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(The episode opens above Jon’s neighborhood. Inside, Liz’s niece Heather kisses her new cat, Fuzzbutton on the couch as Liz, Jon, Garfield, and Odie are all gathered in the living room watching)
Heather: Kiss Kiss (Inside, Heather embraces her new kitty) My sweet kitty! (She hugs Fuzzbutton, though the cat hates every second of this) I love, I LOVE you so much! Kiss
Jon: That niece of yours LOVES that cat.
Liz: I’ll say. Heather’s ALWAYS hugging Fuzzbutton and cuddling her. (Fuzzbutton loosens herself from Heather’s grip and stares angrily at her)
Garfield: So, er, Fuzzbutton, (He puts his paw to his lips like he’s whispering something to Odie) how are you adjusting to life as a house pet?
Odie: Snickers quietly
Fuzzbutton: (pointing at Garfield) Don’t call me Fuzzbutton! I am Neferkitty, leader of the Cat-People, and soon to be ruler of this world! (Heather pokes the blue cat’s nose, much to her displeasure)
Odie: Hmm?
Garfield: You don’t remember that episode?
Odie: (shaking his head no) Uh-uh. (Garfield sighs and zips in front of the TV)
Garfield: To those of you who missed that cartoon, let me bring you up to speed. (He presses a button on the remote, turning the TV on) Now I want you to pay attention, I'm only gonna do this once. (The TV shows static, old-time movie countdown, and a few scenes from the episode Curse of the Cat People. Garfield inhales deeply and recounts the main events of the Season 1 episode. The TV plays Liz and Heather showing Jon the box with the magic mirror and Odie licking it) Liz and her niece Heather came back from a trip to Egypt with a souvenir mirror that turned out to have magical powers which my good pal Odie here discovered by accident. (Garfield and Odie are shown getting sucked in and landing in the alternate dimension) The mirror was actually a portal to ancient Egypt and the kingdom of Cat-Ra. Odie and I were sucked into this world through the portal which is where we first met Fuzzbutton, I mean, Neferkitty. (Garfield and Odie are apprehended by the Cat People and the curtains part revealing Neferkitty) She tried to enslave us for all eternity so she could wage a war on mankind giving cats total domination over people. (Garfield is unwillingly prodded into a sarcophagus, Neferkitty locks it, and the hieroglyphs show the Cat People ruling over the people people) I told her, “Cats already dominated,” but she didn’t believe me. (Neferkitty, Garfield, and Odie get sucked through the portal) So I tricked her into following me back through the portal into Jon’s living room where she would have no power, then I destroyed the mirror (Garfield knocks the mirror off the table onto the floor, smashing it) leaving her stranded in this world where she was quickly adopted by Heather (The young girl holds her new cat and hugs her) who assumed she was just another stray cat! (Liz, Heather, and Fuzzbutton drive away, and the TV clicks off. Garfield leans against his chair, exhausted from the narration) Gasp! OK, back to our story. (He tosses the remote behind him onto his chair. With the viewers informed, he heads back over to the others)
Fuzzbutton: Be afraid, Garfield, be very afraid!
Garfield: (sounding cocky) Of what? You can’t do anything without that magic mirror. It’s broken, Fuzzbutton.
Jon: Hey Liz, you remember that mirror you and Heather brought back on that trip to Egypt?
Liz: You mean the one that got smashed to smithereens?
Jon: As good as new! (He holds up the shattered mirror. It appears to be repaired, minus the spider-web crack in its center) All it took was a little glue and a lot of patience.
Fuzzbutton: (excitedly) The mirror! (She waves her paws at it) I am saved! Saved from a life as, ugh, Fuzzbutton.
Garfield: OK, now I’m VERY afraid.
Jon: (setting the mirror down) I’d better go check on the lasagna. (Liz and Heather follow)
Liz: I’ll lend you a hand. (Once the humans are gone, Garfield reaches for the mirror. Fuzzbutton tries to prevent this by shoving the end table into him)
Fuzzbutton: Back off, vermin! (They push the table back and forth. Fuzzbutton gets one mighty shove in and knocks Garfield over. She gets on the table and grabs the mirror)
Garfield: Not if I can help it! (He claps his paws together. Heather comes running)
Heather: Oh look, the kitties are playing! (With Fuzzbutton distracted, Garfield swipes the mirror)
Garfield: You’re outta luck, Fuzzbutton! I’m breaking it again! (He races off through the front pet door. Fuzzbutton chases him)
Heather: Hey! (She too follows the cats. Garfield gets back in through the window and stands beside the TV next to Odie)
Garfield: Hm. (He raises the mirror to smash it once and for all, but Fuzzbutton pilfers it) Grunts Wha-? (Odie points at her, who stands on the TV)
Fuzzbutton: Nice try, Fatso. The magic mirror is mine!
