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Big Bad Buddy Bird is an episode from the fourth season of Garfield and Friends.
Synopsis[]
Roy, fed up with getting hit with pies on the farm, gets a job with the Buddy Bears, which he assumes will work in his favor.
Plot[]
Roy is strolling around the farm when Wade jumps at him, crying for help, and announces that it is "National Don't Mention Meat or Someone Will Hit You With a Banana Cream Pie Day." Roy initially asks if he would really get hit with a pie for saying any meat-related word, then he receives two pies right at his head consecutively. After getting hit with too many pies, Roy declares that he is quitting the farm to find a place where his acting can be appreciated.
Orson attempts to stop Roy from leaving the farm, but Roy gets hit with more pies and remains firm in his decision. While gloating about his acting talents, Roy gets hit with another pie, then he leaves. Wade approaches Orson and asks if Roy is really leaving, and during another panic attack, Wade gets hit with a pie too. Orson explains what happened and then he gets hit with a pie.
In the city, Roy asks his agent for a job on a hit show and is given a position on "The Buddy Bears Show." After asking if the bears plan to hit him with pies, they reassure Roy that they will not, as it is not considered educational. Roy feels he has made the right choice. The following day, Wade tries replacing Roy as the farm's rooster but struggles with his new role. Orson leads Wade to the TV set to see Roy on stage. The "National Don't Mention Meat or Someone Will Hit You With a Banana Cream Pie Day" is still ongoing, and Orson gets hit with a pie.
On TV, Roy's new role as the "Big Bad Buddy Bird," involves him facing 16-ton safes falling on him whenever he disagrees with the bears, who preach group harmony. Injured and bandaged, Roy tops another scene to tell the audience to think for themselves, leading to a fight with the bears and a broadcast interruption. Orson and Wade predict Roy’s return in fourteen minutes. Roy arrives back at the farm, accepts being hit with pies again, and is reinstated as the farm rooster, proving how much everyone needs him.
Characters[]
Main characters[]
Minor characters[]
- Bernie
- Announcer (voiced by Thom Huge)
- Stage Hand (voiced by Howard Morris)
Trivia[]
- This is the Buddy Bears' first appearances in a U.S. Acres segment.
- Mark Evanier has stated that this episode drew the ire of the Standards and Practices department of another network. This was due to the episode's criticism of "pro-social" values that animated shows were forced to promote at the time.[1]
Cultural references[]
- Bernie mentions Gotham, a city from the Batman franchise.
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