strip, she is much more abrasive than in the television series. Secondary characters Filbert (voiced by Howard Morris): A worm Booker often chases, but with no success. He lives in a hole with his wife Estelle and their son Willy. Cody: A dog who takes pleasure in chasing the barnyard's animals and trying to maul them. He was eventually removed from the strip towards its end without any explanation and does not appear in Garfield and Friends. His final appearance was on September 13, 1988. Blue: A blue cat who is friends with Cody and keeps him in line. Like Cody, she disappears from the strip towards its end. Her final appearance was on March 28, 1988. Mort, Gort, & Wart (voiced by Frank Welker, Thom Huge, and Howard Morris, respectively): Orson's three larger, meaner brothers who play a much bigger role in the animated series than did in the comic strip, where they are unnamed. They stop appearing in the strip after Orson is taken away from his mother. They appear as tormentors to Orson as well as frequent burglars of the farm's crops in the animated series. Their leitmotif in the series samples the melody of the classical piece "In the Hall of the Mountain King". Max the Skateboarding Bird: An eccentric, flightless bird that first appears as a mysterious creature in a wall to whom Wade speaks on October 13, 1986. Jim Davis solicited ideas from readers (specifically children) as to what they thought the creature might be. On March 3, 1987, Davis revealed his choice in the strip. Max does not appear again following the week. The Weasel (voiced by Gregg Berger): A television-exclusive character who often tries to kidnap the chickens so that he can eat them, but is usually stopped by Roy. The only other regularly recurring antagonist (even though he never appears in the strip), he occasionally attempts to catch and eat Sheldon as well. Fido the Bull: A mean bull that lives in the barnyard. The Worms: Random worms that Booker chases. Cut characters There are two characters that were cut from the final strip: a calf named Chuck and a horse named Jodie. Even though they never saw the light of day, they did appear on a sticker sheet released during the strip’s run. The August 7, 2016 strip of Garfield included them in the top panel, albeit with Chuck colored