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(The episode starts one day on an island in a large lake. Jon is spreading out a picnic blanket for himself and his pets. Odie, who is wearing a sun hat chases a butterfly, and Garfield, who is wearing a sun hat and sunglasses stand by the picnic basket)
Odie: Pants
Garfield: Sigh!
Jon: Sigh! (Odie chases the butterfly toward a frog, which promptly snaps it up with its tongue)
Odie: Huh? (He races back and around his friends) Pants Worried mutter (He hides behind Garfield and points to the frog, looking worried)
Jon: Oh.
Garfield: Huh? (Both he and Jon look at the frog, which catches a fly buzzing overhead)
Odie: Huh?
Jon: I don’t know (Garfield glares at Odie, who raises his paws defensively) about you guys, but I'm famished!
Odie: Mmm! (He licks his lips hungrily. Garfield smiles and wiggles his fingers)
Garfield: Laughs I’m always famished. (He rubs his belly. Jon begins unpacking the picnic basket)
Jon: You have your choice of… lasagna, (He pulls out a helping, and does so each time he says, “lasagna”) or lasagna, or lasagna, or lasagna, or lasagna… (His tone gets more deflated with each pan) Oh! And here we have, (Garfield walks up to him) heh, what a surprise, lasagna.
Garfield: Hmmm… (He rubs his chin, thinking) it’s a tough choice, (He points up) but I think I'll have, uh… ohhhh, (He rubs his chin once more) lasagna! Laughs (He wiggles his fingers)
Jon: (sarcastically) Gee, I wonder who repacked my picnic basket. (He glares over at Garfield, who is grinning, trying to play innocent)
(Nearby, Nermal is skipping along, admiring, who else, his reflection in a pocket mirror)
Nermal: I’m adorable, (He twirls on his toes like a ballerina) adorable am I. Sigh… (He skips by Bruno without even glancing at him) I wonder what the opposite of adorable is. (Bruno stops and stares angrily at him) Oh yeah, (He tosses the mirror from one paw to the other) it’s Bruno. (He doesn’t bother to turn around, just looks at him in the mirror) Hiya, Bruno! Sorry you’re not as cute as I am, then again, who is? (Bruno grabs the egocentric kitten by the ears and yanks him over) Yelp!
Bruno: What do you mean? (He drops Nermal)
Nermal: I mean, face reality. I look like this, (He looks at his reflection) and you look like this. (He shows Bruno the mirror, which cracks at the sight of the alley cat. Furious, he begins chasing Nermal)
Bruno: Oh you!
Nermal: Help! Help! Raw jealousy! Right behind me! (He turns to his left, Bruno in pursuit) YAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH!
Bruno: You’re gonna get it this time, Nermal!
(Back at the picnic, Jon is serving up some food to a panting puppy. He pours a can of dog food into a bowl)
Jon: Somehow Garfield left us one can of dog food for you, Odie. (He sets the bowl on the blanket. The pup looks at it)
Odie: Gasp! Bark! Mmmm! (He slurps up Garfield’s rare moment of generosity. Nermal and Bruno chase each other around a tree)
Nermal: Pants (He goes so fast his momentum flings him off course) YAAHHHH! Oof! (He lands in Jon’s open picnic basket, going unnoticed by him and Odie. He peeks out of the basket and blinks. Bruno is now chasing nothing, and he completes a few laps around the tree before he finally stops) Ha! (He sticks his tongue out at Bruno before ducking back into the basket. The alley cat trembles with rage)
Bruno: Grunt! Ugh! (He points) I’ll get him later! (He clenches his fist and stalks the basket from behind a tree. A frog croaks nearby)
Jon: Now let’s see if you-know-who left ME anything to eat, which I doubt. (He opens the basket and sees Nermal inside)
Nermal: Gasp! (He grins a cocky grin at Jon)
(Unbeknownst to any of them, a mechanical arm rises up from the water and swipes the frog from the shore. On another tiny island with seemingly nothing other than a tree, a blue outhouse, and two sharks patrolling the waters, underneath it is a tube leading down to an underwater rock formation, and a secret hideout of evil geniuses sitting around a table hosted by Dr. Puzzle, a robot with a puzzle piece shape on his eye and side of his head)
Dr. Puzzle: Ahem! Good afternoon. (He points at himself) I am, as you all know, Dr. Puzzle. (Several other evil geniuses, including the mad scientist from several horror movies Garfield has watched, an octopus, a bank robber, and Nathan, Garfield’s neighbor, sit at the table with Puzzle) Welcome fellow fiends and nefarious colleagues to the Third Annual Evil Mastermind Convention!
