That does sound like a good premise for a fanfic.
Keene has a near-death experience and briefly returns to heaven...where is horrified when he finds his mother is now dating Mr. Milton and they are considering marriage.
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- Sat Dec 07, 2019 9:08 pm
- Forum: The Comic
- Topic: Arcs that would never happen, but are fun to think about
- Replies: 1384
- Views: 660369
- Wed Dec 04, 2019 1:07 pm
- Forum: The Comic
- Topic: Rick's non-comic Housepets art
- Replies: 591
- Views: 426966
Re: Rick's non-comic Housepets art
"Yeah, look I've been turned into a badger and I don't think I can just walk this one off. It may be permanent and..."
"Stew, you've already used up all your sick days. Put on your tie and drag yourself in to the office. You're fine."
"Stew, you've already used up all your sick days. Put on your tie and drag yourself in to the office. You're fine."
- Tue Dec 03, 2019 3:57 pm
- Forum: The Comic
- Topic: Wild Mass Guessing
- Replies: 3020
- Views: 1414125
Re: Wild Mass Guessing
Judging by the fact he apparently knows and likes Stephen Stills music it's possible Poncho acquired a taste for 1970s folk rock after the wolf joined civilization. Miles' cubs likely like their stuff a little harder though.
- Tue Dec 03, 2019 3:13 pm
- Forum: Old Comic Discussion
- Topic: 2019/12/02 - Visiting Day
- Replies: 65
- Views: 22659
Re: 2019/12/02 - Visiting Day
Kitsune: <Smile fades> I needed you two. Well, no you two specifically, but I needed two animals with a human perspective. And frankly, you two were not going to lose anything. Lois: What does that mean? Kitsune: <Looks at Marion> Did you ever get that tire fixed? The one you noticed was balding la...
- Mon Nov 25, 2019 1:45 am
- Forum: Old Comic Discussion
- Topic: 2019/11/25 - Thinking Out Loud
- Replies: 67
- Views: 24231
Re: 2019/11/25 - Thinking Out Loud
It's King all over again. "Join the Dog Side, we have biscuits."NHWestoN wrote:I'm not sure the predators aren't ruling already. However, under the Miltons, we do know that chocolate chip cookies will persist.
- Mon Nov 25, 2019 1:40 am
- Forum: Old Comic Discussion
- Topic: 2019/11/25 - Thinking Out Loud
- Replies: 67
- Views: 24231
Re: 2019/11/25 - Thinking Out Loud
You really should avoid getting involved with a New World Order. Once you're nWo you're nWo 4 life.
- Mon Nov 18, 2019 1:49 am
- Forum: Old Comic Discussion
- Topic: 2019/11/18 - Cookies And Creamed
- Replies: 79
- Views: 24937
Re: 2019/11/18 - Cookies And Creamed
Be very careful tackling in the Housepets universe. If she gets good at it she'll end up forgoing returning to human form and instead be fated to spend the rest of her life as a Doberman Pinscher.
- Sat Nov 16, 2019 9:33 pm
- Forum: The Comic
- Topic: Wild Mass Guessing
- Replies: 3020
- Views: 1414125
Re: Wild Mass Guessing
Mrs. McGillicuddy is the one responsible for turning Marion and later Lois into animals as part of her vicious scheme to first corner the lucrative pies geared toward wild animals market then assure a larger customer base for it by turning high school graduates into non-domesticated woodland species...
- Sat Nov 16, 2019 8:29 pm
- Forum: Old Comic Discussion
- Topic: 2019/11/15 - To Answer Your Question
- Replies: 104
- Views: 38414
Re: 2019/11/15 - To Answer Your Question
you know, there are people who think that HP! is a prequel to A&H Club. I'm wondering if that's where we're going, where the whole world is going to be animals. I think I proposed that theory but it was specifically as a joke. I don't read A&H Club but thematically it's certainly incompatib...
- Sat Nov 16, 2019 8:23 pm
- Forum: The Comic
- Topic: Arcs that would never happen, but are fun to think about
- Replies: 1384
- Views: 660369
Re: Arcs that would never happen, but are fun to think about
I'm a bit puzzled as to why Itsuki has had nothing to do with Peanut and Grape. He does work for their DAD after all and I would think that he might be invited over at times so he could interact with them and I think its a bit of a missed opportunity. Probably because he's busy. He's got a job at t...
