[The episode begins at Jon's house, Jon Arbuckle skids out with his car, opens the door, and walking around with the books, and package, Jon tries to open the door to his house, walking away]
Jon: Garfield! I'm home! [Door closes out]
Garfield: [Stops talking a nap] I kinda figured that out by the way you walked through the door.
Jon: [Places his box of books down before placing them on the table] I really need quiet, Garfield. I have to study for that test at night school. I’m learning a language that’s very difficult for me.
Garfield: English.
Jon: I’m going to go study. [Walks off with the books} Now, please, don’t make any racket.
Garfield: Me?
[Garfield jumps into the box and begins pretending he's a racecar driver]
Garfield: We’re back to the action at the world champion time trials.
[Garfield puts on some goggles, before the screen transitions to a race. We see Garfield in his box, as he starts driving ahead]
Garfield: Pulling up, number 37 Enzio Bodoni driving his lean, mean corrugated racing machine. [Pushes his imaginary peddle, causing him to go faster] And now Enzio pulls ahead of the pack, deftly weaving his way into the lead, the crowd is going wild.
[The crowd sits there in silence]
Garfield: I said the crowd is going wild.
[The crowd briefly cheers before going back to silence. Garfield is now in the lead as the other racers follow. Garfield then begins to pant]
Garfield: Enzio’s in the lead but he’s getting thirsty. Looks like he may have to make a pit stop.
[Garfield stops by a "Vince's Burgers", where he grabs a drink from the drive-thru and drives off. He takes a sip from his drink until another guy starts to catch up with him]
Garfield: Number 34 is gaining on him, but is Enzio worried? [Garfield begins to lose control of his "car"] Yes, Enzio’s worried. His bo…His car is out of control. The finish line is just ahead, will he make it? The crowd is on their feet [Crowd stands in silence] and now he’s nearing the finish line. He’s--
[The scene suddenly changes back to the house, as we hear Jon off screen]
Jon: Garfield, [Walks in] one of my books is missing.
Garfield: [Looks at him upset] Ruined the whole race. [Hops out of the box and tries to act causal by whistling]
Jon: Oh, there it is. [Picks up the book, before looking to Garfield] Now, stay out of trouble. [Walks off]
[Garfield grabs a nearby cup before hopping back into the box. He then speaks into the cup as if it were a mircophone]
Garfield: Do you read me, Blue Leader? This is Lasagna One, we have ignition. Roger, over and out and fancy flying talk like that.
[The box lifts off and Garfield begins ascending upwards]
Garfield: Blue Leader, this is Lasagna One. Check and see what the in-flight movie is, over.
[The scene changes to him flying in the air, as he looks down and sees the neighborhood below. He does a few twirls before swooping down to the mailman, causing him to fall down. Garfield continues to fly through the sky until he notices something]
Garfield: Uh-oh. I think I have someone on my tail. [Grabs his tail] I was wrong. No one there. [Looks up] Uh-oh. Looks like I got company.
[Some planes fly towards him, as Garfield shoots them with his finger guns while making machine gun noises. He blows his finger, before his "plane" begins to shake]
Garfield: Oh no. I'm outta gas.
[He begins descending to the ground]
Garfield: That's the last time I buy unleaded. [Covers his eyes] I'm going down. Down! Looks like this is the end.
[We suddenly cut back to reality as Jon walks out the door again while Odie's barks are heard in the background]
Jon: Garfield. don't you hear Odie? [Garfield gets up and rubs his eyes as Jon walks to the front door] Didn't you hear Odie whining to be let in? [Opens the door as he speaks to Odie] Come on in, boy.
[Odie walks in barking. Meanwhile, Garfield is trying to act causal with his whistling again, as Jon walks back out]
Jon: Please, no more interruptions.
Garfield: What was I doing? I was just minding my own business playing with this.
[Gestures to Odie, who is panting in the box. Garfield then walks up to him and grabs him out]
Garfield: Sorry, fella. This is mine.
[He climbs back into the box, with Odie following him. Garfield looks to see Odie with him, much to his annoyance]
Garfield: [Pushes Odie out] Get out. [Odie hops back in] I said get out. [Pushes him out again, but Odie hops right back in] Out! [Cycle repeats] Out! [Cycle repeats] Out! [Cycle repeats] Out!
[Odie hops in again, but this time Garfield is too tired to push him out, and he ultimately gives up]
Garfield: All right, already. [Pants] You can stay.
[The box starts to lightly shake as a foghorn is heard. We zoom out to reveal that they're now stranded in an ocean, as Garfield's eyes widen]
Garfield: There's just the two of us here in this lifeboat. We're lost, [Odie stops panting] hopelessly lost in the middle of the ocean.
Odie: [Looks back to see that they're still at home] Hm?
[Scene cuts back to them in the ocean]
Garfield: They'll never find us, Odie. I'm weak with hunger. I haven't eaten in almost [Looks at a calendar] 27 [Coughs] minutes. All I can think of is food. Everywhere I look I see meatloaf, and lasagna, tuna-noodle casserole and shrimp chow mein, with crispy noodles of course. And tapioca pudding, and...you! [Looks at Odie with a crazed look] You're even starting to look like...like a club sandwich. [He imagines Odie as a large club sandwich] Club sandwich with a side of onion rings [Onion rings appear next to the sandwich] No, no, no, second thought, forget the onion rings. [The onion rings disappear]
[Garfield begins walking towards Odie with a crazed expression on his face]
Garfield: [Picks up the sandwich while speaking] It is a sandwich. With roast beef and tomato and ham and lettance and-- [The sandwich licks him] Ick! Whoever heard of putting tongue in a club sandwich?
[Sandwich licks him again as Garfield trips and falls. We cut back to reality, as both Garfield and Odie fall off the table]
Jon: [Walks out again, annoyed] What is all that racket? Didn't I ask you to please...[Stops as he watches Garfield and Odie walk away in the box] Okay, that does it!
[Jon opens the door and pushes the two outside]
Jon: I'm sorry to do this, guys, but I have to study.
[He shuts the door behind them and walks inside, as we see the box on the floor]
Jon: Playing with a cardboard box. [Picks the box up] Of all the childish, silly things...[Stops as he looks at the box. He then smirks as he looks around] Hmm...
[Jon places the box on his head and pretends to be a knight]
Jon: What ho, Black Knight, you did not expect Sir Jon of Camelot? [Starts swordfighting] Ha ha! Take this you blackguard, and that and this, for the honor of Queen Beatrice and King Arthur. [Garfield and Odie watch him from out the window] The roundtable is actually an ellipse, ha ha ha! Touche! Et tu!
[Garfield and Odie walk away and head towards a trashcan]
Garfield: Some people never let you have any fun.
[Jumps into the trashcan, with Odie following. Garfield closes the lid as we cut to them in space suits]
Garfield: Ready for lift-off, Odie?
Odie: [Nods and barks]
Space shuttle commentator: 6, 5, 4, 3, [Scene changes to a rocket pad] 2, 1. We have ignition. We have lift-off.
[The rocket begins to fly upwards]
Space shuttle commentator: Affirmative, Houston, we have lift-off and all systems are go.
[The rocket continues flying upwards into space as the screen fades to black, ending the episode]