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Oops I Arced
Oops I Arced
Peanut's short attention span proves costly.
Comic: "So Cool" (click for full size)
Info
Number of Comics 11
Dates Published November 2nd - November 25th, 2009
Featured Character(s)
Zach, Raccoons, Pete
Previous Arc
The Visitor

Oops I Arced is the 26th arc in Housepets!.

This arc marks the return of Pete the Gryphon as a character, and begins the setup for plot elements of the Cosmic Game that would dominate the main storyline of the comic for the next five years.

It also marks Zach's naming as "The Opener Of Ways" by the Woodland critters.

Characters[]

Story[]

Tiger and Marvin are up to their usual hijinks. But after nearly a year living with them, Zach is still confused by it all. He writes in his journal that he fears nobody knows he's even there at the Arbelt household. At that time, he catches a raccoon trying to break in to steal trash. Zach asks the raccoon what it's like to live as a feral, and the raccoon offers to take him to the woods so he can find out for himself.

Jerry Arbelt calls on Tiger and Marvin, alerting his other pets that Zach has run away, having abandoned his collar, and dumped the trash beforehand. They go off to search for him, and to get others to help. Meanwhile, in the forest, Zach is awestruck by the beauty. He meets some of the other animals, wishing they wouldn't get eaten. They come across an unknown building, which Zach somehow opens with a touch. The other animals hail Zach as the "Opener of Ways".

Further back, Fido tries to get any information he can out of Tiger. But the other dog clams up, not wanting it to go back to Bino. For his part, Bino has no interest helping Tiger, either. The Arbelts also get the help of the Sandwiches. Peanut and Grape find the log cabin of a crazy hermit who only speaks to others in limericks. Grape deciphers his latest limerick into directions to find Zach.

Peanut and Grape find the temple, and one of the raccoons stops them. Grape is able to intimidate him into letting them pass. They find Zach, who the animals have locked in the temple until he "ushers in a new age". He is in a room with a weird altar. As Zach and Grape begin to talk about similar visions, Peanut hears Tarot's voice in his head. She warns her boyfriend that the altar, which she refers to as a gate, must not be opened, lest what she has predicted come to fruition. She begs Peanut not to let the gate be opened. Peanut, however, is too excited by the fact that his girlfriend can speak telepathically to him to stop Zach from opening the gate.

Pete emerges from the opened gate, bellowing that he is free, and flies off into the night. Tiger and Bino jinx each other in their awe and get in a good laugh, although Tiger mentions he's going to kill Bino in his sleep.

Events[]

  • Zach is hailed by the woodland critters as 'The Opener of Ways,' a title that the woodland animals would eventually come to religiously worship.
  • Pete is freed from the temple, setting up the events of the Cosmic Game.
  • First appearance of the Hermit (also known as "The Crazy Old Man Who Only Speaks in Limericks"), although he was first mentioned in The Grove.

Trivia[]


Story Arcs
2008
Imaginate! | The Game | Cat Tail | The Raccoons | The Adventures of Spot | Fido's Return
| Mouse Mouse Revolution | Thematic Arc of Questionable Quality | The Zoo | The Grove |
Housepets Christmas | The Yarn Ball |
2009
The Further Adventures of Spot | The Vet | A Mouse Named Spo | Zap! | Fall of the Pridelands |
The Continuing Adventures of Spot | A Sinister Shadow | Roadtrip Woo | Down At The Farm |
Money Sharks | n-ple Date | The Uncanny Adventures of Spot | The Visitor | Oops I Arced |
It's A Wonderful Dog's Life (All the King's Men) |
2010
Ocean's Two | Imaginate, Too! | The Present | Spot McCloud Presents: Comics |
Dog Days of Summer | Theme Park World | The Adventures of Stripe | Movie Night |
Scaredy Cats | Noob Tube | Hope of the Pridelands |
2011
We're Snowed In! | The Preeminent Adventures of Spot | The Arc Specifically About Being Naked |
Not All Dogs | The Great Water Balloon War | Let's Imaginate Macbeth! | The Interview |
The Case of the Aztec Gold | A Respite In The Country | Spots and Stripes | A Holiday at the Zoo |
2012
Housepets Babies! | Show Business | What Money Buys | The Mall |
The Critical Review of Spot | The Trial in Heaven | Let's Imaginate Guys and Dolls! |
Testing Grounds | Taking Cover | PsyCon | Getting Physical | PsyCon2: PsyConner |
The Retroactively Continuous Adventures of Spot | Temple Crashers |
All Hallow's Ween | The Unbearable Lightness Of Being A Dog |
2013
One Cat's Treasure | Love And War | Jack of One Trade | The King And I |
Mice to Meet You | THE GALLIFRAX PROTOCOL |
Jungle Fever | Yes, Jessica, There Is An Opener Of Ways |
2014
Let's Imaginate And Then There Were None! | What's The Story? |
Tiger's Very Own Super Special Television Show! |
Heaven's Not Enough, Part 1 | The Interlude of Spot | Heaven's Not Enough, Part 2 |
The Ineptitude of Spot | Heaven's Not Enough, Part 3 | I Need A Vacation
All Hallow's Ween: Resurrection | Rabbit's Foot | Pageantate! |
2015
Maternal Instinct | Wolf's Clothing | Ea(s)ter | The Future of Tomorrow, Today! |
All's Fair, Part 1 | The Plot Against Spot | All's Fair, Part 2 |
Housepets 5000 BC, Part 1 | Housepets 5000 BC, Part 2 | Housepets 5000 BC, Part 3 |
Special Delivery |
2016
The Spot-tacular Spot | Flip That Den! | Fort Pillow |
The 4 Animals You Meet In Heaven |
Puppy Power | Real Stories of the K9PD | Snow Joke |
2017
Save the Date, Part 1 | Save the Date, Part 2 |
Temple Crashers 2: Temple Crashers, Part 1 | Temple Crashers 2: Temple Crashers, Part 2 |
Temple Crashers 2: 2 Temple 2 Crashers (Part 3) | Temple Crashers 2: Temple Crasherser (Part 4) | Temple Crashers 2: Temple Crash (Part 5) | Temple Crashers 2: First Blood Part 6 |
2018
Temple Crashers 2: Oops (Part 7) | Temple Crashers 2: Final Crashers (Part 8) |
Temple Crashers 2: Epilogue Crashers (Part 9) | Call o' th' Wild |
Directed To Video | The Hot Springs Episode | Hot Springs Encore |
2019
The Maxwell Thing | Hearts and Minds | No Time For Hot Springs! |
My Life As A Teenage Squirrel | My Life As A Teenage Squirrel, Part 2 |
My Life As A Teenage Squirrel, Part 3 | My Life As A Teenage Squirrel, Part 4 |
My Life As A Teenage Squirrel, Part 5 |
2020
Be Mine | The Identity Of Spot | Let's Imaginate Jurassic Park! Part 1 |
Let's Imaginate Jurassic Park! Part 2 |
Spo's Return | HECKRAISER, Part 1 | Heavendropper |
2021-2022
HECKRAISER, Part 2 | HECKRAISER, Part 3 | HECKRAISER, Part 4 |
HECKRAISER REVELATIONS |
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