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The Cartoon Cat Conspiracy is an episode from the fifth season of Garfield and Friends.
Synopsis[]
Garfield reveals the injustice cartoon cats end up suffering. He ultimately resorts to making his own cartoon about a cat.
Plot[]
Garfield is watching a cartoon about a cat chasing a mouse and being foiled in his endeavor. He stops the cartoon and points out how cats in cartoons are often portrayed in an unfair manner. He points out many problems he has with the cartoon in question.
- The mouse being portrayed as the hero and the cat being portrayed as the villain.
- The recycled background for the extended chase scene.
- The cat smashing himself flat upon crashing into the wall and springing up like an accordion.
- The cat pulling out a bulldog from the mousehole.
- The cat's over-the-top reaction to the dog.
- The dog chasing the cat for no legitimate reason.
Garfield's first plan is to talk to animation studios to get them to stop demonizing cats in their shows. Every studio he visits kicks him out. He then sets out to make his own cartoon. He works several hours working on his show, with Odie as his color artist. After it is finished, he presents his show to a network executive. The executive initially turns it down; when he sees the ratings for his network and reacts negatively, he reconsiders.
That night, Garfield and Odie watch Garfield's show, which is called Sam the Cat. It is shown to have very poor art quality and lackluster animation. The show is based on Garfield's life, with Sam, who is designed after Garfield, deals with characters who resemble Jon, Odie and Nermal. While Garfield loves what he came up with, everyone else changes the channel at that moment. The executive comes to report the results of the show, indicating that it did not do well. Garfield begs him not to cancel the show, and he assures him he will not if he agrees to one change.
Garfield agrees to the change, regardless of what is proposed. He is later seen in the type of cartoon he complained about at the beginning.
Characters[]
Main characters[]
Major characters[]
- Odie
- Network executive (voiced by Gregg Berger)
Minor characters[]
- Jon
- Cartoon cat (voiced by Thom Huge)
- Cartoon mouse (voiced by Gregg Berger)
- Cartoon dog (voiced by Gregg Berger)
- Marge (voiced by Susan Silo)
- Sam the Cat cast (all voiced by Lorenzo Music)
- Sam
- Sam's Owner
- The Stupid Dog
- Cute Cat
Trivia[]
Cultural references[]
- The cartoon at the beginning is similar to cartoons such as Tom & Jerry and Pixie & Dixie and Mr. Jinks, both by Hanna-Barbera Productions.
- One of the studios Garfield visits, Quality Cartoons, bears a resemblance to the Warner Bros. lot, including a water tower.