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(The fifth and final chapter begins with a brief recap. During a trip to a national park, Garfield, Odie, and Nermal got kidnapped by three raccoons, who took their place in Jon’s trailer, and the twins watch their favorite singer, Celest St. Clair. Jon accidentally left the pets behind, but soon realized that he has impostors in his house thanks to Squeak’s unseen help. The pets, meanwhile, are wandering the desert and Jon races back to the campsite with the twins to bring the pets home)
(Part 5 begins at night, in a parking lot in the park. The twins watch a video of Celest on their tablet while they sit at a picnic table)
Celest: I've been looking for you all the mornings of my days,
I've been looking for you but you're so far away, (A reporter interrupt the show)
Reporter: And that’s the newest hit recording by teen superstar Celest St. Clair!
Twins: We love you, Celest!
Reporter: But does she still have it? (He points at the camera) Is her career on the downslide at age 16?
Twins: NO! (They shake their heads) NO!
Reporter: That’s what some are saying in advance of her big concert tonight! (The camera zooms in on the wall, which shows a picture of the stage for Celest’s concert and the many fans gathered around)
(While the twins stayed behind, Jon hunts the area for any trace of the pets)
Jon: I’ve looked all over where we camped and there’s no sign of them. They must’ve started walking, which means they could be anywhere by now. (He returns to the girls) We might as well go home.
Minerva: We may never see them again. (She shakes her head)
Drucilla: But at least we’ll be home in time to watch the Celest St. Clair concert! (Her sister smiles at that thought)
Jon: Garfield? Odie? Nermal? Where are you?
(Where they were was in the middle of the desert. They followed the road they had found earlier and had kept walking well into the night. Garfield and Odie look pretty gassed, while Nermal is in a complaining mood)
Nermal: I told you, that bus stop was in the other direction!
Odie: Mutter. (They hear the sound of a car)
Garfield: Shh! Listen! (He turns around and sees a truck coming toward them) There’s a car coming! (They try to flag it down) Hey! Stop!
Nermal: Hey! Over here! (The truck blows by them, kicking up a cloud of dust)
Garfield: Cough! Cough! (On a road below them, he sees a set of headlights) Wait! (He points) I see another one way down the road! (They race to intercept it)
Odie: Bark!
(That vehicle Garfield saw is a limo, and inside that limo is Celest St. Clair herself. She sits in the back seat, watching the news report about her on her tablet)
Reporter: Among those who think Celest St. Calair may be washed up is the famed hit movie and music producer, Tyler Edge! (He gestures to Tyler)
Tyler Edge: Celest sound has gotten predictable and boring.
Celest: (angrily) “Predictable”? Ha! I’ll show him! I’ll show ALL of them! (As the limo rounds the bend, the pets stand in the way, determined not to let another opportunity blow by them)
Nermal: It’s a limousine!
Garfield: Let’s try to get their attention! (Odie nods at him)
Celest: Oh, (She shakes her head) I SO don’t need this in my life! Not now, when I have to find a new cleaning lady. (Her butler/driver looks back and gives her an update)
Butler: Ms. St. Clair, we’ll be at the concert hall in just a… (He looks back at the road and sees the pets blocking the path) yah!
Garfield: Whimper
Nermal: YAAAAAAAAHHHHHH! (The limo is out of control. Odie ducks behind his ears, bracing for impact, but the butler swerves out of the way into a rock. The pets are relieved, and the Flabby Tabby wipes the sweat off his brow. No one was hurt from the impact, but the limo is a bit banged up. The butler and the singer get out)
Celest: Oh, what happened now?
Butler: I-I, couldn’t do anything, madam, they (He gestures to the pets) suddenly appeared in the middle of the road! (Celest walks up to the animals, who all smile at her, hoping to get help)
Garfield: Nervous laugh
Celest: You! You’d better have a good lawyer!
Nermal: Wait… (Garfield and Odie look at him) isn’t that… (The Tubby Tabby puts his paw to his chin)
Garfield: Celest St. Clair! (Odie looks at her) She’s that singer Drucilla and Minerva are WILD about! (Odie pants while he says this. The butler checks for a spare tire and Celest taps her foot impatiently)
Butler: I’m afraid (Celest turns around) we have no spare tire. The entire trunk is filled with autographed photos of you.
