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[snoring]

[theme music starts]

[gentle music plays]

[suspenseful music plays]

[Garfield humming]

Oh, hey! You're probably wondering why I'm putting on this costume.

It's because of what happened this morning.

A few weeks ago, our neighborhood got a new ice cream man.

Only, this ice cream man was... an ice cream woman.

Her name was Olga and

she wasn't all that happy about her job.

There were three reasons. One...

was that the kids on her route could be a little cruel.

Here you are...

an nice ice cream cone

for each of you. [laughs]

[slurping]

Don't eat too much of that or you'll wind up looking like her.

[Olga] Oh.

Another reason was that

she had a little problem on her route.

-[Garfield screams like Tarzan] -[Olga screams]

[Garfield] That problem of course...

was me. [slurps]

Again, that cat!

And it was a recurring problem. Every day when she showed up

I showed up.

[ice cream stand jingles]

-[doors creak open] -[Olga screams]

[Garfield slurping]

[shivers] Thanks. It was getting a little nippy in here.

[Garfield laughs and roars]

[Odie barks]

[Odie pants]

[Odie barks and bouces]

[Garfield pants]

[gasps]

[screams]

That was how it went every day.

-[Odie pants and barks] -[Garfield laughs]

So that was the other reason why Olga was very unhappy in her job.

Oh, there was one other.

It's that Olga was... well, kinda lonely.

[Garfield] You know you don't meet a lot of ideal men

-when you drive an ice cream truck. -[Olga jumps]

Hey, let me have a triple dip cone...

boysenberry, fish ripple and tofu sorbet.

Coming right up.

Hey, Olga.

-You put on a couple more pounds. -Oh.

[sighs]

[cries]

-[Odie grunts joyfully] -[television plays music]

When I got home, Odie was watching TV.

[Garfield slurping]

[newswoman] We're coming to you live from pier 16.

Where museum manager Esmeralda Brubaker has just returned

from an exiting expedition. Is that so?

Indeed it is. The museum has just acquired this.

It's a block of ice from the continental shelf

of the Eastern part of Greenland. It is said

to contain the frozen remains of a primitive man.

[newswoman] A caveman frozen in a block of ice?

-Can you thaw him out in a microwave? -[Esmeralda] This is science, Miss.

We hope to learn more about history by defrosting the body.

We'll transport it to the museum and begin the process.

[men grunt]

[Odie grunts]

I brought back some ice cream bars. Want one?

[Odie barks and slurps]

[Garfield slurps and swallows]

[Garfield chuckles]

Here, you can have what's left.

[Odie barks and grunts sadly]

Hey, the stick's the best part.

You like to chase them, don't you?

[grumbles]

Okay, you're right. That was rotten, even from me.

If Olga's still around, I'll get you an ice cream with ice cream on it

-and maybe nine more for myself. -[Odie laughs]

All Olga was thinking about

that day, was... "How long before I can get off

work and go home to my crummy little apartment alone?"

[ice cream truck breaks]

[door squeaks open]

[door slams shut]

[Olga screams]

[Garfield laughs]

[Olga] Oh.

[huffs in effort]

Uh-oh. Looked.

[sighs] There's a switch in

the driver's compartment that unlocks it.

[screams]

That's it right there.

And that's when I accidentally fell on the parking brake.

[Garfield] Whoops!

[Garfield screams]

Stop! Don't go anywhere! No one's driving.

[Olga screams]

[Garfield] No! Stop!

[dramatic music plays]

Help!

[Olga] Come back with my ice cream truck!

Help! I don't have a driver's licence!

I don't even have a cat's licence!

Maybe this button stops it.

[panting] Maybe this one.

That button didn't stop it either.

I didn't realize it at the time

but that was the button to turn off the refrigirator in the back.

[gasps]

[car horn honks]

[screams]

[car horn honks]

[tires squeal]

[Garfield] What should I do?

[gasps] No! Stop!

[Garfield] Meow!

[panting]

Here's the manual that came with the truck.

I say stopping, stopping, stopping, stopping, stopping.

[tires squeal]

[screams]

Stopping, stopping.

Ah, here it is.

"Stopping: step on the brake."

[tires squeal]

[truck crashes]

-[ball bounces] -[Olga screams]

I'm out of danger.

[sighs and gasps]

[catching her breath]

[gasps] I think it would have been safer to drive off the pier.

It's not enough you steal my ice cream.

Now you steal my ice cream truck!

