Housepets!

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And thus was he ever known as Binky Bino.
At least people stopped mispronouncing his name.

As kids growing up, we never heard of a binky. I think I first heard it on The Benny Hill Show in the early 1980s: "I've dropped me binky!"

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Some of the questions were vague, inappropriate, confusing or just weird:

"Do you still beat your wife?"

Does that mean I have to start?

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Years ago, I had a Pembroke Welsh Corgi (yeah, like King and just as handsome), who wasn't any smarter than Bino; but he stuck his head into baby carriages for an honest reason. He didn't like the squalling of cranky brats, and he was a champ at entertaining them. It always worked!

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TheOne wrote:Okay, I'll be the one to ask, who said Bino's name in the last panel? Perhaps Skip is standing in the doorway and all the wolves are looking at him?

Ah, who indeed? Perhaps it was Bruno, come to reclaim her plushie.

Buno and Bino
Snoozing in her cave,
H-U-G-G-I-N...

Gee, I don't know...

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“Here is Bino the Dog Wolf, coming downstairs now, bump, bump, bump, on the back of his head, behind Bruno the Bear. It is, as far as he knows, the only way of coming downstairs, but sometimes he feels that there really is another way, if only he could stop bumping for a moment and think of it. And...

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Am I the only one reminded of Christopher Robin and Pooh in Panel 5? Bino must be one of those dogs with a soft and cuddly coat -- or Bruno just doesn't care.

Hey -- if Bino doesn't qualify as a real Wolf, can he tell his buddies in the Good Old Dogs' Club that he's a werewolf?

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Skip wrote:"And don't forget to drink plenty of fluids..."

Thanks, Dr. Hawk.

I was thinking: will all the imaginative sound effects, could what just happened to Bino be considered... (* wait for it *)

Onomatopoetic justice?

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I suspect Bino will end up howling like a lost puppy.

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Okay, everyone who foresaw that Bruno was short for Brunhilda raise your... paw. Anyone?
Judging from her lovely color pattern, I suspect our subject bruin is a Black Bear. Just a darned big one. Break that fourth wall, Bruno!

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Yeah, if Bino thought Duchess was tough, she could take lessons from Natalie. Please.

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Now I know why nobody could remember Natalie. It's because she has only been in 5 strips including this one and has only ever spoken twice, twice counting this one. The other 3 times she was in the background looking grumpy. The first time we see her she looked like a male. Well Rockstar Hawk doesn...

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Maybe it's just me, but I always thought that since he didn't have a ring around one eye (Fido's right eye, Joey's left eye), he was Bino, short (* snerk *) for Binocular.

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Welsh Halfwit wrote:She DID flatten his muzzle into his neckline. A guy remembers things like that.

Of course. That explains why he can't get his lower jaw past his collar in Panel 2.

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Name: Bino
Occupation: Meat puppet

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Kevin Beauregard! That's funny, in Walt Kelly's Pogo , Pogo's canine buddy's name is Beauregard Chaulmoogra Frontenac de Montmingle Bugleboy, or Beauregard for short. Incidentally, Pogo's full name is Ponce de Leon Montgomery County Alabama Georgia Beauregard Possum, in case anyone is looking for l...

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Kevin Beauregard! That's funny, in Walt Kelly's Pogo , Pogo's canine buddy's name is Beauregard Chaulmoogra Frontenac de Montmingle Bugleboy, or Beauregard for short. Incidentally, Pogo's full name is Ponce de Leon Montgomery County Alabama Georgia Beauregard Possum, in case anyone is looking for l...

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Mutt and Jeff, Lum and Abner, Fibber and Molly, George and Gracie, Ralph and Ed, Fred and Barney...

If Rick ever gets tired of Housepets! he can always spin off a new strip, Karishad and Keene.

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So many people in this arc. Can't wait to see everyone dress up as ninjas in the finale and attack the audience. :3 In all seriousness, i'm pumped. now Fox and Tiger are involved. I think they are just missing Bino, but that would require a miracle. EDIT: And Mr.bigglesworth. I agree with all you'v...

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Oh, nice! Jessica gets to play The Marsupial Who Came to Dinner. That's great; she's just so practical, and Tiger really doesn't like her. Hilarity ensues...

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Now that I think about it, in the Housepets! universe, they are naked; Jessica because she's a feral, and Zach because he's lost his collar. Duh, me! Jessica is great. She's got as much or more common sense than any of the pets, and her facial expressions and world-weariness echoes some of Rick's o...

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Now I get it! In the Housepets! universe, their collars are little portals to Hammerspace . It's like having a Bag of Holding. Whenever I hear that, I think of this strip from one of my other favourite webcomics. The collars are bigger on the inside :D I want to see another pet come out of one now,...

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Now I get it! In the Housepets! universe, their collars are little portals to Hammerspace. It's like having a Bag of Holding.

