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(The episode begins one night in the Arbuckle home. Garfield is in his chair watching TV and Odie is lying next to him)
Garfield: Sheesh, what's with all the reruns in reality series? It's a sad reality that TV isn't what it used to be.
Odie: Bark! (Garfield presses a button on the remote. Upstairs, Jon is in his office)
Jon: Garfield, Odie, (Inside, it is revealed that he is playing a game. He wears headphones) don’t watch too much TV! (Garfield shrugs this off)
Garfield: Chuckles
Jon: It’s bad for your eyes, you know! (He returns to his game, clacking keys on his keyboard) I’ll blast you, you fiend! Evil laughter
(Back downstairs, Garfield had found Eddie Gourmand’s cooking show. Odie lifts his head and wags his tail)
Eddie Gourmand: OK, now pay attention people, please! Make sure you use light whipping cream (He pours some into a measuring cup) or else your cookie dough will be too thick! (He points at the viewers. Unsatisfied, Garfield flips through a couple more channels: one with a guitarist and dancing chickens, one with a horror movie, and one with Chuck Yenta trying to get recruiters for a game show of some sorts)
Chuck Yenta: If the arguments in your house are getting out of hand, maybe you’re JUST what we’re looking for! (A callback to Pet Matchers. Still dissatisfied, Garfield switches to the next station and finds an educational program starring a man in a chicken suit standing in front of a sheet with the first six letters of the English alphabet and musical notes. A duck sits on a hay bale next to him)
Rob: Learning is so much fun with Rob the Giant Chicken! Now sing along with me! (He points at each letter with a pointer and sings the alphabet song off-key) A, B, C… (Garfield changes the channel once more and finds a game show)
Weakest Brain Hostess: You’re all talk and no answer, Michael! (Michael looks up quickly) I’m afraid (She points) you ARE the weakest brain! Good-bye!
Audience: Boo! (A pie is thrown at Michael, hitting him square in the face. While Odie is panting happily, Garfield is still unappeased)
Garfield: Boy, you’d think out of 758 channels, there’d be at least ONE decent show.
Odie: Pants (Garfield grabs the TV guide and scans it for something to watch)
Garfield: Hmm… channel 145, (Odie looks at him) Virtualodeon. Sounds like a lame sci-fi movie. (He closes the guide and grabs the remote) Oh well, what the heck. (He switches to 145, and it starts with Professor Bonkers walking in front of a set that resembles an old-school broken TV, the color bars thing)
Professor Bonkers: Good evening. I am Professor Bonkers, and I want to welcome you to the Beta testing of Virtualodeon, (The TV shows the professor in his entirety) a groundbreaking invention of mine that will change (He clenches both fists excitedly) the face of broadcasting (He waves his arm in front of him) television forever!
Garfield: Yawn! (He is unimpressed so far and his toes wiggle, but he keeps the show going)
Professor Bonkers: Thanks to this state-of-the-art holographic enhancer that’s WAY (He makes finger guns and “shoots” them) too advanced for you to even comprehend, Vitrualodeon will bring (He holds his finger up) the characters of your favorite TV show (He points at the viewers) into your very (He holds his finger up) own living room!
Garfield: And you probably need a pair of those silly 3D glasses. (He waves his paw in a “so-so” motion)
Professor Bonkers: Absolutely NOT! (He waves his finger)
Garfield: Huh?
Professor Bonkers: That’s the beauty of it! (A sound is heard and fish begin floating around him) Virtualodeon requires NO 3D glasses! Let’s get cracking, shall we? (The background suddenly changes to an underwater scene) Who hasn’t (He appears on screen) dreamed of exploring the ocean depths without even getting wet?
Garfield: Uh, hm, me. (The seascape background starts pouring out of the TV)
Odie: Pants (He looks at Garfield, who notices the sea-like pattern around him, as if the whole room was underwater)
Garfield: Huh? (He watches as a fish floats past him. Odie tries to bite it, but misses. He then looks around and retracts his tongue)
Odie: Whimper (Some more fish exit from the TV screen. The pets watch in astonishment) Huh? (After a brief pause, Odie begins barking at the fish) Bark! Bark, bark, bark!
