pound, you can see the man's right hand "entangled" with the computer-generated Garfield.

Continuity: When Odie comes out on the porch to keep Garfield company, his collar and tags are visible; even more so when he attempts to get back in. But when the shot pulls away to show Odie alone on the steps (before running off after the scooter), his collar is gone. Part of the plot hinges on Jon trying to find Odie, who wasn't wearing his tags.

Continuity: John's Volvo back license plate number in the first half of the movie is T03-851. When he and Dr Liz are looking for Odie, his front license plate number is I35-749. As they are pulling up to the train station, the Volvo in front of them also has the plate I35-749.

Continuity: When he is surfing down the stairs, he seemed to have gone further down the building than where he falls out the window.

Continuity: When Garfield is looking for Telegraph Tower, he says it's next to a blue and orange tree. On the Kibbly Kat box however, there is no blue and orange tree on the box, let alone next to the tower.

Continuity: When Garfield rescues Odie and Happy Chapman picks up Odie he puts the shock collar on him. It then cuts to the dogs howling and then cuts back to Happy Chapman and you can see that the collar is no longer around Odie's neck but in Happy Chapman's hand. It then cuts back to the dogs and then back to Happy Chapman and the collar is back on Odie. He then starts to run and the collar is off again.

Revealing: When Garfield and the mouse are going down the street underneath cardboard boxes, you can see the wheels of remote-controlled "cars" that were used to create the illusion. It is especially obvious in some of the scenes of the mouse, under the Chinese-Food box.

Continuity: When the books fall from the shelf in front of Garfield, there is a pile of books right in front of him. When it cuts, the pile is gone and the books are more scattered.

Continuity: When Garfield is captured by Animal Control, he is put next to Happy's cat. The next time we see him in the cage, he is next to a different cat.

Continuity: When Odie is trying to get back inside after Garfield locked him outside, it shows him wearing his collar. But then it disappears and appears again. We already know that Jon took Odie's coller off for his bath.

Continuity: In the train station, Dr Liz is wearing white heels. As they get out of the car and embrace, she is now wearing white flats.

Continuity: Garfield has a thumb on his front paws, giving him 5 digits on the bottom of his paws. He is shown leaning on a window and all 5 are making contact with the window as a human hand would. The paw print that Jon finds and recognizes as Garfield's are normal cat prints with only marks from 4 digits. If his paw did have 5 digits as seen in the window, he would have left a 5 toed print.

Plot hole: Garfield enters the train control room at Los Angeles Union Station when the only employee in the room leaves the room. There would always be someone in this room when the trains are in operation.

Continuity: When Garfield is outside of the house, the dog door shows as green. When Odie is outside it is black. Throughout the movie, the dog door continuously changes color.

Continuity: After Garfield takes treatment at an orphanage, he looks at a dog in a cage and jumps on the counter. In this shot on the counter you can see the comb, a bottle of shampoo and a jug of liquid soap. Look at these things when Garfield says 'But I've got somebody waiting', and you'll see that the comb has changed position on the counter.

Continuity: When Odie first starts to dance at the dog show, Jon stands up, but if you look in the background while Odie is dancing, Jon is sitting down, then a couple of shots later we see him finally sit down.

Factual error: When John is talking on the phone to someone who found a dog, he says something about Odie not being a hound dog, and how sure he was. Odie is part wirehair Dachshund (you can look it up - plus I own Dachshunds), which is from the hound breed.

Visible crew/equipment: During the opening credits, when the camera pans, looking at the photos of Jon and Garfield, you can see the camera reflected in the glass of some of the pictures.

Revealing: When Garfield is in the air vent, he falls out into a box, which topples over. The Garfield that falls into the box is motionless, in a crouched position, and obviously a stuffed toy.

Continuity: The first time we see Jon pull his Volvo into his driveway, he parks it kinda crooked, the next time we see it, it is parked straight.

Revealing: In the scene where Garfield and John first bring Odie home, you see Garfield talking to one of the neighborhood cats outside while John has gone inside with Odie. You can see a colored square on the sidewalk where the neighborhood cat sits. Throughout different shots in the scene you see the square disappear and reappear.