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* [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2009/09/19 In this strip]], Rat writes a letter to Creator/{{Pixar}}, giving them an idea for a sympathetic main character in one of their movies - "Tipsy, the alcoholic petting zoo deer who bites the hands off of bad kids".
-->'''Rat:''' ''(to Pig)'' I've got a real knack for family entertainment.
* [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2009/09/26 Pig asks Goat what the word "ratify" means]].
-->'''Pig:''' Did the writers of the U.S. constitution have to make it more appealing to rats before the states would agree to it?
-->'''Goat:''' No.
-->'''Pig:''' So they didn't have to add in special provisions that only rats wanted?
-->'''Goat:''' No.
-->''(Cut to Pig talking to Rat)''
-->'''Pig:''' That is not what ratify means.
-->'''Rat:''' Oh? Then why wasn't it pigified?
* [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2009/10/02 Goat comes across Pig, who is standing behind the "Uncool Fence"]]. Why? Well, the cool people didn't want him behind THEIR fence. Who told him that?
-->'''Rat:''' ''(standing behind the "Cool Fence", which is much taller)'' Greetings, nerd.
** [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2009/10/04 Goat tries to convince Pig that he doesn't have to accept Rat's "classification" of him as uncool]], but it doesn't do any good.
--->'''Rat:''' ''(to Goat)'' Hey hey hey... don't nerdify my fence.
** [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2009/10/06 And then]]...
--->'''Goat:''' Okay, Rat, I'm getting really sick of your stupid "Cool Fence".
--->'''Rat:''' So sayeth the nerd.
--->'''Goat:''' Oh, please. That is so ridiculously juvenile. What do you think, that you get more girls because you stand behind a "Cool Fence"?
--->'''Rat:''' [[SarcasmMode Oh, no. For that I do a lot of Sudoku puzzles and drive a four-cylinder Honda Civic.]]
--->'''Goat:''' Okay, now that hurts.
--->'''Rat:''' ''(handing Goat a stick)'' Here's a stick, nerd. Go fight off all those babes.
* [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2009/10/07 Rat has concluded that the world would be a much better place if everyone were a little less selfish and just started treating each other better]]. So what is he going to do about it?
-->'''Rat:''' Wait for the world to start treating me better.
-->'''Goat:''' ''(dryly)'' Of course.
-->'''Rat:''' ''(standing up on the counter)'' I'm owed, baby... I'M OWED!
* [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2009/10/12 Pig is wishing on a supernova]].
-->'''Goat:''' A supernova? That's a star that's collapsing in on itself.
-->'''Pig:''' I know. Rat said I should wish on it because that way when my dreams implode it will all make cosmic sense.
-->'''Goat:''' ''(to Rat)'' Why you little...
-->'''Rat:''' ''(pointing up at the night sky)'' Look, Pig, a black hole... throw your hopes down it.
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* [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2009/08/14 "Whoa. Sounds like someone's caught the 'stupid' bug."]]
* [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2009/08/16 "CURSE YOU, TENURED PROFESSOR GUY!!!"]]
* [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2009/08/23 "This Gus discussed his disgust with this gust on the discus."]]
* [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2009/09/06 "In theory, that didn't hurt."]]
* [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2009/09/07 A shark claims to be a swimming instructor, for obvious reasons]].
* [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2009/09/10 The Crocs, upon finding out about Zebra's crawl space, try to use it to get into Zebra's house]]. Alas, they keep smashing their snouts on the floor joints.
-->"[[BlatantLies Whoa. Me is one huge ant.]]"
* [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2009/09/12 "It's called a poplar tree."]]
* [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2009/09/14 Rat is Johnny Migraine]], rebellious punk superstar, here to tour the states. Unlike other rebellious bands, he doesn't trash hotel rooms - he keeps them tidy.
-->'''Goat:''' Okay, that is kinda rebellious.
-->'''Rat:''' ROCK AND ROLL, BABY!
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* [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2009/07/11 "My grammar is soooooo gooder."]]
* Larry attempting to start a chicken farm is just one big EpicFail after another. First, he [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2009/07/14 dresses up like Colonel Sanders and asks the chickens to jump into a "magical bucket"]]. [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2009/07/15 Then he decides to sell the farm to Bob]]... who the chickens attack with his own ax. [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2009/07/16 Then the chickens somehow find out that Larry was raising them for food and they're pretty ticked-off]], so Larry gives them a bucket of fried chicken as a peace offering. This, of course, does not work, [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2009/07/17 but fortunately Junior is able to negotiate with the chickens]] - which results in them taking all of the furniture. [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2009/07/18 And just to top it all off]], Larry doesn't want to tell his wife that the chickens took the furniture, so he blames it on giant termites.
* [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2009/07/30 Larry calling up Junior pretending to be the President of the United States, telling him to play Wii instead of study]].
-->"School for losers."
* [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2009/08/08 "Hey... me a big anti-depressant."]]
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* [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2009/06/20 Pig can be a terrific resource]].
* [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2009/06/21 "Technology made simple."]]
* [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2009/06/22 Rat becomes the Pied Piper in order to lure neighbors that he hates out of the neighborhood]].
* [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2009/06/26 Rat questions as to why we say "Bless you" after one sneezes]].
* [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2009/06/27 Pig decided to buy forty bottles of hair gel at the grocery store]]... despite the fact that he doesn't have hair. He's a sucker for a sale.
* [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2009/07/04 "They [CENSORED] you at the drive-thru."]]
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* [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2009/05/08 "THE BOOK MAKES NO [CENSORED] SENSE!!!!"]]
* [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2009/05/11 Rat has figured out a way to identify whack-jobs]]. It involves bumper stickers.
* [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2009/05/15 Goat says that if you look at all of a man's friends collectively, you have a good composite picture of the man]]. Rat's response is a riot.
* [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2009/05/19 Goat is reading the complete works of Alexander Pushkin]].
-->'''Pig:''' Oh, I ''LOVE'' that guy.
-->'''Goat:''' You do? How do you know him?
-->'''Pig:''' He keeps all my papers stuck to the bulletin board?
-->'''Goat:''' That's push pin.
-->'''Pig:''' Oh. Maybe they're brothers.
* [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2009/05/20 "That would be very confusing."]]


