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(Part 4 begins with a brief recap. During a trip to a national park, Garfield, Odie, and Nermal got kidnapped by three raccoons and were left in the woods. The raccoons essentially took their place and returned home with Jon after the latter had a poison ivy incident, thanks to the bandits. Jon is still unaware of the raccoons under his roof, while the pets try to get home. As they trek through the swamp, they tell Fan Fan the frog about their problem, and she, along with an alligator named Monique, are willing to help. They all climb on Monique’s back and float down the river)
(Back at the house is where Part 4 opens. In Part 2 the raccoons were having the time of their lives when Squeak left his hole to complain about the noise. Seeing the mouse, the raccoons grab him, which leads into Part 3. In Part 3, Squeak threatens to tell Jon, but the bandits shrug it off. They gag him, tie him up, and leave him in the cookie jar, which is where he is as the fourth chapter of this five-part series begins)
Squeak: Grunts (On the kitchen table, he attempts to knock the jar over from inside. With one mighty shove, he is successful, and takes a deep breath of fresh air) Gasp! (He has no time to celebrate, as Irv, another mouse, warns him of the situation)
Irv: Squeak! (Hearing his name, Squeak looks over the table’s edge) I’ve been looking all over for ya! (On the floor, Irv waves to him) Where’ve ya been?!
Squeak: In the cookie jar (He points behind him with his thumb) gnawing through ropes. (He holds up the rope in his paw and points at it)
Irv: A bunch of raccoons have taken over the house. They’re eating everything! (Furious, Squeak hops off the table onto the chair, and then does a front flip off the chair onto the floor. He and Irv race to Squeak’s hole and reemerge out the “back door” into the living room. They use a chair for cover and overhear the raccoons on the couch)
Gnarly: (Laughs) Those pets really eat and live well here, don’t they? (All three of them hold their extended bellies, more stuffed than a freshly-bought teddy bear) Yeah, yeah!
Farley: Yep. I've had so much food, (He points up, looks down and shakes his feet) I can't see my feet anymore. (Charley leans over and looks down)
Charley: Oh don't worry, Farley, I can see them. They’re still there.
Squeak: (quietly, to Irv) I gotta find a way to make Jon realize those (He points at them) aren’t Garfield, Odie, and Nermal in raccoon costumes!
Charley: Ah!
Farley: I can’t eat another thing for a week!
Charley and Gnarly: Us neither. (Charley gently pats his stomach)
Squeak: And I think I know how. (With an idea in mind, Squeak takes off toward the hallway. Irv follows. They go upstairs and sprint into the office) Pants
Irv: But you can’t talk to Jon. He doesn't even know he has mice in his house. (Squeak hops onto Jon’s chair and then the desk where the computer is. Irv stops on the chair)
Squeak: He doesn’t have to! (He steps on various keys on the keyboard) As I recently learned, Garfield’s favorite Italian restaurant now has online ordering! (He brings up Vito’s website on the computer) Chuckle
(At Vito’s, the Italian chef gets Squeak’s order from the fax machine)
Vito: Hums Oh! (He reads it) An order for one dozen lasagnas. (He holds his finger up) Heh, must be senor Arbuckle. Ah, yes it is. (To the viewers) How did I know that?
(After preparing the lasagnas, Vito drives his truck up to Jon’s house and hand delivers two stacks of six boxes each)
Vito: Laughs
(Inside, Jon hears the doorbell ring from the kitchen)
Jon: Huh? (He goes to answer it, The raccoons don’t do anything, since they are too bloated to)
Farley: If I eat another bite, I'd EXPLODE! (He flops backwards in his spot on the couch. Jon walks up to them with the lasagnas, and Squeak and Irv watch from behind a chair)
Jon: Garfield, Vito just delivered a dozen lasagnas for you. (The raccoons suddenly sit up. Food is the last thing they want)
Farley: Ugh, more food? (He grabs his face and shakes his head no) Take it away, take it away! (This strange reaction from “Garfield” draws suspicion from Jon)
Jon: Hm, the real Garfield would NEVER turn down lasagna. (Charley grins sheepishly. He and Farley fear their cover will be blown, and that is exactly what happens) YOU! (He drops the boxes and points at the bandits) You’re real raccoons! (They smile nervously. Jon, however, is in a frenzy) What have you done with Garfield?! (Squeak and Irv give each other a thumbs-up, celebrating the success of Squeak’s plan)
(After seeing through the impostors’ disguises, Jon takes Drucilla and Minerva back to the campsite they were at)
Jon: Oh, how could I let those raccoons fool me for so long? Garfield, Odie, and Nermal have been out in the wild all night! (The twins look at each other)
Minerva: Oh, I hope they’re alright!
