Garfield: Caught in the Act is a 1995 side-scrolling platform video game originally developed and published by Sega for the Sega Genesis. Versions for the Sega Game Gear and PC were also released. It is based upon Jim Davis' comic strip cat, Garfield, and draws inspiration from Davis' 1984 book Garfield: His 9 Lives. After Odie scared Garfield while watching television and ending up falling on the TV, both characters attempt to repair it before Jon Arbuckle catches them, however the thrown spare parts become an electronic monster known as the Glitch, transporting Garfield into the TV and he must defeat him in order to get out.