Garfield's Judgment Day (Unfinished 1990s Animated Special)

Garfield's Judgment Day was a cacelled animated Garfield Special that would have aired in the late 80s to early 90s. Jim Davis wanted this special to be one of the best Garfield specials he had ever done (his "magnum opus" so to speak). It was much more serious in nature than the other garfield works, involving a tornado destroying their hometown. This production was unique in the fact that Disney was the studio workikng on it.

The special went through scripting and was full-out storyboraded. An estimated 15-minutes-worth of animation was finished as well as several songs finished and all the voice acting completed. Disney cancelled the special, feeling the subject matter was far too dark and depressing for Garfield. Davis tried to script the special twice more, but the studio showed no interest both times.

A few years later, a documentary titled Happy Birthday Garfield was planned but scrapped for unknown reasons. It was to celebrate 10 years of Garfield animated specials and had the only known surviving footage of the show (meaning that some footage has apparently gone missing). The documentary never surfaced, just like the special. The footage has never been seen by anybody besides the creators.