Is The Garfield Movie "In Bed" With the Dairy Industry?
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Today we're discussing the upcoming Garfield Movie and why I think there's a good chance there could be some behind-the-scenes dairy marketing going on.* Does Garfield's new obsession with cheese seemingly outranking his half-century long obsession with lasagna and pizza seem suspicious to anyone else? Let me know your thoughts in the comments!
*All viewpoints and opinions expressed in this video are speculation and I am not claiming them as fact.
Links:
The Garfield Movie "Cheese Tax" trailer: / c5ywg9qvlt1
"The Cheese Tax" by PuppySongs:
www.tiktok.com/@puppysongs/vi...
Garfield Fan Wiki Food:
garfield.fandom.com/wiki/Food
Garfield's book "The Big Cheese":
www.amazon.com/Garfield-Big-C...
Can cats eat cheese?
www.vets-now.com/pet-care-adv...
Obesity in cats:
vcahospitals.com/know-your-pe...
Official Garfield Movie trailer:
• THE GARFIELD MOVIE - O...
Garfield Movie "Bury me in cheese" clip: • The Garfield Movie Exc...
Garfield Movie/Olive Garden cross-promo: / c6ouh81u3wl
Garfield Movie Nacho Popchips: popchips.com/pages/the-garfie...
Garfield Movie partnership with Cheestrings: www.thegrocer.co.uk/dairy/che...
Garfield Movie partnership with Magnolia dairy:
www.minimeinsights.com/2024/0...
Garfield Movie Petshop Dubai sweatshirt: www.thepetshop.com/garfield-t...
Garfield Movie IG post "cheddar cheese is my love language": / c54ol6mp36v
Garfield trailer "cheddar, probably one of my top 26 favorite cheeses":
• THE GARFIELD MOVIE - N...
Chris Pratt "Truth or Dairy" Garfield Movie promo:
/ 1779995590363132162
Garfield Movie "Cheesechella" tweet:
/ 1778883286489760042
Intro 00:00
The Cheese Tax song 00:36
Does Garfield love cheese? 02:20
Cats consuming dairy in media 03:41
How dairy industry partnerships work 05:23
Cheese references in Garfield trailer 06:18
Garfield Movie Olive Garden partnership 07:52
Garfield Nacho Popchips partnership 08:11
Thanks for your support! 08:59
Garfield Movie dairy partnerships 09:27
Cheese references in Garfield Movie marketing 10:07
Marketing to children 11:49
“Cheese” vs pizza or lasagna 13:20
Final thoughts/outro 14:33 - บันเทิง
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That's possibly the most heavy-handed product placement I've seen so far.
Ever see the Lorax shill for "trufula approved" SUVs?
I spend most of my time making these videos oscillating between being like "this is insane" and then gaslighting myself being like "nah this is a reach," so this is validating to hear lol.
I hadn't seen that but just looked it up! Interesting.
The dairy industry is milking this movie for all it got. (Pun intended)
You make a good point about how Garfield's love for pizza and lasagna (mostly grain products?) got replaced with a love for cheese.
Hopefully Garfield goes to a realistic dairy farm and switches to plant-based cheese as a result at the end of the movie, but this twist is extremely unlikely.
Right?! That would be an M. Night Shyamalan twist for sure 🙃
Pretty much looks like a cheese ad with an admission price. Allegedly, allegedly, allegedly.
Yep, and with a hefty cost. Allegedly.
🔎Seeing snippets of a few other trailers, it seems like a major plot point of the movie is that Garfield & co actually get stuck in some sort of cheese factory (which is where him sitting on the block of cheddar comes from). Since the movie’s not out yet, I can’t read the synopsis but it’s safe to say I expect it will indeed involve a ton more cheese references.
sounds like it's going to be a boring movie if that's all that it's about. At least with lasagna and pizza - there's more out there for intrigue - the mystery of what makes him love it - rather than just outright stating what it is.
Dairy is one of the cruellest businesses ever conceived, but what makes it even crazier is that my vegan-from-birth kid is obsessed with plant-based cheese. ‘Cheese’ was one of his first words. I keep thinking the poor kid doesn’t know how bad plant-based cheeses are (in taste) compared to dairy but there you go, it’s all he’s ever known and he loves the stuff. We’re keeping alive an industry that runs on sexually violating defenceless animals into forced pregnancies to kidnap their babies and exploit their bodies for a product that can be perfectly replaced in one generation.
And if you’re not vegan from birth then yeah, plant-based cheeses are very hit and miss and still not quite the same, but they’re getting there. I’d rather be among those who sacrificed something (no matter how trivial) in becoming vegan then waiting like some of my friends who have adopted this attitude of ‘well, when it’s all made in a lab and 100% indistinguishable in taste then I might go vegan’.
