Story Arcs
- Comic
- 01. Imaginate!
- 02. The Game
- 03. Cat Tail
- 04. The Raccoons
- 05. The Adventures of Spot
- 06. Fido's Return
- 07. Mouse Mouse Revolution
- 08. Thematic Arc of Questionable Quality
- 09. The Zoo
- 10. The Grove
- 11. Housepets Christmas
- 12. The Yarn Ball
- 13. The Further Adventures of Spot
- 14. The Vet
- 15. A Mouse Named Spo
- 16. Zap!
- 17. Fall of the Pridelands
- 18. The Continuing Adventures of Spot
- 19. A Sinister Shadow
- 20. Roadtrip Woo
- 21. Down At The Farm
- 22. Money Sharks
- 23. n-ple Date
- 24. The Uncanny Adventures of Spot
- 25. The Visitor
- 26. Oops I Arced
- 27. It's A Wonderful Dog's Life
- 27.5 All the King's Men (prose)
- 28. Ocean's Two
- 29. Imaginate, Too!
- 30. The Present
- 31. Spot McCloud Presents Comics
- 32. Dog Days of Summer
- 33. Theme Park World
- 34. The Adventures of Stripe
- 35. Movie Night
- 36. Scaredy Cats
- 37. Noob Tube
- 38. Hope of the Pridelands
- 39. We're Snowed In!
- 40. The Preeminent Adventures of Spot
- 41. The Arc Specifically About Being Naked
- 42. Not All Dogs
- 43. The Great Water Balloon War
- 44. Let's Imaginate Macbeth!
- 45. The Interview
- 46. The Case of the Aztec Gold
- 47. A Respite In The Country
- 48. Spots and Stripes
- 49. A Holiday at the Zoo
- 50. Housepets Babies!
- 51. Show Business
- 52. What Money Buys
- 53. The Mall
- 54. The Critical Review of Spot
- 55. The Trial in Heaven
- 56. Let's Imaginate Guys and Dolls!
- 57. Testing Grounds
- 58. Taking Cover
- 59. PsyCon
- 60. Getting Physical
- 61. PsyCon2: PsyConner
- 62. The Retroactively Continuous Adventures of Spot
- 63. Temple Crashers
- 64. All Hallow's Ween
- 65. The Unbearable Lightness Of Being A Dog
- 66. One Cat's Treasure
- 67. Love And War
- 68. Jack Of One Trade
- 69. The King and I
- Guest Week!
- News
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lol that would be hard to take seriously
alt-text: “The problem, of course, is that he has a high-pitched squeaky voice and is impossible to take seriously anyway”
I frequently forget that almost all of the characters in this comic are supposed to have high pitch or child-like voices
ai know ai do to, so normaly when ai read this comic everyone has a normal voice
well….. normal to me XP
Mmmmmm… Schnozzberries…
@Aflacman13 YOUR PICTURE IS CREEPY. YOU’RE BAD
no reason to b hatin >:o
so…. that i’ve been imagining everyone with a regular voice is wrong?!?! omg… is it up or down? is the sky blue? IS THE SKY BLUE!?!?!? AAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH….. *schnozberries taste like schnozberries* XD
Let me put it this way: The alt text isn’t canon.
You’re a Zangoose! 8D
Hide your Sevipers!
Thank you for posting the Alt-Text for me!
*gives cookie to ZV*
Wait, not a real monkey?
wut
?
Hehe, Squeaky voices… Wait… Squeaky voices?!
Must… Kill… Alvin…
*hands cross bow w/ explosive arrow tips*
Why thank you! That’s actually my 2nd most preferred ranged weapon, first being the longbow.
*Proceeds to fire at Alvin*
Explosions? Oh cool! Explosive tips!
*Fires maniacally at Alvin* NYAHAHAHA!
Just don’t do it in Timeshift. Messy chipmunk everywhere…
It’s like imagining one of the Chipmunks fired you. Lol
That must suck when you’re a ferret while trying to be taken seriously.
