Dr. Whipple

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Dr. Whipple (voiced by Stan Freberg) is a recurring character in The Garfield Show, with multiple jobs throughout the series. He is often the antagonist of the show.

Personality[]

He is often the antagonist of the show as seen multiple times. Sometimes he is a nice guy and is mostly a doctor. Dr.Whipple is sometimes a nice guy who likes to help others and can mostly be seen doing therapy. Other times he can be working with someone else or be the main antagonist of the show

Roles[]

Extreme Housebreaking[]

His first job was as a pet behavior trainer, with a program to show the results of pets with improved behavior. Garfield was forced to go through Dr. Whipple's course, which included many unpleasant activities, such as being crushed by a safe whenever he wanted to steal Whipple's food. Upon finding out that a disguised Harry was able to do well by pretending to be good, Garfield discovers the true nature of the program. When he appears on Whipple's show, Garfield manages to expose the doctor's phony program, which ruins his business.

Farm Fresh Feline[]

His second role was getting Garfield to do chores around the Arbuckle farm.

Inside Eddie Gourmand[]

When Eddie Gourmand acted grumpy such as giving Vito's a bad rating, Dr. Whipple gave Eddie Gourmand a checkup and founded out that the reason why Eddie acted grumpy is because of an issue with his mother.

Jumbo Shrimpy[]

His third role was another television program where he helped animals with the way they felt. His test subject was an elephant named Shrimpy, who performed tricks for people to be a result of Whipple's methods. But as it turns out Dr. Whipple treated Shrimpy so harshly, even denying him food. Garfield helps Shrimpy gain the confidence to escape, resulting in Whipple calling the police to find him. When they do Whipple threatens severe punishment on Shrimpy. This results in the police arresting Whipple, as mistreating animals is against the law. Whipple considers turning Shrimpy over to the zoo in exchange for a lighter sentence.

His fourth role, which is most common, is being a therapist.

Furry Tales[]

Dr. Whipple appeared as Viceroy Whipple, who wants to become king and loot the kingdom.

My Friend, Nermal[]

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Glitter Gulch[]

Dr. Whipple played the main antagonist in Nermal's movie.

Garfception[]

After Garfield starts having nightmares, courtesy of Nathan, Dr. Whipple appears and explains to Garfield that people can make their own dreams and that when they are aware of them, they are the ones who control them. Whipple then told Garfield that Nathan was controlling his dreams. Garfield thanks Whipple for his help and wakes up to confront Nathan.

Home Sweet Home[]

Dr. Whipple made a television series which involves contestants being locked into a house, where they are forced to last as long as possible. Much to Whipple's surprise, the show became extremely popular, which was, as he claims, because people like to watch others argue. While watching the finale of one of the experiments, Whipple approaches Jon Arbuckle, Garfield and Odie, and ask them to be on his show. The three accept and claim that they will be the first family to last the duration of the week.

A maintenance crew modifies their house with cameras and a locking mechanism on the front door, in case one of the contestants tries to sneak out the house. Off the show, Jon claims that the first few days were easy due to Garfield only eating, sleeping, and attempting exercise, while Odie played around the living room. Whipple, unhappy with their progress, introduces a new element into the house: Nermal as their guest. The three become annoyed with Nermal's presence, when the kitten plays loud music and interrupts Garfield's movie. In order to built up tension, Whipple brings Aunt Ivy into the house, much to the dismay of everyone, even Nermal. Over the next few days, she orders the pets to do chores around the house.

Whipple realizes that if they can resist Aunt Ivy, they may have enough stamina to last the week. To combat this, he introduces a whole array of other characters which are the following:

Which proves too much for Jon and his pets. Jon requests that Whipple remove everyone from the house and when Whipple enters the house, Garfield locks him in. After Whipple finds out, he realizes that he will have to spend a whole week with the guests, due to the locking mechanism only opening in that time. Meanwhile, Jon decides to take Liz, Garfield and Odie on holiday, where the two pets watch Whipple struggling to cope with the people around him.

Fraidy Cat[]

Dr. Whipple's latest invention is a device that can remove any fear or give any fear that one can think of. He removes Jon's fear of mice and gives Garfield a fear of cats. In the end, Garfield retaliates by giving Whipple a fear of being in a cartoon.

Appearances[]

The Garfield Show[]

Season 1[]

"Extreme Housebreaking" (antagonist)

Season 2[]

Trivia[]

In the French Dub, his name is "Dr. Whippet".