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* [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2009/05/22 "Touch me and I push you down a flight of stairs."]]
* [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2009/05/25 Larry helps his son with a report on]] ''Literature/OfMiceAndMen''.
-->'''Junior:''' We have to compare and contrast the characters.
-->'''Larry:''' Oh, peese. Dat like so easy.
-->'''Junior:''' How do you figure?
-->'''Larry:''' Mice is small. Men wear pants.
* Speaking of Larry helping Junior out with his homework, [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2009/05/29 this strip]] has him presenting a quicker way for him and a classmate to dissect a frog - sticking it in a blender.
* [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2009/06/01 Pig responding to Goat asking him for some pepper by PEPPER-SPRAYING GOAT]].
-->"And it seemed like such a convenient little spray."
* [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2009/06/02 Rat meets Jeff the cyclist]].
-->'''Jeff the Cyclist:''' I AM FIT! I AM GREAT! SHARE THE ROAD!
-->'''Rat:''' Well, he's humbler than I expected.
-->'''Jeff the Cyclist:''' ''(pointing at Rat)'' YOU ARE FAT. YOU ARE LAZY. SHARE THE ROAD.
** Even better, someone in the comments section compared Jeff to [[ComicStrip/CalvinAndHobbes Calvin's Dad]].
* [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2009/06/03 "When you throw off the gravitational balance of the strip, you're too fat."]]
* [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2009/06/04 "Hi. Me Fed Ex guy."]]
* [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2009/06/06 Larry really does not want Junior to go to school]].
* [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2009/06/07 "I'd like to be seated somewhere else."]]
* [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2009/06/08 Pig is watching an ant and wondering if it has all the daily struggles and worries that humans do]].
* [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2009/06/09 Rat gets a job as a book editor, choosing which submissions get published and which don't]]. The result:
-->"Your opening word, 'the', was less than compelling. Better luck next time."
** [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2009/06/10 "I like to be encouraging."]]
* [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2009/06/12 While watching National Geographic]], Larry believes that the narrator's telling the audience to "join them" is to be taken literally and attempts to enter the TV.
-->"Whoa. Ees dark een Africa."
* [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2009/06/14 "So if at 'Farce' I don't suck seed, try dry again?"]]
-->'''Rat:''' ''(to Stephan Pastis)'' [[LamePunReaction Have some pride.]]
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* [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2009/04/05 "Books is for idiots."]]
* [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2009/04/06 "WOOMUN! LARRY NEED CUPPA JOE!"]]
* [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2009/04/18 Rat is trying to figure out what makes stupid guys stupid]].
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* [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2009/03/19 How Rat gets out of sharing his donuts with Pig]].
* [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2009/03/20 Pig tries to see what's so risky about pushing the envelope]].
* [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2009/03/25 "SO JUNIOR HIGH BEEG WASTE OF TIME!!!"]]
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* [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2009/02/18 Rat watches hockey]].
-->"'''FIGHT, YOU TIME-WASTING FIGURE SKATERS!!!'''"
* [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2009/02/20 "Mullets do not give you superpowers."]]
* [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2009/02/23 Rat learns Yiddish]].
* [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2009/02/26 "That woman's very attractive."]]
* [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2009/02/27 Larry helps Junior with his biology project]].
* [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2009/02/28 Rat has been reading the Genesis Book of World Records]] and he noticed that there's no record holder in the category of "Most Consecutive Times Slapping Your Rotund Friend in the Face".
* [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2009/03/01 Larry doesn't understand how a fax machine works]].
* [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2009/03/09 "I am not fighting a duel."]]
* [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2009/03/15 "SHUT YOU FACE, FAT MAN!!!!"]]
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* [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2009/02/12 Rat decided to buy a parrot]]... but on the way home, the parrot learned some new words...
* [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2009/02/13 "I have a medium-sized head."]]
* [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2009/02/16 Larry believes that]] if you pull the IgnoringBySinging trick when others are singing "Happy Birthday To You", you don't age that day.
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* [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2009/01/19 Three of the Crocs decide to become "the Fantastic Four"]].
-->'''Pig:''' There's only three of them.
-->'''Zebra:''' Math is not part of their fantasticalness.
** One of them is Paper Jam Boy, whose super power is to clear paper jams. How does he do it? [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2009/01/23 Well...]]
* [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2009/01/31 Rat asks the age-old question]], "What came first - the chicken or the egg?"
* [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2009/02/09 Pig finds out about a prisoner on the lam]].
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* [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2009/01/12 Rat decides to start carrying around a window]]. Why? Well...
* [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2009/01/13 Rat introduces Goat to the elephant in the room]].
* [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2009/01/16 Larry watches a football game]].
