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(Part 3 begins with a brief summary. During a trip to a national park, Garfield, Odie, and Nermal got kidnapped by three raccoons, who essentially took their places in the trailer and left the pets tied up in the woods. They were unable to catch up to Jon as he left early due to a poison ivy mishap. The raccoons settle into their new home by devouring every piece of food they can find in the kitchen. Squeak hears the commotion and goes out to complain, only to be apprehended by the bandits)
(Summary over. Part 3 picks up where Part 2 left off. Squeak is at the mercy of the raccoons, unable to free himself from Farley’s grip)
Farley: Don’t you recognize us? (For a moment, the raccoons’ voices swap around)
Gnarley: Yeah yeah yeah! He’s Garfield, he’s Odie, and me, I’m the cutest kitten in the whole wide world! (Gnarly spins around a couple of times)
Raccoons: Evil laugh
Squeak: You’re impostors, and I’m gonna see that Jon finds out about this!
Farley: No, you’re not! (They proceed to bind and gag Squeak…)
Squeak: Oh no you don’t…! (and Farley drops him into an empty cookie jar)
Farley: You stay in here in case we want dessert! (Squeak stops protesting)
Gnarly: Yeah yeah yeah! Love mice, but we won’t on account as we have tastier things here to chow down on!
Charley: Right! Right! (Farley closes the lid, leaving Squeak in darkness. With him out of the way, the raccoons resume their escapade)
Raccoons: Shall we? (They open the fridge and throw everything out of it) Laughs
(Back in the woods, daybreak starts to set in)
Garfield: Sure, Jon, (He sleeps and dreams with Nermal on his stomach) I'll have a fifth helping of morning lasagna! (Garfield abruptly wakes up and addresses the viewers) I don’t know what’s worse, (He holds a finger up) being lost in the woods, (He points at the kitten) or waking up next to Nermal. (He throws Nermal off of him, and he lands hard on the ground. Talk about a rude awakening)
Nermal: Oof!
Garfield: Yawn! (He stretches and wiggles his toes. Nermal peeks up from the side of the table)
Nermal: Has Jon come for us? Why hasn’t he come for us?
Garfield: Don’t worry. Any minute now, (He holds a finger up) Jon will realize he has a house full of raccoons and not us.
(Back at Jon’s house, Jon waves the girls good-bye as they go to school)
Twins: Bye, Uncle Jon! Good-bye! (They wave)
Jon: Have a good day at school! (He talks on the phone, his face white from the skin cream. He closes the door behind him) So I’m still itching a little bit, Liz. Plus, I'm still having a little bit of trouble with my eyes. Chuckle You won’t believe this, but, you know what Minerva and Drucilla did before they left for school? They dressed Garfield, Odie, and Nermal up again! (The raccoons, who are in the living room, suddenly freeze. Gnarly holds a box of popcorn, Charley has a ham, and Farley carries a drink)
Raccoons: Uh! (They fear their cover may be blown)
Jon: No, not like dresses, (He turns to go upstairs) they’re in cheap, raccoon costumes. Pretty ratty ones, too.
Raccoons: Chuckle (It doesn’t look like their ploy will be found out for a while)
Jon: (continuing) And they don’t smell so good. (The raccoons step forward into the camera, and that transitions back into the woods)
(In the middle of nowhere, Garfield uses the map and tries exploring. Nermal and Odie are with him)
Nermal: I thought you wanted to wait back there for Jon to find us!
Odie: Bark!
Garfield: My common sense and my empty stomach decided it was time to start walking. It’s a good thing we have this map! (They stop) If only we knew how to read it. You’d think they would at least put a, “You are here” sign or something on these. (That would be cool. The Tubby Tabby holds the map in a different direction, trying to figure out its meaning. Nermal points out the nearby river)
Nermal: What we oughta do is follow this river! (He turns around as Garfield and Odie walk up) Too bad we don’t have a boat. (They hear a sound like a power saw)
Garfield, Odie, and Nermal: Huh? (They turn and see some beavers chewing a tree down for their dam. One of them spirals around it making the trunk look like a screw. It turns out that two of them were the same beavers the pets met yesterday night and had graciously given their honey to)
Beaver 1: Oh hi, you guys! (He waves at the pets. Another beaver in the water turns around to see them as they walk up. Garfield waves back at them. Now out of the water, the beavers converse) They’re the ones who shared their honey with us yesterday! (They look at their friends)
Beaver 2: How’s it goin’? Need a hand with anything?
