Characters U.S. Acres

1 characters

1.1 primary characters

1.1.1 orson pig
1.1.2 roy rooster
1.1.3 wade duck
1.1.4 booker
1.1.5 sheldon
1.1.6 bo sheep
1.1.7 lanolin sheep


1.2 secondary characters

characters

the primary traits of cartoon s main characters established during run of comic strip, down such visual gags head on wade s inner tube having same facial expression wade.

primary characters
orson pig

orson pig (voiced gregg berger): bossy naive pig work ethic makes him functional leader. humor being tested 1 of common gags in cartoons. in 1986, orson had long eyelashes (to represent him young piglet) until disappeared on january 3, 1988 , , booker , sheldon called him mom (though inconsistent because @ other times call him orson). being runt of litter, orson s original owner intended rid of him. orson fell pick-up taking him away birthplace , moved farm known u.s. acres. , later found farm girl persuaded orson follow her father s farm.

orson s alter-ego costumed superhero named power pig, more not causes friends or adversaries fall down laughing @ him. orson loves books, influenced them, doing s in book. when orson reads book, particularly scary one, stuff reads appears behind him , scares others away.

roy rooster

roy rooster (voiced thom huge): strip s main antagonist, although more of irritant actual bully or true antagonist. roy loud, greedy rooster endlessly enjoys practical jokes. few exceptions tolerated because job of waking , tending chickens important, best avoid labor whenever possible. in cartoon, more well-liked others , 1 defeat series antagonists such orson s brothers. in spite of lazy nature, roy has proven capable protector of chickens, coolly outsmarting , defeating predators, such weasel , fox, try kidnap them series of practical jokes , gags. has special delight in tormenting wade easy target. s allergic flowers, fact first established in strip published on july 2, 1986.

wade duck

wade duck (voiced howard morris): wade cowardly craven duck of farm. nature shadowed overwhelming hypochondria , pantophobia. wade seen wearing kiddie pool flotation inner tube, (as part of continuous running gag) has duck head in front of shares same facial expressions wade – down direction wade looking in.

booker

booker (voiced frank welker): chick named orson pig s love of books. booker , sheldon still eggs when orson found them abandoned , decided hatch them. booker extremely adventurous , (over) confident despite size. chases worms, can never seem catch them. in comic, called orson mom.

sheldon

sheldon (voiced frank welker): booker s twin brother, decides not hatch. became philosophical , introspective on course of strip, , began musing on sanctum sanctorum (a small mound of grass). recurring gag portray shell perfect living space within, without ever showing it. in 1 episode, shell hatched, reveal shell underneath.

bo sheep

bo sheep (also voiced frank welker): lanolin s brother. in comics, depicted being unintelligent , perky. however, in tv series, surfer dude , shown not particularly bright, calm, cool, collected, dependable, , great cook.

lanolin sheep

lanolin sheep (voiced julie payne): shown hard worker, personality polar opposite of brother: loud , disagreeable. name of grease produced wool-bearing animals, such sheep. in comic strip, more abrasive in television series. revealed has wider arms , fingers roy during fight, , 1 put roy in place. in tv series, seen doing laundry, in 1 episode, roy pointed out none of them wear clothes , wondered laundry coming from.

secondary characters

filbert (voiced howard morris): worm booker chases, no success. lives in hole wife estelle , son willy. appeared in animated series, name never revealed on show.
cody: dog took pleasure in chasing barnyard s animals , trying maul them. removed strip towards end without explanation , never made appearance or mentioned in garfield , friends. final appearance on september 13, 1988.
blue: blue cat friends cody , kept him in line. cody, disappeared strip towards end without explanation , never made appearance or mentioned in garfield , friends. final appearance march 28, 1988.
mort, gort, & wart (voiced frank welker, thom huge, , howard morris, respectively): orson s 3 larger, meaner brothers played bigger role in animated series ever did in comic strip, unnamed. stopped appearing in strip after orson taken away mother, began appearing tormentors orson frequent burglars of farm s crops in animated series.
max skateboarding bird: eccentric, flightless bird first appeared mysterious creature in wall wade spoke on october 13, 1986. jim davis solicited ideas readers (specifically children) thought creature might be. on march 3, 1987, davis revealed pick in strip. max did not appear again following week.
the weasel (voiced gregg berger): television-exclusive character tries kidnap chickens can eat them, stopped roy. other regularly recurring antagonist (even though never appeared in strip), attempts catch , eat sheldon well.
the bull: mean bull lives in barnyard.
the worms: random worms booker chases.
aloysius: orson s pushy cousin.




^ http://www.gocomics.com/us-acres/1988/01/03
^ august 12, 1988 u.s. acres strip . retrieved august 12, 2014. 
^ september 30, 1988 u.s. acres strip . retrieved september 30, 2014.