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* [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2009/01/07 Rat is Frank Lloyd Rat]].
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* From a storyline in which the Crocs get their hands on a bomb and try to use it on Zebra...
** [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2008/12/12 Guard Duck and Snuffles show up to dispose of the bomb]]...
--->'''Zebra:''' I'm sorry, but are you guys really bomb disposal experts?
--->'''Guard Duck:''' Please. We're trained professionals... so why don't you stop offending us and tell us where the bomb is.
--->''(Zebra points at the bomb, which is right behind them)''
--->'''Guard Duck:''' ''(to Snuffles)'' Make a note of that.
** [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2008/12/15 If they're gonna dismantle the bomb, they're gonna need the instructions]]. But they don't have the instructions. Snuffles just has the directions for programming their TV remote.
--->'''Guard Duck:''' They are not "pretty much the same thing."
** Speaking of instructions, [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2008/12/16 the Crocs decide to read the instructions for detonation of their nuclear bomb]]. Step One is that the nuclear expressions are very powerful and to ensure your safety from the blast. One Croc's attempt at this is to close the curtains.
** [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2008/12/26 Eventually, the Crocs decide to just get rid of the bomb]] via dropping it from a plane in the middle of the desert. To say anything else would utterly spoil it. [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2008/12/29 And to say anything else about the conclusion to this storyline would utterly spoil THAT]].
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* [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2008/12/01 Pig and Guard Duck are rarely on the same page]].
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* [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2008/11/19 "If you don't know that coffee is hot, perhaps you're too [CENSORED] stupid to drink coffee."]]
* [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2008/11/20 "Don't do it. It will get you sued."]]
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* [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2008/11/08 "You're stupid for dating me."]]
* [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2008/11/09 Rat and Pig try their hand at a little]] GoodCopBadCop. Pig, however, believes it to be Good Cop FAT Cop.
* [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2008/11/10 Rat gets his job at the coffee shop back]]...
-->"You'll get your change if I ''say'' you'll get your change."
* [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2008/11/11 This strip]] has Rat letting a customer know that, unlike the happy employees in that old Burger King ad, special orders do indeed upset him.
* [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2008/11/13 Rat has taken up jujitsu]].
* [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2008/11/14 "Are there interventions for stupidity?"]]
* [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2008/11/16 "Hi... I'm that unclever guy on the internet."]]
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* [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2008/10/29 Upon seeing Rat's self-affirmation poster, Pig decides that he wants one too]].
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* [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2008/09/29 Rat plants an]] {{Earworm}}.
* [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2008/10/01 "I'm no expert, but do you suppose it could mean we have... gosh, I don't know... maybe... TOO MANY PEOPLE?!"]]
* [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2008/10/02 Rat is going to be the wealthiest American alive]].
* [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2008/10/03 "Should I still spin the 'Wheel o' Possible Defendants'?"]]
* [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2008/10/05 Rat decides to sue Neighbor Bob]] [[MoneyDearBoy for no other reason than because he wants money]].
* [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2008/10/28 Pig introduces Zebra to Fred the Fennec Fox]].
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* [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2008/09/15 Rat and Pig see a family therapist]].
-->'''Rat:''' Hi. My friend Pig and I aren't getting along. I was hoping you could help us by blaming him for everything and making him change.
-->'''Therapist:''' I'm afraid that's not how therapy works.
-->'''Rat:''' Perhaps you're not a good fit for us.
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* [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2008/08/19 Goat isn't thrilled that Rat dubbed him, in a book that he wrote, as an "arrogant no-nothing fathead"]]. When he complains to Rat, Rat claims that [[BlatantLies the character isn't supposed to be Goat]] - his name is "Goatt".
-->'''Rat:''' The lawyers assured me that was sufficient.
* [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2008/08/22 Don't challenge Rat's "Chair o' Great Authority"]].
* [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2008/08/29 "I can hold it."]]
* [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2008/09/01 "Then pick a word you understand."]]
* [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2008/09/14 Rat has decided that he and Pig are a dysfunctional duo]].
-->'''Pig:''' What should we do?
-->'''Rat:''' Change.
-->'''Pig:''' How?
-->'''Rat:''' You change first... we'll see if it solves our problems.
-->'''Pig:''' What part should I change?
-->'''Rat:''' All the parts I don't like.
-->'''Pig:''' How will I know which parts those are?
-->'''Rat:''' ''(holds up a pencil and a piece of paper)'' Fine. I'll make a list of all your faults and number them 1) through 10).
-->'''Pig:''' What if that doesn't solve our problems?
-->'''Rat:''' Then at least we can say we tried?
-->'''Pig:''' But I'm the one who will have tried. How can you say you tried?
-->''({{Beat}})''
-->'''Rat:''' ''(writing down on list)'' "1) Argumentative."

