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The Lasagna Zone is an episode from the second season of Garfield and Friends.

Synopsis[]

When Jon gets a new satellite dish, he cautions Garfield about watching too much television. Garfield pays little heed to this warning until he gets into an accident.

Plot[]

Garfield is looking outside a window, commenting that he is so bored that he will do anything. Hearing this, Odie comes with a stick in his mouth to play fetch, prompting Garfield to say he is "not that bored".

Right then Jon arrives with a giant satellite dish making Garfield excited and happy. Jon though states he did not expect Garfield to be excited about their new satellite dish. Garfield then becomes upset, as he thought it was his new supper bowl.

Later that night, Jon has finished setting up the dish in the backyard when he comes across a warning label. The label cautions against getting tomato sauce and mozzarella cheese on the dish, much to his curiosity. As Garfield is looking through the TV shows, Jon says they now have 100 channels, then tells him not to watch all night. Garfield is tempted to watch all the kinds of programs available while Jon goes to bed. Jon informs him about the warning on the dish and hands him the new listings. He then says that if Garfield watches too much television, he will turn into one.

With new listings and some microwave lasagna, Garfield and Odie are ready to watch television. The screen ends up being on the fritz, prompting Garfield to fix the dish. With his lasagna in hand, Garfield uses his legs to move the dish just as a host talks about Garfield. At that moment, Garfield spills his lasagna on the dish; within seconds, he is electrified and ultimately disappears. The host then tells the audience that Garfield is about to be at the wrong end of the tube and that they have entered the Lasagna Zone.

As Odie is waiting for Garfield, a black and white monster movie comes on the television screen. When the characters in the movie are about to show the monster, Garfield appears, who soon realizes he is inside the TV. He calls Odie to get him out, prompting Odie to change the channel. From there on, Garfield finds himself in different programs: a football game, a western, a ballet, a jungle movie, and The Binky Show.

Eventually, the TV comes to a pet informercial, where a seller named Chip Tooth attempts to sell Garfield and puts a scarf on him for better sale. Not wanting to be sold, Garfield tells Odie to change the channel again. Odie misses the button and the remote falls off the chair, causing it to break. The TV then changes channels automatically, with the vertical hold eventually slipping as Garfield calls for help.

Jon's voice is then heard awaking Garfield and Odie from a dream. When Garfield wakes up, he sees Jon, frustrated that he did not listen to his warning and retells the dangers of watching too much television. After Jon and Odie go to bed, Garfield is relieved that it was all just a dream. He then sees he is still wearing the scarf from the informercial and that the remote is broken, making him wonder if it was all real.

The host concludes that Garfield has realized that there are some TV dinners that give even him nightmares in the Lasagna Zone.

Characters[]

Main characters[]

Major characters[]

Minor characters[]

  • Horror movie doctor (voiced by Frank Welker)
  • Igor
  • Football commentator (voiced by Frank Welker)
  • Cowboy (voiced by Gregg Berger)
  • Ballerinas
  • Gorilla (voiced by Gregg Berger)
  • Binky the Clown
  • Chip Tooth (voiced by Gregg Berger)
  • Kawley Grip woman
  • Weather reporter
  • The Sludge Monster (cameo)
  • Booker (cameo)
  • Sheldon (cameo)

Trivia[]

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  • Garfield is shown on the front cover of the satellite TV listings book.
  • The Klopman Diamond is among the items involved with the bet between Garfield and the cowboy.
  • After Odie breaks the remote control, Garfield runs through the following:
    • Gulligan's Island
    • A commercial for Kawley Grip toothpaste
    • A weather report from WBOR
    • A Home Shopping Channel ad for a car
    • U.S. Acres (with Booker and Sheldon present)
    • A shot of a comet flying through outer space
    • The title card for "The Sludge Monster"
    • The Binky Show
    • Bonanas
  • Garfield: Caught in the Act and The Garfield Show episode "Virtualodeon" have similar plots to that of "The Lasagna Zone", all featuring Garfield trapped in a TV set and going through different programs.
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Garfield and Friends Arabic censorship (The Lasagna Zone)-2

  • In the Arabic dub which aired on Spacetoon, there are three instances of censorship made to this episode:
    • The western cowboy scenes were heavily edited due to Garfield and a western cowboy playing cards, as gambling is forbidden in the Arab world.
    • The scene with Garfield in the ballerina training program was cut.
    • The scene with Garfield running in a commercial for Kawley Grip toothpaste was replaced with an repeat of an earlier scene of Garfield getting stuck in an football game program. However, this creates a minor continuity error.
  • As the US Arces / Orson's Farm segments were cut in the Arabic dub due to "international laws against talking pigs", this was the only appearance of Booker and Sheldon in the dub.
  • As the title cards use the Season 1 credits background in the Arabic dub, this was the only appearance of the regular title card in said dub.

Cultural references[]

  • The episode's name and plot spoof The Twilight Zone. The host likewise resembles Rod Serling.
  • The first program Garfield ends up on is a parody of Frankenstein.
  • Gulligan's Island is a spoof of Gilligan's Island.
  • Bonanas is a play on bananas and Bonanza.


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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