Fictional Biography
Jon's birthday is July 28, 1950 (or 1951) as Jon tells Garfield that he is 29 years old in a December 23, 1980 strip. However, in the episode "T3000" he is described as 23.
In the animated show Garfield and Friends, we learn that Jon has an Italian ancestor whose name was Tony Arbuccli. Some episodes of the show suggested that Jon and his pets live in Muncie, Indiana. Jon wears contact lenses, his eyes are green, and his favorite music style is polka. His personal will states that he wishes to be cremated and have his ashes spread over his accordion. He can play accordion, guitar and bongos, and sing, though his singing and musical skills are far from good. Jon Arbuckle's favorite color is red, and he likes decaffeinated coffee, chocolate-chip cookies, and unleaded gasoline. Jon believes in God, or at the very least seems to believe in hell. According to one episode of Garfield and Friends, some of his "fun" ways to cure boredom are buying new socks, clipping his toenails, or playing "Guess the Burp" with Garfield. Jon was raised on a farm, and occasionally visits his mother, father, and his brother, Doc Boy, who lives on the farm.
Jon acquired Odie when Lyman, an old friend of his (and Odie's original owner) moved in with him and Garfield. After a few years, Lyman disappeared from the strip, never to be heard from again. The book Twenty Years and Still Kickin', which marked Garfield's twentieth year, included parodies of how Lyman left such as, "Had lunch with Jimmy Hoffa and then...".
Despite his somewhat timid and honest nature, Jon is sometimes shown to be quite assertive on Garfield And Friends. He also showed a tendency to be a miser as Garfield mentions how Jon passes out seeing the rates on a parking meter and Jon trying to perform a appendectomy on himself to save money.
Jon was voted #1 on "The Most Depressed Comic Book Characters" on the Best Week Ever blog.
Jon also dresses in loud outfits whenever he goes a date. It is briefly mentioned in one strip where Jon mentions that Liz called him a "fashion emergency". In a May 2006 strip,when he asked Garfield if his tie was too big, Garfield replies "Not at all, as long as your circus friends don't object, neither do I!" In a June 2006 strip, Garfield laughs at his outfit, when Jon asks what he is laughing at,Garfield replies "Oh my, where to start...where to start.". In a January 2002, strip Garfield mentions that two hundred moths committed suicide.
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