Character Dossiers
Posted: Fri Dec 18, 2009 2:53 am
OK, this is for compiled information on the various characters and for backstory deductions that can be made from that information. As per the thread title and this notice, this topic contains pretty much ALL the Spoilers.
[list]Indexing:
Joel/King (This Post, Below) - Available information.
Pete - Available information.
Fox - Available Information than Possible Backstory.
Joel/King - Possible Backstory.
Fido - Available Information and Possible Backstory. Responses.
Bino - Available Information and Possible Backstory. Response
Joey - Available Information and Possible Backstory. Response
Tarot - Available Information and Possible Backstory.
General World Background, Available Information on Grape Jelly Sandwich, and a Minimal Backstory
Peanut - Available Information, Possible Backstory. Cast Page Response
Maxwell - Available Information, Possible Backstory.
Spo - Available Information, Pet Linguistics Speculation, Possible Backstory, Responses.
Sasha - Available Information, Possible Backstory, Responses including Interspecies Relationships and Dietary Notes.
Sabrina and Daisy - Available Information, Possible Backstory.
Miles and the Pack - Available Information, Possible Backstory.
Rex, Jasper, and Jinx - Available Information, Possible Backstory, Response.
Marvin, Tiger, and Zachary - Available Information, Possible Backstory, and Responses.
Keys, Fiddler, and the Raccoons - Available Information and Possible Backstories, Responses.
The Milton Ferrets - Available Information and Possible Backstory, Responses.
The Humans -The Sandwiches, Bill, Jake, Ryan, Jerry, the Fat PETA Guy, and the (often nameless) Minor Characters - Available Information, Response, Response Note..
The Minor Animal Characters - Karl-Lenin Faust and Squeak, the Zoo Animals, the Mr Bigglesworth’s, the Farm Animals, the K-9 Unit, Joel’s Pets, and the Random Animals - Available Information, Responses.[/list]
Joel/King:
To start off with a major current character, here's what we have on Joel / King:
1) He didn't know that people were likely to react badly to Peta.
http://www.housepetscomic.com/2009/04/2 ... -violence/
2) He knew that his senior partner talked to himself - and that what he says does not match his actual observations in the slightest - but continued to work with him anyway.
http://www.housepetscomic.com/2009/04/2 ... ery-naive/
3) He was with the ASPCA
Related Information: The ASPCA is trying to get legal rights for animals.
4) He may have realized at this point that there might be something seriously wrong with an organization that did not want to run a background check before allowing people to join it.
Corollary: There is something wrong with his background that would keep him from working an animal-rights organization, but - since he was an ASPCA member - it must post date that his ASPCA membership.
5) He evidently joined PETA without checking on the organization in any way - or listening to the orientation lecture.
http://www.housepetscomic.com/2009/05/0 ... n-strikes/
6) He is NOT OK with dognapping, but is easily persuaded to follow blatantly irrational leadership - although, to be fair, the conclusion that the smaller, quiet, dog which is distracted and is not engaged in violent exercise may be the easiest to snatch is not totally unwarranted.
http://www.housepetscomic.com/2009/05/0 ... character/
7) He seems to realize that petnaping is a bad thing to do, as well as that his partner is crazy - but continues to follow him anyway.
http://www.housepetscomic.com/2009/05/0 ... the-world/
8) He is still following blatantly stupid orders - as well as demonstrating all the smooth social graces of a rock.
9) He may be irrationally nervous around policemen.
http://www.housepetscomic.com/2009/05/1 ... sandpaper/
10) He attempts to follow blatantly stupid orders when shouted at.
http://www.housepetscomic.com/2009/05/1 ... ringwheel/
11) He apparently has a panic attack, and attempts to run away while the police are busy elsewhere.
http://www.housepetscomic.com/2009/05/1 ... g-to-peta/
12) He stops running from the police when he finally begins to think - just in time to be tackled by the police dogs.
13) He has been in prison before.
Inference: this is likely to be the event that comes up on background checks, and may be related to animals.
http://www.housepetscomic.com/2009/05/2 ... -mixed-up/
14) He is familiar with his rights. Deduction: he either likes police dramas, studies law, or has had them read to him before.
15) He wants his rights delivered by a human.
16) He is concerned about animals not being read any rights - or essentially not having any. Under the circumstances, a non-sequeteur, although possibly a revealing one.
http://www.housepetscomic.com/2009/05/2 ... ood-crowd/
17) He states that he didn't know Fatty was going to try and kill Fox. Believeable, if only because - up to this point - he's seemed blindly ignorant of everything that's going on around him.
18) He was kidnapped by his own pets as a child.
19) He had two dogs and a cat, but his parents treated them harshly.
20) His cat and dogs decided to run away, and took him with them. This may or may not have been a mutual decision. By inference, Joel's parents may have been abusing him as well. His apparent age in the image was fairly young.