Garfield: Um, (He holds his finger to his chin, thinking) actually, we do. (He points at the beavers) Is there any way you guys could make us a boat? (Behind them, a tree falls. Odie and Nermal react, the kitten by leaping onto the Flabby Tabby, much to his annoyance)
Odie: Howl! (Garfield forcefully shoves Nermal off of him and he bounces on the ground)
Beaver 1: Chuckle A boat?
Beaver 2: We usually don’t do custom orders, but since you were so nice to us…
Beaver 1: (pointing up) We will make an exception. One boat coming up! (He zips away. The beavers huddle up, making a game plan, and quickly get to work on that boat)
Garfield: Huh? (The beavers eat through another tree, knocking it over. Nermal covers his ears)
Odie: Wow! (He is impressed by the beaver’s ingenuity. Four beavers spin around a fallen tree trunk and carve out a canoe, complete with a trio of paddles for the cats and dog)
Beaver 3: There you go, me bucko! (Garfield grins and gives them a thumbs-up)
Garfield: Chuckle
(Soon after, Garfield, Odie, and Nermal are all in the canoe. The beavers wave good-bye)
Garfield: Thanks again, guys!
Beaver 1: Good luck out there on your journey home! (The other beavers also bid them farewell)
Beaver 2: Bye-bye! Have a safe trip! (Odie and Garfield wave back at them)
Garfield: Chuckle (They paddle their canoe) Stroke! Stroke! Stroke! Stroke! Stroke! Stroke! Stroke! (A bald eagle flies overhead and a song begins playing, not from one of the characters, but from a female singer)
Female Singer: Row, row, row, that boat
Gently down the stre-eam, (On the cliffs above them, the bear from Part 2 is still being chased by the swarm of bees, which is now flying in the shape of a bow and arrow)
Paddle down the river
Life is but a dream. (Ducks fly overhead)
Waters can’t carry (Nermal looks at himself in a mirror)
Nermal: Chuckles (When a mosquito buzzes above him, he quickly becomes fearful) Yah!
Female Singer: You with such grace (Nermal, in a panic, uses his mirror as a paddle to get away from the mosquito)
Nermal: YAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH!
Female Singer: Take you to some better place. (Another flock of ducks flies above them. The pets watch them)
Endless direction
You won’t go wrong (They see a couple of skunks on the shore. The skunks wave)
Just like a river,
Merry along. (Nermal inhales and gags, falling back inside the canoe. Garfield and Odie gag, plug their noses, and paddle rapidly down the stream)
Row, row, row, that boat
Gently down the cre-eak, (The skunks look at each other, confused. They pass a white wolf and its puppy, taking a drink from the river)
Paddle that river, (Fish leap out of the water in front of them)
Find all that you seek.
Row, row, row that boat
Gently down the stre-eam
Paddle down the river (Odie spots a squirrel in a tree)
Life is but a dream. (Garfield points out an owl in a knothole in a tree)
Paddle down the river
Life is but a dream. (Since it’s daytime, the owl nods off, yawning its owl noise as the song closes. Nice and relaxing, especially compared to Part 2’s song)
Garfield: Stroke! Stroke! Stroke! We seem to be going faster and faster! (He stands up on the edges of the canoe, letting his toes hang over the edge, and puts his paw to his head, looking ahead. The current is taking them further and further along)
Nermal: (to Odie) Look, we don’t even need to paddle.
Odie: Bark!
Nermal: Ahhh, (He sits down) we can just let the river currents carry us along!
Odie: Huh? (They hear a loud, low rumble)
Nermal: Garfield, (He points at the Tubby Tabby’s tummy) is that your tummy grumbling again?
