The second episode of the fourth season of Garfield and Friends.
Post-opening sequence line: "And pay attention, there'll be a test at the end!"
Trial and Error
When two mice steal Garfield's blueberry pie, Odie licks the blueberry off of one of them. This makes Odie's tongue blue, so Garfield accuses him of stealing it. Odie decides that he wants a trial. (Floyd the mouse is the judge.)
An Egg-Citing Story
Orson responds to numerous mail requests (via flashback) on the origin of Sheldon.
Supermarket Mania
The guys decide to head to Gramps' general store, where they get the best food. But the place is nearly deserted. Gramps explains that it is because of the Food Monster Supermarket which steals his customers. The manager of Food Monster Supermarket, Mr. Bagget, comes in telling Gramps to sell off his land so he can build a new one, which Gramps refuses to do, but Mr. Bagget manages to lure Jon into his supermarket. It turns out that Mr. Bagget is a greedy person, as he only cares about money and gives his products extremely high prices. Meanwhile Odie manages to find an item Jon needs, but it's on the the very top shelf, and he falls off when he tries to get it. Garfield manages to rescue Odie but both are caught by the manager.
When Jon arrives at the scene, Mr. Bagget wants Jon to pay every cent he has. Luckily Garfield holds the microphone to Mr. Bagget, who calls his customers dumb since they never notice the prices, or that Gramps' food is way better than his. He realizes his mistake too late, and the customers walk out. Soon, while Gramps is going to close his shop, Jon stops him and a long line of customer comes in while Mr. Bagget begs to come back. Gramps thanks Garfield and decides to give him anything he wants for free, an act he quickly comes to regret.
Trial and Error contains examples of:
- Clear Their Name: When Nermal overhears Elmo and Ferd saying they ate Garfield's blueberry pie and pinned the blame on Odie, he decides to help prove that Odie is innocent.
- Courtroom Episode: When Odie is accused of stealing Garfield's blueberry pie, Odie is put on trial, with Floyd as the judge, and various mice as the jury.
- Fat and Skinny: Ferd is the fat mouse, and Elmo is the skinny one.
- A Mischief of Mice: Elmo and Ferd are a pair of mice who love to steal food. They nab Garfield's pie and frame Odie for eating it.
- Visual Pun: As punishment for stealing Garfield's pie and framing Odie, Floyd sentences Elmo and Ferd to five days in the can. A coffee can, that is.
An Egg-Citing Story contains examples of:
- All of the Other Reindeer: The other chicks used to tease Sheldon for being an egg with legs, but they changed their attitude towards Sheldon when he saved them from The Weasel.
- Mythology Gag: Booker and Sheldon’s hatching is adapted from their debut in the strip.
Supermarket Mania contains examples of:
- Banana Peel: During the chase scene, Garfield and Odie eat bananas and toss the peels on the floor so that Mr. Bagget will slip on them.
- Doomed Supermarket Display: During the chase scene, just after Garfield rescues Odie, his cart crashes into a pyramid of cans.
- Engineered Public Confession:When Jon was questioning Mr. Bagget about the expensive prices for eggs, Mr. Bagget admits that he deliberately made the items more expensive as a means of making himself filthy rich. Unbeknownst to him, Garfield, who he had earlier chased in the episode, used one of his store microphones to broadcast everything he said to Jon throughout the whole store. The customers immediately leave the store, and it is implied that his store is going to go out of business.
- Grocery Store Episode: Two grocery stores are prominently featured in this episode; Gramp's Groceries and the Monster Supermarket.
