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[snoring] [clock ringing]

[upbeat music]

[dark music]

[narrator] The main threat to the planet's existence

came not from without but from within...

Not from outer space but from deep within the Earth's core.

There, for thousands of years, the sloth-people have dwelled,

dwelled in a kingdom ruled by this leader,

King Glorm.

My people!

The time has come for us to conquer

the beings who live on the outside of our planet.

[wild cheering]

This will be easy for they are fat and lazy creatures.

And we shall make it even easier through the power of...

procrastination!

Procrastination means putting things off until a later time.

It's the finest way man has invented

to get absolutely nothing accomplished.

[raucous cheering]

[evil laughter]

[cheerful music]

Here is a demonstration of world-class procrastination.

[yawning]

Garfield, please take out the trash.

I'll do it tomorrow.

And you were supposed to clean out the garage.

I'll do it next week.

And please take a package to Aunt Ivy.

I'll do it the century after next.

[groaning]

Putting things off and putting them off and off...

That is procrastination at its finest.

[drilling]

Hey!

[clanking]

Even now, all across the surface world,

our transmission antennas are rising,

sending out the procrastination rays

to every corner of the planet,

rays that will increase to the maximum

everyone's tendency to procrastinate.

[rays detonating]

[rumbling]

[screaming]

[cooing]

[rumbling]

[rumbling]

And so, the cosmic energy bombarded the Earth,

instilling in every man, woman and child

a deep sense that everything can and should be done

at another time.

[rays detonating]

[zapping]

[tires screeching]

[action music]

[rays detonating]

[flames blazing]

You're a fireman. Shouldn't you put that out?

Yeah, but I'll do it later.

[screaming]

[rays detonating]

-[drilling] -[zapping]

[yawning]

Soon, the state had come to a complete standstill,

prompting the governor to call a press conference.

With no one accomplishing anything,

we have a major crisis.

To get to the bottom of this,

I'm appointing a special committee...

one of these days.

No much matter.

Nobody showed up to hear me anyways.

I think I'll just go home and do nothing...

maybe do that later.

[ominous music]

The surface world paralyzed,

King Glorm sent his sloth-people

to seize control of the exterior world.

[clucking]

Conquering the surface people will be simple.

They won't even lift a finger to fight back.

Is there no one up there who will do anything now?

No one.

Well, there is one possibility.

[clucking]

The procrastination ray makes everyone into a total procrastinator.

However, if there is someone who already was like that,

it will transform them into a total

non-procrastinator.

But how could there be anyone who is that lazy?

[Odie whining]

[cheerful music]

No, I'm not going to--

[rays detonating]

And even as the ray transformed the puppy into a procrastinator,

it changed the cat into the exact opposite.

Yes! I will throw the stick!

And I will throw it now! Now, now!

Go get it, boy! Go fetch the stick.

[groaning]

What? You'll fetch it later?

I can't worry about that. I have things to do now.

Garfield became the most ambitious creature on the face of the planet.

He took out the trash.

He cleaned up the garage.

He even took Jon's package over to Aunt Ivy's house.

Don't say anything. You're not really in this episode.

Dinner's not for three more hours,

but I think I'll have it now.

One of the advantages of not putting things off.

But Garfield now seemed to be the only one who felt that way.

I was going to make a pot roast, but I'll do it...

[yawning]

...later.

No, no! Now! Do it now.

Besides, I can't go to the market.

My paycheck hasn't arrived.

Paycheck? I'll get it for you.

The mailman wasn't delivering the mail...

I'll get around to it sooner or later.

Probably later.

How will I get anything to eat?

I know. Vito!

Even Vito the pizza maker was...

You know where this is going.

Ah, my little pussycat.

I shall make you not one, not two

but ten delicious pizzas.

Yes, yes! Go! Do that now.

As soon as I return from my vacation in Italy.

Aargh!

[engine revving]

[dramatic music]

Jon won't do anything.

Odie won't do anything. The mailman won't do anything.

Vito won't do anything.

What has caused this?

The cat pondered the problem,

unaware that its cause was but blocks away.

What?

[rumbling]

[dramatic music]

How could he guess that King Glorm

and the sloth-people from the Earth's center

were at the park at that moment, flocking to the surface,

massing to begin the total conquest of the world?

[clucking]

Sloth-people? Conquest of the world?

Tell me more.

They had used the procrastination ray to...

Oh, I'll tell you later.

No! Tell me now! Even the narrator won't do anything!

He said they were at the park!

Before nightfall,

the people of Earth will be our slaves.

What good are they?

What?

Earth people don't do anything.

What good are slaves who don't do anything?

[shouts of agreement]

I hadn't thought of that.

I know!

Once they are our slaves,

I can push this button to reverse the procrastination rays

and make them useful.

[gasps of appreciation]

[all] Hail Glorm! Ruler of the world, inside and out!

So! Let us enslave the surface dwellers,

and then I shall push this button.

Here, Smiley! I'll save you the trouble.

An Earth creature! Actually doing something!

Seize him!

[excitedly shouting]

[action music]

Get that cat!

Let's see. He said to press this button!

[rays detonating]

I'm going to prepare dinner.

[whining]

While I cook, I'll throw the stick for you.

[happily barking]

I can do two things at once. I can do ten things!

Mr. Arbuckle! I brought your mail!

Your paycheck's in here!

[excitedly shouting]

[rays detonating]

[dramatic music]

[screaming]

Everywhere he ran, the brave cat was pursued by sloth-people...

Hey, it must be working. My narrator's back!

He ran as fast as he could, but soon

he was trapped.

Uh-oh. Like he said.

Give me the device and then we will destroy you.

Wonder what happens if I press the button saying

"Procrastination Rays for Our Side."

[rays detonating]

[zapping]

This creature will be eliminated.

Ah, but we can do that later.

[sighs of agreement]

Wow. Nice of them to label this thing like that for me.

We shall conquer the surface world,

but we'll do it a few thousand years from now.

[murmurs of agreement]

So, the sloth-people and their leader

returned to their city at the Earth's center,

not to be seen again for a long, long time.

[whizzing sound]

[muttered surprise]

[groaning]

[back cracking]

[rays detonating]

Oh, hi, Odie. Looks like I saved the world again.

[yipping]

And I guess this episode is just about over.

All we need is the closing joke.

[whimpering]

The closing joke.

We always like to end these with me saying something funny,

so the writer's gonna send a line for me to do.

It should be here any minute. Yep, any minute now.

[impatient humming]

Probably on its way...

Boy... Hope he didn't put it off.

I don't know about putting things off.

[engine roaring]

[lively music]

[upbeat music]

Subtitling: ECLAIR