04x07 - The Mean Machine

[bunniefuu]

-[Garfield snores]

-[alarm clock]

[theme song]

[man]
Robot soldiers

were invading Earth


and robot duplicates

of Garfield's friends


were being manufactured

on the planet Sprocket.


Yes I am Zoey

of course I am Zoey!


Everyone around me

is not out to get me.

[all] Garfield must be destroyed!

...and we are so far

unable to confirm


reports of robot invaders

from outer space


who may doom all of mankind.


Pooh! Robot invaders

from outer space...


The things some people

will believe.


In vastly more important news,

singer Wayne Newton..


Oh, Gladys. Could you

do something about my soup?

It's ice cold!
Hey!
Zoey? You've got to help me!
How may I help you?

Where could I get some

cream of mushroom soup?


Oh, and my wife may be

a robot invader.

There are no robot invaders.

But you need to go to

the Northwest Valley!

Anything you say!

Any place to get

cream of mushroom soup...


[narrator]
And so that man

soon joined thousands


of people who had been sent

to the Northwest Valley


by the voice

on their smartphones.


There, the people,

starting with Garfield's friends,


were herded for the flight


to the planet Sprocket


while robot duplicates, faithful

to the rulers of Sprocket,


took their places on Earth.

[dog whines]

As for Garfield,


he was fleeing the robot

duplicates of his friends.

Garfield must be destroyed!
Garfield must be destroyed!
Garfield must be destroyed!

[Vito robot]

He did this trick to me earlier.


I went in the front door while

he was going out the back.

We will not fall for that.
Half of us go in the front
and half of us go in the back.
Then he can't get out.

-Where is he?

-He's here somewhere.

So long!
Enjoy the ride!
Don't forget to ask for a transfer!

I don't know

what's going on here.

Home! I've got to get home!

[Master Control]

Clever... Too clever!


As our computer

minds determined,


that cat is a threat to our plan

of world conquest!

Alert all of our robot invaders on Earth!
The cat is heading home.

[Techno]

I will alert them, master.


[Master Control]

We cannot conquer Earth

as long as he is free.

♪The whole world

Would be mine♪


♪If it wasn’t for the thing

In my way♪


♪That fat cat♪


♪There must be

Somebody♪


♪Who'll eliminate for me

Ev'ry trace of♪


♪That cat's face♪


♪I'd enjoy

And employ♪


♪Anyone who could

Destroy him♪


♪For once and for all♪


♪What I am telling you is so true♪


♪What I must do?♪


♪I must get rid of that fat cat!

I must get rid of that fat cat!♪


[narrator]
Even as Master

Control was observing Garfield,


someone else was observing

Master Control...


Not far from there was a junkyard


where they dumped pieces

of defective, discontinued robots.


No one suspected

that below that junkyard


was the camp of the rebels...


The last non-robot inhabitants

of Sprocket


who had not been put to work

in Master Control's robot factory...


He's right, Anja.

That cat has a will of his own.

No machine can tell him what to do.

In fact, no human can tell him

what to do.


We have to get to him

before the robots do.


He could inspire

our meager forces

to overthrow Master Control.
I didn't mean instead of you, Bleen.

You're our leader but this cat,

Garfield...


I know what you mean, Anja.

And you're right.


It's like I always say

to young people like you.

Hope is like asparagus.
Especially when buttered.
Thank you, Glemm.
I think.

We need to save that cat

from the robots

and recruit him for our cause.
Come with me.

[narrator]
The rebels lived

in a secret community


with the technology

they could control


instead of

the other way around.


A space-hopper?

How did you...


We "borrowed" it

from Master Control's compound


the same time we planted

the camera to observe him.


I'll be back with the cat

in no time.


That is, assuming I have

enough fuel in this thing.

You're using technology.

Technology is what

enslaved our world.


There's nothing wrong

with technology


as long as you use it

and it doesn't use you.

Stand back.
See you soon!
I hope...