Garfield: You’re forgetting something! As I recall from the first episode, the magic doesn’t work unless Odie licks the mirror! And Odie’s not stupid enough to lick the mirror again.
Fuzzbutton: Laughs evilly (She zips off to test Garfield’s theory)
Garfield: (while glancing at his claws) Are you, Odie? Odie? (He turns his attention to Odie and Fuzzbutton, the latter holding the mirror in front of the dumb dog like a chewtoy)
Odie: Bark! Bark! Slurp! (He unintentionally licks the mirror. Garfield watches, dumbfounded)
Garfield: (to the audience) OK, so he IS that stupid. (He runs up toward Fuzzbutton, but she hops on the end table away from him and holds the mirror up. It shines and four guards stand in the living room with them, one fatter with lighter blue fur than the others, who look identical to each other. The fat cat person was also Odie’s jailer during the first episode, so he shall be called Cat Guard)
Cat Guard: The high priestess of Cat-Ra! (He and the others bow)
Cat Person 1: At long last, your majesty. (Garfield and Odie stand nearby, worried)
Fuzzbutton: Now, my loyal subjects, bring me my magic scepter. (The mirror shines, and Cat Person 1 leaps through it. A few seconds pass, and Fuzzbutton taps her foot impatiently before her servant returns with a pile of her things. He grabs her crown and hands it to her. She grabs it and her other jewelry and puts it on) THIS is more like it. (She holds up her staff) Behold, Garfield, the finger of Osiris… (Odie covers his eyes with his ears and whimpers as she says this)
Jon: (from the kitchen) Garfield! Odie? I was about to… (Fuzzbutton zaps him and Liz with her magic scepter. They are instantly turned into stone statues doing Ancient Egyptian poses)
Garfield: Liz? Jon? (He runs up to them and tries to get their attention by hopping in front of them and waving his arms) Hello? Are you in there? (Angrily, he points at Fuzzbutton) You turn him right back this second! He hasn’t made my dinner yet! Huh? (An unsuspecting Heather walks in)
Heather: Auntie Liz, have you seen Fuzzbutton?
Fuzzbutton: Don’t… call… me… FUZZBUTTON! (With a quick flash of lightning, Heather too is turned to stone)
Odie: Whimpers
Garfield: Wow! Do you have a permit for that thing? (He hides behind Odie) Hang on there, boy! Looks like we’re next!
Odie: Whimpers
Fuzzbutton: (Now Neferkitty) The finger’s magic only works on humans, or else you and your idiot jackal would’ve already been turned to stone. (She reaches into the mirror…) Even I amaze, too. (Pulls out her Ancient Egyptian headdress and puts it on. She speaks to the Cat Guard) And DON’T let that mirror out of your sight.
Cat Guard: (bowing) As you wish, great Neferkitty.
Neferkitty: Now, I have a WORLD to conquer! Every single miserable little human will be turned into a statue! (Odie and Garfield quake with fear as they stand next to Jon and Liz)
Odie: Whimpers
Garfield: AAAHHH!
Neferkitty: Laughs sinisterly (She and her servants leave, except for the fat one, who stays to guard the mirror)
Garfield: Are you REALLY gonna stare at that magic mirror all day? (Behind him, Odie looks up at Liz and Jon)
Cat Guard: Great Neferkitty commanded me.
Garfield: You see, I think she meant the OTHER magic mirror. (He walks past the Cat Guard)
Cat Guard: “OTHER magic mirror”?
