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Swine Trek is the second segment from the twenty-ninth episode of Garfield and Friends.

Synopsis[]

While suffering from a cold, Orson has a dream about the barn being a space ship flying through outer space.

Plot[]

Having caught a cold, Orson is resting in bed before Wade gives him a glass of orange juice as remedy for the cold. Orson states, that such a remedy, is useless due to viral nature of the cold. Bo brings Orson a platter of soup, while Booker and Sheldon argue about handling diseases - Booker states that you "Starve a cold; feed a fever,", while Sheldon claims that its "Feed a cold; starve a fever". Lanolin covers Orson up with a blanket and adjusts his bed in rather ungentle way, which ends up with Orson having his pillow tied around his head.

Wade is frightened by Orson's warning about the possible germ infection caused by presence of the sick; the rest of the animals leave Orson in the barn to rest. Roy is expressing his disapproval of Orson's lack of gratitude, while Booker explains such conduct with Orson's current health state.

Meanwhile, Orson is falling asleep and his dream begins with a phrase from Star Trek series about the space being the final frontier. The barn is imagined as U.S.S. Enterprise-like space ship named "US. CO.OP." , with characteristic engines mounted on external pylons, cruising through landscapes such as a sausage nebula, asteroid belts, and a Limburger Planet. The crew of the barn-spaceship is composed of farm animals based on with the original Star Trek characters: Orson as Captain Kirk, Sheldon as Spock, Lanolin as Uhura, Wade as McCoy, Bo as Scotty, Roy as Sulu and Booker wearing a thick beard along with a ushanka hat (as a parody of Chekov).

Captain Orson receives quite difficult-to-understand report from the engineer Bo-Scotty, while Lanonlin-Uhura attempts to establish radio contact, which turns out to be a prank call. Sheldon-Spock detects a signal from a planet named Dheneb-92 before Orson decides to investigate it. The entire crew teleport to the surface and Orson decides that he will take Wade and Sheldon for scouting; the rest of the crew is asked to stay near the ship with photon tomatoes prepared in case of attack.

As it turns out, the distress signal was emitted by Porkons - alien pigs who resemble Orson's brothers - who prepared an ambush with their new weapon. While surrounded, Orson manages to call for backup - Booker launches the photon tomatoes from the ship and the orbital bombardment repels the aggressors. The Porkons' left-over weapon is taken onto the ship for analysis. Back on the deck, Bo accidentally opens the vacuum-flask-like object, releasing a space virus, which infects the crew.

Suddenly, Orson wakes up having fully recovered from his cold. The rest of the farm animals visit him in the barn and they have caught the cold from Orson. Orson then looks after the animals, using an astronaut suit.

Characters[]

Major characters[]

Minor characters[]

Songs[]

Trivia[]

Cultural references[]

  • Above Orson’s bed is a poster of a character called Piggy, who appears to be a parody of comic strip character Ziggy.
  • The phrase "feed a cold, starve a fever" is (correctly) recited by Sheldon.
  • Orson's dream sequence is a parody of original 1966 Star Trek series. The characters wear outfits based on original Star Fleet uniforms: mustard yellow for command, red for engineers/security and blue for scientific personnel.
    • Each of the characters is loosely based on a character from the original 1966 cast:
      • Orson is James T. Kirk
      • Sheldon is Spock, and even uses Spock's catchphrase "Fascinating."
      • Wade is Dr. Leonard "Bones" McCoy.
        • Wade saying "How should I know? I'm a duck, not the widget to alignment!" is based on Dr. McCoy's catchphrase "I'm a doctor, not a..."[1]
      • Lanolin is Nyota Uhura
      • Roy is Hikaru Sulu
        • Roy's outfit appears to be based on Spock's outfit in Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home while also being a slight reference to the outfit Sulu wears in the same film.
      • Bo is Montgomery "Scotty" Scott
      • Booker is Pavel Chekov
      • Gort, Mort and Wart as Porkons are a parody of the Klingons from the Star Trek shows and movies, however visually they look closer to Andorians from the Star Trek TV shows/movies.
    • Although the uniforms are based on the 1966 series, Orson's hair is closer to Kirk's hair from the original films (that ran from 1979 to 1991), rather than the 1966 TV series.
    • Orson's toupee is often momentarily dislodged, sometimes in dramatic fashion, similar to Captain Kirk in the original Star Trek.
    • Roy, Lanolin, Booker, and Bo having to go back while Orson, Wade, and Sheldon go exploring is a reference to how typically Kirk, Spock, and McCoy are the ones who regularly do the exploring on the show.
    • The title card appears to be loosely based on the poster for Star Trek V: The Final Frontier (which was released in 1989, the same year as this episode), only with Wade/Dr. McCoy instead of Spock.
  • Orson's handheld communicator resembles Garfield's head.
  • Similar to Dr. Rumack from Airplane!, a running gag throughout the episode involves Orson telling Roy to stop calling him Shirley after the latter says "surely".

Goofs[]

  • One of the Porkons has his eye retinas visible through his nose.
  • Lanolin is missing her eye shadow in one of the latter scenes.


Garfield and Friends
Episodes

"Pest of a Guest / The Impractical Joker / Fat & Furry" • "Rip Van Kitty / Grabbity / The Big Catnap" • "The Great Getaway / Scrambled Eggs / Hansel and Garfield" • "The Sludge Monster / Fortune Kooky / Heatwave Holiday" • "One Good Fern Deserves Another / Goody-Go-Round / The Black Book" • "The Legend of the Lake / Double Oh Orson / Health Feud" • "Binky Gets Cancelled! / Show Stoppers / Cutie and the Beast" • "The Lasagna Zone / Sleepytime Pig / Yojumbo" • "Pros and Cons / Rooster Revenge / Lights! Camera! Garfield!" • "Polecat Flats / Hogcules / Brain Boy" • "Maine Course / No Laughing Matter / Attack of the Mutant Guppies" • "Robodie / First Aid Wade / Video Victim" • "The Curse of Klopman / Mud Sweet Mud / Rainy Day Dreams" • "Basket Brawl / Origin of Power Pig / Cactus Jake Rides Again" • "Binky Goes Bad! / Barn of Fear / Mini-Mall Matters" • "Attention-Getting Garfield / Swine Trek / It Must Be True!" • "Arrivaderci, Odie! / Gort Goes Good / Feeling Feline" • "The Bear Facts / Nothing To Be Afraid Of / The Big Talker" • "Cactus Makes Perfect / Hogcules II / Crime and Nourishment" • "T.V. of Tomorrow / Little Red Riding Egg / Well Fed Feline" • "Invasion of the Big Robots / Shelf Esteem / Housebreak Hotel" • "First Class Feline / Hamelot / How to Be Funny!" • "Mystic Manor / Flop Goes the Weasel / The Legend of Long Jon" • "China Cat / Cock-a-Doodle Dandy / Beach Blanket Bonzo" • "Lemon Aid / Hog Noon / Video Airlines" • "The Mail Animal / Peanut-Brained Rooster / Mummy Dearest"

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