Myron, you think this crate really has a frozen caveman in it?

Yeah, who knows?

All we're supposed to do is load it into the refrigerated truck

when it gets here.

Hey! That must be it!

[panting]

[Olga panting]

You bad kitty cat!

-Bad! -[Garfield gasps]

[Garfield] And it was about then that a weird thought came over me.

I started feeling sorry for Olga.

Started to feel I hadn't been too nice to her.

[Odie] You?

Yes, me.

Yes, I feel sorry for people once in a while. Now here

get into your costume.

So where was I? Oh yeah...

So I'm guessing that's what these guys did.

Are you sure this is the right truck, Myron? This is for ice cream.

The museum must be saving money.

[Garfield] Olga must have returned to her truck and driven off

totally unaware of two things. One was

that she had a frozen caveman in the back, on top

of the cherry-vanilla.

And the other thing was that all the ice cream

in the truck was melting.

[Odie gasps and barks enthusiastically]

That's right, because I'd accidentally turned off the refrigirator.

Glad you're paying attention.

So all the ice cream was melting

and so was the block of ice.

Meanwhile, back at the pier.

How could you put my caveman into an ice cream truck?

Erm...you said a refrigerator truck.

[laughs nervously] That was a refrigerator truck.

I'm going to chase down that ice cream truck

and get my proprety back.

[Garfield] I didn't know what was going on

but it sounded like Olga might be in trouble.

So I decided to hitch a ride and see if I could go and help.

And anyway, it beats walking.

[Garfield meows]

As it turned out, she did need help.

There's been this guy hanging around in the neighborhood lately...

kind of a shady looking guy.

He'd flag you down.

I'de like some ice cream, but do you have change for a 20?

I'm pretty sure that I do

-[Olga screams] -[crook laughs]

[Olga] Give that back! That is mine!

Yeah well, that is mine now! [laughs]

[Garfield] She screamed but nobody heard.

[screams]

[knocks coming from inside the box]

[Garfield] Well, almost nobody.

You cannot just take my money.

-[Olga cries] -[crook] Yeah, well who's gonna stop me?

[roaring]

[gasps]

[roars]

[screams]

[gasps]

[crook] Put me down! I'll give it back, I'm sorry!

You came to my rescue!

[Garfield] And right there on the street, the caveman looked at Olga.

He hadn't seen a woman in, oh, a few thousand years.

So to him, she looked pretty good.

[grunts]

[in a grunt] Woman?

[Garfield] And she'd never seen a man look at her

and think she was beautiful before.

So to her, he looked pretty good.

Oh!

-[caveman hits crook] -[crook screams]

[objects break]

[Garfield] Even the kids in the neighborhood

-could see it. -[hearts popping]

You think she's beautiful?

[grunts] Pretty, pretty.

There he is! That's my caveman!

Everybody could see the two of them were in love.

Everyone exept the lady from the museum.

That caveman is museum proprety.

He has to come with me.

But we just found each other.

[Garfield] These two lovebirds needed a chance to be together.

Fortunately, they had me there.

And fortunately, I know the smell of ice cream, even the melting kind.

[Esmeralda] You can't take him from me!

-[caveman groans] -[Esmeralda] He's coming back

to the museum to be studied

and put on display.

[clears throat]

What is it, cat?

Better take a look in the back.

You want me to look in the back of that truck?

What could be in there that could

possibly matter to--

[screams]

[ice cream gushes out]

This is your chance, kids. Go far from her...

and her museum.

-[Olga and caveman laugh] -[Garfield] So they ran off.

[Garfield] Well, nobody knows where they are

but I bet they're happy

-together. -[Esmeralda shivers]

Get me out of this!

[licking his fingers] Don't worry. I'll have you out in...

I'd say about 600 spoonfuls.

[slurps]

And what will I do with the museum?

I promised my supervisors a caveman exhibit.

[munching] Oh, if you leave the happy couple alone

[swallows] I can help you out for a while.

[Garfield] And so that's why we have to do this.

-Are you up for it? -[Odie barks]

Okay, let's go to work!

[Esmeralda] ...and right this way, we have our new exhibit

from Stone Age life.

These figures represent a primitive

cat and a saber-toothed Odie dog.

Remember Odie, we're just filling in until they find another caveman.

[Odie barks]

Okay, lunch time!

-[Garfield munches] -[Odie grunts]

Hope it takes them a while.

The food here is pretty good.

[sighs]

[turtledoves coo]

[theme music starts]