Celest: Are you serious? (She grabs her head, worried) I’m, like, performing in less than two hours!
Butler: Then you’d best start hiking, Ms. St. Clair. It's about an hour’s walk from here. I would head that way. (He points further up the road)
Celest: Walk?! (She is clearly frustrated. Garfield thinks)
Garfield: You can walk with us! (He points at himself with his thumb)
Odie: Mutters (He nods)
Garfield: We’re heading that way. (Nermal gets a head start)
Celest: Moan! (Realizing there’s no other option, she caves) Let me just get my tablet computer, (Garfield and Odie look at each other. The pup wags his tail) and a few other necessities. (She reaches inside the limo to grab her stuff. Armed with her purse and tablet, she and the pets head out)
(Later–presumably–Celest talks on her cell phone as they reach the top of a hill)
Celest: Gary, I'm counting on you! You’re my arranger, you’ve gotta come up with a new sound for me! They’re saying I'm old-fashioned, at age 16! Also, I need to find a new cleaning lady. Good-bye! (A howl Odie heard at the tail end of Part 4 causes him to panic again)
Coyote: HOWWWWWWWWWLLLLLLLLLL!
Odie: Yelp! (He retreats behind Garfield) Bark! Bark!
Garfield: Whimpers (Nermal and Odie peek out from behind him)
Celest: I’m late, (She hangs up the phone) I'm cold, (She puts the phone in her purse) I’m tired, I'm thirsty, I'm lost in the desert, and I’m actually talking to a dog and two cats. (She gestures to them) That’s how upset this thing has gotten me! (Garfield puts a paw to his mouth and not-so-secretly takes a jab at Nermal)
Garfield: Looks like you finally met your match, Nermie. She’s an even bigger whiner than you are. (He points with his thumb)
Nermal: Maybe, but I'm WAY cuter. (Celest sits on an old carriage)
Celest: Sigh. (The pets sit next to her as she shakes the sand out of her boot. They hear another unwelcome sound)
Coyote: HOWWWWWWWWWWWWL! (Everyone snaps to attention in terror)
Nermal: What’s that?
Garfield: I don’t know, (He hugs a trembling Odie) but I made that sound once when I foolishly slept with my tail out next to a rocking chair. (Just then, a pack of four coyotes appear from behind some nearby rocks)
Coyotes: Snarl!
Nermal: (pointing) Coyotes!
Coyotes: HOWWWWWWWL! (The leader, who later introduces himself as Kawoosa, leads his pack toward the house pets)
Garfield: Whimpers (Nermal climbs up Celest, who holds him)
Kawoosa: Step forward, son of Sagale. (He and the pack glare at their canine cousin Odie. The pup is bewildered)
Odie: Huuhhh? (He shakes and tilts his head, wondering what they’re talking about. Garfield leans over and gives him some advice)
Garfield: Do what he says, Odie.
Kawoosa: I am Kawoosa, son of the moon. You have insulted our ancestors.
Garfield and Odie: Huh? (They look at each other. Evidently Garfield is just as confused as Odie is)
Kawoosa: (continuing) Such crimes cannot go unpunished!
Odie: Whimpers (The coyotes close in on Odie and his friends)
Coyotes: Growl! Snarl! (Everyone except Garfield quakes in fear. The fat cat tries to be the diplomat)
Garfield: Hey, this must be some sort of mistake, (He waves his paws in front of him) ‘cause Odie’s (He points at Odie with his thumb) never insulted anyone. (He gestures to himself) I, on the other hand, I always… (Kawoosa cuts him off)
Kawoosa: A coyote cannot walk alongside cats or men.
Garfield: (nervously) No there’s a mistake here, (He shakes his paws in a “no” fashion again and gestures to the pooch) see Odie isn’t really a… (He is interrupted again)
Kawoosa: The heat of a true coyote is filled with courage. (He leaps in front of Odie, who leans back) Yours and we will let you go, (He stands straighter and more imposing, causing Odie to tremble again) you and your friends.
Nermal: Otherwise…? (Kawoosa’s pack answers Nermal)
Coyote 2: You’ll never leave this desert.
Coyote 3: We won’t let you.
Coyote 4: (while shaking her head) Not until he shows bravery.
Odie: Mutters (He straightens out, and then collapses on the ground in tears) Cries (Garfield steps over to him)
Garfield: Crying? (Odie looks up at him) Not the best way to show bravery.
