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(The episode opens above Jon’s house. Odie slurps on a bone and wags his tail when he hears something not too far away from him)
Odie: Slurp! Slurp! Slurp! Slurp! Slurp! Slurp! Slurp! Slurp! Slurp! Slurp! Slurp! Slurp! Slurp! Slurp!
Poodle: Yip! (Odie looks up and sees a poodle trapped in the window of a burning building) Yip! Yip! Yip! Yiiiiip!
Odie: Huh? Pants (He spins in place and transforms into a superhero. He wears a blue suit that makes him look muscular, red shoes and cape, and a yellow “O” on his chest. He leaps into the air and soars over to the trapped poodle)
Poodle: Yip! Yip! Yip! (She looks down at the drop before her) Yip!
Odie: (Holding his arms out as if to say, “Jump! I’ll catch you!”) Bark! Bark!
Poodle: Yip! (She takes the leap of faith) Yiiiiip! (Odie catches her and peeks through the window into the inferno. He takes a deep breath and extinguishes the flames like candles on a cake. A few passersby watch the rescue, and a fire truck rolls up immediately after. Odie lowers to the ground, and the poodle gives him a kiss) Yip! (Odie smiles, the poodle giggles, and the passersby and a couple of firefighters applaud the heroic dog. He leans in to kiss the poodle, only for it to be revealed that this was a dream. In reality, he sleeps on the couch and is kissing a pillow that Garfield is holding)
Odie: Yowl!
Garfield: I hate to interrupt your dream, well, no I don’t, but how am I supposed to watch TV when you’re sleeping on the remote?
Odie: Huh? Gasp! (He lifts his paw and releases the remote, which Garfield takes)
Garfield: Sigh (He chuckles, zips over to his chair, and takes a seat) It’s time for my favorite show, “Are You Smarter Than Lasagna?”.
Odie: Oooh. Bark! Pant (He tries the same thing he did in his dream: spinning in place to become a superhero) Ta-da! Bark! (He springs into the air) Gasp! Wow! (Gravity then does its thing and starts pulling the pup down. He tries flapping his arms like a bird before falling on his stomach) Oh…
Garfield: (while holding a sign with a number two on it) I’m gonna give you a two on this. I think you need to work on your poise and your coordination. And while you’re at it, see what you can do about that tongue.
Odie: Aww…
(Later, Odie walks slowly to the pond in the neighborhood)
Odie: Whimpers (A boy and girl play with water pistols behind him)
Boy: Wow!
Odie: Whimpers (He looks down and imagines himself as Super Odie again) Gasp! Wow! (He flexes. On another side of the pond, Garfield skips a stone in front of Odie, upsetting the latter’s reflection) Moan (He turns to Garfield) Whine
Garfield: Snickers (he winks and points at Odie)
(Jon walks up behind Odie)
Jon: Hey, Odie! Why the long face?
Odie: Mutters (He shakes his head no and looks down at the ground)
Jon: I know how to cheer you up: I’ll throw the stick and you fetch it! (He pulls out a stick from behind his back) How about that, boy?
Odie: Uh-uh. (He shakes his head no and leaves)
Jon: Odie doesn’t want to fetch the stick? Odie always wants to fetch the stick!
Garfield: He’s been acting like that all day. I’d say it’s because he finally realized how dumb he is, but he’s not smart enough to know that.
(Meanwhile, the downtrodden dog walks down the sidewalk)
Odie: Whimper (He looks up and sees the backside of the poodle he saw from his dream) Bark! Bark! Bark! (Suddenly reenergized, he runs up to introduce himself) Bark! (He then sees that this poodle is not like the one from his dream) Gulp! (She turns her nose up at Odie, and he steps aside, allowing her and her owner to continue their walk. He sits on his driveway) Sigh
(The scene changes to a pink sky. Odie holds a long hot dog that’s been split in half for him and the poodle from his dream. He shows the food to her, who sits in the front seat of a blue car that’s parked on the hill)
Poodle: Bark! Bark! (She sits down, accidentally releasing the parking brake) Huh?