[narrator]
Through the galaxy,

the space-hopper hoped,


piloted by Bleen,

leader of the resistance...


[dashboard voice]
Set space

coordinates to one-seven-gamma.


Left bank

at intersection of yellow.


Sorry, navigation system.

You're real good

but I know a shortcut...

A little thing

called a space-warp.


It cuts a few zillion

light-years off the trip.


[narrator]
On Earth, Garfield

still couldn't understand


why all his friends

had turned on him.

I don't get it.
Some of those people...

I actually let them

eat their own dinners.

Oh, I just want to go home.
Oh no! Another one found me!

-Hiya, Garfield!

-Stay away from me!

Garfield?

I'm not going to

let you destroy me.

Why would I want to do that?

You mail me to another

time zone every other week

I kinda like you.
You don't want to destroy me?
Of course not!

I'm not like one of those

robot invaders.


-What?

-Some silly thing on the news.


I gotta go get an award

or something.

Mail me someplace tropical...
I've got to work on my tan.
Robot invaders from outer space?
[dog barks]
Odie!

Or at least,

I think you're Odie!


I gotta get home

and see the news.

[Odie mutters]
I told you Jon wouldn't be here.
Quiet. I need to watch this.

More reports of robot invaders

from outer space.


Some say they have been crafted


to look just like people

you know...


[robot voice]
However,

the reports of robot invaders


are false.


Repeat: False. How ridiculous.

[bad fake chuckle]
Ah!

In other news...


There is no other news.


All my friends!

All the people I know!

That wasn't them chasing me!

-[Odie mutters]

-No!

Those were robot invaders
made to look like people I know.
[Odie mutters sadly]

Don't worry.

They're looking for me downtown.

They won't look for me here.
[crash]
I know what we should do.
[Odie mutters]
Yes! A lot of this!
Ah!

[robotic voice]

Must destroy Garfield!

Run Odie!

These twins

don't want to play dress up!


[all]

Garfield must be destroyed!

Hiding place! Hiding place!
Must destroy Garfield!

And I'm usually so happy

to see Vito.


[narrator]

Trapped in Jon's office,


with more than a dozen robots

roaming the house


the cat tried desperately

to think of a way out


of this predicament.


[Vito robot]

Let me in. I must destroy you!

How do you stop a robot?
Wait a minute!

How do I know for sure

these are robots?

Magnets attract metal!
Let's see if you're metal, Vito...
[Vito robot moans]
Yep! Metal!
I must destroy Garfield!
I must destroy Garfield!

[Master Control]

What?

How can he do that?

[Techno]

It's a design flaw

in our design.

[Master Control]

What?


[Techno]

The engineers told you about it.


Any contact with magnetism,

however minor,


shorts out our entire systems.


That's why you banned

all magnets from the planet...

[Master Control]

Yes...

Now, I remember.
I hereby ban that cat as well.

Monitor his whereabouts

every moment.


If he comes anywhere

near this galaxy


use the full force of our army

to eliminate him!

Or I will eliminate you...

[Techno]

Yes, Sir!


[narrator]

At that moment,


Garfield's whereabouts

were still his home.


But that was about to change...


[Garfield]

So what do we do with all these?


Trade them in

for a new microwave?


I stopped the robots

with this magnet...


the one I used

to borrow Jon's voice recorder.

Do you remember that?
Well, I don't blame you.

This is one of those

really long episodes.


[narrator]
Garfield believed

he was out of danger.


That there are only questions

to be answered.


Where are the real

Jon and Liz and Vito

and all the rest?

Is the Earth

really being invaded?


[narrator]
Vital questions!

Burning questions!


Questions

of towering importance!

And the most important question:

Did Jon leave any meatloaf?

I'm starving.


[narrator]
No! Most important:

who was the mysterious visitor


who was about to plunge our hero


into a more dangerous existence?


These questions,


including the one

about the meatloaf...

