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(The episode begins above Jon’s house. The doorbell rings and Garfield goes to answer it with Odie trotting behind him)
Garfield: Whoa! Could that be the pizza guy already? I just ordered! (He opens the door and sees Nermal, who has brought with him a suitcase. Behind the kitten, a car drives away)
Nermal: Hiya, Garfield! (Garfield, thinking it was pizza, grins; seeing the unpleasant surprise, his demeanor changes instantly)
Garfield: Stammers (He slams the door in Nermal’s face and barricades the door with himself, breathing heavily as he does) Oh, oh, oh… (He puts his paw on his tummy as the puppy walks up)
Odie: Hmm? (The doorbell rings again)
Garfield: (grabbing and holding Odie’s snout) Odie, tell me you didn’t see what I just saw. (He points at the door behind him with his thumb. It opens again and there stands Nermal)
Nermal: Hiya, Garfield!
Garfield: YAAHHH!
Odie: (sadly) Mm-hmm… (His ears sag. He too is not happy to see the kitten) Bark! (The doorbell rings again. Jon walks up)
Jon: Who’s at the door?
Garfield: AAHH! Whimpers (He blockades the door again, practically begging Jon not to open it)
Jon: Garfield! Move over! (He pushes his cat aside and opens the door. He glances around him before seeing the kitten and bending down to meet him) Hi, Nermal! Come on in! (He picks up the kitten, who purrs in response) Nermal’s master is out of town, so he’s gonna stay with us for 10 days! (Garfield puts a paw to his face, exasperated) Isn’t that right, little fellow? (He gently tickles Nermal’s tummy)
Nermal: Meow.
Garfield: 10 days? He must be kidding.
Odie: Moan. (frustratedly) Bark!
Jon: C’mon, guys, be nice to Nermal, and make him feel at home, OK? (He sets Nermal down and leaves him with Garfield and Odie)
Nermal: Oh boy! Aren’t the three of us gonna have so much fun? (In response, Garfield slams the door on Nermal and storms away. Odie follows right behind)
Odie: Mutters angrily (Nermal pokes his head through the pet door, not to be deterred)
Nermal: Grrrr!
(In the living room, Garfield and Odie watch TV as they sit on the former’s chair. On TV is a woman in a police uniform reading a letter)
Woman on TV: Really? (Garfield and Odie watch intensely. Odie looks like he is about to cry from this love story) Oh, but who? Who? (Behind them, Nermal reveals himself from behind the chair. Neither of the pets notice him)
Garfield: Yeah! Who? (Garfield looks down and grabs his toes. Odie turns to look at him) WHO? (Odie turns back to the TV as Nermal stealthily changes the channel) Doh! (He stares angrily at the kitten, who holds the remote in his paw)
Nermal: Ah, just in time for the ice skating (the camera focuses on the TV, showing a woman ice skater) international championship! (Focus returns to the cats and dog) I can’t possibly miss it!
Garfield: Oh yeah? There! (He swipes the remote and changes the channel back. Nermal starts to cry, but then becomes furious at Garfield)
Woman on TV: I want to see the face of the man who did it!
Nermal: Siiiiiiiigh! (He puts a paw to his face) I’m bored! (He starts jumping in front of the TV. Odie and Garfield glare at him) Can’t we do something fun, like, play games! (A loud KONG can be heard and Nermal is launched out the front pet door, straight upward and onto his rear on the sidewalk) WHOA! WHA-HA-HA! (The pets send Nermal’s suitcase out with him) Oh! (Behind him, Garfield and Odie watch from the pet door)
Garfield and Odie: Snicker (They return inside)
Nermal: Moan (He blinks, cringing as he looks at his suitcase)
(Inside, Garfield and Odie head back to the living room when they hear something coming from outside)
Nermal: Oh-ho-ho! My leg! (The pets turn around. For a second, they look worried. Jon walks in from the garage door)
Jon: Did you just hear someone screaming?
Odie: Whimpers
Jon: Garfield! (They hear Nermal again crying for help, and they all turn to face the front door)
Nermal: Oh-ho-ho, my leg! (Jon opens the door to see Nermal on the porch gripping his leg in pain) I’ve sprained my cute, delicate leg! Oh-ho-ho-ho! (Wanting no part of this, Garfield and Odie try to slip away, but Jon apprehends them before they can reach the living room)
Jon: Garfield! (The pets turn around and see an angry Jon tapping his foot) *Scowl*
Nermal: Meow. Meow.
