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Maine Course is an episode from the second season of Garfield and Friends.
Synopsis[]
Jon gets a lobster to cook; he ends up keeping him as a pet.
Plot[]
As Garfield is taking a nap, the doorbell rings repeatedly, prompting the cat to inform Jon about it. The person at the door is a saleswoman from the restaurant "Lobster on Wings", delivering fresh lobster from Jon's Aunt Tilly and Uncle Mitchell. Getting a lobster, the three plan to cook him for dinner.
As Garfield is reading a cookbook on lobster dishes, Jon is about to grab him and cook him. The lobster snaps at Jon's hand and crawls out onto table. The three are shocked that the lobster is still alive. Garfield tries to fight the lobster with a rolling pin, only for the pin to break while Jon gets the boiled water ready. Despite numerous tries to get the lobster, neither Garfield nor Jon have the will to cook him.
Not wanting to eat the lobster, Garfield, Jon and Odie wonder what to do with him. They initially plan on taking the lobster to the aquarium, but the aquarium says it has too many lobsters due to a number of irate customers from "Lobster on Wings". They then agree to adopt the lobster as their pet. Jon names him Therm, after the dish Lobster Thermidor. Once they give him a place to live (a bathtub filled with cold salt water), the three become fond of him and go into a song about how a lobster makes a good pet.
After a while, the three see that Therm is not feeling well. Jon sees that Therm has not eaten anything since arriving at the house, so they proceed to take him home. Getting plane tickets to Maine, the three release him at the beach; once he feels the water, Therm happily heads into the ocean. Garfield admits he is going to miss him, while Jon says they should have a salad bar to honor Therm.
Characters[]
Major characters[]
Minor characters[]
- "Lobsters on Wings" Saleswoman (voiced by Desirée Goyette)
- Aquarium Receptionist (voiced by Gregg Berger)
- Herman Post
- Airport Clerk (voiced by Desirée Goyette)
Songs[]
Trivia[]
Cultural references[]
- The title of the episode alludes to the term "main course", as well as the state of Maine, where lobsters are commonly found for seafood cuisine.
- At the airport, Garfield is dressed like Charlie Brown from Peanuts. When Therm pops out of the pot there, Garfield quotes Charlie Brown's "Good grief!"