| Character | Gallery | Relationships |
| Cerberus | |
|---|---|
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| Info | |
| First Appearance | Three Good Reasons |
| Tag | Spiked Collar |
| Gender | Female |
| Species/Breed | Celestial/Cerberus |
| Owner(s) | None |
| Relationship | None |
| Friends & Family | Great Kitsune |
| Affiliation | Bahamut |
| Not-so-much Friends |
Pete (ex-boyfriend) |
| Location | Heaven |
Cerberus, or just "Cerb", is a character in Housepets! who was introduced in Not All Dogs.
Cerberus is a celestial, alongside Pete, Spirit Dragon and Great Kitsune and supervisor in charge of ferrying the dead.
Physical Appearance[]
Cerberus is inspired after the three-headed dog of Greek myth of the same name who bars dead souls from escaping Hades and returning to the world of the living. Cerb has dark blue fur over most of her body except the underbelly and muzzle of each head, as well as her eye-brows. Each of the three heads has a different arrangement of golden piercings and earrings, and the middle head wears a green spiked collar. She is incredibly muscular, and has wide shoulders in order to accommodate the three heads.
Like most Celestials, she can shape-shift and change her physical size from cosmic gargantuan to mere mortal proportions, depending on her needs. While she usually does not wear anything, she wore a shirt, shorts, sunglasses and a hat during Heaven's Not Enough, Part 3.
Personality[]
Unlike the vicious monster from greek mythology that she's modeled after, "Cerb" has a very different personality. Despite her intimidating looks, she is very compassionate and level-headed.
Each of her three heads seem to reflect a different side of her. They often talk to each other, which might be comparable to someone talking to themselves. The middle head is the most serious and unfeeling of all three, almost always seen with a frown and never smiling (with one exception). The two other heads are much more playful and compassionate, and show that Cerberus is a caring and empathetic person. When Bahamut asked her why she chose to be the messenger for the dead, she explained she never got to work with children in her old job. She escorts a recently drowned puppy to heaven after giving them a cookie. She is otherwise very caring of the people she's been assigned to help, for instance when she comforts King who is worried for Bailey's safety.
Though she is very considerate and compassionate, she certainly isn't a pushover. She will stand her ground and isn't afraid of being intimidating if necessary
As is expected of the supervisor in Heaven, she is a master of the bureaucracy of the Celestial realm and can be extremely officious and by-the-book.
General Information[]
Though not involved with The Cosmic Game, she helps King out in Heaven's Not Enough, Part 1, first by picking up his watch, (after doing him a favor by waiting several years.) Then she escorts him and Fox to heaven in order to talk with Bahamut. During King's stay in heaven she constantly tries to cheer him up, and get him to relax, but King is unable to enjoy himself while Bailey is in danger.
During The 4 Animals You Meet In Heaven, when a murder attempt sends Keene Milton temporarily to Paradise, Cerberus treats the prickly ferret with genuine tenderness. While in her care, she helps Keene find his mother, his mortal owner (now living in Heaven in a ferret body), and Breel, a ferret-angel who becomes Keene's genial mentor. Yet, always the professional, her diligent investigation of Keene's suspicious near-death experience enables him to return to mortal life and aid in bringing his would-be assassin to justice.
She is present when the cosmic game comes to its end in Heaven's Not Enough, Part 3, where Great Kitsune asks her to escort Pete and Spirit Dragon away so they can be reincarnated into mortals after they both lose. Later, Cerberus intimidates Rock into helping everyone get home by threatening an IRS audit on him.
In The 4 Animals You Meet In Heaven Cerberus is the second of the titualar animals Keene meets during his visit to Heaven. She took him the Room of Recall to recall the events leading up to his 'death' and provide closure. However, it turns out Keene isn't dead after all, and she transports him back to Earth.
Trivia[]
- Each of Cerberus' heads uses a different shade of blue in their speech bubbles when she talks.
- Cerberus is able to turn her eyes completely blue when angry, as seen when intimidating Rock. However, this appears to be a voluntary action, as she does not do this when encountering Pete.
- If Every Day Was Like Christmas is the first time Cerbeus' middle head is seen smiling.