Character | Gallery | Relationships |
Fox Lindberg | |
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First Appearance | You Cannot Win |
Tag | Dog-Tags/Yellow Bandanna |
Gender | Male |
Species/Breed | Dog/ Alaskan Husky |
Owner(s) | Bill Lindberg |
Relationship | Single Spring and Summer (Heaven only) |
Friends & Family | King (cousin-In-law/best friend), Bailey (cousin), Fido, Rex, Sasha (former crush), Mungo |
Affiliation | Good Ol' Dogs Club (former Council Member), K-9 Unit (member) |
Not-so-much Friends |
Raccoons, Bino (former friend) |
Location | Dimension Prime, Babylon Gardens |
Fox Lindberg is a supporting character in Housepets!. He first appeared as a member of Bino's posse in The Game.
Originally a minor character, he became a regular supporting character after befriending King. Since then, he has played a side character in mostly King-focused arcs, but has also begun to take more leading roles.
Original Site Biography[]
Fox: Wears dogtags. He’s the smart one, which means he’s almost as smart as a cat. But I kid! He’s friends with Bino mostly to the extent that he still has some lingering issues of his own, including his personal aggravation with cat-lovers. He will go along with Bino and back him up because he’s his friend, though his heart is not often in it. He became fast friends with King after he moved into the neighborhood.
Physical Appearance[]
Fox is a pure-bred Alaskan Husky. He has gray fur with light-gray fur on his belly, inner-ears, muzzle and the underside of his legs and tail. He wears a simple brown collar, as well as a separate necklace with two dog tags. The collar is usually covered by his characteristic yellow bandana. Interestingly though, Fox originally wore a yellow collar without the bandana. After being clawed by Herman Steward, he now has a scar around his right eye.
Occasionally he is seen wearing a brown bomber jacket in cold weather. Since joining the K-9 Unit, he is mainly seen wearing a police vest and has gained a more muscular appearance due to training.
Personality[]
Fox's most defining trait is his unwavering loyalty to his friends. Originally head-strong as a puppy, fancying himself a ninja-model hero, he mellowed as he got older and became a member of Bino's posse. He also used to share Bino's disdain against "cat-lover", dogs who liked cats. However, after Grape saved his life, Fox began to question his anti-feline prejudices as well as his faith in Bino's leadership. At the same time, Fox also became a friend and fan of Fido, Bino's brother, an object of hero worship and acclaim by all members of the club. Needless to say, when Fox learns about Fido and the cat Sabrina's affectionate relationship, he becomes even more discomforted about his former bigotries. Torn between conflicting loyalties to Bino and Fido, Fox defies Bino's demands to expel Fido from the Club council and votes the council's only abstention. Choosing neutrality over standing strongly with the embattled Fido reflects Fox's mental struggles and emotional agonies over making decisions or taking sides.
While originally a minor background character, Fox began to stand out on his own after he met King, a new dog with whom he instantly became friends with, not knowing that he was one of the men who had kidnapped him. When Fox eventually found out about this, he let out all of his hatred on him, but then immediately showed forgiveness. Afterwards, he regularly began to defend King from Bino's antics, going as so far as to physically injure him when Bino goes too far. King's courtship of Bailey, Fox's cousin, also accelerates his estrangement from Bino. In the events of Love And War, after Sasha breaks up with Bino, he asks Fox to orchestrate a cruel scheme to humiliate Sasha so that she would come back to him. Fox eventually realizes the cruelty he's assisting, and tries to make up for it by comforting Sasha and befriending her. He falls in love with her, and struggles between his loyalty to Bino and his attraction to Sasha, but eventually chooses to confess his love for her. But before he can tell her, Sasha reveals that she is now in a relationship with Kevin. Despite this, his relationship with Bino has already taken too much damage, and Fox breaks off their friendship; opting to join the K-9 Unit in order to distance himself from the Good Ol' Dogs Club.
Ever since the events of Jungle Fever, Fox has struggled to cope with the anger he felt at Fido and Sabrina for hiding their relationship from him and his lingering guilt over not being more supportive of his friend. Eventually, Sabrina confronts him about his attitudes (although in a rather gentle teasing manner), and Fox, stressed and repentant, blurts out an apology which she accepts. Later, his former partner Mungo offered to help him off-duty with his issues and insecurities.
