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[snoring] [clock ringing]

[upbeat music]

[cheerful music]

Another one. Another one. Another one.

Another one. Another one. Another one.

Another one. Another one. Another one.

You see I like hot dogs? Another one.

I'm sorry, I'm all out of hot dogs.

[Jon humming happily]

[sighing]

Here's your bill.

Here's my wallet.

[Garfield humming]

I said we could stop for a light snack.

Two hundred and forty-four hot dogs is not a light snack.

They are if you leave off the chili.

[tires screeching]

[dance music]

Good afternoon, Mr. Edge.

I keep telling you, Joe.

Call me Tyler. I'll have the usual.

[heavy breathing]

Did that man say he was Tyler Edge?

I didn't hear a word after "sorry, I'm out of hot dogs."

-Here you go. One six-sausage sandwich. -Thanks.

Mr. Edge! Tyler. I don't have change for a thousand-dollar bill.

Keep the change. Buy yourself a house.

[laughing] Yeah!

That is Tyler Edge.

I didn't hear a word after "six-sausage sandwich."

[chewing]

Cartoonist, huh? What are you drawing?

Nothing really. Just doodling,

looking for a new comic strip character.

You're Tyler Edge, right?

I'm not Tyler Edge.

I'm the Tyler Edge.

[laughing]

Tyler Edge, Tyler Edge. That name sounds familiar.

Do you know who Tyler Edge is?

Oh, you never know anything. Wait here.

-Hey! -Sorry.

I need to borrow your computer.

Tyler Edge... Tyler Edge... Tyler Edge.

Ah, here we are.

[reporter] Tyler Edge made his first zillion dollars when he was 16 years old.

He quickly built the world's largest empire of video games,

cartoon shows, comic books and major motion pictures.

They call him the man who knows exactly what today's young audiences want to buy.

Thanks. I just had to look that up.

The way you draw is kind of interesting.

Tell you what... what's your name?

Jon Arbuckle.

[wincing] Not a good name. But ok, tell you what.

Bring me a concept and if I think they'll go for it,

I'll make you a very rich man! -[gasps]

I'll give you one tip. Draw and write what you know.

Oh.

Guys, this is the opportunity of a lifetime.

I'll go home and go to work.

Ok. But on the way home, could we stop for more hot dogs?

I'm thinking maybe a college student

who gets stung by a spider and develops spider abilities!

Nah. No one would ever read a comic book like that.

Jon is having this thing called writer's block.

Know what writer's block is, Odie?

[whining]

It's when you stare stupidly at a blank page for days

and forget to feed your adorable pets!

[moaning]

A gerbil! A crime-fighting gerbil!

No, a horse! And set in the Stone Age! No, two horses and a sailor.

And the sailor's a robot! And they're all fish! And radioactive!

It's been done.

[sobbing]

I'm a failure! A failure!

I can't come up with any new, fresh ideas!

Come on, Odie. Let's give him a new, fresh idea.

[barking]

Why, us of course!

[crying]

[joyful music]

[laughing]

I get it. You think I should draw up a comic about you guys.

-The man is clear on the concept. -It would never work.

A comic about a cat who eats lasagna and sleeps all day?

And a dog with a long tongue?

Who would ever be interested in that?

[panting]

[sighing]

[moaning]

If I took that idea to Tyler Edge,

he'd throw me right out of his--

I'll give you one tip. Draw and write what you know.

[gasping] "What you know?" Ah.

Uh-huh.

A comic about a cat who eats lasagna and sleeps.

-Yes! -[yipping]

And a puppy with a long tongue that fetches sticks!

Yes!

And I could set it in the future and make you both zombie penguins!

-No! -[growling]

[sighing]

You're right! No zombie penguins!

This is the greatest idea in the world.

[lively music]

I have so much material!

[Jon] Thanks for looking at it.

I hope you like it.

[laughing]

If I like it, the world will like it. Lay it on me.

[nervously laughing]

Well, it's about a fat orange cat.

And there's a pea-brained puppy.

[buzzing]

Here are some drawings I did.

