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[snoring] [clock ringing]

[upbeat music]

[cheerful music]

[Al] Please, Mr. Kennel, give me another chance.

I've given you 97 another chances, Al.

Then give me 98. I know I haven't caught many dogs lately.

None. And that's unacceptable. Especially now.

Hear about the new law?

Uh... what new law?

[news jingle]

[journalist] The mayor's office has announced a crackdown on dogs

running around unleashed.

Any unleashed dog will be hauled off to the pound

and his owner will pay a steep fine.

That's not good.

Odie's always running around off leash!

Odie? Garfield? Anyone?

Odie's out someplace without a leash.

I'll go before I'm hauled off

and he has to pay a steep fine.

All right, one last chance,

only since I don't have anyone else.

[kissing]

I won't let you down.

For heaven's sake. I'll be driving around.

If I see one dog not on a leash, you're fired.

I won't let you down.

Yes, you will.

I'm so hungry I could pass out any second.

I shouldn't have skipped my third breakfast.

[whining]

Hi, Garfield. How many hot dogs? The usual order?

Ok. All of them.

I don't know if I can wait any longer. I'm losing consciousness fast.

[whimpering]

My whole life is flashing before my eyes.

There's that lasagna I ate last night.

The prime rib from last Easter!

It's no use. I can't make it.

[gasping and coughing]

[whining]

Quick, Garfield. Eat this hot dog. Hurry.

[gobbling]

You forgot the relish.

The park is the best place to find leashless dogs.

Yes!

[growling]

Drat!

[intriguing music]

Bingo!

Target acquired.

[cheerful music]

Nineteen more and I'll be good as new.

-Hello, puppy. -[whining]

You're under arrest for running around without a leash.

It's my duty to advise you of your rights as a dog.

"You have the right to be silent and not bark.

"You have the right to a flea collar. If needed,

"one will be purchased before any scratching.

"Do you understand these rights as I've explained them to you?"

Puppy?

Hey, cat!

Did you see where the puppy went?

Yes. Hey, that nose of yours could use some of this.

[action music]

I can't believe you put mustard all over my nose.

Lucky I don't have hot chili!

I'll take care of you, cat! And your little dog, too!

[dramatic music]

[imitating Terminator] Come with me if you want to live.

You won't get away from me. I'm too smart for you.

[action music]

[Garfield] You see?

Dogs aren't the only creatures that can spend all day chasing their own tails.

[snickering]

A dog without a leash. That's it!

[screaming]

[crashing]

[growling]

Please, Mr. Kennel. This is my life.

I'm a dogcatcher.

Not any more, you aren't. You're fired.

You've been goofing off.

You were eating hot dogs instead of catching real dogs.

I wasn't eating hot dogs.

Don't lie to me. You have mustard all over your face.

Shame on you, Odie.

Because of you, that nice dogcatcher just lost his job.

[laughing]

-Yeah! -[barking]

Let's celebrate.

Vito has two pizzas for the price of one.

-Does that sound good? -[yipping]

Good. I'll eat both and you watch.

Where are you going to find anyone else for this job?

Anyone can do it.

I'll hire the next person who walks by.

Excuse me. Have either of you seen a cute little dog around here?

You like dogs, do you?

Sure.

Have you ever considered catching them?

What do you do?

I'm a cartoonist.

Oh. Well, this is different. This is a real job.

[groaning]

[Garfield and Odie laughing]

So much for Al the dogcatcher.

I wonder what numbskull they'll get to do that job now.

[whimpering]

You're right. A person would be pretty dumb to--

Congratulate me! You're looking at the new city dogcatcher.

[yipping]

[action music]

[whimpering]

[siren]

[honking]

[barking]

[whimpering]

[whining]

Don't worry, Odie.

Jon will be down any minute to feed us.

See you later. Gotta go catch dogs.

Excuse me. Breakfast? We'd like some breakfast.

-[door closing] -Jon has left the building.

[whining]

Looks like we'll have to prepare our own meals.

Let's see. I'm thinking lasagna, ravioli and rigatoni.

Pasta. Part of your nutritious breakfast.

Fortunately, Jon left the refrigerator crammed full of food.

[screaming]

It's time to put an end to Jon's new career

and my new lack of food.

[excited barking]

Three more.

So, that's where all our food has gone.

Jon's using it as bait.

This is not good, Odie. Not good at all.

While Jon's catching dogs, our plates go empty.

[sobbing]

All I ever wanted to be in life was a dogcatcher.

When I was a small boy, all the other kids would play with dogs.

I just wanted to catch them.

[sobbing]

One year for Christmas,

my Uncle Nathan gave me the cutest cocker spaniel you ever saw.

It had soft ears and big, sad eyes.

I threw a net over it and took it to the pound.

Odie, we've got to get that man his job back.

Which means we have to get Jon fired.

We need a dog he can't catch.

[whining]

You know the old saying I just made up:

When you want the perfect dog, get a cat.

[suspenseful music]

I know it's here somewhere.

There's that old department store mannequin.

That'll come in handy for the final scene in this episode.

Right now, I'm trying to find...

-Remember this, Odie? -[whimpering]

It's that dog costume I wore back in season one.

Remember when I ate all that lasagna?

[yipping]

Hey, not bad.

Arf, arf. Woof, woof.

[barking]

[lively music]

Arf, woof. Woof, woof, bark, bark.

[barking]

Bow wow. Woof, woof. Yip, yip.

Didn't know I could speak a foreign language, did ya?

[suspenseful music]

Hey, this magnet will be useful.

Now, you stay here.

We can't have you on the streets unleashed.

He'd lock you up.

[barking]

Ok. I'm off to catch me a dog catcher.

Woof, woof, arf.

[barking]

Meow. Meow. Meow.

Meow. Meow.

Observe the amateur dogcatcher,

thinking he can attract a dog with a rotten cat impression.

Oh, well. It's showtime.

Arf, arf! Bark, bark, bark! Bow wow!

Missed!

So, that's how you wanna play, smart guy? Wait till I catch you!

[action music]

Hey, watch out!

Signor Arbuckle. May I show you to a table?

Signor Arbuckle! No! Not in my ristorante!

Please! My lovely restaurant!

Look out!

I'm sorry. You looked like a dog.

[action music continues]

-[screaming] -[crashing]

[crying]

My restaurant! My restaurant!

[laughing]

Vito, that was one of the funniest shows I've ever seen.

Really?

There is a modest cover charge for the entertainment.

[action music continues]

That dog is as agile as a cat!

Woof, woof.

You're mine!

You're wrong.

[Jon screaming]

Ok. Time to get caught.

Ah ah! I'm too smart for you.

Yeah. Way too smart.

[snoring]

[intriguing music]

[snoring]

There are the keys to this hotel.

[barking]

No, no! Get back in the kennel!

Sounds like Arbuckle has caught a lot of dogs.

Hiring him was the smartest thing I ever did.

[barking]

[yipping]

Mr. Kennel! I'm sorry!

I don't know how they...

Arbuckle! You're even more incompetent than that idiot I fired!

I'd better get him back.

[Jon] But Mr. Kennel!

So, Mr. Kennel not only offered me my job back,

I got a raise.

The guy he replaced you with, he must have been really terrible.

I'll say. I wonder what he's going to do now.

[sighing]

He's going back to being a cartoonist.

[humming happily]

[laughing]

That's the puppy that got me fired!

If he's off leash, he goes to the pound.

And this time, he can't escape!

Huh?

I told you that mannequin would come in handy in the last scene.

[upbeat music]

Subtitling: ECLAIR