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* [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2008/06/20 One of the Crocs pretends to be an "ALL-POWERFUL alien man from da outer space" in yet another attempt to eat Zebra]].
* [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2008/06/27 "I will scrub your toes."]]
* [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2008/07/06 Pig is planning on going to Mexico]], and he needs Rat's help with some Spanish words.
-->'''Pig:''' Well... [[YouAnsweredYourOwnQuestion what's the Spanish word for taco?]]
-->'''Rat:''' That's it.
-->'''Pig:''' [[WhosOnFirst What's it?]]
-->'''Rat:''' That's the word.
-->'''Pig:''' What's the word?
-->'''Rat:''' ''(annoyed)'' I just told you.
-->'''Pig:''' You said that's the word.
-->'''Rat:''' Yes.
-->'''Pig:''' So what's the word for burrito?
-->'''Rat:''' It's the same.
-->'''Pig:''' It's the same.
-->'''Rat:''' Yes.
-->'''Pig:''' [[RuleOfThree Then what's the word for an enchilada?]]
-->'''Rat:''' ''(angrily)'' [[RageBreakingPoint DUDE, DON'T BE A [CENSORED] MORON!]]
-->''(Cut to Pig in a Mexican restaurant)''
-->'''Waiter:''' You want ''WHAT'', Senor?
-->'''Pig:''' Two that's, one same, and dude, don't be a [CENSORED] moron.
* [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2008/07/13 Goat is having computer problems, and as a result he hasn't been able to post on his blog]]. Rat's reaction to this is, well...
* [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2008/07/27 Pig talks to Mr. Crumb about his conundrum of the humdrum of being mum and eating plums like a numb bum from some slum or drum and slum or hum with rum if dumb]].
-->'''Rat:''' ''(to Stephan Pastis)'' You're a nausea-inducing embarrassment.
-->'''Stephan Pastis:''' [[RhymesOnADime Sick tum? Come. Have some gum.]]
* [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2008/07/29 Rat went to a Starbucks at 11:00 on Monday and it was filled with people all sitting around]]. As a result, he began to ponder some of life's greatest mysteries. For example?
-->"'''LIKE WHY DON'T THESE PEOPLE''' '''''HAVE JOBS?!!'''''"
* [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2008/07/30 "I hate being taunted by dairy cows."]]
* [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2008/08/03 "LARRY WANT GO MAGICAL BILDEEN NOWWWWW."]]
-->'''Rat:''' ''(to Pig)'' Someone's at the front door for you.
** [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2008/08/04 Thus begins a storyline]] [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2008/08/05 in which the Crocs attempt to eat Pig]].
* [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2008/08/09 Rat finding out that the local diner changed the color of their barstools]] results in a rant about how much he hates change.
* [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2008/08/16 Rat tries meditation]].
* [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2008/08/17 Danny Donkey hates baggy jeans, caps that have to be worn a certain way, stubble, and neatly-trimmed goatees]]. In other words, he hates a lot of things about Stephan Pastis.