They're on paper.

Well, yeah, drawings are usually on paper.

I can't relate to paper, Arbuckle. I have to see things animated.

-Let's go to my Animation Department. -Huh?

[whining]

You mean you're going to have your team of animators animate my comic strip?

That's fantastic!

Team of animators? Don't be ridiculous.

[gasping]

[dramatic music]

We got rid of animators years ago. It's all done by computer now.

Why pay people to sit and draw all day?

Can you believe it, guys? You're going to be animated.

Us? Cartoon characters? Who would have thought?

[whimpering]

We're working on creating a solid hologram

of the character but that's in the future.

Right now, it's building computer models based on your drawings.

[gasping]

[lively music]

All right. Done.

Now let's see what an episode might look like.

[soft music]

[snoring]

[whining]

No, I will not go throw the stick so you can f--

Boring!

I think it's good.

But you aren't me.

First thing: The color of the cat is all wrong.

Huh?

Maybe blue or beige. Or hey, polka dots are popular.

I look like I have measles.

Wait, pink.

Pink is very big this year.

I heard they may even make the sky pink.

You think Garfield should be pink--

I like it.

I like it.

[groaning]

Now, we have to do something about that voice of his.

[whirring]

I want some lasagna.

It doesn't fit him. I'll try some different ones.

Here.

[low voice] I want some lasagna.

[high-pitched voice] I want some lasagna.

[slow voice] I want some lasagna.

-[rough accent] I want some lasagna. -[giggling]

-[high voice] I want some lasagna. -[giggling]

-[groaning] -[low voice] I want some lasagna.

But I know what we need! A celebrity voice.

I thought I was a celebrity.

It's very popular these days.

Animated characters voiced by movie stars.

[Schwarzenegger voice] I'll be back. For more lasagna.

I'm starting to really not like this.

[scary music]

Well, ok. Now, what about Odie?

Let's lose the dog.

[Schwarzenegger voice] Hasta la vista, Odie.

[whining]

But... Odie is an important part of the idea.

Nobody wants to see dogs.

How many hit cartoon shows have a dog?

All of them.

For that matter, I'm not so sure about a cat.

[bleating]

No. No. No.

I don't think so.

Wrong.

Definitely not.

Maybe a cat, but a different design.

Couldn't we let Garfield be Garfield?

[excited] Wait. I have it! I have it, Arbuckle!

The most awesome today vision.

[lively music]

That's it! That's it!

-[gagging] -[moaning]

Yurk is right.

-Tyler, what is it? -What is it, Arbuckle?

It's the idea that's going to make me another jillion dollars.

And you a couple of bucks.

I think I'll take my idea somewhere else.

[whispering] Yay, Jon!

Wait! You can't leave! You aren't getting my full vision.

Here, here, I'll create a solid hologram of him to show you.

You said that process wasn't perfected.

It isn't but I have to make you see what I see.

[whizzing sounds]

See? See how awesome it is?

No! It's horrible! Get rid of it.

[skidding sound]

[grunting]

Get rid of me? I get rid of you!

[screaming]

[screaming]

[roaring]

[screaming]

[roaring]

[gasping]

[screaming]

[dramatic music]

Oh, no!

Let's get out of here.

[thudding]

[roaring]

[teeth chattering]

[thudding]

[yelling]

[keys beeping]

[groaning]

[Odie whining]

Is he gone?

He destroyed the computer that projected his hologram.

You'll never see him again.

Good. From the neck down, he was pretty ugly.

My entire computer animation department is destroyed.

It'll take, like, years to rebuild it. What'll I do till then?

I don't know. Maybe hire some human beings who know how to draw?

You just might be on to something, Arbuckle.

[whirring sound]

My drawings survived!

I'll find someone who likes them just the way they are.

Well, good luck. But I think you're wasting your time.

[whimpering]

-What do you think, guys? -I don't know.

Odie, think anyone would watch a cartoon show about a cat

that eats lasagna and a puppy with a long tongue?

[whining]

Yeah. Me neither.

[upbeat music]

Subtitling: ECLAIR