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"Halt! Officer Odie orders you to stop and help!"
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(After a brief recap of the prior two episodes, which include Garfield reading a story to Odie about Prince Jon needing a wife, the evil Viceroy who is seemingly next in line for the throne, the cat and dog willing to help, and the encounter with the dragon, part three opens above Jon’s house. Garfield is in the kitchen making a sandwich while Odie is resting his head on the arm of the couch waiting for his feline friend to finish)
Garfield: Humming (Odie lifts his head and remembers the story in progress)
Odie: Huh? (He shakes his head, somewhat waking himself up) Sputters (He looks inside the kitchen, but sees no sign of Garfield, aside from his humming) Moan (He hangs his head dejectedly, but then Garfield steps in the doorway and reassures him)
Garfield: I’ll come back and finish the story right after I finish my tuna sandwich. (He wiggles his fingers)
Odie: Grunt! (He clenches and shakes his fists in the air, growing more and more impatient than a child on Christmas Eve. He slumps back and slides on the couch)
Garfield: Humming (He emerges from the kitchen with a sandwich in his paws. He heads over to his chair to watch some TV, which ticks Odie off)
Odie: (sitting up) Huh? Angry mutters (He clenches his fists, shakes with anger, runs over to the Flabby Tabby’s chair and pushes it away like it was nothing, much to Garfield’s surprise. The persistent pup points over at the couch and shoves Garfield over there)
Garfield: Quit shoving! I’m going! I’m going! (He tosses the sandwich into the air and eats it whole. Odie sits on the couch and pants, happy that his feline friend is finally following up the fairy tale) Now, where did I leave off? (He sits on the couch. Odie thinks for a moment)
Odie: Hmm? (He remembers where they were in the story) Mm-hmm! (He points at Garfield and starts snarling like a dragon) Roar!
Garfield: Oh right. (He resumes his story) “The superior cat, and the adequate dog were face-to-face with the fire-breathing dragon!”
(Picking back up in fairy tale land shows what Garfield just read)
Dragon: Roar! (The cat and dog leap into the air, terrified of the beast before them)
Handsome Cat: (Holding the pup’s shoulder) There are times, my canine friend, when one must stand tall against an enemy, and not flee in terror!
Dragon: Roar! (It roars so loudly that the force of the air shoves the cat and dog back on their heels)
Handsome Cat: This is not one of those times. (He bolts. The Dimwitted Dog follows, and the dragon also gives chase) YAAAAAHHHHH!
Dragon: Roar!
Handsome Cat: Pants (The pup overtakes him)
Dimwitted Dog: YAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH! (The cats looks behind him at the dragon, who is still hot on his tail)
Handsome Cat: Oh! No! Stop! (The dragon knocks some trees over as it pursues the heroic animals)
Dragon: Roar! (It stops at a lake and looks around. Seeing no trace of either cat or dog, it heads off in a different direction. As it leaves, bubbles pop on the lake’s surface and the cat and dog duo emerge from under the water)
Handsome Cat and Dimwitted Dog: Gasping for breath
(Inside the house, Odie does not like the idea of being wet)
Odie: Bark! Bark! (He shakes himself, like wet dogs do after a bath. Garfield looks at him, a bit confused)
Garfield: Huh? (he resumes his story) “They had escaped the dragon… (He holds a finger up at the big-hearted beagle) for now.”
Odie: Huh?!
Garfield: “They still had a problem!” (He looks back in his book)
(In the forest, the cat discusses the scenario to the dog)
Handsome Cat: In order to reach this woman, we have to go up this road. The dragon (He wiggles his fingers at the pooch) will be waiting for us. (The Dimwitted Dog starts trembling)
Dimwitted Dog: Whimpers (He holds his head in fear)
(On the couch, Garfield continues reading to Odie, who is holding his paws like he’s in love)
Garfield: “But the cat (Odie turns to the Tubby Tabby, who wags his finger at him) was not only handsome, he was smart, (In the forest the cat and dog walk. The former racks his brain) and an idea came to him.”
