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China Cat is an episode from the second season of Garfield and Friends.

Synopsis[]

While visiting an authentic Chinese restaurant, Jon and Garfield are told a story about why orange cats with black stripes should never eat too much.

Plot[]

Garfield and Jon are walking around Chinatown during the Chinese New Year. Upon finding a Chinese restaurant, both enter to eat authentic Chinese Food. Inside, a serviceman is about to send them to their table when he looks at Garfield and flees in terror. Wondering what happened, Jon looks for a table on his own. After being seated, one of the waitresses asks Jon if he is ready to order. Jon orders a chow mien and says Garfield will have everything else. Horrified, the waitress tells him not to let Garfield eat so much food. She shows Jon and Garfield a screen depicting a Chinese Dragon and a cat similar to Garfield, then tells a legend about it.

A long time ago in a village in China everyone worked hard to maintain life and their crops; despite this they were always hungry, being forced to give all of their food to a Chinese Dragon nearby. One day, an orange and black cat was tasked to give lasagna to the dragon. Since was so hungry, he ends up eating the entire lasagna. The cat claims that it is invisible food; the dragon threatens to eat him and everyone else in the village if he is not fed.

Thinking of a way to save himself, the cat gets the dragon to accept an eating contest, seeing who can eat more food. Before long, the cat eats his fill and the dragon declares his turn. The dragon then realizes that the cat has eaten all of his food, thereby tricking him. Enraged, the dragon chases the cat across the Chinese countryside, where they are never seen again. Meanwhile, the villagers were free to eat their food with the dragon gone. The waitress then tells them that, according to legend, if another cat similar to the one in the story were to eat all the food, then the dragon will return for revenge.

When Jon looks for Garfield, he and the waitress hear yelling from the kitchen; they discover that Garfield has eaten everything in the kitchen. The waitress pleads for Jon to take Garfield away before the dragon comes, with Jon reluctantly complying. As the two are walking home, Garfield sees what appears to be the dragon. He tries to run away as Jon asserts him that it is just a paper dragon to celebrate the Chinese New Year. He then expresses his skepticism that the legend will come true. The paper dragon turns out to be the real dragon as he follows Jon and Garfield.

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Trivia[]

  • This segment has been pulled from current reruns on television due to its supposedly stereotypical depiction of Asian characters. Ironically, the episode itself was animated in Taiwan. [1]
    • During the show's 2019-2021 run on Boomerang, this segment was replaced with "The Horror Hostess Part 1".
    • It was uploaded as part of "Garfield & Friends - China Cat | Cock-A-Doodle Dandy | Beach Blanket Bonzo (Full Episode)" on the show's YouTube channel on March 30, 2022.[2]

References[]

Garfield and Friends
Episodes

"Pest of a Guest / The Impractical Joker / Fat & Furry" • "Rip Van Kitty / Grabbity / The Big Catnap" • "The Great Getaway / Scrambled Eggs / Hansel and Garfield" • "The Sludge Monster / Fortune Kooky / Heatwave Holiday" • "One Good Fern Deserves Another / Goody-Go-Round / The Black Book" • "The Legend of the Lake / Double Oh Orson / Health Feud" • "Binky Gets Cancelled! / Show Stoppers / Cutie and the Beast" • "The Lasagna Zone / Sleepytime Pig / Yojumbo" • "Pros and Cons / Rooster Revenge / Lights! Camera! Garfield!" • "Polecat Flats / Hogcules / Brain Boy" • "Maine Course / No Laughing Matter / Attack of the Mutant Guppies" • "Robodie / First Aid Wade / Video Victim" • "The Curse of Klopman / Mud Sweet Mud / Rainy Day Dreams" • "Basket Brawl / Origin of Power Pig / Cactus Jake Rides Again" • "Binky Goes Bad! / Barn of Fear / Mini-Mall Matters" • "Attention-Getting Garfield / Swine Trek / It Must Be True!" • "Arrivaderci, Odie! / Gort Goes Good / Feeling Feline" • "The Bear Facts / Nothing To Be Afraid Of / The Big Talker" • "Cactus Makes Perfect / Hogcules II / Crime and Nourishment" • "T.V. of Tomorrow / Little Red Riding Egg / Well Fed Feline" • "Invasion of the Big Robots / Shelf Esteem / Housebreak Hotel" • "First Class Feline / Hamelot / How to Be Funny!" • "Mystic Manor / Flop Goes the Weasel / The Legend of Long Jon" • "China Cat / Cock-a-Doodle Dandy / Beach Blanket Bonzo" • "Lemon Aid / Hog Noon / Video Airlines" • "The Mail Animal / Peanut-Brained Rooster / Mummy Dearest"

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