King Nermal

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King Nermal
Airdate	November 12, 2009
Writer	Julien Magnat
Next (US)	Desperately Seeking Pooky
Next (EU)	Desperately Seeking Pooky
Previous (US)	Perfect Pizza
Previous (EU)	Freaky Monday

King Nermal is the eleventh^US/thirteenth^EU episode from the first season of The Garfield Show.

Synopsis

Nermal spends ten days at Jon's house meaning Garfield and Odie have to be nice to him and follow his orders.

Plot

Nermal's owner is out of town for ten days, so he has to live in Garfield's house. After seeing Garfield and Odie kick Nermal out twice, Jon scolds them, forcing them to put up with his visit. They try to resume watching TV, but Nermal intentional gets in front of the screen to make them do what he wants to do. Garfield and Odie brush aside Jon's threat from earlier and launch him right onto the patio. Seeing an oppurtunity, Nermal decides to fake breaking his leg to get back at them. Angry, Jon orders his pets to be nice to Nermal while he "recovers".

Garfield and Odie are then forced to treat Nermal; Garfield feeds him cookies while Odie gives him a back massage. Nermal, being ungrateful for their forced work, orders Garfield to get more cookies and for Odie to put more muscle into his massage. Fed up with him, the cat and dog duo tell him off, Garfield mostly, and leave. However, Jon decided to make them a lasagna treat for taking care of Nermal. Wanting their reward, Garfield and Odie return to their position. When they walk back into the living room, they see Nermal haven gotten up to get the remote, exposing his faked injury. Ticked, Garfield and Odie prepare to beat him, but Jon walks in and grounds them, sending them to the kitchen while Nermal stands on the chair, taunting them. The pair try to show Jon what Nermal's doing, but he doesn't see Nermal standing when he turns around, making him more angry.

As Garfield and Odie sit in the kitchen, they see Jon giving Nermal the lasagna he had made for them, along with a bell to ring him in. Nermal spots them eyeing them and slowly eats the lasagna to mock them. Garfield prepares to claw him, but is prevented by Odie who needed to tackle him to stop his pounce, knowing that Nermal could call in Jon's attention with the bell. Wanting to anger them even more, Nermal walks in the kitchen, perfectly fine. This was his mistake, as Garfield throws him inside the trashcan and traps him by putting books on the top. Jon comes in, so they try to make noise with the stereo, but Jon turns it off and hears Nermal ringing his bell. Believing that his pets had once again disobeyed him and harmed Nermal, Jon yells at them to get out of the house. As they leave, Garfield warns Nermal that his injury won't be fake for long as he slams the door behind them.

It is then night, with a giant rainstorm as Garfield and Odie watch Nermal tease them from inside the house. As Jon leaves to work in his office, Garfield and Odie sneak back inside and carefully cut the bell's stem off with the ball. They expose their hidden status to Nermal. Still believing he could call Jon whenever he wishes, Nermal shakes his bell, except no noise comes out. He then "apologizes" to them as they start to surround him. They are able to get a couple of hits in until Nermal runs upstairs. In the process, Nermal's bandage unravels as he arrives in Jon's office, who thinks that his leg had healed. As Garfield and Odie begin to take their leave, annoyed, they trip over the bandage and fall down the stairs and break their bones, leaving them in casts and unable to eat solid food for weeks, with Jon sitting in front of them, while taunting them with food they cannot chew. Furthermore, Nermal will stay with them while they recover.

Characters

Main Characters

• Garfield
• Odie
• Nermal (Antagonist)
• Jon Arbuckle

Minor Characters

• Vito Cappelletti (Mentioned)
• Nermal's Master (Mentioned)
• Liz Wilson (Mentioned)

Trivia

• The music from the radio in this episode was also heard in Fish to Fry.
• Garfield mentions the episode title when he says "That's it! I'm through taking care of King Nermal."

