Curse of the Were-Dog ( Odie-Garou) is the 21stUS/15thEU episode from the first season of The Garfield Show.
Synopsis[]
It's night-time and the full moon and the alignment of the planets are having a strange effect on Odie. He turns into a monster as soon as the sky is clear and wreaks havoc in Jon's house. The living room is a wreck, and the dish of lasagna has disappeared. Of course, Jon immediately thinks Garfield is behind all this, until he discovers on the news that his dog Odie might be the real culprit.
Plot[]
Jon Arbuckle is busy making lasagna for Liz Wilson's birthday. When Odie shows up hoping to play, Jon sends him out with a bone. Odie becomes cautious when he hears the sound of growling, only to run into Rottweiler, who makes Odie give him the bone by intimidation. Garfield eventually smells the lasagna, which lures him away from the TV. When Garfield is about to eat it, Jon warns him not to do so. Garfield reluctantly complies after Jon threatens not to feed him. Meanwhile, the TV features a news segment about a rare star alignment, with Professor Harlow Franz claiming that the alignment could have an effect on dogs with almost no intelligence.
Odie returns to the kitchen, sad about losing the bone, as Jon decides to go to bed. Jon figures that Garfield was able to forget about the lasagna, while Garfield struggles to keep himself from eating it. When moonlight shines into the living room, Odie transforms into a giant beast and goes into the kitchen, where he devours the lasagna. When the clouds block the moonlight, Odie goes back to his regular self. Jon wakes up from the commotion and comes down to find the lasagna gone. Assuming that Garfield was responsible, he confronts the fat cat and tells him he will never feed him again. Garfield is shocked, since he cannot remember eating the lasagna.
When the moonlight returns, Odie transforms again, and goes on to mess up the living room. Jon, feeling he was too rough on Garfield, tries to talk to Garfield again. When the moonlight disappears again, Odie returns to normal. Jon comes downstairs, about to apologize to Garfield. When he turns on the living room lights, he sees the living room trashed, and once again blames Garfield for it; he is also unable to see how Odie could have done it.
Odie sadly heads outside, where he encounters Rottweiler again. As Rottweiler prepares to maul him for not bringing biscuits, Odie once again transforms and throws the other dog all the way into space. When Jon finds out about the alignment and its potential effects, he realizes how Odie, and not Garfield, could be responsible for the lasagna and events. After Jon apologizes to Garfield for blaming him, the two then find Odie (who is back to normal), and take him to the professor.
By the time Odie is checked, the professor notes that the alignment is over and therefore no longer a problem. The professor then notes that there is now another alignment occurring, which can affect cats that eat large amounts of Italian food. Garfield then becomes a giant beast, causing the other three to flee. Garfield then wonders if the all-night pizza place is open. Meanwhile, Rottweiler, in space, encounters Nimbus.
Characters[]
Main Characters[]
Major Characters[]
- Professor Bonkers (as Harlow Cranfranz)
Minor Characters[]
- Rottweiler
- Anchorman
- Motorcycle rider
- Nimbus (cameo)
- Liz Wilson (mentioned)
Trivia[]
- Odie and Garfield's monstrous forms were seen in a few The Garfield Shorts.
- This is first episode in the series where Garfield gets blamed for eating something after Jon told him not to do so.
Cultural references[]
- The episode's title and possibly the plot parody the 1961 horror film "Curse of the Werewolf".
Goofs[]
- Although Rottweiler tells Odie he will be back tomorrow to get dog treats, he comes back to get them later that night.