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Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties is the second live-action movie based on Garfield, released in 2006. It is a sequel to the 2004 film Garfield.

Due to the Disney buyout of 20th Century Fox, Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties is available on Disney+.[1]

Synopsis[]

Jon and Garfield visit England, where a case of mistaken cat identity leads Garfield to rule over a castle. But his reign is soon challenged by the mysterious Lord Dargis, who has his own plans for the estate.

Plot[]

When Jon learns that Liz needs to go to London, he packs his bags and goes to London as well, trying to surprise her. Odie and Garfield are put in a kennel; they manage to break out and empty Jon's suitcase to make room for themselves. Soon they end up lost in the Big City, as they set out to find Jon; they also anger a Royal Guard when Odie urinates on his leg.

Meanwhile, Prince XII, a cat, has just been selected as the successor of Lady Elanor's estate. Dargis, her nephew, who is now angry that the cat has inherited his estate, attempts to get rid of Prince. Prince is thrown into the river, ends up in the London Sewers, and is found by Jon while Garfield is mistaken as Prince and is picked up by Smithee the Servant.

Soon, Dargis attempts to kill Garfield (assumed to be Prince) with help from his dog, Rommel. Thinking that the cat is now dead, he invites the solicitors to make his inheritance official. Garfield and Prince eventually meet and team up to fight back. Dargis eventually sees Prince and Garfield and attempts to chase them, ending up ragged clothed and exhausted. He threatens the solicitors and Lady Westminster with a crossbow, but he is finally bit in the bottom by Odie, who has arrived at the scene attempting to recover Garfield. In the end, Smithee and the police arrive. Dargis is arrested and Liz and Jon get engaged.

Cast[]

Narrated by Roscoe Lee Browne

Crew[]

Music[]

Further information: Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties/Garfield: The Movie (Original Motion Picture Score)

No soundtrack album was released. The following licensed songs were featured in the film:

  • "The Angels Sang" (James) by Ronnie James
  • "Cat Scratch Fever" (Nugent) by Ted Nugent
  • "Soul Limbo" (Jackson/Jones/Dunn/Cropper) by Booker T. and the MG's
  • "Glad All Over" (Clark/Smith) by The Dave Clark Five
  • "Pump It" (Adams/Pineda/Ferguson/Roubanis/Van Musser) by The Black Eyed Peas
  • "Show You How to Do It" (Crowder/Parks) by Kakapo
  • "Let's Move" (Yoshiaki/Fratantuno/Lapin) by Transcenders

Other songs featured:

  • "Dixie" (Winston whistles it per Garfield's command)
  • "Camptown Races" (Nigel sings a parody of it)

Video game[]

Main article: Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties (video game)

Video game adaptations of the movie were released in 2006. One was made for Nintendo DS, and another was made for PC and PlayStation 2.

Trivia[]

  • According to Bert Livingston, general sales manager of 20th Century Fox, Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties was made only due to the first film's international box office success. The sequel was not expected to do as well financially as its predecessor did.[2]
  • In contrast to the previous film, Garfield and Odie are the only animals from the comic strip to appear in this movie.
  • The novelization of the film concludes with Jon, Liz, Garfield and Odie flying back from London to the U.S. in first class. Jon and Liz later realize that Garfield and Prince have switched places prior to boarding, with the real Garfield back at Carlyle Castle, enjoying the royal status.
    • The novelization also includes two scenes exclusively shown in the extended version of the film. The first is where Lord Dargis takes a morning swim in the pool before the reading of the will, only for a group of ducks to interrupt his swim. The second scene is a pool party Garfield hosts with the barnyard animals that Dargis sees just as he was trying to have tea with Abby.

Cultural references[]

  • The plot is based on Mark Twain's The Prince and the Pauper.
  • The title of the film is a parody of Charles Dickens' A Tale of Two Cities.
  • When Garfield is first served a meal at Carlyle Castle, he wonders if he is on Fear Factor.
  • After his first experience with lasagna, Prince holds up his bowl and asks "Please sir, can I have some more?", referencing Oliver Twist (also by Charles Dickens).
  • Garfield alludes to The Silence of the Lambs when he talks about eating Odie's liver "with some fava beans and a nice chianti".
  • Garfield's song in the castle is a variation of "Movin' on Up", the theme song of The Jeffersons.
  • Dargis mentions the films Born Free and Free Willy.
  • At one point Garfield insults Preston by calling him "Fruit Loops", a reference to the Froot Loops cereal mascot Toucan Sam.
  • Garfield and Prince parody the mirror scene from the Marx Brothers film Duck Soup.
  • Preston remarks that Garfield is "not even the cat formerly known as Prince", referring to "The Artist Formerly Known as Prince".

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