Oh!
Ahhhh!
♪
Ahhhh!
♪
Counterfeit Cat!
Mm...
"Blop! Blop!"
Cut it out, Max.
"Blop!"
I mean, there you were, swinging from building to building
with your tentacles, and you were yelling,
"Look at meeee!"
And then - whap! - you smacked against the building,
and then you just went, "Blop! Blop! Blop!"
all the way down!
You've been teasing me about that for three days now.
It's not nice.
No, you're right.
B... B... Blop!
Ba-ba-ba-blop!
Blop!
Stop it!
I bet you've had embarrassing things happen to you!
Hmm... Nothing comes to mind.
Ba-ba-ba-blop!
Destruction, thy time is near!
Oops.
Whoa! I've told you a million times now:
I hate it when you do that!
I can't help when it happens!
Though you could try being nicer.
That might work.
Hmm...
Nah. That can't have anything to do with it.
And then you finally hit the ground,
and that stinky purple cloud came out of you!
Prepare yourself for the annihilation!
That's it, Gark!
I can't take it anymore!
You're constantly going kablooey and
threatening to end all existence!
It's so selfish!
How can you even look at yourself in the...
Huh?
Uh, Gark...?
Notice something missing here in the old reflect-o-box?
My reflection!
If this is some kind of sick trick you're pulling...
Uh-oh! There's a problem in the mirror world!
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♪ ♪
Ahhhh...
Oof!
♪
What is the matter with you?!
Have we met?
Of course we've met!
I'm your reflection!
Oho! This must be an honor for you.
An honor?! You think I enjoy having to
make kissy faces back to you all the time?
Having to do everything you do?
Well...
Excuse me, Reflection-Max...
but where's my reflection?
He took off yesterday from the "node".
The... what?
The "nooode".
You're standing in it...?
My codex says reflections have to stay
in the "nooode".
If they don't, things get weird.
Uh, could you be a little more vague?
Could you be a little more annoying?
No wonder you - I mean, "he" - left.
As long as Max is over on your side, I have to do everything
he does, including making fun of your reflection -
which I don't like to do.
Ooh!
Ever hear me tell the "Blop! Blop!" story?
Blop!
Blop! Blop!
Kibble-brained imbecile! Yes!
And so I had to tease him about it, too!
Blop! Blop!
Blop! Blop! Blop!
Crush Max!
- Crush him! - Crush him!
Crush him!
Sorry, I think my...
reflection and I usually balance things out, but,
now he's gone, I'm getting more, uh, negative.
You call that "negative"?
What do you call a hurricane?
"Ooh, a delightful summer breeze! La la la..."
Ow!
The codex says that, if I don't get my reflection back to
the "nooode", any changes could become permanent!
Permanent Psycho Gark? Ha! No thanks!
Okay, reflection-me. Help us find him.
Why should I help you?
My reflection, my servant. I order you to!
I'm not the servant on this side.
- Yes, you are. - No, I'm not.
- Are. - Not.
The only way I'd help you is if you let me switch places.
Then you'd have to do everything I do.
Bah! Forget it!
Guys, come on! We need to hurry!
"Nah nah nah-nah nah! Come on, we need to hurry!"
Destroy Max!
Fine. You win. Deal.
Well then! What are we waiting for?
After you!
Oh, no, no, no, no. Age before beauty.
Aaand I'm gonna make you say, "I'm a dumb, stinky fleabag."
Max! Switching places...?
Relax! If I know me, all I've go to do is distract
reflection-me with a treat at the last second...
and he'll totally forget about the deal.
I am so easy!
Aaand I'm gonna be nice to Gark!
You're gonna hate it.
Hey! I happen to be very nice to Gark.
"Blop!" Blop.
Sorry, Max.
It's the teasing. It sets it off.
Oh, Gark. It's just teasing!
You wouldn't like it if I teased you that much.
Because there's nothing to tease me about!
What about when you were doing kissy face in the mirror
and you fell backwards into the toilet, hmm?
It was Gark's fault!
Destroy Max!
I wasn't even teasing you just then!
Hurry it up, reflection-me!
My guess is he went... that way.
Great, guessing - the failsafe strategy.
Right! I'm going to take matters into my own hands!
Yee-haw!
Can't... control...
Yes! Whee!
Huh?
Zoom!
This is the best ever!