Garfield: I’ll show ya. (Intrigued, the Cat Guard takes Garfield up on his offer and follows)
(Outside, Herman Post is making his daily rounds on the mail route)
Herman Post: Time to deliver the mail to the Arbuckle house. What AWFUL thing will happen to me today? (Neferkitty strikes) YAAHH! (The mailman is turned to stone)
Neferkitty: It’s good to be ME again. (She purrs to herself evilly as two joggers run by, unfazed by the life-like statue they just passed. The joggers, along with several other people, are turned to stone. Despite this, Neferkitty looks frustrated. She taps her foot, and one of her servants asks what is the matter)
Cat Person 1: Something wrong, oh great Neferkitty? (He and the others bow in reverence)
Neferkitty: I still have seven billion more humans to turn into statues! I will need a high vantage point. (She looks around her, and spots the TV antenna on the TV network building)
(Back at Jon’s house, Garfield is showing Cat Guard the “OTHER magic mirror”, the magic looky box called the TV. Odie stands on the other side, occasionally muttering quietly)
Garfield: See? (He holds up the remote to Cat Guard, who sits in the chair) You change channels with this magic wand, and the magic mirror takes you all over the world. (The TV shows a station with a cat passing out due to its disgusting cat food)
Cat Guard: That’s cool! Can I try it?
Garfield: Of course! Be my guest! (Cat Guard starts pressing buttons and eventually finds the news station. The Anchorwoman is on the scene)
Anchorwoman: I’m coming to you from downtown where more people have been mysteriously turned into stone. (The Anchorwoman’s camera zeroes in on Vito) The latest victim has been identified as…
Garfield: Vito! (The Anchorwoman continues her report in the background) But…but…how can he make pizza if he’s turned into stone?! OK, (A train whistle is heard, as the fat feline fumes) now she’s gone too far! Hey, (Cat Guard looks at him) I'll give you popcorn if you tell me how to cancel the power of that magic wand. (Cat Guard smiles at the mention of the word “popcorn”)
Cat Guard: You would need the Toe of Anubis to do that. (He covers his mouth) Gasp! Oops! I shouldn’t have told you that. Then again, you’ll never find it. It’s hidden in our pyramid, and only Neferkitty can use it. Popcorn, please. Extra butter.
Garfield: Only Neferkitty, huh? (He looks at the other things that Cat Person 1 pulled through the magic mirror. This gets the wheels turning in his head) Hmm… (he grabs one of the extra Pharaoh crowns and addresses the audience) Now, I need that can of blue paint in the garage. C’mon! Oh, but first, I have to make popcorn. (He runs into the kitchen with the Pharaoh crown still in his hands)
(Later, with Cat Guard distracted by the TV in front of him and bowl of popcorn in his lap, Garfield stands in the living room showing Odie his new look: he has painted himself completely in periwinkle blue paint and decorated himself with various jewelry that Cat Person 1 had retrieved earlier, making himself look somewhat like Neferkitty)
Odie: Hmm?
Garfield: Not bad. And now the final touch!
Odie: Mutters angrily (Garfield puts on the crown he had earlier. Odie finds Garfield’s new look rather amusing) Laughs (The Flabby Tabby, however, is having none of it. He roughly shoves Odie into the fireplace) OH! (A cloud of soot covers the area) Wow! (Once the pup emerges, he is covered in black ash and soot, except for his eyes)
Garfield: You’ll be my pet jackal! (He puts a headdress on Odie that somewhat resembles big ears)
Odie: Moan… (He and Garfield walk over to the repaired mirror on the end table)
Garfield: Let’s cross over into their world and bring back that toe thingy-bobby. (Odie licks the mirror)
Odie: Slurp! (The portal activates, and he and the fat cat pirouette into the mirror. The camera follows them as they fall from the sky in this alternate dimension)
Garfield and Odie: AAAHHHH! (They both land with a thud on the sand dunes) Ow! (Garfield looks up at the pyramid they saw the last time they were here)
Garfield: Look, Odie. The Temple of Cat-Ra!
Odie: Wow!
(Inside, they notice a trio of Cat People around a giant statue of what looks like Garfield and Odie. The pets look at each other for a moment and Garfield steps out to address them. One of them notices the cat and dog duo)
Cat Person 2: Neferkitty, is that really you? (The other two look up at Garfield. The fat cat makes a gesture at Odie telling him to stay back)
Garfield: (in a disguised voice) Of course! Why do you even ask? (As he says this, he walks toward them on his wiggly toes. Another Cat Person, this one also fatter than his friends, seems suspicious)
Cat Person 3: Well, you seem a little fatter. (Garfield and Odie stop for a second. The Tubby Tabby looks at and holds his tummy)
Odie: Mutters
Cat Person 2: And not quite as pretty.
