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(The episode starts one day in Jon’s neighborhood. A drone the shape of a ravioli, or perhaps a microwavable pizza roll, flies toward the house and through the open back window. It looks at Garfield, who is standing at the end table with a tray of steaming lasagna in front of him)
Garfield: Ah, it’s so good to see you again! Deep sigh! (An eye pops out of the probe) You’re looking quite well today. (The device lowers to get a better view. Garfield is too distracted by the lasagna to notice, but he does address the audience) Lasagna’s my friend! (He bares one claw) Time to eat! (He starts shoveling squares of lasagna into his mouth) Chewing noises
(Meanwhile, on a distant planet orbited by meatballs, the Space Lasagna watch the feed from their drone on an oven-shaped television)
Space Lasagnas: Gasp!
Garfield: Chewing noises
Space Lasagna 1: This is an outrage!
Space Lasagna 2: We cannot let this thing go unpunished! (He pounds his fist into his hand)
Space Lasagnas: (chanting) Revenge! Revenge! Revenge! (The ruler of the Space Lasagnas, King Parma, exits from a pair of double doors. He is much taller, about 10 layers high, with a crown on his head and heads on his chin and the sides of his head. The two lasagnas next to the door salute and General Gorgonzola bows in reverence as Parma passes)
General Gorgonzola: What a revolting sight, oh glorious leader! (He points at the screen) That orange monster (Cut to the TV, where Garfield is scarfing down lasagnas) continues to devour beings such as us! (The general is visibly disgusted and horrified)
King Parma: Yes, General, but thankfully, the galaxy will soon be rid of him (He wags his finger) and his entire planet! (He smirks)
(Garfield, meanwhile, is still packing lasagna into his mouth like there’s no tomorrow)
Garfield: Chewing noises (He opens his eyes and sees the ravioli-shaped probe. He is initially surprised. He tries to get a good look at it, but it zips back and forth behind his head. He pauses and speaks to the viewers) If I didn’t know better I'd say I just saw a flying ravioli go by. (Indeed, the drone flies out from behind him) Gasp! (The aliens see this and are mortified)
Space Lasagna: Gasp! (The drone tries to slip away)
Garfield: Ope! Not so fast! (The Flabby Tabby grabs it) Gotcha! Oh well. (The Space Lasagnas tremble in fear) Ravioli is a ravioli. (Garfield eats it, ending the feed to the aliens)
Computer: Transmission interrupted. (One of the lasagnas panics)
Space Lasagna 3: AAAAAAHHHHH! (He runs around the king and general and then disappears from view)
Computer: Vile orange creature just ate the spying device.
Space Lasagnas: (chanting) Revenge! Revenge! Revenge!
King Parma: People of Parma, as your leader I have ordered that the evil orange monster (He waves his fist) and its barbaric planet (He points) be destroyed at once! (He holds a finger up. General Gorgonzola grins maliciously) Operation Blasteroid is a go! (He points into the sky)
Space Lasagnas: Cheer
(Above the planet, a spherical machine with a chef’s hat appears from behind the planet. It takes an orbiting meatball in one hand and holds a three-pronged fork in the other)
General Gorgonzola: Stretch! (The machine has the meatball loaded like a catapult and pulls the fork back)
King Parma: Launch! (The machine’s eye narrows and it lets go, sending the meatball flying through space)
Space Lasagnas: Cheer (The meatball flies into the camera, which transitions to Earth, and Professor Bonkers’ observatory. His assistant, Bonnie, watches the sonar)
Bonnie Lou Wonderburger: Dr. Bonkers, Dr. Bonkers, stratospheric radar detects a huge object hurtling towards Earth! (The screen shows Earth in its orbit around the sun, and a mysterious object flying toward it. The Professor adjusts his glasses and gets into his seat to look through the telescope)
Professor Bonkers: Oh, this doesn’t look good! (He peers through the telescope and sees the meatball in space) Wow! (He leaps in surprise) This doesn’t look good at all!