XD I would imagine so!
Once people see your teeth, they take you a lot more seriously.
C’maan they are ferrets for Pete’s sake! They’re small, fluffy and almost as cute as cats on YT. XD
http://www.flickr.com/photos/22731564@N00/158619043/
agent ai think imma gonna get nightmares from dis
You’re welcome.
That is a very high quality, very good shot. :O
Oh come ON! only those front ones are big and still only compared to it’s own mouth. These insect eating teaths(don’ know the term for them in ANY language) are razor sharp and have a strong bite, but still look how tiny they are!!! So CUTE! X3
(I shall NOT give my point up. Ferrets would never be of any threat! Top THAT Man I dare ya. XD)
When you’re three inches tall, a hungry ferret with razor-sharp teeth is a very serious threat
The Milton ferrets look to be about the size of a real-world dalmatian. They’re certainly bigger than a wolverine.
And mice in this world are a lot taller than three inches (Spo is 5 inches http://www.housepetscomic.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=730 and he’s “small for a mouse”; ‘haven’t figured out how tall Squeak is, though)
Yeah okay when I turn 1/10-th of my own size I’ll be scared. But so far all a ferret could bite on me is my finger. So I’m safe yet. XD
http://www.rufkm.net/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/ferret01.jpg
@Argent: Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaa, etc
@Gaboris: You’re only 30 inches tall? (2.5 ft, or 76 cm)
So how squeaky is a ferret voice?
Well normally Ferrets don’t talk in the real world, but if I had to use my imagination I’d say they’d sound well below (or above?) the standard level on the “being taken serious” meter.
good question… I wouldn’t know since they are illegal to own where I live
And you would need some “things” to hear talking animals :p
“Medication”
“Pretty lights and voices inside your mind”
@dalonewolf25 Voices!? o.O Re-check that formula! lol
Now whenever I read the Milton Ferrets’ dialogue, I’m going to imagine them talking in a Mickey Mouse voice.
That or Mr. Bill.
I hear them kind of like Foamy the Squirrel… this guy anyway. ~laughs~
About like this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R-eFsbYiASk
dat wasn’t as haigh-pitched as ai hoped
No, ferrets actually have a pretty mellow voice.
I’m not really sure. I think the voices of Alvin and the Chipmuncks still a little to high pitched (Ferrets are larger, albiet however slightly, than chipmuncks) and therefore would not fit. and every other high pitched cartoon voice I know are too low.
Hmmmmmmmm…
*Inhales heilium baloon*
Testing Testing, 1 2 3
doe re mi fa so la ti doe ti la so fa mi re doe.
GOT IT!!!!!!!
One octave below the standard pitch of my voice on heilium…
…
…
No idea how I’m going to show that to YOU though…
Oh well, I’m pretty sure you can figure it out yourself.
someone is abusing his rights again.
wait,… IT’S NOT SIMON?
Please tell me I’m not the only one who is having problems with the forum.
Forum’s down for a few more minutes still, adding in an awesome new function
I guess this is what usually is labeled “maintenance purposes”
were the emote-cons for the comments updated to
?
the album function doesn’t give me permission to make my own album…
…and why did I missed this?
We’ll add more albums once the gallery is populated
Ah, ok. Thanks, but I probably should’ve asked you this through PM, but at least this question has been answered to the public now!
I had them, but now I can enter again. Looks like it was a problem with the server or something like that.
your comment just sounds silly now after ricks
 arff
Well it was my opinion.
hugs
… don’t worry, silly is good. makes people laugh
Threads are not yet accessible though, it seems.
And now all the boards are down.
And it seems rick added a fan projects board! ^^
ooo now i wanna hear him
 arff .. his high-pitched squeaky voice 
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Wish granted:
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/14011542/Serious%20business.MP3
I lol’d
nice job
I could barely understand him. Mind you, that’s because it was sped up, where in reality it would just be high-pitched.
Right?