Drucilla: (while leaning forward in her chair) What about the raccoons, Uncle Jon?
Jon: Oh I had a word with them. They have chores to do. (He wags his finger)
(Back at the house, the raccoons, now without the stolen ranger outfits, do the dishes. Farley washes and Gnarly dries on top of the counter)
Gnarly: That human’s alright, isn’t he? Yeah, yeah, leaving us the house while he’s gone and all.
Farley: Yeah, (He nods) and being raccoons, we love washing stuff anyway. (Charley enters, holding a broom)
Charley: Ooh! Guys, guys, hurry! (He points behind him with his thumb and hops around excitedly) It’s the season finale of Dancing with the Has-Beens!
Raccoons: Excited chatter (They drop everything and race to the living room to watch TV)
(Meanwhile, for the first time this episode, we see Garfield, Odie, and Nermal. They along with Fan Fan ride on Monique’s back until they reach the end of the marsh)
Fan Fan: This is it, guys! The desert starts here. (The pets look at their next environment to get across. The barren landscape awaits. Garfield and Odie hop off)
Garfield: Grunt!
Odie: Bark! (Nermal remains with Fan Fan, who turns around)
Nermal: Here’s a little gift to remember me by. (He reaches behind his back and pulls out his perfume bottle) It’s from Paris, and none too cheap.
Fan Fan: Oh! (Nermal hands it to her) I can’t accept it! (The kitten puts his paws on the sides of his head) It’s too beautiful for someone like me.
Nermal: Chuckles (He winks at her and points, insisting that she keep it. Fan Fan grins, and eventually does)
(With the sun high in the sky, the cats wave their new friends good-bye. Odie is still on all fours, so he isn’t, but he would give them a good-bye bark)
Garfield: Thanks, Fan Fan! Thanks, Monique!
Odie: Bark! (He and Garfield turn to leave, but Nermal zips behind them and gives a little something extra for Fan Fan)
Nermal: Kisses (He blows her a kiss and winks)
Fan Fan: (lovestruck) Sigh…good-bye! (She waves, and Nermal waves back)
Nermal: Chuckles (He follows his traveling companions into the desert while Monique and Fan Fan head back to their home)
Monique: I’m sorry you didn’t become a princess.
Fan Fan: Maybe not, but I'm starting to feel a little bit like one. (She blinks)
(Time has passed, and the large sun is starting to sink in the west. The thirsty tabbies and dehydrated dog wearily walk through the scorching sandy plains)
Odie: Pants
Garfield and Nermal: Groan
Nermal: We’ve been walking for HOURRRRRRRRRRS! And all I see is more sand and rocks!
Odie: Moan… (Odie looks up and sees something amazing) Huh?! Gasp! (He licks his lips and brings his paws to his head. He sees a giant bone in the distance) Hungry mutters (He licks his lips again and races toward it. Nermal is amazed, but Garfield is indifferent)
Nermal: (stepping toward Garfield) Is that really a giant bone in front of us?
