Perfect Pizza ( Razzia sur la pizza) is the 10thUS/3rdEU episode from the first season of The Garfield Show.
Synopsis[]
Mama Meany's Pizza Palace, a new pizzeria in town that produces inedible food at low prices, threatens to shut down Garfield's favourite establishment, Vito's Pizza.
Plot[]
Garfield and Odie are becoming impatient waiting for a pizza Jon has ordered. Just as he feels himself becoming weak, Garfield hears the doorbell ring, and after tackling Jon for the pizza, he brings it to the dining table. Upon trying a slice, he finds himself unable to bite into it, and that it tastes disgusting when he consumes it whole. He notices that the pizza is from Mama Meany's Pizza Palace as opposed to their usual, Vito's Pizza, with Jon announcing that he had a coupon for the former. Garfield, dissatisfied, physically drags Jon to take him to Vito's. There, Vito reveals to Jon that business has been terrible as Mama Meany's coupons, prizes and contests are stealing customers away. Mama Meany appears, and tells Vito to sell his business, the latter of which refuses.
Vito protests Meany's methodology; back at his pizzeria, he demonstrates how pizza should traditionally be made. Mama Meany retorts by presenting the mechanized process of his modern and cost-efficient machine, the Pizzagrande 7000. Having compared processes, Jon initially proclaims that he will never buy from Mama Meany's again, but the offer of huge discounts and a competition with a big cash prize convinces him otherwise. Vito, feeling dejected, returns to his pizzeria as Meany loudly asserts that he will buy Vito's restaurant to tear it down. There, Vito receives a call from famous food reviewer, Eddie Gourmand, who propositions that if a large pepperoni pizza is delivered to his home at 747 Waffle Street within half an hour, and he enjoys it, Vito's restaurant will be recommended to millions.
Vito is enthralled with the opportunity, and forces Jon to deliver the pizza as his truck is broken. Mama Meany realizes the depth of the situation and uses his own truck to chase after Jon's car. Seeing this, Vito hitches a ride from a motorcyclist to follow. Mama Meany attempts to run Jon off the road, and eventually cutting him off, he orders Vito's pizza be handed over. While Mama Meany is distracted, Garfield sneaks into Meany's van and lifts the brake, causing the vehicle to slide downhill and crash into a lamp post, giving Jon and Garfield time to escape. Though the pursuit continues, Garfield uses pizza he stole from Meany's van to throw backwards; the pizza ends up sticking to the truck's windshield, and ultimately, it crashes.
Distracted, Jon crashes through a barrier, and by fortune, they land at 747 Waffle Street with Vito arriving almost simultaneously. Jon grabs the wrong pizza by mistake and gives it to Eddie, who declares it the worst pizza he has ever tasted. Only after Garfield gives Gourmand the correct pizza, does he notice the one he ate was from Mama Meany's Pizza Palace. Eddie ends up reviewing Vito's as "the best pizza on the planet", which allows Vito's business to become hugely successful while Mama Meany's goes out of business. In return for their help, Vito allows Jon and Garfield free pizza, a power Garfield quickly takes advantage of.
Characters[]
Main Characters[]
Major Characters[]
Minor Characters[]
- Odie
- Motorcycle rider
- Little Girl
Trivia[]
- The background music from the first part of the chase scene would later be played in "Fame Fatale", "Farm Fresh Feline", and as background music for the song "Smart Cat" in "Jon 2".
- In the second part of the chase scene, the show's theme song is played.
- At the beginning of the episode, Vito's Pizzeria was in its standard theme. Near the end, it was painted with a big neon sign that says "Vito".
Goofs[]
- When Odie is pacing impatiently, a pizza box is next to the TV set. In the shot where Garfield purposely falls to the ground, the box is in front of the TV. In the scene where Jon runs out of the kitchen, the pizza box is back to the side of the TV.
- When Garfield grabs the pizza box from Mama Meany's Employee, his hand fazes through the wall.
- The employee's hat is not seen in the door window while Jon is running.
- When Garfield jumps onto the table, the slice of pizza he ate reappears in the pizza.
- When Garfield falls off the chair, the pizza box was fully opened. In the shot where Garfield jumps onto the table, the box is only halfway opened.
Other languages[]
Language | Title | Translation |
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French | Razzia sur la pizza | Pizza Raid |
German | Pizzakrieg | Pizza War |
Italian | Il re della pizza | The king of pizza |
Spanish | La Pizza Perfecta | The Perfect Pizza |
Portuguese | A Pizza Perfeita | The Perfect Pizza |
Polish | Pizza doskonaĆa | Perfect Pizza |
Japanese | ăăŒăă§ăŻăă»ă㶠| Perfect Pizza |
Hungarian | A tökéletes pizza | The Perfect Pizza |