* [[http://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2010/11/14 "The airline fee structure..it's not just for airlines anymore."]]



* [[http://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2010/11/14 "The airline fee structure..it's not just for airlines anymore."]]

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** [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2008/04/17 The moles meet up in a hotel room]] to discuss the situation. One of them asks how the Crocs found out that they were staying at the hotel in the first place. Another suggests, "Perhaps we have a mole." Then he adds, "I've waited ten years to use that joke."

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** [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2008/04/17 The moles meet up in a hotel room]] to discuss the situation. One of them asks how the Crocs found out that they were staying at the hotel in the first place. Another suggests, "Perhaps we have a mole.[[{{Pun}} mole]]." Then he adds, "I've waited ten years to use that joke."


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* [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2008/05/01 Rat attempts to make figs a new unit of currency]]. Why? Because he has a large fig tree and no cash. This solves all of his problems.
* [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2008/05/02 The Crocs rent an airplane, and one of them orders the others to paradrop onto Zebra's house]]. The one problem, of course, is that they don't have any parachute gear.
-->'''Croc:''' ''(speaking into walkie-talkie)'' Abort.
* [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2008/05/04 Yet another one of the Crocs' attempts to eat Zebra]] - one disguises himself as a talking [[ComicStrip/{{Peanuts}} Charlie Brown]] lamp that says things like "Hullo, Snoopee dog." and "Me kick football!", which another then offers to Zebra. Doesn't work.
* [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2008/05/05 What happens when Pig eats cereal before bed]].
* [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2008/05/16 Larry helps Junior out with his algebra homework]].
-->'''Larry:''' Geev me probbum.
-->'''Junior:''' ''(reading)'' "3X+4=13. What is the value of X?"
-->'''Larry:''' "X" have no value. Probbum have no value. Algeebra waste of time. Quit school. Geet job at car wash.
-->'''Junior:''' I don't think my algebra teacher will accept that.
-->'''Larry:''' ''(walking away)'' What she know? She teach algebra.
* [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2008/05/17 The strip's cameraman leaves something to be desired]].
* [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2008/05/19 Pig surprises the cable company]].
* [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2008/05/20 Larry lies in wait for Zebra]]... in the dryer.
* [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2008/05/23 Pig becomes Doobie Kajoobie, Super Space Traveler]] after finding a "space helmet" in the mall. Rat informs him that it's actually a bicycle helmet.
-->'''Pig:''' That's gonna limit my options.
* [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2008/05/26 Rat shows Pig his "No Stupiding" sign]]. Enforcing it, as it turns out, is charmingly simple. [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2008/05/27 Of course, sometimes he acts pre-emptively]].
* [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2008/05/31 One of the Crocs writes a letter to Nabisco because he has an idea for a new product]] - "Zeeb Newtons".
* [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2008/06/04 The Crocs offer Zebra a big box of "Crockios" cereal]]. Each box comes with a special prize!
-->'''Zebra:''' Why is your friend standing in it?
-->'''Croc 1:''' He da special prize.
-->'''Croc 2:''' No worry. Me wash feet.
* [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2008/06/08 Rat has concluded that most of life's problems are caused by stupid people doing stupid things]]. But he has the answer - he shall classify every person as a "Smarto" or a "Stupido" based on his "Analysiso". Then the "Stupidos" will be thrown off a cliff, bounce off a trampoline, and land on "La Isla Stupido". There, they can perform acts of "stupidosity" upon the other "Stupidos", never to bother the "Smartos" again. Pig protests that he doesn't think there are any "stupid" people, just smart people making bad decisions, and that they're really all the same. Cut to Pig about to land on "La Isla Stupido".

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** [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2008/03/28 A man tells Rat that he's planning to surprise his wife with a sweater from the hotel gift shop, and asks him if he knows what size she might be]]. Rat's response: "Is 'FAT' a size?"
--->'''Rat:''' ''(after the man slams a potted plant over his head)'' I guess not.



