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Stark Raven Mad is an episode from the fifth season of Garfield and Friends.

Synopsis[]

Orson imagines himself in a version of The Raven whilst guarding the farm's crop.

Plot[]

The episode opens up with Wade in a library saying hello to the audience and tells them that every so often the show introduces some classic literature and poems. One of them is The Raven by Edgar Allen Poe which he begins to read. The director, however, stops him and says that they are doing Orson's version of The Raven called "The Rooster." Correcting his mistake, Wade introduces The Rooster by Orson Pig and Orson narrates the story via poetry.

One day Orson had finished harvesting the farm's crops for the season and intends to guard it until they're ready to eat. However, Roy, who is starving, tries various ways to get past him and eat some vegetables. These ways include ramming the barn door, bribing Orson, and disguising himself as a vacuum cleaner salesman. None of those plans, however, work out.

After a while, Orson gets tired and falls asleep where he dreams about his childhood friend Lenore. Seeing this chance, Roy disguises himself as a basket of lettuce and begins to steal some vegetables. However Mort, Wart, and Gort also raid and accidentally take Roy as well. At the same time, Orson remembers when his brothers humiliated him in front of Lenore, leaving her heartbroken. The next day, Lenore tells Orson that she and her family are moving away, which was the last time Orson saw her. By then Orson wakes up (although not entirely) determined to get back at his brothers.

Meanwhile, the brothers have discovered Roy in the lettuce costume and decide to play golf using him as the club. When the three see Orson coming up to them, they laugh it off, not believing he is a threat. However, Orson uses a single melon and uses it as a bowling ball to knock the brothers down causing them to run.

Once the three are gone, Orson fully wakes up. Although he can not remember fully what happened, he is impressed at what he was able to do. He then goes up to Roy and asks him if he plans to steal vegetables again. Roy utters 'Nevermore' before collapsing.

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Trivia[]

  • This is one of the rare times in the series where Wade (who only appears at the beginning of the episode) does not get scared at any point in the episode.

Cultural references[]

  • The episode is an adaptation of The Raven by Edgar Allen Poe.
    • Orson's love interest, Lenore, shares the same name as the love of the original poem's narrator.
    • At the end of the episode, Roy quotes the raven's "Nevermore" line.


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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