Garfield: Of course not! Don’t you know a mirage when you see one, Nermal? (The pup races toward his little slice of heaven)
Odie: YAAAAAH-AH-AH! (He leaps toward it, but Garfield was right, it was just a mirage. The cats wince at Odie’s misfortune) OH! (The cats run up to Odie) Cries (Suddenly, it’s Nermal’s turn to see things)
Nermal: Gasp! Huh?! (He sees a giant milkshake, and, just like Odie before him, runs over and dives at it) Grunt! (Just like Odie, it was a mirage, and he lands with a thud. The cat and dog duo wince)
Odie: Oh… (They walk over to the kitten)
Garfield: You’d think they’d know what a mirage is. (He turns around) Some of us are just too smart to fall for… (Behind him, Odie and Nermal are peeved at Garfield. That is, until he sees his own mirage: a pile of lasagna right in front of him) oohhh! Nooooo! (Odie and Nermal run up to him) Imaginary or not, this lasagna is mine! (He points up) Find yourself another mirage! Laughs (He swan dives in, and lands head over heels in the ground. Nermal spots something else)
Nermal: Guys! (He points) Over there! Look! (Garfield gets up and watches as Nermal and Odie race off toward the distance)
Odie: Bark! Bark! Bark! Bark! Bark! Bark! Bark! Bark! Bark! Bark!
Garfield: Odie, come back here you silly dog! It’s probably another mirage! (He takes off after them. He leaps off a short ledge, lands safely on the ground, and meets up with the others)
Nermal: No Odie’s right! It’s really a road! (He zips away. The Flabby Tabby and his canine companion see a bench with a bus stop) With a bus stop and everything! (Garfield starts putting the pieces together)
Garfield: If there’s a bus stop, that means sooner or later a bus will come along, (He zips over to Nermal on the bench) we hop on it, we let it take us to where there’s some people, (He points up) we show ‘em Odie’s ID tag (He points up again. It’s a good thing Odie has that tag. Usually he does not) with Jon’s address on it, and voila! (He makes the OK sign with his paw, having planned their way home about as efficiently as a chess player plans their moves)
Nermal: And we’ll be home in no time!
Garfield, Odie, and Nermal: Cheering (They celebrate seemingly having found a way home. Nermal then hops off the bench)
Nermal: No offense, Garfield, but I’ve had enough of YOU to last a LIFETIME!
Garfield: YOU’VE had enough?! (He points up and leans toward Nermal angrily) I was this (He points at himself with his thumb) close to abandoning you in those swamps just so I wouldn't hear any more of your (He points at the kitten) constant whining!
Nermal: MY constant whining?!? (He glares back at Garfield as a song and fantasy sequence start. Garfield and Nermal face off on a checkered surface)
Garfield and Nermal: Grrrrrr! (Mouse backup singers in ballet outfits provide vocals as the camera spins around the cats. Nermal appears with a bunch of trophies behind him)
Nermal: (now with big eyes, clasped paws, and a spotlight shining on him) I am the world’s outstanding cat! (Garfield shakes his head)
Garfield: I don’t think I'd agree with that. (He shakes his head. Nermal then appears on top of the world)
Nermal: My face is known both far and wide. (Garfield appears, holding a trophy with mouse backup singers in his paw)
Garfield: For making people run and hide!
Nermal: Hey! (The cats glare at each other) We just don’t seem to get along. (They turn their noses up at each other. Garfield then appears walking down the sidewalk)
Garfield: I didn’t wanna do this song. (He and Nermal stumble into each other, and they both turn around and run in opposite directions)
(The cats are now sitting at the table. Nermal has a piece of lasagna in front of him)
Garfield and Nermal: When we’re together, fights ensue. (Garfield points vaguely. Nermal bites it and looks, and Garfield eats the lasagna while the kitten is distracted)
And it is all because of you! (Nermal scowls at Garfield. The Flabby Tabby just grins)
(They return to the checkered world and stand on a podium. Mice provide backup vocals)
But we’re the best of, best of, best of, enemies! (They say something else I cannot decipher, but they do point at the viewers and nod)
For we're best of, best of, best of, enemies! (Garfield dances with Nermal, who has to stand on tiptoe to compensate for the height difference)
Nermal: He eats cheese! (They both do jazz hands as the ballet mice pass by in front of them)
Garfield: Yeah. Yes please.
