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[The episode starts from Garfield's home]
Narration: The day the rodents take over starts like any other day. Sunny. Peaceful. Things will not be peaceful for long...
Garfield: [Speaking to the mice] I remember we have to convince Jon that I've rid the house of mice. I put you all in the cage so he can see, then after I toss the cage through the window, you go hide in the garage until things cool off. Now any questions?
[Irv, Squeak and Packy all shake their heads no]
Mary Margaret: [speaking fast] I think that you look funny for a mouse. Are you sure you're not a rat? My Uncle Alfred's a rat. Have you ever been to Portugal?
Ratzo: I'm a mouse! I just look like a rat...
[Odie is alerted when heard footsteps coming down the stairs and Jon is walking downstairs]
Odie: Woof!
[Odie alerts Garfield about Jon's presence downstairs]
Garfield: Odie says Jon's coming! Everyone in your places! This idea of yours was brilliant!
Ratzo: All my ideas are.
Jon: [Yawning] I didn't get much sleep. I had this horrible dream about my house being full of mice.
Garfield: Gee... I wonder how that happened.
Jon: But I'm sure by now you've gotten rid of all of... [He waves to the mice and realizes they are there] ...them? [He climbs up the table and chairs to be further away from the mice] Garfield!
Garfield: Time for me to go to work... [He practises himself to become scary to the mice] Growl! Hiss! Growl!
Mice: Oh, help... Save us from the super-efficient mouse-chasing cat! Save us!
Garfield: More growling. Hiss! Hiss!
[Jon scared watches from above Garfield getting rid of the mice out of the house]
Garfield: Hiss! Hiss!
[Squeak is pursued by Garfield then jumps into the cage]
Garfield: Growl! Hiss! At the top of my lungs.
Mice: Don't hurt us, Mr. Cat! We'll go into the cage and leave this lovely house forever!
[Ratzo watches from behind the mice enters the cage]
Ratzo and Cecil: Hahaha!
Garfield: Hiss Hiss! Meow!
Mice: Spare us! We'll never come back!
Garfield: Nice job, guys.
Irv: Anything for you, Garfield!
Jon: You did it, Garfield. You caught all the mice! [The chairs fall out place causing Jon to fall down from above] What are you going to do with them?
Garfield: Out they go! [Garfield carries the cage and throws it outside the window that lands on a pillow] Hahaha!
Ratzo: Heeheehee!
Jon: Garfield, I had no idea you could be so ruthless! I think I'm going to make you a great breakfast.
Garfield: Waffles! [In his imagination] I believe my heroic actions deserve waffles.
Irv: Come on cousin! Open the door and let us out.
Ratzo: Hahaha!
Irv: What's wrong? Why aren't you letting us out of here? Let's just say there's been a little change of plans... cousin.
Mary Margaret: [speaking fast] Are you sure he is your cousin? He doesn't seem very nice to me I think Ratzo is a rat and I don't think he's ever been to Portugal.
Irv: It's starting to look that way.
Ratzo: Hahaha!
[Garfield and Odie are watching the television until Odie hears knocking on the door]
Garfield: Oh, that's just our mouse friends sneaking back into their homes.
[A group of Ratzo's reinforcements are entering Garfield's home]
Ratzo: Right this way, guys! Welcome to your new home!
Garfield: No, you don't smell a rat. Those are our friends. Hey, want a candy?
[Odie nods his head yes and Garfield throws him a candies for him to catch it]
Garfield: Okay, boy, here. Catch! [Odie fails the catch the candy and bounces back to Garfield] Sorry!
Odie: Awww...
Garfield: Okay. I've had my dinner. I've had dessert. It must be time for dinner again! Come on!
[Garfield and Odie run into the kitchen and shocked to see the rats raided the kitchen]
Garfield: My lasagna!
Ratzo: Hahaha! Not anymore!
Garfield: Where's Irv and all the mice?
Ratzo: They don't live here anymore.
Garfield: Who are these guys?
Ratzo: They're your new tenants and there are a lot more of them!
Garfield: You... I... you... I'm gonna...
Ratzo: I'm running this place now. Get in my way and I'll make sure that Arbuckle guy sees me and a couple of my boys here.
Garfield: He'll... he'll cut off my Italian food!
Ratzo: Yeah! I sure hope you'll enjoy your raisins and tofu. You have something to say? [Garfield hesitates to answers] I didn't think so. Now get out of my kitchen!
Garfield: Aah!
[Garfield and Odie both run out of the kitchen]
Garfield: I am not going to take this lying down! So I'm going to go lie down...
[Garfield and Odie both lie down on Jon's bed]
Garfield: There must be a solution for this. There must be.
[Odie freaks out and bounces off the bed]
Garfield: Relax. It's just my stomach rumbling for a lack of food.
Jon: Garfield! I got you a pizza! It's on the dining room table.
Garfield: A pizza! I'm saved! I'm so hungry I'll even eat it if it has anchovies on it and that's pretty hungry.
[Garfield and Odie both run downstairs but stopped running when they see the rats are stealing their food]
Ratzo: It's ours! And it doesn't have anchovies!
Garfield: Now you know why they call them "rats".
Ratzo: Right this way, guys. Welcome!
[Ratzo invites more reinforcements inside the house and Squeak arrived at the house]
Cecil: You're just in time, folks. Your new leader Ratzo is speaking down in the basement.
