He's gotta be around here somewhere.
Did we check this room?
Did we check the car?
Where is he?!
Um, hi.
This is really not a good time.
My Shrimp is missing!
My best friend, my plush pal,
my little cutie peanut, my silly wittle bubby.
Ahem, sorry.
I'll start over.
I'm Gumbo,
and whenever you see me, you see Shrimp.
Except for right now, ‘cause he's lost!
Shrimp, where are you?!
Let me give you the backstory.
A few years ago, my mom saw the cutest stuffed animal at the store.
She loved it, and she just had to have it.
But when she brought it home, I was like, “Wait a second, that's mine now!”
That's my plushie buddy!
‘Cause I mean, look at us.
We're twins!
“Hi! You got Shrimp?!”
“Yeah? Hi!”
She realized pretty quickly
that her Shrimp had become my Shrimp.
Shrimp and Gumbo,
Gumbo and Shrimp!
They go together like, um,
gumbo and shrimp!
From then on, Shrimp and I
did everything together.
We went on hayrides!
Shrimp loves hay.
We had photo shoots! Cheese!
But what did we love doing the most?!
Exploring the world!
Every road trip, we cuddled in the backseat together.
Shrimp really loves a good snuggle.
And every hike, we’d walk the trails together.
OK,
I guess I'd walk the trails while I held Shrimp in my mouth.
But still, that was our favorite thing to do together!
Then out of nowhere...
“You guys, we lost Shrimp.”
Shrimp was gone, and we can't find him.
Oh, Mommy, what am I gonna do?
I miss him, and he could be anywhere.
Maybe it's time I retrace my steps!
OK, so he's not in this room,
and he's not in this wagon.
Let me check the car again.
Nope. Nothing.
If I was Shrimp, where would I —
That’s it! Our last adventure!
He's gotta be at —
“It’s Shrimp!”
“That’s Shrimp!”
Shrimp?! Is that you?!
“Oh my gosh!”
Shrimp, I'm here to save you!
Shrimp! Are you OK?!
I was worried sick.
We found you! Shrimpy!
Phew! I am so relieved we found Shrimp.
He's part of the family,
and without him, I'd be like,
well, I'd be like gumbo without shrimp.
And our family would be incomplete!
Gumbo and Shrimp forever!
It’s time for a freeze dance!
Hello, I must tell you something important.
There's exactly one thing I love more than anything in the world.
Can you even guess what it is?
Of course it is my teddy bear!
We spend every waking second together.
And every sleeping second, too.
Bear is so wonderful, I just have to brag to everyone.
You out there!
Have you seen my bear?
There's simply nothing I love more than Bear.
Which is why I am so very mad at Tucker!
He's my little brother, and he is too wild!
Do you see how wild he is?
So wild it's scary!
“Your barking is scaring her.”
Tucker ripped Bear.
Now Bear is falling apart at the seams.
And Mom doesn't want me ripping him more,
so now Bear has to stay up there.
Up there!
Stay strong, Bear.
Excuse me?
Other toys?
They don't hold a candle to my love!
Bear!
My life has become darkness.
Wait a second...
Grandma?
What are you doing here?
What are you doing with Bear?
What is going on here?
“Sweetie, Grandma’s gotta fix it for you.”
You’re gonna fix Bear?
“Grandma does emergency room surgeries for the doggies.”
My hero!
I won’t bother you,
but I will stand right here.
Are you almost finished?
“I’m working on it! I just threaded a needle.”
Please be so careful.
Bear! Speak to me!
[gasping]
Bear looks perfect!
“You want your bear?”
Yes, please.
“Good girl, here’s your bear.”
Grandma!
You really, really did it!
I can't believe it!
I love you so much!
OK.
Small, quick change to what I was saying before.
There's exactly two things I love more than anything in the world.
My teddy bear, of course.
And my grandma!
She throws a ball better than anyone.
And gives me pets better than anyone.
Whenever she comes to visit, I can barely handle it!
“Grandma’s coming!”
Grandma!
I see her! She’s right there!
“Go see Grandma! Where’s Grandma?”
There she is! Grandma!
It’s me! It’s you!
You’re here!
Grandma, let’s play!
Oh, inside is fine, too!
“Grandma’s here!”
Grandma!
So there it is,
my two favorite things
in no particular order.
Though, Grandma is honestly probably number one!
Sorry, Bear!
Tucker, you're not on the list.
I'm still mad at you.
Hey! I got the stick!
I mean the bat!
Ripken the baseball dog, here to save the day!
Ooh! My turn! I’m coming, my baseball bros!
I’ll take that, thank you very much!
Oh boy, I love playing baseball.
Gosh, I could go for a hot dog right now.
Here’s your stick! Hope you like it! He does!
Batter up, and here’s a kiss for good luck!
We want a batter, not a broken — Um, uh, sorry, how does it go again?
Hey! Hit a home run for me!
Oh, oh! They need me! Wow, everyone here sure loves sticks.
I love playing baseball. This is so easy!