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Trial & Error is the first segment from the fifty-ninth episode of Garfield and Friends.

Synopsis[]

After finding evidence that Odie stole his pie piece, Garfield puts Odie on trial.

Plot[]

Jon Arbuckle is late to pick up Liz Wilson, so he gives Garfield some dessert: a piece of blueberry pie. Garfield finds that Jon did not put on ice cream and decides to get some for himself. As he leaves, two mice, namely Elmo and Ferd appear and steal the pie. Garfield returns to find his dish missing. He accuses Pooky of theft, but soon goes back on the claim. Elmo and Ferd both finish the pie slice, and as not to be caught by Garfield, end up framing a sleeping Odie by placing the pie dish next to Odie's bed and rubbing a blueberry on Odie's tongue to stain it blue.

Garfield, still looking for the thief, checks Odie's tongue, and accuses him. As Odie denies this, the two mice plant the pie dish in Odie's bed, which Garfield finds. As Garfield wants to personally decide the fate of Odie, the latter demands a fair trial to prove his innocence, which Garfield accepts. Floyd agrees to be the residing judge, and has gotten other mice to be his jury. Garfield, acting prosecutor, calls his first witness: Nermal. Garfield pressures Nermal with numerous unrelated questions, leading Nermal to crack. Nermal claims he is guilty and runs off. Garfield discards this, and calls his second witness, Pooky, to the stand.

Nermal goes into the kitchen where he overhears Elmo and Ferd talking about the theft. Meanwhile, Garfield speaks for Pooky, announcing that Odie is indeed the thief. Nermal announces to Odie that Elmo and Ferd are the real thieves. Odie quickly leaves for the kitchen, and after finding the mice, chases them throughout the kitchen cupboards. Garfield, after pointing to the cupboards by category, locates Odie. As Garfield is about to have Odie sentenced for pie theft and attempted escape, Floyd recognizes Elmo and Ferd as the two mice stumble out of the cupboard. He checks and finds that both their tongues are blue, much to Garfield's surprise.

The mouse jury finds Odie innocent, and Elmo and Ferd guilty. Floyd sentences them to five days in an empty coffee can. Garfield apologizes to Odie, but takes it back when licked by Odie, claiming he will have the dog arrested for "illegal use of a wet tongue".

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Trivia[]

  • This episode marks the final appearance of Pooky in Garfield and Friends. Pooky is mentioned one more time in "The Feline Philosopher".

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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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