Paws, Inc.

Paws, Inc. is a comic production company and studio founded by Jim Davis, the creator of the Garfield comics and franchise, in 1981 in Muncie, Indiana. In 2019, it was acquired by Viacom (now known as Skydance Corporation). Paws, Inc. is now currently based at the Paramount Pictures Lot in Los Angeles, California as of the August 2025 formation of the current parent company Skydance Corporation.

1st Logo (2000, October 1, 2007-June 28, 2011, December 6, 2019-June 17, 2020)

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  The later variant
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  The prototype version
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  The Garfield Show pilot variant
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  The Garfield Show seasons 1-2 variant

Visuals: There are two variants:

• Opening: On a violet background with a wallpaper of the Paws emblem, there is a purple circle with an orange pawprint on it, with the "PAWS INCORPORATED" text in yellow and pink, respectively, placed right next to it. The circle flips around to reveal the other side, which has a violet outline and a light backdrop, and Garfield and Odie pop up inside it, standing side by side with their arms crossed. The "presents" text fades in below the logo.
• Closing: Same as the opening variant, except the "presents" text is omitted, and after the fanfare stops, Garfield and Odie make funny faces.

Variants:

• On The Garfield Show and Garfield Originals, the logo is in-credit. Also, in the former show's original test, the logo is on a clapper alongside the Dargaud Media logo.
• A prototype variant appeared on its debut in Garfield's Mad About Cats. There are several differences compared to the later version:
  • The background is black.
  • The company name is orange and in the Garfield font.
  • The inside of the circle is fully white.
  • Copyright information is sometimes seen below.

Technique: Flash animation.

Audio: The opening theme from the movie. At the end of any movie, a triumphant fanfare plays, along with cartoon style laughs and whoops, a rimshot and a squeak/honk. On the prototype version and Dingleball.com, a different fanfare plays, but the sounds are retained. On both The Garfield Show and Garfield Originals, the program's end title theme is heard.

Audio Trivia: One of the sound effects used, "Ha ha ha haaa!" in the closing variant was also used in the Garfield Adobe Flash game, Bean Me, just as Garfield (who got crazy for drinking lots of different kinds of coffee) is about to drink the 'Blaster Blend', the last coffee in the list.

Audio Variant: On Spanish theatrical prints and the Blu-ray 3D release of Garfield's Pet Force, the opening theme, closing variant and the whole film are low-pitched, most likely due to the distributor intending to present the film in its original NTSC pitch on PAL releases. This also applies to the Catalan and English dubs on the Blu-ray 3D release.

Availability: It initially debuted on the PC game, Garfield's Mad About Cats, and ended up being spotted on Garfield Gets Real, Garfield's Fun Fest, Garfield's Pet Force, the first two seasons of The Garfield Show and its original pitch pilot (with the Dargaud Marina logo being placed right next to this), and Garfield Originals. It could also be seen when one entered dingleball.com (domain is now parked).

2nd Logo (September 4, 2012-October 24, 2016)

Visuals: On the end credits, Odie and Garfield fold their arms and look at the viewer in front of a rectangle in an indigo color. The "Paws, Incorporated." text is seen below in Cooper Black.

Technique: A still digital graphic.

Audio: Just the end theme of the show.

Availability: This can only be spotted on the final two seasons of The Garfield Show, and that program's 4-part series finale, Rodent Rebellion.