Cat Person 3: And a lot older. (Garfield, still holding his stomach, quickly ends the roasting session)
Garfield: (in a disguised voice) OK, quickly, bring me that Toe of Anubis. (He points toward a wall. As he says this, Odie looks at Garfield’s gut and quietly giggles to himself) I need it to finish conquering mankind.
Odie: Snickers (Garfield, however, is not amused. He glares at the pup angrily)
Cat Person 3: All right. (The three cats bow before Garfield) I guess it is our long lost High Priestess. (Garfield and Odie smile, thinking that their ruse worked) Throw her and the pet jackal in the dungeon! (Evidently it worked a little too well. The Cat Person raises his spear and points at the heroes)
Garfield and Odie: Huh?
Garfield: (regular voice) Yeah, but what… (he runs in place, stammering as he does so, as more Cat People appear from all sides ready to capture him and Odie) c’mon pet jackal! Run! (He and Odie try to escape)
Odie: Barks worriedly
Garfield: We can’t go home without the Toe of Anubis, Odie. (The soon realize that the room they are in has Cat People at every exit, and they are soon surrounded)
Cat People: Meow!
Garfield: Yipe!
Cat Person 3: She and the jackal will spend the rest of their lives in the dungeon! (They close is with spears ready to strike)
Garfield: Guys! Guys! Guys! There’s been a mistake! (He tosses his headdress away) I’m not Neferkitty, OK? (He rubs the paint off his arm) I’m Garfield! Look! (He shows everyone his distinct orange fur on his arm and grins nervously. The Cat People stop their attack)
Cat People: Oh! It’s Garfield!
Cat Person 2: You freed us from Neferkitty when you lured her into YOUR world.
Cat Person 3: Now that she is gone, we can do all these things that we weren’t allowed to do. We can even take naps!
Garfield: Yawn. Yeah, naps are great, aren’t they? (Odie is still a little scared, as his knees shake, but after seeing Garfield stop their advance, Odie’s legs stop quivering) Hey, uh, can I have the Toe of Anubis, (He raises his foot, points at it, and wiggles one of his toes) please? I, uh, have to get back to Earth and stop Neferkitty for good.
Odie: (while nodding) Mm-hmm.
Cat Person 3: Sure. (He pulls out a staff from behind his back and hands it to Garfield, who takes it)
Garfield: Thanks, fellas. Odie, let’s go home.
Odie: Right!
(After getting the paint–or in Odie’s case, soot–off themselves, Garfield and Odie climb up the statue from the earlier episode and Odie licks the mirror in the statue’s paw, reopening the vortex. Garfield–who still has a big smile on his face–waves good-bye to the liberated cats)
Cat People: Good-bye, Garfield! (With their objective complete, Garfield and Odie leap through the portal. Just like in the first episode, they both get slammed into the living room ceiling so hard that they leave cat and dog shaped prints in the dried paint)
Odie: Yowl!
Garfield: Moan (They both land hard on the living room floor. Garfield shakes his head, collecting himself, and Odie sits upright. They both notice the Cat Guard, who is still watching TV, crying)
Cat Guard: Cries (The Tubby Tabby and big-hearted beagle approach him)
Garfield: What’s wrong? Was Nermal on some show?
Cat Guard: Melinda broke up with Jack as he was walking her to the altar! (He cries some more)
Garfield: There, there, don’t believe everything you see in this mirror, especially politicians and ads for stuff that regrows hair. (A special news cast starts on TV. Garfield and Odie turn to watch it, both with looks of concern on their faces)
Anchorwoman: (on TV) We have reports that a blue cat wearing an Egyptian headdress is responsible for turning people into stone. (On the night streets of the city, the Anchorwoman’s cameraman zooms in on the dog catching duo of Al and Pete) The city has dispatched animal control specialists to deal with it.
Pete: “Animal control specialists”?
Al: That’s us, Pete. It's a fancy word for “dog catcher”.
Anchorwoman: Perhaps they can stop people from being turned to stone. (At that exact moment, the Anchorwoman herself is turned to stone. The cameraman points his camera at the evil feline)
Neferkitty: Chuckles evilly
Al: Grunt There she is, Pete! (Neferkitty and her aides look over at Al and Pete) The blue one!
