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(The episode starts off in Jon’s neighborhood. A boy bounces a basketball and runs with his dog on the sidewalk and inside his house, Jon watches Eddie Gourmand’s show)
Eddie Gourmand: (while holding a box of donuts) And of all the delicious treats in the world, I have no problem, “zero problemo”, as they say, selecting the yummiest of them all, (He holds a finger up) and I am speaking of course of, Darcie’s Donuts! (He holds the box in front of the camera)
(Upstairs, Garfield snoozes on Jon’s bed, but at the sound of his favorite donut, quickly snaps to attention)
Garfield: Snore Doh! Darcie’s Donuts? (He hops off the bed and runs out of the bedroom) Laughs (He literally flies down the stairs, around the corner, and lands in front of the entrance to the living room, where he runs to the front of the TV with a big grin on his face) Mmm!
Eddie Gourmand: Darcie makes the best donuts in the universe, (He opens the box) and they come in many varieties! (Garfield sits with Jon on his chair)
Garfield and Jon: Name them. (Their eyes get big) Please name them.
Eddie Gourmand: Glazed donuts!
Garfield and Jon: Oooooooh! (Garfield wiggles his toes)
Eddie Gourmand: Cake donuts!
Garfield and Jon: Ooooooooh! (Garfield’s toes wiggle again)
Eddie Gourmand: (while holding donuts next to his ears) Chocolate donuts!
Garfield and Jon: Double ooh! (They both hold up two fingers. I can agree with them)
Eddie Gourmand: Cinnamon donuts! (He looks through the hole as if it was a telescope)
Garfield and Jon: (longingly) Ahhhhh… (Their tongues hang out of their mouths)
Eddie Gourmand: Caramel donuts! (He holds two donuts up to his eyes and looks through them both)
Garfield and Jon: (longingly) AHHHHHHHH… (Eddie looks inside the box again. The cat and his owner clench their fists, the suspense killing them)
Eddie Gourmand: Powdered sugar donuts! (He has donuts on his ears and poses like a superhero in flight)
Garfield and Jon: Laugh (Eddie holds and waves a sandwich like a lightsaber when his show is interrupted by the Anchorman)
Anchorman: And we’ll be back (He points at the camera) with more of Eddie Gourmand’s World of Food (He points up) right after this commercial message from…
Garfield and Jon: (chanting) Commercial for Darcie’s Donuts! Commercial for Darcie’s Donuts! (The Tubby Tabby wiggles his toes)
Anchorman: Someone other than Darcie’s Donuts. (He points at the camera and grins. At this, Garfield and Jon instantly get their bubble burst)
Garfield and Jon: Whimper (They both hold their fists up to their mouths anxiously. Garfield rests his toes on top of each other as a commercial airs featuring a dancing farmer playing music. The Flabby Tabby gets up and stands next to his chair)
Garfield: Moan… Rats! (He begins to leave, heading in the direction of the front door) I was hoping for a Darcie’s Donuts commercial.
Jon: You know there’s a good chance there could be Darcie’s Donuts any minute now.
Garfield: Gasp! Huh? (He stops in his tracks and turns around, smiling)
Jon: Today’s my birthday you know…
Garfield: Laughs (He wiggles his toes and wags his tail)
Jon: (continuing) and since all my friends know how much I LOVE Darcie’s Donuts, I'm hopeful one of them (He holds up one finger) will send me a dozen.
Garfield: Mmmm! (He zips toward the kitchen and, upon entering, ducks under the table. He crawls toward the hole of his good friend Squeak and knocks. The mouse answers promptly)
Squeak: (while exiting his hole) You knocked?
Garfield: I did! Any word from your mouse friends at the Darcie’s Donuts factory?
Squeak: Chuckle Come on down! (Garfield complies and leans his ear toward the rodent) Incoherent whispers
Garfield: Chuckle Niiiiiiice! (The doorbell rings) And that sounds like the mailman now! Gee, (He points with his thumb vaguely behind him) I wonder what he’s bringing Jon. (Squeak covers his mouth as he and his feline friend laugh)
Garfield and Squeak: Giggle (Odie trots in and notices them laughing. Of course, he didn’t hear the conversation, so he’s unsure of what they’re laughing about)
Odie: Huh? (Without saying a word to the pup, Garfield leaves for the living room. The curious canine chases after him) Bark! Bark! Bark!