Nermal: Garfield, do something! (The Flabby Tabby puts his fingers to his head, thinking hard. A light bulb goes off in his head)
Garfield: Laughs (He sees Celest’s tablet on the carriage behind them) Chief, this dog (He gestures to Odie) is one of the bravest things on four legs.
Odie: Confused mutters (His tone of voice says, “I am?”, like not even he can believe what Garfield’s saying)
Kawoosa: You must prove that, cat!
Garfield: Oh I can! (He steps to the carriage)
Odie: (lifting his head) Huh? (Garfield lifts one foot and stands on tiptoe as he points to the tablet)
Garfield: (continuing) Mind if I borrow this? (Celest nods, giving her approval. Nermal nods too, even though Garfield wasn’t talking to him. Garfield tells his plan to the viewers as he holds the tablet in his paw) Fortunately, they’ve already posted clips (He points up) of this episode on the internet. (He taps the screen) They’re really fast, you know.
Odie: Huh?
Garfield: (now addressing the pack) Let me show you how Odie has shown courage in just the last 24 hours!
Coyotes: Gasp! (They look at each other, but Kawoosa steps forward to see the proof)
Garfield: Here he is bravely escaping (He turns the tablet around to show him and Odie fleeing from the swarm of bees they encountered in Part 2) from a horde of poisonous insects after single handedly destroying their hive!
Coyotes: (impressed) Oh! (The next scene the Tubby Tabby plays is from Part 3, the waterfall scene)
Garfield: He heroically went over one of the world’s largest waterfalls! (The video shows the pets taking the plunge over the edge of the falls)
Coyotes: Wow! (He then shows him and Odie on Monique’s back, also from Part 3)
Garfield: (tapping the screen) He boldly rode on the back of an alligator!
Coyotes: Oh!
Odie: Mutters (He smiles, realizing he might be braver than he thought)
Garfield: And most amazingly (He points up) and fearlessly, he sat there and listened (He shows the coyotes a clip of Nermal kissing Fan Fan from Part 3) while Nermal did his big romantic solo in Act 3.
Coyotes: Whoa! (Nermal, however, is not amused at Garfield’s jab. Hey, they are the best of enemies, after all)
Nermal: Grrr! (The pack, on the other hand, is convinced thanks to Garfield)
Coyotes 2: He is brave, there is no doubt!
Coyote 3: You may lead us with honors. (Kawoosa turns to the fourth–and only female–coyote)
Coyote 4: Let us sing his praises. (The pack walk up and howl in unison)
Coyotes: HOWWWWWWWWWWWWLLLLLLLLLL! (Odie joins his coyote cousins)
Odie: HOWWWWWWWWWWWWLLLLLLLLLL! (Kawoosa steps toward the big-hearted beagle)
Kawoosa: I was wrong about you, my brother. Your tales of courage are truly inspiring!
Kawoosa and Odie: HOWWWWWWWWWWWLLLLLLLLL! (As they howl, Celest gets a call on her smartphone. She sets Nermal down and answers the call)
Celest: No, no, Mr. Edge! I’m sorry, it’s just hard to hear out here, but I WILL be at the concert in time to perform! (On the other end of the line, Tyler Edge is behind the scenes, in front of all the mirrors where actors/singers put on makeup and whatnot)
Tyler Edge: The concert is live on TV in 20 minutes! You’ll never make it in time! (He nods) Besides, your voice is crashed! Call me crazy, but it sounds like you’ve been walking in the desert!
Celest: There is NOTHING wrong with my voice! Listen! (She sings a few lines)
This is where I belong! (Hearing her singing voice prompts the coyote pack to run up)
This is my homeland.
Coyotes: HOWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWLLLLLLLLL! (Tyler hears the thundering howl and is impressed by it)
Tyler Edge: Whoa! That’s awesome! Your voice, plus that howling thing I'm hearing! (Return to Celest) That’s your new sound, Celest! Your new hit sound! (She hangs up and gives the animals the situation)
Celest: All of you, I don't know if you can understand me, but I've GOT to get to the concert hall in 20 minutes, and I want you coyotes (She points at them) to come along and sing on television with me! (She points at herself)
Coyote 2: Us?
Coyote 3: Sing on television? (The fourth coyote hops excitedly)
Coyote 4: I’ve always dreamed of being on TV.