We've had some, thank you!

[narrator]
These questions

will be answered in our next chapter...


When you're not

too busy narrating,


can you pass me

some ketchup?


[narrator]

Master Control,


the robotic ruler

of the planet Sprocket,


dispatched his army

to capture earthlings.


The prisoners were then

shipped off to work in Sprocket.


The plan succeeded in part


because people grown

used to taking orders


from a super intelligent woman


who answered questions

on their smartphones.


Zoey? Who invented

the shopping cart?


The shopping cart

was invented in

by Sylvan Goldman.
See! I told ya!

[narrator]

Master Control captured her.


and had a replace by... Metalla!


A lieutenant who worked for him.

Zoey? it's me again,

tell me one more time

who invented the shopping cart.


Never mind that!

Report to the Northwest Valley.


And let some robots

take you to another planet


to work night and a day

in the factory for no pay.

If you say so...

Come on, Myron.

Let's go!


I stopped the robots

with this magnet.


the one I used

to borrow Jon's voice recorder.

Yum!
[Odie sniffs and then mutters]

You're smelling

something unearthly?


Something that does not

belong on this planet?


Oh, that's just Jon's

meat loaf...

Forgive the intrusion.

It must be another one

of those robot invaders!


-But I'm ready for him!

-Oh!


Take that!

And that! And that!


And why isn't your head

popping off?

Ah! Ah! That doesn't affect me
I am not a robot.

I'm one of the beings

on my planet who is not a robot


and not a prisoner of the

evil known as Master Control.

Let me tell you the story.

Give me a sec to make some

lasagna and we're all ears.


Well, I'm all ears.

He's all nose and tongue


[narrator]
The man called Bleen

told the chilling tale


of how the smartphones

on his planet


had gotten so smart

they'd taken over.


Of how they'd enslaved

the people to build robots


who could run the world.


I was one of the few

who escaped.

one of the few of free will,

who didn't do what

technology told me to do.


So now we are ruled


by this creature

called Master Control.


He is a master of control!


Having conquered Sprocket,


he's setting his sights

on a takeover of Earth


and believe me,

he has the robot power to do it!


His Earth-scanners

did an analysis.


They told him you were

the creature


independent enough

to threaten his plans.

Come to Sprocket with me

and help our band

of rebels defeat this tyrant.


What do you say, pup?

Think we have to do it?

[Odie mutters]
I think we have to do it, too.

The Earth's been good to me.

The least I can do is save it.


Come on! My Space-Hopper

is parked around back.


I'm taking this along.

It may come in handy.

Woof!
[Odie mutters]

I know you get sick on

long rides. Don't!

Ready for takeoff?
As ready as we'll ever be!
Here it goes!

Aren't you supposed

to tell us to put


our seats

in the upright position

and stow all electronic devices?
[Odie mutters]

No! You can't hang your head

out the window


and let your tongue flap

in the breeze.

[sad muttering]
Hold on, guys!

This space warps

will get us there faster!


[narrator]

It was for Garfield and Odie,


the ride of a lifetime!


But it did not go unnoticed

on Sprocket.


[Techno]

Attention, squadron!

Attention, squadron!

The cat Master Control told us

to be on the alert for!


He's coming through

Warp Seven-Eight-Alpha.


Mobilize all fighter-crafts

to intercept!


That's Bleen

returning with the hero cat.


Well, you know

what I always say...

What do you always say, Glemm?
A person never rises so high
as when he dances with a monkey.
Well... And argue with that!

♪It’s just like I always say♪


♪Go out and you don't stay♪


♪Why don't all poodles

Have wings?♪


[all]

♪It makes you think about things♪


♪What is that man saying now?

He has the brains of a cow♪


♪Will that man ever make sense?

He seems uncommonly dense♪


♪It’s just like I always say♪


♪My favorite color's grey♪


♪Is too much bacon enough?♪


[all]

♪It makes you think about stuff♪


♪What can that little man mean?

