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Hogcules is an episode from the second season of Garfield and Friends.

Synopsis[]

After hearing about his brothers paying a visit, Orson imagines himself as a Hercules-like hero.

Plot[]

While Wade is rebuilding a shed that had been nearly destroyed (following a windstorm the previous night), Orson walks off to read the myth Hercules to Booker and Sheldon. Roy then informs Orson that he saw his brothers coming up the hill, to which Orson becomes frightened. Everyone then suggests that he would not be so frightened if he were strong like Hercules.

Orson has a fantasy where he is a Hercules-like warrior named Hogcules who is battling his warrior brothers. After the fantasy concludes, Orson decides that he is going to stand up to his brothers; Wade warns him to stay away from the shed because he is not finished fixing it. Orson goes into the shed anyway when his brothers approach him, and they laugh at the idea that Orson could overpower them.

Orson causes the shed to topple onto his brothers; then they run away. The gang walks up, and Orson concludes that muscles are not necessary if one has a big brain. Wade then gives him his hammer and board to rebuild the shed himself, and Orson comments that muscles can sometimes come in handy.

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Cultural references[]

  • When Orson is reading the story of Hercules to Booker and Sheldon, he mentions the Hydra. In Greek mythology, the Hydra was a serpent where two heads would grow back if one head was cut off. It was also one of the 12 labors of Hercules.

Goofs[]

  • Gort and Wart's voices and eye colours get mixed up near the end.

Quotes[]

  • Orson: [Reading] So, Hercules, the strongest man in the world, set off in the swamp to battle the dreaded hydra.
  • Sheldon: What’s a hydra?
  • Booker: I think firemen hook their hoses to it to pump water.


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"

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