The Garfield Comic Strip requires a bone for Odie, but he does not want to return it to the prop boy and tries to hide it.

After dinner, he brings the duo to their new home, an abandoned inn populated by colonies of stray pets called Hotel Muncie, where he invites them to join the family.

However, after second thoughts, the judges come to their senses and give Garfield & Odie one more chance: if they do not make it back home in 24 hours, Hale and Hardy will replace them.

Later that night, Hale and Hardy, who are determined to stop the duo, capture everyone in the inn and set the hotel on fire.

The cart crashes out of the hotel and the group are flung into the big tunnel as it closes, disappears and transported back to Toon World.

The next day, everyone from both worlds (except Hale & Hardy, who now live on the streets) celebrate Garfield & Odie's return and Shecky accomplishes his dream of making it to stardom.

Similar to Who Framed Roger Rabbit and Toy Story, Garfield Gets Real has a few cameo appearances by licensed comic strip characters: The film was only released theatrically in Turkey.

[4] Brian Costello awarded the film 2 out of 5 stars, criticizing the juvenile humor, but writing, "this movie is best for younger children and fans of the Garfield comic strip".

[5] A video game based on the film, Garfield Gets Real, was released in the United States on July 21, 2009 and received negative reviews.