This is really interesting! I love him having no point of comparison to the real stuff 😊 At the end of the day salt & fat is a winning combo! And I totally agree with your sentiments 🫶🏻
the plot is about garfield breaking into a dairy farm to rob a milk truck for the villian and saving a cow
This makes perfect sense. I was wondering why there would be a new Garfield Movie given that the last one was famously a uniquely gigantic bomb. But there you go! It's just a dairy ad!
Right?! I'm quite certain no one asked for this--Garfield, Chris Pratt, Keith Urban feat. Snoop Dogg--any of it.
If it was about Garfield finding out he is lactose intolerant and going for the quest to find out how he can still enjoy lasagna/pizza without dairy, I would be okey with it, tbh. But the dairy shills would implode in an instant.
There's absolutely nooooo reason why Garfield can't eat a plant-based lasagna.
Right?! Join us in the 21st century, Sony Pictures!
Unfortunate😢😢😢
Right? 🫠
You tell me that the Garfield character eats cheese in the animated feature? BLASPHEMOUS! Verily, I say unto you, beware the cat named Garfield, who doth consume the cheese of the land without repentance. For it is written, 'Thou shalt not partake in gluttony nor covet thy neighbor's lasagna.' Thus, let him be brought forth and judged, for his sins are many and his repentance none. Join the resistance, together we will stop this behavior.
It’s the obvious that the new Garfield movie is engaging in overreaching advertising and agendas.
So yea it’s a little strange and brainwashy for this movie to take part in that especially when it came to updating Garfield’s real favourite food lasagna to cheese if not a little fake, not blasphemy though lol
This is insidious. You ended up stating my exact thoughts in this video, so I'll just say thanks for doing the hard work of examining this issue, Marielle, and for posting!
This is one of the worst ones yet, huh?! Thanks for watching, Tamara! 😊
I went into an early screening for the movie, and I can confirm they spend at least 58% of the movie in a dairy factory
Nacho corn chips usually have dairy here (Canada). It's the sweet chili one that's accidentally plant-based.
Honestly same in the US. Popchips are an exception because they sort of try to cater to diet culture.
@@TotallyForkable Hmm, not sure if we have popchips. I'll have to check.
The level of manipulation from the dairy industry in the movie is hard to tolerate. They seem completely money addicted, and without conscience, strip mining every cartoon and fun idea for profit. I'd like to give out free vegan cheese and pizza at every movie.
Yeah, Lasagna wasn't cheesy enough for the dairy industry since it can be made vegan nowadays. And vegan lasagna is delicious!
even geronimo stilton doesn’t have this many cheese references and hes a mouse
Im pretty sure puppysongs actually makes songs about other people's dogs. Specifically theme songs.
"What in the ever living fuck"
*liked*
I would have liked the video anyway but that was the moment.
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What else I find infuriating is in kids schools (here in Canada) there were so many dairy posters plastered on the walls....Nice grooming.
I'm certain it's like that in US schools too! And milk is required to be served with every meal thanks to our School Lunch Program (which also does some good like providing students with free or low-cost meals).
Same here in Germany. I wonder if it would get the same level of acceptance, if there'd be soymilk posters right beside those...
@@biancat.1873 Indeed!
I thought the Owen Wilson turkey solving Thanksgiving with time traveling Chuck E Cheese pizza was sleezy.
nice in-depth work. However, I have some improvements
- linkages from one video to another for some continuation - so you can see patterns in news
- recommendations of what to do instead and how to create better - like if there's a cheese competition that isn't working, create a fake cheese competition
* otherwise it kind of becomes a running ad for the dairy industry - as bad news is still publicity for them
* something like - what's wrong and what can be done about it - for vegans, potentials, and non-vegans alike.
My "budget" stat for the movie was actually from the 2004 live-action Garfield; this one apparently had a $60 mill budget though so not too far off 😅🤷🏻♀
$60M budget minus dairy subsidies. Allegedly. lol
Just like with streaming platforms, they do not have to disclose what companies have paid for product placements. Like Dr. Bernard says, don't blame them, they are just following orders. Sometimes it is hilarious how obvious it is, like how in almost every single scene in Pretty Little Liars characters are either drinking coffee or alcohol.
I never watched PLL but that's interesting! Were they drinking specific brands of alcohol and coffee? Or do you think it was more of a general lobby effort like with cheese?
And yes, no one is technically doing anything illegal. Obviously these things should have to be disclosed, though, especially when it's something vague like "milk" or "cheese." The general public has no idea how this works and thinks of these things as ubiquitous concepts rather than products that are specifically marketed. Everyone can laugh at the obvious Pepsi sponsorships in Madame Webb but no one knows to laugh at the absurdly high volume of cheese references in Garfield 🫠
@@TotallyForkable No brands, but you can't unsee it once you notice it. Conspicuously like starbucks cups in so many scenes, then two or more characters meet and open the conversation with an offer to drink alcohol. Also the dialogue about the beverages.
