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Read Alert is an episode from the third season of Garfield and Friends.

Synopsis[]

Wade and Roy are terrified of Orson's imagination when it takes over their reality while he puts books away.

Plot[]

Orson sings about using his imagination when reading his books. After the song ends, he proceed to read 'Moby Dick'. Wade came over and asked Orson what he is reading. Orson explained that he is reading a book about a giant whale, which gotten Wade terrified. Orson said, it is just a book but Wade points out that when Orson reads a book, whatever he reads comes to life, get carried away and take others with him. Orson thinks Wade is merely exaggerating and reads 'Moby Dick', much to Wade's fright.

They were in a ship and the whale, Moby Dick was coming by. Wade tried to run for his life, out of Orson's imagination, only to end up in the giant whale. Orson is still telling Wade to 'relax, it's just a story.' Wade escaped through the blowhole of the whale and back in the farm. Once Orson showed he was going to read 'Prehistoric Animals of the World', Wade ran far away in fright. Orson thinks, Wade's being a coward as usual and read his book. As he was reading 'Prehistoric Animals of the World', a Tyrannosaurus-Rex, he was reading, appeared and marched off for prey, without Orson noticing.

Meanwhile Roy was playing his tuba (to annoy people) until Wade who was still running ended crashing into Roy. Afterwards Roy told Wade to explain what's going on. Wade explained what happened but then he saw the tyrannosaurus coming right towards them. It was facing Roy's back so he wasn't aware of the Rex near them. Wade in panic tried to warn Roy about the dinosaur, but he was too scared to put it into words so instead, he got a camera and took a picture of it. Roy looked in the picture, saw the Rex in it, paused and looked up and saw the T-Rex. Then he ended up doing the same panic reactions as Wade and both birds ran for their lives. The T-Rex chased after them until Roy and Wade felt they reached a dead end. Both birds were clinging on to each other and shaking, thinking they're done for.

As the T-Rex was about to have them for lunch, Orson stopped reading (oblivious to what was going on with Roy and Wade) and read a different book 'Journey to the North Pole'. The T-Rex vanished and then the atmosphere became the North Pole. Roy and Wade were still clinging for dear life, with their eyes shut, not realizing the T-Rex was gone till Roy opened his eyes. Both feeling they were out of danger relaxed with Roy skating in the ice and Wade petting a penguin--until Orson realized they have polar bears at the North pole, not penguins. The penguin turned into a polar bear. Wade scared ran to Roy, clinging on to him. Orson then went to check another and read the title, 'The Great Lakes'. The ice Roy and Wade were on turned to water as they both fell in.

Orson figured, he has to put his books away and each title of a book he read, both Roy and Wade were put into calamity such as running away from a train after them, a giant, a spaceship zapping lasers at them. Until they both ran to Orson and told him to Stop! Just, stop! Enough. And Orson says, 'But what will I do to occupy my mind?' Roy had an idea and gave Orson a coloring book. Everything in the farm was white with black lines but Roy and Wade were safe now. Roy gotten a giant box of crayons and took out an orange crayon. He explained, 'I'll colorize you and then, you colorize me'. Wade was pleasantly tickled as Roy was coloring his beak orange.

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Major characters[]

Minor characters[]

  • Moby Dick
  • T-Rex
  • Penguin
  • Polar bear
  • Giant

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Trivia[]

Cultural references[]

  • The first book Orson reads is Moby Dick.
  • When Wade is escaping the whale, he yells for help from the Marines, Pinocchio and Jonah.
Garfield and Friends
Episodes

"Pest of a Guest / The Impractical Joker / Fat & Furry" • "Rip Van Kitty / Grabbity / The Big Catnap" • "The Great Getaway / Scrambled Eggs / Hansel and Garfield" • "The Sludge Monster / Fortune Kooky / Heatwave Holiday" • "One Good Fern Deserves Another / Goody-Go-Round / The Black Book" • "The Legend of the Lake / Double Oh Orson / Health Feud" • "Binky Gets Cancelled! / Show Stoppers / Cutie and the Beast" • "The Lasagna Zone / Sleepytime Pig / Yojumbo" • "Pros and Cons / Rooster Revenge / Lights! Camera! Garfield!" • "Polecat Flats / Hogcules / Brain Boy" • "Maine Course / No Laughing Matter / Attack of the Mutant Guppies" • "Robodie / First Aid Wade / Video Victim" • "The Curse of Klopman / Mud Sweet Mud / Rainy Day Dreams" • "Basket Brawl / Origin of Power Pig / Cactus Jake Rides Again" • "Binky Goes Bad! / Barn of Fear / Mini-Mall Matters" • "Attention-Getting Garfield / Swine Trek / It Must Be True!" • "Arrivaderci, Odie! / Gort Goes Good / Feeling Feline" • "The Bear Facts / Nothing To Be Afraid Of / The Big Talker" • "Cactus Makes Perfect / Hogcules II / Crime and Nourishment" • "T.V. of Tomorrow / Little Red Riding Egg / Well Fed Feline" • "Invasion of the Big Robots / Shelf Esteem / Housebreak Hotel" • "First Class Feline / Hamelot / How to Be Funny!" • "Mystic Manor / Flop Goes the Weasel / The Legend of Long Jon" • "China Cat / Cock-a-Doodle Dandy / Beach Blanket Bonzo" • "Lemon Aid / Hog Noon / Video Airlines" • "The Mail Animal / Peanut-Brained Rooster / Mummy Dearest"

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