* [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2008/03/17 Rat is now Ratimus Studimus Maximus]]. And Pig is now the one who pulls his chariot, Pigimus Fatimus.
* [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2008/03/20 The crocs form "Eetazeeb", an "all-powerful corporation wid know-hows and monies dedicated to immediate dedicated to immediate destrukshun of all zeebas"]] (its headquarters is a large cardboard box).
-->'''Zebra:''' What have you accomplished so far?
-->'''Bob the Croc:''' Nine bajillion meetings.
-->'''Croc:''' Hey, Bob, time for meeting.
-->'''Bob the Croc:''' ''(writing down on notepad)'' Memo to self: make co-werkers shut mouf.
** [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2008/03/21 The crocs have a meeting to discuss their salaries]].
--->'''Croc 1:''' Me would like to talk first.
--->'''C.E.O. Croc:''' Why you want talk first?
--->'''Croc 1:''' To keess butt of you.
--->'''C.E.O. Croc 2:''' ''(whispering to another croc)'' He go far.
** [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2008/03/23 Another salary-review meeting at Eetazeeb headquarters]]...
--->'''Croc 1:''' Meester C.E.O.... me juss want say you sooo smart.
--->'''C.E.O. Croc:''' ''(hands him a box full of money)'' Ohh, have box o' monies.
--->'''Croc 2:''' Meester C.E.O.... me juss want say you steenking genius.
--->'''C.E.O. Croc:''' ''(hands him a box full of money as well)'' Ooh, have box o' moneys.
--->'''Croc 3:''' Meester C.E.O... no you see? Deese is booty kissers. Dey juss say for monies.
--->''({{Beat}})''
--->'''Croc 3:''' [[HypocriticalHumor And dat tie sooo bootiful.]]
--->'''C.E.O. Croc:''' ''(hands him two boxes full of money)'' Ohh, have ''two'' box o' monies.
* [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2008/04/05 Pig talks to Goat about his mother]].
* [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2008/04/09 After Larry's wife leaves him, he tries to get a job at Eetazeeb]].
-->'''C.E.O. Croc:''' Okay. But first we ask question... is you qualified?
-->'''Larry:''' Whoa. Me no expekk pop quiz.
-->'''C.E.O. Croc:''' Mebbe answer no.
* Eventually, the "Rat as a hotel concierge" storyline and the "Eetazeeb" storylines come together for [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2008/04/14 this strip]].
-->"Wheech way sweeming pool?"
** [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2008/04/15 At the same time that the Crocs are there for their retreat]], a group of moles arrive for a seminar. [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2008/04/16 Of course, the Crocs immediately make plans to eat them]].
** [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2008/04/17 The moles meet up in a hotel room]] to discuss the situation. One of them asks how the Crocs found out that they were staying at the hotel in the first place. Another suggests, "Perhaps we have a mole." Then he adds, "I've waited ten years to use that joke."
** [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2008/04/18 One mole announces that since they're going to be holed up in the hotel room to avoid the Crocs, they're going to need supplies]]. Thus, he's sent Melvin out to get some ice. The result: Melvin gets eaten by the Crocs.
-->'''Mole:''' [[SkewedPriorities So much for my icy cold beverage]].
* [[http://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2009/05/21/ "Please don't write in my journal."]]



