Tippy's Friends Go-Go and Animal #11

Animal tries to win back Go-Go's affection using his father's time-tested trick: becoming a mysterious "Phantom Lover" who sends anonymous gifts of flowers and candy. But when Go-Go develops an allergic reaction to the roses and then gets a swollen face from the sweets, Animal's romantic scheme goes hilariously sideways—and he discovers his dad's advice came with a crucial detail left out.

A lovelorn teen gives his box of candy to a stray dog after a girl named Go-Go brushes him off, but the pup's enthusiastic consumption of the sweets lands him in unexpected trouble. When the dog ends up needing dental help, our heartbroken hero finds himself in an awkward situation at the dentist's office. It's a humorous take on how far the fallout from romantic rejection can reach!

Animal's romantic evening takes an unexpected turn when his date's persistent questions about what he's thinking finally get an honest answer—one that has nothing to do with moonlight or affection. It's a humorous look at the gap between what young couples *should* be thinking about and what they're actually pondering in 1968.

Animal tries to fix Go-Go's broken phonograph with predictably disastrous results, destroying her entire record collection in the process. When Animal can't afford to replace the records, he suggests throwing a "platter party" where guests donate discs—but a record shop's one-day special on "Juicy Watusi" turns the evening into an unintentional comedy of errors as nearly every guest shows up with the same bargain-bin record.

Animal gets a failing algebra grade and his father hires Miss Prunella Drabb, a math tutor, to whip him into shape—but when she arrives, Animal is so embarrassed about having a tutor that he'll stop at nothing to keep it secret from Go-Go and the rest of the gang. As Miss Drabb tries to help him study, Animal's increasingly desperate dodging and evasion tactics turn the tutoring sessions into a comedy of errors that spirals completely out of control.

When Tippy learns that celebrity Ilya Ego is staying at the Centerville Hotel, she hatches an elaborate scheme to snag his autograph—enlisting Animal to help her navigate the hotel's corridors and dodge the suspicious manager. Between mistaken room numbers, surprise encounters, and a bathtub mishap that threatens their whole plan, Tippy discovers that getting close to her idol is a lot messier than she bargained for.

When Ashley secretly loads trick candles onto a birthday cake meant for Animal, he's counting on the gag to make their friend the laughing stock of the party—but the joke takes a flaming turn that nobody expected. This 1968 humor tale from Tippy's Friends Go-Go and Animal delivers the kind of slapstick payoff that turns a prankster's best-laid plan into something he won't live down anytime soon.