- Not to be confused with Up a Tree from Garfield and Friends or Up a Tree from Garfield Originals.
Up a Tree ( Chameau de chat!) is the 43rdUS/EU episode from the first season of The Garfield Show.
Synopsis[]
Another lovely day is starting for Garfield! He decides to spend it thinking about his favorite pastimes: eating, sleeping, and watching Odie being victimized by the squirrels. When Garfield bothers the squirrels up in their tree, they always take their revenge on Odie. Garfield can't get enough of it.
Plot[]
Garfield is sleeping in bed when he wakes up and addresses some fan mail asking what his 10 favorite things to do are. He lists them off in no particular order. While most of them involve sleeping, eating, or mailing Nermal to Abu Dhabi, Garfield's most favorite thing to do is watch Odie get tormented by squirrels, which is happening right now, so he goes to the window to watch.
Down below, in the backyard, Odie spots a couple of squirrels, one named Devil, and chases them around the tree, but the squirrels use a badminton racket to trip him up and then use said racket to fling him over the house into a trash can. Devil puts the lid on the can and they celebrate their triumph over the hapless pup, and Garfield goes downstairs to feed Odie a bone as a sort of "thank you" for the laughs.
In the tree, the squirrels congratulate each other and mock Odie and his lack of intelligence, but Odie returns and chases a white squirrel. Inside, Garfield is bored watching TV and hears Odie's barking outside. Knowing that bark, he goes outside to get a front row seat of Odie humiliating himself. During the chase, Odie gets his upper half stuck in a knothole in the tree, prompting Devil to paint a face on Odie's behind, much to the enjoyment of his friends and Garfield. Odie soon manages to free himself and takes off after Devil, who races into the shed. Odie gets his head stuck inside a bucket, his foot in a paint can, and to top it off, Devil sets a rake for Odie to step on, which he does, knocking him over. Devil stands on the pup victoriously.
The squirrels' next ploy involves Odie-themed masks. After Odie gets the bucket off, he runs at the squirrels, but sees the masks, which gives him pause. He helps them put nuts in the tree and then the squirrels remove their masks, confusing the pup.
Shortly after, Devil goes after a small pile of nuts, when he gets chased by Odie. The other squirrels tell him that they're done, and Devil replies that he'll be back soon. However, he is not watching where he is going and steps on the rake, smacking himself in the head and knocking himself unconscious. The squirrels are horrified, and Odie quickly stops, too. Garfield congratulates him for catching a squirrel, but Odie is a lot more concerned about Devil himself. While Garfield tries to assure Odie that Devil will be fine, Odie decides to take him inside to help him recover.
Garfield wants nothing to do with Odie's antics and leaves, and Odie is left alone to try to awaken the demonically named squirrel. When offering him a bone doesn't work, Odie slurps his face, which manages to wake him up. However, when Devil opens his eyes and sees Odie standing over him, he passes out in shock, horrifying Odie.
As for the other squirrels, they reconvene inside the tree and talk to an older, wiser squirrel for advice. This squirrel, Professor Walnut, advises that they move, and while one squirrel is on board with this, the other three are a lot more hesitant. They toss around the idea of trying to make peace with Odie, but this is quickly shot down considering all the rotten things they have done to the pup.
Inside, Devil is back awake, and Odie gives him friendly slurps. When the wrong message gets across, Odie offers his paw to shake, which bewilders Devil. He cannot understand why Odie would want to shake paws after all they did to him, but Odie is willing to put all that behind him and start fresh. The two of them shake paws and peace is made between them.
Back outside, the squirrels wonder what Odie has done to their friend, only to be shocked to see Odie and Devil playing fetch together. While the other squirrels urge him to get out while he still can, Devil denies, and explains that they misjudged Odie and that they are friends now. Seeing how friendly Odie acts toward Devil puts the other squirrels at ease, and soon all of them become friends.
Inside, Garfield is bored watching TV when he hears Odie barking outside. He goes outside to watch, only to be stunned when he sees Odie and the squirrels playing together, the squirrels treating Odie like a god. Garfield storms outside and demeans Odie and the squirrels don't take kindly to this. They demand Garfield apologize, and when Garfield refuses, the squirrels overtake him and stuff him into the knothole. He accepts the reality that his favorite show is over, and the pup and his former enemies enjoy a good laugh at Garfield when Devil paints a face on his rear. The new friends then play together once more.
Characters[]
Main Characters[]
Major Characters[]
- Devil
- Bushy Tailed Squirrel
- Black Squirrel
- Grey Squirrel
- White Squirrel
- Female Squirrel
- Professor Walnut
Minor characters[]
- Nermal (film only)
- Jon Arbuckle (film only)
- Herman Post (film only)
Trivia[]
- Up a Tree is an idiom for being in a difficult situation without an easy way to escape.
- Garfield's 10 favorite things that he likes to do (in no particular order):
- 1. Sleeping
- 2. Eating
- 3. Sleeping and dreaming about eating
- 4. Eating while sleeping
- 5. Sleeping on his other side
- 6. Mailing Nermal to Abu Dhabi
- 7. Morning Eating
- 8. Morning Eating
- 9. Morning Eating
- 10. Watching Odie being tormented by squirrels.
- The Black Squirrel yelling "Squirrel Down, Squirrel Down!" alludes to the phrase "Man Down".
- It may be possible that the squirrels scored 783 points for defeating Odie over the years.
Goofs[]
- Throughout the episode, the squirrels' voices swap around.
Videos[]