(Meanwhile, Jon answers the door)
Jon: Uh, Mr. Post! (The mailman holds a box of donuts)
Herman Post: Afternoon, Mr. Arbuckle. (He waves hello) Happy birthday! (He points at him)
Jon: Well, happy birthday to you too. (He points back and reaches for the donuts, but Herman pulls them away)
Herman Post: (while pointing up) Kinda neat that we both have the same birthday. Makes it easy for me to remember yours. (He taps his head. Jon nods in agreement) Now, I have here, (Jon holds his hands out eagerly awaiting the donuts, but Herman puts the box under his arm) oh wait. Something I gotta do first. (He leaves)
Jon: Whimpers (He puts his hand to his mouth, almost as if he’s biting his fingernails. The mailman then returns with a radio, which he sets on the ground) Ah… (Herman pushes a button, the radio starts playing and he starts singing)
Herman Post: Happy birthday to Jon.
Happy birthday to Jon.
I hope this day is pleasant.
Please enjoy your present.
Happy birthday to Jon! (He stops singing and hands the box to Jon)
Here’s your package. (Jon grins)
Jon: Oh thank you, Mr. Post! (They wave each other good-bye) Happy birthday to you too! (He returns inside the house and closes the door behind him) Oh, I hope this is what I hope it is! And that SOMEONE doesn’t get to them before I do. (He heads upstairs)
(In the upstairs hallway, he anxiously looks around, knowing his cat loves donuts as much as he does)
Jon: Hums (He enters and then leaves his office and then goes to his bedroom. He closes the door behind him, still visibly worried that Garfield will get to them, and ducks under his bed. He looks around one last time and returns to under the bed) Giggles (He taps his fingers on the box) It is! It’s a whole box of Darcie’s Donuts! (Out of nowhere, Garfield appears, holding a flashlight and shining it on the box)
Garfield: Hurry up! Open it up! (On Jon’s right side, Odie enters, also holding a flashlight and just as excited to get his paws on a donut)
Odie: Bark! Bark!
Jon: Sigh… All right. (He lifts the lid and the pets shine their lights on the donuts)
Garfield, Jon, and Odie: Mmmm! (The pets lick their lips hungrily. Upon seeing the other eye the delicious bounty, they immediately growl at each other)
Garfield and Odie: Grrrrr!
(After getting out from under the bed, Jon stands on it holding his arm out in self-defense while Garfield and Odie stand on the floor below him. Odie pants and wags his tail and Garfield bends his knees, sort of in a bouncing motion)
Jon: OK now, calm down, guys. I’m not going to be greedy.
Garfield: Good! I’ll take all 12! (He grabs the box from Jon’s hand) Odie, you can have the box. (He starts to leave. Odie stops panting and glares angrily at his friend)
Odie: Awww!
Jon: Ugh! (He jumps off the bed and swipes the box back. Garfield grabs it, Jon retakes it, and the two alternate possession of the box approximately a dozen times before getting winded)
Garfield and Jon: Pant (After the short breather, Garfield grabs the box, only for Jon to take it right back)
Jon: I’m going to give you each one donut. (He holds up a finger)
Garfield: One?!
Odie: Pants (He claps his paws together. He seems happy with the prospect of getting something, especially since Garfield only offered him the box)
Jon: Hums (He opens the lid, looks inside and smiles at what he sees. Garfield blinks and Odie licks his lips. Jon grabs a strawberry donut and holds it up)
Garfield: Chuckle (Odie licks his lips again)
Jon: It’s MY birthday, (He hands the donut to Odie, who takes it)
Odie: Mm-hmm.
Jon: (continuing) and the rest of them are mine. (He hands another strawberry donut to Garfield, who takes it. After serving his pets, he leaves the bedroom) And I'm going to save them until after lunch. (He zips away, leaving the pets behind. Odie blinks)
Garfield: One?!?