21) It went tolerably well at first, but after a few nights on the streets, the relationship went down hill.
22) He wants to keep other animals from ending up like his.
23) He has trouble dealing with animals, although he may have been overstressing it in an attempt to strike back emotionally.
http://www.housepetscomic.com/2009/05/2 ... nd-humans/
24) He snickers at Fatty's "Glandular" claim.
http://www.housepetscomic.com/2009/05/2 ... -year-one/
25) When abruptly confronted with a supernatural entity, he indicates his rapid uptake with "You're not my lawyer".
http://www.housepetscomic.com/2009/11/3 ... erved-too/
26) He is extensively sarcastic, reveals how the plot is probably NOT going to go, and is not too quick on the uptake.
27) He may or may not be being especially sarcastic depending on whether or not Pete's statements about his motives are actually accurate.
http://www.housepetscomic.com/2009/12/0 ... t-of-beef/
28) He reacts to being "naked" - but instantly accepts that a collar makes him not-naked as a dog, which is interesting.
29) He may or may not be subjected to mental meddling.
http://www.housepetscomic.com/2009/12/0 ... nderstand/
30) He gets nausous, apparently when subjected to supernatural travel.
http://www.housepetscomic.com/2009/12/0 ... christmas/
31) He ate dry dog food at least once as a child and states that he "liked offal" (possibly meaning organ meats) even before being a dog.
http://www.housepetscomic.com/2009/12/0 ... somewhere/
32) He reveals feelings of bitterness, isolation, and depression. These are probably fairly long-standing.
http://www.housepetscomic.com/2009/12/1 ... hearts-go/
33) He has an extreme emotional reaction to being confronted with Fox.
34) He apparently finds "sniffing" embarrasing.
35) He has an emotionally troubled response to a dog that wants to be friends.
36) He apparently cries in such a situation, possibly indicating something traumatic in his background.
37) He would indeed like to play.
http://www.housepetscomic.com/2009/12/1 ... g-feeling/
38) He is apparently extremely nervous about police involvement with his current (canine) situation.
http://www.housepetscomic.com/2009/12/1 ... good-will/
A fair number of those items are either trivial or common, but the rest may be revealing.
Now, on general appearance, Joel appears to be somewhere in his twenties or thirties as a human. As a Canine it's hard to tell. He does tend to give me the impression of being relatively young, but that's entirely subjective.
A possible backstory derived from what is currently known is a few posts down. To jump to it, click here: https://www.housepetscomic.com/forums/v ... 99&start=7
[list]Indexing:
Joel/King (This Post, Below) - Available information.
Pete - Available information.
Fox - Available Information than Possible Backstory.
Joel/King - Possible Backstory.
Fido - Available Information and Possible Backstory. Responses.
Bino - Available Information and Possible Backstory. Response
Joey - Available Information and Possible Backstory. Response
Tarot - Available Information and Possible Backstory.
General World Background, Available Information on Grape Jelly Sandwich, and a Minimal Backstory
Peanut - Available Information, Possible Backstory. Cast Page Response
Maxwell - Available Information, Possible Backstory.
Spo - Available Information, Pet Linguistics Speculation, Possible Backstory, Responses.
Sasha - Available Information, Possible Backstory, Responses including Interspecies Relationships and Dietary Notes.
Sabrina and Daisy - Available Information, Possible Backstory.
Miles and the Pack - Available Information, Possible Backstory.
Rex, Jasper, and Jinx - Available Information, Possible Backstory, Response.
Marvin, Tiger, and Zachary - Available Information, Possible Backstory, and Responses.
Keys, Fiddler, and the Raccoons - Available Information and Possible Backstories, Responses.
The Milton Ferrets - Available Information and Possible Backstory, Responses.
The Humans -The Sandwiches, Bill, Jake, Ryan, Jerry, the Fat PETA Guy, and the (often nameless) Minor Characters - Available Information, Response, Response Note..
The Minor Animal Characters - Karl-Lenin Faust and Squeak, the Zoo Animals, the Mr Bigglesworth’s, the Farm Animals, the K-9 Unit, Joel’s Pets, and the Random Animals - Available Information, Responses.[/list]
Joel/King:
To start off with a major current character, here's what we have on Joel / King:
1) He didn't know that people were likely to react badly to Peta.
http://www.housepetscomic.com/2009/04/2 ... -violence/
2) He knew that his senior partner talked to himself - and that what he says does not match his actual observations in the slightest - but continued to work with him anyway.
http://www.housepetscomic.com/2009/04/2 ... ery-naive/
3) He was with the ASPCA
Related Information: The ASPCA is trying to get legal rights for animals.
4) He may have realized at this point that there might be something seriously wrong with an organization that did not want to run a background check before allowing people to join it.