Damn this is shameless! Well done on catching it early, good investigative instinct. I was actually gonna go see the movie, since I loved Garfield as a child, but now there’s no way I would.
Aww yeah it sucks, there is a certain charm and nostalgia to Garfield and it feels like they are ruining him with cheese and Chris Pratt (lol). I honestly wouldn't be against anyone seeing it, just good to be aware of what you're potentially being marketed!
a gluten free, low carb, vegan lasagna sound great. why wouldn’t garfield love that.
5:54 Glad to see you worked in the legendary Wayne's World scene. Unfortunate that it promotes dairy, but otherwise the best product placement ever. 😂🤩
lolol so I have to admit I've never seen Wayne's World; it was just one of the first "Doritos in movies" images that popped up on google 🙈 I did just go watch the scene though; hilarious!!
Makes my stomach curdle.
Why wouldn't they ju7st have Garfield go all in on pizza? It's already covered in cheese.
Like I said, there's no pizza lobby!
Yeah this is dairy propaganda. I guarantee this was funded by the dairy industry. These things don't just happen.
Very creepy. Childhood obesity crisis and a film that is in very bad taste…will not be taking my kids. lol
Just what the kids need! More cholesterol, sodium, & sat fat! 🤠
Gotta get the kids on the casomorphins as a gateway to the better stuff when the climate collapses
Exactly 🤦🏻♀️
I usually stopped watching the garfield movies because they're not vegan. I wish they could've done vegetarian lasagna only to develop an obsession with plants, but oh well. I have to be honest - my family's vegetable lasagna that I ate as a kid (5-6 years old) was what made me love vegetables so much - I went on a plant quest to find the best plant-based foods. So it's possible the turns they can make. I honestly can't truly figure out that ideal lasagna and haven't gotten many hints - but I keep trying lol - it can be its own spin on this - maybe there can be a vegan version of garfield (but its own character) - if someone can make it.
maybe you can pull a john oliver and do the vegan version of whatever news you're working on. Something like how it should've been - what it would look if vegan - like the garfield but going in a vegan direction from the lasagna. Place it at the end of the video - like a trailer. I know it's a lot of work and effort and you probably don't have a john oliver-level budget, but you know what I'm saying.
Man Big AG is pushing hard. How gross
Very good catch, Inspector Clouseau! Yes, subtle product placement is very nefarious. I remember seeing the movie The Reader and right in the middle of it, there was a totally gratuitous scene of the young protagonist smoking a cigarette, very amateurishly. The book has no such scene or activity mentioned anywhere in it. It was almost as if the movie makers had to insert the smoking scene at someone's request. I have heard many low budget independent film producers rely on tobacco money to help with production costs. But this is capitalism...
Yes
My stomach hurts.
nice? why did u need to tell people this?
I have honestly also noticed for years vegan and vegetarian characters and references inserted into movies. I’m curious what is behind that exactly and what you think about that. Is that a good way to fight fire with fire? Does it come off sneaky? Idk. The most famous example is the ET frog dissection scene. I also remember them ordering a vegan option on an airplane in Shang Chi, it was random so there has to be something behind it. There have been others too.
Interesting observation--I don't remember the ET scene and am not familiar with the other one. In my observation, any references to vegans or vegetarians are usually to illustrate how annoying or freak-like a character is.
Usually, the vegan characters get depicted as awkward or losers. Vegan characters in movies & shows more often than not rather convey an anti-vegan message by making them annoying.
And vegetarian characters are contra-productive anyway, since the dairy & egg industries ARE the meat industry. Vegetarians just refuse to eat their victims.
But of course! It's all a scam.
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how dare the film about the fat orange cat who eats multiple foods such as lasagna (cheese), and pizza (cheese) be seen to eat cheese
Why is he more obsessed with cheese itself (in its many varieties) than with pizza or lasagna, his longtime favorite foods?
A bit off topic, but i've seen a cat roaming around in a few of your videos and i've been wondering, since you're vegan what do you feed them? This isn't me trying to do a "gotcha", i'm generally just curious because i love cats and have wanted to adopt one for a while. But since becoming vegan, that idea has become a little more difficult because i don't want to support factory farming and all that.
A cat's diet is not a human's diet. Just sayin'.
Yes they pretty much just have him eat a SAD diet 🫠
garfield is a cartoon character
Hey Marielle, I know it would be a lot of work, and may not be your priority, but have you considered a FOIA request?
Garfield has eaten cheese in the comics also
Along with birds, pizza...
And mashed potatoes
Since when does cheese make you fat?
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