Garfield and Nermal: For we're best of, best of, best of, enemies! (They slowly step towards the center of the screen from opposite directions. Nermal is closer to the camera to make himself seem bigger, and then they turn toward each other) For we're best of, best of, best of, enemies! For we're best of, best of, best of, enemies! (They point at each other)
Nermal: If you please. (Nermal turns around to face the viewers, and the cats look at each other doing jazz hands)
Garfield: Ugh. It's a breeze. (They turn their noses up at each other, the mice leap in front of them and the song ends)
(As it does, an eagle cries overhead. Odie sees the shadow of the bird of prey underneath him)
Mother Eagle: Screech!
Odie: Huh? (He turns around and sees the eagle swooping toward him. The pup stands paralyzed with fear for a moment, and then flees) YOWWWWL! (Garfield and Nermal still have their backs to each other)
Mother Eagle: Screech! (She swoops down and grabs Odie by the ears and carries him off)
Odie: YOWWWWWWWWWWWWLLLLLLLLLLL! (Odie’s cry for help gets the attention of the cats, who turn to see him being carried away)
Garfield and Nermal: Huh?
Garfield: Nermal,
Nermal: Huh.
Garfield: (continuing and pointing) did you get the license number of that eagle?
Nermal: Gasp! (He shakes his head no. They then hear a noise behind them, like a horn honking)
Garfield: Huh? (The cats turn around and see their ticket out. A bus had just pulled up and it opens its doors)
Nermal: (relieved) Ahhhh! (His eyes get big and he leaps at the chance to leave) Laughs (Garfield reaches out to him, trying to stop the kitten, but he does that himself. He turns around and beckons his sworn enemy to join him) It’s too late for Odie. Let's hop on that bus (He points at the bus) and save ourselves! (He points at himself with his thumb. He is so quick to abandon Odie that he forgot that part of Garfield’s plan to get home involves using Odie’s ID tag to tell people where they belong. For the record, Odie showed genuine concern for Nermal, and even begged Garfield to do something, when the kitten stepped inside Monique’s open jaw in part 3, but Nermal didn’t see that)
Garfield: (pointing at Nermal) You hop on that bus (He points at the bus) if you want, Nermal. Me, (He points at himself with his thumb) I'm going after Odie!
Nermal: Wha-? (Garfield takes off. Nermal starts to follow, but pauses. He turns and looks back at the bus, leaving him with a tough decision to make: get on the bus, save himself and let the cat and dog duo fend for themselves, or join his mortal enemy in an attempt to rescue the pup. He does not take long to decide) I can’t believe I'm doing this… (He stomps his foot frustratedly and trembles angrily, but does the noble thing and chases after Garfield) Garfield, wait! I’m coming with you! (He hears the bus horn honk. He turns around and the doors close. The bus is taking off. No turning back now, Nermal) Grunt! (He grabs his head with both paws)
(Meanwhile, the bald eagle that had captured Odie is bringing him somewhere)
Mother Eagle: Screech!
Odie: Quiet whimpers
Mother Eagle: Screech! (Odie see’s their destination: a nest perched on a delicate rock spire in the middle of a canyon’s hole)
Odie: YAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH! Cries (The eagle drops him into the nest) Bark! (He rolls and comes to a stop at the edge of the nest. He looks out at the eagle, as it flies away) Huh? Mutters (He sits down and sees three eaglets hopping toward him, chirping as they do) Huh? (He peers over the edge and sees the drop under him) Uh-oh! (He trembles in fear) Scared mutters (He gets away from the edge and stands on his hind legs in front of the eaglets, who are flapping their wings in front of him) Huh? (He taps his chin, trying to think) Mutters (He quickly becomes fond of the baby birds and gives one of them an affectionate lick) Slurp! (The bird, seeing Odie’s tongue, grabs it)
(Not far away, the cats climb different piles of rocks in an attempt to find Odie. Garfield leads the way and Nermal is right behind)
Nermal: Strain! Grunt! (Garfield stands and looks at the nest, his tail wagging behind him)
Garfield: I think that’s where that giant bird took Odie. (He points at the nest. Nermal is behind him, tired from the climb. The Tubby Tabby calls out to his best friend) Odie! Are you up there? (Odie’s head appears in the nest)
Odie: HOWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL!
