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Overview

The Third Penelope Episode is an episode from the sixth season of Garfield and Friends.

Synopsis[]

Garfield and Penelope imagine what their lives would be like if they were married.

Plot[]

Garfield and Penelope are in Momma's Pizzeria, where Penelope is passing Garfield various meals, asking which ones Garfield wants to eat. He eagerly agrees for everything: from garlic bread to lasagna, linguine and finally, pizza. After the last meal, Penelope asks Garfield for marriage. He eagerly agrees at first, having thought he heard "marinara" instead of "marriage". While Momma is cooking more meals for Garfield, he leaves the restaurant, excusing himself to have appointments and taking sandwiches.

Penelope is amazed, how could Garfield first agree for marriage and flee so quickly afterwards. Momma explains to her, that "living with the man is like life with an elephant - fun, until you have to clean up after it." Meanwhile, Garfield runs home and builds a shelter from crudely set wooden planks around his bed. Odie wakes up and approaches Garfield. The latter tells Odie to testify, that Garfield left and nobody knows where and for how long. Meanwhile, Penelope is having her palm read by Momma about her possible relationship with Garfield, all she understands is that Garfield is reluctant to marriage like most of men are said to be.

Penelope's dream begins with a marriage scene, spoiled by Garfield simply avoiding the ceremony, which caused him to be taken to the church by Jon. Having been lead to the altar, Garfield refuses to answer the preacher's question about marrying Penelope, claiming that he is waiting for better terms. Following the dream, Momma predicts Penelope being a perfect housewife maintaining the entire household with Garfield not caring about it at all. When Penelope hears about raising children with Garfield, she gets frightened and flees from the restaurant. When Poppa asks Momma, why did he hear cats screaming, Momma explains, that Penelope realized she is not as grown up as she thought.

Garfield is also having a bad dream about a possible marriage with Penelope, the reason being his horrible mother-in-law moving to live with them. Penelope's mother easily takes over control of Garfield by screaming at him, forcing her son-in-law to exercise and find work to maintain Penelope's large family. Garfield stands up, declares that he prefers long distance running to push-ups and flees, leaving Penelope weeping and Mrs. Pussycat being mad at him. After awakening from the nightmare, Garfield leaves home to find Penelope and explain to her, that they cannot marry.

Both cats meet up at the suburb Garfield lives in and explain to each other, that they cannot marry, since they would not be happy in a fixed relationship. Both are surprised that neither of them want to get married and breath a sigh of relief. Garfield and Penelope declare themselves friends, even if Penelope never wants to get married and even when she leaves the pizzeria she lives in. Garfield agrees, despite the prospect of having no more free food making him worried.

Characters[]

Main characters[]

Minor characters[]

Trivia[]

  • Penelope has two different fur colors: in parts in the pizzeria and living with Garfield, her fur is more gray; in Garfield's dream and the end of the episode, her fur tone changes into more beige.
  • The imagined offspring of Garfield and Penelope resemble Nermal.
  • The humor in this episode revolves around having their own family seen from both sides: Penelope imagines her home with a patriarchal family system, where she does all the chores and Garfield just sits in his armchair and commands her; while Garfield's dream shows a reversed family system, where the mother-in-law rules the male part of family using the regime of an iron fist.
  • Comicartfans.com page features a 1993 animation cell with Garfield and Penelope, which is basically a scene from the late part of the episode placed on a background from The Guy of Her Dreams.
    1993 animation cel GarfxPenny
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Goofs[]

  • In the scene where Momma reads Penelope's paw for the first time, Penelope's left cheek is drawn too densely in a couple of scenes.
  • During Penelope's dream, when she runs from the telephone to do vacuum-cleaning, her ear is too simplified; it lacks the hair normally seen inside and the usual flesh color.
  • Before her imaginary children return home from school, Penelope is shown to lack fur inside her ears while she turns her gaze from the clock to the door. The same goof is visible when Penelope and Garfield are arguing in Garfield's dream.
  • Shortly before Penelope's mother arrives, Penelope is shown having four tufts in her ear, instead of the usual three. When Penelope weeps after Garfield escapes their house, she is depicted with five ear tufts inside her ear.
  • When Garfield and Penelope explain to each other about not being fit for marriage, Penelope's right eye appears to be protruding from the eye socket.

References[]

Languages: Polski


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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