- Thu Nov 14, 2019 4:40 pm
- Forum: The Comic
- Topic: Arcs that would never happen, but are fun to think about
- Replies: 1384
- Views: 660369
Re: Arcs that would never happen, but are fun to think about
Ralph: Hey, Kevin, have you seen Sasha lately? Kevin: Sure, she's been staying with me for the weekend. Her dad was on some kind of bender. Ralph: Actually, Mr. Hartford is who I wanted to ask her about. We got a call from his sister in Florida. She can't get a hold of him. Fox and Fido did a welfa...
- Thu Nov 14, 2019 2:48 pm
- Forum: The Comic
- Topic: Arcs that would never happen, but are fun to think about
- Replies: 1384
- Views: 660369
Re: Arcs that would never happen, but are fun to think about
One of the owners should be transformed just for the reason of "bonding" with their pets. It would be an interesting story of just seeing the world through different eyes and really getting to know the animal, who is essentially you child, better. If they were ever going to bond that woul...
- Wed Nov 13, 2019 2:02 pm
- Forum: Old Comic Discussion
- Topic: 2019/11/13 - Hold Me Close Don’t Ever Let Me Go
- Replies: 74
- Views: 28909
Re: 2019/11/13 - Hold Me Close Don’t Ever Let Me Go
The Adventures of Pound & Peny "They were two average high school students. Now transformed into rugged outdoor animals, they're Duluth's top private investigators. Go wild Tuesdays at 10 p.m. on CBS!" On the opposite side of the coin, I always took Poncho as more of a Harley-Davidson...
- Fri Nov 08, 2019 1:19 am
- Forum: Old Comic Discussion
- Topic: 2019/11/08 - Our Founder
- Replies: 90
- Views: 27926
Re: 2019/11/08 - Our Founder
Seems Keene is still influencing the ECP. Wonder if they go into full cover up mode or panic mode. If, and that's a big IF, Marion is contiguous I don't know how they could given they sent him into a school full of other kids who could have been exposed. When most of the school starts sprouting muz...
- Mon Nov 04, 2019 7:22 am
- Forum: The Comic
- Topic: Arcs that would never happen, but are fun to think about
- Replies: 1384
- Views: 660369
Re: Arcs that would never happen, but are fun to think about
As the animal transformation crisis depends humanity in Babylon Gardens and the surrounding area seems doomed. Desperate times demand desperate measures as the fate of all humans in the area falls into the hands of an unlikely hero, high school student Bronson. So yeah, when it comes to this we're d...
- Mon Nov 04, 2019 1:37 am
- Forum: Old Comic Discussion
- Topic: 2019/11/04 - Repetition
- Replies: 115
- Views: 39223
Re: 2019/11/04 - Repetition
I do love how self aware she is. She knows she has to be an adult while still a teenager. She's reacting like we all expected. Calm and collected but only barely holding it together as she slowly processes the fact her life is over. But she has to be the mature one because it is the only way things...
- Wed Oct 30, 2019 12:40 am
- Forum: Old Comic Discussion
- Topic: 2019/10/30 - Swallow The Sun
- Replies: 38
- Views: 11295
Re: 2019/10/30 - Swallow The Sun
You just know Tiger has crashed absolutely every cookout, tailgate, and block party anyone in Babylon Gardens has thrown ever since Jerry got him.Champion Wallace wrote:This is probably how most of his neighbors react to Tiger, in any situation.
- Sat Oct 26, 2019 2:56 am
- Forum: The Comic
- Topic: Arcs that would never happen, but are fun to think about
- Replies: 1384
- Views: 660369
Re: Arcs that would never happen, but are fun to think about
Lois takes advantage of being a Lynx to improve her basketball skills and joins a professional team in Minneapolis.
- Fri Oct 25, 2019 3:37 pm
- Forum: Old Comic Discussion
- Topic: 2019/10/25 - Presto Chango
- Replies: 190
- Views: 72188
Re: 2019/10/25 - Presto Chango
What will Lois’s parents think? Julia wasn’t exactly thrilled and we know nothing about Lois’s parents (or her last name). Even if they’re cool that their daughter is a cat, they still might blame Marion and forbid her from seeing him. Why would anyone possibly be cool with that?... "Well, hon...
