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[snoring] [clock ringing]

[upbeat music]

[cheerful music]

[sighing and snoring]

[Jon] Garfield!

Garfield!

Garfield, could you come downstairs for a minute?

No, I cannot come downstairs for a minute.

I'm doing something more important. Sleeping.

It'll take a minute.

Garfield! Well, I guess I'll have to resort to the secret weapon.

[whispering] I just made lasagna.

Lasagna?

Did someone say lasagna?

I'm sorry. I lied about the lasagna.

Hey, some things in life are too important to kid around about.

I need a photo of you.

I don't care why you lied about it. That's a felony in most states.

I need the photo to enter you in a contest on this TV show.

Do you have a cat?

Are you a cat? Either way, you should know

about the Positively Perfect Pussycat Pageant.

Why would I care about winning this contest?

First prize is ten tons of money.

Ok. Question answered.

If you have an adorable cat, send a photo to me,

television's Brandon Scoop.

I'm going to go send your picture off.

Wow. Ten tons of money. That could buy 20 tons of ribs.

Hi, Odie.

[barking]

There's a contest for the cutest cat in the world.

Know who will win?

Hi, Garfield! Can't talk now.

I have to mail my entry

to the Positively Perfect Pussycat Pageant.

Yeah...

[dramatic music]

[crashing]

[announcer] Here's your host, the hottest guy

with the hottest news... Brandon Scoop!

I'm not going to win the contest.

Nermal's going to win the contest. He always wins the contest.

Tonight on the show, we'll be featuring these hot stories...

A new rock star released his first CD this morning.

A hit by lunchtime, a golden oldie by dinner, and now,

he's planning a comeback.

Are there too many inside jokes on animated TV shows these days?

Cartoonist Jim Davis says yes.

And why was the governor of this state photographed

the other day in a zebra costume?

All this and more on tonight's show.

"This honor comes as such a surprise."

"I wasn't expecting it." Nah, not sincere enough.

"This honor comes as such a surprise! I wasn't expecting it!"

Nah. Needs more fake modesty.

"This honor comes as such a surprise..."

But first, the winner of the Positively Perfect Pussycat Pageant.

We received 27 million entries and our judge studied

every single one of them.

And here is our judge... Mary Margaret Freen.

Ms. Freen, did you really study all 27 million photos?

Yes! 27 million cat photos! Photos of cats.

Black cats! Brown cats! White cats!

Do you know what it's like to look at 27 million photos of cats?

No, I can't say that I do.

I see cats everywhere I look now. There's one over there.

And up there! And there are 9,000 of them in my handbag!

Screeching and meowing! [screaming]

Would you just give it to Nermal and get it over with?

And do you have a winner for us?

Here! This is the winner!

Now, let me out of here! The cats are after me!

The cats are after me! [screaming]

And now the moment you've been waiting for...

The winner

of the contest and prize money is...

Nermal.

Nermal.

Garfield.

Garfield. See? I told you it would be...

[gasping]

That's right. The winner of the Perfect Pussycat Pageant

is a cat named Garfield who belongs to a Mr. Jon Arbuckle.

Garfield wins the ten tons of money.

-You won, Garfield. You won. -I won, Garfield. I won.

[happily barking]

Our congratulations to Garfield Cat and...

Excuse me?

There's a mistake.

[whispering]

Really? Well, you're the judge.

Ladies and gentlemen, there has been

an error...

Garfield is not the winner.

The real winner is... Nermal!

That contest is rigged. It's a stupid competition,

and I wouldn't take that prize if they begged me.

Oh, it's such an honor to win this wonderful, important award.

[sighing] I knew it. I knew it. I knew it.

Nermal won and Garfield is the first runner-up.

[sighing] I'm going to bed. Forever.

If anything happens,

say if Nermal was disgraced, then Garfield would be the winner.

Hear that, Odie? I've still got a chance.

We turn now to our next item.

The disgrace of Gov. Throttlebottom.

All we have to do is make sure Nermal disgraces himself.

How do we do that?

[whimpering]

Photographers at the governor's mansion put this photo of him online.

The public was shocked and outraged.