Evil Masterminds: Yeah! Laughs It’s about time! (They cheer. Puzzle clasps his hands together)
Dr. Puzzle: Now how many of you are planning on conquering the world? Could I see a show of hands and tentacles? (Several hands raise) Uh-huh, looks like most of you. (He raises his finger) Well then, you’ll be most interested (He rubs his palms together) in the latest must-have accessory for world domination: (He opens the puzzle-piece-shaped door on his head and presses the button it was hiding. The table opens) the Retro-Switcheroo laser gun! (The laser gun rises and points itself at some of the members, each one cowering in fear) Yes, this ingenious device will cause two people to trade personalities! (He raises his finger) Please give a warm welcome to my nemesis, (He presses another button, this one near his waist) secret agent 00 Nothing! (Everyone turns and sees the secret agent trapped in the grasp of a giant hand being lowered from above)
Evil Masterminds: Gasp!
00 Nothing: Grunt! (He struggles to free himself, but cannot)
Dr. Puzzle: He will be the unlucky (He points at him) test subject! And over here, (He gestures) we have a frog. (The frog is lowered to 00 Nothing’s left) I will set the Retro-Switcheroo for a complete (He begins typing on a keyboard in front of him) personality exchange. Laughs (The switcheroo zaps both agent and frog. After a few seconds, the laser stops, leaving both of them dazed, and with minds swapped)
Frog: Whoa! Yes, certainly, I'd like to get some dead flies, please. Shaken, not stirred. (00 Nothing, now with the frog’s mind, crouches down as if he was a frog and croaks twice)
Evil Masterminds: Cheer
Dr. Puzzle: But now, (He rubs his hands together) let me demonstrate on two random creatures (He points up) I shall select with my scope-o-tronic device! Oh, we don’t need our test creatures any more. (He presses a button on his nose, and both test subjects are dropped into the water, landing with two separate splashes. With them gone, Dr. Puzzle uses his device, which is just a camera-like thing resembling a crane, and looks through it. He sees two cats, Garfield and Nermal, next to a pier, the former eating lasagna, and the latter reprimanding him for doing so)
Nermal: Keep eating like that, Garfield, and you won’t be adorable like me. (He admires his reflection)
Garfield: (coolly) I don’t wanna be like you, Nermal.
Nermal: Gasp!
Garfield: (continuing) I want people to be able to STAND me.
Dr. Puzzle: THESE (He points at the screen projecting the two cats) two will be fine subjects on which to conduct (He presses a button, and the laser rises higher) my demonstration! (The treetop opens, and the laser points at them) Laughs (He presses a button, and the laser fires, zapping the cats)
Nermal: Ooh-ooh! Whoa!
Garfield: YAAHH! (He, now behaving like Nermal, picks up the mirror and gazes at himself) How come I never realized how cute and adorable I really am? Oh meow! (Nermal, now with Garield’s personality, spies the food)
Nermal: Lasagna! (He zips over to the picnic and swipes a pan of lasagna from Jon and dumps it into his mouth. Jon is shocked, but then he sees Garfield skipping by. Both Jon and Odie wince and look at each other)
Garfield: Wonderful, wonderful.
