The thirteenth episode of the seventh season of Garfield and Friends.
Post-opening sequence line: "Today, an encore performance of our report; Are There Too Many Reruns on Cartoon Shows?"
Alley Katta and the 40 Thieves
In this story based on "Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves", Garfield tells the story of 40 thieves who plunder and steal everything in sight, even the Sultan's pants. After Jon is robbed of everything he has, he seeks help from Alley Katta (Garfield) ). Katta shows him a classified ad on the newspaper and both decide to help out the Sultan, despite his irritating "Or you can call me 'name'.
While searching for the bandit's hideout, they decide to camp out for the night due to the Sultan's horse being stolen. While the Sultan keeps telling Jon his other names, Katta is making pizza until it gets stolen by one of the thieves. Katta decides give chase and somehow ends up seeing the thief saying "Open Sesame" at a nearby cave. Suddenly, the door opens and the thief enters and leaves. As the thief leaves, Katta says the same words and is astonished to see all the stolen goods inside, knowing this is the thieves hideout. Katta manages to tell Jon and the Sultan and leads them into the cave. They decide to clear out all the money inside the cave before sunrise.
Soon, they manage to capture all the thieves by tricking them into entering a cage and getting dragged into town. The sultan thanks them for their help, but after annoying them with his other names, they decide to lock him up in the cage and close the cave.
If It's Tuesday This Must Be Alpha Centauri
Roy notice Orson suggesting countries to Wade, who keeps rejecting them. Roy asks what's going on and Orson tells him they're planning for a pretend trip. Roy suggests they go to outer space. Wade refuses, but when he sees the 'scare-ducks' (really Orson's brothers in disguise), he agrees to join in.
After going to different planets, Orson decides to go home, although Wade is reluctant as he'll meet up with the 'scare-ducks'. They head back to reality only to see Orson's brothers stealing their crops. They manage to stop them by pretending that the brothers are in a spaceship, and Wade 'confiscates' their food after the space shuttle lifts off.
Clash of the Titans
Garfield finds himself in the wrong cartoon again, this time an X-Men spoof. Garfield's new friends help to get Jon out of a conniving sleazy salesman's grasp. (Note: The plot is very similar to that of the earlier episode "Invasion of the Big Robots".)
"Alley Katta and the 40 Thieves" provides examples of:
- Bankruptcy Barrel: At the beginning of this episode, Jon goes out to get a job with the Sultan declaring that "I have nothing left to lose" and, of course, runs back in the room a second later wearing a barrel. Garfield commented that "we'd better jump the story ahead before someone steals the barrel." (Jon got his clothes back in the next shot.)
- Overly Long Gag: The sultan's "Or you can call me 'name'".
- Shout-Out: The Sultan complains to Garfield and Jon that thanks to the Forty Thieves, Aladdin is now richer than him. Jon asks if it's because of his magic lamp, and Garfield replies, "No, because of his deal with Disney."
"If It's Tuesday This Must Be Alpha Centauri" provides examples of:
"Clash of the Titans" provides examples of:
- Single Substance Manipulation: While his teammates have useful superpowers like laser vision and super strength, Curdman drew the short straw by having the ability to control any forms of cottage cheese.
