The twentieth episode of the second season of Garfield and Friends.
Post-opening sequence line: "Wouldn't I make a great ventriloquist? My lips never move."
TV of Tomorrow
Jon goes to a repair shop to fix his old TV set, but the mechanic there insists that he buy a new one.
Little Red Riding Egg
Orson tries to make a movie about Little Red Riding Hood, with Sheldon in the role of the title character. Meanwhile, the Fox hunts for chickens.
Well-Fed Feline
When Harriet Underburger, an animal activist involved with the Park Place Pet Protection Plan overhears Jon threatening not to feed Garfield again until Arbor Day, she thinks that Jon is a terrible cat owner and threatens to arrest him unless he feeds Garfield.
"TV of Tomorrow" provides examples of:
- Bait-and-Switch: This episode begins at a hospital, where Garfield appears to beg for someone to be all right, saying he can't live without it, and not knowing what he'll do if it can't home home. It is then revealed that he's talking to Jon's TV.
- Didn't Think This Through: The doctor invents a special TV for Garfield to watch while he jogs so Garfield can get some exercise. Jon asks the doctor how Garfield will be able to see where he's going while wearing it, and the doctor tells Jon that he made an interesting point and he needs more research.
- Hoist by His Own Petard: The doctor gets pulled into his own TV that brings things from it into the real world when it shows King Kong.
- Oh, Crap!: While using the doctor's taste-o-vision to enjoy a dinner present in a soap opera, Garfield ends up having to yank the hose off when a man comes in saying there's a mudslide polluting the river.
- O.O.C. Is Serious Business: When Garfield begs for his TV to be all right, he says that he'd even watch Binky the Clown on it. This naturally sparks a gasp from Odie.
- Percussive Maintenance: Garfield running into Jon's TV is what fixes it.
- Pie in the Face: This happens to Odie when he watches Binky the Clown on a TV that brings things from the screen into the real world.
- Shout-Out: After trying out the taste-o-vision results in him swallowing a bit of mud from a mudslide, Garfield comments that he's lucky he didn't eat Snow White's poison apple.
- Two Decades Behind: Discussed; when the doctor tries to talk Jon into buying a new TV instead of having him fix his old one, He asks Jon if he has a record player. Jon reveals that he does, with lots of records. The doctor tells him that those aren't being made anymore, as everyone buys CD players and Compact Discs now, and in the future, there'll be something to replace CDs.
"Little Red Riding Egg" provides examples of:
- Acquired Situational Narcissism:
- When Roy overhears that Orson is going to cast him in the role of the wolf in his movie, he starts acting like an egotistical movie star and making ridiculous demands. When Orson tells Roy that he'll give him a cheese sandwich, Roy accepts.
- At first, Wade wants no part in playing Red's Grandma, but when Orson tells him it's a lead role, Wade goes through with it in the hopes of becoming famous.
- Amateur Film-Making Plot: When Orson finds an old video camera, he films his own version of Little Red Riding Hood, with Sheldon in the role of the titular character, Booker in the role of the Woodsman, Roy in the role of the Wolf, and Wade in the role of Red's Grandma.
- Cowardly Lion: When Orson tells Wade that the wolf is going to lock Red's Grandmother in the closet, Wade decides he's not going to get locked in any closet, and stands up to the Fox, believing him to be a costumed Roy.
- Evil Overlooker: This episode's title card has the Fox, clad in a bib, looking down at Sheldon as Little Red Riding Egg.
- Explain, Explain... Oh, Crap!: This exchange when Wade stands up to the Fox, having mistaken him for Roy.Wade: Why, you hideous wolf, you! What a big nose you have! (Pulls on the Fox's nose) And what big feet you have! (Steps on the Fox's feet) And what a big mouth you possess! (Looks into the Fox's mouth) Hey, Roy, make it look real! This is my big chance!
(Roy hops in)
Roy: (Muffled) Wade, look out! That's a fox! Wade! Wade!
(Wade turns to face Roy.)
Wade: Roy, you are ruining my big scene with Roy here!
(Beat, Wade looks back and forth between the fox and Roy, then closes the Fox's mouth.)
Wade: Would you like top billing?
(The Fox growls at Wade.) - Foul Fox: The Fox returns, capturing Roy and trying to catch Booker and Sheldon.
- Leaning on the Fourth Wall: When Orson tells Wade that the role of Red's Grandma is a lead role, Wade says that said role could lead to movies, mini-series, maybe even his own Saturday Morning cartoon show.
- Mirror Routine: Roy in his wolf costume does this when he comes across the Fox, mistaking him for his reflection. He then says "Boy, I didn't realize how pathetic and ugly this wolf costume looks!", only to realize that he doesn't have a mirror. He then ends up getting captured by the Fox.
- Mistaken for an Imposter: When Wade decides that he's not going to be shoved into a closet, he mistakes the Fox for Roy in a wolf costume and stands up to him, at least until the real Roy shows up.
- Something We Forgot: After Bo rescues Sheldon and sends the Fox away in a go-kart, Wade says he has the feeling he forgot something, then says he guesses not. As it turns out, Roy is still trapped in the bag the Fox put him in.
- Spoonerism: One of the bloopers involves Roy saying "Where are you riding, little egg going Red?"
"Well-Fed Feline" provides examples of:
- Animal Wrongs Group: After Garfield eats Jon's cake and attempts to mail Nermal to Abu Dhabi, Harriet overhears Jon threatening not to feed Garfield again until Arbor Day. Harriet mistakes Jon for a terrible cat owner and threatens to arrest Jon unless he feeds Garfield. After Jon feeds Garfield all the food in his house, he ends up forgetting to feed Nermal and gets arrested by Harriet anyway.
- Big Eater: Garfield. First, he eats Jon's entire seven-layer lasagna cake by himself, then he eats the rest of the food in Jon's house so Harriet won't arrest Jon.
- Cut a Slice, Take the Rest: When Garfield sees Jon's cake, he hesitates about taking it, realizing that Jon and Odie should have some. So he cuts a small slice, eats the rest, and says to the audience, "You knew I was gonna do that." Then he takes the slice and eats it too, commenting "You knew I was gonna do that too."
- Denied Food as Punishment: For eating his cake and trying to mail Nermal to Abu Dhabi, Jon threatens not to feed Garfield again until Arbor Day. This gets the attention of Harriet, who mistakes Jon for a terrible cat owner and threatens to arrest him unless he feeds Garfield.
- Downer Ending: For Nermal, at least. This episode ends with Garfield locking him in jail.
- Even the Rats Won't Touch It: When both Garfield and Nermal eat Jon's prison meal, they both find it tastes terrible.
- Jerk with a Heart of Jerk: Garfield. When Jon gets arrested for neglecting to feed Nermal, Garfield says "This is awful!... We're all out of food!" He then bails Jon out, saying "Well, someone has to do the shopping; the kitchen's empty!"
- Karma Houdini: Garfield receives no comeuppance for eating Jon out of house and home, getting Jon arrested (he only bails Jon out so he will buy him more food), or locking Nermal in jail after Jon is released.
- Prison Episode: Jon gets arrested for neglecting to feed Nermal after Garfield eats him out of house and home. Garfield bails him out near the end of the episode (as Jon is the only one who does the shopping), and locks Nermal in Jon's cell.
- Tempting Fate: After Nermal tries Jon's prison meal and dislikes it, he asks "What could be worse?" Cue Garfield locking Nermal in Jon's prison cell, saying it's so much neater than mailing him to Abu Dhabi, and it saves on stamps.
