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Rip Van Kitty is an episode from the second season of Garfield and Friends.

Synopsis[]

Garfield dreams that he sleeps for twenty years and Earth is invaded by aliens that look like him and eat everything.

Plot[]

Jon, Odie and Nermal are having a picnic at the park, while Garfield merely wants to nap. When Odie and Nermal bother him, he deals with them in ways which irritate Jon. Jon then tells Garfield that he can snooze his life away if he so desires. Garfield, pleased that he has gotten his way, proceeds to nap. He then has a dream sequence where he wakes up 20 years later in a retro-futuristic world.

Garfield is greeted by an elderly Jon, who takes Garfield to a space age house. Garfield is shocked at what the future holds, particularly with all food being processed into the form of pills. When Garfield turns on the (now wall-sized) television, he finds the Binky the Clown Show, where Binky the Clown is looking aged and past his prime. Garfield then changes the channel, where he finds a civil defense bulletin that Earth is under attack by Zizzabottawaddawaddaboinkboinkfreebians, who sleep 23 hours a day, then spend the remaining waking hour eating everything in sight.

The invaders turn out to be a race of beings who look identical to Garfield. As Jon, Garfield, and Odie lock themselves in a room to hide from the invaders, Jon calls Nermal over. When Garfield becomes aware that Nermal is still around, he gets intrigued at the thought of an aging, decrepit Nermal. He instead finds Nermal is still the same cute kitten as before. Garfield begs to be taken by the invaders, then asks future Jon to end the nightmare. He is soon awoken by a present-day Jon.

Garfield, relieved that it was all a dream, joins Jon and the others in the picnic. When Jon serves him a pill, Garfield believes his dream is becoming true. Garfield then runs away in terror. Jon wonders why Garfield is scared of a daily vitamin pill.

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Trivia[]

  • The episode's plot is similar to a strip released on January 10, 1988.
    • The plot would also serve as the basis for the story book Garfield's Longest Catnap.

Cultural references[]

  • The futuristic world in Garfield's dream resembles The Jetsons.
  • The title and concept of this episode is a reference to Rip van Winkle by Washington Irving.
  • When Garfield and Jon are flying through the futuristic world, a picture of the creators of Jim Davis and other Paws Inc. employees can be seen.

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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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