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(The episode begins one day above Jon’s house. Inside, Garfield sits in his chair, a bowl of popcorn on his left, watching an intellectual debate on TV)
Debaters on TV: You’re wrong! I’m right! You’re wrong! I’m right! Wrong! I’m right! Wrong! Right! (Garfield reaches for a handful of popcorn and tosses it into his mouth) Wrong! Right! Wrong! Right! Wrong! Right! Wrong! Right! (They start saying, “Wrong” and “Right” really fast) Wrong-wrong-wrong-wrong! Right-right-right-right!
Garfield: I love these (He taps his fingers on his other paw) serious intellectual debate programs. (As these two people continue arguing, Jon walks out of the kitchen holding his right cheek)
Jon: I just called my dentist. He said if I can come right over, he could squeeze me in and take care of this toothache. (He stops next to Garfield) I’m so lucky!
Garfield: If you were so lucky, you wouldn’t have a toothache.
Jon: Since my car’s in the shop, I'm gonna have to walk there. (Garfield turns to him)
Garfield: If you were so lucky, (He turns back to the TV) your car wouldn’t be in the shop.
Jon: See you later! (He heads out. Garfield glimpses at him as he goes and then focuses his attention to the TV)
TV Announcer: We’ll be right back with this serious intellectual debate program after this news break. (Garfield wiggles his ears and tosses another handful of popcorn into his mouth. The news Anchorman reads the report)
Anchorman: Police report another daring burglary by Silent Jack, a criminal who’s been working on the west side of the city. (Garfield quickly stands up)
Garfield: THIS is the west side of the city! (He puts his paws to his mouth, nervous. Odie trots in, looking around him)
Anchorman: Silent Jack is said to be extremely dangerous. (Odie sees his feline friend and stands next to him, panting. Garfield, meanwhile, watches the TV with his eyes wide and his toes spread apart) Citizens are warned to lock their doors and remain alert.
Garfield: Odie, (He gets on his knees and leans over the arm of the chair facing the pup. Odie looks at him attentively) we have to lock our doors and remain alert! Silent Jack is at large! (Odie looks surprised at the news)
Anchorman: Silent Jack is said to be extremely dangerous.
(In response, Garfield stands on a chair and locks the door using a chain. Odie is watching in the entryway, wagging his tail as Garfield jumps off the chair and lands on his feet with a thud)
Garfield: Now we’re completely secure (He holds his finger up) and I won't worry one bit about Silent Jack breaking in here. (He points down) Not one bit.
Odie: Ohhhh! (He is impressed with his friend’s courage) Pants
Garfield: But, just in case…(He takes the chair he was standing on and props it under the doorknob. With that done, he dusts his paws off and then goes to the living room, where he locks the windows. Satisfied, he again dusts off his paws. Odie walks up to him and the Flabby Tabby explains to the pooch) Gotta make sure everything’s locked so that Silent Jack can’t get in.
Odie: Bark! Mutter Bark! (Garfield’s next method of protection is to block the fireplace with cans. He takes one last can from Odie mouth and delicately puts it in, lifting his foot as he does)
Garfield: Or even Santa Claus.
Odie: (disappointed) Awwww! (His ears droop)
Garfield: Don’t worry, (He waves his finger at Odie) I’ll open it up for Santa. (He winks)
Odie: Bark! Bark! (His tail wags happily)
(Later that evening, outside the dentist’s office, a little girl running by pushes past a man. A recurring character, Esmeralda Brubaker, walks by, coughing into her fist)
Man: Hey! (He shakes his fist at the rude child) Watch out!
(Inside the office, Jon is shaking, nervous about this trip to the dentist)
Jon: Whimpers (His seat lowers behind him, and he falls back into it) AHHHHH! (The dentist enters and pulls out a tool resembling a screwdriver. He waves it in front of Jon) AAHHHH! (His screams and odd sounds coming from the dentist’s tools are loud enough to be heard in the waiting room, where a toddler waits with his grandmother) YAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH! (Not surprisingly, this isn’t helping the toddler’s uneasy nerves, but soon the dentist is finished)
Dentist: There, Mr. Arbuckle. (Jon leaves the office)
Toddler: Whimper (He is put off by Jon’s new look: a bulging cheek and bandage wrapped around his head)
Jon: Moan (The boy tries to escape…)
Toddler: YAHHHH! (but his grandmother grabs him and sits him back down in the chair. Jon heads for the door)
Dentist: Now just eat nothing but mush and clear soups for the next few months and you’ll be fine! (Jon turns around, by now he’s at the door about to leave)
Jon: (muffled) Thanks, Doctor. (He opens the door and leaves)
Dentist: Hmm? (He spies the anxious boy on the sofa)
Toddler: Whimpers (He tries to escape again, but granny grabs him and puts him back)
(With his car in the shop, Jon is forced to walk back home, rubbing his bulging cheek)
Jon: Moan (He passes a man and a woman walking together. They enjoy a chuckle at Jon’s expense)
Man and Woman: Laugh
(Back at the dentist’s office, the dentist is about to work on his next patient, the toddler from before)
Toddler: Whimper (The dentist notices something on the floor)
Dentist: Huh? What’s this? (He picks it up and examines it. It’s Jon’s keys) Oh, Mr. Arbuckle must’ve dropped his keys. (He runs out to try to return them. Seeing his chance, the toddler gets off the dentist chair and starts following. The dentist runs out of the building and looks up and down the street, but can see no sign of Jon) Oh well. (He looks at the keys) He’ll realize he’s missing them and come right back for them, I'm sure. (The toddler sees the open door and tries to run)
Toddler: Pants (Granny is everywhere, and she pulls him back inside) Yelp!