Garfield: Chuckle
Nermal: Meow. Purr
(Later, Jon has bandaged up Nermal’s foot and has set him on Garfield’s chair, watching TV while his pets have to settle with the couch)
Garfield: I can’t believe Jon gave him my favorite seat AND the remote! (Odie, who is sitting next to him, shakes his head frustratedly) That’s just plain unacceptable.
Odie: Oh, yeah! Bark!
Jon: Lasagna! (He walks in with a fresh plate of piping-hot lasagna heading toward Nermal)
Garfield: Ah, lunchtime. (He jumps on the table) I’m totally famished! (He hops on the table, hoping for some of his favorite food)
Jon: Scowl! (He keeps the lasagna away from Garfield)
Garfield: Oh!
Jon: No, Garfield. I don't think you deserve lasagna after being so mean to Nermal. (He gives the lasagna to Nermal, which angers Garfield) Here you go, little fella.
Nermal: Meow. (He stares at Garfield maliciously and eats the entire lasagna cube)
Garfield: Four-cheese lasagna with extra parmesan? (He bares his claws and quickly retracts them) My favorite! (His voice cracks, as if he were weeping) My favorite lasagna… (Jon strokes the kitten’s head)
Nermal: Purr. Meow.
Jon: If you need anything or if Garfield and Odie are not being nice, (He pulls a bell out and sets it on the empty plate) ring it twice and I’ll come, OK?
Nermal: Mm-hmm. (He nods and glares at the pets)
(Jon then walks over to confront his own cat and dog. By now, Odie is sitting on one of the chairs)
Jon: As for the two of you, (Garfield looks down sadly) I’m responsible for Nermal’s well being and you’d better behave, or else you’ll be grounded for the rest of the week! Capeesh?
Garfield: Chuckles (Jon leaves, his point having been made. The pets then glare at Nermal) Growl!
Nermal: (weakly) Odie, cough cough, Garfield, would you be so kind as to bring me a glass of water? (He blinks three times) *Cough cough* My throat’s all dried up. (Garfield roars furiously and pounces at him, but Odie swoops in time to intercept Garfield in mid-air)
Garfield: AAHHH! (He crashes on the ground. Odie struggles to hold him as he crawls toward Nermal, claws bared and furious)
Nermal: Aha! (He pulls the bell out)
Garfield: Grunts (He shakes his head and stops the pursuit. With Garfield calm, Odie hops off of him) Sure, Nermal. Sigh, c’mon, Odie. It's just for 10 days. (He heads for the kitchen, Odie right behind)
Odie: Mutters angrily
(Later, a car passes Jon’s house. Inside, Odie gives Nermal a back massage and Garfield sulks up with a plate of milk and cookies. Both of them, have sour looks on their faces. Garfield sets the glass on the arm of the chair and Nermal dips his finger in it)
Nermal: This isn’t even warm! How am I supposed to eat my cookies with COLD milk? (Garfield trembles furiously) Ouch! You call that a massage? You’re mauling my delicate fur with your claws. Try to be a little more careful, DOG!
Odie: Grrrr! BARK! (He resumes the massage)
Nermal: Can I have my cookie or WHAT?! (Garfield tosses the plate aside like a frisbee, and it crashes against something off-screen)
Garfield: Here, crawl and get it yourself, Your Highness! (He storms out of the living room)
Odie: Mutters furiously (He gets off the chair and also leaves. Slamming doors can be heard in the background)
(In the kitchen, the pets reconvene)
Garfield: That’s it! I’m through taking care of “King Nermal”! Nothing will make me go back in there! You hear? Nothing, Odie! (A timer dings nearby) Nothing! Nothing! Oh! (He and Odie turn to see Jon pulling lasagna out of the oven)
Jon: Humming
Garfield: Chuckles (They both get excited at the prospect of lasagna)
Jon: Hey, guys! I figured you deserved a little treat for taking good care of Nermal these past few days. (The pets smack their lips in eager anticipation when Nermal yells for them)
Nermal: Garfield! Odie!
Odie: Moan…
Nermal: (continuing) Where’s my hot milk??!
Garfield: OK, you get the cookies, I’ll go get the milk.
