(The door to Pomni's room flies open.)

GARFIELD: That's it! We're leaving!

(Garfield storms in, pulling bits of buffet food off his face.)

POMNI: Honey, please calm down...

(Garfield grabs the wig off of his head and throws it aside.)

GARFIELD: Calm down? Who do you think we're kidding? I am a tabby cat! I'm not cut out for this, Pomni, and I never will be.

(Garfield wipes off his makeup with his shirt sleeve and flings his shirt to the floor. Garfield stomps over and falls back onto the bed. Pomni tries to calm him down.)

POMNI: Just think... a couple more days, and we'll be back home in our vermin-filled shack, lots of trees, and lots of food that you have.

(This thought calms him. Garfield takes in a long, deep breath and exhales. He smiles.)

GARFIELD: Oh, you had me at "vermin-filled."

POMNI: And, uh... maybe even the pitter-patter of little feet on the floor...?

GARFIELD: (laughs) That's right. The swamp rats will be spawning.

POMNI: Uh, no... you know, what I was thinking of is a little bit bigger than a swamp rat.

GARFIELD: SpongeBob?

POMNI: No, Garfield. Um... what if - theoretically -

GARFIELD: Yeah?

POMNI: They were little cat and jester feet?

(Garfield is shocked.)

GARFIELD: Oh. (nervous laugh)

(Garfield falls off the bed. He slowly emerges from behind the bed.)

GARFIELD: Honey? Let's try and be rational about this. Have you seen a baby lately? They just eat and potty and they cry and then they cry when they potty and they potty when they cry... Now, imagine a kitten and jester baby. They extra cry and they extra potty.

POMNI: Garfield.

(She grabs his hands and looks deeply into his eyes.)

POMNI: Don't you ever think about having a family?

(Garfield takes her hand.)

GARFIELD: Right now, you're my family.

(There is a knock on the bedroom door. The door bursts open, revealing a Royal Page. Garfield springs up.)

GARFIELD: Well, somebody better be dying.

(The camera pushes through a corridor that leads to Barty's bedroom. Barty is lying on his lily pad, coughing.)

BARTY: I'm dying. (inhales and launches into a violent coughing fit)

(Garfield looks a bit guilty about his last admission. Nan comes to Barty's aid, and he settles down.)

NAN: Barty.

BARTY: Don't forget to pay the gardener, Nan.

(Nan is used to these kinds of non-sequiturs.)

NAN: Of course, darling.

(Barty suppresses a few coughs. He turns to his daughter.)

BARTY: Pomni...

POMNI: Yes, Daddy?

BARTY: I know I've made many mistakes with you.

POMNI: It's okay.

BARTY: But your love for Garfield has taught me so much.

(Pomni smiles. Barty addresses Garfield.)

BARTY: My dear boy, I am proud to call you my son.

GARFIELD: And I'm proud to call you my Frog... King Dad-in-law.

(Garfield smiles.)

BARTY: Now, there is a matter of business to attend to... (starts wheezing and coughing)

(Eventually, he stops. Everyone else thinks he's dead. N solemnly removes his hat.)

N: The Frog King is dead.

(Pomni starts crying. Barty suddenly wakes up, coughing.)

SPONGEBOB: (to N) Put your hat back on.

BARTY: Garfield, please come hither.

(Pomni gives Garfield a look. Garfield walks over to Barty.)

GARFIELD: Yeah, Dad?

BARTY: This Kingdom needs a new king. You and Pomni are next in line for the throne.

GARFIELD: Ooo. Next in line. Now you see Dad, that's why people love you. Even on your deathbed, you're still making jokes. (Barty stares at him, stone-faced. Garfield leans in closer.) Oh, come on Dad... a tabby cat as King? I don't think that's such a good idea. There's got to be somebody else. Anybody?

BARTY: Aside from you, there is only one remaining heir.

(Garfield brightens.)

GARFIELD: Really!? Who is he, Dad?

BARTY: His name is... is... is...

GARFIELD: What's his name? What's his name?!

BARTY: ...is ...

(Garfield leans in closer after each "is," waiting in anticipation. Barty starts to hyperventilate.)

POMNI: Daddy!

(Barty is dead. A fly comes out of his mouth and flies away. N starts to take his hat off. The fly buzzes into frame. A tongue catches it. N puts his hat back on.)

BARTY: (chewing the fly) His name is Sheen.

GARFIELD: Sheen?

BARTY: (cough) I know you'll do what's... (exhaling) riiiight...

https://youtu.be/bfWD1voJS_w

(Skip to 0:04)

(He succumbs. Barty really is dead now.)

NAN: Barty?

GARFIELD: Dad? Dad! Dad?

Pomni:

(N takes his hat off. Pomni starts to cry and hugs Garfield. The weight of Barty's request hits Garfield. He is in a state of shock.)

Garfield:

(We hold a moment on Nan, Garfield, Pomni, N, and SpongeBob to let Barty's passing sink in.)

https://youtu.be/NR0UmZcf89E

(The streets of Las Vegas are empty. People are closing up the shops on Rodeo Drive.)

(The knights of Las Vegas march toward the castle as the flag is lowered to half-mast.)

(Close on a statue of the late King. Garfield, Pomni, Nan, and all the cartoon, comic, video game, and book Creatures and Princesses have gathered for the funeral. Nan sets an old shoe box ("Ye Olde Footlocker") on top of a lily pad and sends it floating out into the water.)

(An overhead shot shows the box floating through the lily pads. The camera tilts up to reveal a frog choir, singing "Live and Let Die." The Princesses, SpongeBob, N, and the cartoon, comic, video game, and book Creatures all bow their heads solemnly. Garfield puts his arm around Pomni.)

(The funeral has ended, and the crowd begins to disperse. Garfield, Pomni, and Nan stand by the pond. Nan sadly gazes at the pond.)

(The camera pulls back to reveal a cloaked figure on horseback, overlooking the funeral. The figure removes his hood to reveal Kurt Bozwell. He gives a smug smile and rides off.)