(That night, in Jon’s house, Garfield carries a bowl of popcorn over toward the TV, where Jon and Odie are already comfortably seated)
Jon: So, you wanna watch Binky The Clown?
Garfield: Nope, (He shakes his head and holds his finger up) my contract says he’s not allowed on this series! (Just then, a breaking news announcement happens)
Anchorwoman: We interrupt this program to bring you breaking news! (She has Professor Bonkers with her on TV) This is Dr. Thaddeus Bonkers, doctor, would you tell our viewers (The scientist nods) what you just told me?
Professor Bonkers: Certainly. (He clasps his hands together, appearing calm and collected, but then shows his panic, waving his arms, body, and head wildly) A giant asteroid is heading straight for planet Earth!
Garfield and Odie: Gasp!
Jon: What?!
Professor Bonkers: Yes! (He points at the screen behind him, which shows the meat-eorite–pun intended–floating through space) It will strike in exactly 13 hours and 13 minutes and 13 seconds
Cameraman and Anchorman: Gasp!
Professor Bonkers: (continuing) and destroy the entire world! (The anchorman faints. The cameraman panics, and so do Garfield, Odie, and Jon)
Jon and Garfield: We’re doomed! We’re doomed!
Odie: Panicked barking (Everyone in the studio panics and the Anchorwoman hides under a chair)
Anchorwoman: AAAAAAAHHHHH!
Professor Bonkers: But, there’s one chance! (The camera shows a space shuttle) We have a rocket ship that could fly up and the asteroid before it reaches us. (Returning to Jon and the pets…)
Jon: Thank goodness! (Odie wipes the sweat from his brow in relief)
Odie: Whew!
Garfield: Oh, you said it.
Professor Bonkers: The problem is, that no one can fit into the rocket in order to fly it. (Upon hearing this, Garfield, Odie and Jon panic)
Jon: We’re doomed! We’re doomed! (Cut back to the newscast)
Anchorwoman: You say that the spaceship’s cockpit (Someone runs behind them, screaming) was designed by a former cartoonist?
Professor Bonkers: Yes, (Behind him is a picture of the spacesuits, which resemble the shapes of Garfield and Odie) and for some reason, he designed the space suits in the shapes of obese pussy cat and an empty headed puppy dog. (Jon, Garfield, and Odie watch the TV broadcast intensely) Our only hope is to find someone (The Tubby Tabby trembles in fear) who fits into the spacesuits (Garfield and Odie look at each other, no doubt thinking the same thing: “Oh absolutely not!” They try to sneak away in opposite directions, but Jon grabs them both) who could therefore fly the rocket up and save the world.
Odie: Huh?
Garfield: Whoa… (Jon carries Garfield and Odie into his car)
Garfield and Odie: YAAAAAAHHHHHHH! (They all pile in and Jon drives off, after securing his seat belt of course. The pets still try to force their way out of this, but to no avail)
(The pets and Jon reach Professor Bonkers and the space shuttle. The Tubby Tabby and big-hearted beagle wear their spacesuits)
Professor Bonkers: You won’t actually have to fly the rocket, (The pets look at each other, slightly relieved) everything will be controlled and monitored by ground control.
Garfield: Good, (He gives a thumbs-up) we have nothing to worry about.
Odie: Mm-mm.
Professor Bonkers: As soon as the rocket lands on the asteroid, you will go out and deposit the payload! (He pulls out a payload from behind his back. Garfield turns to his pooch pal)
Garfield: Bad,
Odie: Huh?
Garfield: (continuing and shaking his head) we have much to worry about. (Bonkers hands them the payload)
Professor Bonkers: To activate the payload, you will only need to push the button (He points at the red button on it) on the tube, then you will have 10 minutes (He holds his finger up) to return to the rocket and leave the asteroid (Garfield and Odie try slipping away again) before it explodes. (Jon angrily grabs the pets in their spacesuits) Good luck, you will need it.
