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(The episode begins late one night. Jon, Garfield, and Odie are going to bed)
Jon: YAWWWWWN! Good night, Garfield. Night, Odie.
Odie: (loosely translated) Night, night. (Garfield is snoring soundly when his eyes suddenly snap open)
Garfield: Gasp! That’s odd. I’m always the first one to fall asleep around here.
Jon: Snores (He is woken up suddenly as well) Whimper (His cat glares at him) Garfield, why aren’t YOU sleeping?
Garfield: (raising his finger) Well now, if I knew the answer to that question, I wouldn't be standing here (He points down at the bed) on your bed, now would I?
Jon: Sigh. Did you eat a lot this evening? Or do a lot of exciting activities? (Odie yawns)
Garfield: Hmm, (He scratches his chin, thinking) let’s see what I did this evening… (A thought bubble appears next to him, showing what he did. He devoured a tray of lasagna)
Garfield: Laughs (He then played video games on a console with himself printed on it) Whoo! Wee-hee! Woohoo! Yeah! (He and Odie also watched a movie together) Whimpers (They hold each other, crying at what happened. Odie covers his eyes with his ears) This is terrible, Odie! (The flashback ends)
Garfield: Nope. nothing out of the ordinary. Gasp! (A thought hits him) Oh wait, (Then shows a flashback of Garfield pouring himself coffee) maybe it was that 93 cups of coffee I drank. (He fills a mug, chugs it, and repeats. He does this twice before drinking directly from the coffee pot itself. Infused with so much caffeine it could literally kill someone, he falls sideways out of his chair. The flashback ends, and Garfield decides to do something else) Maybe I'll go watch more TV. (He stomps out of the bedroom)
(He is then seen downstairs watching TV)
Dr. Whipple: Now if you’re watching me at this hour, it probably means you have insomnia and are unable to sleep. (Garfield taps his fingers together)
Garfield: (to the audience) The man knows his audience. (He puts his paws on the arms of the chair)
Dr. Whipple: Counting sheep has a strange, relaxing effect on most people. It makes them sleepy. (He raises his finger) All you have to do is imagine sheep hopping over a fence.
Garfield: Hm, (He wiggles his toes up and down) nothing to lose, huh? OK, (He stretches his arms) I'll give it a try. (He closes his eyes) Sheep, sheep, sheep, sheep. Snore! (After he dozes off, a strange vortex appears in the living room. Through it comes a pink sheep) Snore! (Garfield’s eyes snap open) Wha? Huh? (He stands up and sees three brightly colored sheep baaing at him, one blue, one yellow, and the last pink) Wow, an imaginary sheep! And there’s another one! And another one! OK guys, (He raises his finger) let’s give it a try. (The sheep hop over a fence, pink, yellow, and blue) One, two, three, four, (Cut to Garfield) five, six, seven, (Cut to outside the house) eight, nine, ten, I’m not getting sleepy, 11, 12… (The moon in the sky moves, signaling the passage of time) 2,876… 2,877… (Garfield leans on the arm of the chair) 2,878… 2,879
Pink Sheep: I’m getting exhauuuuusted.
Blue Sheep: I can’t feel my rear legs!
Yellow Sheep: Tell me about it! Why isn’t he falling asleep?
Garfield: Right! You guys keep at it (He swings himself over the arm of the chair) while I get myself a… (He looks at his wrist as if wearing a watch and goes to the kitchen) 3:22 in the morning snack. Oh, and no (He raises his finger) muddy hoof prints on the carpet. Jon just had it steam cleaned. (The sheep stop and assemble in front of the chimney)
Yellow Sheep: Hmph. We’re leaping our wool off and he’s wide awake!
Pink Sheep: This is baaaaaad!
Blue Sheep: Well, let’s just hope the BOSS doesn’t hear about this! (Instantly, another portal opens above them. Panicked, the sheep try running from it)
Sheep: BAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA! (However, they cannot escape and one by one, they are sucked in. They fall through the vortex and land in a new dimension. It looks like a hallway, sand lines the walls, which are painted with clouds and stars on a night sky) Grunts
Blue Sheep: He called us baaack!
Pink Sheep: Now we’re in for it. (A voice can be heard)
Sandman: The three of you, (The voice comes from a double door nearby) in my office! Now! (The three sheep walk in. Before them is the Sandman standing on a podium)
Blue Sheep: Mr. Sandman, we can explain!
Sandman: Really? (The sheep tremble in fear) Then explain to me (He raises his finger) why you failed to lull that cat to sleep. (The sheep stand closer, still terrified) This is Garfield we’re talking about, the laziest cat the world has ever known!
Pink Sheep: Look, we know we let you down, but…
Yellow Sheep: It won’t happen again, Mr. Sandman!
Sandman: You bet it won’t! You’re fired! (He points at them)
Sheep: (shocked) Fired?!
Sandman: Fired! Now get out of my sight! (He walks away, rounding what looks like a bed on his platform)
Pink Sheep: Baaaa! Boss! (A portal opens behind and above them. One by one, each sheep is sucked into it, baaing as they go. First is the blue, and then yellow, then pink)
(Early the next morning, Garfield is up after a night of binging TV)
Eddie Gourmand: This morning, people, (Cut to inside. Garfield is in his chair watching TV, rocking his feet back and forth. Eddie Gourmand is in the middle of his show) I’m going to show you how to make a delicious laaaaaaamb stew!
Garfield: (To the audience) Well that’s worth being up all night for, I guess.