[Squeak runs downstairs in the basement to see what is happening]
Ratzo: My fellow rodents and gnawers! We started with just a single scrap of cheese and now this entire house is ours to do with as we please. [The rat crew cheered] And why content ourselves with a single house when we could take over the entire neighborhood?
[The rats cheered and Squeak watches in dismay]
Ratzo: This is the time to ask the question! Are we men... or are we mice?
Rats: Neither! We're rats!
Cecil: Hey! There's a mouse infiltrating our meeting!
Rat 1: Hey! Who's that?
Rat 2: I know that mouse! That's Squeak! He lives in this place!
Squeak: Oh... [The group of rats cornering Squeak] Hi! Don't mind me. I was just leaviiiing!
Cecil: Stop him! Don't let him get away!
[Squeak runs out of the basement]
Squeak: Aah!
Ratzo: Hahaha!
[The group of rats managed to capture Squeak before exits the house]
Squeak: Oh, no, please!
Cecil: What do we do with him now, boss?
Ratzo: Lock him up with the others. Hello rats! Tonight is the night we take over the neighborhood!
[The rats are cheering and hides from view when Jon is walking downstairs]
Ratzo: Phew!
Jon: I just came down to say goodnight, guys. And thank you, Garfield, for doing such a great job ridding this house of rodents.
[The rats are watching from behind Jon speaking to Garfield and Odie]
Jon: There's probably isn't a rodent within a mile of this place. Nice work!
[The rats re-appear when Jon walks out of the living room]
[The rats are seen stealing household appliances and electronic devices from the houses of the neighborhood]
Ratzo: Hey! Somebody get something for lunch tomorrow! [The rats are seen taking a turkey meal inside the house] And don't forget the cranberry sauce!
[Daytime begins with Herman Post driving his work truck]
Anchorwoman: And police are investigating the rash of burglaries last night. Dozens of homes were robbed of furniture, appliances, and even a roast turkey with cranberry sauce. One of those burglarized was Ms. Edna Shoehorn. Ms. Shoehorn, can you tell us exactly what was taken?
Edna Shoehorn: I sure can. Well, for one thing, whoever they were they took my good frying pan. It was blue steel and it had a white handle on it. [Herman notices the blue frying pan being taken inside the house through the cat flap] And they also took a trophy that I won when I was eleven years old for spelling 'Antidisestablishmentarianism'. Would you like to hear me spell it because I can?
[Herman Post sees the stolen trophy from outside the window]
Anchorwoman: No. Anything else taken, Ms. Shoehorn?
[Herman Post starts to open the front door of the house]
Edna Shoehorn: Yes! They snuck into the bathtub and stole my husband's favorite rubber duckie.
[Herman Post unintentionally steps on the rubber duckie while walking inside the house and the rat carrying the stolen blue frying pan]
Anchorwoman: The police speculate that the criminals couldn't have gotten far and if the stolen items are probably nearby, perhaps stored in someone's basement.
[Herman Post walks downstairs into the basement and sees the stolen items from the houses of the neighborhood]
Herman Post: Mr. Arbuckle's basement...
Anchorwoman: Naturally, the governor immediately called a press conference.
News Reporter: Governor, what do you have to say about the horrible crime wave that has hit the city?
Mayor Grafton: I want to accept full responsibility and say that it is absolutely not my fault and that someone else is to blame! Good day!
News Reporter: I got one more question!
[The house door bell rings]
Garfield: I'll get it! Odie, do you think this crime wave could have anything to do with the rats in our basement?
[Odie shakes his head no and the house door bell rings again. Garfield opens the front door and sees Nermal has returned from Abu Dhabi]
Nermal: Yes, I've returned from Abu Dhabi! It was a great flight. I practised my flute all the way back since there was no one else on the plane.
Garfield: There wouldn't be.
Nermal: Would you like to hear me play now?
Garfield: No!
[Garfield slams the front door and Nermal walks away with disappointment. Herman Post from outside the window points to the house who might be the suspect of the stolen goods from the neighborhood houses and the doorbell rings]
Jon: I'll get it!
Garfield: I hope he likes horrible flute music. Odie, this situation with the rats, is the worse thing that ever happened to us. It couldn't be worse.
[Jon opens the door and sees two police officers ready to arrest him]
Jon: Oh? Hello!
Officer Malloy: Are you Jon Arbuckle?
Jon: Yes.
Officer Reed: Is this your house?
Officer Malloy: Is the basement of it your basement?
Jon: Yes, yes. What can I do for you?
Officer Reed: You can put your hands on the top of your head and interlace your fingers.
Officer Malloy: You're under arrest.
Jon: Under arrest? [Jon immediately runs back into his house] Aah!
[The police pull Jon back outside to arrest him and Odie moaned while Garfield and Odie both watch the police pursuing after Jon]
Garfield: Remember when I said things couldn't be worse? Well, they're worse...
Narrator: Jon behind bars... rats in the basement... Squeak and other mice held prisoners...
Garfield: [interupts] And don't forget "no lasagna for Garfield"!
Narrator: No lasagna for Garfield, and things couldn't possibly get worse.
Garfield: Don't say that! When you say that in this show, they always do.
Narrator: That's right. Because soon, the entire city will be at the mercy of the rodent rebellion. You'll see it happen on the next exciting chapter of... The Garfield Show!
[The episode ends with the rats laughing and a "To be continued..." title card]