* [[http://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2009/05/21/ "Please don't write in my journal."]]
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* [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2008/02/20 Rat gives Zebra a birthday present]]... soap. Not just any soap, mind you, HOTEL soap.
-->'''Zebra:''' It might be best if you didn't give gifts.
-->'''Rat:''' Oh... and sorry it's open... I had to wash my hands.
* [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2008/02/22 One of the crocs asks Zebra if he's intimidated by daisies]]. Zebra says no. Not even if they're "super beeg and leetle nutty-looking".
-->'''Croc:''' ''(turns to another croc who's dressed as a daisy)'' Me told you stoopid costume.
* [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2008/02/27 Rat and Pig's neighbor Tim is really jonesing for a big plate of hash browns]]. Coincidentally enough, Rat is really "ratsing" - which is the desire to beat people who use trendy expressions over the head with a waffle iron. Tim then runs off.
* [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2008/02/29 Rat has invented a car that runs on idiocy, a natural resource that is in abundant supply]].
* [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2008/03/01 Larry finds out that the lions' wives do all the hunting for them]]. When he gets home, he tells his wife that he wants to trade her in.
* [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2008/03/03 Rat has gotten a job as a hotel concierge]].
-->'''Rat:''' I help guests by giving them recommendations.
-->'''Pig:''' What do you recommend?
-->'''Rat:''' That they stay at a different hotel. It's a novel approach to customer retention.
** [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2008/03/04 First, somebody asks Rat to give him a recommendation for a "good dinner place"]].
--->'''Rat:''' Sure... I recommend the Italian place across the street.
--->'''Hotel Guest:''' Is it good?
--->'''Rat:''' [[SarcasmMode No, it's bad. When you said "good", I thought it meant "bad". Forgive me. I find English so confusing.]]
--->'''Hotel Guest:''' ''(angrily)'' Maybe I'll find my own restaurant.
--->'''Rat:''' Have a ''(making air quotes)'' "good" time.
** [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2008/03/07 Then somebody tells Rat that he's got a party of twelve and that they need dinner reservations "for right now"]]...
--->'''Hotel Guest:''' So hook us up with one of your Maitre D' pals.
--->'''Rat:''' Sure... two blocks to the west... tell Ronald I sent you.
--->'''Hotel Guest:''' [[UsefulNotes/McDonalds McDonald]]. Striped tights. Floppy feet.
--->'''Hotel Guest:''' ''(annoyed)'' Not what I had in mind.
--->'''Rat:''' Fine. Ask for the Hamburgular. But he won't be as friendly.
** [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2008/03/11 Next, a hotel guest asks him for a dinner recommendation for him and his wife]].
--->'''Hotel Guest:''' And we're in a hurry, so make it quick... we don't care what kind of food.
--->'''Rat:''' Great... ''(gets out a bag of dog food)'' Well, if you [[ExactWords don't care]], how 'bout a big bag of "Alpo"?
--->''(The guest angrily shoves the bag over Rat's entire body)''
--->'''Rat:''' So you do care.
** [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2008/03/12 A woman tells Rat that she wants dinner reservations for a popular French restaurant downtown that's impossible to get into]].
--->'''Rat:''' ''(points at the sign on his desk)'' I'm sorry. Perhaps you misread my sign.
--->'''Woman:''' The one that says "Concierge"?
--->'''Rat:''' Yes. Come back when it says "Jesus, Miracle Worker From Galilee".
--->''(The woman is ticked-off)''
--->'''Rat:''' Standing there won't make it happen faster.
** [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2008/03/14 A man gives Rat a dollar and demands that he tell him how to get downtown]].
--->'''Rat:''' Yeah. Just fly your helicopter two miles west.
--->'''Man:''' Helicopter? I don't own a helicopter.
--->'''Rat:''' Oh. I figured that with the money you save by tipping [CENSORED], you might have bought a helicopter.
--->''(The man is ticked-off)''
--->'''Rat:''' ''(pointing at the man's ugly tie)'' You sure didn't spend it on that tie.
* [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2008/03/13 "Less thinky, more twisty."]]
* [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2008/03/15 Zebra asks Rat if he has any neighbors that he likes]].
-->'''Rat:''' Yeah, the ones to the east of us are great... I love them.
-->'''Zebra:''' What are their names?
-->'''Rat:''' How would I know? I've never met them.
-->'''Zebra:''' If you've never met them, how could you love them?
-->'''Rat:''' I love them because I've never met them.
-->'''Zebra:''' Never mind.
-->'''Rat:''' The nicest neighbor is the one you've never met.
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* [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2004/07/17 "We are hoping that the concept of putting food on your plate and taking it back to your table is self-explanatory."]]

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* ** [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2004/07/17 "We are hoping that the concept of putting food on your plate and taking it back to your table is self-explanatory."]]



-->'''Crocodile:''' ''(pops out of the mailbox holding Zebra's mail) Phone bill high dis monf.

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-->'''Crocodile:''' ''(pops out of the mailbox holding Zebra's mail) mail)'' Phone bill high dis monf.



-->'''Man:''' That says, "Morons I've Fleeced".
-->'''Rat:''' Ignore the title.

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-->'''Man:''' --->'''Man:''' That says, "Morons I've Fleeced".
-->'''Rat:''' --->'''Rat:''' Ignore the title.



* [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2006/02/22 Rat finds out that the hair care products that Pig asked him to buy aren't for Pig]].

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* [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2006/02/22 Rat finds out that the hair care products that Pig asked him to buy aren't for Pig]]. He demands to know just who, exactly, he bought them for. The answer, of course, is the Vikings.



* [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2006/04/17 One of the crocs gives Zebra a basket full of Easter eggs that wind up hatching into teeny tiny crocs]] [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2006/04/18 who attempt to eat Zebra while he sleeps]]. [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2006/04/19 Doesn't work]]. [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2006/04/20 Eventually, it culminates in this]]...
-->'''Zebra:''' HOW DARE YOU STUPID CROCS TRY TO KILL ME IN MY OWN BED! DIE! DIE! DIE!
-->'''Tiny Croc:''' Whoa whoa whoa whoa whoa. Love you enemys.
-->''(Zebra punches the tiny croc, sending it flying off the bed)''
-->'''Zebra:''' I'm more of an old testament guy.