Odie: (turning to Garfield) Whimpers
(The doors open to the rocket ship)
Odie: Huh? (He and Garfield run away again in opposite directions)
Garfield and Odie: AAAAAAHHHH! (A few punches land. Jon grabs them and puts the struggling pets down)
Jon: Grr! (He puts his hands on hips)
Garfield and Odie: Grr! (They finally get the memo and accept the challenge, now looking more determined than reluctant. After the pets board the rocket, Jon calls out to them through a megaphone)
Jon: Mankind is counting on you guys.
Odie: (queasily) Ohhh.
Garfield: (looking behind him) If I were mankind, (He turns back around) I’d be worried.
Odie: (worriedly) Uh-huh. (The hatch to rocket closes, and Bonnie gives the countdown)
Bonnie Lou Wonderburger: 9, 8, 7, (Cut to the inside of the station. Jon is whimpering and possibly biting his nails nervously) 4, 3...
Garfield: (to the viewers) What happened to 6 and 5?
Bonnie Lou Wonderburger: 2, 1, blast off! (Professor Bonkers presses a button as the rocket blasts off)
Odie: Huh?
Garfield: YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHH! (Jon, Bonnie, and Professor Bonkers are shivering with coffee cups in their hands. They drink from them and the rocket is now in outer space. The booster falls off and the shuttle glides past the moon into the empty void that is outer space)
(Back on the alien planet, King Parma and the other Space Lasagnas watch the live feed on their oven-shaped TV)
King Parma: Soon the evil barbaric planet will be reduced to rubble!
General Gorgonzola: Glorious leader, (He holds his finger up)
Space Lasagna: Gasp!
General Gorgonzola: (continuing) there seems to be an object flying toward the blasteroid! (The TV shows the pets’ rocket flying at the asteroid) A primitive spacecraft, and it looks like it is going to land on the blasteroid! (He points at the screen)
(He is correct in his observation. Garfield and Odie land on the asteroid, bouncing and eventually skidding to a stop)
Garfield and Odie: AAAHHH!
Odie: Gasp! (They open their eyes. They have landed unharmed. The Space Lasagnas watch with confusion and concern and the main humans on Earth–Jon, Bonnie, and the Professor–watch nervously)
Jon: Gasp!
Bonnie Lou Wonderburger: Wha-? (The hatch opens, releasing the Flabby Tabby and his canine companion from the shuttle)
Garfield: Odie, we’re 100,000 miles from Earth, (They get out and get on the meatball itself) 100,000 miles from civilization, and worst of all, (He holds his finger up and says this next line weepily) 100,000 miles from Vito’s pizzeria!
Odie: Howl!
Garfield: (putting his paws on his hips) Yeah, I don’t think they deliver this far. (The Lasagna creatures are watching everything from their live feed)
Space Lasagnas: Overlapping chatter (Back on Earth, Jon and Bonnie celebrate the pets’ graceful landing)
Professor Bonkers: OK, guys,
Jon: Cheers
Professor Bonkers: (continuing) drop off the payload, (Cut to the pets, who are listening in with their helmets) activate it, and return to the rocket immediately!
Garfield: (while putting his paws on his hips and glaring at Odie) What’s he think we’re gonna do up here? Wait for an ice cream truck to come by? (He takes a step and bounces higher because of the weaker gravity)
Odie: Huh? (The Tubby Tabby lands in the shuttle and pulls out the payload)
Garfield: Sigh. (He leaps again and bounces high)
Odie: Huh? (Garfield zips off of one side of the asteroid and reappears on the other. Odie turns to look at him) Right! (Garfield bounces one more time…) Ohhhh. (and lands to Odie’s left. He presses the button on the payload, initiating the timer)
Garfield: Laughs Odie, ohhhhh! (Something has caused him to pause) Sniff, sniff! Do you smell something familiar? (Odie uses his powerful nose to catch a whiff of what Garfield’s smelling)
Odie: Sniffs Mm-hmm! (He agrees. The Flabby Tabby tosses him the payload)
Garfield: If I didn't know better, I'd say it’s… (He bends down to the asteroid, picks a small piece of it up, and attempts to pop it into his mouth. It gets blocked by the visor on his helmet) oops! (He shakes his head and opens the visor) Laughs (He glances at Odie and samples the meatball) Chewing noises Yes! (He turns to Odie with a giant smile on his face) Just as I thought, Odie! This asteroid, it’s a giant meatball! (The pup is in disbelief at this discovery)
Odie: Gasp! It is?