I'm never going back to that mean old cat!
Ha ha! Whee!
You're the "mean old cat" who made me do everything to him.
Oh, here we go with the totally unfair Max-bashing again!
Zip it.
Let's just haul him back to the "nooode"
so I can get him back to the other side and start
having some real fun.
Look at my reflection having fun!
Whee! Whee!
Go, reflection me!
Zoom!
Max...
Buh... Buh...
Max...?
Buh... Buh...
B-b-b-b...
Blop?
Thanks, Max.
Gark is gone!
Time to destroy you!
Not me! You've got the wrong Max!
Destroy him!
Oh, worst original ever!
Ahh...
Ooh!
Let's get you back to the "nooode",
change Gark back to normal,
and not get destroyed in the process!
Do you really think I'd let you turn me back?
Whooooaaa...
Ahh.
Worst reflection ever!
"Blop!"
Ow! You made me bite my tongue!
Hey!
Forget somebody?!
Uh, total accident.
You mean like this? Hi-ya!
No, like this! Hi-ya!
Fun! Can we do this every day?
Ow!
"Blop!"
There it is!
I don't need to stop you!
I just need to destroy reflection-Gark!
No, Gark! No!
Give him to me!
Hit him with a laser, reflection-Gark!
Lasers? I don't have lasers!
Well... with whatever you've got!
Ow!
Ow.
Thanks!
Quick! Get to the "nooode"!
We can do this!
Whee!
Woohoo!
Max...? Where are you?
- Gark! - Yay!
We did it! We did it!
Worked perfect - just like I planned.
And, to show you just how magnanimous I am,
I swear a solemn oath never to tease Gark again.
Come on, Gark. Time to go home.
Hang on, hotshot! We had a deal...?
Say...
Who wants a Dainty Pause fish-n-cream biscuit, hmm?
Now, about that deal...
Uh, I had my fingers crossed.
Max...
Wait! But... But you... I... I don't...
I'm never going back to being nice-Gark.
Now I go home to destroy!
Destroy Betty, the internet...
the entire world!
Deal's off!
Oh, no, you don't! A deal's a deal!
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Ohhh, why wasn't I nicer to Gark? Why?
- Hi, Max! But... But...
I was just pretending to be psycho-Gark so reflection-Max
would call off the deal!
Pretty smart, huh?
Oh, good old, normal, non-Max-devouring Gark!
I promise I won't ever tease you again, little buddy!
Yay! Let's go out and play in the park!
Right behind you!
Hmm... Hmm...
Oh...
"Blop!"
Blop.
Ooh!
I got an X right where I need it!
Come on, double-X!
Gark, I'm trying to enjoy a nice glass of food!
Aha!
Ugh. Nelson. Boredom with wings.
Hey, guys. The Kid told me he's working on something big,
and I was going to go see.
Want to come with me?
No, we can't, 'cause Max thinks you're boring!
No! No, silly Gark!
You misunderstand!
Nelson's a dear, dear, dear
acquaintance...
but the thing is we can't, because...
we're planning...
a heist!
Whoa! Tell me about it!
Yeah! Me, too!
It all started when my family -
we come from royalty, you see - had to flee
during the... revolution.
So you see why coming with you is impossible!
Bye, Nelson.
Whooooaaa...
Wow, Max! I didn't know we had all that stuff planned!
Oh, sit down, Gark.
This is a teachable moment.
You see, that was all made up.
We call it "lying".
It makes problems go away - and it's even better than truthing.
Got it! Thanks, Max.
Now, where were we?
Oh, yeah! Come on, Gark!
Find that double-X!
You know you can do it!
Just focus, Gark! Focus...
Gark, talking to yourself is the sign of a malady...
known as, uh...
"silly-filis goof-topia".
It is?
I'm afraid so.
Wait. Is that one of your "lyings"?
I solemnly swear on my Presidential Medal of Honor
it is not!
Well, I wasn't talking to myself, anyway.
I was talking to, uh...
my girlfriend!
Gark, if you're going to lie, make it plausible!
"Girlfriend"!
As a matter of fact, I do have a girlfriend, Max.
She happens to be invisible.
Oh, invisible, is she?
Well... tell me about her.
Uh...
Hmm...
Her name's "Arugula".
She's from the town of...
"Thermostat"!
Oh, Thermostat! Yeah, that's good.
I'm serious!