(Later on, night has fallen. Garfield and Odie are up watching black-and-white horror movies on TV. Garfield slouches in his chair, a plate of mini sandwiches on his left, and Odie sits on the ground to the cat’s right)
Actor: Laura, Laura, (Garfield reaches for a sandwich) where are you Laura? (Garfield grabs and pops a sandwich into his mouth) Laura?
Odie: Mutters (He lowers himself to the floor, his ears on either side of his head and his paws on his ears)
Garfield: The stranger in the attic got her!
Odie: Gasp! (He is visibly trembling)
Actor: Is it possible that I'm alone in the house, ALONE with the stranger in the attic?
Garfield: You’re TOAST, (He makes the “slit the throat” motion with his thumb) fella!
Odie: Whimpers (He hides behind his ears, too scared to watch any more)
(Outside, Jon has finally returned home)
Jon: Moans
(Inside, the unsuspecting pets are still in front of the TV)
Actor: I should’ve known when you rang the doorbell. (Garfield taps his fingers on his tummy) Laura wouldn’t have done that. Laura has a key! (Garfield eats another sandwich) That was his way of finding out if I was home.
(Jon reaches the welcome mat and feels his pant pocket for his key, only for it to not be in there. Inside, Odie is getting more and more scared)
Odie: Yelp! (He hides his front half behind the chair. Garfield leans over and looks at him)
Garfield: Odie, it’s only a movie! (He looks at the Odie’s trembling back half) By the way, (He holds his paw under his mouth, thinking) you look better from this angle.
Odie: Howl! (He peeks out from behind the chair. He quickly shakes his head) Mutters (He goes back into hiding)
Garfield: You’re worried about Silent Jack?
Odie: Uh-huh! (He reemerges and nods)
Garfield: Oh that’s right. There’s nothing to worry about. There are THOUSANDS of homes! What are the chances he’d pick ours to rob?
(Outside, Jon now realizes that he left his keys)
Jon: Gasp! Ugh… (Hoping his pets will answer him, he rings the doorbell)
Garfield and Odie: GASP!
Odie: Whimpers (He pushes his butt behind the chair)
Garfield: Sharp sigh! What are we worried about? It’s just Jon! (He remembers something from the movie) But Jon wouldn’t ring the doorbell, (He points to the back) Jon has a key. (He covers his face with his paws)
(Jon, meanwhile, tries forcibly opening the door…by pulling it even though it opens by pushing it from the outside. Garfield, hearing the loud banging, carefully tiptoes to the hallway and looks at the door. Odie pokes his ears into frame, one at a time, and then looks for himself)
Odie: Mutters
Garfield: But you know who doesn’t have a key? (He looks at Odie) Silent Jack doesn’t have a key! (Not the news Odie wanted to hear)
Odie: (terrified) Oh! (Jon continues trying to open the door, but the lock and chair barricade Garfield set up prevent him from doing so) Whimpers (He hides behind his ears again. Garfield hops out from behind into the opening to the hall and tiptoes forward. Jon cries out for his pets)
Jon: (muffled) Let me in! (He pounds the door) I forgot my key! (Inside, Garfield and Odie hear a distorted voice that doesn’t resemble Jon) Let me in!
