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[swinehund]

I am not just being cruel. You will note the first google hit when you search 'achewood' is of course to achewood, but the description reads:
A cartoon of modern life as lived by a retarded otter, an alcoholic tiger, and two bears.

I assume it's old, because there's no mention of cats.

Still, if Philippe really is retarded, that paints him in a much different light. It's also possible he started out retarded, then became 5 later. These things happen.

[FlipConstantine]

There's no mention anywhere in official strip "canon" of retardation, and we have his mother's testimony (implied?) that he is in fact 5.  Who knows, maybe he is just a drug baby of some kind.

[miles]

He's probably whatever suits the current strip best.

[wombat]

I am almost positive that that sentence does not appear anywhere on the site, so how does it end up on Google?

Philippe is definitely five. I absolutely deny that he is retarded.  However, I distinctly recall that there's a place in some interview or other where Onstad says something like "I don't know how Philippe came to be the simple one."  I can't find which interview, but that's just too weird a thing for me to have made up so I think it really happened.

[CortJstr]

I'm assuming that Philippe made the transition from retarded to 5 around the same time that they all could suddenly leave the house without issue and were familiar with liquor.

[jough]

Yeah, the first year or so the strip definitely was still "finding itself."

And that text is from the very very old meta description text at Achewood.com, which is no longer there but still lives on in Google's infinite memory.

[swinehund]

I'm assuming that Philippe made the transition from retarded to 5 around the same time that they all could suddenly leave the house without issue and were familiar with liquor.

I think you are correct.

I kind of miss the cats actually being cats, though.

[miles]

Yeah, those were the days.  It's a little jarring now when I'm reminded in a strip that the cats are actually cat-sized.  Like when Onstad makes an appearance.

[mrdna1]

I think you are correct.

I kind of miss the cats actually being cats, though.

There's always Beef laying in the corner by the outlet, although I've been known to do the same when I feel like taking a nap but find the floor more inviting than my bed.

edit: I do miss Pat and Ray saying "dig", however.

[nuero]

PHILIPPE IS SIX, JERKS

[Nate_Small]

philippe is a stuffed toy otter.

[wombat]

philippe is a stuffed toy otter.

Oh hush.

[jough]

PHILIPPE IS SIX, JERKS

No, nuero, that was his fifth birthday... again.

Like Calvin, Charlie Brown, and other ageless cartoon characters, Philippe is and forever shall be five years of age.

[Undertoad]

The way he SCHRRRRs down the bank of the creek in panel four of the current strip is exactly what otters do.

The way he DOINKs from rock to rock in panel six is not otter-like at all though

[swinehund]

There's always Beef laying in the corner by the outlet, although I've been known to do the same when I feel like taking a nap but find the floor more inviting than my bed.

edit: I do miss Pat and Ray saying "dig", however.

You know, I never saw that as a cat thing, just as a Beef thing. You're right, though. It would have came through more clearly for me if he had done it on a piece of paper.