The Garfield Show

Episodes Season 1 Season 2 Season 3 Season 4 Season 5 "Pasta Wars" "Mother Garfield" "Orange and Black" "Freaky Monday" "Bone Diggers" "The Robot" "Catnap" "Agent X" "A Game of Cat and Mouse" "Perfect Pizza" "King Nermal" "Desperately Seeking Pooky" "High Scale" "Jon's Night Out" "Not So Sweet Sound of Music" "Turkey Trouble" "Pup in the Pound" "Odie in Love" "Pet Matchers" "Lucky Charm" "Curse of the Were-Dog" "Meet the Parents" "Down on the Farm" "The Pet Show" "Curse of the Cat People" "Glenda & Odessa" "Underwater World" "Family Picture" "Time Twist" "Time Master" "Fish to Fry" "Little Yellow Riding Hood" "Fame Fatale" "Virtualodeon" "It's a Cat's World" "Mailman Blues" "Extreme Housebreaking" "Heir Apparent" "Caroling Capers" "From the Oven" "Neighbor Nathan" "History of Dog" "Up a Tree" "It's a Cheese World" "Nice to Nermal" "Out on a Limb" "Super Me" "Mastermind" "The Amazing Flying Dog" "The Last Word" "Iceman" "T3000" "Home for the Holidays" (Part 1, Part 2), "Ticket to Riches" "Gravity of the Situation" "The Art of Being Uncute" "Night of the Bunny Slippers" "Blasteroid" "The Big Sneeze" "The Spy Who Fed Me" "Meet Max Mouse" "The Haunted House" "Which Witch" "Cyber Mailman" "Odie for Sale" "Farm Fresh Feline" "Dog Days" "Planet of Poultry" "With Four You Get Pizza" "The Bluebird of Happiness" "Inside Eddie Gourmand" "Fido Food Feline" "Everything's Relative" "Honey, I Shrunk the Pets" "Garfield Astray" "History of Cats" "Black Cat Blues" "Cuter Than Cute" "Great Pizza Race" "Master Chef" "Guest from Beyond" "Depths of a Salesman" "Night of the Apparatuses" "Land of Hold" "Penny Henny" "A Gripping Tale" "Wicked Wishes" "Jumbo Shrimpy" "Pirate Gold" "Me, Garfield and I" "Detective Odie" "Stealing Home" "Full of Beans" "Love & Lasagna" "True Colors" "Mind Over Mouse" "The Big Sleep" "Pampered Pussycat" "Parrot Blues" "Rain or Shine" "The Mole Express" "Unfair Weather" (Part 1, Part 2) "Furry Tales" (Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4) "Kind to Kittens" "Little Angel" "Prehistoric Pup" "Land of Later" "Laugh in a Can" "The Non-Garfield Show" "The Caped Avenger Rides Again!" "The Superhero Apprentice" "Teddy Dearest" "Bath Day" "What a Difference a Pet Makes" "Garfield Gets Canned" "Partners in Mime" "Boris the Snowman" "Long Lost Lyman" (Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4), "The Golden Lasagna Awards" "Pawparazzi" "It's About Time" "Online Arbuckle" "Muscle Mouse" "The Write Stuff" "Cupid Cat" "The Control Freak" "Every Witch Way" "Revenge of the Cat People" "The Garfield-Only Show" "Filthy Fugitives" "Smartest Dog in the World" "Farmer Garfield" "More Than Meets the Eye" "Fast Friends" "Where's Odie?" "Doggone Jon" "The Mysterious Machine" "Fitness Crazed" "Little Trouble in Big China" (Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4) "My Friend, Nermal" "Take a Ferret to Lunch" "Bride and Broom" "Problems, Problems, Problems" "Two Times the Trouble" "The Great Trade-Off" "Lion Queen" (Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5) "Bewitched" (Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5) "The Mean Machine" (Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5) "Glitter Gulch" (Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5) "Against All Tides" (Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5) "Lasagna Tree" (Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5) "Into the Wild" (Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5) "Double Vision" "My Cousin Petunia" "Barking Mad" "Garfception" "For Mice" "The Six-Can Solution" "Silence of the Sheep" "Bulldog of Doom" "Mother Owl" "Home Sweet Home" "Whatever Happened to Aunt Ivy?" "Delicious Donut Day" "Little Miss Mouse" "Stink, Stank, Skunk!" "Jon 2" "My Dog, the Cat" "World Without Me" "Fraidy Cat" "The Very, Very Long Night" "Rodent Rebellion" (Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4)