Corollary: There is something wrong with his background that would keep him from working an animal-rights organization, but - since he was an ASPCA member - it must post date that his ASPCA membership.
5) He evidently joined PETA without checking on the organization in any way - or listening to the orientation lecture.
http://www.housepetscomic.com/2009/05/0 ... n-strikes/
6) He is NOT OK with dognapping, but is easily persuaded to follow blatantly irrational leadership - although, to be fair, the conclusion that the smaller, quiet, dog which is distracted and is not engaged in violent exercise may be the easiest to snatch is not totally unwarranted.
http://www.housepetscomic.com/2009/05/0 ... character/
7) He seems to realize that petnaping is a bad thing to do, as well as that his partner is crazy - but continues to follow him anyway.
http://www.housepetscomic.com/2009/05/0 ... the-world/
8) He is still following blatantly stupid orders - as well as demonstrating all the smooth social graces of a rock.
9) He may be irrationally nervous around policemen.
http://www.housepetscomic.com/2009/05/1 ... sandpaper/
10) He attempts to follow blatantly stupid orders when shouted at.
http://www.housepetscomic.com/2009/05/1 ... ringwheel/
11) He apparently has a panic attack, and attempts to run away while the police are busy elsewhere.
http://www.housepetscomic.com/2009/05/1 ... g-to-peta/
12) He stops running from the police when he finally begins to think - just in time to be tackled by the police dogs.
13) He has been in prison before.
Inference: this is likely to be the event that comes up on background checks, and may be related to animals.
http://www.housepetscomic.com/2009/05/2 ... -mixed-up/
14) He is familiar with his rights. Deduction: he either likes police dramas, studies law, or has had them read to him before.
15) He wants his rights delivered by a human.
16) He is concerned about animals not being read any rights - or essentially not having any. Under the circumstances, a non-sequeteur, although possibly a revealing one.
http://www.housepetscomic.com/2009/05/2 ... ood-crowd/
17) He states that he didn't know Fatty was going to try and kill Fox. Believeable, if only because - up to this point - he's seemed blindly ignorant of everything that's going on around him.
18) He was kidnapped by his own pets as a child.
19) He had two dogs and a cat, but his parents treated them harshly.
20) His cat and dogs decided to run away, and took him with them. This may or may not have been a mutual decision. By inference, Joel's parents may have been abusing him as well. His apparent age in the image was fairly young.
21) It went tolerably well at first, but after a few nights on the streets, the relationship went down hill.
22) He wants to keep other animals from ending up like his.
23) He has trouble dealing with animals, although he may have been overstressing it in an attempt to strike back emotionally.
http://www.housepetscomic.com/2009/05/2 ... nd-humans/
24) He snickers at Fatty's "Glandular" claim.
http://www.housepetscomic.com/2009/05/2 ... -year-one/
25) When abruptly confronted with a supernatural entity, he indicates his rapid uptake with "You're not my lawyer".
http://www.housepetscomic.com/2009/11/3 ... erved-too/
26) He is extensively sarcastic, reveals how the plot is probably NOT going to go, and is not too quick on the uptake.
27) He may or may not be being especially sarcastic depending on whether or not Pete's statements about his motives are actually accurate.
http://www.housepetscomic.com/2009/12/0 ... t-of-beef/
28) He reacts to being "naked" - but instantly accepts that a collar makes him not-naked as a dog, which is interesting.
29) He may or may not be subjected to mental meddling.
http://www.housepetscomic.com/2009/12/0 ... nderstand/
30) He gets nausous, apparently when subjected to supernatural travel.
http://www.housepetscomic.com/2009/12/0 ... christmas/
31) He ate dry dog food at least once as a child and states that he "liked offal" (possibly meaning organ meats) even before being a dog.
http://www.housepetscomic.com/2009/12/0 ... somewhere/
32) He reveals feelings of bitterness, isolation, and depression. These are probably fairly long-standing.
http://www.housepetscomic.com/2009/12/1 ... hearts-go/
33) He has an extreme emotional reaction to being confronted with Fox.
34) He apparently finds "sniffing" embarrasing.
35) He has an emotionally troubled response to a dog that wants to be friends.
36) He apparently cries in such a situation, possibly indicating something traumatic in his background.
37) He would indeed like to play.
http://www.housepetscomic.com/2009/12/1 ... g-feeling/
38) He is apparently extremely nervous about police involvement with his current (canine) situation.
http://www.housepetscomic.com/2009/12/1 ... good-will/
A fair number of those items are either trivial or common, but the rest may be revealing.
Now, on general appearance, Joel appears to be somewhere in his twenties or thirties as a human. As a Canine it's hard to tell. He does tend to give me the impression of being relatively young, but that's entirely subjective.
A possible backstory derived from what is currently known is a few posts down. To jump to it, click here: https://www.housepetscomic.com/forums/v ... 99&start=7