Garfield: Not mine. (He shakes his head no) Mine wants burritos, (He puts his paw on his stomach) so it’s only grumbling in Spanish. (Odie sees what’s making that noise and points it out to the cats, instantly terrified)
Odie: Panicked mutters (Garfield and Nermal turn around to see what Odie is pointing at)
Garfield: Oh!
Nermal: YAH!
Garfield: YOW! (The rumbling is coming from a waterfall, and the current is taking them straight over it)
Nermal: (pointing) That’s a… (He starts stammering) w-w-w-w-w-w… (Garfield looks at him and rolls his eyes. He already went through this with a different “w” word when Jon couldn’t get the word “wolf” out of his mouth during the Season 1 episode Little Yellow Riding Hood)
Garfield: The word you’re looking for is “waterfall”.
Odie: YAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHH! (Garfield leaps up, and runs in place)
Garfield: Grunt! Reverse course! (He zips to the back of the canoe. Nermal and Odie run into his back and Garfield hands them oars. They begin paddling for their lives) Stroke!Stroke!Stroke!Stroke!Stroke!Stroke!Stroke!Stroke!
Odie: Bark! Bark! Bark! (Despite their best efforts, the current is pulling them closer and closer the the waterfall’s peak)
Nermal: (while he and Odie are looking back) It’s no use!
Garfield: This is it! (They stop paddling, realizing their attempts are fruitless)
Nermal: YAAAAHHHHH! (Odie and Nermal hug each other. Garfield clasps his paws together, expecting the worst)
Garfield: If you see lasagna, tell it I loved it! (Nermal and Odie hold each other, now trembling, and all three of them plummet over the edge)
Garfield, Odie, and Nermal: YAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH! (They hit the water with a splash)
(Back at the house, the raccoons are piled up on Garfield’s chair. They have two bowls of popcorn and Farley drinks what’s left of the carton of milk in his paw)
Raccoons: Chewing noises (Jon, still bleary-eyed from the ivy, waves at them)
Jon: Chuckle (The raccoons wave back by wiggling their fingers)
Raccoons: Chuckle (Jon leaves)
Farley: Laugh
(Meanwhile, Odie’s ears poke out of the water like a periscope on a submarine. Garfield emerges under a duck, and a miffed Nermal does as well right next to him with a lily pad on his head)
Nermal: So, which way now? (He looks at himself in the mirror. Odie pops up next to Garfield and shakes his head, removing the excess water. The three of them appear unharmed from the drop, save for getting drenched from the dive. Even Nermal’s mirror survived, which is cartoon logic at its finest)
Garfield: Gasp! Beats me. The map was in the canoe. (Not sure it would’ve survived thousands of gallons of water. Nevertheless, the canoe and the map are gone, and the Flabby Tabby and the big-hearted beagle swim for shore)
Nermal: Wha-? (He watches at the cat and dog duo swim for land)
(Upon reaching land, they find themselves in a swamp. A mosquito flies overhead as Garfield tells them the plan)
Garfield: Well, let’s just keep walking and figure it out.
Odie: Whimpers (They look at Nermal from the land. Odie looks sorry for him, or maybe he’s just worried about their situation. Either way, he looks unhappy. Nermal, however, believes he is above all this)
Nermal: I shouldn’t have to do ANY of this! (He crosses his arms spitefully and counts on his fingers his reasons why) I have awards, and trophies! I’m like, ROYALTY, you know! (He wades out of the water and joins the others. Little do they know that they’re being watched. A frog named Fan Fan and an alligator named Monique spy from the tall grass in the water nearby)
Fan Fan: Royalty? Did you hear that, Monique? I think I finally found the right one!
Monique: You think so, Fan Fan?
Fan Fan: Highly possible! (Monique looks at her) Let’s be ready with the (Monique looks back at the pets) “Frog to the Rescue” routine.
(The pets continue walking, unaware of the frog and gator. As a mosquito sucks from a lily pad flower, the egotistical kitten takes a moment to check his reflection in the pond. When he does, he sees Fan Fan hop onto a lily pad nearby)
Nermal: Gasp!