Garfield and Nermal: Huh?
Garfield: Hang in there, Odie!
Odie: Grr! (That would be easier to do if one of the birds wasn’t yanking on his tail)
Garfield: (pointing) We’re gonna come up there and get you!
Nermal: (stepping forward) And, how do you suggest we do that? (Garfield looks at the distance between them. He is visibly nervous) Grow wings? (The fat cat looks down at the drop beneath him)
Garfield: Gasp! (He trembles) Maybe we can still catch that bus. (He walks toward the edge of the rock spire he is on. Nermal smiles and nods, as that is what he wanted to do in the first place) No! We have to save him! (He points again. Nermal’s smile fades and he shakes his head. Garfield calls out to Odie again) Odie! Find a way to get down here! We’ll, uh… (he taps his chin) We’ll wait here. (Odie is displeased with that suggestion)
Odie: HOWWL! Howl! (He sees one of the eaglets on the edge of the nest, about to try to fly. He stops it before it can) Mutters (He gives the bird a visual aid by flapping his ears. The eaglet tries this out for itself, flapping its wings as hard as it can. It is able to get some air before dropping harmlessly back into the nest. It turns to Odie, and they both smile. Odie is teaching them to fly. They hug each other and the big-hearted beagle thinks) Mutters (He nods. What he says is indecipherable, but what he does is adorable. He stands upright and flaps his ears in front of the birds, points at the cats, and then holds his arms out at the eaglets. He wants the birds to bring Garfield and Nermal to him, but they shake their heads no. They don’t know how to fully fly yet. Odie shakes his head, disappointed) Awwww… (He hears Garfield calling out to him)
Garfield: Hey Odie, (The pup’s eyes open wide and he stands up straight) what are you doing up there? (He pokes his head out of the nest and gives a short explanation)
Odie: Mutters (Garfield taps his toes impatiently and Odie hides back in the nest. What he is doing is teaching the birds to fly. He runs in a circle flapping his ears and arms to simulate flight. The eaglets follow his example, and manage to get a few inches off the ground) Wooooo! Huh. (He stands before them, grinning. The eaglets flap their wings and line up with their backs to the rock. One of them flaps its wings) Mm-mm. (It begins to fly) Gasp! (It gets to the other side of the nest and lands safely. Odie gives it a bug thumbs-up) Ta-da! (Progress is being made, but then Odie and the eaglet look down at the descent in front of them. The eaglet is nervous and trembling, but Odie gives it a gentle nudge with his nose) Ta-da! (The baby bird starts flying, but the drop in front of him is quite terrifying) Ta-da! (The eaglet disappears and then lands on Odie’s ears, frustrating the pup, who shakes his head. He then hears the mother eagle in the distance)
Mother Eagle: Screech!
Odie: Gasp! GASP! (He puts his paws to his face, quaking in fear. The cats suddenly realize they now have a time limit on their rescue operation)
Garfield: We’ve gotta get Odie outta here, and fast!
Nermal: But what are we gonna do?
Garfield: Hmm… (He puts his paw to his chin, thinking) I have an idea! (He points up, and then enacts his idea: run back and forth on the spire in an attempt to make a bridge for them to get across)
Nermal: So what’s the plan?
Garfield: Let’s rock that thing! (With the tower in motion, Garfield bounces on the edge closest to Odie and the nest. Nermal joins him)
Nermal: I don’t like that plan at all! In fact, that’s the worst idea I've ever… (He cannot finish his sentence, as the rock pile is falling over)
Garfield and Nermal: AAAAAHHHHHHHH! (The pile lands on a smaller plateau. Nermal lands cleanly, but Garfield nearly bounces off the edge)
Garfield: YAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH! (He clings to the edge, but Nermal is there to pull him back up)
Nermal: Pants (Relieved, the Flabby Tabby wipes the sweat from his brow. Odie heard the crashing and calls to them)
Odie: Bark, bark, bark! (He leans over the edge, looking down at the cats from his vantage point) Bark! Bark! Bark, bark, bark!
