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The Ugly Duckling is an episode from the fourth season of Garfield and Friends.

Synopsis[]

Orson tells the story of "The Ugly Duckling", who is Wade with a paper bag over his head.

Plot[]

Out camping in the woods, Orson is reading the phone book to Booker and Sheldon, since it is the only book that Orson has yet to read to them. The chicks, who become bored listening to it, suggest the story of the Ugly Duckling (as it is the title of the episode). Since Orson lacks a copy of the story, the chicks resort to making their own version of it.

In the story, the Ugly Duckling (Wade) must hide himself with a paper bag over his face because he is ashamed of his looks. Whenever asked how ugly he is, he answers with comparisons and jokes. One day, he hears from two forest dwellers (Fred Duck and Plato Rooster) about a wizard who can improve his looks. The wizard (Bo) runs a cottage for casting spells and making sandwiches; he sometimes gets his skills mixed up, as shown when serving a customer (Roy). The duckling begs him to give him a new face, and the wizard makes a deal. First, the duckling must retrieve the shoes of his evil sister, the witch, merely because they are stylish.

When the duckling gets to the castle, the witch (Lanolin) refuses to give him the shoes and sics her minions (Orson's brothers) on him. After a chase (in typical cartoon style), the duckling ultimately uses his ugliness on the minions and the witch, scaring them all off. He retrieves the shoes, supposedly to bring them to the wizard. Instead, he remains ugly due to the power of his face, as well as some jokes he has yet to utilize.

The chicks, disappointed with the results and the moral of the story, want to go back to listening to the phone book.

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Trivia[]

  • Plato, who was previously shown in the first two episodes of the third season, reappears in this episode in a cameo. It is also his final appearance in the series.

Cultural references[]

  • Orson's story is a take on "The Ugly Duckling", combined with elements of The Wizard Of Oz.


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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