Arc #32: The Dog Days of Summer

ctcmjh · Post by **ctcmjh** » Mon Jun 28, 2010 12:19 am

ChewyChewy wrote:So many questions now....

Being drunk and hitting on female dogs, how much does he remember about being human? Obviously enough, but why did he hit on DOGS?

Also, did she say that loud enough for anyone to hear, or was that only for his ears?

And of course, what happens now?

Maybe Joel realized that he will be a dog for a long time, and has accepted his fate. As such, he decided to start acting like a dog. His body is a dog, and his mind is in a dog brain, so it would make sense for him to become attracted to female dogs, and much to the hope of some of us shippers, Sasha.

Also, yay Daisy! Yay Sasha! Yay Tarot! Yay King!

ChewyChewy · Post by **ChewyChewy** » Mon Jun 28, 2010 12:22 am

ctcmjh wrote:
ChewyChewy wrote:So many questions now....

Being drunk and hitting on female dogs, how much does he remember about being human? Obviously enough, but why did he hit on DOGS?

Also, did she say that loud enough for anyone to hear, or was that only for his ears?

And of course, what happens now?
Maybe Joel realized that he will be a dog for a long time, and has accepted his fate. As such, he decided to start acting like a dog. His body is a dog, and his mind is in a dog brain, so it would make sense for him to become attracted to female dogs, and much to the hope of some of us shippers, Sasha.

Also, yay Daisy! Yay Sasha! Yay Tarot! Yay King!

But he's DRUNK!

By the way, the gag I predicted this arc might end on is Sasha reminding King that they have a date....

DarkHeartsAndSuch · Post by **DarkHeartsAndSuch** » Mon Jun 28, 2010 12:23 am

Sleet wrote:So, Tarot said "I don't date humans" before even thinking to see "I'm already taken." I guess Tarot is a little scatterbrained, but still that wasn't very thoughtful. I can see King, after he gets over the fact that another pet knows, becoming completely grossed out at himself for hitting on dogs right before being reminded that he "is" human. Awkward...

Thinking on it from a "This is a comic with fictional characters" perspective, she could only say one of those things. And saying she's taken only reveals nothing we don't already know, but in her saying she doesn't date humans would have a much bigger impact on our minds than the more romantic response.

Cerberusx · Post by **Cerberusx** » Mon Jun 28, 2010 12:23 am

A few things.

1. King looks awesome. Wearing sunglasses...at night.

2. Seeing someone sober up in real life is funny.

3. KING IS A PLAYER!!!!!

GameCobra · Post by **GameCobra** » Mon Jun 28, 2010 12:24 am

ChewyChewy wrote:Also, did she say that loud enough for anyone to hear, or was that only for his ears?

Judging from the last panels and the lack of dogs in the background, i'm guessing only King heard her say that.

ctcmjh · Post by **ctcmjh** » Mon Jun 28, 2010 12:25 am

ChewyChewy wrote:
ctcmjh wrote:
ChewyChewy wrote:So many questions now....

Being drunk and hitting on female dogs, how much does he remember about being human? Obviously enough, but why did he hit on DOGS?

Also, did she say that loud enough for anyone to hear, or was that only for his ears?

And of course, what happens now?
Maybe Joel realized that he will be a dog for a long time, and has accepted his fate. As such, he decided to start acting like a dog. His body is a dog, and his mind is in a dog brain, so it would make sense for him to become attracted to female dogs, and much to the hope of some of us shippers, Sasha.

Also, yay Daisy! Yay Sasha! Yay Tarot! Yay King!
But he's DRUNK!

By the way, the gag I predicted this arc might end on is Sasha reminding King that they have a date....

Yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes, a thousand times YES!

Esquire Fox · Post by **Esquire Fox** » Mon Jun 28, 2010 12:26 am

Esquire Fox wrote:If Tarot knows about Pete, there is a good chance she knows about King as well.
They haven't met yet (to my knowledge), but when they do, she might give him some guidance.
Who knows, she may be responsible for what makes him human again.
Or helping him understand he'd rather stay a dog (for those of you on the other side of that thought).

I am on a roll

.