Fan Fan: Welcome to the mush lands, (She says something else, but I can’t make it out. What I do know is Nermal is instantly repulsed and runs away)
Nermal: Eww! A frog! (He runs between Garfield and Odie, causing both of them to spin in place and collapse in a heap) A frog! Make it go away! (Nermal jumps on top of the Flabby Tabby and stares at Fan Fan) Whimper
Fan Fan: My name is Fan Fan. (Nobody else says anything. Nermal is frozen, pointing at the frog) What is your name, handsome? (She blinks and tilts her head. Garfield and Odie look up at Nermal, expecting a response)
Nermal: I do not talk to frogs. (He holds his nose up at her and hops off Garfield and Odie. They stand upright and the Tubby Tabby introduces them)
Garfield: The dog’s Odie, (He points at Odie with his thumb) I'm Garfield, (He gestures to himself) and this, (He points at Nermal’s head) I'm afraid, is Nermal.
Nermal: I do not talk to frogs. (Garfield mocks him and gives the “Hand-talker” motion people use when mocking someone else. Garfield explains to her their situation and Odie starts panting next to him)
Garfield: We’re lost! Is there any way you could guide us across this swamp we seem to be in? (He extends his arms, turns around, and looks at the vast swamp around them)
Fan Fan: Why gladly! (She leans forward) I’ll do that, but I do have one teeny little favor (She makes the “teeny-tiny” motion with her hand) to ask in return. (She blinks several times)
Nermal: I need to get home! Give her anything she wants! (Garfield glances at him as he throws his tantrum. Garfield then turns to see what Fan Fan desires)
Fan Fan: I want a kiss from Nermal here! (She points at the kitten. Garfield is caught completely by surprise, but after the initial shock wears off, he and Odie both grin and look at Nermal, clearly excited to see this unfold)
Garfield: Laughs (He points at the kitten, who is almost as surprised as Garfield was)
Nermal: Huh?!? (He turns around, terrified) Anything but that! (Fan Fan hops toward him. Nermal backs away until his back is to a tree) Whimpers
Fan Fan: Even if I give you flowers? (She pulls out a lily pad flower from behind her back. Nermal’s lip quivers and Fan Fan winks and puckers her lips. Nermal bares his claws and shimmies up the tree, but quickly drops onto his butt)
Nermal: Oof! (He hops back onto the tree and bear hugs it) Never! I would never kiss a frog! Never! Lips that have touched flies–ew–shall never touch mine! (Fan Fan is clearly disappointed, but not as much as Garfield and Odie, who really wanted to see Nermal kiss a frog)
Odie: Aww!
Garfield: Gasp!
Fan Fan: No worries! (She hops away. Odie looks and feels sorry for the frog) Why would anyone ever want to kiss little old me, right?
Odie: Awwww….
