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(Part 4 begins with a quick recap, including: Garfield telling Odie and Nermal that they’re going to China, the chase through Bella’s penthouse and the Shanghai streets, the pets and Dingbang learning kung fu and getting both halves of the key)
(The final chapter starts with Bella’s helicopter, which is parked in a clearing in the bamboo forest. Jon, who is bound and gagged in the cockpit, struggles to free himself as Bella can be heard from the top of the mountain)
Bella: Please! (Jon turns to the source of the voice. On the mountain’s plateau, Bella “sobs” to the Old Master) If you know where they went, you must tell me! I miss my dear pussycats and dog so much! (The Old Master doesn’t reply. Instead, he balances on his walking stick meditating) Please tell me where I can find them! (The camera pans over to Voldo, who plays a sad song on the accordion behind Bella. Still, the master says nothing. He sits so perfectly still that a blue butterfly lands on his head) OK, Voldo, he’s not going to tell us. Let’s get out of here! (The master smiles, and the butterfly floats away) There must be some way to find out where they went! (She and Voldo hear a familiar sound. They turn and see Siam and Tyham)
Siamese Cats: Meow… (They meow and moan, exhausted from the climb back up and the fact that they were literally thrown off a mountain in Part 3)
Bella: Ah, my precious babies! (She kneels with open arms as the Siamese twins run over to their master and embrace her, their tails waving) You’re the only ones mama can count on!
Voldo: What good are they? We have no idea where that boy and the pets are heading. (The cats turn to their left, and point at the map Dingbang drew in Part 3)
Bella: Actually, Voldo, I think we do! (She and the felines examine the dirt drawing) Ah!
(Meanwhile, a truck pulls up to the Great Wall of China. All four protagonists, with Garfield holding the Golden Cat, hop out of the back seat)
Dingbang: Thanks for the ride! (He waves good-bye and the driver honks his horn twice as he leaves. The pets turn to look at the famous landmark)
Odie: Wooooooow!
Nermal: Chuckles
Garfield: Wow!
Dingbang: Behold, my friends, the Great Wall of China! According to the map, the secret cave should be around here.
Odie: Mutters (He runs off and starts sniffing the ground next to the wall. He finds something relatively quickly) Bark! Bark! Bark! Bark! Bark! (The cats and boy run up to him)
Dingbang: I think the pup is finding something. (Garfield looks unimpressed, unlike Nermal and Dingbang. Once the trio approach, Odie lifts a bone that he unearthed in his mouth)
Garfield: It’s an old bone that’s been here a long time.
Dingbang: Look! Over there! (He points in another direction and runs off)
Garfield: Huh?
(Dingbang parts some bushes and reveals a door with a carving of the Golden Cat on it. The pets are soon to follow)
Nermal: (running up) This must be the entrance! (The boy tries to push the door open)
Dingbang: It won’t budge.
Garfield: Ahem. (He holds his fingers in the “OK” sign, which reminds Dingbang of something)
Dingbang: Oh, that’s right, the key. (he takes it out of his pocket and places it in the center of the carved door. The ground shakes and the door opens, much to everyone’s delight. But before they can go in, they hear a voice in the distance)
Jon: No! Don’t do that! (The heroes turn and look up. Jon is shown dangling from Bella’s helicopter by a rope, held on by Siam and Tyham) AAAAAAHHHHH! Pull me back up! Please!
Garfield: Jon?!
Odie: Bark! Bark! Bark!
Jon: Garfield? Odie? Nermal? Sigh
Bella: Laughs (She uses a megaphone to call out to Dingbang and the pets) Help me find the treasure or you will never see your master in one piece again!
Dingbang: That man is your master?
Odie: Right.
Garfield: Well, he feeds us.
Dingbang: (shouting) We’ll help you find the treasure! You have my word!
(After parking the copter, Bella, Voldo, and the Siamese twins follow Jon, Dingbang, and the pets through the cave to the treasure. Jon and Voldo hold torches to light the way)
Jon: So, what are we looking for exactly?
Dingbang: The Treasure of Futcanglong. According to old Chinese legends, he is a 10-foot long dragon that guards forbidden treasures.
Odie: Moans worriedly (He covers his eyes with his ears)
Garfield: Ah, don’t worry, Odie. Dragons don’t exist.
Bella: Hurry up! I want my treasure!
Garfield: (looking back at Bella and giving her a dirty look) Except for her, of course!
(They eventually enter a large chamber and congregate at the entrance. A beam of light bounces off of several mirrors like a laser)
Jon: Huh?
Everyone else: Gasp!