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Apropos nothing, I suppose, but if you remember Gilligan's Island, you probably know of Alan Hale, Jr., who played the Skipper of the S.S.Minnow. I suppose all Cilantro/'Cory' and the Skipper have in common is their general build (ah, fluffy ), but I recall that Alan Hale, Jr.'s wife's nickname was...

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I'm not sure what tragedy has befallen the strip that there happens to be a male character who is flirting uncomfortably with another male character. Surely this thing has never happened before in the history of silly cartoon fiction. Perhaps the issue is there are a few members of the audience who...

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(* sigh. *)

I sometimes wonder if Rick doesn't read the Forum, then crumple & toss a script he put together a year or so before, when one of us second-guesses a twist.

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Oh Captan, Mercaptan, rise up and fear the smells... I smell a skunk, and it doesn't smell like Cilantro (the herb) or Coriander (the spice). Argent nailed it; it's a scam, a confidence scheme, pure and simple. It's the Lost and Found Ring con (sometimes a wallet full of 'cash'), but in my part of ...

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Also, "Jehovah in Latin"? I'm rather off on my studies, but isn't Jehovah already in Latin? It's actually an Anglicised variant of a Hebrew word that is supposed to never be fully spelled let alone spoken. According to Wikipedia: ""Jehovah" was popularized in the English-sp...

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Y'okay, Kevin's attire is perfectly fine... provided they're staying home. Anything you wear with the partner of your choice, and all that. With that in mind, when did Victoria's Secret start the Camouflage line? I have a friend in the 'Sandbox' who'd probably love a set in 'Desert Battle Dress Uni...

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Sugar bombs and cola bottles, candy canes and fizzy footballs; all are pawns in Tiger's game; none can hear his heavy footfalls. Mixing in with cheerios and charms Lifesavers and Oreos abound, holding a party for all newcomers in the stomach of the hound. Too much sugar overloads and mixes to a nox...

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[ Candy Of The Corn ] Title Text: The real stuff, not that fake kandy korn Yes, Peanut. Max has always shown to be a reliable source of information... -_- Actually, I prefer to get my information from Delusional Steve . Hey, I had some GRAPE candy corn a few years back. Coincidence? I think not...

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Poor Roo-sevelt and B-roo-ce had their c-roo-ise cancelled.

And that's about enough of that. So, is Bailey nibbling on King's shoulder in Panel 3? Oh, my glucose levels, that's cute!

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There is a philosophical undercurrent on the forum that suggests 'Pete' and Spirit Dragon will be mortalized (as opposed to immortalized, I guess) as Humans or as themselves -- just with a finite shelf-life. What if they show up as a cute kitten and a fuzzy puppy? I suggested green and blue kittens...

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Or the next scene is King and Bailey snuggling. I still think Pete and Dragon will be incarnated as their pups. :P There could be a clerical error where they end up pets instead of some other life form. Oh, now that would just be icky. And clever! I salute you. There is a philosophical undercurrent...

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Poor Joel / King. He came to air his grievances, and wound up getting called on the carpet.

Even if it is a very nice purple carpet.

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Did anyone else notice the UFO in the mid-bottom right corner of the 3rd panel? I surely did -- good eyes you've got -- it might have passed for another galaxy! Most folks don't realize that Bahamut likes to visit the worldly planes, and even occasionally appears as an extra in movies. For instance...

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Off Topic, I know, but...
Well, we've seen Spirit Dragon as she really is, and probably "I already told you my name --" "I can't pronounce it." "Oh, well, okay then." Pete (gaming T-shirt). Any guesses what Cerberus really looks like?

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Tree. Trees have a very long lifespan and low mobility Good idea, Pete was never one to leaf anything to chance. Because his plans have deep roots in the mortals' lives. Good thinking, and if the order came directly from Bahamut, Pete wood have to stand still for it. Let him think they mean an elep...

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I heard Guillermo Del Toro couldn't raise the funding for the third (and final -- really final) installment of Hellboy. So they gave it to Michael Bay. This has been a trailer. This is only a trailer... Regarding the Heavenly Brats' attire: (* sniff, sniff *) "Smells like Gamer in here." ...

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Jobs earn you Whuffie . Thank you so much, @Argent , for the tip on the Doctorow story I somehow missed. The basic tenet reminded me a bit of an even earlier story by Frederik Pohl, The Midas Plague . The linked article contains another link to a facsimile of the 60-year-old edition of Galaxy Magaz...

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What? I don't think they're pulse challenged ( dead is such an ugly word), I think they work there. Maybe Cerbs set them up? But why would devine beings need employment? Suuuuuuuuuspiiiiiiiiciouuuuuuus. Need? Good question, @ArcWolf . Well, someone needs to watch over Heaven's -- ah -- guests. I wo...

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