Evil Masterminds: Cheer (Some of them whip out cases of gold and offer them to Dr. Puzzle to buy the laser)
Dr. Puzzle: Step right up. We accept cash, (He counts on his fingers) credit cards, checks, IF (He points up) you have your evil scientists ID card!
Bank Robber: I want two! (He holds up two fingers and opens his briefcase of gold) One to conquer the world with, and one to switch my lawyer’s personality with a snake’s! (He clenches his fist)
Dr. Puzzle: How would you know the difference?
All: Laugh
(Down below, the frog and agent are trapped in a pool of sharks. Thinking fast, the frog jumps on 00 Nothing, ducking him under the shark, and tries kicking them away from 00 Nothing. The two manage to escape, after the frog kicked a shark in the face, and landed safely on dry ground)
00 Nothing: Ribbit! Ribbit!
Frog: (with its hands on its hips) It looks like it’s up to me to stop this insidious Dr. Puzzle. (00 Nothing catches a fly with his tongue)
(Back on the island, Garfield is skipping by Bruno, humming to himself)
Garfield: (on the villains’ screen) Hums
Frog: I’m going to need help.
Garfield: Hums Heh! (He admires his reflection. Bruno spins around)
Bruno: Oh! I can’t STAND that little twerp always saying, (He mocks Nermal) “I’m the cutest kitty cat in the world!”
Garfield: He isn’t. I’M the cutest kitty cat in the world! (He grins and then points at Bruno) Face it, Bruno, some of us are cute, and some of us are not. You are not. (Bruno gets more and more confused, eventually standing dumbfounded with his mouth agape)
Bruno: You… (He points) you’re acting just like Nermal! (He points at Nermal, who is walking away from a lounging Jon and a sad-looking Odie)
Garfield: Laughs (He shakes his head) I am NOT acting like Nermal. I'm adorable, and I'm cute, and I'm acting like Nermal! (He looks at his reflection again, horrified) AAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH! (He races back and forth) I’m acting like Nermal! I must be! I’m starting to make myself sick! (He grabs the mirror and charges at the kitten, who is sitting near the island’s edge eating lasagna) Nermal!
Nermal: (startled) YAAHH! Oh it’s you, Garfield. I thought it was someone. (He lies back down on the grass, as apathetic as Garfield)
Garfield: Nermal, we’ve exchanged personalities!
Nermal: Yawn. Big, fat, hairy deal. (He goes back to his nap, but Bruno appears next to him)
Bruno: I said when I get my paws on you, Nermal! (He picks up the selfish kitten and holds him by the leg)
Nermal: Help! Put me down! HELP! (He waves his arms. The evil scientists watch from their secret base)
Evil Scientist from TV: Dr. Puzzle, (He points at the screen) can the Retro-Switcheroo laser gun swap personalities that have already been swapped?
Dr. Puzzle: I don’t see why not. Let’s give it a try! (A few keystrokes on his keyboard later, the laser fires again, hitting Bruno and Nermal)
Bruno and Nermal: Wooooooow! (The cats’ eyes spin for a moment before Bruno recovers, now with Garfield’s personality that he got from swapping with Nermal)
Bruno: Grunt. I don’t want to pound Nermal. I want… (He spies the lasagna) to eat (He shoves Nermal aside) lasagna! Chewing noises (Nermal is next to him, looking furious and ready to pummel someone) Mmm!
Nermal: Alright, Bruno! You’re in for it now!
Bruno: Wow! (Nermal grabs him by the tail and tosses him back and forth like a ragdoll) Help! Save me! Oof! While you’re at it, feed me! (He claws the ground, but is no match for Nermal’s Bruno-like strength and anger. All the while, Garfield watches nearby)
Garfield: Nermal’s acting like Bruno, and Bruno’s acting like me! I don’t understand what’s going on. (He turns to the viewers) Hey, you, sitting there watching this cartoon, you must know! (He points at himself with his thumb) Why don’t you just fill me in? (Before the audience can, the frog intervenes. Garfield looks suddenly over to him)
Frog: I’ll tell you why your friends are acting so oddly today.