Garfield: Laughs (He wiggles his toes) Wow! Hurry, Odie, (He rubs his tummy as he watches the fish float by) get me some tartar sauce! (Chomper the Shark appears on screen)
Odie: Gasp! AHHHHH! Whimper (He retreats behind the chair, but Garfield isn’t worried)
Garfield: Don’t worry, Odie, it’s just an optical trick. It’s not really… (He pokes Chomper’s nose, only to find out that…) it’s real! (Chomper growls, baring his teeth. The Flabby Tabby struggles to stand upright) It’s really real! (He retreats behind the chair with Odie) AAAAAAHHHHHHH! (Before Chomper can bite, he disappears, and so do all the other fish. The room returns to its normal color and Professor Bonkers reappears on the TV)
Professor Bonkers: Giggles (Garfield and Odie walk up to the TV) Did you enjoy it? Good! (He holds his finger up. The camera shifts to an angle behind the TV, revealing that Bonkers’s arm is in the room with the pets. Odie is panting and wagging his tail) That was only the beginning! Now, has any one of you (He points at the TV camera) ever wanted to be on a quiz show? (At that moment, two spotlights shine on the pets, and the Weakest Brain Hostess is in the room with them)
Weakest Brain Hostess: What’s the capital of Bhutan? Who invented penicillin? (She asks a third question, possibly in a different language)
Garfield and Odie: Sputter (Obviously, they don’t know the answers)
Weakest Brain Hostess: I’m afraid you are the weakest brain! (They both hang their heads in shame) Good-bye! (She waves)
Studio Audience: Boos (Odie ducks, and a pie is thrown in Garfield’s face. He takes some and samples it)
Garfield: This virtual pie tastes really nice. (The spotlights fade as the next stage begins)
Professor Bonkers: And now, for our younger audience, how about a little fairy tale? (He lifts his arm and presents the story of Jack in the Beanstalk. Jack is in the middle of buying the magic beans)
Jack: Are you sure this bean is really magic?
Merchant: Sure, kid. Trust me, you won’t be disappointed. (He leaves)
Jack: I’ve been had! It’s just (He tosses it away) an ordinary bean! (It lands on the ground and begins growing)
Garfield: I have a bad feeling about this, Odie.
Odie: Bark! Bark! (The TV starts shaking and the screen becomes bright white. It falls backwards, and the pets can only watch in shock and horror as a giant beanstalk grows right out of the screen) Huh?! (It shoots upwards, through the office, where Jon is still playing his video game)
Jon: Laughs evilly Did you really think you could defeat me, wretched fool? (He is too preoccupied to notice the stalk, which has grown through the roof)
(Back in the Virtualodeon studio…)
Professor Bonkers: Maniacal laughs (The director walks up to him) I love fairy tales! And now… (The director taps him on the shoulder, irritating him) can’t you see I’m in the middle of a TV show?!
Director: Uh, I’m sorry sir, but there appears to be a slight problem with this program. The beanstalk is, um, no longer quite so virtual. And the network just got a call from a lady asking if the shark can please let go of her husband. (Each bit of news causes more and more distress from Bonkers)
Professor Bonkers: Oh dear! (He clears his throat) Ahem! Due to some unforeseen problems, (He holds his finger up) I am sorry to inform you that this program will be terminated in 10 seconds. 10… 9…
(Back in Jon’s house, Garfield has perched himself on one of the beanstalk shoots. Odie is down below, panting and watching)
Garfield: Wow! Seems pretty solid, doesn’t it, Odie? (Cut to the studio)
Director: In the meantime, let me remind you (He holds his finger up) that the network is not liable for any damages (He pounds his fist into his palm) this program might have caused. (Professor Bonkers grins sheepishly at the viewers)
(Back at the house, a weird bubbling sound emanates from the TV screen. Odie starts yapping at it)
Odie: Bark! Bark, bark! Whimper (He backs away as the beanstalk starts shaking)
Professor Bonkers: 1-0! (Garfield looks at the beanstalk, not noticing another shoot wrapping itself around his leg until it’s too late)
Garfield: YAHH!
Odie: Whimpers (The entire stalk gets sucked back into the TV, taking Garfield with it) Bark! Bark! Yowl! (Almost instantly, the stalk and cat are gone. The TV rights itself, as if nothing had ever happened, and Odie is left stunned. Back upstairs, Jon decides to take a break from his game. He takes off the headphones and stretches)
Jon: Hup! I need some co- (He falls into the hole the beanstalk made before he can add a “ffee” to his coffee) AAAAAHHHHHH! Oof! (He lands in Garfield’s chair) What’s going on here? (Odie looks at his master, terrified. Garfield is in the TV, next to the beanstalk) What’s…? Gasp! (Jon finally sees the hole, but Odie has his eyes fixed on the TV, and Garfield friend) This has Garfield written all over it!
