Gil Thorp by Henry Barajas and Rachel Merrill for March 27, 2024

P1 Dotty Dubbs smelling pretty and balling up her fist, ready to rumble as They gets ready to get pinned some more and state champion Inma face is looking for her next suplex.

P2 Fistpump Man feeds off the electricity of the moment, cheering wildly in homage to ToBe’s perfect practice attendance record.

P3 “He’s very popular, Marty. The sporto’s, the motorheads, the geeks, slutts, bloods, waste-oids, dweebies, d!ckheads, They all adore him. They think he’s a righteous dude.”

P4 “Did I mention that ToBe is always first in line for loofah drills?”

I get it now. Flashback with Gil’s narration at Press Conference (Radio or TV show?) in the box. But with this writer-strip you never can tell.

We only know of 3 players. Rod, Leo and ToBe. Who’d ToBe check in for? With all of the fragmented plot lines, no mention or development of secondary cast members.

P4- Marty adds…and that’s not all they recognize in the locker room.

P 1: That’s why this strip gets compared to Mr Ed playing baseball. Just as believable.

So either ToBe sunk the game winner or he shot the sheriff (but not the deputy).

This reads like North Korean praise of Kim Jong Un.

P2: Big deal. We talkin’ bout practice. Not the game.

See what happens when you don’t hire someone who does quality work? Look at the smearing of letters on ToBe’s jersey! Embarrassing.

P1: Was everyone cheering because ToBe got into the game… or happy who ToBe replaced was benched?

standing next to dorothy offsets irmas body odor

i thought habbity would make irma wear her gold medal everywhere she goes

they also recognize what hes lacking in the shower

Why isn’t Inma wearing her “State Champion Inma” gear?

What are the players doing in the locker room during the game?

They all recognize his game – which in Milford is really saying something!

“Never missing a practice " is a pretty low bar. Might as well add “and always showers after.”

Isn’t “he” the one who isn’t?

A few days ago there was less than 1 minute left in the game. VT took the ball up the court and committed an offensive foul, burning off more clock. If ToBe is one of the best players on the team, why wasn’t he on the court during crunch time?

How is Inma at this game, when she’s supposed to be in another gym somewhere winning the state title? Didn’t the announcer from that match cut away to Moon, who was announcing this basketball game?

“Tobias had a harsh year: he is one of the best players; never missed a practice; and all his teammates recognize his game. Harsh, I tell you. Harsh. Oh, and one of his teammates almost died from a cardiac condition. That was harsh on Tobias. Harsh.”

P2- ToBe replaces a guy who’s about a foot taller as Gil’s goes small ball. Or is it no ball.

P3- Talk about low hanging fruit…..

P1: As it’s below the earlobe, the thing on Keri’s neck must be a Herman Munster bolt. Apparently the Gilbot is their real father.

P2: Yeah, and Peter didn’t miss work in Office Space.

P3: It’s a standard edition Monopoly set. Everyone else has one too.

I’m glad this isn’t the Milford gym. Having to clean those massive windows? Who puts those in a gym? Plus think of how often they get broken from kicked balls. And speaking of kicked balls, you might be kicking yours if you miss today’s edition of Mopped Up Thorp. If you own any that is.

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It works in movies, TV, and other visual media: “Don’t say it, show it.” If you have to spell it out like that, you’re not doing your job.

I think this whole strip is now officially AI-generated

Great backstory…(yawn)…but we know all this. 3 days of filler.