FlintTheSquirrel · Post by **FlintTheSquirrel** » Mon Jun 28, 2010 12:33 am

That strip definitely pieced together many wants and theories. For instance, Teh Brawler and Daisy.

ChewyChewy · Post by **ChewyChewy** » Mon Jun 28, 2010 12:38 am

Now I know who King looks like in those shades--Stitch!

Seriously, though, my guess is this is how he meets Tarot for the first time--I mean, he hasn't called her by her name as he did with Sasha (who we know he knows) and Daisy (who granted has just now told him her name but, who cares?

). So he doesn't seem to know Tarot's name yet.

Enty · Post by **Enty** » Mon Jun 28, 2010 12:48 am

*pop*

Oh, and also, King x Daisy. xD Much better in my opinion~

Neko · Post by **Neko** » Mon Jun 28, 2010 12:56 am

Buckdida wrote:Bwahahaha! Of course Tarot would know!

Oh, and, uh...

Neko wrote:After a long persuasive argument, I finally convinced King to let me go to Peanut's and Grape's house on my own. I was out the door in a flash, heading off to their house. I arrived a few minutes later and was about to knock but the door was pulled open before my knuckles even connected. A female Pomeranian was standing there, glaring down at me.

"So, are you one of his minions?" She asked.

"Minion? What are you talking about?" I asked, wondering who the heck this was.

"You know what I'm talking about!" her eyes glowed green.
That's an excerpt from Neko's fanfic.

It's with a different character. But, uh, he called it.

Yea, I was surprised xD Go me?

Teh Brawler · Post by **Teh Brawler** » Mon Jun 28, 2010 1:04 am

FlintTheSquirrel wrote:That strip definitely pieced together many wants and theories. For instance, Teh Brawler and Daisy.

DARN IT FLINT THIS DOESN'T COUNT AND YOU KNOW IT

Tarot knew Grape was a girl before Peanut id, guys.

Typhon · Post by **Typhon** » Mon Jun 28, 2010 1:30 am

lol. Daisy actually had nothing to say in that brief period. And where'd he get doggy sunglasses from? hmm

IceKitsune · Post by **IceKitsune** » Mon Jun 28, 2010 1:32 am

Typhon wrote:lol. Daisy actually had nothing to say in that brief period. And where'd he get doggy sunglasses from? hmm

I would assume he took them from some one on the K-9 unit or just anyone else at the party that had sunglasses.

Teh Brawler · Post by **Teh Brawler** » Mon Jun 28, 2010 1:33 am

Typhon wrote:lol. Daisy actually had nothing to say in that brief period.

*goes and cries in corner*

I FEEL SO TOYED WITH

Typhon · Post by **Typhon** » Mon Jun 28, 2010 1:35 am

Teh Brawler wrote:
Typhon wrote:lol. Daisy actually had nothing to say in that brief period.
*goes and cries in corner*

I FEEL SO TOYED WITH

uh, lol what?

Bolly · Post by **Bolly** » Mon Jun 28, 2010 2:23 am

Ooooooooo...

Now this is interesting again.

Tiggy · Post by **Tiggy** » Mon Jun 28, 2010 2:25 am

Oh snap!

Kyderra · Post by **Kyderra** » Mon Jun 28, 2010 2:47 am

Silly King, he has the worst pick-up lines ever.
And silly Tarot, King is not a human, he was a human.

..... or does she know something we don't , "mmmmmm"
(well of obviously she does being psychic and all)

perhaps he's going to ask if she can undo the spell.

CoffeeJunkie · Post by **CoffeeJunkie** » Mon Jun 28, 2010 2:53 am

But he is a wanted criminal now so it wouldn't get him anywhere

ChewyChewy · Post by **ChewyChewy** » Mon Jun 28, 2010 3:08 am

Kyderra wrote:Silly King, he has the worst pick-up lines ever.
And silly Tarot, King is not a human, he was a human.

..... or does she know something we don't , "mmmmmm"
(well of obviously she does being psychic and all)

perhaps he's going to ask if she can undo the spell.

