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** Pig is sitting at a desk with a sign saying "Hold Me. Make my probblims go away." Rat calls Pig dumb for thinking that being held will make his problems go away. Pig then alters the sign to read "Hold me anyways."
** Pig is sitting at a desk with a sign saying "Hold Me. Make my probblims go away." Rat calls Pig dumb for thinking that being held will make his problems go away. Pig then alters the sign to read "Hold me anyways."
** Also, after Pig imagined that he was a butterfly and fell off the roof, Rat addresses him in the hospital and offers a rare [[Jerk with a Heart of Gold]] moment: "No, you dumb pig. You jumped out of the window and hit... (pause) ...the moon."
** Also, after Pig imagined that he was a butterfly and fell off the roof, Rat addresses him in the hospital and offers a rare [[Jerk with a Heart of Gold]] moment: "No, you dumb pig. You jumped out of the window and hit... (pause) ...the moon."
** The [http://comics.com/pearls_before_swine/2007-12-01/ December 1st, 2007] strip.
** The [http://comics.com/pearls_before_swine/2007-12-01/ December 1st, 2007]{{Dead link}} strip.
{{quote|'''Pig''': Aw, Andy. It's... It's because you're --
{{quote|'''Pig''': Aw, Andy. It's... It's because you're --
'''Andy:''' ... On a chain. A chain that gets a little weaker every time I pull against it... a chain that one day's gonna break.
'''Andy:''' ... On a chain. A chain that gets a little weaker every time I pull against it... a chain that one day's gonna break.
'''Pig, hugging Andy''': Oh, Andy.
'''Pig, hugging Andy''': Oh, Andy.
'''Andy:''' Hey... Don't squish the hat. }}
'''Andy:''' Hey... Don't squish the hat. }}
** There's also Pastis's touching memorial to his recently deceased father-in-law from [http://comics.com/pearls_before_swine/2010-02-07/ February 2, 2010]
** There's also Pastis's touching memorial to his recently deceased father-in-law from [https://web.archive.org/web/20101208044209/http://comics.com/pearls_before_swine/2010-02-07/ February 2, 2010]
** The conclusion of an arc that has Junior Croc dating a girl zebra (Zebra's niece). When Junior finds out she's leaving he proceeds to break down his door (he was grounded at the time) and give her a goodbye hug.
** The conclusion of an arc that has Junior Croc dating a girl zebra (Zebra's niece). When Junior finds out she's leaving he proceeds to break down his door (he was grounded at the time) and give her a goodbye hug.
*** Another one happens when the two string popcorn while Zebra decorates the tree after Billy runs away to spend Christmas with them.
*** Another one happens when the two string popcorn while Zebra decorates the tree after Billy runs away to spend Christmas with them.
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* [[Magnificent Bastard]]: Rat can be this at times.
* [[Magnificent Bastard]]: Rat can be this at times.
* [[Moral Event Horizon]]: Rat has crossed this once, when he killed a random guy, just to stop him from reproducing.
* [[Moral Event Horizon]]: Rat has crossed this once, when he killed a random guy, just to stop him from reproducing.
* [[The Woobie]]: Pig. So much. I mean, [http://comics.com/pearls_before_swine/2011-04-26/ literally]
* [[The Woobie]]: Pig. So much. I mean, [https://web.archive.org/web/20110430115422/http://comics.com/pearls_before_swine/2011-04-26/ literally]
** Ellie the Elephant (one of the Rat's characters) who really, ''really'' wants a grand romance with her apathetic boyfriend and goes overboard trying to impress him or to make a lasting impact on the world, but ultimately resigns herself to romance novels.
** Ellie the Elephant (one of the Rat's characters) who really, ''really'' wants a grand romance with her apathetic boyfriend and goes overboard trying to impress him or to make a lasting impact on the world, but ultimately resigns herself to romance novels.
** Andy, a dog who's left outside on a chain day and night and never gives up hope of seeing the world.
** Andy, a dog who's left outside on a chain day and night and never gives up hope of seeing the world.