(On the other side of the room, there is a sealed door with a golden center and 12 removable tiles, each one showing a different animal)
Bella: Don’t just stand there. One of you go inside and see what happens! (The Siamese cats bare their claws)
Siamese Cats: Meow!
Jon: (nervously) I’ll go in.
Dingbang: I’ll come with you. (Before Jon gets too far, the boy stops him by grabbing his shoulder) See that beam of light? I wouldn’t cut it if I were you.
Jon: Oops. I hadn’t noticed. Thanks. (He and Dingbang both duck under the beam, along with jumping over and crawling under the others. Garfield and Nermal look at each other worriedly, and Odie hops up beside them)
Odie: Whimpers
Bella: You mangy vermin! Go in next! (Garfield and Odie comply. Nermal, however, does not take Bella’s comment well)
Nermal: Hey, I’m the three-time winner of the “Kitten of the Year” trophy! (Siam and Tyham bare their claws at the kitten, who cowers in fear. Garfield grabs his arm and takes him through the laser maze)
Garfield: Let’s get it over with. You too, pup. (They venture into the maze, dodging beams as they go)
Odie: Cries
(Jon grunts as he tries to navigate the lights, Dingbang remains on his tail. Meanwhile, Bella and the Siamese cats run forward. Voldo is a bit more insecure about this)
Voldo: Don’t you think we should wait and see?
Bella: (looking back and rubbing her hands together) They’re almost on the other side!
(Jon ducks under a few for lights and reaches the door on the other side)
Jon: What is this? Some kind of riddle? (Dingbang hops up beside him and he too examines the door)
Dingbang: I’m not sure. There are different animals depicted on the wheel: (from the top, that is the 12:00 spot, and going clockwise, there is a dog, a boar, a monkey, a tiger, a rat, a rabbit, an ox, a dragon, a rooster, a snake, a horse, and a sheep) an ox, a sheep, a rat. I’m guessing we need to find the right combination to get to the other side.
(In the midst of the maze, Nermal mutters to himself)
Nermal: (angrily) “Mangy vermin”. Who does she think she is, talking to me like that?! (He growls)
Garfield: Careful, Nermal. This floor may not be strong enough to support your ego. (He ducks under a laser)
Nermal: (spotting a mirror reflecting light) Let me just take a quick peek at myself to make sure everything’s perfect. (He inadvertently cuts the light’s path. As soon as this happens, all the other lights disappear and the cavern starts quaking. The blocks the mirrors were on start to sink into the ground)
Dingbang: Someone cut the beam of light!
Garfield: Nermal, what have you done?!
Nermal: AAH! (whimpering) I just looked at myself in the mirror!
(Four huge blocks cover up the way they came in. Bella, Garfield, and Nermal scream as parts of the floor and ceiling move, slowly surrounding everyone inside with giant blocks ready to crush someone)
Jon: We need to figure out how to get this door open and fast!
Bella: (climbing on top of a block) Hurry up, you idiots! (Voldo pushes her off before the block above crushes her. He himself is nearly smashed by the same block, but only his hat gets caught. He sees more walls closing in)
Voldo: Help!
Dingbang: There’s got to be some sort of logic! Rat, boar…
Jon: Boar! That’s my Chinese astrological sign!
Dingbang: (now holding one of the tiles) Of course! These are the 12 signs of the Chinese Zodiac! We just have to put them back in order!
(The pets bob and weave, hoping to avoid being turned into pancakes)
Nermal: AAAAAAAHHH!
Odie: Howwwwl!
Garfield: Dingbang had better do something in a hurry! Whoa! (He turns to his right, only to see another block has barricaded his path. Surprised, he accidentally drops the Golden Cat on top of it and takes off)
Dingbang: The rabbit goes between the tiger and dragon.
Jon: What about the ox?
Dingbang: Before, no, AFTER the rat! (He and Jon have organized most of it. Only three pieces still need to be placed)
Bella: (riding on a floor piece) Voldoooooo! Oh, where is that imbecile when you need him? (In all the confusion, the Golden Cat falls off its platform and gets crushed by the stones. Voldo shoves the Siamese cats out from under a closing-in block, turns around and struggles to keep that block off of himself)
Dingbang: The last one is the tiger. (He places the last tile in) I think we solved it!
Nermal: HEEEEEEEEEELP! (He disappears in the ceiling)
Odie and Garfield: AAAHHHHH!
