Garfield Gets Real (2007)

August 9, 2007

Garfield Gets Real is a 2007 computer-animated direct-to-video film produced by Paws Inc.

Summary

Garfield lives with canine Odie and Jon in a what appears to be a suburban town inhabited by cartoon characters within the Comic Strip World. In Garfield's Pet Force, the towns name is revealed to be Grand City. Garfield and the gang work at Comic studios with other comic characters. The comic strip is made in Comic Strip world and sent to “The Real World” where it is put in the newspaper. Garfield is tired of the same old jokes his friends crack and is bored with his work and life in Comic Strip World and longs to go to The Real World.

Odie, unwilling to return a prop bone to the Prop Boy, tries to hide it and ends up opening a patch on the screen. The danger alarm is rung, and everyone panics. Eli, the Head Technician of Comic Studios explains to the comic characters that the screen separates Comic Strip World and The Real World, with no way back. Garfield sees his chance to go to The Real World (and eat the hot dogs opposite the newsstand) and goes through the screen without anyone noticing. Later on, the comic characters realize Garfield is in the real world, and Eli blocks the patch on the screen that separates the real world by using special tape on it. Odie also winds up in the Real World. Odie gets his bone back and he and Garfield go find some dinner. Garfield meets a cat named Shecky, who invites Garfield and Odie to dinner and a show. As they chat, Odie is chased by a gang of chihuahuas who want his bone. Garfield goes to save Odie and eventually defeats the chihuahuas. Shecky and the duo head to a fence (which is known as Club Shecky) where the dinner and show are, where they meet two other pets, Waldo and Sheila. Shecky gets dinner by performing a "show" for the people who live in a building. The people who are trying to sleep get annoyed and they start throwing leftover foods at him. After dinner, Shecky brings Garfield and Odie to their new home, an abandoned hotel called Hotel Muncie.

The next day, Garfield finds a newspaper in the trash and learns his strip will be canceled. Garfield finds an article in the newspaper asking people to audition and replace Garfield. Garfield and Odie head for the place where they are doing try-outs. The judges are not impressed by the others auditioning. Garfield and Odie also fail. The judges are more impressed in Hale and Hardy, a muscular dog, and a muscular cat. One of the judges, Sid, decides to give Garfield one more chance: If Garfield's strip isn't back in the paper in 24 hours, he and the judges will have to deal with Hale and Hardy. Garfield has an idea of building a bigger version of a concertina Wally (Neil Ross), another comic strip character, had invented (which can steal cookies) that can go through the screen back in Comic Studios and shares the idea with his friends back in Comic Strip world. Wally and the other comic strip characters then start building the giant concertina according to Wally's blueprints.

Later that night, Garfield and Odie return to Hotel Muncie. Hale and Hardy sneak in the hotel and go into Garfield, Odie, and Shecky's room and tie them up and taunt them before leaving. As they close the door, a candle is knocked over and it sets fire to a newspaper, causing the entire hotel to go on fire. Eli finds out about this and calls everyone to the screen. Wally and the others complete the finishing touches to the giant concertina. Wally then asks for two volunteers to come with him to save Garfield, Odie, and Shecky. Billy Bear, another comic strip character who shares a strip with Randy Rabbit, and Jon volunteers to go with Wally to save the three friends, and go through the screen by going into the giant concertina-tunnel built by Wally. They enter the burning hotel through a small hole in the wall and free the three friends, and prepare to escape, but the entire hotel is in flames and the ceiling begins to collapse, blocking the exits. Luckily, Shecky finds a trash cart that they can ride in. Jon, Wally, Odie, Garfield, and Shecky jump in and Billy Bear is about to push the cart when Odie realizes his bone is missing and finds the bone lying on a chandelier. Billy Bear pushes the cart and jumps in too and they go down the staircase. Garfield winds up on the chandelier too. The others eventually save Garfield and Odie. The chandelier collapses causing the cart and the chandelier to fall to the ground. The six-duck as the cart crashes out of the hotel. The cart's wheel gets wrecked, causing the cart to fling the six into the "Bonitanator" and the door of the tunnel closes and disappears and they are transported back to Comic Strip World.

Some days later, Hale and Hardy, now out of jobs, are shown reading the newspaper stating that Garfield and Odie are back in the comic strips. They express disappointment while accusing each other of causing it to happen. Waldo and Sheila are on their own now that Shecky is in the comic strips. The comic characters dance and celebrate the return of Garfield. Unknown to the comic characters, the chihuahuas have also gone through the "Bonitanator", and the film ends with them chasing Odie.

Sound Effects Used

• Hollywoodedge, Bounce Boing Drum CRT016901/Sound Ideas, BOINK, CARTOON - TIMP DOINK
• Hollywoodedge, Rubber Ball Bounces CRT041801
• Hollywoodedge, Twangy Boing Jews Ha CRT016201
• Hollywoodedge, Twangy Boings 7 Type CRT015901
• Sound Ideas, BELL, BICYCLE - RING BELLS 01
• Sound Ideas, BLINK, CARTOON - XYLO EYE BLINKS
• Sound Ideas, BOING, CARTOON - GOOD SPRONG 02
• Sound Ideas, CAMERA - 35 MM SLR WITH AUTO WINDER: SINGLE SHOT
• Sound Ideas, CARTOON, POP - DOUBLE POP 01
• Sound Ideas, CARTOON, POP - SMALL POP 01
• Sound Ideas, CARTOON, POP - SMALL WOOD POP 02
• Sound Ideas, CARTOON, POP - ZIP, POP, DONK 01 (Heard faintly.)
• Sound Ideas, CARTOON, WHISTLE - SLIDE WHISTLE, UP
• Sound Ideas, CARTOON, ZIP - HIGH 01
• Sound Ideas, CARTOON, ZIP - SHORT 05
• Sound Ideas, CAT - DOMESTIC: SINGLE MEOW, ANIMAL 04
• Sound Ideas, ORCHESTRA BELLS - GLISS, UP, MUSIC, PERCUSSION (Heard faintly.)
• Sound Ideas, RUN, CARTOON - WIND WHISTLE SCAT
• Sound Ideas, SPLAT, CARTOON - PAINT FIGHT GLOP 02
• Sound Ideas, STRETCH, CARTOON - RUBBER STRETCH, SHORT, 01
• Sound Ideas, THUD, CARTOON - DULL THUD, SINGLE, RUN 02
• Sound Ideas, ZIP, CARTOON - BIG WHISTLE ZING IN
• Sound Ideas, ZIP, CARTOON - BIG WHISTLE ZING OUT

Image Gallery

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