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Orange and Black (FRFlag Catzilla) is the 3rdUS/11thEU episode of first season of The Garfield Show.

Synopsis[]

It's Halloween and Garfield has dressed up as Catzilla, a fierce wild cat, to go out trick or treating. He has painted stripes on his fur and added false teeth to complete his disguise. But what he doesn't know is that the real Catzilla has escaped from the zoo, and the neighbors are terrified of running into him. Garfield is busy trick or treating, going from door to door to collect candy.

Plot[]

On Halloween night, Garfield is woken up by trick-or-treaters at the door. He reluctantly answers, and instead of giving, takes some candy from them. Eventually, he eats all the candy from the candy bowl, prompting Jon Arbuckle to go and buy some more. Jon finds that the only candy they have left is some taffy from the previous Halloween, and tells Garfield to not eat them.

Garfield decides he can get more candy by trick or treating, and tries to decide on a costume. While brainstorming ideas for a costume, he overhears the TV news woman talking about Catzilla, a terrifying feline stated to be the only known surviving descendant of the saber-toothed cat lineage (inaccurately referred to as Saber-Toothed Tiger in the episode) that lives at the zoo. Garfield makes his Catzilla costume using black paint for stripes and the tusks from a toy walrus as teeth. He then tries to make himself more hostile to fit the personality. To do this, he tries to imagine three scenarios that would enrage him, ranging from Vito sadly announcing he's out of pepperoni toppings, a gym instructor trying to encourage him to go on a diet, to Nermal moving into their home and rubbing it in, the latter of which does the trick.

As Garfield goes out, Jon turns on the television for the news, and discovers that Catzilla has escaped from its cage. Meanwhile, Garfield finds that people are terrified of him, and he is able to get candy easily. Although he is unable to get the one candy he really craves: peanut brittle. People soon report Garfield, and the police arrive to capture him. Garfield manages to escape back home, where he tries to alert Jon. Arbuckle and Odie see him, and assume he is Catzilla. Jon reports the situation, and Garfield is captured to be taken to the zoo. In the commotion, no one except Garfield sees the real Catzilla sneaking into Jon's house.

At the zoo, Garfield tries in vain to escape, until he realizes he has to take out the "teeth" to get them to see him. A zookeeper notices he is not Catzilla, and Garfield is freed. In a panic, he rushes back home to warn Jon and Odie. Meanwhile, Catzilla starts to hunt the two by stealing a plate of food meant for Odie to lure one of them to the kitchen. Arbuckle then goes there where he finds Catzilla, and is chased around with Odie. Garfield arrives home shortly and is chased with the other two. This causes a looped chase around the first floor of the house until Catzilla decides to break the loop and ambush them on the third loop cornering them. As the three cowered in fear of being eaten, Garfield then noticed the taffy from earlier, and quickly tells Odie to unwrap them. Catzilla then lunges right as Garfield throws the taffy at the beast's jaws, which closes them shut. The police soon capture it, and Catzilla is returned to the zoo. The next day, Jon and his pets visit Catzilla at the zoo, while the zookeeper informs them of Catzilla’s diet, which includes various delicious foods. Including Garfield's long-desired peanut brittle for dessert. Delighted, Garfield decides to join Catzilla for a meal.

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Trivia[]

  • Cartoon Network aired this episode in the U.S. as a sneak preview on October 31, 2009, two days before the series' official premiere in the country.
  • During the scene where Garfield runs out of the zoo, a hand is shown waving to the camera.
  • This is the first time where Garfield says "Get me an attorney! Get me an attorney named Murray!". The next two from the next season will be "The Spy Who Fed Me" and "Pampered Pussycat".

Goofs[]

  • When animal control was searching for Garfield, thinking he was Catzilla, an officer stated that they were going to ship him to a zoo in Siberia. Later on in the episode, that never happens, and he gets shipped to his city's local zoo instead.
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