- Fri Oct 25, 2019 12:44 am
- Forum: Old Comic Discussion
- Topic: 2019/10/25 - Presto Chango
- Replies: 190
- Views: 72188
Re: 2019/10/25 - Presto Chango
Color me surprised. So many people thought this would happen I honestly thought it wouldn't with Lois. Looks like those people who thought she'd be a wildcat were right after all... Well at least we humans as a species still have Bronson...which admittedly isn't much but we have to take it. I'm not ...
- Fri Oct 25, 2019 12:34 am
- Forum: The Comic
- Topic: Wild Mass Guessing
- Replies: 3020
- Views: 1414125
Re: Wild Mass Guessing
Lois turned into a lynx because she cut school. Henry Milton was decendented from the Coachman in Pinocchio and Babylon Gardens works on the same rules as Pleasure Island. If you don't go to school and be good then you're nothing more than a dumb animal and thus turn into one. ...or maybe just Thoma...
- Wed Oct 23, 2019 10:58 pm
- Forum: The Comic
- Topic: Wild Mass Guessing
- Replies: 3020
- Views: 1414125
Re: Wild Mass Guessing
Keene only has the one pair of nice sunglasses. Ironically he's too cheap to buy a second one.
- Wed Oct 23, 2019 12:34 am
- Forum: Old Comic Discussion
- Topic: 2019/10/23 - Eye Of The Camel
- Replies: 48
- Views: 12106
Re: 2019/10/23 - Eye Of The Camel
If Pete could see all this he'd be laughing his beak off at it.
- Mon Oct 21, 2019 12:41 am
- Forum: Old Comic Discussion
- Topic: 2019/10/21 - Tell Me Lies
- Replies: 62
- Views: 15059
Re: 2019/10/21 - Tell Me Lies
I love how Thomas gets sympathetic buildup and throws it all away. Get used to the hump bud, you mislead the kid and you'll likely have it much longer.
- Wed Oct 16, 2019 12:17 am
- Forum: Old Comic Discussion
- Topic: 2019/10/16 - Office Space
- Replies: 109
- Views: 41831
Re: 2019/10/16 - Office Space
SO we're "Babe" now. Ooh I hope the Zoo doesn't have a HR Department. Wouldn't it be AR for them? Thomas is probably fine. Sofia shrugs it off and he has the keeper's good graces since he is both willing to work weekends and puts cover sheets on his TPS reports...why a zoo needs TPS repor...
- Wed Oct 09, 2019 12:23 am
- Forum: Old Comic Discussion
- Topic: 2019/10/09 - Pet Pat Pot
- Replies: 79
- Views: 20033
Re: 2019/10/09 - Pet Pat Pot
How much you want to bet Lois has a dog? She knows all the right moves.
- Mon Oct 07, 2019 11:23 am
- Forum: The Comic
- Topic: Wild Mass Guessing
- Replies: 3020
- Views: 1414125
Re: Wild Mass Guessing
What Chicken is actually the Great Kitsune in disguise, explaining his coloring and ability to pop out of nowhere whenever someone makes a chicken comment.
- Mon Oct 07, 2019 12:35 am
- Forum: Old Comic Discussion
- Topic: 2019/10/07 - Pull The Wolf Over Your Eyes
- Replies: 48
- Views: 14936
Re: 2019/10/07 - Pull The Wolf Over Your Eyes
I don't think she's flirting, just acting like someone would if they saw a cute pet. He's a Wolf in a poncho, it would certainly be cute in real life.
- Wed Oct 02, 2019 2:40 am
- Forum: Old Comic Discussion
- Topic: 2019/10/02 - Zoo Review
- Replies: 85
- Views: 24301
Re: 2019/10/02 - Zoo Review
"Please let this be a normal field trip."D-Rock wrote:[2019/10/02 - Zoo Review]
Title Text: get in the bag, loser, we're going to the zoo
As Ms. Frizzle would say, "to the bus!"
"Around here? No way!"
