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Special Delivery
Idylls Of The King
King finally gets his stubby-legged husky puppies.
Comic: "Idylls Of The King" (click for full size)
Info
Number of Comics 13
Dates Published November 27th - December 25th, 2015
Featured Character(s)
Bailey, King, Elaine, The Wolf Pack

One-offs in Between


Special Delivery is the 96th arc in Housepets!.

This arc ended Bailey's pregnancy and introduced her and King's three children: Olive, Ace and Rook.

Characters[]

Plot[]

Bailey wakes up in the middle of the night while staying at the Wolf House and heads down the hall. She finds Lucretia cooking in the kitchen, where she is getting a head start on Thanksgiving. Bailey mentions it's the middle of August, but Lucretia tells her that there is no such thing as too much preparation when feeding the Wolves.

As Lucretia hands Bailey a glass of water, the husky confides that she and King are probably going to have to move back into Bill's house with the arrival of the puppies. Lucretia tells her their room is as big as their old den, but Bailey tells her she's from Kansas, and needs more space, since living at the Wolf House feels like a perpetual family reunion. As Lucretia comforts her, Bailey suddenly drops the glass on the floor. Lucretia comments that she "broke her water," which Bailey confirms with sudden realization.

As Elaine is preparing to deliver the puppies, Jack asks why they have to use his bed for it. Elaine tells him to keep guard to make sure nobody gets in. Darth Vader Sanchez and Rockstar Hawk come by and ask Jack what's going on. He tries to refute it as "girl stuff," but when the cubs insist that they aren't "cubs" anymore, he resolves to tell them.

Elaine tells her mother to go back to bed, as she can handle the delivery. The elderly wolf claims she has never missed the birth of one of the pack, and intends to stay--even though Bailey tells her that she's still a dog that happens to live with the pack. The mother wolf says that diversity makes the pack strong, which is why she allowed Elaine to marry someone like Jack, though Elaine reveals she actually eloped with Jack for two years before returning.

As more of the pack gathers into the room to witness the birth and with Cousin Rodney bringing in towels, Bailey calls out to see King. However, since nobody has alerted him yet, he is still fast asleep in their room. Daryl and Other Daryl arrive to wake King up. At first he doesn't respond to their nudging until he is jolted awake by a sudden nose prod. King meets Bailey in the bedroom, reminding her that they wanted a vet birth--however as Bailey has already started King calls a vet over to the Wolf House.

The vet comes into the room, telling Elaine to stand aside; Elaine argues that she's the midwife. The vet asks her if she's performed several procedures, which Elaine hasn't. The vet asks the pack to leave, but Elaine argues that they are family. King tells the vet that he didn't call him to perform the birth, he just wanted him to give his medical opinion on Bailey's health. The vet says that Bailey's health concerns her and her owner, and dismisses King when he states he's her husband.

As the vet checks Bailey for health conditions, Elaine asks him what he is talking about. When the vet mentions if she can see signs of ailments such as "milk fever," Elaine goes off and tells him that she knows the cure for milk fever is milk-and-marrow soup, and that she's observed Bailey's diet (which she is all but stocked on dairy), but this doesn't convince the vet in the slightest.

King politely thanks the vet for his services, but asks that he leave the birth up to Elaine. The vet argues that King should have the person with the most experience monitoring the situation; Elaine has only done two while he has done sixty. He tells her to find someone with more experience, whereupon Elaine's mother grabs the vet and lifts him over her head, carrying him out of the room.

Elaine tells King that she understands his worry and that Bailey will be fine. Bailey then gets a sudden contraction, and finally Elaine delivers the puppies, two girls and a boy. King, with tears in his eyes, proudly names the first one Olive, the second one Ace, and the last one Rook. Elaine makes a joke about squeezing Bailey to make sure they're "all out" and King faints. As the months pass, King becomes one with his new family. At Christmas, Elaine and Jack give King a gift, but he happily replies he received the best present already as he sits with Bailey and his pups. Elaine notes that while sappy, it's what the holiday is for (although Jack complains they spent real money on the gift.)

Events[]

  • Bailey gives birth to three puppies; two girls and a boy, whom King names Olive, Ace and Rook.

Trivia[]

  • Lucretia getting ready for Thanksgiving in August in Baby Bump In The Night is an inside-joke referencing the fact that the strip was posted on the day after the holiday.
  • Lucretia (and Elaine's) Mother has her first speaking role since she was introduced, making Uncle Deadeye the only member of the pack without a speaking role.
  • Jack's line in Housecall Of The Wild involving the "well marbled delivery guy" was previously used in To Serve Pizza, Man.
  • Each of King's puppies aside from Olive are related to his name.
    • The ace is the highest card in a deck, and the second highest card is the king.
    • Rooks are pieces in the game of chess, and King is named after the main piece of the game.
  • This is the third arc to be centered around King to be posted during Christmas, following It's A Wonderful Dog's Life and The Unbearable Lightness Of Being A Dog.
    • It's also interesting to note that this arc features 13 comics, which is the same number as It's A Wonderful Dog's Life, the arc where Joel was turned into King.


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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