Character | Gallery | Relationships |
Bruce and Roosevelt | |
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Info | |
First Appearance | Kangaroos Loose In The Top Paddock |
Tag | None |
Gender | Both Males |
Species/Breed | Red Kangaroo (Bruce) Grey Kangaroo (Roosevelt) |
Owner(s) | River Ridge Zoo |
Relationship | Each other (boyfriends) |
Friends & Family | Peanut, Grape, Gambit and Tarmac |
Affiliation | Keene Milton |
Not-so-much Friends |
Karishad, Zoo Patrons |
Location | River Ridge Zoo, Ridge River, Dimension Prime |
Bruce and Roosevelt are recurring characters in Housepets!. Both were introduced in The Zoo.
They are two kangaroos who are a romantic couple and live at River Ridge Zoo.
Physical Appearance[]
Bruce is a red kangaroo. He has reddish-brown body fur, and cream belly fur. The cream fur goes down the insides of his arms to form "gloves" on his paws, goes up his throat to encompass his muzzle, and also appears on the tips of his ears. He has green eyes, and he's half a head taller than Roosevelt.
Roosevelt is a grey kangaroo. He has a lighter shade of brown for his body fur, with his belly fur a slightly darker shade of cream than Bruce's. His body fur color entirely covers his head (except only the bridge of his muzzle), ears, and arms with the exception of dark brown fingers. He has gray-brown eyes.
Personality[]
The kangaroos apparently feel obligated to sound Australian while on public display at the zoo; however they don’t put up with the patrons nonsense. In reality, their natural attitudes appear to be less stereotypically Australian. It is known they prefer Australian football over "the sissy American version," as seen in the one-off strip Nachos And Thou, and Bruce does have a taste for Vegemite.
Bruce seems to be more direct than his partner Roosevelt, who is a bit more sensitive and emotional. Other than that it’s clear the two love another.
General Information[]
Bruce and Roosevelt live in the River Ridge Zoo. Although they tolerate some zoo patrons, they don't like most of them. On one occasion for instance, Bruce yells for security when a patron pulls a pocket knife, hoping they would re-enact a scene from Crocodile Dundee.
In the arc Heaven's Not Enough, Part 3, strip Don't Know When I'll Be Back Again, they tag along King's expedition to Australia to take a trip to meet Bruce's parents. Bruce warns Roosevelt that his parents may not like the fact that he is dating a Grey.
Unfortunately, they are left stranded in Australia after their tickets were refunded, and the rest of the gang had already boarded a cruise home, leaving them behind. Three months later after Christmas, they finally return home to their habitat, to find it decorated lavishly and stocked with gifts and food by Keene Milton, who did it as an apology, having been in a similar situation himself.
Later on, Bruce becomes jealous when red pandas debut at the zoo and take the spotlight off them—however Roosevelt gets swept up in the merchandise.
Trivia[]
- The two have never appeared without one another in-comic, however both were featured in separate Valentine's Day Cards.
- They were the first same-sex couple in the comic, followed by Keene and Breel.
- While mainly supporting characters, they did star in the arc Snow Joke.
- Both of their names are pronounced with "roo”, short for "kangaroo".