You know how slow he says “You’re fired”? That’s how slow I recorded all of Rock’s lines (I had to do the “you’re fired” several times to get the non-sped-up version slow enough for it to still sound slow once sped-up)
However, you may be right; I when I listened to it again at 2 AM, i couldn’t make out anything he said either (I chalked it up to it being 2AM, though, so I’m not sure.)
Well, he is also small and cute so add more difficulty on taking him seriously |3
The new Spilberg!!! or whatever how his name is…
Finally, my first comment without talking or relating something with Capitalism.
Movies Capitalism!
Oh yes right, I forg… wait, in the Soviet times, Russians did movies. Meh who cares…
Lets see… Nope, I don’t know what to put about Capitalism here.
Wait, I always have a backup!
In America, the director writtes movies, In Soviet Russia, ze movies writte directors! Ok, that did not make sense…
Roses are red,
Violets are blue,
In Soviet Russia “the game” loses you!
…
*claps slowly*
are you clapping slowly cause your serious? lol
Heh – I actually wasn’t imagining a high-pitched squeaky voice till now – higher-pitched, but not squeaky (squeaky seems to be still smaller than a ferret)
YOOOUUUREEE FIIIIIRREEEED
lol
You sound just like the manager guitar center
Really? I was thinking more of Vince Mcmahon from WWE.
they really needs a “manly” mechanical suits, a la men in black , or similar to the ones brain used in one of the episodes of “pinky and the brain”
I’ma gonna have nightmares now.
Robotic-suited Ferrets!
…or robotic squylons could make up for this as well…
I predict icons.
I’m not seeing them…
Maybe Fuzzypaws pulled that prediction off the weather forecast!
Delayed reaction in 3…2…1…
Let me put this in words you can understand:
Predictions on TV are farther from the actual probability that it will occur. Luckily for you, this is the internet! So predictions have a delay of a day or two…
Really original onomatopoeia used in this comic. I don’t think I’ve seen either of the two used here, before.
It’s Rick’s apology for “collective groan.”
Comedy-wise, “collective groan” worked for me. X3
Although, I don’t see how he can’t be taken seriously. You know since he’s a multi-billionare ferret.
Squeaky voices can be really hard to overcome. Ever heard of Erik Hartman of Boumerang?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HrMzJrLdu_Y
I actually gave him quite a deep voice, when I first saw him.
I did he same XD Deep and authoritative.
Then I had to re-read it in squeaky mode X3
I… I don’t quite get it. ^^;
Though he might B talkin’ in a squeaky voice, Ah still find him a bit scary, n-nya… O.o
Ya nevah know when he will jump rite in yer face, and chew yer nose off, n-nya! “^.^
Or launch a squirrel at your window.
ROFL! X’3 Ya juz made mah day! XD
He’s a ferret, just show him somethin shiny and he’ll forget all about you not to mention about your nose. XD
Ya know tha kitty-cats R juz as attractid ta shinyz as ferrets R, nya? “^w^
If Ah show sumtin shiney, Ah dun wanna let him get mah shinyz, nya! O.O They’re mine! >:3
wut about ah lazer pointer X3?
Yer ebil! O.o Ah can’t resist those thingz, mrrrf! 0.O
or butterflies? or flashlights? or random squeaky mouse toys?
>.< N-no… *Starts to wiggle with bum*
AH HAVE TA CHASE SUMTI' NAO! 0.O *Starts looking around*
*Spots his own tail* TAIL!!!! O.O *Starts running after his tail* WHEEEEeeeeee!
*takes out lazer pointer*
*points it on the wall*
he he he >:D
comon aerix u no u want to find out wut da magik dot iz X3
*Looks at laser dot* Oh-noes! O.o It haz returned! Mah mortal enemy.. Teh Red Dot, hisssh! >.< *Tries to catch it* BANZAI!