Handsome Cat: Seems like a rotten thing to do to anyone, even a fire-breathing dragon, but this is a DESPERATE situation! (He and his canine companion stop in their tracks) C’mon! (He grabs the pup’s arm and carries him through the forest) Pants Laughs
Dimwitted Dog: Oh… (They race into the castle and get what they need)
Handsome Cat: Here, you take one, and I'll take the other. (They emerge with the nieces riding on their backs)
Twin Nieces: Kitty cat! Puppy dog!
(Somewhere in the forest, the dragon has not stopped its search for the heroes)
Dragon: Roar! (What is does find, however, stops it in its tracks)
Twin Nieces: (chanting) We wanna play with the dragon! We wanna play with the dragon! He’s so adorable! (Terrified, the dragon flees) He’s such a cute dragon! (It runs into a tree and falls backwards. It shakes its head and sees the twins above it) He could use a moisturizer! He has such nice coloring! (Horrified, the dragon takes off in flight, but the twins cling to its tail) He could use a present! I’ll do his lips! (Down below, the Handsome Cat and Dimwitted Dog watch. The cat waves and they both laugh at the dragon’s predicament)
Handsome Cat and Dimwitted Dog: Snicker (The pup covers his mouth, stifling laughter. Above them, the twins overlap what they say as the dragon flies)
Twin Nieces: He’ll smell so sweet! (The dragon hides itself in a cave. The cat and dog walk over to see the damage)
Dragon: Grr! (Clattering and growling can be heard from inside, but the twins soon emerge unharmed and present the dragon) Ugh… (It exits the cave wearing a red-headed wig with ponytails, a pink princess dress and a pink bow on its tail that would become obvious later)
Handsome Cat: Huh? (He stares with his mouth agape at the surprising transformation of the dragon. His canine companion finds this rather funny)
Dimwitted Dog: Snicker (The Handsome Cat covers the pooch’s mouth and smiles, trying to play it safe. The dragon growls at them)
Dragon: Grr!
Twin Nieces: He’s such a cute dragon! (The twins take it by the hands and lead it to the lake. The pets follow. The dragon sees its reflection in the water and marvels at how beautiful she is)
Dragon: Why…why…I'm beautiful! I’m finally beautiful! (She flies into the air, twirling in celebration) How can I thank you? (She lands next to the heroes) And I apologize for being so mean (She playfully pushes the cat’s hat over his eyes. The cat promptly lifts it back up) to you before. (The camera’s focus shifts to the cat)
Handsome Cat: Hey, we all feel a little dragony when we don’t look our best. (Switch back to a shot of all the characters) If you wanna make it up to us, how about a lift? (He points at the dragon)
Dragon: Sure! Where to? (She crouches down to let her passengers on her back. The twins, cat, and dog climb up her tail and take their seats. The cat sits in front, almost on the dragon’s neck. The twins sit behind him, and the dog clings to the dragon’s tail)
Handsome Cat: There’s a lady named Elizabeth who lives in a cottage in the Blue Forest.
Dragon: Oh sure. The one who takes care of animals and won’t marry the prince?
Handsome Cat: Heh. (The dragon takes off, twirling and spinning above the trees, something the Dimwitted Dog could’ve done without)
Dimwitted Dog: YAH!
Garfield: (narrating) “And so, they all headed for the dwelling of the lovely Elizabeth.”
Twin Nieces: (chanting like kids in the back seat) We wanna be there! We wanna be there! (The cat glances over his shoulder at them trying to ignore them)
Handsome Cat: Oh. Scoff. OH! (The non-stop chanting works his last nerve and he pulls his hat over his face, trying to find some quiet) YAAAHHHHH!