He has the brains of a bean♪


♪Could he be less understood?

His head's mahogany wood♪


♪It's like I always say♪


♪Don't eat a floral bouquet♪


♪Who knows what yesterday brings?♪


[all]

♪It makes you think about things♪


♪Is he just trying to shock?

He has the brains of a rock♪


♪What is he trying to do?

He ought to give us a clue♪


♪What does his wordage denote?

He has the brains of a goat♪


♪Can no one figure him out?

And tell us what he's about♪


[narrator]

Within moments


Master Control's

crack interceptor squadron


was taking flight.

We're almost there!
[Garfield yawns]
When we get to Sprocket,

we have to figure out how

to overthrow Master--


-[Beep]

-Uh-oh...


What's "uh-oh?"

I don't like "uh-ohs."

The Master Control's squadron!

They're going to try

to sh**t us down!

That would be an uh-oh...

Our only chance

is evasive maneuvers.


What do you mean by...

Whoa!

Ah!
[Odie mutters]

No, I don't know

what's going on.


I don't even know why

there's sound in outer space.

There's no air in outer space!

and in order to have sound,

you have to have air and--


Never mind. It doesn't

bother people in movies


so I'm not going to let it

bother me.

Ah!

Come to thinking of it.

Why space aliens

speak English too?

We're gaining on them

but I'm lost

and I need to consult this map.

Take over the controls,

Garfield.

Take over the controls?

Steer the Space-Hopper

while I figure out


if we're heading

in the right direction.


If I hang a left

at this asteroid


and make a U-turn

at the space debris...

Just say "uh-oh."

[robot guard]

I have the target in my sights.

So do I.
Fire!
Ah!
Nice maneuvering, Garfield!

I know where we are,

I'll take over.


Oh sure! Now that I've done

the hard part...


[narrator]
Soon, Garfield and Odie

were meeting the rebels.


The people who believed their

world should be run by men


and not machines...

You're our only hope, Garfield.

Oh, I'm sorry

to hear about that.


We must find a way

to bring down Master Control.

It's like I always say!
If you're not brushing your teeth
then you're not brushing your teeth!

Bringing down Master Control

won't be easy.


We've spent years

trying to figure out how.


Their invasion of Earth

started with that woman


who answered questions

on everyone's phone.


Zoey! Remember how Jon used

to talk to her all the time

and get answers?
Woof!

They captured her and brought

her here to Sprocket.

She's a prisoner...somewhere.

You're thinking

she's smart enough


to tell us how to

topple Master Control?

If she isn't, no one is!

How could we get in there

to find her?

How?

[narrator]
As he often did

when in need of a plan--


Hey! Keep it down.

I'm trying to think!


[narrator]
Sorry...


[narrator, in a low voice]

As he often did


Garfield applied a process


that always yielded

a brilliant idea.


How would I

get into that building

if there was lasagna in there

and I had to get inside

to get it?


Wait! Wait!

Garfield seems to have an idea.

Yes!
I saw this as soon we got here.
This?
This is the robot junkyard!

It's where they dump parts

of old robots.


Could we dress up

in some of these pieces and...

[guffaw]
Just try to act natural.
I'm inside old tin cans,

standing on the shoulders

of a dog.


How much more natural

could I be?

[Odie whines]
Steady, boy. Steady.

You're wondering about

that huge blue cable.


We've been wondering

what that was for years.

Maybe we'll find out inside.

Maybe it's a big extension cord

and they run the place on it.

[demonic laugh]
Keep walking, Odie.
What?

Odie! You won't believe

what we found.


It's Jon! Vito and Liz and

Doc Boy and Eddie Gourmand

and everyone else we know!
Are those your friends?

We must save them.

We must--


[Master Control]

What?

What are you two doing here?
[chattering teeth]

[narrator]
Face to face

with Master Control!


the ruler of this world

and perhaps soon


the Earth!