Little Yellow Riding Hood (
Chaperon jaune) is the 32ndUS/33rdEU episode from the first season of The Garfield Show.
Synopsis[]
Garfield, Odie and Jon are having a picnic by the lake: it's perfect weather for it. Jon has invited Liz, who has brought a huge cake for dessert! But a last minute guest is about to mess up all their plans! Odie has found a wolf pup in the woods and thinks it's so cute he wants to take care of it.
Plot[]
Garfield and Jon are being chased by a wolf throughout the house when Garfield asks the viewer to pause the scene. He then explains how they got into this mess. In a flashback, Garfield, Jon, Liz, and Odie are having a picnic by the lake. Liz brings a strawberry cheesecake, and Jon warns Garfield not to eat it. Struggling with temptation, Garfield decides to take a nap to avoid eating the cake.
While Garfield naps, Odie finds a hungry baby wolf and brings it back to the picnic. Odie accidentally feeds the baby wolf the cheesecake. Jon and Liz return, and Odie hides the baby wolf in the picnic basket. Seeing the cheesecake gone, Jon blames Garfield, who is baffled by the missing dessert. They head home, unaware that the baby wolf's mother is following them.
At home, Odie hides the baby wolf in the garage while Jon thinks of a punishment for Garfield, still believing he ate the cake. Jon reveals his own elaborate meal and gives Garfield Kitty Crunch cat food. Garfield, feeling wronged and upset, complains about his unjust punishment. Suddenly, the mother wolf appears and chases Jon and Garfield around the house, creating chaos until she finds her baby.
Liz examines the wolves and reveals that the baby wolf ate the cheesecake, clearing Garfield’s name. Jon, feeling remorseful for not believing Garfield, offers to make him a special meal as an apology. As the wolves are returned to the woods, Odie misses the baby wolf, feeling a sense of loss but happy the wolves are reunited.
Characters[]
Main characters[]
Major characters[]
Minor characters[]
- Al (cameo)
Trivia[]
- In this episode, Garfield's voice is slightly higher than normal.
- The animation in this episode is slightly different.
- This is the second time in the series where Garfield gets blamed for eating something after being threatened by Jon to not eat it, following "Curse of the Were-Dog". In both cases, Odie was the true culprit behind the incidents.
- The clip of Jon saying "It's a w-w-w-w..." and Garfield saying "The word you're looking for is 'wolf'," is reused in a different angle for the clip when Jon says "What do we do, Garfield?!" and Garfield saying "I think it's obvious what we do". As a result, Jon and Garfield's mouths do not match what they say.
Cultural references[]
- The episode's title is a spoof of the fairy tale Little Red Riding Hood.
Goofs[]
- When Jon says "that yummy piece of steak," he puts the whole steak in Odie's bowl.