History Characters / PearlsBeforeSwine

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* WorldOfSteves: Pastis confirmed in one of the treasury books that there are many "Neighbor Bobs" in the comic strip, and are never meant to be the same individual, even if they are all drawn similar.

A group of penguins -- including Moe and Saul -- living on a tiny ice shelf in the South Pole. Originally their strips involved a polar bear trying to eat them, then we saw them struggling to tell their wives apart. To escape from the polar bear, they got adopted by the Crocs, who thought they were Oreos due to their colour scheme.

* KnowNothingKnowItAll: He 'frequently' does this. In fact the strip's title comes from the fact that he says bullshit things he thinks are wise to the stupid and gullible Pig (putting "pearls" before swine).

** He also enjoys annoying Stephan by mocking his failures (being unable to win a Ruben award, getting him into legal trouble (ripping out a drawing of a bike from "Baby Blues" because Stephan can't draw bikes, leading to a angry phone call with the strip's creator), or screwing with the strip (spilling beer on a strip Stephan was working on, blurring the last panel).

* BeserkButton: ''Oodles.'' Some of which include: stupid people, people he sees to be stupid, anyone who does a stupid trend (i.e. man-buns, selfie-sticks), people who disagree with him, ''PUNS''; DO NOT make stupid,lame, or cheesy puns or he'll beat the crap out of you, like with [[ButtMoneky Stephan Pastis]].

%%* LiteralMinded

* NiceHat: Wears these on a regular basis.

* FanNickname: Many people in the [=GoComics=] comments refer to him as Paris Goat, due to it being revealed as his real name in a strip where Goat visited his annoying mother.

* {{Hypocrite}}: While he doesn't want the crocs or lions to eat him, he has no problem with eating lobster.
** To be fair, it's not the same thing as stalking and threatening a living creature, as the lobster is already dead. However, he did kill Larry when he got stuck on a desert island and Larry became a crab.

!! Zeeba Zeeba Eata

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* YourCheatingHeart: [[spoiler: Impiled to have had an affair with Stephan Pastis.]]

* HiddenDepths: They can swim. Yes, really. For all their idiocies, they can swim to save their lives.

* {{Badass}}: And how!
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* CatchPhrase: CheckPlease

* TookALevelInJerkass: After Rat sent letters to her in an attempt to get back together with her, instead of telling him [[spoiler: that she got married and has a kid,]] she throws away his letters, which leads to her [[spoiler: husband trying to kill Rat]]. Then in another strip, she has the GALL to ask Rat to watch her child while she and her [[spoiler: HUSBAND go on a honeymoon.]] Which leads to Rat attempting suicide. She then comes back to tell Rat that she divorced her husband, but when Rat asks to date her again she says that she doesn't want to because she just went through a divorce,[[spoiler: but she is dating other comic book characters, like Dilbert and lies about to Rat, then when he finds out, she treats it like nothing.]] In two more further appearances, she tells Rat that she's leaving him (?) for Ziggy because he's a real man (?!) and then when she WANTS to get back together with Rat, she rejects him because he's working in a clown store. PLEASE Mr.Patis, let someone tell her off.

A syrup bottle that Pig feel in love with until Pigita and Rat killed her.

** He finally escapes to visit his dying father. Turns out his father can't care less about him.

A comic strip character created by Rat that came to life. Kindaps people who he dosen't like.

A children's book charicter created by Rat. Like to drink to forget his problems.

A group of penguins - including Moe and Saul - living on a tiny ice shelf in the South Pole. Originally their strips involved a polar bear trying to eat them, then we saw them struggling to tell their wives apart. To escape from the polar bear, they got adopted by the Crocs, who thought they were Oreos due to their colour scheme.

* FanNickname: Many people in the GoComics comments refer to him as Paris Goat, due to it being revealed as his real name in a strip where Goat visited his annoying mother.
* IneffectualLoner: Prefers to kept to himself and his books for the most part. This may be because many of the other characters are irredeemably stupid in spite of Goat's efforts to correct their misconceptions. He seems to get along best with the level-headed Zebra.
* MommasBoy: Averted. Goat himself admits that he hasn't talked to his mother for a period of some years, though there is later a week-long arc when he does visit her. She's very critcal and overbearing.

* PaperThinDisguise: A frequent part of their schemes, Zebra is never fooled.

* {{Jerkass}}: When Patty got kidnapped once, his first instinct was too beg for food until he realized she was gone and if it wasn't for Junior begging him, he probably would have let Zebra keep her.