Odie: Huh? (The car starts to roll down the hill, with the poodle still inside)
Poodle: Yip! Yip! Yip! Yip! Yip! (Odie gets a determined look on his face, and runs inside a phone booth)
Odie: Ta-da! (He exits the booth, only to be wearing the outfit the twins commonly dress him with: black sunglasses, wig, gloves, dress, and shoes, and a pearl necklace) Oops.
Poodle: Yip! Yip! Yip! Yip! Yip! Yip! Yip! (she looks down the windshield and sees that she is barreling toward incoming traffic)
Odie: Ta-da! (He leaps out of the phone booth wearing a sheep costume. Frustrated, he returns to the booth and this time, gets it right. Now in the proper attire, he flies into the air to save the distressed dog)
Poodle: Yip! Yip! Yip! Yiiiiip! (Odie soars down to save her, making a sort of trumpet sound as he does) Yip! Yip! (Odie gives chase. Other cars swerve out of the war to avoid a collision, and Odie himself has to dodge and weave to avoid the other drivers) Yip! (He does this, and then flies upward. Meanwhile, the poodle’s momentum is about to carry her and the car into a large truck at the bottom of the hill) Yip! (She closes her eyes bracing for impact, when her car starts to mysteriously float into the air) Huh? (Odie is carrying the car on one paw) Wow! Bark! Bark! Bark! Bark!
Odie: Bark! (The dogs smile at each other, before Odie sees a cloud shaped like Garfield’s head. Garfield is revealed holding a water pistol and he shoots it at the dreaming dog, waking him up)
Garfield: Snickers Hey Ode, I found this water pistol!
Odie: (standing upright) Mutters furiously (He storms back into the house)
Garfield: Didn’t he realize it’s filled with strawberry lemonade? (He pulls a glass out from behind his back, squirts some into it and drinks it) Hmm… (he smacks his lips) it needs more sugar.
(Later that day, a butterfly flies above the house as Jon and Garfield recline in their lawn chairs in the front yard. Odie lies in the cool shade on the grass, still sad)
Odie: Moan…
Jon: Hey, Odie, I got a little treat for you!
Odie: (rolling over to face Jon) Huh?
Jon: (pulling out a bone) Here’s a yummy bone for my little dog!
Odie: No… mutters (He rolls back over with an annoyed look)
Jon: He doesn’t want to fetch the stick, he doesn’t want a bone? Maybe I should take him to Liz for a checkup.
(A butterfly flies above and lands on Odie’s nose. He watches it as it gets caught in a spider web on a tree. The spider moves in, only for the butterfly to fly to safety)
Odie: Mutters (He nods off and begins dreaming again. This time, a giant spider with Garfield’s laugh climbs over the edge of a building. He spots the same poodle from Odie’s dreams)
Poodle: (nervously) Oh… (The spider laughs again and leaps on top of the dog. Odie then takes flight behind Jon’s house and soars to the web, where the spider has the poodle in the center, almost ready to dine) Yip! Yip! Yip! Yip! (Super Odie shoots lasers from his eyes around the poodle, releasing her. She starts falling, but using his giant tongue, Odie saves her and carries her into his arms. He slowly descends, and the poodle puckers her lips for a kiss. Odie is about to kiss her, but he then smells his breath. He gags at how gross it is, so he pulls out a toothbrush, sprays some breath freshener into his mouth, and tries to kiss her back, but the spider interrupts him again)
Spider: (now with Garfield’s head) Odie.
Odie: Huh?
Spider-Garfield: Odie, wake up. (The screen transitions from dream to reality. Garfield stands over his friend)
Odie: (shaking his head) Huh?
Garfield: Hey, pupster! Open those doggy eyes of yours!
Odie: (Furiously) BARK! (He hops upright)
Garfield: Whoa, whoa, take it easy! You were thrashing around in your sleep, I thought you were having a bad dream.