Odie: Hmm? (He turns to Garfield)
Garfield: Shall we? (He holds his donut toward the pooch)
Odie: Uh-huh! (He nods. They both toss their donuts into the air and catch them in their mouths)
Garfield and Odie: Chewing noises (Odie smacks his lips and rubs his satisfied stomach) Ahhh!
Garfield: (to the audience) The donut: nature’s most perfect food! (I thought that was lasagna) But, I will not be satisfied with…ONE?! (He holds one finger up)
(Later, the pets are downstairs. The fat cat paces in front of the TV. Odie watches what’s on TV–which is a commercial featuring an elephant–on Garfield’s chair)
Garfield: I must get another Darcie’s Donut! I must get another Darcie’s Donut! (He stops and looks at Odie) Preferably all of them. (He holds a finger up)
Odie: Gasp! Mutters Wow!
Garfield: (while wagging a finger at Odie) No, it’s not wrong to take all the donuts Jon just got for his birthday, and I'll tell you why later. Right now, I need inspiration. (He grabs a knob on the TV and switches it to Eddie Gourmand’s show, where he is still talking about donuts)
Eddie Gourmand: Chocolate cream-filled donuts!
Garfield and Odie: Aaahhhhh!
Eddie Gourmand: Raspberry-filled donuts!
Garfield and Odie: Ooooohhhhh! (Garfield jumps on the arm of his chair and rests his head in his paws)
Eddie Gourmand: Lemon-filled donuts! (He sticks a lemon inside of a donut’s hole)
Garfield and Odie: Aaaahhhhh! (Garfield leans forward and Odie gazes longingly at the TV)
Eddie Gourmand: Anchovy-filled donuts! (He holds a donut over a fish bowl. The fish leaps and gets stuck in it)
Garfield and Odie: Yech! (They hold up their paws in disgust)
Eddie Gourmand: Strawberry-filled donuts! (He sits on a pile of strawberries)
Garfield and Odie: Oooooooohhhhh! (Odie sticks his tongue out and Garfield raises his toes)
Garfield: Gasp! I’ve gotta get some of those donuts! (He takes off)
Eddie Gourmand: Sniff This is an odd one: a donut filled with dog food! (Odie blinks)
Odie: Yeaaaahhhh! (He raises his arms and licks his lips. That's actually pretty genius. Cater to the pets and the pet owners will follow)
(Later, the doorbell rings. Jon heads down the stairs to answer it)
Jon: I’m coming! I’m coming! Wonder who this could be. (He opens the door and looks around, but doesn’t see anyone) Huh? (He looks down and sees his guest) Oh! (It is Garfield, who is wagging his tail and wearing an astronaut costume and holding a plastic pumpkin that kids use for candy on Halloween)
Garfield: Chuckle (He smiles and holds his pumpkin in front of Jon)
Jon: Trick or treat? But it’s not Halloween.
Garfield: Wails (He smiles as he fake cries)
Jon: Uh, don’t cry, little boy! Don’t cry! I’ll get you a treat! (He disappears inside the house)
Garfield: Laughs (He turns to the camera, gives it a thumbs-up and winks. He quickly faces the door before Jon returns)
Jon: Here. I couldn’t find any candy, so I'm giving you one of my birthday donuts. (He puts one donut in Garfield’s bucket. The Flabby Tabby, however, wants more)
Garfield: One?! Ahem Wails
Jon: Alright! Alright! Here's another one, (He sets another donut in Garfield’s bucket) but that’s it! (He closes the door)
Garfield: Oh! Mmmmm! (He wiggles his fingers and grabs a donut from the pumpkin) Well, four down, eight to go! (He tries eating it, but the visor from his helmet blocks him from doing so. He tries a couple more times before realizing the problem. After looking at the camera and blinking, he raises his visor and throws the donut into his mouth) Mmm! Chewing noises
(Meanwhile, Jon walks into the kitchen and sets his donuts on the counter. As he looks in his cabinet for something, Garfield sneakily steals another donut)
Garfield: Heh. (Seven donuts left. Jon looks inside the box and grabs it)
Jon: Huh? (A bell rings. Jon sets the box on the shelf under the window and walks away. Garfield appears in the window and swipes another one)
Garfield: Laughs Mmmmm! (He sits on the ground under the window, rings a bell, and stares at the donut. Only six remain)
(Later, Jon takes a nap on his bed with the box in his lap)
Jon: Snore (While he sleeps, Garfield appears from the side of the bed)
Garfield: Hoo-hoo! (He grabs a donut and hops down) Grunt. (At that moment, Jon awakens)
Jon: Ah! (He looks at his diminishing amount, which has been whittled to five. Why he didn’t eat one earlier I do not know) Sigh
(Later, Jon works on his computer with the box of donuts next to him. Garfield uses a fishing line to grab another one from outside on the roof)
Garfield: Snickers (And then there were four)
(As Jon watches TV, Garfield steps out from behind his chair and secretly cranks the volume up with the remote. Jon flinches and covers his ears as he looks around for the control. With his owner distracted, Garfield takes advantage by pilfering another pastry, bringing the number of donuts left down to three. Jon finds the remote and turns the volume back down)
Jon: Sigh. (He notices the box, and the vanishing donuts) Oh!
