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Gravel Gertie - Former criminal and now wife of B.O. Plenty. Introduced in The Brow storyline in 1944. Introduced in The Brow storyline in 1944. She was a widow for thirty years after her first husband sold her farm rights to turn the farm into a gravel pit and then died when his car backed into his own gravel pit in 1914.
The Plenty family was a group of goofy redneck yokels headed by the former villain Bob Oscar ("B.O."), along with Gertrude ("Gravel Gertie") Plenty. Gravel Gertie was introduced as the unwitting dupe of the villain the Brow, who was on the run from Dick Tracy. The family provided a humorous counterpoint to Tracy's adventures.
Since all Gravel Gerties currently in service were built during the 1950s and 60s, they have begun to break down from years of wear. In July 1994 the Dallas Morning News reported that the 13 Gerties at Pantex were showing gaps as large as 3/4" (19 mm) around their entry doors due to repetitive wear and were unable to be sealed, thus negating their likely value in an explosion.
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Sharptop – A third Jones brother (Flattop's identical twin) who grew up right, became a college professor, and was apparently possessed by the ghost of his brother during a seance held by Gravel Gertie's vegan, female chauvinistic, New Age enthusiast niece, Crystal.
Gertie, in the film E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial; Gertie Gator, one of the toys in the PBS Kids series Noddy. Gertie Growlerstien, a fictional monster from the Disney Junior TV series Henry Hugglemonster; Gravel Gertie (character), in the comic strip Dick Tracy; The title character of Gertie the Dinosaur, a 1914 film