- Mon Sep 30, 2019 10:02 pm
- Forum: Old Comic Discussion
- Topic: 2019/09/30 - Circle Of Life
- Replies: 151
- Views: 43624
Re: 2019/09/30 - Circle Of Life
I always pictured the comic as being a Minnesota/Wisconsin/Upper Midwest style place...But in all honesty it's generic for a reason so everyone can project their own thoughts into it and now end up stuck in the ball of "It's a (insert place here) thing, you wouldn't understand."
- Fri Sep 27, 2019 12:50 am
- Forum: The Comic
- Topic: Would you transform into an animal?
- Replies: 151
- Views: 77962
Re: Would you transform into an animal?
I'll politely decline. It's humorous to think about but mankind didn't spend 10,000 climbing to the top of the food chain only to drop back down.
- Wed Sep 25, 2019 6:56 am
- Forum: Old Comic Discussion
- Topic: 2019/09/25 - Lunch Break
- Replies: 61
- Views: 16089
Re: 2019/09/25 - Lunch Break
I'm kind of amazed at how well the students are taking this. Surely they're joking about wanting transformations themselves but they fact they all still came to school is amazing. Can you imagine the utter horror there would be if someone did change into an actual animal in real life. That's so far ...
- Sun Sep 22, 2019 8:07 pm
- Forum: The Comic
- Topic: Wild Mass Guessing
- Replies: 3020
- Views: 1414125
Re: Wild Mass Guessing
Rock is still looking to direct his first Hollywood movie but even with his money he can't afford to get his proposed all-ferret cast version of "The Tempest" off the ground without outside investment. He was uninterested in the studio's speciest pitch that he remake "Along Came Polly...
- Sat Sep 21, 2019 11:33 pm
- Forum: The Comic
- Topic: Wild Mass Guessing
- Replies: 3020
- Views: 1414125
Re: Wild Mass Guessing
After "Pridelands" ended Res has kept writing, just changing his pen name and trying different genres.
- Sat Sep 21, 2019 11:25 pm
- Forum: The Comic
- Topic: Arcs that would never happen, but are fun to think about
- Replies: 1384
- Views: 660369
Re: Arcs that would never happen, but are fun to think about
I don't think the world is ready for Milton parking attendants. :lol: On the plus side being ferrets on the inside they would probably be too distracted by the shiny parking meter to actually read it and ticket your F-150 when it's been out there a half hour too long. Or Keene could just pay off th...
- Fri Sep 20, 2019 11:09 am
- Forum: Old Comic Discussion
- Topic: 2019/09/20 - On The Rebound
- Replies: 52
- Views: 14543
Re: 2019/09/20 - On The Rebound
The only ones who get transformed are those who karmically deserve it...and maybe Marion.
That said can I take "remain human" in the betting pool? That or sheep.
That said can I take "remain human" in the betting pool? That or sheep.
- Fri Sep 20, 2019 12:27 am
- Forum: Old Comic Discussion
- Topic: 2019/09/20 - On The Rebound
- Replies: 52
- Views: 14543
Re: 2019/09/20 - On The Rebound
Bronson must have a death wish if he thinks he can swap Marion's girlfriend just because of his condition. The squirrel is still tougher and faster than he looks.
I love how 90s Bronson looks. Reminds me of some of the kids I knew back then.
I love how 90s Bronson looks. Reminds me of some of the kids I knew back then.
- Wed Sep 11, 2019 2:39 am
- Forum: Old Comic Discussion
- Topic: 2019/09/11 - Dealing With The Debil
- Replies: 82
- Views: 19794
Re: 2019/09/11 - Dealing With The Debil
My "humanity is in trouble" sense is tingling...more so than usual anyway.
- Wed Sep 11, 2019 2:22 am
- Forum: The Comic
- Topic: Arcs that would never happen, but are fun to think about
- Replies: 1384
- Views: 660369
Re: Arcs that would never happen, but are fun to think about
Alan declaring the were "bigger than Alvin and the Chipmunks" didn't do them any favors either.
- Sun Sep 08, 2019 7:00 pm
- Forum: The Comic
- Topic: Arcs that would never happen, but are fun to think about
- Replies: 1384
- Views: 660369
Re: Arcs that would never happen, but are fun to think about
Basically it's a joke reversing the movie with the proverbial "one-armed man" chasing the doctor instead. That and I find it funny that Jack would get framed for a crime he didn't commit when there is a serious whole litany of other ones he almost certainly actually has. You could fill the...