Housepets/YMMV

These things about Housepets are subjective - not everyone will agree with all of them.

Die for Our Ship: The "Grapenut" ship that wants Peanut and Grape to have a romantic relationship in spite of the associated canon taboos involved. Not to mention their canon relationships with Tarot and Maxwell, respectively.
- There's also a King&Sasha ship ("King of Hearts") that's against Bino (granted she dumps him at least once a week).
Draco in Leather Pants: Peanut and the Pridelands character Saso.

Grape: So you lifted the entire plot of the eighth chapter and wedged Spot into it, just so you could rescue an unimportant minor villain you particularly liked?

Ensemble Darkhorse: Joel was a fairly undeveloped character who seemed to just play the role of a PETA lackey. King, on the other hand, quickly gained a disproportionate number of fans. Part of that might come from his being absolutely adorable.
- The author has taken note of this; when he allowed members of the comic's forum to vote on the plot for the next major story arc following "Imaginate, Too!", he specifically excluded King from the running because he knew everyone would vote for him, and a future King arc was already forthcoming.
Epileptic Trees: Alvin and The Chipmunks somehow escaped from the Housepets world
Fan-Preferred Couple: Grape and Peanut, and to a lesser extent, Sasha and King.
Fan Yay: King and Fox.
Ho Yay Shipping: Again, King and Fox, although King's hitting on the women when he was drunk, in the Universes and Unrealities arc, can be used throw some doubt on his romantic interests. Also Jossed.
Iron Woobie: Sasha manages to stay uppity and cheerful despite the fact that her owner is an absolute Jerkass.
- Look at her boyfriend. She has experience.
Moral Event Horizon: Adorable though King's new form is, when Pete informed him that Pete has no intention of changing him back into a human, there were plenty of horrified fans.
- The three players are pretty much good, neutral, and bad. Guess who the bad one is.
MST3K Mantra: You really don't need to bog yourself down with overanalysis on things such as biology and natural laws here.
Older Than They Think: A number of commenters on this strip think that a many-tailed kitsune showing up means Rick has watched too much Naruto. Never mind, of course, that kitsunes show up in a lot of old Japanese folklore...
- "Hi! I'm Daisy!" Was not originally from Housepets, as some seem to believe.
One of Us: Rick Griffin drops TV Tropes references from time to time on the comic's web site.
Shipping: Hoo, boy.
- Just one example: The Alt Text for this comic reads: "This is what YOU wanted. You dirty, dirty people."
- He does have his limits. See Ensemble Darkhorse, above.
Squick: King is a frequent target of shipping -- usually with Sasha or Fox -- although readers seem to forget the fact that King is not a dog, but a human trapped in a dog's body.
- King himself seems to forget whenever he's "drunk".
- If you actually start to think about the society that must exist around Babylon Gardens, you can't go far without running into something disturbing.
- King's time with Bailey may imply even he has grown used to being a dog.
Viewer Gender Confusion: Grape Jelly and, recently, Cerberus. Both are girls.
The Woobie: All pets who are mistreated in this comic count as such, but King's shaping up to be the top dog for this trope. However, Sasha at Christmas is definitely a close second. Made worse when seen against the other Christmases.
- Res is starting to seem this way

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