I am shocked and outraged.

Oh, yeah, I'm very shocked and even more outraged.

He must resign immediately.

[Brandon Scoop] He called a press conference and tried to defend himself.

I did not dress up in a zebra costume.

I have never dressed up in a zebra costume.

And I will never dress up in a zebra costume. Next question.

Governor! Is it true that you sometimes dress up in a kangaroo suit?

No, just in a zebra costume. Oops!

Then he submitted his resignation.

That's it, Odie. We just have to get a photo of Nermal

that will bring disgrace upon him.

[barking]

[happily humming]

[suspenseful music]

It's simple. We wait until Nermal does...

[whining]

How long will that take? Not long. I know Nermal.

He'll disgrace himself in a matter of minutes.

Hi, George. How about an autograph?

Here ya go.

Nope. Not disgraceful.

Hi, I'm Nermal.

I just won a contest for best-looking cat in the world.

Like that's not obvious.

You don't look that cute to me.

First prize in this contest is ten tons of money.

You know... you're starting to look cuter to me.

-[whimpering] -Still not disgraceful.

We've been following him for four hours

and he hasn't done one disgraceful thing.

Things to make decent people ill,

but nothing disgraceful.

[alarm]

Help! We're being robbed!

Odie! The bank's being held up. And look who's doing it.

[Garfield] Nermal's robbing the bank!

Robbing a bank! That's disgraceful. Now, I need to get pictures of it.

Look this way!

Say cheese! This is disgraceful.

[policeman] Good work!

You protected the money this dastardly bank robber dropped

while trying to escape. I'm sure the new governor

will give you a medal or name a holiday for you.

Yay!

The newspapers will want photos to show what a fine,

non-disgraceful act this hero did. Good work.

[groaning]

-[groaning] -[whining]

I'll tell you what we'll do now.

I didn't wanna resort to this,

but we'll go see cousin Coslough.

Nermal's cousin Coslough.

If anyone knows a dark, forbidden secret of Nermal's, he's the one.

[action music]

[coughing]

But he's your cousin.

[coughing] Don't remind me. Rotten kid.

Always saying he's better than anybody.

"I'm Nermal, the cutest kitty cat in the whole world."

[coughing] Worse than the measles.

You must know a disgraceful thing about him.

Oh, I know one all right.

Most disgraceful thing you could ever imagine. Come here.

[whispering]

Oh, it's perfect... perfect.

[intriguing music]

That's where he keeps it. Let's see where he goes now.

[yipping]

[happily humming]

[suspenseful music]

This is disgraceful...

Absolutely disgraceful. So disgraceful.

Hey, there's nothing wrong

with dressing up like a zebra.

Lots of folks do it. Me... the governor... lots of folks...

[Brandon Scoop] A revelation about the Perfect Pussycat Pageant winner.

Caught on camera in a zebra costume, and the public is shocked and outraged.

I am shocked and outraged.

Like the governor,

except this time, I'm not as outraged as I am shocked.

He must resign immediately.

[Brandon Scoop] Minutes ago,

Nermal did, indeed, resign as winner of the...

the whatever contest.

The rules say first prize...

including the ten tons of money... goes to...

Garfield.

Garfield!

So, Garfield. I congratulate you on your victory and Nermal's disgrace,

and now we'll present the ten tons...

[judge] Wait!

There's been a mistake.

Those cats made me do it again. They're everywhere distracting me.

Like that one and that one.

[whispering]

So, Garfield isn't the actual runner-up?

I knew it. I knew it. I knew it.

Here he is. Here's the real winner.

Isn't he the most beautiful cat you ever saw in your life?

[applause]

Just give me the money. [coughing]

-Oh, well. I still have my looks. -[Garfield] Hi, Nermal.

Sorry about the disgrace thing.

It's ok. At least it's in the family.

Could I ask a question?

Sure, go ahead.

[clearing his throat]

Where do I get one of those zebra costumes?

There's a guy who makes them in Hong Kong.

You can order them. It takes eight weeks.

You specify the direction of the stripes,

black on white or white on black. Plus, you have to...

[upbeat music]

Subtitling: ECLAIR