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* OurAngelsAreDifferent: When Breel shows up sporting a halo, he [[http://www.housepetscomic.com/comic/2017/06/07/that-a-ghost/ says]] he's like an angel, but that the term's a little overused now. And the AltText references [[EldritchAbomination the Old Testament's angels]].

* RealWorldEpisode: Potentially. The Gallifrax Dimension the crew enters follows the rules of our universe, with seemingly no magic(k) and unanthropomorphic animals, but whether it's meant to be the real world or just a more realistic one is never stated.

* MassageOfLove: Combined with MiseryMassage, one of the experiences Breel gives Keene in Heaven is a massage that involves rolling him up like taffy.

* TheWeirdSisters: Naturally, the original trio show up in the Macbeth Imaginate, played by Tarot, Sabrina, and Grape. Amusingly, Grape is the only actually non-magical one of the trio.

** The third became evident with [[http://www.housepetscomic.com/comic/2009/11/18/everyones-new-favorite/ this comic]] from Oops I Arced. [[http://www.housepetscomic.com/comic/2008/11/26/maybe-there-was-an-emu/ A dream]] that had occurred earlier in the comic had Grape meeting a gryphon named Pete, and when she woke up, she had a gigantic feather from it despite it being (supposedly) a dream sequence. This was later followed up by [[http://www.housepetscomic.com/comic/2009/09/02/staying-in-the-closet/ the appearance of Tarot]], who confirmed that magic existed in-universe, but the girl seemed a bit crazy. However, the existence of Pete was confirmed by the aforementioned comic from Oops I Arced, setting off another central conflict to the comic as Pete is unleashed, and then turns Joel (from the A Sinister Shadow arc) into a dog and gives him the name of King. Rather than being an odd one-off event, King becomes the third major protagonist of the comic, with many arcs following his struggle of fitting into the world of pets as an ex-human.

* WorldOfWeirdness: In the Housepets multiverse, Heaven is maintained through FantasticBureaucracy by a variety of strange and personalitied beings. Magic(k) is real and can be wielded by dogs. Characters can visit truck stops on their way from Earth to other dimensions, and attend psychic conventions helmed by creatures from every realm. AllMythsAreTrue, although quite a few are friendly. And nearly every animal, domestic and otherwise, is intelligent enough to hold conversation with a human.

* StepfordSuburbia: Babylon Gardens seems like a perfectly fine town with a few quirks at first glance. Unbeknownst to all the humans who live there, however, in the woods just behind them lies a centuries old EldritchLocation that previously housed a CapturedSuperEntity. Itfs collapse leads to the monsters inside disseminating into the woods, and even if you can ignore that, the fact that the pets of this small town frequently decide the fate of the world and more than a few residents have been cursed into animals is pretty bad for the market value.

* StraightGay: Bruce and Roosevelt, the kangaroos that work at the zoo, cuddle while watching manly sports together.[[http://www.housepetscomic.com/comic/2011/06/15/zoo-boo/ In case]] [[http://www.housepetscomic.com/comic/2014/12/29/not-over-yet/ you're wondering]] [[http://www.housepetscomic.com/comic/2013/02/04/nachos-and-thou/ how we know]] [[http://i.gyazo.com/84702a64eeee3780b42baca7691cca9c.png they're a couple.]] -- and [[http://www.housepetscomic.com/comic/2017/01/09/not-over-until-its-over/ further reinforced here.]]

* StepfordSuburbia: Babylon Gardens seems like a perfectly fine town with a few quirks at first glance. Unbeknownst to all the humans who live there, however, in the woods just behind them lies a centuries old EldritchLocation that previously housed a CapturedSuperEntity. It's collapse leads to the monsters inside disseminating into the woods, and even if you can ignore that, the fact that the pets of this small town frequently decide the fate of the world and more than a few residents have been cursed into animals is pretty bad for the market value.

* StraightGay: Bruce and Roosevelt, the kangaroos that work at the zoo, cuddle while watching manly sports together. [[http://www.housepetscomic.com/comic/2011/06/15/zoo-boo/ In case]] [[http://www.housepetscomic.com/comic/2014/12/29/not-over-yet/ you're wondering]] [[http://www.housepetscomic.com/comic/2013/02/04/nachos-and-thou/ how we know]] [[http://i.gyazo.com/84702a64eeee3780b42baca7691cca9c.png they're a couple.]] -- and [[http://www.housepetscomic.com/comic/2017/01/09/not-over-until-its-over/ further reinforced here.]]

** Tarot and Sabrina, who understand the deeper gravitas of the situtation and split for TheGreaterGood to ensure Keene doesn't activate the Pool.

* WoodlandCritters: The forest behind Babylon Gardens contains a cast of all the usual suspects; Magpies, deer, possums, raccoons, badgers, foxes, and the like.

* TertiarySexualCharacteristics: In [[http://www.housepetscomic.com/comic/2009/08/12/dear-you-just-look-fabulous/ this comic]], Peanut emphasizes Grape's feminine side by combing her eyelashes out while giving her a makeover.

* OnlyOneFindsItFun: The wolf family are the only ones who enjoy the Pageantate, as all the humans in the audience mostly end up confused by it.

* RediscoveringRootsTrip: PlayedForLaughs with the wolves, since theirs is the same as a CampingEpisode.