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Overview

The Guy of Her Dreams is an episode from the seventh season of Garfield and Friends.

Synopsis[]

Penelope Pussycat gets bored with Garfield constantly eating during their dates. She imagines him as the perfect male for herself.

Plot[]

Garfield visits Penelope in the pizzeria she lives in, asking what would she like to do. While Penelope is considering dancing, rollerskating and playing tennis, she notices that Garfield has disappeared. The sound of lasagna eaten gives her a hint, where her boyfriend can be found.

Penelope complains about having boring dates with Garfield, convincing him to make changes. Garfield agrees, but not in the way Penelope expected - instead taking her on a date elsewhere, he simply tries cannelloni as variety from lasagna and spaghetti. Penelope admits other females have better boyfriends than Garfield and runs outside, singing about the better boyfriend she wishes to have.

Her first fantasy is about being a jungle explorer saved from death in paws of male lions by Garfield-Tarzan, who still cares for food. The second fantasy is inspired by an advertisement of a cowboy drinking coffee- Penelope imagines herself living in typical town in the Wild West. Garfield the cowboy saves her from a kidnapper in a rather clumsy way. When Penelope asks her savior what he would like from her, Garfield simply states he would like something to eat, which breaks the fantasy.

Penelope's last dream is about Garfield working as a private detective whom criminals fear. Unlike previous fantasies, this one is broken by Garfield's declaration about being a cat, who would have no chance against villains such as Big Louie. Following Garfield's speech, he tells Penelope that if she is not satisfied with him, she needs to find a better boyfriend for herself instead of having unpleasant dates. While Garfield heads off for another meal, Penelope comes to the conclusion that she should just be herself, instead of living in fantasies, and thus returns to Garfield (who has been feeding himself in trash cans).

During the reunion, Garfield confesses that he has been neglecting Penelope and her needs, and promises that they will do something together. Penelope believes in this promise, only to find Garfield eating lasagna again. She then admits that he really is the guy of her dreams.

Characters[]

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Trivia[]

  • This episode is the final appearance of Penelope, where she has more beige color of fur (such as in in "The Perils of Penelope" with lipstick bordered with outlines like in the rest of the episodes). She is mentioned one more time in "The Stand Up Mouse".
  • Garfield wears the exact same outfit in his Wild West fantasy as in "The Life and Times of the Lasagna Kid".
  • Penelope the secretary is holding a file with the name "Davis", likely a reference to Jim Davis.

Goofs[]

  • Penelope gets her eyelashes back when she becomes surrounded by lions in the jungle. Nevertheless, she does not retain them in following scenes.
  • Throughout the episode, Penelope changes her iris color between black and blue. The latter is seen during closeup scenes.
  • In the "jungle explorer" dream, Penelope is attacked by four male lions, despite the fact that African and Indian lions live in savannas, and not in the tropics.
    • Additionally, real-life lions organize themselves into herds usually composed of one or two adult males, a couple of adult females, and the offspring.
  • After the "Old West" dream scene, where Garfield is chased by the bull, Penelope emerges to the screen. When she waves her Stetson hat, the headgear changes its shape to resemble a boater and later on, a top hat.
  • As Penelope is about to rejoin Garfield, her usual eyelid color is missing.


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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