Yeah I know what ya mean… hmmm well ya can even give’em somethin to chow. :3
Noms alwayz work, minya! X3
Only prob iz… {:3 Bringin’ noms iz hard… “^.^ Cuz they R alwayz gone if a would getz there, n-nya! ^///^
Yeah I know, but at least it’s a win-win. If ya get to bring it it’ll take care of the ferret and if ya don’t get to then at least you’re not hungry anymore. XD
To be fired by a rich ferret. Do you A. Cry and walk off or B. Get angry lock him inside a plastic ball and use it for soccer till you get your way?
I choose C) Get out of there. Their all crazy!
Tell him my plan for upgrading the ball room with tinfoil and lasers, if he’ll hire me as a contractor for four times my current rate.
You, sir, are Made of Win
Aw come on, nobody’s going to make the obvious joke?
http://www.housepetscomic.com/2009/07/06/playing-with-your-food/
Avatar fail
Tinfoil tears too easily though…maybe mirrors, a disco ball with lasers ligthts of different colors and sizes, maybe four of them and a protective layer over the mirrors so they dont break. Oh and a water slide
d) Get the shovel
e) Kidnap all of the soda in the world (especially orange)
Well, at least he wants slow and serious instead of a reptetive and annoying one. *thinks back to HeadOn commercial* Yeah… much better.
The ad which would eventually be aired went something like this:
Setting: bright, sunlit room. Ambient sounds in background, such as street noise and birdsong.
Spokesperson (in a relaxed pose, looking up from book): You’re fired!
(Pause. Canine Cibble logo appears on screen.)
And it becomes an instant YouTube sensation, like the mystery pajamas guy, and sales go through the roof.
What mystery pajamas guy?
Family in the kitchen, talking about the product, suddenly this guy in pajamas walks by, they stop, look at him, the guy walks on, cut to logo. Never explained. Went totally viral for months.
I’ve forgotten the product now. May have actually been before YouTube.
Doesn’t ring a bell, but it sounds like a Juan Valdés commercial…. sans the mule
Ouch never thought Rock (or any ferret for that matter) would get so mean to fire someone… I know I’m naive, but they are freaking ferrets! They should be all cute and the such. o_O”
I’ve not had any, but know some who have, and they’d all laugh at the notion that ferrets can’t be mean.
You have heard the phrase “beware the cute ones”, right?
Yeah I heard it and it is true and ya got a point there… But MAN they’re cute and fluffy how coud they be mean? X3
Rock isn’t being mean, he’s doing his job and taking it seriously.
To be honest I say props for the ferret!
Hmmm… yeah another point there, but then how could… ow wait this would be a quote from the alt-text never mind. XD
Man, now that is a blow to one’s pride. To be fired by a ferret….
I thought the same thing, his friends won’t let him live it down!
…
EVER
I think I’ld rather take a shot below the belt.
Rocks desk has a name plate with no name…
…
Same reason Chuck Norris’ car has a blank license plate. Some people are just too awesome to need labels.
Tags: Rock, script monkey (not a real monkey)
So what species is he, anyway?
He’s an ape! Or better, he represents six apes which type away at six typewriters for the infinity of time!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qYodWEKCuGg
rofl, never imagined how they would sound actually. but high pitched and squeaky is how im gunna be readin them
Can I just say that Rock rocks?
“Akward” = extra awkward. B-)
I want the truth!
You can’t handle the truth.
Look, all I want to know is, did you order the code red?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8hGvQtumNAY
No sir, I ordered a red collar.
…that’s the passcode for code red. You are now charged with the truth.
50,000 volts of TRUTH!
I completely just can’t see many of these pets as having high/child voices…I’m sorry, I just can’t. They’re too intelligent to me. (Then again, I often underestimate how smart children really are, despite only being…well, okay, I’m approaching 10 years since I was really anything like a kid, so maybe it’s more understandable, but still…)
Hight-piched voices.
Huh.
So When Rock says hes seen the comercial before, is he reading the same script for that one commercial?
Or is it a cerial-script based on a marketing theam like the Cave-man, or a certain cat food song?