Pete: Yeah! She can’t stop us from catching her, Al! (They both race to catch her, but she whips her wand they too are turned to statues)
Neferkitty: Yes I can! (She stands next to petrified Pete) To the rooftop! From there, I can send my energy out to the entire city and then the WORLD! (Back at the house, the Cat Guard is loving every minute of this. Garfield and Odie, on the other hand, know they need to react quickly)
Garfield: Odie, we need to get there before they turn everyone to stone! (Odie nods) But first, let’s see if this thing even works. (Garfield tests it on Jon, Liz, and Heather. Instantly, all three of them turn to normal)
Jon: Oh! Sigh (He holds his head) What was that? (Liz rubs her arm)
Liz: Gasp! Good heavens! Is everyone OK?
Heather: That was a very bad kitty! (With the test successful, Garfield and Odie race out the front pet door to stop the priestess)
(They reach Vito’s pizzeria, where the chef/owner stands in stone)
Garfield: Vito’s gonna owe me a LOOOOOT of pizzas for this. (He winks at the audience as Odie pants behind him. Garfield turns Vito back to normal as well)
(They both run down the street, passing a few more people as they do, including Pete and Al. Odie spots something on the TV building)
Odie: Bark! (He pants)
Garfield: You’re right. There she is! (He points at Neferkitty, who is on top of the building)
Neferkitty: I will now use my wand to send its powerful energy across the entire land, turning everyone instantly to stone! At long last, the cat people will rule the Earth! (Garfield launches a shot from his own wand and–with deadly precision–hits Neferkitty’s staff) AAHH! Who did that?
Garfield: (shouting) I did! (He wiggles his fingers) With my little Toe of Anubis!
Neferkitty: The Toe of Anubis? But…but that’s impossible!
Garfield: (shouting) Sorry about that, Fuzzbutton!
Neferkitty: DON’T CALL ME…oh never mind. Get them, you fools!
Cat Aides: (in unison) Yes, great Neferkitty.
Odie: Whimpers
Garfield: Yeah, I know they’re coming for us, but I'm not worried! (He turns around with the staff in hand and runs for the dog catchers) Chuckles (With the wand’s magic, he turns Al and Pete human again) Guys, I have a job for you! (Garfield takes off for the TV station building. Al and Pete look at each other with confused looks)
(By this time, Neferkitty and her guards have reached the bottom floor. All of them step outside through the revolving door)
Neferkitty: Find them! Find them and destroy them! (At that moment, a net catches her and her aides)
Pete: Got ‘em!
Garfield: (while standing nearby) Gee, I'm really gonna miss her. (Odie sticks his tongue out and nods)
(By now, Neferkitty and the guards have been caught and thrown in the back of Al and Pete’s van. The priestess grabs the bars on the back window and screams as the van drives off)
Neferkitty: I’ll GET you for this! You haven’t seen the LAST of me!
(The next day, in the kennel, Neferkitty and her guards bang or hold the bars of their cages. Two of the guards share a cage, one guard is alone in a cage, and Neferkitty gets the wide cage at the end of the room)
Neferkitty: I WILL have my revenge! (She clenches her fist) The world shall be MINE! (She clenches her fist again) As for Garfield, I shall personally… (She is interrupted by a familiar, but unwelcome, voice)
Heather: There she is! (Heather has come to get her cat. Al walks over to retrieve Neferkitty)
Neferkitty: (with her paws on her head) NOOOOOOO! Anything but HER! (Garfield and Odie run in to witness this moment)
Heather: Smooch smooch smooch Fuzzbutton, (She holds Fuzzbutton in her arms. The blue-furred cat struggles to free herself) you’ve been a bad, bad kitty, but I still love you! Yes, I love, love, love my little Fuzzbutton!
Odie: Huh?
Garfield: (turning to Odie) Well, that should be the last we hear from Neferkitty, queen (he makes air quotes with his fingers) of the Cat-People, unless…
Odie: Huh?
Garfield: Unless they decide to do a SEQUEL to this episode!
Odie: Moan! Whine
Garfield: Moan… (Fortunately for the pets, part 3 was never done. And with Fuzzbutton getting royal punishment, this episode reaches its end)
THE END