(On the couch, Odie doesn’t seem to mind. In fact, he shakes his head back and forth and holds his fingers up, dancing to the twins’ tune)
Odie: Humming (Garfield turns back to the book)
Garfield: (narrating) “Finally the magnificent cat (returning to the back of the dragon, the Handsome Cat raises his hands in exasperation) had had enough! (Later, the twins blink as they watch the dragon, cat, and dog leave without them, just as a storm is setting in, too) He abandoned Drucilla and Minerva in the forest, and they were never seen again.”
Twin Nieces: Kitty cat! (They shake their fists at the cat. Naturally, Odie does not approve of Garfield’s twist)
Odie: Gasp! Grrr!
Garfield: Huh? (He looks up at the angry pup)
Odie: Furious mutters
Garfield: Eh, you’re right. That’s too rotten even for me. (Odie crosses his arms. Garfield starts to stammer as he corrects himself) I-I mean for the wonderful cat. (He resumes narrating) “No, he didn’t do that.”
(Returning to the story, the twins are on the back of the dragon, much to the Handsome Cat’s chagrin, as he shakes with rage in front of them)
Twin Nieces: (chanting like kids in the back seat) We wanna be there! We wanna be there!
Handsome Cat: Grr! YAAAAHHHH! (The fully fed-up feline comes up with a reasonable solution for the girls) We’ll drop these adorable children safely off at the castle then head up there. (He rests his head on his paw, looking annoyed at this change of plans. Regardless, the dragon flies toward the castle, the pup still literally on her tail)
(In the living room, Garfield asks for the big-hearted beagle’s approval)
Garfield: Happy now? (He turns to Odie with a somewhat annoyed look)
Odie: Pants Uh-huh. (He puts his paw up and trembles, not fully satisfied yet)
(The scene switches to the Dimwitted Dog, who is still hanging for dear life on the dragon’s tail)
Dimwitted Dog: Whimpers (Odie is not fond of how this character–whom he portrays–is stuck holding on to the dragon’s tail, mere inches from falling off)
Odie: Mutters angrily (He glares at Garfield, demanding that this aspect be changed. To the Tubby Tabby’s credit, he goes along with it. The Dimwitted Dog disappears from the dragon’s tail and drops onto the dragon’s back behind the Handsome Cat)
Dimwitted Dog: Mm-hmm. (He waves at his feline friend)
Handsome Cat: Wha-? (With that situation fixed, Odie is content with the story thus far)
Odie: Uh-huh! (He gives Garfield a thumbs-up) Yeah! Yeah! (With his best friend happy, the Flabby Tabby returns to the book–that he’s not reading from, as he is making it all up as he goes, but I digress–and continues his story)
Garfield: Well now, here comes REAL trouble. (He resumes narrating, and the scene switches to the castle. The pets had just dropped the princesses off and have just begun their journey to Fair Elizabeth. The twins wave good-bye to their friends as they go. By now, the the sky is not its brilliant blue from earlier, but is a bit more periwinkle than anything. Time is quickly becoming a factor for the pets) “As they rode, they passed one of the animals that Elizabeth fed, (The camera focuses on a kitten–played by Nermal–sitting on a roof looking at himself in a mirror. He then sees the dragon in the distance, and this instantly raises red flags) a repulsive little cat named Ner- (Garfield catches himself and tries to think of a name for this new character) uh…named… (returning back to Garfield and Odie on the couch) Lamren.” (Garfield looks up, as if he’s thinking this new name over)
Odie: Mutters Huh? (He taps his fingers against himself. Garfield decided to go with this new character)
Garfield: Yeah, Lamren. (He points up) Lamren was the only animal (He extends his arm and does a sweeping motion with his paw) Elizabeth fed that wasn’t nice. In fact… (He scratches his head. Odie leans toward Garfield, looking at the book at he does)
(In the story, the kitten gets an idea)
Lamren: Hey, if I tell the Viceroy about this, he’ll reward me when he becomes king! Evil cackle (He leaps off the roof and runs through the village to the castle)
Garfield: (narrating) “He ran all the way to the castle and spilled the beans!"