Odie: Worried mutters (He shakes his head, looking more scared than he did during the movie. Garfield looks at him)
Garfield: You’re right! (He covers his mouth) That doesn’t sound a BIT like Jon! (Odie then sees Jon’s silhouette, which is made from a light shining through the window)
Odie: Whimpers (Garfield also looks at the shadow) and Cries (Now even Garfield is losing his cool)
Garfield and Odie: YAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHH! (They see Jon’s shape in the window)
Garfield: Right again, (Garfield holds Odie. They look at each other) it doesn’t look a bit like Jon, (They turn to the window) not with that bulging cheek and that thing on his head! (He points at his head and grabs Odie again. Jon decides to try an alternative route to get inside)
Jon: Moan… (Garfield tiptoes to the window)
Garfield: Wait! (Jon leaves, holding his bulging cheek. Garfield looks out the window and sees him going) We’re in luck, Odie! (Odie joins him in the window) He’s going away! We’re safe! (Odie nods, but Jon is walking toward the back door)
Jon: Incomprehensible mutters
(Back inside, Garfield and Odie march through the living room toward the kitchen)
Odie: Mutters
Garfield: Me? (He points at himself) Scared? Laughs Not for a second. I’m not afraid of anything! (Garfield reaches the kitchen door. Jon looks in the kitchen window, but doesn’t see anyone. He then leaves to try the door just before the pets walk in)
Odie: Mutters
Garfield: OK, (He opens the kitchen door and they march in) apart from the thought of Nermal moving in with us, I'm not afraid of anything. (Jon tries the back, rattling the doorknob. This causes the pets to pause and turn around) Gasp! He’s trying to get in the back door!
Odie: Howl! (Garfield looks around. He sees one of the chairs. As Jon struggles with the door, Garfield sticks the chair under the doorknob, blocking it. Satisfied, the Garfield dusts his paws off. Jon tries yelling for them)
Jon: Incomprehensible mutters
Odie: Fearful mutters
Garfield: Odie, pull yourself together! (He holds his finger up) This calls for heroic action!
Odie: Yeah!
Garfield: It calls for bravery and courage!
Odie: YEAH!!
Garfield: And since you’re the watchdog around here, (He runs behind his pooch pal and shoves him forward) I nominate you!
Odie: Whimper (Garfield pushes him toward the door)
Garfield: Grunt! (Odie slips away, causing Garfield to fall on his face)
Odie: Bark! Bark! Bark! (He hides under the table) Bark! (Garfield gets up and shakes his head)
Garfield: Coward! Chicken! (Odie retreats further) You have all the courage of a mouse! (Squeak, who was on top of the refrigerator nibbling on cheese this whole time, hears that and protests)
Squeak: Hey, on behalf of myself and all my relatives, (He uncrosses his legs) I resent that remark!
Garfield: Squeak! What are you doing here? Besides eating cheese.
Squeak: (sarcastically) Yeah, that’s right, a mouse that’s eating cheese. (He is about to take another bite when he adds…) What are the odds?
Garfield: No, I mean, what are you doing here when Silent Jack (He gestures toward the door) the burglar’s trying to break in?
Squeak: Ah, I don't worry about THOSE guys. (He waves his hand and finishes the cheese) They never steal cheese. (Just then, the pet door flaps. Garfield hears it and turns around, while Odie covers his eyes with his ears, trembling in fear. Garfield is surprised when he sees Jon’s hand feeling around on the floor)
Garfield: Squeak, (In desperation, he turns to look at Squeak) what do I do?
Squeak: One word: (He holds up one finger) mousetrap!
Garfield: Mousetrap? Where am I gonna get a mousetrap?
Squeak: Behind the refrigerator! (He points to the back corner of the fridge) That’s where people put mousetraps.
Garfield: Mousetrap. (He smiles) Good idea! (He runs over to the fridge and squeezes himself in the gap between it and the wall. While Jon is still feeling around, his cat holds the mousetrap in his paw) Chuckles (He looks at it and plants it just in front of him. Jon’s hand goes from the wall to the trap, which quickly activates)
Jon: YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH! (He hops around, screaming in pain)
Garfield: Gasp! What a ghastly noise! (He puts a paw to the side of his head and listens) Silent Jack isn’t very silent. (Squeak kicks his feet, dying of laughter on the fridge)
Squeak: Laughs
Garfield: What’s so funny?
Squeak: I always enjoy it when a HUMAN gets caught in one of those.
Garfield: I’m afraid it isn’t gonna be enough to stop him. (He peeks out of the window again)
Jon: Whimpers (He manages to get the trap off of him and spikes it onto the ground. He storms into the shed, a new plan in mind. The big cat watches with his paws on the window pane)
Garfield: And I'm right! (Jon emerges with a ladder that has no business fitting in a shed that small. Garfield bolts out of the kitchen, Squeak and Odie follow. Outside, Jon leans the ladder against the house)
Squeak: What’s he up to?
Garfield: He’s trying to get in upstairs! (He hurries up the stairs, while Jon scales the ladder. He reaches the top and looks inside the bedroom window. The animals see his silhouette, but do not recognize Jon) How do we stop him? (They are gathered around the bedroom entrance)
Squeak: Another mousetrap? (The crafty cat puts his finger to his chin, thinking)
Garfield: I know. (Jon struggles to lift the window open)
Jon: Grunt! Strain (Inside, Garfield puts a large electric fan in the room, pointing it at the window)
Garfield: Jon stored this up here because it was too powerful to use.
