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[snoring] [clock ringing]

[upbeat music]

[joyful music]

[phone ringing]

Hello.

[inaudible]

No, I don't want to buy a 27-year membership in your gymnasium.

[Jon hanging up]

[phone ringing]

Hello.

No, this is not Feinblatt's Deli!

[phone ringing]

HELLO!

No, I don't want a subscription to Pigeon Breeders Monthly.

I already have one.

[Jon growling]

[Odie whining]

I wouldn't go in there if I were you.

I know I'm out of shape,

and I still don't want a 27-year membership in your gymnasium!

Jon's trying to come up with an idea for a new comic book for Mr. Barker.

[phone ringing]

Ah, the phone again!

[sigh] It's not going well.

I don't care who you are, whatever it is, I'm not going to buy it!

Stop calling me, you idiot! Stop!

Oh... Hello, Mr. Barker.

I just called to see how that new idea's coming, Arbuckle.

It's... It's...

I'm sorry, Mr. Barker, the phone keeps interrupting me.

I can't think.

Jon can't think. There's late-breaking news.

Oh, I understand.

Why don't you do what I do, Arbuckle? Get away!

Go where there's no phone.

I'd love to, but...

I can't afford a trip just now.

Hey, I just acquired an old house up in the mountains.

My business manager bought it cheap as an investment.

I haven't seen it,

but I'm pretty sure it doesn't have a phone.

I can work up there and I won't be interrupted all the time?

Great!

Make arrangements for Arbuckle to stay

in that house I just bought.

But isn't that house supposed to be...

haunted?

This is great, I have to go pack.

Oops! Forgot to eat my pizza.

You can forget to eat your pizza,

but I won't forget to eat your pizza.

The phone won't bother me, nothing will bother me!

We won't leave until I get

a terrific idea for a new comic book I can present to Mr. Barker.

[Odie muttering]

No, I'm not worried about running out of food.

You know that catering truck on the street

at the construction site?

While Jon was packing,

I added on a little...

Well, take a look.

[Odie howling]

[crows cawing]

[scary music]

Mr. Barker's secretary said the key was under the doormat.

Hey, don't act so happy, Odie.

I happen to know that this is...

[crows cawing]

...a haunted house.

[Odie muttering]

Just take a look at the title of this episode.

Could I have a copy of the script we're doing now, please?

"The Garfield Show Episode 202:

The Haunted House."

[Odie whimpering]

[thunderclap]

Come on, we'd better get inside and rest up.

Looks like a big chase scene on page nine.

Thanks.

[thunderclap]

Oh, this is great.

There's no phone to interrupt me.

I can work without being disturbed.

I don't have an idea yet,

but once I get one, watch out!

[Odie whimpering]

Aw, don't worry, pup. Ghosts can't hurt you.

[Odie sighing]

They can only make you hurt yourself.

[Odie muttering]

[ghostly moaning]

Garfield?

Is that your stomach rumbling again?

[jittery groan]

Just in case,

let's see what the Internet has about ghosts.

[ghostly moaning]

[chattering teeth]

[snoring]

[scary music]

What's the big idea? Stop!

What? Hey! Odie?

Odie, you minus-minded mutt.

Waking me up like that.

There's nothing there.

You woke me up... Just a second.

I'm scolding the pooch for waking me up from a dream

about manicotti.

As I was saying,

you woke me up with no rea-- [stuttering]

Odie, remember I said we had a big chase scene on page nine?

This is page nine.

[screaming]

[pacy music]

Oh... I still don't have a good idea for a new comic book,

but the phone isn't ringing and there's nothing to disturb me.

[muffled] Except for my nutty cat and dog.

What are you two doing?

You two are acting like you saw a ghost.

[scary]

There's no such thing as ghosts.

But he's right here.

Open those overly large eyes of yours and take a look.

He can't see me.

There's no such thing. I looked it up on the Internet,

and nothing you read on the Internet is ever wrong.

[cuckoo clock ticking]

Leave me alone so I can work.

I still need an idea.

Oh my...

You saw the ghost.

I saw the ghost.

Why didn't he see the ghost?

Because... he couldn't.

Human beings can't see ghost cats.

We're only visible to other cats,

and pets of extremely low intelligence.

I have to haunt this house for all eternity

or until I get a human to believe in those ghost cats.

Well, isn't haunting a house a good job?

No, it's boring!

Especially when you go 50-60 years with nobody inhabiting the house.

I want to be with my friends.

The other ghost cats.

They've gone on to another more interesting place.

I'm going to get out of here.

I'm going to scare that friend of yours

until he believes in ghost cats.

And I'll help you.

Come on!

Maybe a superhero who throws coleslaw at people?

No, it's been done.

Okay, I've got an idea.

Here's what you do.

[whispering]

Yeah, that'll make him believe in ghost cats.

That's cute, Garfield.

But it's not going to make me believe in ghosts.

That's not funny, Garfield.

He's never going to believe.

We're not giving up.

You need to be with your friends,

and I need to be where there's Chinese food.

[humming]

[screaming]

You can stop making those silly noises, Garfield.

There are no ghosts!

[scary music]

Please, don't get my new shirt wrinkled, Garfield.

And there are still no ghosts.

[bouncing]

Very cute, Garfield.

But there are still no ghosts.

It says so on the Internet, remember.

It's no use.

He'll never believe in ghost cats.

Oh yes, he will.

I'm going to have a brilliant idea.

-You are? -Yes.

Let me just check the script and see what it's going to be.

Could I borrow a copy of the script for this episode again, please?

Scene 19, scene 20...

That's a good idea I'm going to have.

Follow me. Thanks!

Jon is not going to believe in ghost cats until he sees one.

But he cannot see me.

No.

But he'll see me.

[laughing]

Oh, it's no use.

I'll have to tell Mr. Barker I don't have an idea

for a new comic book.

[mewing]

[ghostly moaning]

[scary music]

[screaming]

[chattering teeth] It's a ghost cat!

[echoing]

A human being believes in ghost cats.

I'm free!

[barking]

[screaming]

[ghostly moaning]

[screaming]

I'm up here in the mountains, getting a look at this house I bought.

One of my cartoonists is here, and I...

[Jon screaming]

Arbuckle! What's the meaning of...

A ghost cat!

A spooky, terrifying ghost kept going: "Booo, booo, booo!"

Sorry, Mr. Barker, I haven't been able to come up with...

Uh-huh, uh-huh, uh-huh!

A ghost cat?

That's a terrific idea for a new comic book!

It is?

Kids like ghosts, kids like cats.

Arbuckle, you're brilliant.

According to the script,

Jon sold his boss a new idea,

and our friend the ghost cat is freed from haunting this place.

A happy ending.

[honking] But not happy enough.

"Wide shot.

Vito's Pizza truck pulls up

with loads of steaming hot pizzas

for the clever cat."

Every script can use a few improvements here and there.

Keep scrubbing, Odie.

[joyful music]

[upbeat music]

Subtitling: ECLAIR