Garfield: Nermal! (He points at the kitten) I can’t believe you just wimped out on us over a tiny kiss! (Nermal gets off from the tree and points back at Garfield)
Nermal: I have my standards! (Odie is standing over Fan Fan as Nermal storms away, not watching where he is going) Kiss a frog? NEVER! (He unknowingly walks into Monique’s open jaws) I’d rather be eaten by an alligator! (The pets see what Nermal has gotten himself into)
Garfield and Odie: Gasp! (Nermal notices Monique’s teeth)
Nermal: Wha? (He taps a tooth, and then realizes, but it’s too late, as Monique closes her jaws around the kitten. She licks her lips)
Garfield: He got his wish. (He points at Nermal with his thumb. By contrast, Odie is angry at Garfield and begins shaking him)
Odie: Mutters (Garfield shoves him off)
Garfield: Do something? What can I do? Offer the alligator an after-Nermal mint? (To their surprise, Fan Fan leaps into action)
Fan Fan: You let go directly of that adorable cat! You, you fiend, you! (The pets watch as Fan Fan springs forward and delivers a couple of kicks to Monique’s snout. After the second one, Monique opens her mouth, with Nermal inside, still alive and apparently unharmed)
Nermal: Whimpers (To his credit, Garfield calls out to his annoying traveling companion)
Garfield: Nermal. (He doesn’t instantly leap out of the open jaw. If anything, he seems paralyzed or traumatized from the experience)
Nermal: Whimpers (Monique shuts her mouth, and Nermal bounces out, still muttering incoherently. The gator walks up to him, and Nermal, quickly coming to his senses, looks up at her, terrified. Before she can attack, Fan Fan lands on her snout, distracting her, and leaps onto a lily pad)
Monique: Growls (She snarls at Fan Fan. In response, the frog grabs a stick and lodges it into the gator’s mouth vertically, leaving her unable to close her jaw. While Monique stands upright, Fan Fan kicks her right in her stomach, making her fall backwards in slow motion) Ohhhhhhh! (Nermal stands next to Garfield as they all watch the spectacle)
Garfield: Gasp! (Monique falls backwards into the water. Fan Fan hops on top of her, waving a stick around)
Fan Fan: You got what you deserved! Fiend! Now beat it! (The gator sinks. Fan Fan hops back onto shore in front of the cats and dog)
Garfield: Wow, pretty impressive,
Odie: Bark! Bark! (He agrees)
Garfield: (continuing) especially for a frog. (Fan Fan turns around, grinning. Monique lifts her eyes and nose out of the water. Fan Fan gives her a wink and a thumbs-up and she submerges again. Nermal walks up to Fan Fan, greatly appreciative)
Nermal: You’ve…saved my life, um…
Fan Fan: Uh, Fan Fan.
Nermal: Fan Fan… (Garfield and Odie watch from behind Nermal) I'm sorry I said all those mean things. (A rare apology from Nermal, and definitely a far cry from his first appearance, King Nermal. Positive character development)
Fan Fan: Oh, does it mean I get my little kiss? (She tosses the stick behind her and puckers her lips. Nermal is still a bit grossed out)
Nermal: Egh… (Fan Fan waits with her lips still puckered. Reluctantly, Nermal gives in) Eh, OK… (He nods) but hurry up before I change my mind! (He cups his paws, allowing Fan Fan to jump into them. The pets continue watching)
Garfield: Chuckle
Odie: Oh… (He holds his paws to his chest and leans against Garfield. He clearly feels the romance, but the Flabby Tabby just shoves him away. Nermal and Fan Fan close in for a kiss, Garfield pumps his fists excitedly, but at the last second, Monique appears from the river behind him and Odie, freezing them both, and ruining the moment for Fan Fan and Nermal)
Monique: I did good this time, didn’t I, Fan Fan? Really convincing, wouldn’t you say? (Before he can kiss the frog, Nermal turns around)
Nermal: Wha-? (Everyone looks at Monique in surprise. The gator quickly realizes her screw-up)
Monique: Oh, (She nervously taps her fingers together) they’re still, uh, here.
Odie: Uh-uh. (He scratches the side of his head)
Monique: Don’t mind me. (She backs away and returns to the river) I’m gonna sit over there, pay no attention.
Garfield: Huh? (He quickly puts the pieces together) Wait! This whole thing was an act?! (He scratches his head. Even Odie, despite his lack of intelligence, realizes the consequences)
Odie: Uh-ohhhh! (Nermal is, quite understandably, furious at Fan Fan)
Nermal: You had me swallowed by this monster just to secure yourself a kiss?!
Fan Fan: That is no monster! THAT is Monique! (Nermal drops her on the ground like a hot potato. Monique, now out of the water, pleads her case)
Monique: I wouldn’t have swallowed you! OK, maybe chew you (This catches the Tubby Tabby and big-hearted beagle by surprise. Nermal, however, smiles) like gum for a little bit, but that is all! (The kitten’s gaze returns to the fraudulent frog)
Nermal: Grrr!