Odie: (shaking his head no) Uh-uh. Sigh
Garfield: You were dreaming a GOOD dream?
Odie: (nodding yes) Uh-huh.
Garfield: About food!
Odie: (Shaking his head no) Uh-uh.
Garfield: Are there any other things worth dreaming about? Oh, OK, what was it?
(Odie then tells Garfield about his dreams. He spins in place, strikes a heroic pose, extends his arms like a bird, pretends to fly, and punches the air as if he was fighting bad guys)
Odie: Ta-da!
Garfield: You were dreaming about being a great superhero and saving people in distress?
Odie: Yeah!
Garfield: Actually cute ladies in distress?
Odie: (Jumping and waving his arms) Bark! Yeah!
Garfield: Well, personally, I prefer dreaming about food. I think I’ll dream up some moo goo gai pan.
(Odie walks over to Jon’s chair. He strikes a heroic pose as if he was actually flying, before losing his balance and falling on his stomach)
Odie: Yowl! Whimpers (Garfield steps to the pooch and stands over him)
Garfield: Odie, (he scratches his tummy and glances at his claws for a second) is it OK if I tell you something? You promise you won’t take it the wrong way?
Odie: Oh…uh-huh. (He nods his head)
Garfield: Good. (shouting) DOGS DON’T FLY, YOU GOT THAT? DOGS DO NOT FLY! (in his normal volume) Stop with these daydreams. You wanted to fly, you should’ve had yourself born as a bird. (He turns and walks away. A quartet of bluebirds fly above the poor pooch)
Odie: Gasp! Moan… (He shakes his head slowly, seemingly giving up on the idea of flight)
(Meanwhile, Garfield is strolling down the sidewalk)
Garfield: Ah, forget the nap. I’m going down to Vito’s for free pizza he doesn’t know he’s giving out today. (He runs into the street and approaches a construction zone. There, a construction worker stops him)
Construction Worker 1: Hey, you can’t come this way, cat. We’re pouring asphalt and repaving here. Go around to the next block.
Garfield: The next block? Doesn’t that man know the shortest route between me and a pizza is a straight line? I’ll just walk on the other side of the street. (He proceeds forward behind the safety barriers and cones) I don’t know what is with that dog. He just does one dumb thing after another. (A wet squelch can be heard) Gasp! Huh? (He looks down, seeing that after insulting Odie for doing dumb things, he has gone out and done one himself) Then again, he never got his feet stuck in freshly poured asphalt. (He notices a couple of construction workers talking to each other a short distance away, along with a steamroller that they’re standing next to. He tries to get their attention) Ahem. Excuse me, I have a little problem here. (The first construction worker leaves, and his coworker gets in the steamroller and prepares to pave the street) Gasp! (Garfield addresses the audience) Make that a big problem. (He waves his arms in a panic) HELP! Somebody help! (He whimpers) Help! HEEEEEEEELP! (His screams are heard by Odie, who hasn’t moved since falling off the chair)
Odie: Huh? Howl! (He runs inside the house) Bark! Bark! Bark! Bark!
Garfield: Help! And double help! I’m gonna be flatter than Jon’s last souffle! HEEEEEEEEEELP!
(The driver, distracted by his conversation on the phone, doesn’t notice Garfield stuck in the asphalt)
Construction Worker 2: So, uh, what do you think, Sam? You wanna go bowling after work?
Garfield: (Struggling to pull himself free) Stop! Stop! Help! Stop, stop, help!
Construction Worker 2: Sam, would you speak up? Some cat is howling out here, or something.
(Meanwhile, Odie has scaled the roof. He looks over the edge for the source of the screaming)
Odie: Huh? (He sees his fat feline friend in the distance, still waving his arms in fear)
Garfield: HEEEEEEEEELP!
Odie: Mutters (He spins in place like he did in his dream to become Super Odie) Ta-da! (He flexes his muscles, before he remembers what Garfield said to him earlier)
Garfield: (Appearing as a part of Odie’s imagination) DOGS DON'T FLY, YOU GOT THAT? Now stop with these daydreams.