Lamren: Maybe he’ll name me officially the cutest kitty cat in the kingdom! Laughs
(Inside the castle, he tells Viceroy Whipple of what he saw. Al stands next to him)
Lamren: Looks that way! (Viceroy Whipple and Al look at each other) They’ll probably try to convince Elizabeth to marry the prince! (The kitten clenches his fist)
Viceroy Whipple: If she does, (He paces) HE becomes king instead of me! That would destroy my whole plan to rule the kingdom!
Lamren: Well I helped ya out, (The evil viceroy looks down at the kitten) so what’s my reward?
Viceroy Whipple: I’ll give you a reward! (He points at the kitten) Mail him to Abu Dhabi!
Lamren: YAAAH! Whimpers
Al: Laughs evilly (Al grabs him, but before anything can be done, Odie pauses the story, a bit confused as to why fairy tale characters are being mailed to Middle Eastern cities)
Odie: Huh?
Garfield: Oh! Did I say Abu Dhabi?
Odie: (slowly) Mm-hmmmm. (He nods)
Garfield: Sorry, I read that wrong. (Odie rolls his eyes and shakes his head frustratedly) Ahem, what he actually said was… (Garfield points at the book as he thinks of the next part of the story)
Viceroy Whipple: I’ll give you a reward! (He points at the kitten) Throw him in the tower!
Lamren: Whimper But why? Whimpers (Al grabs him)
Viceroy Whipple: I hate snitches! (He points at Lamren again)
Lamren: But I'm loyal! (By definition, snitches are not loyal, I don’t think) I’m cute! I’m cute and loyal! (The evil viceroy nods as Al takes Lamren away) And did I mention aborablllllle?!
Viceroy Whipple: While you’re at it, throw the prince in there with him! (He points in Al’s general direction and rubs his hands together) I’m not taking any chances, and I'd better take care of that woman he wants to marry!
Garfield: (narrating) “The Royal Dogcatcher threw Lamren in the prison tower, and then he threw the prince in there with him!” (Which is precisely what happens. Al locks the door behind them and leaves)
Prince Jon: You can’t do this to me! I’m the ruler of this kingdom! (He clenches his fist in protest)
Al: (returning to the door) Not after tomorrow you ain’t! (He points and leaves)
(Later, Viceroy Whipple meets with a wicked witch, played by Aunt Ivy. She stirs a mysterious bubbling concoction inside a giant cauldron)
Garfield: (narrating) “While the Viceroy went to visit a wicked witch he had on staff…”
Viceroy Whipple: I ask for a poison apple!
Wicked Witch: Ah, apples are too healthy! I’m making spaghetti bolognaise! You’ll see what it does when the Royal Food Taster gets here! Evil laugh (Right on cue, the Royal Food Taster–AKA Eddie Gourmand–enters)
Royal Food Taster: Royal Food Taster! Any food you need tasted today? (His pupils get big as he hops toward the Wicked Witch) Maybe something yummy? (The witch serves up some spaghetti bolognaise on a dark green plate for the Royal Food Taster)
Wicked Witch: Try some of this! (She hands him the plate. The Royal Food Taster spins around and gets a whiff of it)
Royal Food Taster: Mm! Smells simply scrumptious! (He pours the entire plate into his mouth. Viceroy Whipple watches with a sinister smile on his face. The witch also walks up, smiling) Chewing noises Mm! Not bad, could use a pinch of oregano, maybe a drop of olive oil, and I would suggest that maybe… (At that moment, the poison starts its effects) Gasp! (The Royal Food Taster spins around, shakes his head violently, and then collapses backwards onto the Viceroy. The Royal Food Taster enters a sound sleep)
Viceroy Whipple: Will he sleep forever?
Wicked Witch: He’ll sleep until true love comes and kisses him! Evil cackle
Viceroy Whipple: (while getting out from under the Food Taster) That’ll be forever. Alright, go! (He points at her and then clenches his fist) Take care of her!