* ManChild: He believes that tofu comes from a "Tofu Cow" (which he sculpts the tofu into), and will follow any Simon Sez order without question for example.

* FantasticRacism: Does not like her son dating a zebra and wants Larry to kill Zebra. Justified in that Larry's a predator. Later Subverted in that while she still wants Zebra dead, she's willing to put differences aside so Junior would come home for Christmas.

* YourCheatingHeart: [[spoiler: Impiled to have had an affair with Stephan Patis.]]

* HeroicBSOD: After Maura, his non-anthropomorphic duck girlfriend leaves him again he proceeded to stalk other couples in paris and tell them how long he thinks the relationship will last and burns down the greeting cards section of a store.
* HesBack: After his HeroicBSOD after Maura left him to be a AFLAC spokesduck, he takes out the last member of the Crocs "Fantastic Four" and destroys a puppet Rat had been using to torment Pig into obeying him.

* OddFriendship: With Rat. Being a friendly, optimistic WideEyedIdealist, he has no problems being friends with a pessimistic cynicist.

* MayDecemberRomance: With Rat.

Pig's sister and the love of Rat's life.

* TookALevelInJerkass: After Rat sent letters to her in an attempt to get back together with her, instead of telling him [[spoiler: that she got married and has a kid,]] she throws away his letters, which leads to her [[spoiler: husband]]. Then in another strip, she has the GALL to ask Rat to watch her child while she and her [[spoiler: HUSBAND go on a honeymoon.]] She then comes back to tell Rat that she divorced her husband, but when Rat asks to date her again she says that she doesn't want to because she just went through a divorce,[[spoiler: but she is dating other comic book characters, like Dilbert and lies about to Rat, then when he finds out, she treats it like nothing.]]

* TookALevelInJerkass: After Rat sent letters to her in an attempt to get back together with her, instead of telling him [[spoiler: that she got married and has a kid,]] she throws away his letters, which leads to her [[spoiler: husband]]. Then in another strip, she has the GALL to ask Rat to watch her child while she and her [[spoiler: HUSBAND go on a honeymoon.]] She then comes back to tell Rat that she divorced her

* May-DecemberRomance: With Rat.

'''Rat''': STOP!

* [[BubbleBoy Bubble Girl]]: By choice, as she's really germaphobic.
* InterspeciesRomance: All her romances have been this, except when she was briefly married to another pig.

* TookALevelInJerkass: After Rat sent letters to her in an attempt to get back together with her, instead of telling him [[spoiler: that she got married and has a kid,]] she throws away his letters. Then, she has the GALL to ask Rat to watch her child while she and her [[spoiler: HUSBAND go on a honeymoon.]]

* YourCheatingHeart: [[spoiler: Impiled to have had an affair with Stephan Patis]]

* TookALevelInJerkass:

* MommasBoy: Averted. Goat himself admits that he hasn't talked to his mother for a period of some years, though there is later a week-long arc when he does visit her.

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* TheCynic

* DeadpanSnarker

* HeroicComedicSociopath

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* TheHero
* IdiotHero

* LiteralMinded

* MessyPig
* NiceGuy

* UnluckyEverydude

* DeadpanSnarker

* OnlySaneMan
** SurroundedByIdiots
* NoRespectGuy
* TheSmartGuy

* BumblingDad
* ButtMonkey

* TheLoad

* MauveShirt
* NeverMyFault
* SmallNameBigEgo

* MySpeciesDothProtestTooMuch
* OddFriendship: With Zebra.
** IntergenerationalFriendship
* WhiteSheep

* AxCrazy

** BadassAdorable

* FeatheredFiend

* KillerRabbit
* PermaStubble

* SmokingIsCool

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* WritersSuck

* TheIngenue

* TheUnintelligible

* DeadpanSnarker

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* WideEyedIdealist

* TheUnintelligible

* BlandNameProduct
* KilledOffForReal
* ReallyGetsAround

* TheyKilledKennyAgain

* ParentalNeglect
* ThePollyanna

A girl who sells Christmas trees and ocasinally dates rat.

* IncorruptiblePurePureness
* WhatDoesSheSeeInHim

* {{Jerkass}}

* ThePollyanna

* TheAlcoholic

* LivingToys

* TotallyRadical

* SuicideAsComedy

* ObnoxiousSnarker: Some of his snarking is downright cruel.

* WhyDoYouKeepChangingJobs: Is seen working various jobs throughout the series, usually involving customer service. Although given how rude he is to customers, he probably gets fired very frequently.