(Garfield’s next plan involves ringing the front doorbell. Jon goes to answer it, still holding his box, and opens the door)
Jon: Grunt! (As he looks around for whoever rang the bell, Garfield’s paw swipes another donut, leaving only two) Whew! (He looks at the box and leaps in the air in dismay) AAHHHH!
(During Jon’s bath, he reads a book, his remaining donuts sit on the tub’s edge)
Jon: Hums (Garfield–of course–snorkels over to him. The Tubby Tabby raises his paw out of the water, grabs a donut, and disappears without a trace. Jon turns from his book to the box and sees the startling lack of pastry) Gasp! (He tosses his book behind him in surprise. Only one donut is left) Huh? Moan… (He sinks further into the tub)
(Later, Jon mows his back lawn, holding the box over his head. Garfield, however, will not stop. He swings on a vine like Tarzan and steals the last donut)
Garfield: Chuckle
Jon: GAR-FIEEEEEEEEELD! (He shakes his fist at his cat. Zero donuts remain. The animators get bonus points for consistency. Eight donuts were left, and Garfield stole exactly eight)
(Later, in the front hallway, an enraged Jon confronts Garfield about the missing donuts. He is understandably upset, and even Odie is angry at the conniving cat)
Odie: Grrrrr!
Jon: That’s it, Garfield! You ruined my birthday! (All Garfield does is look at the ceiling, wag his tail, and rub his thumb against his fingers) All I wanted was my Darcie’s Donuts and you had to go eat them ALL! (The doorbell rings. Jon glares at the door and scowls) I offered you one, but that wasn’t enough for you! (He walks toward the door) You had to eat them ALL! (He opens the door) You had to go… (Jon opens the door fully to reveal Herman Post standing on shaky legs. He has a lot of boxes of donuts in his hands)
Herman Post: Strains Mr. Arbuckle, would you please take these packages? (Jon stares in disbelief. Garfield is behind him, smiling cheesily) This one is from your Aunt Ivy, this one is from your brother Doc Boy, (Jon takes the top box and hands it to Garfield, who hands it to Odie, who tosses it behind him. They repeat the process several more times) this is from Liz, this is from your parents…
Garfield: See, pooch? This is why I wasn't worried about eating all of Jon’s donuts. Squeak’s friends at the bakery told him and they told me… (On the floor, Squeak reveals himself from inside one of Jon’s shoes)
Squeak: That everyone Jon knows ordered donuts for him!
Jon: These are all D-D-Darcie’s Donuts?
Herman Post: Looks that way. This one’s from Vito. I think it’s pizza donuts. Here’s one from that girl Angie in Australia.
Odie: Bark! (He sets the last box on top of a stack of boxes. He, Garfield, and Jon look at the four stacks of donuts)
Herman Post: Whew! Well, that’s the last of them. (He waves good-bye) If you’ll excuse me, I need to go sit down, (He leaves) or fall down or something.
