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Jun 17, 2011 · When Garfield discovers Dr. Whipple's not so loving training methods, he encourages Shrimpy not to stand for the mistreatment. Plot. Jon, Garfield, and Odie are at the TV station to see Dr. Whipple's new show, featuring an elephant by the name of Shrimpy.
The Stand-up Mouse. Upset over his lack of appearances on the show, Floyd rents out his home to Myron, a mouse comedian. When Myron finds out that Garfield doesn't chase mice, he uses Garfield as the subject of his stand-up comedy. Daydream Doctor
He usually only gets the gist from Garfield's gestures. Sometimes he doesn't even gesture, though. He's just lying, standing, or sitting there. Perhaps Davis occasionally writes strips without realizing that they only make sense if Garfield was actually speaking his thoughts.
This is likely not an isolated occurrence, as it is not even the main focus of the strip (the joke is about Odie peeing on the floor). Witnessing this horrendous mistreatment of an innocent animal, Jon likely reached a breaking point, and decided to take matters into his own hands.
Shrimpy is an elephant. He was mistreated by Dr. Whipple into doing his bidding until he escaped with the help from Garfield. Dr. Whipple was later arrested for his animal cruelty; he was forced to send Shrimpy to the zoo for a shorter sentence.
Garfield: You know, Shrimpy, (He starts walking around to the other end of the cage) I have a guy who feeds ME, (He hops on the wheeled podium and opens the cage door) and I don’t have to do handstands or live in a cage.
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Garfield discovers an elephant called shrimpy being mistreated by Dr. Whipple, and he and Odie help Shrimpy escape from him, when the police and al catch them, the police arrest whipple after he threatens shrimpy as mistreating animals is against the law and shrimpy stays at Jon's house with them.
