Garfield is coming to Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl

If you think Garfield is all about eating lasagna and napping, you’d be right — but you’d also be missing out on some wild trivia, like the fact that he is technically a Nickelodeon character, and therefore able to appear in Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl and kick the shit out of Patrick Star.

[The writer pulls down a chart from the ceiling.]

History nerds like myself will note that this wasn’t always the case: Garfield only recently became Nick-adjacent when the network’s parent company Viacom purchased Paws Inc., Garfield creator Jim Davis’ company for managing all things Garfield. This doesn’t mean they have sole control of the character; Garfield’s copyright history is layered, like a fascinating lasagna of contract language, and I recommend you look it up. But first, check out this trailer where the famed orange cat throws April O’Neil off a cliff.

From what we can see, so far, Garfield’s attacks are quite lanky with lots of flailing. There are also some Garf signature moves, including lasagna and powerful belching. You can also see him fighting off enemies in the trailer, on some really cool maps. There’s one featuring a gigantic toaster and another that features platforms that look like pizzas. We’d have to wait a while to test this out, but it’d be disappointing to learn if you could play him on Mondays. Perhaps winning can be rewarded with a restful nap.

As the rest of the Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl roster, Garfield does not have any voice acting — not even yelps, grunts, or shouts. It’s the sort of thing that is impossible not to notice once someone points it out to you. (Apologies if this describes you, but it’s true: Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl (It is a place of silence horror.

They should add Jon Arbuckle next, but he’d never win a fight.

Garfield is provided free of charge to all players Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC December 9, with Switch coming later in the month.