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Housepets! - The Game I Mean {{Title: The Game I Mean}} / [[Peanut stirs the sleeping beast]] / Peanut: Grape! Grape! Wake up! / Grape: What the -- am I wearing a sign that says 'PLEASE DISTURB' or something?! I would not be surprised actually. / [[Peanut has tears welling in his eyes; Grape rubs her own eyes looking very irritated in the process]] / Peanut: It's important! Bino made me start playing THE GAME! / Grape: What game? You mean... OH FOR THE LOVE OF... / Grape: THE GAME is a dumb little social experiment that went horribly awry. You don't have to play it if you don't want to, it just causes excessive grief if you're afraid of some arbitrary title of LOSS. Why do you think you HAVE to play? / [[Peanut looks crestfallen]] / Peanut: THE GAME told me to. / [[Grape attempts a partial kind gesture by resting a hand upon his shoulder]] / Grape: I would be more sympathetic, but you interrupted my nap.
Housepets! - The Game I Mean {{Title: The Game I Mean}} / [[Peanut stirs the sleeping beast]] / Peanut: Grape! Grape! Wake up! / Grape: What the -- am I wearing a sign that says 'PLEASE DISTURB' or something?! I would not be surprised actually. / [[Peanut has tears welling in his eyes; Grape rubs her own eyes looking very irritated in the process]] / Peanut: It's important! Bino made me start playing THE GAME! / Grape: What game? You mean... OH FOR THE LOVE OF... / Grape: THE GAME is a dumb little social experiment that went horribly awry. You don't have to play it if you don't want to, it just causes excessive grief if you're afraid of some arbitrary title of LOSS. Why do you think you HAVE to play? / [[Peanut looks crestfallen]] / Peanut: THE GAME told me to. / [[Grape attempts a partial kind gesture by resting a hand upon his shoulder]] / Grape: I would be more sympathetic, but you interrupted my nap.
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Housepets! - I Said No Escape {{Title: I Said No Escape}} / [[Grape looks down from the tree she' been chased up, contemplating her options. The dogs shout at her from below.]] / Dogs: BURN THE HEATHEN! BLASPHEMER! SOMEBODY GET A CHAINSAW! / Grape: I wonder if I could live off squirrels for the rest of my life. Like, threaten them to shell nuts for me.
Housepets! - I Said No Escape {{Title: I Said No Escape}} / [[Grape looks down from the tree she' been chased up, contemplating her options. The dogs shout at her from below.]] / Dogs: BURN THE HEATHEN! BLASPHEMER! SOMEBODY GET A CHAINSAW! / Grape: I wonder if I could live off squirrels for the rest of my life. Like, threaten them to shell nuts for me.
 
Housepets! - Okay Fine Some Escape {{Title: Okay Fine Some Escape}} / [[Grape is still up the tree, clinging to it while the dogs prepare to cut her down]] / Dog: Renounce your ways, cheater! / Grape: Never! / Dog: Give him the chainsaw! / [[The tree shakes as the dogs cut it down]] / <> / [[Grape acts in dramatic fashion]] / Grape: I REGRET NOTHIIIIIIING! / [[The tree falls over]] / <> / [[Grape sits unharmed on a nearby garage roof]] / Grape: You guys do know I could have jumped to the garage roof at any time? Also, you're not supposed to stand under the tree after you're done cutting. / Dog: We figured that out, thank you. / {{Note: Grape's gender had not yet been disclosed at this point during the comic's run, which is why the dogs refer to her as "him" here.}}
Housepets! - Okay Fine Some Escape {{Title: Okay Fine Some Escape}} / [[Grape is still up the tree, clinging to it while the dogs prepare to cut her down]] / Dog: Renounce your ways, cheater! / Grape: Never! / Dog: Give him the chainsaw! / [[The tree shakes as the dogs cut it down]] / <> / [[Grape acts in dramatic fashion]] / Grape: I REGRET NOTHIIIIIIING! / [[The tree falls over]] / <> / [[Grape sits unharmed on a nearby garage roof]] / Grape: You guys do know I could have jumped to the garage roof at any time? Also, you're not supposed to stand under the tree after you're done cutting. / Dog: We figured that out, thank you. / {{Note: Grape's gender had not yet been disclosed at this point during the comic's run, which is why the dogs refer to her as "him" here.}}
Housepets! - Funny You Should Ask {{Title: Funny You Should Ask}} / [[Peanut sits at home with his nose in a book. The door opens.]] / <> / [[Grape enters the frame looking very perturbed; a small black cloud emanates from her head. Peanut looks at her, but says nothing.]] / [[Grape wordlessly shuffles out of frame while Peanut watches her.]] / [[Peanut smiles and wags his tail.]] / Peanut: So did it go okay?
