Ruthless Geelong kicked a record 23 successive goals against lamentable Fremantle at GMHBA Stadium on Saturday to record a 133-point victory that propelled the Cats back into the AFL top eight.
The 13th-placed Dockers actually had the best of the opening exchanges and led by nine points at quarter-time on a cold, wet day in Geelong,
It turned out to be falsest of false dawns as the visitors were held goalless for the remaining three quarters in what ended up being the heaviest defeat in club history.
The Cats blew the match wide open by kicking 10 goals to nil in the second quarter, with even a heavy rainstorm midway through the term failing to stem the onslaught.
The carnage continued in the second half as the Cats powered away to a 24.14 (158) to 3.7 (25) win.
All Geelong need to do to guarantee a finals berth for the 11th time in the past 12 years is win again at GMHBA Stadium next weekend against a Gold Coast team which has recorded only one victory since round five.
The Cats replaced Port Adelaide in the top eight after the Power faded badly in a 51-point loss to Collingwood earlier in the day.
Geelong spearhead Tom Hawkins kicked a game-high six goals to close within four majors of Richmond's Jack Riewoldt in the Coleman Medal race.
Youngster Brandan Parfitt chimed in with a career-high four goals and Tim Kelly continued his remarkable debut season, tallying 26 possessions and three goals.
But the biggest cheer of the day was reserved for returning hero Gary Ablett, who kicked his 400th career goal late in the final term with a brilliant curling snap from the left forward pocket.
Captain Nat Fyfe and veteran David Mundy were a small handful of Dockers who kept plugging away all day.