Coyote 2: Hey, now I recognize her! (He gestures at her with his paw) She’s Celest St. Clair! (He wags his tail excitedly)
Kawoosa: She’s my all-time fave! (He also wags his tail) How do we get her to her concert on time?
Garfield: Maybe if enough of you help get this old wagon out of this ditch. (Somehow, they drag it out, as it is not shown how they did. The coyotes are laced up and they race through the desert with the pets and Celest in tow behind them)
Coyotes: Barking (Garfield mans the reins, keeping one foot on the stand in front of him for support)
Garfield: Faster, guys! Faster! (And away they go)
(Back at home, Jon is pacing the living room, nervous for his pets. The twins sit on the couch, hoping to see the Celest concert on TV, which is now where the table usually is. For reference, the table is where the TV usually is)
Jon: (while pacing) What if we never see Garfield or Odie or Nermal again?
Drucilla: Oh, it would be very sad, Uncle Jon.
Minerva: (pointing at the TV) But right now, we want to watch Celest St. Clair’s concert! (Her sister nods and they fix their gaze on the TV. Tyler Edge is introducing the singer)
Tyler Edge: Are you ready for…Celest! (He stand on the speaker in front of him)
Crowd: Yeah! Celest! Celest! (The twins hop excitedly in place) Celest! Celest!
Tyler Edge: There’s Celest! St. Clair! (The band walks on stage, including the four coyote backup singers, who are now bipedal. Tyler leaves the stage to make room for the singer, the twins are as excited as ever and Celest begins her song)
Celest: In the city I had dreams (The steps forward)
Of the waterways and the streams. (The coyote pack move their heads back and forth to the music)
All the traffic and disease
Made me aim for the trees.
This is where I belong,
Somewhere that’s grand,
This is where I belong,
This is my homeland!
Coyotes: Ow-ow-HOWWLLLL! HOWWWLLLLL! (Celest walks over to the gray coyote, possibly Kawoosa. He salutes, and she puts her hand in his paw. They then stand back to back for a second)
Celest: Yeah, yeah! (She retakes centerstage)
This is where I belong,
This is my homeland! (The pets, who are standing just offstage, dance to the music. She and her band then appear in the forest, overlooking a cliff, beginning a fantasy sequence)
I saw buildings grow so high
But I could not see the sky. (Now they play on a frozen lake in a snowy forest)
So I had to get the cure (Now they are on a canoe)
Where the air is so pure. (On a desert highway, Celest drives a motorcycle down the road. A bald eagle flies overhead)
This is where I belong,
Just as was planned, (The eagle screeches, and she appears on a rock)
This is where I belong, (The fantasy ends and the shot returns to Celest on stage)
This is my homeland!
This is where I belong,
This is my homeland! (The song ends)
Crowd: Cheers and applause (Garfield, Odie, and Nermal are also dancing along. Nermal is applauding, Odie is rocking his head back and forth, and Garfield, with his fingers up, rocks back and forth and taps his toes on the ground)
(Back at Jon’s house, Jon sticks his head out the window, fearing he has lost his pets for good)
Jon: I’m going to go lie down. I have this awful feeling I'll never see my furry friends again.
Minerva: (pointing) They’re on TV. (Her sister nods)
Jon: (turning around) What?
Minerva: They’re on TV. Isn’t that them? (Jon is shocked to see his pets on TV dancing to Celest’s song)
Jon: That’s…that’s them! (He points at the TV and smiles)
(Back on stage, Nermal, always one to steal the attention, slides next to the singer and bows)
Crowd: (chanting) Celest! Celest! Celest! (Garfield and Odie look at each other with angry looks on their faces. As Nermal tries to steal the spotlight, Garfield puts a box over him and stands on it like a podium. He begins bowing)
Garfield: Chuckle (Odie trots up next to him and joins in the bowing)
Crowd: (chanting) Celest! Celest! Celest!
(Back at home, the twins, raccoons, and even Squeak and Irv the mice are celebrating. Jon is simply is awe)
Twins: Yay! (They cheer)
Jon: I don’t know how he does it.
