Good Cat, Bad Cat

Infobox Television episode
Title = Good Cat, Bad Cat
Series = Garfield and Friends


Caption =
Season = 1
Episode = 21
Airdate = October 29, 1988
Production = G007-C
Writer = Mark Evanier
Director = John Walker
Steve Clark
John Sparey
Guests =
Episode list = List of Garfield and Friends episodes
Prev = The Worm Turns
Next = Cabin Fever

"Good Cat, Bad Cat" is an episode of "Garfield and Friends". It originally aired on October 29, 1988.

Episode recap

After Garfield has his morning coffee, Jon comes in and asks him not to annoy the mailman because he's waiting for an important package. Garfield then begins to nap, but he is quickly awoken by his evil side, who encourages him to shove Odie off the table. As Garfield is about to do so, his good side tries to stop him, but the evil side remedies that by sending him to Mexico via a cannon. Garfield finally pushes Odie off the table but doesn’t seem to have enjoyed it; Jon then tells Garfield to behave himself before he goes outside to mow the lawn.
The good side, clad in a sombrero and holding a suitcase with a "Viva Acapulco" sticker on it, comes back and encourages Garfield not to misbehave, but the evil side then sends him to Italy. He then whispers to Garfield what bad thing to do next: tamper with the ride-on lawn mower. Garfield reluctantly does so, and as a result, Jon speeds around on the mower uncontrollably and eventually crashes in the garage. Jon asks Garfield if he’d tampered with the lawn mower, and Garfield denies it.
The evil side's next task is for Garfield to annoy the mailman. The mailman leaves his mail cart parked on the sidewalk while he is walking up to someone's house; meanwhile, Garfield jumps into the cart and digs through the mail. He comes across Jon's package, and while he is shaking it to determine what's inside, it drops out of his hands and hits the brake on the cart, causing Garfield and the cart to roll down the sidewalk.
The mailman eventually catches up with the cart, and he delivers the package "and" Garfield to Jon. Jon then goes on a tirade about Garfield's behavior, but then he gives Garfield the package, which is a mug with his name on it. The good side suggests that Garfield should be ashamed of himself, whereas the evil side suggests just reveling in the present. Right after Garfield says that he hopes the mail cart escapade didn’t hurt the mug, it breaks into pieces. Garfield and the good side then chase the evil side out the door. Jon remarks that he doesn’t understand Garfield; soon after, "his" evil and good sides appear and debate over whether he should keep Garfield or give him away.

Notes and Goofs

*Garfield's consciences speak rather than think.
* When Jon comes out of the garage, he is wearing a crown of flowers.

Quotes

Jon: Oh, Garfield, try "not" to annoy the mailman today, huh?
Garfield: ["Consulting calendar"] Today's the day I annoy the "garbage" man. The mailman is tomorrow.
Garfield: See what you’ve done? You’ve made me into a liar! And you know what happens to liars!
Evil side: They get jobs doing the weather on TV.

External links

* [http://www.bcdb.com/cartoon/31172-Good_Cat_Bad_Cat.html Good Cat, Bad Cat] at the Big Cartoon DataBase
* [http://www.tv.com/episode/85296/summary.html Good Cat, Bad Cat] at TV.com