Garfield: Laughs (He and Odie grin and look at the delicious loot)
Jon: Sigh. Now I guess the question is, (Garfield and Odie zip around to face Jon and blink) how are we gonna eat all these donuts before they go stale? (Jon, you have a cat that has the stomach of a whale. He and Odie grin, already knowing where to put them)
Garfield: Hmm…
Odie: Huh? (He looks at his fat feline friend)
Garfield: Chuckles (At that moment, Eddie Gourmand appears in the front door)
Eddie Gourmand: Can I have some? Laughs Here, I brought you some more donuts in person, so I could help you eat yours! (His belly bounces)
Jon: Well, pitch in! (He points behind him with his thumb) We’ve got so many donuts even Garfield couldn’t eat them all. (Garfield, however, is already trying. He grabs a donut from a box on the floor and tosses it into his mouth)
Garfield: Mm! (He rubs his tummy and talks to the audience with his mouth full) I always rise to every challenge! (He points up, swallows the donut, and then tosses another one into his mouth)
(Later that evening, Eddie Gourmand is presenting the donuts the same way he does on his show, except he’s at Jon’s table with Jon and the pets watching eagerly)
Eddie Gourmand: Glazed-razed sour cream donut!
Garfield, Odie, and Jon: Oooohhh! (Eddie pops it into his mouth)
Eddie Gourmand: Chewing noises Maple donut! (He wears two donuts on his eyes like glasses)
Garfield, Odie, and Jon: Ooohhhh! (Eddie tosses both of them into his mouth)
Eddie Gourmand: Oh and here’s another one of those dog food donuts! (He holds it up in front of them. Odie is instantly excited)
Odie: Ooohhhhh! (He sets his front paws on the table and opens his mouth wide. Eddie throws the donut in, and the puppy catches it) Mm-hmm!
Eddie Gourmand: Pumpkin donuts! (He holds up an actual pumpkin)
Jon: Ooooooohhhh! (He flops his head down on the table and smiles. Garfield, who was initially happy about the donuts, suddenly remembers something)
Garfield: Gasp! (He hops off the chair) There’s something I need to do! (He storms away)
Odie: Mutters (As he leaves, he grabs a box of donuts. Eddie, Jon, and Odie watch him leave and then return to their donut spree. Eddie grabs a donut and licks it.)
Eddie Gourmand: Gluten-free honey spice donut with those little chocolate sprinkles I just love!
Jon and Odie: Aaaahhhh! (They rest their heads on the table and stick their tongues out)
(Outside, Herman Post sits on the sidewalk, lamenting that he did not have a good birthday. Garfield opens the door behind him, cradling a donut in his paws, and walks toward the mailman)
Herman Post: Some birthday. I deliver cards and packages all day, but none for me. No, why should anyone care that it’s MY birthday? (Garfield stops and stands next to him) I’m just the mailman. I’m just… (The Flabby Tabby interrupts)
Garfield: Hm. (He offers Herman the donut. Herman looks at him) Heh. (Garfield winks and grins. For once, this isn’t a trick)
Herman Post: Hm… (He blinks)
Garfield: Chuckle (He steps forward and Herman takes the donut in gracious surprise. He looks back at the Tubby Tabby) Make a wish. (The donut has a lit candle in it. Herman pauses for a moment and then blows it out)
Herman Post: (turning to Garfield) You know what I wished for, Garfield? (The fat cat sprints inside and returns with a box of donuts) I wished that you’d go a whole week without doing anything rotten to me! (Garfield joins Herman and sits on the curb, his tail still wagging behind him)
Garfield: Well, that wish thing doesn’t always work. (Music starts up and Herman starts singing)
Herman Post: Happy birthday to me
Happy birthday to me (Garfield smiles at him and sets the donuts aside)
The party never ends as long as you have friends
Happy birthday to me (Garfield springs himself up. Herman stands up also)
Happy birthday to me (Garfield joins him)
Garfield: That's you! (They both start dancing)
Herman Post: Happy birthday to me
Garfield: So true.
Herman Post: We always celebrate this very special day
Happy birthday to me! (With that, the episode comes to a close)
THE END