You're assuming there's such a thing as a GOOD pick-up line.

yoyodude · Post by **yoyodude** » Mon Jun 28, 2010 4:04 am

Once again I fall asleep before the comic drops -.-

I just noticed Tarot is really short, I mean like, REALLY short! But then again she is a pomeranian.

I wonder if he will respond to Tarot's response in the next strip or continue on his drunken business until he's sober.

also, when I loaded the page I saw the second panel first and for a split second I thought he was wearing an eyepatch >_<

Macsen · Post by **Macsen** » Mon Jun 28, 2010 4:11 am

Tarot is most likely privy to who King is/was, since she's been tracking Pete. King probably has no idea of her powers.

Still, what a killjoy. She could've just said she already has a boyfriend. (Peanut)

(And what the heck IS up with Daisy? Did her owner just not teach her to be more than a parrot?)

Kyderra · Post by **Kyderra** » Mon Jun 28, 2010 4:47 am

Kitch wrote:Tarot is most likely privy to who King is/was, since she's been tracking Pete. King probably has no idea of her powers.

Still, what a killjoy. She could've just said she already has a boyfriend. (Peanut)

(And what the heck IS up with Daisy? Did her owner just not teach her to be more than a parrot?)

Daisy's owner turns out to be a parrot... someone fan fiction this

Alex · Post by **Alex** » Mon Jun 28, 2010 5:51 am

yoyodude wrote:I wonder if he will respond to Tarot's response in the next strip or continue on his drunken business until he's sober.

Until he's sober? Dude, he's already sober. Trust me, a shock like this can make you easily sober. I just wonder what will happen next. Perhaps he'll try to convince Tarot not to tell anyone, or he will try to find out how she found out about this.
Or perhaps he'll confess to Fox and ask him for help

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What I find more funny is how King tries to be with every female dog at the moment. Perhaps his brain is really turning into a dog's brain, or that just happens when he's drunk?

Nevertheless... this comic made me laugh so loud! It made my day

!

Kyderra · Post by **Kyderra** » Mon Jun 28, 2010 5:58 am

wait a second..

he is a human, will make mistakes and gets drunk, has no clue what is going on half of the time ,needs explaining and we hope it will end well for him....
O my god, King is the Housepets Protagonist!
.. took him long enough to show up

Barkeron · Post by **Barkeron** » Mon Jun 28, 2010 6:26 am

Tarot knows. Hahahaha!! Wait, didn't see that coming. And Daisy, your so predicable.

Mika · Post by **Mika** » Mon Jun 28, 2010 6:48 am

I bet he's going to throw up in the next frame.

Cerberusx wrote: King looks awesome. Wearing sunglasses...at night.

This^^
*starts humming Corey Hart*

Jersey · Post by **Jersey** » Mon Jun 28, 2010 7:15 am

Heh, that woke him up. =P

Hope Tarot didn't say that loud enough for anyone else to hear.

Kyderra · Post by **Kyderra** » Mon Jun 28, 2010 7:18 am

Jersey wrote:Heh, that woke him up. =P

Hope Tarot didn't say that loud enough for anyone else to hear.

i hope Tarot dint hurt his feelings, he was finally having a good time, and that was a bit below the belt.
then again, who knows what would have happened if she Din't say that.

"comon all, Everyone , lets go streaking, WHOOO!"
*later at the pound*

sliceofdog · Post by **sliceofdog** » Mon Jun 28, 2010 7:26 am

Or perhaps he'll confess to Fox and ask him for help

I figure it that happens Fox will just plain not believe him. In fact, he will probably just assume King is still the Housepets! version of drunk.

Also;

i hope Tarot dint hurt his feelings, he was finally having a good time, and that was a bit below the belt.

I don't think it was meant as a blow, just a general statement. She doesn't even seem to be judging him for trying to get it on with other dogs.

Anyhow, awesome strip. One of my favourites in a long while (Although I seem to think from the other comments that it took me by surprise more than it did anyone else. A lot of you seem to have predicted something like this)

Macsen · Post by **Macsen** » Mon Jun 28, 2010 7:31 am

Now that I think of it, why was it that King's first action when he was drunk was to "get naked"? I hope that wasn't how Joel acted while he was drunk.