Garfield: Yes, we are on a “meat-eor”! (The camera zooms out to show the pets and the meatball in its entirety) Yippee! (He leaps headfirst into the ball and begins eating like crazy) Chewing noises (Odie peers down at him)
Odie: Mutters
(Back on Earth…)
Professor Bonkers: What is he doing? Is he eating the asteroid?! (Bonnie zips up to him holding a clipboard in her hand)
Bonnie Lou Wonderburger: The rocket’s probe has analyzed the composition of the asteroid. (She points at the clipboard. Bonkers looks at her and then at the screen, open-mouthed and speechless) It’s made of onion-and-garlic-infused beef. (She wags her fingers at the screen)
Jon: Sigh. (He hangs his head) Leave it to Garfield to find the biggest meatball in the universe.
(On the planet Parma, the Space Lasagnas are horrified by what they see)
Space Lasagnas: Gasp! (By now, Garfield has eaten a crater in the meatball. Odie watches as his fat feline friend gets bigger and rounder in physique. Bonkers frantically tries stopping Garfield)
Professor Bonkers: You’re endangering the mission! Drop the payload, and… (The Flabby Tabby pauses his feeding frenzy and interrupts)
Garfield: Quiet, I’m eating! (He resumes devouring the meatball. Odie watches, his gaze moving from his left to right as Garfield eats a deep groove into the asteroid, making it look like the shape of an apple core)
(Cut back to King Parma and his loyal general)
King Parma: Can a creature really eat the entire blasteroid?
General Gorgonzola: Yes, (He nods) it can! (He turns to his leader) I have seen it dining before! It is insatiable!
(Meanwhile, Garfield chews the last bit of the meatball)
Garfield: Chewing noises (He sees another small piece and slurps that up with his tongue, satisfied. His tummy rumbles, and he finally looks down at his body) Yikes! Houston, we have a problem! (He is more inflated than a balloon about to burst)
(Back at the station…)
Jon: Look at him! (He turns to Bonkers) How’s he going to get back into the rocket?
Professor Bonkers: There is a very simple way. (He waves his finger in the air. Cut to the screen, with Garfield and the space shuttle floating in space) Wish I knew what it was.
Garfield: Odie, (He turns himself around. Odie is inside the shuttle, which is suddenly tiny compared to Garfield) I can’t go back into the rocket!
Odie: Huh? (He tilts his head)
Garfield: (continuing) Any bright ideas? (Odie blinks twice)
Odie: Mm-mm. (That would be a no)
Garfield: (frustrated) Of course not! (He rolls his eyes) You’re Odie! (He shakes his head) The brightest idea you’ve ever had was chasing your tail for nine hours. (Odie looks around and puts a paw to his head, thinking as hard as he possibly can)
Odie: Hmmmmmm… Gasp! Ta-da! (He holds his finger up as he gets an idea. A spotlight shines upon him, he pumps his fist, and steps partially into the shuttle’s cabin. He pulls out a cable with a handle and tosses the payload into the void)
(Back in the station…)
Bonnie Lou Wonderburger: The rocket is about to blast off! Garfield is about to be stranded in outer space! (Meanwhile in space, the Tubby Tabby’s tummy rumbles as Odie steers the shuttle around to him)
Odie: Mutters (Garfield turns to him as the pup shows the cable for the cat to grab)
Garfield: Thanks, Odie! (The big-hearted beagle puts the cable in Garfield’s paw) I knew you’d come up with something! (Odie floats over to the front of Garfield)
Odie: Gasp! (He seems genuinely shocked, or perhaps touched by Garfield’s words. The cat gives his canine friend a big grin and Odie heads back to the shuttle. Garfield glances at the viewers)
Garfield: (to the audience) Actually, I didn't. I just said that to make him feel good. (I approve of that big time. The cable tightens, the shuttle starts back up, and Garfield is pulled along with it toward Earth) YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHH! Whimpers (He holds his finger up and rotates a few times, holding on with his other paw, then his foot, and then back to his normal position) YAAHHHHHHH!
