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''Sherman's Lagoon'' is a newspaper comic strip by Jim Toomey. Starting in 1991, it is about the adventures of a cast of sea animals in the eponymous lagoon. Sherman is a dimwitted shark who is also a [[Big Eater]] of epic proportions, and he has a control-freak wife named Megan. They have a son named Herman. There is Sherman's friend Fillmore, an intelligent but socially awkward turtle who can't seem to find a mate, and his adoptive son Clayton.
'''''Sherman's Lagoon''''' is a newspaper comic strip by Jim Toomey. Starting in 1991, it is about the adventures of a cast of sea animals in the eponymous lagoon. Sherman is a dimwitted shark who is also a [[Big Eater]] of epic proportions, and he has a control-freak wife named Megan. They have a son named Herman. There is Sherman's friend Fillmore, an intelligent but socially awkward turtle who can't seem to find a mate, and his adoptive son Clayton.


Other denizens include Hawthorne, an easily-angered hermit crab who wears a beer can, and Ernest, a bespectacled teenage fish who is also a computer geek. Up on shore, there's a polar bear named Thornton who hibernates down on the beach. They are ruled over by a deific Moai statue named Kahuna, who occasionally transforms the characters into other things.
Other denizens include Hawthorne, an easily-angered hermit crab who wears a beer can, and Ernest, a bespectacled teenage fish who is also a computer geek. Up on shore, there's a polar bear named Thornton who hibernates down on the beach. They are ruled over by a deific Moai statue named Kahuna, who occasionally transforms the characters into other things.


Human characters include Captain Quigley, who has it out for Sherman, and an assortment of "hairless beach apes" who often get eaten by Sherman or pinched by Hawthorne.
Human characters include Captain Quigley, who has it out for Sherman, and an assortment of "hairless beach apes" who often get eaten by Sherman or pinched by Hawthorne.
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* [[Big Eater]]: Sherman
* [[Big Eater]]: Sherman
* [[Breaking the Fourth Wall]]: Once, Sherman tries to tag along on a trip Hawthorne is taking because "the readers expect it." Hawthorne replies, "Ha! What have the readers ever done for me?"
* [[Breaking the Fourth Wall]]: Once, Sherman tries to tag along on a trip Hawthorne is taking because "the readers expect it." Hawthorne replies, "Ha! What have the readers ever done for me?"
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** [[The Mentor]]: Kahuna
** [[The Mentor]]: Kahuna
* [[Fluffy Cloud Heaven]]: Sherman goes here after being hit with a speedboat.
* [[Fluffy Cloud Heaven]]: Sherman goes here after being hit with a speedboat.
* [[Foe Yay]]: Megan has described Captain Quigley as "...the pot-bellied, hairy-backed, peg-legged, psychopathic old sea captain who wants to kill me.... There's something sexy about this guy."
* [[Gadgeteer Genius]]: Ernest
* [[Gadgeteer Genius]]: Ernest
* [[Humanlike Foot Anatomy]]: Thornton.
* [[Humanlike Foot Anatomy]]: Thornton.
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* [[Petting Zoo Person]]: Thornton.
* [[Petting Zoo Person]]: Thornton.
* [[Pinching Pain]]: Happened very often to the hairless beach apes by Hawthorne.
* [[Pinching Pain]]: Happened very often to the hairless beach apes by Hawthorne.
* [[Ripped from the Headlines]]: The strip ran a three week story arc where the gang visits the Gulf of Mexico to aid their fellow animals in the Oil Distaster. [http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/2010/07/02/2010-07-02_bp_oil_spill_shermans_lagoon_comic_strip_visits_gulf_of_mexico_for_different_kin.html\]
* [[Ripped from the Headlines]]: The strip ran a three week story arc where the gang visits the Gulf of Mexico to aid their fellow animals in the Oil Distaster. [https://web.archive.org/web/20100708205000/http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/2010/07/02/2010-07-02_bp_oil_spill_shermans_lagoon_comic_strip_visits_gulf_of_mexico_for_different_kin.html]
* [[Sphere Eyes]]
* [[Sphere Eyes]]
* [[Talking Animal]]
* [[Talking Animal]]
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Latest revision as of 01:28, 18 May 2020

Sherman's Lagoon is a newspaper comic strip by Jim Toomey. Starting in 1991, it is about the adventures of a cast of sea animals in the eponymous lagoon. Sherman is a dimwitted shark who is also a Big Eater of epic proportions, and he has a control-freak wife named Megan. They have a son named Herman. There is Sherman's friend Fillmore, an intelligent but socially awkward turtle who can't seem to find a mate, and his adoptive son Clayton.

Other denizens include Hawthorne, an easily-angered hermit crab who wears a beer can, and Ernest, a bespectacled teenage fish who is also a computer geek. Up on shore, there's a polar bear named Thornton who hibernates down on the beach. They are ruled over by a deific Moai statue named Kahuna, who occasionally transforms the characters into other things.

Human characters include Captain Quigley, who has it out for Sherman, and an assortment of "hairless beach apes" who often get eaten by Sherman or pinched by Hawthorne.


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