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'''Guaranteed Trouble''' is an episode from the fourth season of ''[[Garfield and Friends]]''.
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'''Guaranteed Trouble''' is the first segment from the [[Garfield and Friends, S4EP70|seventieth episode]] of ''[[Garfield and Friends]]''.
   
 
==Synopsis==
 
==Synopsis==
Jon buys a new television set from Madman Murray, unaware that it may not be reliable.
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Jon buys a new television set from Madman Murray, unaware that the set is actually unreliable.
   
 
==Plot==
 
==Plot==
The television set has broken for good, and it is given a proper burial in a traditional funeral. This prompts Jon to buy a new TV. While looking for a shop, Jon sees a commercial for Madman Murray, a man who is a crazy salesman. They step into his store and Murray shows them a set that Garfield takes a fancy to. After paying whatever price Murray asks for and being given a guarantee, Jon takes it home.
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Jon Arbuckle and his pets hold a traditional funeral for their now broken television set, much to their sorrow. While on their way back home, they see a commercial for Madman Murray, an insane dealer claiming to sell cheap television sets. They enter his shop, where Madman recommends a Takashimada television set, which Garfield takes a liking to. Madman reveals its three year warranty and its extreme price to Arbuckle who, despite his shock, purchases the television.
   
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Back home, they test out the set, and first find that its picture is upside down. When changing to Binky the Clown, the sound is unavaliable. When Garfield kicks the television to get it working, it starts smoking and ultimately explodes. Jon takes it back to Madman to use the three year warranty, though the latter disregards it due to the extremely small fine print. The print is so small that it they use observatory telescope to read it. The reasons provided make the warranty completely invalid.
As soon as they get home, they set up the TV. When Garfield turns it on, to their surprise, the picture is upside-down. He changes the channel to Binky, where he discovers there is no volume. The TV then busts down; before he can despair, Jon realizes he can use the guarantee he got to have it fixed.
 
   
They take the TV set back to Murray who refuses to have it fixed because of the fine print he wrote on the guarantee. The print is so small, it requires looking at it through an observatory telescope. The warranty is not valid whatsoever. Garfield pretends to be a saber-tooth cat and attack Murray until he agrees to have it fixed. He tells them to take it back to the factory and have them look at it. The only problem is that the factory is all the way is all the way in Tokyo.
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Going into the nearby museum, Garfield decides to scare Murray. He covers himself in mud, and takes out the teeth of a Saber Tooth Tiger, planning to act as the latter. Garfield appears to Murray, who runs up a tree to hide. Jon agrees to "help" Murray in exchange for the television set being repaired. Madman reveals that he can't personally fix it, but if the TV is taken back to its factory, the employees will repair it. They find out from the television that the Takashimada factory is located in Tokyo, Japan. Jon, determined, decides to travel to Japan to have their television set fixed.
   
Desperate to save their TV set, they catch a flight to Tokyo while in the cargo hold with a pack of turkeys. They arrive at the factory only to find an exorbitant line of customers who have had run-ins with Murray as well. When Jon finally gets his turn, the manufacturer states he is unable to fix it. Jon orders Garfield to threaten the manufacturer by dressing and acting like a ninja until he complies.
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After catching a cheap flight to Tokyo (in the cargo hold), they arrive at the factory to find an exorbitant line of customers who received the same treatment from Murray. When they reach the front of the line, The employee claims he isn't able to fix the set until Garfield, dressed up as a ninja, scares the employee into doing so. They return home, and when turning on the television, they find that the television has been set to Japanese. Rather than try anything further, they resort to eating teriyaki chicken while learning Japanese.
 
They fly back to America and turn on their TV set. They find that the TV is stuck on the Japanese language setting. Rather than go through anything else, they resort to eating teriyaki chicken whilst learning Japanese.
 
   
 
==Characters==
 
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*Mortician (voiced by [[Gregg Berger]])
 
*Mortician (voiced by [[Gregg Berger]])
 
*[[Binky the Clown]]
 
*[[Binky the Clown]]
*Takashimata employee (voiced by Gregg Berger)
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*Takashimada employee (voiced by ''Gregg Berger'')
   
 
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Guaranteed Trouble is the first segment from the seventieth episode of Garfield and Friends.

