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The show starts with a normal day at the Arbuckle house, with John planning to propose to Lizz during Garfeld's vet visit. However, Lizz rejects him and unintentionally sends John on a downward spiral to the point where he becomes a serial killer. His pets, Garfeld and Odee, team up to stop him.

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Tropes associated with Garfeld: The Musical!:

• Adaptational Explanation: Whereas in the comics Lyman disappeared with no reason, here it's explained that Lyman moved out.
• Adaptation Name Change: For implied copyright reasons, everyone has slightly altered names, with the exception being Lyman. Most of the altered names are similar in some way to the characters' original names, Liz is now called Lizz and Odie is called Odee for example, but are still pronounced in ways familiar to the original comic, except for Garfield.
• Ass Shove: When Garfeld refuses to let Odee cut up Pooky to insert the C4 inside him, Odee threatens that its ether going into Pooky or up Garfeld's arse, making Garfeld comply.
• Bread, Eggs, Breaded Eggs: Lizz mentions that after religion didn't do well for him, Lyman tried to be a pornstar, then a cowboy, then a doctor, before Lizz mentions he's trying to be an amalgamation of all three of them.
• Did Not Get the Girl: Compared to the comic, John doesn't get Lizz and instead gets turned down by her.
• Foreshadowing:
  • During John's lament in the opening number As Long As It’s Not A Monday, Garfeld interrupts him and tells him to go away, more concerned about the show then John's mental health.
  • During "John's Lament", John causally reveals that when he was 6 and 10, his parents got him a therapist for his violent tendencies and killing the family dog, Eloise. Showing John has a more darker side inside him. At the end he even wonders "if [he killed], will the hole inside be filled?", even smiling at the thought.
• Hard Truth Aesop: Sometimes the people you love are horrible people, and you can't keep ignoring the reality until it's too late.
• Hidden Depths: Odee reveals to not only be able to talk like Garfeld, but has a secret study room he goes to in his own time.
• Hope Spot: After two close calls of Odee being subjected to the dog whistle by John to see if Garfeld and Odee in the living room, the two seemed to be able to keep it under wraps... until Garfeld sneezes and blows their cover.
  Odee: ARE YOU FUCKING KIDDING ME?!
• It's All My Fault: When Lizz, Garfeld and Odee are tied up nearing death, Lizz proclaims its her fault and thinks maybe if was gentler with her rejection she could've prevented this. Then Garfeld proclaims its his fault for not being more aware of John's mental heath issues. When it goes to Odee, he instead agrees its all on Garfeld for screwing up.
• Never My Fault: As seen in It's All My Fault, Odee put the fault all on Garfeld, despite him knowingly not saying anything.
• Nice Job Breaking It, Hero!: Garfeld throughout.
  • First by being more concerned about keeping the comic strip going, even mentioning how John's the "punching bag" he gives John the idea to become known as .
  • Then when Odee plans to insert the C4 inside Pooky, Garfeld wastes their time by making them sing another music number.
• Noodle Incident: When John goes to order refills for his prescriptions after he overdoses all of them, he gives the excuse that his dog ate them. And judging how he found out he used that excuse last week, this means this isn't the first time John overdosed.
• Police Are Useless: Garfeld mentions to Odee that if he wants to take John down why doesn't he call the police, to which Odee reveals he already tried that and said the police thought he was prank calling them.
• "The Reason You Suck" Speech: Lizz gives one to John after he proposes to her.
• Self-Deprecation: The musical openly mocks the Garfield series for how it's unfunny and rather repetitive it is.
• Sudden Downer Ending: When it seems Garfeld, Odee and Lizz have survived John, Teddy comes onto the set with an angry Jim Davis chasing behind him, who shoots and kills everyone on set before killing himself.
• Wham Line: After Garfeld's song Drawn to Scale testing Odee's patience, with the former misunderstanding his wordless warnings about John's murderous
  Garfeld: Well Odee, I hope you learned something about fat shaming. I think you owe me an apology. [sees Odee's seething face] Real mature, Odee. You know what, [raises his paw] talk to the paw.
  Odee: WHAT THE FUCK IS WRONG WITH YOU?! WE NEED TO DO SOMETHING NOW OR WE'RE GONNA DIE!