Canvas Back Cat is the first segment of the eighty-first episode of Garfield and Friends.
Synopsis
Jon runs afoul of an angry wrestler anxious for a fight who challenges him after Garfield eats his pizza, but as the fight progresses, Garfield ends up in the ring as well.
Plot
Garfield and Odie are watching professional wrestling where they see the ferocious Masked Mauler who wants someone to fight him in the ring and does not care who as long he holds a grudge match against someone.
Jon then asks them to go out with him. Garfield at first refuses but when he hears Jon mention pizza, he changes his mind, dragging Odie along with him. They head for Olivia's Pizza restaurant.
At that same restaurant, the Masked Mauler is talking with his manager, who says no one will wrestle with him because he does not follow the script. In a rage the Mauler bangs on the table causing his pizza to fly into the air. Garfield runs to get it and it lands in his mouth. Angry at losing his pizza and seeing that the culprit belongs to Jon, the Mauler challenges him to a wrestling match.
Jon is terrified and decides to immigrate to another country. At first he tries to assure himself that he has nothing to fear, then he decides that he does not want to fight the mauler after all. Just as they are about to enter the house, the Mauler's manager and two tough looking men drag Jon into a limousine with Garfield and Odie right behind him.
At the arena, Jon and the Masked Mauler face off while Garfield and Odie watch from the front row. But as the match begins, Jon faints and the Masked Mauler tosses him out of the ring, catapulting Garfield inside.
Garfield tries to run away from the hulking wrestler with the audience booing him for bullying a cat. As the Mauler picks Garfield up, he starts to sneeze. Garfield then realizes that the Mauler is allergic to cat hair so with the help of Odie and a hair dryer, he blows more of his fur in the Mauler's face. The Mauler sneezes so hard that his mask flies off revealing his geeky-looking face and skinny neck.
The audience laugh themselves silly with the Mauler begging them not to laugh at him, but the audience only laughs harder, so he runs out of the arena upset and embarrassed. In the end, Garfield is the new Professional Wrestling Champion.
Characters
Main Characters
Major Characters
- Masked Mauler
- Mauler's Manager