Fan Fan: I’m sorry. You have no idea what it’s like to be, well, unattractive. (She hangs her head)
Nermal: No, no I don’t. (He storms away, showing zero sympathy for Fan Fan. Garfield and Odie watch as he leaves, with Odie looking angry at the kitten)
Fan Fan: I just thought, well, ever since I was a little bitty pollywog, (Nermal doesn’t want to hear it. He crosses his arms in defiance) my mama used to tell me bedtime stories about handsome princes. They’d kiss a frog, (Garfield and Monique look at Fan Fan) and the frog would turn into a BEAUTIFUL princess! So when I heard you mention being like royalty, I… (Odie holds Monique, as they both feel sorry for Fan Fan. Garfield, on the other hand is more annoyed or frustrated)
Garfield: Ugh…
Fan Fan: (continuing) well, um…never mind. (After finishing her monologue, Odie and Monique burst into tears)
Odie and Monique: Cry (Garfield looks at them)
Fan Fan: Let’s go, Monique. (Odie steps to the side as the frog and gator both leave. Garfield is angry at Nermal for not sucking up and going through with the kiss, since, if he had, they might’ve had a ticket out of the swamp. Music starts playing in the background)
Garfield: (angrily) Oh! (Nermal, of course, is still miffed at Fan Fan’s ploy)
Nermal: Grrrrr! (It is at this moment that Nermal’s heart grows three sizes and he calls out to the frog) Fan Fan, wait! (She and Monique turn around as Nermal begins singing and dancing)
I know that beauty’s from the heart. (A butterfly floats around as he puts his paw on his heart)
Garfield: Laughs
Nermal: (singing) If you don’t know that then you really outta start. (Fan Fan and Monique start dancing, too)
You can be just like me, (He points at himself with his thumbs) with unending grace,
Just put a smile on your face! (He points at himself again as a line of butterflies float in front of him. Monique appeared behind Garfield and Odie, freaking them out)
Garfield: Whimper (Fan Fan joins Nermal and makes it a duet)
Fan Fan: (singing) When you’re a frog and you’re green, (She and Nermal walk/hop on Monique’s back)
You’re the most unsightly thing some folks have seen. (She hops onto a lily pad with other frogs surrounding her)
You’d think that I could find a welcoming face (She hops on Nermal’s ears)
If I put a smile (Nermal laughs) on my face! (Monique carries Garfield and Odie, the latter two swing their heads to the music, and the former strums along on an instrument)
Nermal and Fan Fan: I know that beauty’s from the heart.
Fan Fan: I’ll remember that (She hops off and dances next to Nermal) ‘cause I’m very smart. (Monique holds Garfield and Odie in her arms)
Nermal and Fan Fan: The bad stuff is really not that hard to erase
If you put a smile on your face! (Fan Fan hops into Nermal’s paw)
Just put a smile on your face! (Without warning, Fan Fan kisses Nermal full on the lips, ending the song. Odie hugs Monique)
Odie: Mutters (When the alligator puckers her lips for a kiss, Odie zips away, afraid) Yow!
Monique: Grrr! (Nermal stumbles backwards in front of Garfield, eventually tripping and falling onto his back)
Nermal: AHH!
Fan Fan: I did it! I got my kiss! (She waves her arms) Did it work? (Nermal sits up and wipes his mouth off with his paw)
Nermal: Sounds of disgust (He wipes his tongue off) Ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah! (Garfield and Odie look at Fan Fan, Odie holds his paws together, as if feeling romance in the air)
Fan Fan: Monique, Monique! How do I look? (She waves her body around)
Monique: Like you always did: (Fan Fan lifts her leg and wiggles her toes) still froggy. (Fan Fan quickly becomes disappointed. Garfield, who hasn’t spoken in a couple of real-time minutes, pipes up)
Garfield: I hate to bring this up, but we still got a long way to go on our journey home.
Fan Fan: We’ll guide you to the end of the swamp. Hop on board! (She hops on Monique’s back and snout. The gator sets her tail on the land and the pets use it as a bridge. They all climb on)
Monique: Don’t go getting your gussy up, dog. I’m not going to eat you. (She winks)
Odie: Mutters (The three of them, with Monique’s help, float down the river, but before they can get too far, the curtains close on Part 3)
TO BE CONTINUED…