(In the living room, Nermal waits for the sweet treats when he spies the plate of cookies Garfield threw aside)
Nermal: Oh! (He looks around to make sure no one is there, and then gets off his chair and runs over to the cookies, revealing his injury was an act. He pops a cookie into his mouth when Garfield and Odie enter with the milk and cookies respectively)
Garfield and Odie: Gasp! (They see that they had been duped. Nermal, seeing the pets, drops a piece of cookie and runs back to the chair, trying to play it cool)
Nermal: Meow. (The pets look at each other, realizing that they’ve been played)
Garfield: You dirty little liar! You’ve been faking your injury all along, just to get royal treatment!
Nermal: And what if I did? You and Odie were so mean to me. Besides, you can’t prove anything. (He hops in his chair)
Garfield: You! (He and Odie toss their plates aside and angrily approach the conniving kitten)
Odie: Bark! Bark! Bark! Bark! Bark! Bark! Bark! (Fearing for his life, Nermal rings his bell. Jon runs in, plate of lasagna in hand)
Jon: GARFIELD, ODIE, BACK OFF! (His pets turn to face him)
Odie: Bark?
Garfield: (pointing at Nermal) Don’t you see it’s all an act?! He’s faking!
Jon: Garfield, Odie, kitchen! You’re GROUNDED! (They both hang their heads in anger as they sulk toward the kitchen)
Nermal: Chuckles (The pets turn around. Nermal–who is standing upright–salutes at them)
Garfield: Ugh!
Odie: Mutters (Garfield gestures toward the kitten, but when Jon turns around, he puts on his frail kitten act)
Nermal: Meow.
Jon: Ugh!
Garfield: Moan (They see Nermal jumping on the chair. They point this out)
Odie: Bark! (He nods his head frantically, but all Jon sees is an injured kitten)
Nermal: Meow.
Jon: Scowl! (Nermal decides to taunt them even more by bouncing around the chair)
Garfield: YAAHHH!
Nermal: Yay! Laugh (Once again, Garfield and Odie try pointing it out to Jon. This time when he looks, he sees the kitten hopping around) Uh!
Jon: Scowl! Hmm? (He does a double-take, but again Nermal pretends to be hurt)
Nermal: Meow!
Jon: Growl!
Garfield: Grunt! (He and Odie walk into the kitchen. Garfield slams the door behind him but opens it one more time to give one last warning to Nermal) You won’t have to fake any more when I’m done with you, Nermal! (He slams the door again)
Nermal: Chuckle
(Later, Nermal is loudly listening to the ice skating championship. Garfield and Odie cannot stand the music. Garfield covers his ears with mugs and Odie hides under a pot)
Garfield: I’ll lose my sanity if I have to listen to one more minute of that lame ice-skating music!
Odie: Bark!
Garfield: This is what we’re gonna do.
Odie: Hmm? (He whispers his plan to Odie) Mutters (He nods. Garfield grins maliciously)
(As Nermal watchmen, he hears Garfield and Odie eating something in the kitchen)
Garfield and Odie: Chewing noises
Nermal: Hey guys, uh, what are you eating in there?
Garfield: (peeking out the door) Mm! This totally yummy chocolate chip cookie cake! Mmm! (Odie also looks at Nermal)
Odie: Mmmm! Bark!
Nermal: Can I also have a piece?
Garfield: (Standing in the doorway) Of course, but Odie and I are grounded, remember? We can’t leave the kitchen. You’ll have to come and eat it yourself. (He zips back out of sight. Nermal looks around him. Grabbing his bell, he runs to the kitchen and looks around. On the kitchen table, Garfield is ready to pounce)
Garfield: Grr! (He jumps and tackles Nermal, picks him up, and puts him in the trash. Odie sets a couple of books on it to keep the lid down)
Nermal: No, no, no, no! NO! AAAAHHHHHH! (Jon appears from the garage-kitchen door)
Jon: Is that Nermal’s bell ringing?
Odie: Oh… (To cover the sound, Garfield presses a button on a radio and he and Odie start dancing. Garfield tap dances and Odie moonwalks. Jon steps forward and pauses the music, and Garfield starts it back up. Jon stops it, and that’s when he hears the bell)
Nermal: WAAAHHH! (Jon opens the lid and reveals Nermal inside. Weakly, the kitten goes…) Meee-owwww!
