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Jumbo Shrimpy (FRFlag Un ami encombrant) is the 37thUS/36thUS episode from the second season of The Garfield Show.

Synopsis[]

Dr. Whipple is back and he has a new "patient": a well trained elephant named Shrimpy. Jon and Garfield go to see his Shrimpy perform all the tricks Dr. Whipple has lovingly taught him. Or has he? 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. Shrimpy is depressed as he is told by the doctor to do a variety of tricks, such as dancing and lifting Dr. Whipple with his trunk. As Garfield goes to find something to eat, he gets a sandwich; as he returns back, he sees Dr. Whipple putting Shrimpy in a cage, subsequently scolding the elephant for missing three steps and not doing an Elvis impression, then denying Shrimpy lunch, showing that he is a cruel owner to him. After Dr. Whipple leaves, Garfield learns that the elephant is often mistreated. After Garfield frees Shrimpy from the cage, the elephant manages to escape.

As Jon and his pets return home, Shrimpy sneaks from street to street, and follows Garfield. After learning that Shrimpy escaped, Dr. Whipple berates the guards for not watching him, forcing Whipple to have the police search for the elephant. Wondering what the police activity is all about, Jon tells Garfield and Odie that he will visit Liz, and will meet them back at the house. Shrimpy signals Garfield to an alley, and tells him that he made a break for it, since Shrimpy could not take any more abuse. Shrimpy becomes scared when he is spotted, so asks the cat to hide him. Garfield gets an idea of using a flat volley ball for a round nose, and black paint for Dalmatian spots. Afterwards, Garfield and Odie take Shrimpy to the house. Meanwhile, at the dog pound, Al's boss tells him to capture an elephant.

After reaching the house, Garfield and Odie try to get Shrimpy in through the front door, as Jon is exercising. As the police are nearing, Garfield effortlessly pushes Shrimpy through the door, leaving a big hole. In the kitchen, as Garfield is feeding Shrimpy, Jon comes inside, at first unaware of the elephant, and tells Garfield that he will not feed the elephant. A few seconds later, Jon finally realizes that Dr. Whipple's elephant is here. Just as Jon calls Dr. Whipple, he notices that Shrimpy does not want to return, since Whipple does not treat him well, making Jon hang up as he gets through to Whipple. As the gang tries to find a solution for Shrimpy, the elephant sees a big peanut, which is really Al in a peanut disguise. Al successfully captures Shrimpy, Garfield, Odie, and himself in a net.

The police arrive as Al informs everyone that he caught Shrimpy. An enraged Whipple comes and starts to scold Shrimpy. When Jon confronts him to defend the elephant and tells the doctor to stop being too hard and so mean on Shrimpy, Whipple refuses to listen and continues to scold Shrimpy. He tells the elephant that he will not be fed and will work three times harder. Angered and disgusted by his behavior and how he was treating Shrimpy, one policeman tells Whipple that mistreating animals is against the law, leading to Dr. Whipple's arrest. Al apologizes to Shrimpy for what he did, telling Jon that Whipple might agree to release Shrimpy to the zoo for a safer home. The next day, Garfield tells Shrimpy that Odie is giving him a peanut as Shrimpy thanks the dog.

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  • This is the second time Garfield says "3, 2, 1!", the first was in "Underwater World".


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