Alex · Post by **Alex** » Mon Jun 28, 2010 7:57 am

Kyderra wrote:then again, who knows what would have happened if she Din't say that.

She'd tell him she has a boyfriend, then he'd go around and ask other female dogs to be with him. Too bad there aren't any cats at this party. If they were, he'd be asking Grape, Jinx, Mr. Biggleswort, Sabrina and Keys/Fiddler to be with him >_>.

Dr. Prower · Post by **Dr. Prower** » Mon Jun 28, 2010 8:25 am

I just read the latest strip.

First panel made me go "LOL"

Second panel made me go "Look! It's Daisy!"

Third panel made me go "XD ROFL WOW!"

Alex · Post by **Alex** » Mon Jun 28, 2010 8:58 am

Uhm... did he call himself "Kingy"?! Woo we have a nickname for him! You know, we never gave nicknames to the cast of Housepets. We must do that and begin with Kingy *cough* King, I mean.

Also, Pete told him not to go...

Dr. Prower · Post by **Dr. Prower** » Mon Jun 28, 2010 9:13 am

Cerberusx wrote:A few things.

1. King looks awesome. Wearing sunglasses...at night.

2. Seeing someone sober up in real life is funny.

3. KING IS A PLAYER!!!!!

1. He reminds me of Ozzy Osbourne in those glasses.
*muttering*
"What'd you say, King?"
*muttering*
"I can't understand you"
*texts sentence*
"Oh, sure, I'll get you another orange soda."

2. lol yeah, and seeing someone with a hangover is even better.

3. From what I've seen, Sasha is the player, not King.

Alex wrote:Uhm... did he call himself "Kingy"?! Woo we have a nickname for him! You know, we never gave nicknames to the cast of Housepets. We must do that and begin with Kingy *cough* King, I mean.

Also, Pete told him not to go...

I'm officially calling him Kingy ^^

arcict · Post by **arcict** » Mon Jun 28, 2010 9:23 am

We have a slow connection at home (my dad has a faster connection via his laptop and blackberry connection but he's at work now) so the comic loaded up from the top down resulting in me getting the text (worb bubbles) before the rest of it...

AND I STILL KNEW IT WAS TAROT THAT DELIVERED THE PUNCH LINE!

This, this is IMHO comedy gold, really good set up and just plain solid delivery. When listing the female dogs I had totally forgotten about Tarot because as far as she goes she is usually only seen in relation to Peanut who wasn't staring in the current arc, hence I forgot about her... until that one line.

Dusty · Post by **Dusty** » Mon Jun 28, 2010 10:12 am

Dr. Prower wrote:
Cerberusx wrote:A few things.

1. King looks awesome. Wearing sunglasses...at night.

2. Seeing someone sober up in real life is funny.

3. KING IS A PLAYER!!!!!
1. He reminds me of Ozzy Osbourne in those glasses.
*muttering*
"What'd you say, King?"
*muttering*
"I can't understand you"
*texts sentence*
"Oh, sure, I'll get you another orange soda."

2. lol yeah, and seeing someone with a hangover is even better.

3. From what I've seen, Sasha is the player, not King.

Alex wrote:Uhm... did he call himself "Kingy"?! Woo we have a nickname for him! You know, we never gave nicknames to the cast of Housepets. We must do that and begin with Kingy *cough* King, I mean.

Also, Pete told him not to go...
I'm officially calling him Kingy ^^

1. You just forced me to go listen to Bark At The Moon, thanks.

2. Did Pete know tarot would be there? What plans would a magical griffin have to where he couldn't let his dog go to party in a pet friendly neighborhood. Its all very fishy.

Liam · Post by **Liam** » Mon Jun 28, 2010 10:16 am

Oh, he didn't want King to meet Tarot. Now I get it.

Cerberusx · Post by **Cerberusx** » Mon Jun 28, 2010 10:34 am

Well now that I have time to think about this more, this is bad for King. He has made good progress, but those four words have given King "hopes" of being human faster/again. This could drive King to do something VERY DESPERATE and FOOLISH!!!!! And I love the thought of that. Because he might say (yell) to Tarot to turn him human and reveale who he really is. And if the other pets hear him. It will end badly.