Synopsis

Jon buys a new television set from Madman Murray, unaware that the set is actually unreliable.

Plot

Jon Arbuckle and his pets hold a traditional funeral for their now broken television set, much to their sorrow. While on their way back home, they see a commercial for Madman Murray, an insane dealer claiming to sell cheap television sets. They enter his shop, where Madman recommends a Takashimada television set, which Garfield takes a liking to. Madman reveals its three year warranty and its extreme price to Arbuckle who, despite his shock, purchases the television.

Back home, they test out the set, and first find that its picture is upside down. When changing to Binky the Clown, the sound is unavaliable. When Garfield kicks the television to get it working, it starts smoking and ultimately explodes. Jon takes it back to Madman to use the three year warranty, though the latter disregards it due to the extremely small fine print. The print is so small that it they use observatory telescope to read it. The reasons provided make the warranty completely invalid.

Going into the nearby museum, Garfield decides to scare Murray. He covers himself in mud, and takes out the teeth of a Saber Tooth Tiger, planning to act as the latter. Garfield appears to Murray, who runs up a tree to hide. Jon agrees to "help" Murray in exchange for the television set being repaired. Madman reveals that he can't personally fix it, but if the TV is taken back to its factory, the employees will repair it. They find out from the television that the Takashimada factory is located in Tokyo, Japan. Jon, determined, decides to travel to Japan to have their television set fixed.

After catching a cheap flight to Tokyo (in the cargo hold), they arrive at the factory to find an exorbitant line of customers who received the same treatment from Murray. When they reach the front of the line, The employee claims he isn't able to fix the set until Garfield, dressed up as a ninja, scares the employee into doing so. They return home, and when turning on the television, they find that the television has been set to Japanese. Rather than try anything further, they resort to eating teriyaki chicken while learning Japanese.

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Garfield and Friends
Episodes

"Pest of a Guest / The Impractical Joker / Fat & Furry" • "Rip Van Kitty / Grabbity / The Big Catnap" • "The Great Getaway / Scrambled Eggs / Hansel and Garfield" • "The Sludge Monster / Fortune Kooky / Heatwave Holiday" • "One Good Fern Deserves Another / Goody-Go-Round / The Black Book" • "The Legend of the Lake / Double Oh Orson / Health Feud" • "Binky Gets Cancelled! / Show Stoppers / Cutie and the Beast" • "The Lasagna Zone / Sleepytime Pig / Yojumbo" • "Pros and Cons / Rooster Revenge / Lights! Camera! Garfield!" • "Polecat Flats / Hogcules / Brain Boy" • "Maine Course / No Laughing Matter / Attack of the Mutant Guppies" • "Robodie / First Aid Wade / Video Victim" • "The Curse of Klopman / Mud Sweet Mud / Rainy Day Dreams" • "Basket Brawl / Origin of Power Pig / Cactus Jake Rides Again" • "Binky Goes Bad! / Barn of Fear / Mini-Mall Matters" • "Attention-Getting Garfield / Swine Trek / It Must Be True!" • "Arrivaderci, Odie! / Gort Goes Good / Feeling Feline" • "The Bear Facts / Nothing To Be Afraid Of / The Big Talker" • "Cactus Makes Perfect / Hogcules II / Crime and Nourishment" • "T.V. of Tomorrow / Little Red Riding Egg / Well Fed Feline" • "Invasion of the Big Robots / Shelf Esteem / Housebreak Hotel" • "First Class Feline / Hamelot / How to Be Funny!" • "Mystic Manor / Flop Goes the Weasel / The Legend of Long Jon" • "China Cat / Cock-a-Doodle Dandy / Beach Blanket Bonzo" • "Lemon Aid / Hog Noon / Video Airlines" • "The Mail Animal / Peanut-Brained Rooster / Mummy Dearest"