Garfield: Good! And also tell me (He raises his finger) why someone as cute as me (He glances at his paw) is talking to a frog with an English accent. (The frog waltzes past)
Frog: We’ve all been subject to Dr. Puzzle’s personality swapping device. (He points at an island just off the shore. Garfield scratches his head, confused)
Garfield: Hmm… How do we undo it? I don’t want to be like Nermal. I'm THIS (He holds his fingers close together) close to mailing myself to Abu Dhabi.
Frog: Get the little cat and come with me. (He gestures over his shoulder with his thumb) We must hurry! (He races past the other two cats, with Garfield following)
Garfield: Wha? C’mon, Nermal, or Bruno, or me, or… whoever you are at the moment. (He drags Nermal along. Odie wakes up from a nap and sees them run off, leaving only himself, Jon–who is sleeping–and Bruno on the island)
Odie: Huh?
Bruno: I need a nap. (He tries dozing off, but Odie runs up to him with a stick in his mouth)
Odie: Excited mutters (Bruno wakes up)
Bruno: No! (Disappointment fills Odie’s eyes) I will NOT throw the stick so you can fetch it!
Odie: Awww! Mutters
(Elsewhere, Garfield, Nermal, and the frog are rowing a boat to the other island. The frog and Garfield stand in the front of the boat, Garfield checking his reflection, and Nermal aggressively paddles to the island. They sneak onto it undetected and scope out the security crane camera)
Frog: That’s (He points out a blue outhouse) the secret lair of Dr. Puzzle. (They hurry over, but Nermal stops, infatuated with the crane camera)
Nermal: Gasp! (Garfield pulls him along) Hey! (He is flung into the outhouse) YAHH! (All three of them enter, and ride down an elevator complete with elevator music) Wha? (During their ride, they look around at their surroundings)
Garfield: Wha? Gasp!
Nermal: Huh? (They reach the bottom)
Garfield and Nermal: Pant (They look over the edge of a platform above the masterminds’ table)
Dr. Puzzle: Soon, fellow evil scientists, I shall deliver the inventions you ordered, (He points at them) and each of us will conquer this planet!
Bank Robber: But there’s only one (He holds up one finger) planet. How can we ALL conquer it? (Nathan nods in agreement)
Dr. Puzzle: Chuckles You’re evil scientists. YOU figure it out! (They chat amongst each other. As they do, a large, black security robot spots the cats and frog. Sirens start blaring, and the evil geniuses see them on the screen) Wait, we have intruders to deal with! Guards, seize them (He points) and feed them to the sharks! (More robots arrive to apprehend them, coming from both sides)
Garfield: Huh? Doh! (Nermal charges at them)
Nermal: Hey, you leave us alone! (One robot blasts a blue beam at Garfield, who dodges it by stumbling off the platform)
Garfield: YAAHHH! (He slides down a metal frame, avoiding more laser blasts) YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHH! (He leaps. The frog wraps its tongue around a metal bar and, with Garfield clinging to him, swings them both around) HO! YAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHH! YAHH! (On the platform, Nermal is unfazed, despite being surrounded by robots. Now with Bruno’s aggression, he manages to take care of them easily, kicking them and knocking them off the platform without breaking a sweat)
Nermal: Fighting noises Hi-ya! (Nearby, the frog and Garfield run on a narrow pipe)
Garfield: Hey, it’s kinda handy for Nermal to have Bruno’s personality. (The frog kicks a robot out of the way, leaps over Garfield, and runs the opposite direction. The fat cat follows, adoring his reflection) Did I mention how ADORABLE I am?