Odie: Whimpers
Jon: (shouting) Garfield! Where are you? (Odie shakes his head, as if unable to believe the events that have just transpired. Jon pounds his fist into the chair) Bad, bad cat!
Garfield: Uh, (He taps the glass) I think I'm inside the TV. (He waves, trying to get Jon’s attention)
Jon: Garfield, I know you’re hiding here somewhere! (He gets dangerously close to the remote)
Garfield: HELP!
Odie: Pants (The fairy tale must’ve ended, as the credits roll behind Garfield. He pounds the glass again, trying to get Jon’s attention, but Jon is looking around the chair for him)
Jon: Huh, no sign of him down here. (His knee presses a button, changing the channel to a station with a shampoo commercial)
Commercial Lady: George Frica shampoo will leave your hair soft, silky and manageable. (Garfield appears on screen again)
Garfield: Meow!
Commercial Lady: Oh, and it will also make it clean. (She glares at Garfield and then leaves)
Jon: Stupid commercials.
Garfield: Meow, meow! (Jon is now seated in the chair. Odie is watching and panting happily)
Jon: Garfield is SO gonna be grounded! (He pounds the arm of the chair and Garfield meows for help again) No lasagna for a week! No, a YEAR! (He switches the station to one showing The Weakest Brain. Garfield is front in center of the screen)
Weakest Brain Hostess: …talk and no answer, Michael.
Garfield: Meow, meow! Woo!
Odie: Bark! Bark, bark, bark! Pants
Jon: Odie, what’s wrong? (Odie turns around)
Odie: Gasp!
Jon: (continuing) Quit barking at the TV, it’s just a dumb program with Garfield in it. (He changes the channel again, only now realizing where his cat has gone) G-G-Garfield? B-But that’s impossible! (Garfield is riding on the shoulders of a marathon runner during a race)
Garfield: Grunt! Meow! (He waves) Grunt!
Jon: What are you doing in there?
Garfield: Pants (Garfield frantically points toward the arm of the chair)
Jon: Huh? (He sets the remote down and scratches his head) You want me to get the TV program? (He holds it up. Garfield grins, nods, and gives a thumbs-up) OK, (He opens it) let’s see, (Cut to Garfield) “Channel 145, Virtualodeon” (Garfield grins, nods, and thumbs-up again) Oh no! (He drops the program in shock) Something must’ve gone horribly wrong and (Odie retracts his tongue and looks at his master) Garfield got sucked into the TV! I’d better call the network, they’ll know what to do! And just hold on tight, Garfield, OK? (He takes off into the hallway. Odie watches as the TV channel returns to Rob’s educational program)
Rob: B as in “boy” and “banana”! M as in “morning” and “mustard”! (He points to each letter as he says it. Garfield then appears from behind the alphabet board)
Garfield: And Z (He points at the Z) as in “Zip it, birdie.”
(In the hall, Jon is on the phone with the network)
Jon: Look, you gotta help. My cat was sucked into the TV because of YOUR program! (Bonkers is on the other end)
Professor Bonkers: (unenthusiastically) Aw, a most deplorable loss.
Jon: And YOU gotta help ME get him back!
Professor Bonkers: Sigh. I’ll be there as soon as I can. Meanwhile, (He holds his finger up) try to keep your cat on a safe program. Preferably something uplifting.
Jon: He’s on some educational show. (He leans over to get a glimpse of the TV) He’s learning the alphabet with (Cut to Odie, who is watching the TV as close as can possibly be) Rob the Giant Yellow Chicken!
Odie: Moan… (He places his front paws on the TV, looking worried. He sits down onto the floor, unintentionally pressing a button on the remote and changing the channel to a spy movie, where the spy, Agent 008, is on a dentist chair talking to Dr. Mo, the evil dentist)
Agent 008: You won’t get away with this, Dr. Mo.
Dr. Mo: Chuckles
Garfield: AAAAAAAHHHHHHHH! (He lands in Dr. Mo’s arms) Huh?
Dr. Mo: Farewell, Agent 008. (The chair tips and Agent 008 is flung into a hole on the floor) Laughs (Dr. Mo tosses Garfield in with the spy)
Garfield: YAAHHH! (They both slide down a chute) Wha-? (After they exit, they are dropped into a conveyor belt leading to several machines ready to pound them flat)
Jon: Yelp! (He and Odie are horrified. Garfield then sees the impending doom)
Garfield: Huh? Wha-? (He gets up and turns around)
Jon: Garfield! (The cat slowly walks backwards on the conveyor)
Garfield: Someone switch to another channel! Hurry!
Jon: No!