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Housepets! - Ostracize Doesn't Mean To Turn Into An Ostrich {{Title: Ostracize Doesn't Mean To Turn Into An Ostrich}} / [[An embarrassed Peanut confronts Grape, clutching his drawing in one hand; Grape regards him with skepticism, her arms folded across her chest]] / Peanut: Come on, Grape, you can't read that much into a picture, can you? / Grape: It's rather clear what you were thinking when you drew that cat tail! / Peanut: I think you're overreacting. / Grape: Believe me those aren't the kinds of ideas that you should be sharing with other pets. / [[Grape walks off-panel; Peanut indignantly shakes his drawing at her]] / Peanut: No way! I'll prove to you there's nothing wrong with it. / [[Outside, Bino, Rex, and Fox examine Peanut's drawing]] / Bino: Sorry Peanut, we're going to have to revoke your Good Ol' Dogs' Club membership.
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Housepets! - Pushing The PG Rating IN YOUR MIND {{Title: Pushing the PG Rating IN YOUR MIND}} / [[Peanut holds his drawing; a blushing Joey stands opposite him, clasping his hands together]] / Joey: Peanut? C-Can I have a look at your picture? / Peanut: Joey? You're a cat lover? / [[Embarrassed, Peanut hands over the drawing to Joey, who is smiling]] / Peanut: Well I guess, but all this controversy is making me feel kinda weird about it. / Joey: She looks beautiful, Peanut! This is great! / [[Joey hands the drawing back to an encouraged Peanut]] / Peanut: Really? It's nice to have a compliment on-- / Joey: I want to wear her skin. / [[Joey has left the panel; Peanut stands alone, a look of sheer horror upon his face]]
Housepets! - Hey Dude {{Title: Hey Dude}} / [[Peanut appears agitated; Joey is rolling his eyes]] / Peanut: What was that? WHAT WAS THAT?! Do you even listen to the words coming out of your mouth? / Joey: Oh please, Peanut, don't be like Bino and the others; it's just a fantasy. / Peanut: AN EXTREMELY DISTURBING ONE. What prompted you to say that out loud! / Joey: Well come on, you're a cat lover too, haven't you ever, you know, wanted to be a cat? / [[Peanut's face reddens as realization dawns upon him]] / Peanut: OH! You meant like... roleplaying. Right, sorry, I thought you meant something else entirely... / Joey: Yeah, roleplaying! ... speaking of, I have something to show you. / [[Joey enters his doghouse]] / [[Inside the Sandwich house, Peanut speaks to Grape, who is lounging on the couch]] / Peanut: Grape? You know that neighbor cat that shows up from time to time, with a spot over his left eye? Well, this is going to surprise you...
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a class="searchlink" href="http://housepetscomic.com/2008/08/06/i-planned-this-joke-for-an-awful-long-time">http://housepetscomic.com/2008/08/06/i-planned-this-joke-for-an-awful-long-time [untranscribed - please consider transcribing this comic!]
 
Housepets! - I Swear It's Platonic {{Title: I Swear It's Platonic}} / Grape: Look, it doesn't even matter that I'm female, I'm still Grape. And to pull a neat little parallel, it doesn't matter if you like cats but not in that way, you're still Peanut. / [[Grape smiles reassuringly and rests her hand upon Peanut's shoulder; Peanut opens his mouth, but does not speak]] / Grape: What matters is that you don't care what the guys think about it, because you and I both know you're not really a cat lover. / [[Grape begins to walk away while Peanut looks after her]] / Grape: Now come on, stop frying your brain over it and let's make ourselves some root beer floats. Put all this crazy 'cat lover' nonsense behind us. / [[Grape has left the panel; Peanut stares after her with widened eyes, blushing profusely, clasping a hand over his mouth and wagging his tail, a small heart drifting from his face]]
Housepets! - Don't Shoot {{Title: Don't Shoot}} / [[A dark room with a single window. Two voices converse in the darkness, but the speakers are not seen]] / Voice 1: Forget about the pantry, that's all junk. / Voice 2: There's food in there! There is! / Voice 1: Well I've never seen any. / Voice 2: I heard you need a thing called a tan opener? Can operator? Something like that. / Voice 1: Those crazy rumors again? That's too much trouble. / Voice 2: Waiting for trash day is too much trouble too, I take it? / Voice 1: Hey, I'm hungry. / Voice 2: While you're at it see if there's any cat food -- WATCH OUT! / <> / Voice 2: QUICK, LET'S GET OUT OF-- / [[Grape flips on a light switch to reveal the interior of the Sandwich kitchen; the voices belong to a pair of raccoons who have knocked over a garbage can]] / Raccoon: --here.
