Character | Gallery | Relationships |
Tiger Arbelt | |
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I hate Thursdays. I like pizza. I hate cockroaches. I like my teddy bear Poom. That’s characterization, right? | |
Info | |
First Appearance | Yup, He's Over It |
Tag | T-insignia |
Gender | Male |
Species/Breed | Dog/Mutt |
Owner(s) | Jerry Arbelt |
Relationship | Single |
Friends & Family | Marvin |
Affiliation | Rock Milton |
Not-so-much Friends |
Good Ol' Dogs Club, Zach, Bino, Jessica |
Location | Dimension Prime, Babylon Gardens |
Tiger Arbelt is a character in Housepets!. He, along with Marvin, was introduced in the one-off strip Yup, He's Over It.
He is generally a side character, though has been given a spotlight on a few occasions.
Official Site Biography.[]
A dog with an unfortunate name. When he was adopted as a pup, his owner was not aware that being named after a cat was a social h-bomb for dogs. (Other bad dog names are Leo, Felix, Sylvester, Cheshire, Figaro and Tabby) The other dogs will not let up on this, and it’s driven Tiger to become agressive and paranoid.
Additionally, he has an eating disorder, which stems from his constant emotional problems. In all, isn’t he a wonderful character to have in a comic? Sort of like a mix between Garfield and Heathcliff–oh.
General Information[]
Tiger is literally a burlesque characterization of the comic character Garfield. He behaves like him in different ways, such as hating Thursdays (and on the wrong day), eating food constantly and has even had a strip very similar to that of Garfield and his relationship with Nermal.
What separates Tiger as his own character is the fact that he has become mentally unstable due to constant teasing from the other dogs about his name being cat-like. He is quick to threaten someone (mainly Bino) that he will kill them, and became exceedingly paranoid when Zach moved into the family home. He also suffers from an eating disorder, and is known to eat an excessive amount of food when he is distressed. It was mentioned that he can consume up to 57,000 calories in a week and not gain any weight.
Tiger does take center stage in the story arc Tiger's Very Own Super Special Television Show!. Through a number of mishaps, he wins a lottery run by the Milton ferrets to host a TV kid show called "The Funtime Learning Hour or So!". The show turns out to be an anarchic mish-mash of Seseme Street, Masterpiece Theatre, and a nature program, made even more disastrous by Tiger's rage reactions and general ineptness. Despite a string of humiliations and temper outbursts, he refuses to leave the stage, resolved to complete the program and become a TV star. Finally, the ferrets call in the K9 force to arrest Tiger but he eludes capture and accidentally blows up the whole studio. Ironically, Tiger gets off with a fine and probation, and the ferrets sell the rights to the show to another network for 1.4 million dollars.
Trivia[]
- Tiger (along with Marvin and Pete) were originally created by Rick Griffin's brother during their childhood.
- According to Dissension's comment on Decision Point, it is possible that Tiger lived in the pound before Jerry adopted him.
- Tiger along with Marvin did not attend King's wedding.
- Tiger is one of the few characters not in a relationship, along with Fox, Marvin, Ralph and Mungo.