Frog: 68 times and counting. (The robots start raining down all around the evil scientists, exploding and causing mayhem. With the machines dealt with, Nermal charges the villains)
Nermal: Now, I'm gonna take care of all you! (Terrified, they flee for the elevator)
Evil Scientists: YAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHH! (They all squeeze in and listen to some calm elevator music, until it breaks with them still inside) Confused utters YAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHH! (They realize they’re stuck with no way out)
(As for Nermal, he is as ferocious as ever)
Nermal: Snarl! (Garfield and the frog join him and stand on either side of him. Nermal smiles proudly, but Puzzle isn’t done yet)
Dr. Puzzle: You won’t interfere with MY plans! (Nermal looks ready to fight, while the frog and Garfield look more nervous than anything. Puzzle pops up from behind the table) I have multiple personalities stored in the Retro-Switcheroo! I will give you ALL the personalities of frogs! (He presses a few buttons, and the switcheroo points its laser at them)
Nermal: I don’t wanna be a frog!
Frog: Oh, it’s not so bad. (The cats glare at him. Puzzle fires the laser, causing Garfield to drop the mirror)
Garfield: Whimper (He picks it back up and uses it to reflect the beam back at Puzzle)
Dr. Puzzle: YAAAAAHHHHHHHHH! (He is zapped with it)
(The intensity caused Garfield to drop the mirror, and all three of them lie on their fronts. Nermal is a bit dazed)
Garfield: What do we do now, frog? (Nermal shakes his head, recovering) How do we get our old personalities back? How? (The frog gets up and grabs a fly with its tongue)
Nermal: Gasp!
Frog: Croak! Croak!
Nermal: Could it be? (Garfield smiles) Am I me again? (He scrambles to his mirror and checks his reflection)
Garfield: Chuckle (He looks at his paw and notices Agent 00 Nothing step toward him) Huh?
Nermal: Wha? (The cats look up at the agent)
00 Nothing: The destruction of the machine seems to have undone its effects. (He looks at the machine, which is broken and useless)
Garfield: Whoa! (He gets up) You must be pretty happy to be you again!
Nermal: Giggles (He gazes upon himself in the mirror)
00 Nothing: Certainly! You try eating flies all afternoon? Yuck! (He waves his hands, disgusted)
Garfield and Nermal: (repulsed) Gasp! (They wince at the thought)
(A while later, Jon is carrying the picnic basket into the open trunk of the car)
Jon: (shouting) It’s almost sundown, guys! Time to start heading for home! (Garfield and Odie walk side-by-side. Garfield retells what happened to him, Nermal, and Bruno to the pup, and Nermal prances around behind them)
Garfield: So because of that evil scientist, (He holds his finger up) I was acting like Nermal, and Nermal was acting like me, and then Bruno…
Odie: Mutters (The camera focuses on Nermal exclusively)
Nermal: But now, I'm me again, and that’s great because me is the cutest creature on this planet. (He stops suddenly, having forgotten about Bruno’s grudge against him) YAAHHH!
Bruno: There he is! (Nermal flees)
Nermal: AH! Don’t hurt me! I have a cat show tomorrow, and another one on Thursday! (Bruno chases him, his arms raised to appear more imposing)
Bruno: When I get through with you…! (Garfield and Odie watch from a distance. Odie desires to know more)
Odie: Mutters (He raises his paws)
Garfield: The evil scientist? (Odie nods) No, (He shakes his head and wags his finger) I'm not worried about him. (He grins confidently. It turns out that the evil scientist Odie spoke of has a frog’s personality. He hops onto a rock)
Dr. Puzzle: Croak! Croak! (He spots a fly and snaps it up in his mouth. Both pets watch as they head back toward their car)
Garfield: Now if I was a FLY I might be worried. (Odie turns around to face his feline friend)
Odie: Hmm… Mm-hmm. (Nermal and Bruno run past right behind them)
Nermal: Don’t hurt me!
Bruno: You!
Nermal: WHOAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA! (As the pets walk up to their owner, the episode reaches its end)
THE END