- Not to be confused with the Garfield and Friends rap.
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The Garfield Rap is an episode from the fifth season of Garfield and Friends.
Synopsis[]
"The Garfield Rap" is presented on Meow TV at #1 on top videos of the week.
Plot[]
Garfield turns on the TV to watch music videos on MeowTV, where the song "Ain't Gonna Be Your Scratching Post" sung by "Tina and Her Tabbies" band is finishing. Kenny Katnip introduces "The Garfield Rap", which lasts until the end of the episode.
The rest of the episode's plot follows the lyrics of the aforementioned song. Garfield sings about being awakened by Odie. He tried to solve the issue diplomatically, but since it did not bring expected results, he simply kicked Odie off the table. Jon made a complaint about witnessing this act, but Garfield simply replied that dogs are for kicking. The chorus promotes cat life without effort. Later on, Garfield describes Jon interrupting his feast with cat food lacking taste. The chorus is repeated.
The third part of the song describes Garfield giving a performance in the neighborhood at night, which is considered disturbing by the local townspeople. After the chorus repeated, Garfield sings about making a deal from being stroked by people in the park. The final part of the song is about Garfield's popularity amongst the females from his species. Garfield leaves Lola in a car, because he smelt his favorite food in a nearby restaurant. The last words of the lyrics are about passing Garfield the pillow, for it is time for his nap.
The episode ends with the scene of Garfield having devoured the planet Earth.
Characters[]
- Garfield
- Jon Arbuckle
- Odie
- "Tina and Her Tabbies"
- MeowTV announcer (voiced by Gregg Berger)
- Kenny Katnip (voiced by Gregg Berger)
- Penelope Pussycat
- Lola
- Bonzo
- Nermal (cameo)
- Floyd (cameo)
- Roy Rooster (cameo)
Trivia[]
- Many clips from this episode would be used in the final opening sequence for Garfield and Friends.
- The animation for this episode was complicated to produce.[1]
- In this episode, Penelope appears in two different fur colors - dark gray (in the scene with clocks and on limousine) and light gray (in the singing scene), similar to episodes from the sixth season.
- Nermal, Floyd, Roy and Garfield's mother make cameos in the music video.
- Kenny Katnip and all the other cats in this episode have moving mouths, unlike the rest of the animal characters in Garfield and Friends. Penelope is also shown having moving lips, unlike in other episodes.
Cultural references[]
- MeowTV is a spoof of MTV.
- Many music parodies and references are made throughout the episode, including:
- Two cats smashing an amp with their guitars, as made famous by Pete Townshend of The Who.
- A cat posing over a burning guitar in the same fashion as Jimi Hendrix from his famous Monterey Pop Festival performance.
- A rock star cat resembling Elvis Presley.
- Garfield describing himself as "Michael Jackson all rolled into one", based on "Black or White". The face-morphing sequence from the music video is also spoofed.
- Garfield wearing sunglasses with "Garf Jovi" (a play on Bon Jovi).
Goofs[]
- In the early part of the episode, Garfield is missing his ear color.
- The female cat resting near Garfield in the swimming pool scene has her left ear blending with the water, despite being placed under an angle suggesting her head is well above the water surface.
- In the toy car scene, Lola loses outlines of her eyes when the car shakes.
- The dancing female cat in the later part of the episode is missing the black color inside her ear tufts.
- The blonde Persian cat walking on the fence in the later part of the episode does not have lips for a second.
- While posing before the camera, Lola loses the line dividing her ear from her cranium while shifting poses.
- Late in the episode, Garfield's head stripes are visibly thinner than the stripes on his tail.
Songs[]
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