Sheldon



Sheldon ("born" May 27, 1986) is a chick from U.S. Acres. He is Booker's brother who refused to hatch completely and appears as a walking egg with chicken feet sticking out of him. Unlike Booker, he is quiet, thoughtful, and introverted. He sometimes sits upon a mound of dirt/grassy knoll (his "Sanctum Sanctorum"), and muses upon life. Sheldon was once mistaken for a baby turtle. A recurring gag is to portray his shell as the perfect living space within (which is known to have a microwave oven, pinball machine, stove, table tennis table and an air conditioner), without ever showing it. In the episode "Shell Shocked Sheldon", the shell finally hatched, only to reveal another shell underneath. Sheldon first appeared in "Wanted Wade." He last appeared in "The Monster Who Couldn´t Scare Anybody." In Garfield and Friends, he is voiced by Frank Welker.

Sheldon and Booker very much enjoy stories about monsters, ninjas, and mutants, since all these are masculine tone. They don't get along with Roy's niece Chloe(although, Sheldon hinted to fancy Chloe).

What Sheldon Does Inside

 * Play table tennis


 * A cleaning lady comes in every week (in the comic strip)


 * Read the newspapers ("Shell Shocked Sheldon")


 * Post pictures onto his shell using a hammer and a nail


 * Take out a grill to barbeque burgers ("Scrambled Eggs")
 * Plays PinBall

Trivia

 * In the show, Frank Welker, the voice actor of Sheldon had to cover his mouth in order to mimic the voice of being inside the shell.
 * The world inside his shell is an example of hammerspace. Coincidentally, around the same time as US Acres, there was a TV show called Popples which contained characters who had hammerspace in their pouches like Shelldon, and would pull out anything they needed from them. One episode contained the white Popple, Puffball, showing the viewers what's inside her pouch.
 * In one comic that appeared on May 28, 1986, he says he didn't want to hatch because he read the newspapers on how a dangerous world it was. Booker breaks the fourth wall and tells everyone he isn't an ordinary egg. But in the June 1, 1986 comic, which begins with him singing "I'm A Little Teapot", Sheldon says it's because wherever he goes, he's home. He then says he doesn't need an umbrella, he saves money on haircuts, he doesn't take baths, and nobody can call him a chicken. He then forces Booker to be an egg, too, but then falls down.
 * Strangely, his speeches are not in thoughts in the comic, possibly because everyone on the farm is a talking animal.