Jon: Grunt! (He cracks the window open, getting the attention of the animals)
Garfield and Odie: Yelp! (Garfield presses the red button, starting the fan. It blows so powerfully even Jon is getting blown back. He clings to the window as various objects, papers, a can, even the alarm clock, get blown out)
Jon: WHOA! WHOOOOAAAAAAA! (The entire bed also gets launched out the window, breaking a part of the wall and knocking Jon off) WHOAAAAAA! (The bed falls on the shed, and he falls on top of it. The animals look down from their vantage point, Odie looking sorry for him as he lies in his bed in the shed. An extra can falls on his head)
Squeak: Don’t feel sorry for him, Odie. Silent Jack is a treacherous, dangerous criminal, but we got him!
Garfield: No, we don’t got him! He’s coming back for more! (Jon kicks the shed door open. Garfield is working himself into a panic) We can’t stop Silent Jack that way!
Squeak: (turning to Garfield) What are you gonna do?
Garfield: I’m gonna assemble a team of experts, a squadron (He pounds the window pane, or where it used to be) of fearless and skilled operatives! (He points up)
Squeak: Will you settle for a puppy and a mouse?
Garfield: OK. C’mon! (They get down from the window)
(They soon reassemble in the living room)
Garfield: Men, (He marches in front of his friends like a drill sergeant) and I call you men even though you’re a puppy and a mouse, (He stops marching) the enemy is out there! If we’re gonna stop him from getting in here, (He points a carrot at them) we need a plan!
Squeak: (pointing up) You got one?
Garfield: I think so. (He ponders) OK, here’s what we’re gonna do. (He points at them)
(Later, they begin Garfield’s plan. Squeak places a roller skate in front of the door)
Squeak: (shouting) Roller skate in place, Garfield! (Garfield comes out from behind the basement entrance)
Garfield: Check! (He points at Squeak and then steps back into the basement stairs, shouting for Odie, who is at the bottom) How ya doing with the trunk, Odie?
Odie: Strains (He places a trunk at the bottom of the stairs and lifts the lid. He looks inside it and gives Garfield the “Ready” signal) Bark!
Garfield: Check! (He hustles around the corner, peeking in through the hallway) Everything’s in place, let him in! (Squeak unlocks and opens the door, which isn’t easy for him)
Squeak: (straining) Roger! (He opens it wider, and just in time. Jon is coming around the corner of the house, rubbing his cheek)
Jon: Sigh… Got to be a way in. (He comes to the door and sees it wide open, with a banner saying, “Welcome” held up with balloons inside. He doesn’t question it, shrugs, and steps inside, stepping on the roller skate Squeak planted) WHOAAAAAAAAAAAAA! (He gets blinded by the banner and rolls into the open basement door. Garfield slams the door behind him as he crashes down the steps and into the trunk that Odie set up)
Garfield: Hums (After the crashing, Odie stands on top of the trunk to weigh it down)
Odie: Ta-da! (He presents Garfield the trunk as the latter steps down the stairs)
Jon: Help! Anybody? (Squeak joins them)
Squeak: We did it! We caught Silent Jack!
Odie: Right! (His tail wags happily)
Garfield: (leaning against the trunk) Only the most dangerous criminal around. (Jon bangs the inside of the trunk)
Jon: Let me outta here!
Garfield: Be silent, Silent Jack! (He points at the trunk) We’re not letting you out!
Jon: Garfield, it’s me, Jon!
Garfield: Quiet! (Odie gives the trunk another look)
Odie: Mutters
Garfield: (while shaking his head at Odie and holding his finger up) It doesn’t sound anything like Jon. I know Jon’s voice. It sounded nothing like… (He leaps backwards, the realization having set in) YAHHH! (The pets look at the trunk. Garfield cracks it open and peeks inside. He shuts it, and then opens it fully to reveal his owner) Jon! (He gets nervous) Huh. Hello. (He waves) Chuckle
(They then climb back upstairs)
Garfield: We did a good job protecting the house, Odie. (Jon reaches the top of the stairs, and is shocked to see everything, literally everything, is gone and empty)
Jon: Gasp!
Garfield: If Silent Jack comes around here, he’s in for a big surprise! (He joins Jon in the hallway, and sees what has happened) Doh! (He stands on tiptoe, almost as shocked as Jon. Odie and Squeak follow shortly after)
Odie: (surprised) Yelp! (Squeak walks up behind Odie)
Squeak: Gah! (A leaf floats in through the open door. Everything is gone and empty. The TV, the furniture, the bookshelf, everything. It’s so empty that one would think that someone had just finished moving out and had begun selling the house or that a burglar robbed the house)
Garfield: Sigh. Unless, of course, he was here while we were all down in the basement.
Odie: Moan… (With that, the episode ends)
THE END