Wicked Witch: I will, (She walks over to her magic book) but first, I’ll transform myself into (She transforms into Vito and for a moment talks like him) someone she would never suspect was the Wicked Witch! (In her normal voice) Broom! (She extends her arm. The broom flies into her hand. She gets on it, creates a plate of spaghetti, and takes off out of the window around the castle and off into the darkness of night) Laughs Cackles (She flies above the forest)
Garfield: (narrating) “Off she went with the Spaghetti of Doom. Before long, she was there.” (She flies above the Blue Forest and eventually finds the only house in it)
Wicked Witch: There’s her cottage! (She descends and parks her broom up against the cottage. She peeks in through the window, and spots Fair Elizabeth feeding a mole an apple)
Fair Elizabeth: There you go, little mole.
Mole: Laughs (He waves his arms and takes the apple)
Fair Elizabeth: There you go, little chicken. (She gives the chicken an ear of corn) Kisses (The animals leave with their goodies. Elizabeth waves them good-bye from the doorway)
Chicken: She’s so nice to us. I oughtta lay her an egg. (Behind them, Elizabeth closes the door)
Mole: I would too if I could. (The Wicked Witch stands up and watches from one of the front windows. Elizabeth stares out of a different window and sees a couple of lovebirds on a branch rubbing their heads against each other. She starts singing and dancing)
Fair Elizabeth: Which one is the right choice? (She spins)
The man who can stand up and fight, (In a fantasy, a random guy gives her flowers. Another gives her a fish and a third, some more flowers)
The one who has the most haunting voice, (She sweeps inside her cottage next to a Christmas tree and is surprised to see Santa Claus drop from the chimney next to her)
The artist who has a gift to write, (Another man tries offering her a bull, but he is crushed under its weight)
If he said he needs me, (She walks between a line of knights, all presenting her flowers, and then transitions into a grassy field, where she walks among birds and butterflies)
I'd feel like my life had begun,
Which one is the right choice? (She sits at a table. Vito presents a covered dish. When he uncovers it, he offers her a bouquet of flowers. Viceroy Whipple also offers her a flower)
Which one? (She pushes both of them away. The music gets faster and then, standing before her, is a giant of a man wearing a full suit of white and gold armor and a helmet with a visor covering his face. Inside her cottage, he sweeps and dances with her)
Yeah, Yeah, Yeah. (The mysterious knight takes down a dragon and tickles its tummy. Then, Liz runs from a bunch of men and cowers behind the knight, who extends his hand, causing the men to flee))
Yeah, Yeah, Yeah. (He rows a boat like a gondola with Elizabeth inside when giant tentacles emerge from the river)
I want the right man. (One of the tentacles grabs her, but the knight cuts them down)
I want the right man. (He holds her in his arms as the boat sinks and the tentacles subside)
I want the right man. (He dices up tentacle for Elizabeth)
I want the right man. (The knight then removes his helmet, and it is revealed that he is Prince Jon. Elizabeth steps toward him, but he vanishes)
I want the right man. (The song and fantasy end, leaving Elizabeth where she was to start: the cottage. The Wicked Witch bangs on the door)
Wicked Witch: Hello? Anybody h- ahem! (She clears her throat, so as not to arouse suspicion, and uses her disguised Vito voice) Hello? Is anybody home? (Elizabeth opens the door and greet who she assumes to be an Italian chef)
Fair Elizabeth: (sing-songy) Yes!
Wicked Witch: (In her disguised voice) Bonjourno, bellissima! I see you feed all the animals, I thought it was about time someone fed you! (He holds the spaghetti in front of her)
Fair Elizabeth: Why that’s very nice of you. (The witch forcibly holds the plate in front of her) Oh!