(In the station…)
Jon: Well done, Odie! (Finally, Odie gets some praise. Not that he’s the type to live for it or even want it) You saved Garfield’s life!
Professor Bonkers: Mm, not really. (He shakes his head. Cut to the screen) Garfield is the asteroid now! (The fat cat waves. Cut to Odie driving the ship) Earth is doomed once again!
Odie: Whimper (He hears this news and looks back at his feline friend)
Garfield: Whimpers (While keeping the rocket going, Odie balances on the cord like a tightrope walker and hops over to Garfield)
Odie: Pants (He runs up Garfield’s side and stands on him. The cat waves) Huh? (He puts his paw to his chin, racking his brain once again. He pokes Garfield’s inflated belly, which rumbles and causes him to burp. Odie leaps in surprise, but this gives him another idea. He pokes Garfield several more times, and each time Garfield burps and slowly, he starts deflating)
Garfield: (to the viewers) I’m deflating every time I… (He belches again) burp! Ooh! (Odie continues poking, and Garfield steadily returns to his normal size)
Professor Bonkers: Amazing! (He points at the screen) He is almost back to his normal size! Our planet is saved!
Jon: Whooping (Odie poked Garfield enough to return him to normal. He hangs on to the Flabby Tabby, who in turn hangs on to the shuttle’s cord as they plummer toward Earth. Jon, Bonnie, and the Professor run outside to watch) Huh? (The shuttle is dive bombing toward the ground) Oh! (They wince as the shuttle bounces and skids hard to a stop) Oh… (They run over to the shuttle. Odie bounces in front of them and then lands like a cat–upright and on his feet)
Odie: Ta-da! (He holds his arms out)
Jon: Where’s Garfield? (For an answer, they hear Garfield falling back nearby and turn to him)
Garfield: Mayday! Mayday! (He bounces a couple of times over the hill) AAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH! (He eventually stops in front of the people and pup) Hiccup!
Jon: Welcome back, Garfield! (He holds his arms out) You were heroic!
Garfield: Yes I was! (He points at Jon and holds his finger up) And you owe me big time! (He taps a finger in the ground) I’m gonna make a list. (He gets up)
Jon: I’m starving! Italian anyone?
Garfield: (while shaking his head and waving his paws in front of him) Oh no!
Jon: OK, suit yourself. We’ll go eat without you. (The humans head out. The pets stay behind for a second)
Garfield: I’m not touching food of any kind (Odie walks into the frame) for a long, long time. (He looks at his belly) Especially… (What Jon said sinks in) did he say Italian? (He looks at Odie and points at Jon)
Odie: (nodding) Yeah! (Invigorated, Garfield take off after them. Odie follows)
Garfield: Pants Remember how I used to say (Garfield runs into the frame after them. Odie follows) that I would go to the ends of the universe for lasagna?
Odie: Pants Bark!
Garfield: Well, I did!
(As for that payload that Odie threw away earlier, it spins toward the planet Parma, where King Parma and General Gorgonzola stand before their fellow lasagnas)
General Gorgonzola: People of Parma, once again, the evil orange monster wins, but it's not over! (He wags his finger at the downtrodden Space Lasagnas) There will be a sequel, (He points at them) and we will have our revenge! (Just then, the payload lands in front of the king and his general. The countdown timer reads three seconds. King Parma picks it up and scratches his head, confused. The payload timer hits zero, it beeps more rapidly, and then rings like an old-school alarm clock, scaring the king and general. It gives one last long, whining beep, about to violently explode, but just before it can, the episode ends)
THE END