Garfield: This isn’t fun-! (The blocks have cornered the cat and dog duo and are moments away from crushing them when a loud gong is heard and the blocks return to their original spots, much to everyone’s relief)
Nermal and Garfield: Sigh of relief
Jon: The door’s opening! (Siam and Tyham run up to Dingbang, Jon, and the pets first, with Bella and Voldo right behind)
All: Gasp!
Dingbang: Opening to the Treasure of Futcanglong! (They gaze upon a massive room with thousands of gold bars, stone statues, and an imposing statue of the dragon Futcanglong in the center)
Odie: Whimpers in fear
Garfield: (rubbing Odie’s head) It’s not a real dragon, Odie. It’s just a big statue.
Bella: One side! (He shoves Dingbang out of the way) Excuse me, I have a treasure to steal! (She hops down the stairs, her accomplices in pursuit. When she reaches the bottom, she squeals in delight and picks up a pair of gold bars) I can afford to build 100 Bella Bellissima concert halls, and I will sing in every one! (She squeals excitedly again)
Garfield: What a ridiculous waste of money, especially when you could be spending it all on donuts. (He rubs his tummy)
Dingbang: (clenching his fists angrily) Some of these artifacts are thousands of years old. They belong in a museum. (He and his friends head down the stairs. Garfield stares in awe of the statues, and the camera focuses on them)
Nermal: These statues look so lifelike. It’s almost as if they were real warriors turned to stone. (Some of the statues do resemble real warriors. Some hold swords, some shields, but they all look like they were cowering in fear before getting literally petrified)
Jon: Gasp!
Dingbang: The eye of the dragon! It’s the fabled Diamond of Futcanglong! (Jon and the pets gasp in awe)
Bella: The diamond! That is what I must have! (She and her cats run up the dragon’s back, which just so happens to double as a flight of stairs) The biggest diamond the world has ever known! (They wind up the spiral staircase and eventually reach the top. The diamond glints in front of her, and she grabs it, trying to pry it free)
Siamese Cats: Meow! (They stand on either side of their master and pull as well, but are unsuccessful in dislodging the gemstone)
Bella: Voldo, (The camera focuses on the henchman, who hops on the path and starts running up to his boss) come and help me get this diamond!
Voldo: Yes, Ms. Bella.
Bella: Pass me that big ugly vase! (She points at a vase on the stairs. Voldo grabs it and continues climbing. Dingbang, now furious, tries to stop them, but Jon holds his arm out, stopping the boy from doing anything. Voldo soon reaches the top, and he passes the vase to his boss, who tries smashing it against the giant gem. This, too, fails to accomplish anything) I want the diamond! (She rubs it with her hands, and it begins to shine brightly, blinding her and the Siamese twins) AAAAHH!
Dingbang: “Stare not into the Eye of Futcanglong. It has defeated entire armies”.
Garfield: That’s what the Old Master told us.
Nermal: These statues, that’s an army! Do you think that they were once treasure seekers? Whimpers
Odie: Hmm, I don’t know.
Dingbang: Everyone, close your eyes, now! (He and the pets shield their eyes. Jon, however, doesn’t)
Jon: It’s so beautiful… I can’t…
Garfield: Oh… (He jumps up and covers Jon’s eyes)
(On Futcanglong’s head, Bella, Siam, and Tyham stare longingly at the shining diamond)
Bella: I can’t take my eyes off the diamond… (Voldo, standing behind his boss, notices the heroes covering their eyes. He does the same as the diamond shines more brightly)
Jon, Dingbang, and the pets: AAAAAHH! (They are knocked off-balance by the diamond’s shine. When it finally stops, Voldo shakes his head, regaining his bearings)
Voldo: Gasp! (In front of him, Bella and her felines have been turned to stone) Ms. Bella, are you OK? Ms. Bella! (He cries softly)
Jon: We’re alive!
Garfield: (pulling Odie back onto the path) That’s debatable. (The vault starts shaking)
Garfield and Nermal: AAH! AAH!
Dingbang: The vault is going to collapse any second! Let’s get out of here! (Large rocks start falling from the ceiling)
Jon: Run! (He takes off up the stairs, with Dingbang, Nermal, Odie, and Garfield not far behind)
Nermal: YAAAAAAAHHH!
Garfield: YAAAAHHHH! (Jon, Dingbang, and Nermal return to their booby-trapped cave from earlier. Jon holds the door open as the boy and kitten pass. Odie, who was looking behind him, stops at the entrance. He sees the Flabby Tabby caught under a fallen rock) I’m stuck! Somebody help!