Wicked Witch: (disguised voice) Maniacal laughter (The unsettling laughter causes Elizabeth to step back, knocking over a pitcher on the table. The witch approaches and Elizabeth backs into a chair, but they are interrupted by Odie’s desperate barking)
Odie: Bark! Bark! Bark! (The pooch grabs Garfield’s arm and shakes him. The Tubby Tabby looks annoyed with his friend) Nervous mutters
Garfield: Ugh! (He turns and glares at Odie, who lets go and cowers, as if he’s guilty for doing something wrong) No, I can't tell her (Odie looks at Garfield) not to eat the Spaghetti of Doom.
Odie: Gasp! (He puts his paws to his mouth and covers his face with his ears) Whine! (He falls over on the couch before lifting one of his ears to peek out) Mutters
Garfield: “She invited the chef in.” (He turns the page, which in turn changes the shot to Elizabeth in her cottage with the spaghetti on the table in front of her. She is visibly nervous)
Fair Elizabeth: It smells delicious, but I'm on a diet. I shouldn’t be eating pasta.
Wicked Witch: (disguised voice) But I slaved over a hot cauldron… (She corrects herself) I mean a-a-a stove all day. Just a taste! (She offers a small bite of spaghetti to her on a fork) Evil laughter
Fair Elizabeth: Well, since you worked so hard on it. (She uneasily takes the fork and slurps the spaghetti up)
Wicked Witch: Laughs
(On the couch, the big-hearted beagle covers his face with his ears again and turns to face the couch)
Odie: Mutters
Wicked Witch: Yes! (Elizabeth is fast asleep on the floor. With her job done, the witch leaves, and calls her broom with her regular voice) Broom! (It flies over to her. She grabs and rides it away) Cackles (She transforms into her real self and zooms away) Coughs
(Sometime during the night, a bunch of animals surround and enter the house. An elderly squirrel opens the door wider and they all see Elizabeth on the floor)
Animals: Gasp! Gasp! (The old squirrel turns around to face the other animals)
Garfield: (narrating) “And so the evil witch had succeeded in her…” (Before he can continue, Odie interrupts him)
Odie: Wails
Garfield: YAH! (He covers his ears with the book, irritated his his canine companion)
Odie: Cries (He puts his hands to his eyes. Garfield sternly tells him to stop interfering with the story)
Garfield: Quiet, Odie! (Odie looks at him as the fat cat resumes telling the story. The dragon flies and soon lands on the cottage) “The evil witch had succeeded in her mission largely because the heroic cat and okay dog arrived two minutes too late. (The cat and dog get off the dragon, slide down the roof and run into the house. The Handsome Cat sprints up to Elizabeth, the former looking on in surprise with his mouth open as other animals have already surrounded her and look at her sadly) Two minutes can make all the difference in the world. Two minutes can mean life and love, and happiness. (The Dimwitted Dog emerges from behind his cat companion, who gazes at her with a melancholy look) Or it can mean this." (The cat glances back at the dog, who sees more clearly what has happened)
Dimwitted Dog: Gasp! (They turn to gaze upon Elizabeth, all looking sad and helpless. The poor pup Odie can’t take any more)
Odie: HOWWWWWWL! (Garfield glances at the crying canine) Cries (A stream of tears flows from Odie’s eyes)
Garfield: Hmm. (He takes a moment to pause the story, close the book, and get some tissues for the pup, but before he can hand Odie the box, he had already jumped off the couch and disappeared from view) Huh? Odie, it’s just a story. Odie! (He also gets off the couch as Odie’s cries can no longer be heard, presumably because he left. Garfield takes a second to address the audience) Doesn’t that dog understand this is just a fairy tale? (He walks toward the kitchen from the direction of the fireplace, holding his head as he does) I’m gonna have to find him and explain that to him. (He points up…) But first, (and then he points at the viewers) I'm going to get something to eat. Why don’t you join me? (He points with his thumb at the kitchen. Now is indeed a great time to get a snack since Part 3 has reached its conclusion, but the story itself is not quite over)
TO BE CONTINUED…