…just wondering. >_>
I have no idea how the comments got to a discussion about pitches
did u read the ALT txt ?
if not read it ^-^
lolwut? whats alt text
if u use a laptop or comp. or sumthin laike that just huver over the comic w/ ut mouse and the ALT txt will appear
well there goes all their legal copy out the window… I forsee lawsuits in the future.
Did this guy just get told off by a ferret……? Oh Rock, just write it yourself. Nobody understands your vision anyway……….
Yes, they’re impaired by a thing called “color”
I meant artistic vision!
Well, dogs are supposed to be color blind. But I don’t think so in this comic. How else do you think Peanuts comics are so colorful?
I resent that, dogs do see color.
Technically, they have proved several times over that dogs aren’t actually colorblind. They simply, like a variety of other mammals, see less tones and shades of color.
It’s actually more like the difference between human girl vision and human boy vision: Girls can distinguish more shades of blue because they have more cones in that part of their eyes.
Have they figured out how guys can see “brown” and girls can see “tan, beige, taupe, …”?
Brown has blue, that may be it.
However, that doesn’t explain why girls can also tell the difference between Pure Black and Onyx (the latter of which, by definition, is Pure Black)
and power goes to the head
srs ferret is srs
no u
it’s also missing an e, an i, and an o.
Ok, somebody needs to help me out here. In the last panel, what is he holding/doing with his hands? I don’t get it.
He’s making slow loops w/ his fingers to show the slowness of the commercial, his voice, oh, and the guy getting fired.
Hmmm, they could be paper-clips? or he may be swirling his fingers, like talking with his hands? I know I do it, helps to get the point across.
to FireWolf: Read two comics back comments and I have the answer to your dimensions question. http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Dimension_levels.svg/384px-Dimension_levels.svg.png
So in other words, stick figures?
He doesn’t look like Donald Trump?!
…I don’t get it…
Is there something funny I’m missing, or is the bulk of this one just plot development?
The biggest joke is in the alt text. If you don’t think that’s funny, try to keep a straight face while listening to this:
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/14011542/Serious%20business.MP3
OK. How’d you do that?
“Each line was recorded into a separate file using Windows Sound Recorder. I doubled the speed of those files containing Rock’s lines, and then glued all the files together. If any part doesn’t sound quite right, it’s because everyone’s asleep in my house right now, and I’m trying to not wake them up.”
Of course, that’s what I wrote on the forum when I made it Friday at 11 PM
rotfl THAT IS AWSOME!!!! I died laughing hearing that! It still hurts to laugh. Can’t…stop…laughing…
I would recommend using Goldwave instead of just speeding it up.
Of course, there are tons of programs I could’ve used. But all my life I’ve made a point to prove that, even with simple tools, you too can make awesome.
That, and the fact that it was 11 PM and I didn’t want to comb the Internet for a download
11pm? WTF? though i shouldn’t be talking, I’m reading a webcomic called housepets. OH THE IRONY
http://www.flickr.com/photos/henteaser/2357739328/
Seriously, though. Why is that ironic?
Frank that is awesome!
You need to create more like it.
I can’t take him seriously cuz of that odd expression in panel 2
At least to me that is
strange…talking animals
We are all talking animals.
I’m a human, and I find this comic weird yet entertaining, kinda like football.
P.S: Watch any disney movie, the dude was such a furry
I have the theory that Walt started doing cartoon animals simply because they were easier to draw (and he always worked with a time-limit before founding the Disney company). As he (and his team) got better, the inclusion of talking animals was excused by the Rule of Funny. It wasn’t until Robin Hood (which he never lived to see finished) that he had talking animals who didn’t need to be talking animals, and it was this that caused furry fandom to appear. Thus, Walt’s last act on Earth was, basically, to create a space for us.
Don’t take trolls so seriously
Huh? You’re calling yourself a troll? Now I’m really confused
HUmans are talking animals, dude.