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* [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2006/04/17 One of the crocs gives Zebra a basket full of Easter eggs that wind up hatching into teeny tiny crocs]] [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2006/04/18 who attempt to eat Zebra while he sleeps]]. [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2006/04/19 Doesn't work]]. work]].
**
[[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2006/04/20 Eventually, it culminates in this]]...
-->'''Zebra:''' --->'''Zebra:''' HOW DARE YOU STUPID CROCS TRY TO KILL ME IN MY OWN BED! DIE! DIE! DIE!
-->'''Tiny --->'''Tiny Croc:''' Whoa whoa whoa whoa whoa. Love you enemys.
-->''(Zebra --->''(Zebra punches the tiny croc, sending it flying off the bed)''
-->'''Zebra:''' --->'''Zebra:''' I'm more of an old testament guy.



-->''{{Beat}}''

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-->''{{Beat}}''-->''({{Beat}})''



-->'''Stephan:''' So show 'em this ''[[WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons Simpsons]]'' DVD.

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-->'''Stephan:''' --->'''Stephan:''' So show 'em this ''[[WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons Simpsons]]'' DVD.



* [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2007/01/08 "One refrigerator magnet too many."]]

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* [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2007/01/08 "One One refrigerator magnet too many."]]many causes Pig's refrigerator to fall over]].



** [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2007/03/16 But as it turns out, the clones don't think exactly like Rat does]].
** [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2007/03/17 On the contrary, they're much nicer]].
** [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2007/03/19 So he decides to mail them to one of the crocs as "feeder mice"]].
** [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2007/03/23 Alas]], they prove themselves as being [[BewareTheNiceOnes very tough for such nice guys]] and wind up getting jobs at the coffee shop where Rat works - and since Rat isn't the only rat working there anymore, he's not protected by the shop's Policy of Corporate Diversity and gets fired.

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** [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2007/03/16 But as it turns out, the clones don't think exactly like Rat does]].
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does]]. [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2007/03/17 On the contrary, they're much nicer]].
**
nicer]]. [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2007/03/19 So he decides to mail them to one of the crocs as "feeder mice"]].
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mice"]]. [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2007/03/23 Alas]], they prove themselves as being [[BewareTheNiceOnes very tough for such nice guys]] and wind up getting jobs at the coffee shop where Rat works - and since Rat isn't the only rat working there anymore, he's not protected by the shop's Policy of Corporate Diversity and gets fired.



-->"VIVA LA RATVOLUTION!"

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-->"VIVA --->"VIVA LA RATVOLUTION!"
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* [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2008/01/24 "Hey, sir... is that a cell phone and a pager you have clipped to your belt?"]]
* [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2008/01/28 Rat gets a job writing slogans]] [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2008/01/29 that promote better treatment of short people]].
* [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2008/01/30 Pig and Zebra go miniature golfing]].
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* [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2007/12/27 Pig meets Pablo, the drug-sniffing dog]].
* [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2007/12/29 "Do you ever look down at your alphabet soup and see actual words?"]]
* [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2007/12/31 "Simon says find me attractive."]]
* [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2008/01/01 "Enough with the blow dryer, Max."]]
** [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2008/01/02 "You're really getting on my nerves, Max."]]
** [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2008/01/04 "Cool it with the 'roids, Max."]]
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* [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2007/12/20 The croc family and Zebra's family are gathered around the table for Christmas dinner]]... but then Zebra's niece asks where Uncle Peter is. Junior says that he thought he was with Larry. And then Larry comes in, dressed as a chef and holding an enormous covered plate. Cut to Rat and Pig chewing out Stephan for how dark the strip's Christmas storyline is.
-->'''Rat:''' [[SarcasmMode Ohhh... THIS is a heartwarming Christmas story.]]
-->'''Pig:''' Get some help, Steph.
** [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2007/12/21 But it turns out that Larry got a bucket of KFC for Christmas dinner, he didn't cook Uncle Peter]]. He starts talking about how he's realized that Christmas is about "love. And peace. And brudderhood." Then Uncle Peter comes in and reveals that Larry did indeed attempt to cook him and that the only reason he didn't was because he couldn't drag him onto the barbecue because he was too fat. That, of course, didn't stop him from eating part of his left leg.
--->'''Larry:''' ''(to Uncle Peter)'' Way to bring down mood, Stumpy.

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