Odie: Bark! Bark! (Jon strains to keep the door open as long as possible. Odie runs back to save his friend) Bark! (Garfield struggles to get himself free when Odie holds his tongue out for him) Bark! (Garfield grabs it and Odie pulls. The former is soon freed and flies through the open door)
Garfield: Whoa! (He lands with a boing in the cave) I think this would be an excellent time to… (shouting) GET OUT OF HERE! (He gets up and runs, the loyal pup chases after him)
(While Jon was trying to hold the door open, he sees Voldo on the other side)
Jon: Come on! You can make it! (He holds his hand out to him)
Voldo: I can’t leave Ms. Bella all by herself! (Voldo returns to the vault. Jon, suddenly determined, follows him)
(Meanwhile, Dingbang and the pets flee for their lives as a cloud of dust chases them out the door they came in)
Garfield: YAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHH!
Nermal: YAAAHHH!
(They all manage to escape, panting heavily or–in Odie’s case–coughing violently and struggling for breath. Garfield gets a concerned look on his face as he realizes that Jon wasn’t with them. They all turn to face the dust cloud)
Garfield: Jon! (He reaches toward the dust for his friend, but the doors close behind them)
Dingbang: The doors have shut for good now. (They all stand surprised as Voldo and Jon emerge from the dust, Voldo holding Bella’s statue, and Jon holding the Siamese cats. They hack and wheeze from the dust, and Jon falls over) I know it is silly, but I can’t help feeling sorry for her.
Nermal: And those two Siamese cats, too, however rotten they were.
Garfield: Yeah, no one deserves to become like that.
Odie: (hoarsely) Bark! Grunts (Voldo holds the statues of his boss and her pets)
Jon: (walking up to Dingbang) I don’t even know how to thank you for taking good care of my pets. (Odie, meanwhile, is still yakking and wheezing)
Garfield: Ahem, dinner’s a good start. (He winks at Jon)
Odie: Cough! Cough! (He shakes his body. Garfield notices the state of his puppy rescuer and walks up to him)
Garfield: Odie, you got something stuck in your throat? (He pats the selfless dog a couple of times on the back when something gets launched out of Odie’s mouth)
Odie: Hack! (A trio of coins shoots out of his throat and lands on the ground in front of them. Dingbang picks them up)
Jon: Coins from inside the vault! Is there enough there for dinner?
Dingbang: These are priceless. It is a national treasure and belongs in a Chinese museum (Garfield starts grinning. Odie looks at him) where my people can enjoy it!
Nermal: All right! (Garfield opens Odie’s mouth and peeks inside for more valuables. Nothing else was found)
(Later that night, a plane flies overhead. Inside the plane, from the viewer’s left to right, sits Odie, Garfield, Nermal, and Jon)
Jon: Well, the dim sum was great, but I hope I NEVER have to go through anything like THAT again!
Odie: Uh-huh! (He glares and nods at Garfield for getting him stuck in the box and sent off in the first place)
Garfield: Sigh I’m gonna miss Dingbang. He’s a good kid, and China was a lot of fun.
Odie: Mutters cough, cough, mutters
Garfield: (turning to Nermal) Odie’s right, (He turns back to Odie) except for the part where people were trying to destroy us.
Odie: Right! (In the background, Jim Davis looks at the audience smiling)
Nermal: (angrily) Well I’m still waiting for an apology.
Garfield: An apology? For what?
Nermal: (counting on his fingers) For sending me there in a box, for abandoning me in the airport, for throwing me out of a 50-story window, for pushing me…
Garfield: (interrupting Nermal’s rant) Nermal, if it’ll make you feel any better, I apologize.
Nermal: (caught completely off-guard) You… you do? Wow, Garfield, that’s the first time you've ever done that. It almost makes up for the whole experience.
Garfield: Well, I’m glad you feel that way, Nermal. (whispering secretly to Odie) Remind me when we get to the airport back home, I’ll have a package I need to ship to Abu Dhabi.
Odie: Snickers
(The camera shifts to the back of the plane as it takes the heroes home)
(Back at the Great Wall, Voldo sits with the petrified singer and her felines)
Voldo: (looking up at Bella) There’s something I always wanted to tell you. (He gets up, stands in front of the statues, and shouts) YOU! CAN’T! SING! (His voice is so loud that their statues start cracking, and the villains return to normal)
Bella: WHAT? DID? YOU? JUST? SAY ABOUT MY SINGING??! (Siam and Tyham are quick to bare their claws again and zip up to Voldo) You’re gonna regret this, Voldo! (Seeing his predicament, Voldo flees. Bella and the cats follow, the opera singer screaming as they run up and down hills and this adventure comes to a close)
THE END