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[snoring] [clock ringing]

[upbeat music]

This is a baby kangaroo.

[Nermal] Not as cute as me.

-And this is a baby panda. -Not as cute as me.

Here we see a baby rhinoceros.

Definitely not as cute as me.

I love watching nature films on TV.

Remind me when you're leaving, Nermal.

Oh, and feel free to use the word "now" in your answer.

[laughing] A few more weeks.

I can't take this anymore, Odie.

Prolonged exposure to Nermal is hazardous to my health.

Oh, look! Twenty-seven baby penguins.

None of them as cute as me.

[jingle]

Don't forget to join us tomorrow

in the nationwide search for America's cutest cat.

In every big city, contestants are lining up for a chance to win

this year's cutest cat trophy.

Cutest cat trophy? Wow!

I haven't won a trophy since...

[tinkling]

...Tuesday. -The winning cat

will receive an all-expenses-paid

six-month vacation in Greenland!

Greenland? Nermal, in Greenland?

Far, far away and...

How far, far away is Greenland? [Odie mutters]

Never mind. It's gotta be far enough away.

Six months without Nermal.

I have got to win that contest!

Yes, you have got to win that contest.

What are you waiting for, Nermal? Let's get entered.

There are flights for Greenland leaving every hour.

[joyful music]

Okay, I'm all entered in the contest tomorrow,

and I'm going to win.

You know why, Garfield?

Of course!

Because you're the cutest cat in the whole town.

Soon to be the cutest cat in Greenland.

I take my responsibility as judge seriously.

I have a chance to set trends,

to influence public taste.

I want to redefine what cute is.

Fashions change, styles change.

Cute must change!

I am so bored with what passes for cute.

Things like...

-That! -Huh?

The opposite of that. That will be the new cute.

The opposite of cute?

How can I be the opposite of cute?

You know what the opposite of cute is, Garfield?

You!

[sniggering]

Let's face it. I'll never win this contest.

[sad music]

I'll never win.

I might as well just stay home and watch TV all day.

At your house.

No!

[crying]

You can't give up now, Nermal.

Think of the glory, think of the pride,

think of six months away in Greenland.

But cute is all I got.

How can I possibly become uncute?

I can teach it to you before the competition tomorrow.

But you've got to work hard, there's no time to waste.

Let's start with manners, shall we?

We have to get rid of them.

Show me how you eat lasagna.

No, no, no, no! Too cute!

First, you're going to have to do away with the silverware.

Watch and learn, Nermal.

This is the uncute way to eat lasagna.

[Garfield chewing]

Garfield, careful!

Some of that is actually getting in your mouth.

That was a good one.

Your turn, Nermal.

Too neat.

It needs something... uncute,

something disgusting, even.

I know! Doggy-tongue. Odie, front and center.

Oh! Stop! Odie, stop!

Stop!

[Nermal screaming]

Please make him stop!

[laughing]

Odie licking your face like that...

Nermal, you are so cute!

This is going to take longer than I thought.

Nermal, do you know how to play with one of these?

[laughing]

Sure!

I hope none of you are trying to eat while you watch this.

[mewing] Wrong, wrong, wrong!

And in that order.

Let me show you what an uncute cat does with the ball.

You use them to occupy small-minded dogs.

Odie!

Fetch!

[barking]

Stop! Stop!

Look out! Help! No!

Well, at least that wasn't cute.

[Jon laughing]

Oh, Nermal and Odie, that's so cute!

Playing hide and seek in the trash cans!

In fact, everything you do is so cute, Nermal.

I'm doomed!

Doomed to a life of eternal cuteness.

I just can't not be cute.

You can and you will.

Your trip to Greenland and my peace and quiet depend on it.

A little of this, some of this...

Oh, and this is disgusting!

Some of this.

Now, mix well.

Garfield, what are you doing?

I'm giving you an uncute makeover.

[blender whirring]

Voilà!

[sniffing]

What was all that for?

This, Nermal, is the final threshold

on your journey into the land of Uncute.

Now you are ready.

Can I at least wear a little flowery deodorant?

No.

Cute, cute, very cute.

Repulsively cute!

I want to see that new kind of cute,

the kind that defies convention,

the kind that says:

"I am so cute I am not afraid to be uncute!"

I don't get it either, but he's the judge.

Show him what you got, Nermal.

And keep your eyes on the prize.

I'll keep mine on that ticket to Greenland.

[sniffing]

I smell buffet.

It smells like... [sniffing]

thirty-seven items, including carved prime rib,

medium-rare, sweet potatoes and chocolate raspberry soufflé.

[laughing]

Odie, you keep an eye on What's-his-name.

I'm otherwise... occupied.

[Garfield gobbling]

Oh, my stars and garters!

Is that really Nermal?

What is that dire stench?

Nermal, you look like you just crawled out of garbage.

[cute mewing]

[deep mewing]

That is just the kind of thing I wanted to see.

A bold new look!

A new kind of cute.

Pussycat, pussycat!

You just may be my pick. What do you say?

[belching]

[laughing] I love it!

This is... superb.

And I was wrong.

There are thirty-eight items and the prime rib is medium-well.

Cat, give me that lemon meringue pie!

Oh, I'm sorry.

That was the chocolate cream pie.

That was the lemon meringue pie.

Get him! Stop that cat!

Today, we mark a new era in cuteness.

A new standard of thinking outside the cute box.

Imagine.

I'm not only the cutest cat in the whole wide world,

I'm also the uncutest!

And so, it is with great pride,

[lower] and for a medium-sized fee,

I'm proud to name the contest winner as...

[Man] Stop that cat!

[gobbling]

You!

You have destroyed all concepts of the old cuteness.

No!

That's my crown!

I'm uncute! I'm so uncute! Uncute!

Garfield, I was supposed to win!

Look at me! Isn't it uncute to be a sore loser? Hey!

You are an absolute mess.

You don't look so good yourself, fella.

Oh, well. At least I'll have six months of no Nermal.

Please fasten your seat belt.

We will be landing shortly in Greenland,

where the current temperature is 50 degrees below zero.

Fifty degrees below zero?

I don't even want my ice cream that cold.

I'll be alone.

[shivering]

I just have to remember: 6,000 miles away from Nermal.

Six whole months of...

of peace and...

quiet.

Hello, Garfield!

Nermal?

No!

You're not Nermal. Who are you?

I'm Thermal!

I won the cutest cat competition in Canada.

And I am Germal!

I won the cutest cat competition in Mexico!

And I am Wermal!

I won the cutest cat competition in Japan!

You mean...

Yes!

[simultaneously] We all won trips

in our local cutest cat competitions!

And we'll all keep you company here for the entire six months.

[screaming]

Caramba!

He's not so very cute.

Yes, how he won is incomprehensible.

[joyful music]

[upbeat music]

Subtitling: ECLAIR