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Close Encounters of the Garfield Kind is the third segment of the first episode of the third season of Garfield and Friends.

Synopsis[]

A UFO crash lands into Jon's backyard. It introduces itself as friendly to the house's residents, yet Garfield remains suspicious of the newcomer's true intentions.

Plot[]

In the middle of a storm a UFO gets struck by lightning and crash lands into Jon's backyard. Meanwhile in the house, Garfield is waiting for Jon with the microwave popcorn as his science fiction movie is about to start. Watching the movie Odie begins to get scared but Garfield asserts that all aliens look and act the same. He later correctly predicts what the alien is going to do (introduce himself and ask for the leader).

Meanwhile the UFO spies on the residents in the house and concludes that Garfield is the superior lifeform while Jon is his slave. As they continue watching the movie, it shows the aliens have betrayed humanity and plan to conquer Earth as Garfield comments that's what people get for being so trustworthy. Just then the UFO tries to get electricity from the fuse box causing the power to go out as the TV went on a commercial break. Seeing the power is out in his house, Jon goes out to check the fuse box. The UFO opens up, revealing a small purple cute alien who introduces himself. He apologizes for the blackout as he was trying to power up his ship and fixes it up. Seeing the kindness, Jon invites the alien into his home until his ship is repaired much to Garfield's resentment.

In the house the alien is observing all kinds of devices with his goal initially to study Earth. Watching him, Jon says in the movies aliens are fierce and scary but this one is cute. Garfield then grumbles if he's more cuter he's going to send him to Abu Dhabi. Jon then goes out to the store to get some food wondering what aliens might eat to which Garfield answers lasagna.

Meanwhile, the alien goes near the telephone and increases its range to contact the mothership. Hearing this, Garfield hides behind the wall wondering what is going on. At that moment, the alien pulls off a disguise; he is revealed to be a hideous alien with a sinister voice. Garfield overhears the alien's plan to conquer Earth for slaves. Garfield then hides behind a plant and tries to come up with a way to stop him.

The alien now back in disguise attempts to power the ship again. When he spots Garfield he tries to act cute but Garfield's not falling for the act this time. The alien then struggles how to get the appliances to work in order to create a lighting rod. He asks Garfield since he considers him a superior lifeform. Using a mysterious plate he makes the fridge hover. Due to its weight, Garfield volunteers to lighten the load by eating everything in the fridge. Looking at this, the alien comments how much he eats to which Garfield says he eats 12 meals and the big ones eat more, much to the alien's shock. He then says everyone on Earth sleeps 14 hours a day, making the alien reconsider about conquering Earth.

Using an energy probe he shoots Garfield to see if he was telling the truth and to his horror he eats more than 12 meals. Concluding that Earth is useless for slaves the alien takes out all the appliances from the kitchen to power his ship. When Jon gets back he finds all the appliances are gone and goes outside to which Garfield pulls him back to avoid the lightning. At that moment lightning strikes on the rod made from the appliances powering up the ship and the UFO takes off. Jon waves goodbye. Garfield states that he saved the world from an invasion; he smiles since no one will ever know. The alien tells the mothership about Earth prompting them to cancel the invasion on Earth.

The next morning, Jon has just finished putting the appliances back to where they were when Garfield comes in with the mail. When he sees the phone bill, he sees to his shock that his long-distance bills are measured in light-years leading to a hefty price. He asks how did this happen to which Garfield replies the alien just phoned home.

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Cultural references[]

  • The episode title is a parody of the 1977 Steven Spielberg film Close Encounters of the Third Kind.
  • Garfield states the alien phoned home, alluding to the 1982 film E.T. the Extra-Terrestial, which was also by Spielberg.


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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