When Nermal comes over for a visit, Garfield is forced to entertain him, and narrates the story of Hansel and Gretel. Nermal protests various elements of the story, and Garfield must change them to satisfy him.

Jon, Garfield, and Odie are forced to stay in an old and abandoned hotel after the car breaks down in front of it. Jon plays a prank on Garfield and Odie by telling them that a "sludge monster" lurks in the hotel.

Wade becomes superstitious after reading his paper fortunes from Chinese fortune cookies. Roy makes a fake fortune and then stages its events to scare Wade, only for his own fortune to start coming true.

Garfield combats a hot July day by "thinking cool," leading him to set up Christmas decorations. Jon, Odie, and the entire town soon follow suit, prompting a summer holiday.