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All I want is your complete and unquestioning loyalty! Is that too much to ask?
Info
First Appearance A Mournful Situation
Tag B-insignia
Gender Male
Species/Breed Dog/Mutt
Owner(s) Jeff
Relationship Duchess (Girlfriend)
Sasha (Ex-Girlfriend)
Friends & Family Rex, Good Ol' Dogs Club
Affiliation Boris, Yeltsin
Not-so-much
Friends
King, Maxwell (pet-brother),
Fido, Joey (brothers),
Fox (former friend)
Location Dimension Prime, Babylon Gardens

Bino (pronounced "bye-no") is a supporting character in Housepets!. He was first introduced in The Game.

Bino's main role in the comic is to be a source of conflict and turmoil among the dogs and other pets. His plots, schemes, and confrontations invariably leave Bino humiliated. But because Bino is Fido's younger brother, he remains the leader of the neighborhood dogs, although that hasn’t earned him the respect he desires.

He was also Sasha's boyfriend until she broke up with him, and is currently dating Duchess.

Original Site Biography[]

The ringleader of the neighborhood dogs and chairdog of the Good Ol’ Dogs Club. That is, to the extent that his older brother Fido isn’t around. Bino derives the respect he gets simply by blood relations. For most dogs, that’s good enough, nevermind the fact that Bino is almost nothing like Fido. He’s envious, greedy, stingy, obnoxious, petty, and downright mean, and if you know a little something about dogs, that can rub off rather easily.

His main posse consists of Fox and Rex. Joey sometimes tags along, but because Joey is exceedingly weird and isn’t part of the Good Ol’ Dogs Club proper, he’s often left out.

Personality[]

Bino is constantly scheming to gain something, to manipulate someone else into doing his dirty work, or just being nasty and insulting. He also has an inflated ego, boasting about skills he doesn't have or trying to make himself look better to the others. While he does come off as a massive jerk, he is just an immature dog with a superiority complex. Bino especially envies his older brother, Fido, a police dog who is strong, brave, selfless, kind, intelligent and everything else that the bitter Bino is not. As president of the Good Ol' Dog's Club, Bino constantly tries to control the canines of Babylon Gardens and coerce them into treating him with awe and veneration. But because of the dogs loyalty towards authority, and because Bino is Fido's brother, they seem to tolerate him and respect him anyway. Bino's biggest failing is that no matter how many times his schemes backfire or however many times he ends up getting hurt or humiliated; he simply refuses to learn from his mistakes or change his behavior in any way.

General Information[]

Bino is the arrogant and head-strong co-founder of the Good Ol' Dogs Club, along with his brother Fido. Most of his initial appearances involved either his two brothers, King, or Sasha. However, as of Love And War Sasha broke up with Bino. He has since begun dating Duchess, though it seems like she is only looking to use him in order to gain respect with the other dogs, and Bino seems to be little more than an irritating lackey to her.

Almost from the beginning, Bino appears as neurotic and narcissistic. He obsessed about covert "cat-lovers" in the Club and gets Peanut expelled over his drawings of cats. To Bino's irritation, Fido restores Peanut's membership and allows Grape to attend Club meetings as well (Grape likes dog biscuits). At the Club's party welcoming Fido back from the Academy, Bino went on a jealous, deranged rant that ended when Grape smacked him over the head with a frying pan and left him hospitalized with a concussion. That Christmas, he attempts to humiliate Peanut by giving Peanut a catnip bomb, later giving him CatSnax when he realized the idea was unfeasible, but that plan is thwarted when Peanut gives Bino a really nice gift.

Later, upon meeting King at the club's Christmas party, disliking King's "pretenious" name, Bino gives King the catnip bomb originally intended for Peanut. He further belittles King by calling him "Shorty", accusing him of having a "Napoleon Complex", and the two become permanent enemies. He further antagonized King during Not All Dogs by threatening to smash King's watch (even though he didn't know it was his fate.) These scuffles each ended with Fox rightfully injuring Bino for his actions.