(Later that night, Celest has brought the pets home. Someone had managed to fix the limo, which is parked outside Jon’s house)
Jon: I don’t know how to thank you for bringing them home, Ms. St. Clair. (She hand-delivers Odie to Jon, who is inside standing next to the cats)
Celest: Well, I found this address on Odie’s dog tag, (She sets Odie down on the floor. He and the felines walk away, their own bit of business to attend to) so I figured I should. (The twins do not miss their chance to meet their favorite singer. They race down the stairs with autograph books in their hands)
Twins: Overlapping chatter (Celest is kind enough to sign the superfans’ books, while in the kitchen, Garfield, Odie, and Nermal confront the raccoons for the rotten thing they did a few days/four episodes prior. The mice are also there, too. To their credit, the bandits look legitimately remorseful)
Gnarly: Yeah, yeah. We know it was a rotten thing we done to you.
Squeak: No argument there. (He crosses his arms and taps his foot impatiently)
Farley: And we’re really sorry, guys!
Charley: Ooh! That’s right. We are. We are.
Gnarly: It’s just that, uh, we never had a chance to live in an actual, for real house before. (Hearing the raccoons’ defense causes the pets to pause. Squeak is still angry for being tied and left in a cookie jar) Yeah, it’s great here.
Charley: He’s right! There’s so much to wash and we LOVE doing that! (He blinks and stands in a loving pose of sorts)
Farley: When we go back to the forest, we’re really gonna miss a roof! (The big-hearted beagle feels sorry for the raccoons)
Odie: Awwwww…
Gnarly: Living in a house…
Nermal: What are we gonna do about these guys? (Even Garfield looks about ready to burst into tears, even though he doesn’t actually do that)
Garfield: Hmm… (He overhears Jon, Celest, and the twins talking in the hall)
Celest: Well, I have to be going. I’m desperate to find a new cleaning lady for my home.
Garfield: We’re gonna get them a job! (Gnarly and Charley look at each other, confused)
(Later, Jon, the twins, and the pets gather around the TV and watch it. Jon is in the chair, the pets are next to him, and the twins are on the couch)
Reporter: Good news for superstar Celest St. Clair! After months of searching for a good cleaning lady, she finally solved her problem: (The TV shows the raccoons cleaning the dining room in Celest’s mansion. Farley sets the table, Charley mops the floor and Gnarly carries a chair up to the table) three raccoons that now live and work in her 36-room mansion! (They are shown greeting the camera) They’re keeping the place spotless!
Garfield and Nermal: 36-room mansion?!
Reporter: Meanwhile, Celest’s new album, produced by Tyler Edge, (The TV shows the cover for Celest’s new album) is #1 in the world! (The coyotes howl their new song in a recording studio) It’s a smash for her and her backup singers, a band of coyotes! The coyotes have recently signed their own recording contract, plus a three picture deal to star in movies! (Kawoosa handshakes a producer in Hollywood, or somewhere else in Los Angeles. They all wear fancy sunglasses)
Garfield: Their own recording contract?! (Odie stands upright)
Nermal: (stammering in shock) Th-th-th-three picture deal?!
Odie: (frustratedly) Oh! Mutters (He sticks his tongue out, smiling. The cats calm down)
Garfield: Odie’s right. (He gestures to the pup) It’s just good to be home!
Nermal: That's so true. What matters is, to be home.
Odie: Mm-mm. (He turns back to the TV. The cats do the same, seemingly having learned a lesson)
Garfield: Heh. (He quickly drops to his knees, screaming) BUT I WANNA LIVE IN A 36-ROOM MANSION!!! (He falls on his face)
Nermal: AND I WANT A THREE-PICTURE DEAL!!! (Garfield and Nermal continue to rant, though the Tubby Tabby drowns out Nermal)
Garfield: And I want… (The twins look at each other) I want my own TV show, (Jon blinks at the outburst. Ironic Garfield would want his own TV show, considering how many times he has broken the 4th wall in this series alone) in HD of course, (Odie gets a Garfield-esque look and shakes his head at the audience, as if to say, “They just don’t get it.”) I want a better contract, (The contented canine sits back down as the felines continue their tantrum. Garfield pounds the floor like a child) I want all the lasagna I can possibly eat, (They can be heard even outside the house) I’ll have a radio show, maybe on that… (Their screaming is cut off when the final part of this five-chapter series comes to a close. The pets are back home, safe and sound, and Odie knows that that’s what’s truly important. Finally, at the end of another long story, I can write these last two words…)
THE END