Garfield: Odie, get down here, hurry! (Hurry is right. The rock pile they collapsed to get over there is starting to loosen)
Odie: Wow. (The eaglets pop up next to him. He points to a small ledge on the side of the cliff, and he shimmies onto it) Mutters (He again sees the drop and gets scared) Whimper (The eaglets hop over to the other edge and look at the cats below. They seem unable to do anything at the moment)
Garfield: Gasp! Grr! (He and Nermal leap and cling to the side of the cliff with their claws) Grunt! (They make it to a ledge on their left)
Nermal: Grunt! (Further and further up they climb. They reach another ledge and Garfield scales the spire once more. Nermal remains behind)
Odie: Gasp! Mutters (He opens his eyes and sees his fat feline friend waving to him)
Garfield: Yoo-hoo!
Odie: Bark! (He walks toward him, but the dangerous descent makes him uneasy) Yah! (Despite his apparent fear of heights, Odie reaches and grabs Garfield’s paw. It's nice to see Garfield and Odie rescuing each other from peril)
Nermal: Oh! (He clenches his fists in pride. Odie rides on Garfield’s back as he slowly screeches his way down the cliffside)
Garfield: Grunt! Oh boy!
Nermal: Laughs (He waves. Odie, who had been keeping his eyes closed the whole time, peeks and again sees the fall)
Odie: Hmm? AAAAHHHHHH! (He climbs up Garfield, causing the latter to lose his grip and fall. Luckily, they land on the ledge that Nermal was on. The cats are dazed, but Odie is completely unharmed) Yeah! (He winks and gives the audience a thumbs-up)
(Nermal is first to start the descent to the next ledge. He turns around and Garfield follows)
Garfield: Laughs (He acts as a bridge for Odie to get across. He clings to the first ledge and Nermal holds his ankles on the other side. Odie steps on each of the cat’s heads as he makes it safely across)
Odie: Ta-da!
Nermal: Let’s get outta here and fast! (All three of them race across the bridge Garfield built. The eaglets cheer and tweet from their nest, until the bridge starts crumbling beneath the pets’ feet)
Garfield and Nermal: WHOAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA! (The birds gasp and the bridge collapses)
Nermal: Whoa! AY-YI-YI! (He and the others run on air for a second, and then drop)
Garfield, Nermal, and Odie: AAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHH! (The eaglets watch in horror as the pets fall. They look at each other, knowing what they have to do. They divebomb after them and grab them, the cats by their tails and Odie by his ears)
Garfield: Whimpers (The eaglets drop them onto the ground above the cliff) Ouch! Pants (All three of them breathe heavily)
Nermal: Relieved sighs (They don’t have time to relax, as they hear the mother eagle’s cry)
Mother Eagle: Screech! (The pets see the bald eagle flapping down to them. They are scared of what will come)
Garfield: Yowl! (Nermal and Odie stand on either side of Garfield) Whimpers (The eaglets, now being able to fly, float up to their mama. She beams with pride seeing her children flying. The baby birds return to Odie and nuzzle him)
Odie: Mutters (He hugs them back. After this beautiful reunion, the eaglets follow their mother into the sky. Odie waves them good-bye)
Mother Eagle: Screech! (The pup is sad to see them go)
Odie: Aww…good-bye… (Garfield reminds him that there is no time to waste. He zips up next to the pooch)
Garfield: C’mon, Odie! (He taps his shoulder) Let’s go (Odie turns to him) catch that bus before it gets dark! (He points up)
Odie: Bark! (His spirits perk up and he follows the felines)
Nermal: Hey! (The cats take off, with Odie behind them. Before he can get too far, he hears something in the distance)
Coyote: HOWWWWWWWWWWWWLLLLLLLLLLLL! (This causes Odie to stop in his tracks. He wonders what it is)
Odie: Grrrrr! (He looks around, but there is no time to investigate further. He zips off after Nermal and Garfield) Bark! (And with that, Part 4 reaches its end)
TO BE CONTINUED…