Despite his obnoxious personality, Bino has a genius for manipulating his Club buddies into carrying out his hare-brained strategies. When the Milton Ferrets opened their estate to the public, offering a prize to one of the guests, Bino tries to get his hands on it. His stunts fail and he winds up falling off a balcony and winning a week in the hospital. During the events of Love and War, Bino faces a break-up with his girlfriend, Sasha. Since Sasha wants to start dating other dogs, Bino asks Fox, Yeltsin, Rex, and others to organize an evening with Sasha where they would date her, treat her horribly, and through such cruelty persuade her to return to him by default. The dogs feel somewhat uncomfortable at the cruelty of the scheme yet they all agree to go along with the plan. After an evening of horrible dates it's finally Fox's turn, but Sasha breaks down crying because of the mistreatment. Instead of continuing Bino's plan, Fox comforts her and cheers her up, and they end up having a great time together. Sasha ends up together with Kevin and Fox realizes that he can't continue supporting the cruel and petty Bino even with his strong loyalty: eventually ending their friendship.

In Wolf's Clothing even with Fido and Fox gone, the other members of the Good Ol' Dogs Club fail to respect Bino and he seeks a way to validate himself--overhearing from King something called the "Rites of Adulthood," performed by the Wolf Pack. His overconfidence and arrogance wind up getting him into various situations, and even when he completes the tasks by sheer luck-- but since the other wolves didn't witness it they refuse to acknowledge it due to his over-exaggeration. He is eventually arrested by his former friend Fox for trying to steal from a baby, and is released by Jeff, only to discover to his humiliation every other dog (including Peanut) has completed the rites except for him.

In Real Stories of the K9PD, Bino is still technically the leader of the Good Ol' Dogs Club and makes long-winded speeches (even though most are there for the free buffet) when Fox returns in order to interrogate the members over the whereabouts of Sasha, who had gone missing. Even though Bino tries to wrestle the mic away, Fox easily overpowers him and usurps his attempts at maintaining control. Bino eventually begrudgingly leads Fox and Mungo to Sasha's doghouse in the woods.

Since then Bino has only appeared periodically.

Trivia[]

Bino is kicked out of the academy
  • Bino originally was the main character of a comic that Rick Griffin drew when he was a kid. The comic was essentially a Garfield rip-off, and Bino acted more like the titular character than how he does in Housepets!.
  • Bino was the first pet outside Peanut and Grape to appear in the comic.
  • Bino was seemingly originally meant to be a main character, but has become a side character.
    • He has mostly become a side character due to the introduction of King, as he has made less than forty appearances since 2014.
  • Bino's name is pronounced Bye-no, rather than Bea-no, which had been a subject of debate among fans.
  • Bino and Sasha are currently the only couple who has broken up during the comic's duration; (Max and Sabrina and Pete and Cerberus broke up prior to the start of the comic.)
  • Bino's name might be short for albino as evidenced in The Name Game.
  • As Jeff's last name has not been revealed, neither Bino nor Max have a last name.
  • Bino went through the K-9 Academy as well, but got kicked out for being undisciplined, possibly leading to his envy and jealousy of his brother Fido.


Characters
Dogs Peanut | Bino | Fox | King | Tarot | Fido | Joey | Sasha | Tiger | Bailey | Ralph | Kevin | Duchess | Rex | Lester | Dallas | Satau | Mungo | Olive | Ace | Rook
Cats Grape | Max | Sabrina | Marvin | Res | Jasper | The Bigglesworths | Fiddler and Keys | Delusional Steve | Ptah
Others Zach | Spo | Squeak | Karishad | Falstaff and Truck | Itsuki | Jessica | Custom Ink | What Chicken | Bruce and Roosevelt | Marion | Lois
Ferrets Keene Milton | Lana Milton | Duke Milton | Simon Milton | Rock Milton | Pit Milton
Wolves Miles | Lucretia | Darth Vader Sanchez | Rockstar Hawk | North Star | Daryl | Other Daryl | Lucretia's Mother | "Four Finger Discount" Jack | Poncho | Elaine | Natalie | Uncle Deadeye | Rodney | Snow | Rodney's Cubs
Humans Earl Sandwich | Jill Sandwich | Ryan Byron | Bill Lindberg | Jerry Arbelt | Jeff | Jake | Jeeves | Mr. Steward | Joel Robinson | Mr. Hartford
Fictional Spot (Superdog) | Stripe | Jim-Jim | Bat-Bat | Regular Hawk | Criminals | Pridelands Characters
Celestials Pete the Gryphon | Spirit Dragon | Great Kitsune | Cerberus | Bahamut | Denizens of Heaven
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