Yeah! Now really push the lie!
Come on! Get creative!
Arugula is not a lie. She's real.
Right, Arugula?
Arugula says she's totally real.
Brilliant!
Hi, "Arugula"!
Another knock-knock joke?
Okay. Who's there?
"Exploding potato" who?
Oh, that looks good on you!
Orange is definitely your color.
♪
Oh, come on, now. That's taking it too far.
Take a breath for air, would you?
You, too, Arugula!
Any refreshments?
A glass of Venusian lava extract?
Of course "not too sweet"!
Silly goose!
You're sweet enough already!
Uh, Arugula?
Arugula?
It's me, Gark, your alien boyfriend.
Ack!
Max! Arugula!
What are you doing?
Good grief, Gark!
We're not doing anything!
I was just, uh, rehearsing a role.
I'm big into community theater.
Though you knew that!
Well... I guess I believe you.
You're hardly Arugula's type!
And what is that supposed to mean?
Well, Max...
you're pretty rough around the edges.
That's a skin condition!
And what about you, Gark? Hmm?
Probably playing up that "Ooh, I'm all exotic
because I'm from space!"
Max, she thinks I'm from Sweden!
Hear that, Arugula? He's been lying to you!
He's from space!
Not a refined Earth cat like myself.
Ha!
Is this what being refined looks like?
I make that look classy!
Arugula, go put on your best outfit.
I'm taking you on a date!
You? Taking a lady like "Rugie" on a date?
Oh, that's rich!
Hmm? What's that?
You want me to come, too?
Well, don't beg, baby!
I'll come.
Fine!
But only because she says it's okay!
You're so bad.
That's not a wart.
It's his nose!
Oh, Rugie, I've never seen you look so beautiful.
Welcome to the Gilded Feed Trough!
Whew! I thought you said you were refined, Max!
Let's get out of here, Arugula.
You're not going anywhere with her, Gark!
Gentlemen, please! I run a respectable trough here!
Max...?
I think we may have taken this a bit too far.
I think you're right.
Got kind of carried away, didn't we?
Yeah.
The question now is
"What do we do about poor Arugula?"
Max... she doesn't exist.
Oh, I see your little game - pretend she doesn't exist
so you can have her all to yourself!
Well, I know what to do about it!
Hey there, Nelson!
How'd you like a dinner partner, hmm?
But you always grab all the food off my plate.
Not me, you ninny.
Her!
She says she thinks you're cute!
Um... Where is she?
There! Right there!
Come on, Nelson!
Tell me you don't find her pretty!
Oh! Oh, yeah.
Yeah... Yeah, she is pretty...
but I don't think she'd ever go for me.
This is going to end badly.
Go for you?!
She wants to marry you!
Very badly.
She... She does?
I'm gonna be married!
Congratulations to you both!
Very, very badly.
♪
Looks like Arugula's whole family came!
This is the most magicalest day of my entire, whole,
complete life!
What's wrong, Gark?
♪
Ooh, look! It's starting!
♪
Where is she?
Well... I may have been wrong, you know,
about her being...
real.
Does... Does this mean she... she...
She doesn't even want to marry me after all?
I have an idea! Follow my lead!
Isn't that what got us here?
Whoa!
It's okay, pal. You've still got me.
Um...
Nelson! Nelson, it's a note from Arugula!
Hmm...?
Uh, maybe I'd better read it.
"My dear, beloved Nelson,
it is with heavy heart that I must tell you I suffer from
silly-filis goof-topia."
Not silly-filis goof-topia!
Mm-hmm! "Nothing more can be done.
Not even the great Max could save me - though his efforts
were nothing short of heroic."
"So, as you can see, it could never have been.
Still, dear Nelson, I will carry you in my heart forever...
♪ and I will always love you!" ♪
She was so young!
Yes, only 92,000.
Yeah. But, as the note clearly says,
she loved you...
so no reason to be sad.
And don't be angry with anyone.
Especially me.
We are gathered here to celebrate the life of Arugula.
We will all miss her.
She always spoke her mind,
was transparent with her emotions.
Nelson, you will always carry this sadness with you..."
Double-X!
Winner!
This is the best day of my life!
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I got the money!
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I got the money!
That made all my guilt go away.
Gark, don't lie anymore.
Okay.
What now?
Shush, Gark! I'm mourning...?