Jon: Scowl! (Nermal rings his bell. Garfield and Odie try to play it cool)
Garfield: Chuckles
Odie: Pants
Jon: Garfield, Odie... OUT OF THE HOUSE! NOW!!
Garfield: Huh? Sigh
Odie: Whimpers
(That night, Garfield and Odie are outside in a thunderstorm. They look in through the window and glare at Nermal, who is back on the chair watching TV)
Nermal: Hmph! (Nermal turns to Garfield, a grin on his face, and he and Odiestare back at him. Nermal reveals his bell, which gives Garfield an idea. He runs inside the shed and grabs a pair of wire cutters)
(As Nermal watches his show and plays with his bell, Garfield sneaks up behind him and cuts the bell's clapper, silencing the bell)
Garfield: (to Nermal) Just give me the remote and get down from the chair, nice and easy. (He and Odie glare at the kitten)
Nermal: (laughs manically) OR WHAT? You and Odie wouldn't DARE touch me! (Garfield steps forward, picks him up, and drops him on his butt. Angry, the kitten gets up) Fine, and don’t say you didn’t ask for it!
Garfield: Chuckles
Nermal: Laughs (He holds the bell)
Odie: Mutters (Nermal then tries to ring the bell, but no sound comes from it)
Nermal: Ah! (Surprised, and defenseless, he turns to the furious pets)
Odie: Grrrr!
Garfield: Meow!
Nermal: Chuckles (He waves his fingers and zooms away. As Jon works in his office, the pets chase Nermal)
Odie: Bark! Bark! Bark! (They run up the stairs. Nermal breaks for Jon in the office, but Odie dives and grabs him before he can reach the office)
Nermal: WAAAAAA! (Garfield grabs Odie’s feet and tries to pull him, but then Nermal’s bandage begins unwinding) WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA! (Nermal is sent spinning like a top into Jon’s office) WA-WA-WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA! (He slams hard into the back of Jon’s chair, catching the cartoonist off-guard. He turns around, and sees Nermal holding his arm up weakly) Ahh… (Garfield and Odie blink in surprise. Jon picks up Nermal)
Jon: Hey there, little fella. Glad to see your leg’s working fine, now. Heh, you don’t even have a limp!
Nermal: Purr.
Garfield and Odie: GRRRR!
Nermal: Chuckle (He glances over at the pets with a malicious look)
Garfield: You’re not gonna get away with this, you hear me Nermal?! (He walks toward the stairs, but his feet get caught in Nermal’s bandage) You’ll need a lot more bandages once I…whoa! (He trips and falls down the stairs. Odie, who was still holding the other end of the bandage, gets pulled along with him)
Garfield and Odie: (painfully) Oof! Ugh! Oh! Uh! (A couple more crashes are heard as Jon and Nermal flinch after each one)
Nermal: Purr.
(The next morning, as a bystander walks by and a car passes the house, Garfield and Odie are in full body casts from their tumble down the stairs. Only their eyes–and in Garfield’s case, his tongue–remain visible. Garfield looks furious and Odie looks sad. Jon eats a plate of lasagna on Garfield’s chair right next to the pets.)
Jon: (while eating) I really outdid myself with this four cheese lasagna. Aw, too bad Liz said you couldn't use your jaws for another month.
Odie: Whimpers
Garfield: Grunts frustratedly (Jon eats another bite, much to his pets’ displeasure, when the doorbell rings. Jon sets the plate down next to Garfield and goes to answer the door. Garfield, seeing the steaming lasagna a few inches away, tries to eat it with his tongue but cannot reach)
Jon: (entering the living room) I have a surprise for you guys! (The pets look up at him. Of all characters, Nermal hops in wearing a nurse’s cap)
Nermal: Garfield!
Jon: (petting Nermal’s head) I’ve asked Nermal to stay with us a little longer, so he can cheer you up a little bit!
Odie: Whimpers
Garfield and Odie: Grrrr!
Jon: Have fun! (Jon leaves. Garfield furiously continuing grunting and growling as Nermal hops into the chair, eats the entire leftover lasagna, and switches the channel)
Nermal: Oh, ice skating. Sweet! Nothing but cute butterfly costumes.
Odie: Howl!
Garfield: Moan…