Odie: Yelp!
Garfield and Agent 008: YAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH! (The cat holds 008’s leg as Jon fumbles the remote. He grabs it and frantically starts pushing buttons, eventually saving Garfield just in time by switching to a Sci-fi horror movie set on a spaceship in space)
Jon: Gasp! (He drops the remote)
Odie: Awww!
Horror Movie Actress: It’s heeeeere! (She sneaks to a corner, holding what looks like a paintball gun. She runs to another corner and listens. Loud stomping can be heard from another corridor) It’s heeeeere! (She takes cover again. Garfield appears, nonchalantly walking from the corridor, when he glances behind him and sees what “it” is)
Garfield: Gasp! (He takes off toward the main hero of the movie)
Jon: Oh no! (Garfield clings to the hero’s leg) I’ve sent Garfield into a horror movie! (I giant alien, one that resembles the alien used in a later episode titled Mastermind, steps out of the hallway and glares at them)
Green Alien: SCREEEEEEEEEEEEEEECH!
Garfield: Gasp! Help! (Jon tries changing the channel again)
Jon: Why won’t it work? (He looks at the remote again) Oh no, (One of the batteries is missing) the batteries must’ve fallen out when I dropped it! (Luckily for him, Odie is already on the case, sniffing the floor for the missing battery) Odie, help me find the batteries!
Green Alien: SCREEEEEEEEEEEEEEECH! (He stomps toward Garfield and the main hero)
Jon: Hurry!
Horror Movie Actress: Oh no! We’re going to be drooled over! (Garfield sees a button on the wall next to him)
Garfield: Oh! (He points at the alien) If this isn’t an emergency, I don't know what is! (He slams the button. An alarm goes off, and the airlock behind the alien opens, sucking him, the actress, and Garfield almost entirely out of the ship) YAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHH!
Horror Movie Actress: Whimpers (The alien grabs onto her, who in turn is clinging to Garfield’s ankle, who is clinging to the floor with all his might)
Garfield: Oh this is pretty bad.
Jon: Don’t worry, Garfield! (Cut to Jon and Odie, the latter of whom is panting) I found new batteries! (He quickly puts them in and changes the channel to Eddie Gourmand’s cooking show)
Eddie Gourmand: Now, make sure you put loads of this yummy cheese (He gestures to a blue bowl on the table) between each (Garfield faceplants into the floor) lasagna layer.
Odie and Jon: Relieved sigh. (Garfield pops up, a bit woozy from the fall)
Eddie Gourmand: Oh hello, kitty cat. (As Garfield shakes his head, trying to collect himself, Eddie puts a chef’s hat on his head)
Garfield: Gasp! (He looks at the hat. It doesn’t take long for him to figure out where he is) Hoo-hoo! (He grins sinisterly at the viewing audience. Soon after, the doorbell rings)
Jon: Huh? (Odie stands upright, wagging his tail) That must be Professor Bonkers. (The pup smiles and looks up at his owner) Odie, don’t touch the remote, OK?
Odie: Bark!
(Back on TV, Eddie holds a pan of lasagna in his hands)
Eddie Gourmand: Now that the lasagna’s ready, we can go to work on our (He sets the pan down, which Garfield immediately eyes) LOVELY Caesar salad! (Garfield hops onto the table and smells his favorite food)
Garfield: Oh, yummy! Mm-mm! (He pops a piece into his mouth) Chewing noises (Eddie turns around and notices the cat eating) Laugh (Garfield rubs his tummy. Eddie, however, is not amused)
Eddie Gourmand: That savage beast (He starts taking swings at Garfield, who hurriedly backs away) just ate my main course! (He grabs a rolling pin and swings it at him. At that moment, Jon and Bonkers walk in, the latter carrying a briefcase)
Jon: Garfield!
Garfield: YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHH! (Eddie continues chasing him around the table and swinging the rolling pin at him)
Eddie Gourmand: Take this! And this, you ravenous monster!
Garfield: YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHH! Hey guys, (He leaps in front of the camera a couple of times) he’s nastier than the alien!
Jon: There! (He changes the channel to an old movie. Odie is watching and wincing in fear) This should DEFINITELY be safe! (Garfield sits on the ground, swaying his tail slowly, when he sees a woman coming toward him)
Garfield: Huh?
Old Movie Actress: Kiss me. (Garfield recoils at the thought)
Garfield: Eugh! Too much lip gloss! (Bonkers pulls out his device from inside the case)
Professor Bonkers: Thanks to this turbo hollow extractor, I'll pull your cat out of there in no time! Now stay still for a minute, cat!