Housepets! - Stick Em Up {{Title: Stick Em Up}} / [[Grape and the raccoons stare at each other in mutual surprise]] / Grape: RACCOONS! / Raccoons: CAT! / [[One of the raccoons threateningly brandishes his claws at Grape]] / Raccoon: DON'T MAKE ANY SUDDEN MOVES! W-We're just here for your trash. / [[Grape discreetly reaches off-panel for something]] / Raccoon: All right? My buddy here is going to take the bag out of the bin and we're going to back out the pet door slowly... seriously, don't make this any harder than-- / [[Grape swats the raccoon in the face with a broom she's grabbed]] / Grape: BROOM TO YOUR FACE! / Raccoon: ACK!
Housepets! - A Minor Flaw {{Title: A Minor Flaw}} / [[Grape peeks through the door into the Sandwich bedroom]] / Grape: Mom? Dad? / Mr. Sandwich: Guh -- Grape? What was all that racket? / Grape: I caught some raccoons messing with our garbage. / Mr. Sandwich: Oh no, they got inside? / Grape: Don't worry, I got rid of them and cleaned up, but I'm pretty sure they'll be back. / Mrs. Sandwich: Oh, thank you, Grape... but why do you think that? / [[Grape lids her eyes]] / Grape: First of all, the 'pet doors' you installed are plastic flaps. Don't they have any with, like, locks? We have thumbs, you know. / Mr. Sandwich: The salesman was either very good or very bad at his job.
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Housepets! - I Have Decided To Start A New Comic [[Peanut's drawing book, lined sheets of paper with badly drawn images and overly descriptive tags on them.]] / [[Spot (superdog) is drawn in a heroic pose, cape fluttering behind him and his right fist in the air.]] / Caption: The adventures of Spot! / Caption: (superdog) / [[The inside of a bank. A dalmatian with a mask holds up two bags labeled "$". A clerc is standing behind the counter, holding up their hands.]] / Top Box: one day at the bank / Dalmatian: stealing all this money is easy! / [[Spot (superdog) appears in the bank, striking a pose. The Dalmatian pulls out a gun and aims at Spot (superdog)]] / Top Box: but then! / Spot (superdog): I am Spot the superdog. unhand that money / Dalmatian: No, I will stop you by shooting you with this gun / Bottom Box: Unbeknowst[sic] to the theif[sic], Spot is bulletproof! / [[Grape is looking at Peanut's drawing. Peanut is wagging his tail with excitement.]] / Peanut: See, the Dalmatian isn't very smart / Grape: I got that
Housepets! - Whoops My Freudian Slipped [[Peanut's drawing book. Spot (superdog) is drawn in a confident pose.]] / Caption: The adventures of Spot! / Text: Spot is the bravest of all the dogs, and is more powerful than even the humans! / [[Pictures of Spot (superdog) punching holes, flying and breathing fire.]] / Text: He can fly, punch through walls, and breath[sic] fire, and that's only the beginning! / [[Spot (superdog) is sitting behind a booth with a sign on it that says, "MEET SPOT". He is giving autographs to a crowd of people.]] / Text: Everyone loves Spot. They love him because he rescues children and stops bad guys in there[sic] tracks / Text: All the ladies love Spot too! / [[Upper part occupied by a sheet of Peanut's lined drawing paper. Lower part is Peanut sitting at a table with an embarrassed expression, erasing words from the paper quickly.]] / Text: Especially his girlfriend Stripe, / Text (partly erased, but still legible): who is a cat / <>
Housepets! - The Loyal Order [[Bino is standing in front of the Good Ol' Dogs' Club's members, reading the agenda. The rest of the dogs are chatting away in the background.]] / Bino: The Good Ol' Dogs' Club is called to order. / Dog 1: I was under the assumption we divide everything by seven.. / Dog 2: Did you catch the game last night? / Dog 3: Some game, huh? Some game. / Dog 4: I liked the old meeting place better, there was toilet access. / Dog 5: Now you made me thirsty. / [[Bino still tries to get the dogs to listen.]] / Bino: I know it's been three weeks since we last had a gathering, but I'd like everyone to settle down. / Dog 1: Then I realized that was extremely stupid and I'm not sure how that started. / Dog 2: Stop talking about Fetch! / Dog 3: No it was Frisbee. / Dog 4: I thought there was going to be a potluck. / Dog 5: Who cares? The only thing anyone ever brings is ice and biscuits. / [[The dogs have quietened down, Bino reads from his paper, his voice getting increasingly softer while he reads.]] / Bino: Just one announcement, my brother Fido just graduated from the Police Dog Academy this afternoon and he'll be back in town around eight o'clock. / [[The dogs are gone, only a single sheet of paper flutters around the room while Bino still reads from his paper.]] / Bino: Our first order of business: These meetings seem to be getting cut shorter and shorter.
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