Eddie Gourmand: AND I have all sorts of terrific things to tell you about our favorite topping in the whole world… (The camera pans around the living room and points at the kitchen. Inside the kitchen, the sheep drop out of the portal one at a time and land on the floor)
Sheep: Baaaaaa!
Pink Sheep: We’ve got to get our jobs baaaack.
Blue Sheep: Being counted is the only thing I know how to dooooo.
Yellow Sheep: How can we prove to Mr. Sandman we’re still valuable members of his team? (After a moment of thought, the blue sheep gets an idea)
Blue Sheep: I know. If we can’t put that cat to sleep, (The pink sheep nods) let’s put everyone ELSE to sleep! (Yellow sheep nods also)
Pink Sheep: Riiiiight! If we can put the whoooole city to sleep, (The three of them head toward the door to the living room) he’s got to see how good we really aaaaare! (They hear a door slam in the distance. In unison, they turn around)
Blue Sheep: Shh! Someone’s coming.
Yellow Sheep: Whoever it is, let’s start with them. (Jon walks into the kitchen)
Jon: Hums (He shouts in the living room’s direction) I’m getting started on breakfast, Garfield! Hums Gasp! (He notices the blue sheep in the kitchen)
Blue Sheep: Baaa. (Concerned, Jon calls someone on the phone)
Jon: Hello? Uh, hello, operator, who do I call to report a sheep in my kitchen? That’s right. (The pink sheep carries the little fence in its mouth) I just saw one sheep in my kitchen. (He holds up one finger. Pink sheep sets the fence down and hops over it, baaing as it goes. Sparkles emanate from its wool, and Jon holds up two fingers) I have two sheep in my kitchen. (Yellow sheep follows, also baaing, and Jon gets drowsy) I have three sheep in my kitchen… I have… four sheep Yawn in my kitchen… I have… five (He raises his finger) sheep… in my… (He falls over, out like a light) Snore! Snore! (Odie trots in, his tail wagging) Snore! Snore!
Odie: Huh? (He trots over to his owner, looking a bit concerned, and then the sheep do their thing on the unsuspecting pup. It works on him too and he collapses onto the floor in a sound slumber) Snore! (The sheep gaze at their victims proudly)
Sheep: Baa!
(Back in the living room, Garfield is watching Eddie’s TV show)
Eddie Gourmand: AND I’ll be showing you how to make that yummy laaaamb stew right after this brief (He points toward the camera) break for about 900 commercials! (Garfield turns his body to his right)
Garfield: All this watching food has made me WANT food. (He gets off the chair, and we get a first-person shot of him as he heads for the kitchen) I hope Jon has breakfast ready, and maybe lunch! (He enters the kitchen to find his friends sleeping. He blinks in surprise, and then raises his paws, frustrated) Hey, someone’s laying down on the job! Oh well. I still have time to torment the mailman (He gets a sinister look) before the commercials are over. (He bursts out the front pet door) Snickers (He skids to a stop upon seeing the mailman snoring) Whoa! Gasp! Him too? (He hops on top of Herman Post) Wake up! You’re the mailman! (He jumps on him like a kid waking their parents up) You have a job to do! Plus I have several ways to annoy you. (He points)
Herman Post: (sleepily) Yawn! Hi, Garfield. I was just about to deliver your mail when a sheep went by and… then there were two sheep (He holds up two fingers) then… three sheep (He holds up three fingers) and… (He catches some more Z’s. Garfield is shocked)
Garfield: What’s going on here?!
(He returns to his chair and watches Eddie’s show, his eyes open wide)
Eddie Gourmand: Now then, people, to make great (He points up) lamb stew, (The sheep arrive in Eddie’s studio) you need as many lamb chops as you can get from one sheep… (Just their mere presence is enough to make the camera people and others drowsy. Garfield blinks twice, and the sheep do their thing once more) uhh, two sheep. Uhh, three sheep… four sheep… Yawn! (Incomprehensible) five sheep… six… seven… eight… I'm so… (He falls face first into a bowl of stew, snoring. The sheep leave, all looking sinisterly confident. Even the people behind the scenes are asleep where they stand. Garfield grabs his head)
Garfield: (horrified) What’s happening?! (A news alert begins playing on the TV)
Anchorman: We interrupt Eddie Gourmand’s World of Food for this news bulletin!
Garfield: Hmm… (He holds his finger to his chin, thinking)
Anchorman: The governor has just called a press conference (Cut to Garfield, who is surprised by the news) to denounce as NONSENSE reports that a roaming band of countable sheep (Cut to the anchorman) is putting everyone in the state to sleep! We go live to our reporter Dave Stringer at that press conference. Dave? (At the press conference in front of City Hall, the governor is asleep, as well as everyone who was listening. Even Dave is struggling to stay awake)
Dave Stringer: Steve, the governor said… Yawn! (Incomprehensible) I’m gonna catch a nap. Back to you in the studio, Tom. (He falls over. Even the cameraman dozes off, judging by the sudden fall of the TV camera. Back in the studio, the anchorman is the same way, sleeping. Garfield grabs his head)
Garfield: Am I the only being in town not sound asleep?
(It seems that way. Outside, many people are lying against and on different objects, snoring)
Garfield: I’ve gotta find out. Oh, this is amazing. (He grabs his head, standing outside the park) Everyone in the city is out! They all must’ve counted sheep and fallen asleep! (One girl, however, is not)
Stereotypical Teenage Girl: Cat, can you believe it? (Garfield blinks) All these people just asleep, like, wow! (She leaves. Garfield watches her go) It’s just too, too weird.