Garfield: Not an option right now! (He flees from the woman and begins running around a tree)
Old Movie Actress: Kiss me! Kiss me! Kiss me! (Bonkers presses a button on the extractor. Garfield is pulled out of the TV)
Garfield: YAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHH! (He lands hard on the ground. Odie runs up to him, happy to have his best friend back) Sputters
Jon: Sigh! (He picks Garfield back up and sets him on his feet) Thanks heavens, Garfield, you’re back! (He hugs his cat)
Garfield: Yeah. Seems like I made it in one piece.
Old Movie Actress: Hey,
Jon and Garfield: Huh?
Old Movie Actress: (continuing) where do you think you’re going? (Cut to the TV and the woman) You’re not going anywhere until you give me a proper kiss!
Garfield: YAAAAAHHHHH! (He takes off running again. The woman emerges from the TV just like Garfield did and chases him around the table) Pants
Professor Bonkers: Oopsie-doopsie. It seems that my extractor accidentally left the gate open.
Jon: Whimpers (Rob the Chicken emerges as well)
Rob: Now sing along with me, or I'll lay an egg right here, (He stomps his foot) right now! (Garfield is still fleeing from the woman)
Garfield: Yelps (He sees Rob and flees from him too. He is chased around the table by both Rob and the Old Movie Actress)
Old Movie Actress: Kiss me! Kiss me!
Horror Movie Actress: It’s here! (She leaps out of the TV as if leaping through a window. She hides around its corner) It’s here! (The Green Alien reaches through and pulls its front half through the TV, terrifying Jon and Bonkers)
Jon: AAAAAHHHHHHHHHH! (Both he and Bonkers cower on the chair)
Green Alien: Screech! (It reaches for Jon, but Odie summons the courage to stand up to it)
Odie: Bark! Bark! Bark! (The alien is fearful of the comparatively tiny puppy) Bark! Bark! Bark! (It runs away, but Odie chases it around the table, joining Garfield, Rob, and the Old Movie Actress) Bark! Bark! Bark!
Garfield: YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH! (Eddie is the next one to climb out of the TV)
Jon: Whimpers (Garfield suddenly stops in front of Eddie)
Eddie Gourmand: (pointing) No one touches my lasagna (Garfield resumes running. The food critic follows) ‘til I say so! (Just then, Chomper the Shark reappears and sets his sights on the Horror Movie Actress)
Horror Movie Actress: AAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH! (She hides under the table as pure chaos ensues, everyone running this way and that. The shark, seeing Rob in the chicken outfit, chases him, Odie is still after the alien, and the Old Movie Actress wants a kiss from Garfield)
Odie: Bark! Bark! Bark!
Old Movie Actress: Kiss me!
Garfield: Oh, paws, (He rounds the TV) don’t fail me now! (The Old Movie Actress stops when she sees Professor Bonkers. The scientist adjusts his bow tie as she sets her eyes on him)
Old Movie Actress: Kiss me! (She and Bonkers draw closer)
Jon: Whimpers
Garfield: Sigh. (He wipes the sweat from his brow, seemingly safe, but then Eddie, Rod, and the Alien corner him) Oh my! (He raises his paw to his face, bracing for impact as they step closer) YAAHHHHH! (He runs behind the TV) Hoo! (As he tries to get away, he trips on the cord, unplugging the TV)
Green Alien: SCREEEEEEECH!
Garfield: Gasp! (He looks and sees all the TV characters disappear, except for one, who takes a bit longer)
Old Movie Actress: Kiss me! (Bonkers nods and the two lean in for a kiss) Kiss… (She vanishes just like the others, leaving Bonkers furious)
Professor Bonkers: Hey! Switch that TV back on! (He points)
Garfield: Scoff! Laugh (He wags the device used to extract him in front of Bonkers and promptly uses it to do the exact opposite. He presses a button, zapping the professor into the horror movie on TV)
Professor Bonkers: Fools. The world is not ready for my genius.
Horror Movie Actress: It’s heeeeeeeere! (She hides behind a corner, just like she did earlier) It’s heeeeeeeere! (She hides behind another corner. Rob the Giant Chicken appears out of the corridor)
Rob: Now sing along with me, or I'll lay an egg, right here, right now! (He points at the floor. Cuts to Garfield, who has Bonkers’ remote in his paw)
Garfield: Don’t you think that’s enough TV for one day?
Old Movie Actress: Kiss me!
Garfield: Snickers (He grins as he presses the button, ending the episode)
THE END