As one of the few single pets in Babylon Gardens, Fox struggles with finding a relationship and deals with loneliness; while two denizens of heaven named Spring and Summer are both attracted to him, they are angels and cannot stay on Earth. His unresolved feelings for Sasha led to him impulsively kiss her and state that he wants to date her, before realizing that dating is about more than just kissing and what he ultimately desires is a long-term commitment.
General Information[]
Fox is an Alaskan Husky, living at Babylon Gardens as Bill's pet. He likes to spend time reading books and is warm-hearted and calm most of times, but gets easily angry at Bino whenever he bothers King. He is a council member of the Good Ol' Dogs Club and friend with all the other members, especially Bino and Fido, his 'Dad,' Bill Lindberg, being a cop he is friends with the K-9 Unit too (and later became an official member), he is also Bailey's relative and King's best friend; and after the failure of Bino's plan to recover Sasha following their break-up, Fox started to develop feelings for the latter, but didn't confess them when Sasha started to date Kevin.
As a youth he was already a friend of Fido and Bino and showed a clearly anti-feline attitude, but was dognapped along with Max and thanks to a young Grape's help, they were saved. After this episode, Fox became increasingly conflicted the anti-cat posture of the Good Ol' Dog's, and began to be troubled by these prejudices.
Later on, Fox was dognapped a second time by two PETA members, Joel Robinson and his accomplice, but was saved by his 'Dad' and the K-9 Unit. This left him feeling a deep hatred toward his captors. Ironically, when Joel was transformed into a corgi named King, the two developed a deep friendship. When King was momentarily changed back into a human, Fox responded at first with rage and humiliation. He attacked Joel, smacking and punching him with Joel not resisting, and eventually their friendship overcomes Fox's hurt and sense of betrayal. Fox forgives him and they begin a new adventure together to restore Joel to King again.
Because of King, Fox currently knows about The Game but is not directly involved. He accompanied King to Heaven in Heaven's Not Enough, Part 2, where he caught the attention of two females, named Summer and Spring. He also gained two buttons on his bandana. After their return, he flew with King to Australia to get Bailey back. He later serves as "Best-Dog" at King and Bailey's wedding.
After the events of The Game, Fox decides to join the K-9 Unit to distance himself from the Good Ol' Dogs Club, becoming a rookie by Wolf's Clothing (and gaining more muscle mass.) After graduating from the academy, his first official assignment to investigate a murder attempt against Keene Milton and also a partner named Mungo to investigate the assassination attempt on Keene Milton. Fox discovers that Sasha is a suspect and disobeys orders to help her, leading to a two week suspension and retraining, and gets a new partner. He also apologizes to Fido's girlfriend, Sabrina, for not being more supportive of Fido when he was supposed to be Fido's best friend. Fox reveals he's had a troubled conscience over his treatment of both Fido and Sabrina and how he's struggled to escape his prejudices, something his former partner Mungo plans to help him deal with. Afterwards, he is seen raiding the temple with Tarot and helping King find a puppysitter. He also appears along with the K-9 Unit on various assignments, such as arresting Keene for blocking traffic with a hot spring, helping to find a missing teen and finding a badger who was responsible for turning said teen into a squirrel, where he sustains a claw to the face.
Trivia[]
- Fox's surnamed "Lindberg" and his popular bomber jacket, may be a reference to famous airplane pilot Charles Lindbergh.
- After the events of Heaven's Not Enough, Part 2, both a pink and a green button were added to Fox's bandanna, however they were removed as of 2017.
- As of My Life As A Teenage Squirrel, Part 5, Fox has a permanent scar on his right eye where he was clawed by Herman Steward.
- He claims in Fox Can't Let You Do That that his father gives him a big allowance.
- This is possibly also shown in Housepets Babies! where he had a leather jacket and bo-staff.
- Though in Nobody Gets Too Much he states that he can't afford international phone coverage.
- Fox is one of the few main characters not in a relationship, along with Tiger, Marvin, Ralph and Mungo.
- However he did manage to attract two female Denizens from Heaven named Spring and Summer, who both show interest in him.