Odie: Moan
Garfield: AAAAAAHHHHH! (Just then, a woman and her poodle–just like the one in Odie’s dreams–sees the trapped cat. The poodle runs over to help him)
Poodle: Bark! Bark! Bark! Bark! (She brakes at the edge of the wet asphalt and reaches out to Garfield in attempt to save him)
Garfield: Huh? (He grabs her paws and she struggles to pull the heavy cat out)
Poodle: Bark! Bark! Bark!
Poodle’s Owner: AAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH! (She passes out in surprise)
Poodle: Bark! (She then hears a wet sound. She looks down, and sees that she was inadvertently pulled in with Garfield)
Garfield: Thanks for trying to save me, but now there are TWO of us about to become animal pancakes!
Poodle: Whimpers Yip! Yip!
Odie: (seeing the poodle stuck also) Whoa! Mutters (He instantly becomes determined to save them. He backs up the roof, and gets more of a running start, and sprints off the edge) Ta-da! (He jumps off, and proceeds to divebomb into the birdbath in the back yard) AAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHH! (At the last second, though, his ears straighten out like a pair of airplane wings and he starts flying. He still looks determined, until he sees what is in his flight path: a tree) Oh! (He soars around it a couple of times, panting, as well as above the houses, the street, in front of a pink car, past a tree–stopping Harry from stealing some baby birds–and in front of a large bulldog licking a bone… which Odie swipes)
(As the steamroller rolls closer, Garfield and the poodle hold paws)
Garfield: Good-bye, whoever you are! (Odie swoops in to save the pair, just in time)
Odie: Ta-da! (His momentum carries them into a trash can. Odie, however, is the only one dirty. Garfield rubs his head to Odie’s right, and the poodle does the same to his left)
Garfield: Pants (He shakes his head, dazed and confused)
Odie: Mutters
Poodle: Aww…
Odie: Bark! (Odie stands upright, revealing his “costume”: a banana peel on his face like a mask, stamps on his ears, a handkerchief cape, tin cans on his wrists, and assorted garbage on his feet. A boy who had seen Odie in flight points at him)
Boy: Wow! Did you see that? That flying dog saved them from the steamroller!
Girl: You’re nuts! Dogs can’t fly!
Boy: That one did, just like a superhero!
Odie: Huh? (Garfield looks up at the dogs, both of whom are now standing upright on their hind legs)
Poodle: Howls in appreciation (She kisses Odie on the cheek, and little hearts pop up around her)
Odie: Bark! (He puts his paws behind his back. The two lovebirds exchange nervous looks as the poodle’s owner runs up, happy to see her dog safe)
Poodle: Bark! Bark! (The poodle’s owner, along with the two pups, walk away. Garfield, however, is speechless at the whole series of events)
Garfield: (Stammering, to the audience) Wha-! (He points toward where Odie went) Did you see… I mean… I thought that… The one thing and then… Oh never mind.
(The scene switches to nighttime, and Garfield snoring in his bed on the dresser, revealing that the episode was just a wild dream)
Garfield: (waking up) Yah! (He hops down to Odie, who sleeps on a pillow on the floor, muttering) Hey Odie,
Odie: (raising his head, tired) Huh…?
Garfield: I had the strangest dream. I dreamed earlier today that you were flying.
Odie: Hmm…
Garfield: You were flying and you rescued me and a cute girl dog just like a superhero. Heh. Silly dream, huh?
Odie: (yawning) Mm-hmm.
Garfield: Well, I guess as long as it was a dream, I can go back to sleep. (he yawns) Good night, Odie. (He leaves the scene, presumably back to his bed)
Odie: Mutters (He nods off)
(The scene changes to above Earth. Super Odie, complete with the full costume, flies around the planet and salutes the audience)
Super Odie: Ta-da! (He zips off toward the planet and this crazy adventure comes to a close)
THE END