Housepets! Wiki
Register
Advertisement
Housepets! Wiki
The Maxwell Thing
Beloved Smother
Snuggling with Rufus beats snuggling with the dirt.
Comic: "Beloved Smother" (click for full size)
Info
Number of Comics 20
Dates Published January 16th - March 1st, 2019
Featured Character(s)
Maxwell, Rufus

One-offs in Between

"What’s So Funny About Peace, Love And Understanding?"

Previous Arc
Hot Springs Encore
Following Arc
Hearts and Minds

The Maxwell Thing is the 119th arc in Housepets!.

Characters[]

Plot[]

Still trapped in the spa, Max begins to get bored. Grape suggests he tell the story of how he and Rufus met, which Max initially refuses before being goaded into it by Sabrina.

As a kitten Max was orphaned and found himself wandering the streets looking for a new home. One day after hitting a dry spell and "grifting" in the middle of the road, he is attacked by a coyote and crow who are looking to make him their lunch. After a day of being chased down Max ends up in a field, where he is saved by Rufus, who smashes the coyote in the face. Rufus introduces him the barn cats and has him stay in the barn to hunt mice. However, Max isn't good at mice catching and after three weeks he decides to leave; only to be chased down by the coyote and crow again. Max manages to escape by accidentally tumbling into a ditch, breaking his ankle in the process. That night, Max resigns himself to fate before he is found by Rufus. Max begs him to stay with him and Rufus spends the night comforting the scared kitten. Max promises Rufus that he will stay in the barn forever, but Rufus tells him that if he isn't happy in the barn then he will have to find him a home where he would be. The next morning Rufus fixes Max's ankle, makes a call and has Uncle Reuben drive him and Max to Babylon Gardens (where he is presumably adopted by Jeff.)

Max tries to wrap up the story but Peanut complains about the ending, even though the coyote and crow never came back, so Peanut draws his own ending up. After Grape and Sabrina tease him, Max angrily leaves the spa. Grape follows to apologize and finds Max at home reading a letter he'd gotten from Rufus. Max explains that Rufus had sent him a letter once a year, and he had never responded due to nothing he'd written feeling adequate. Max guilty expresses that it's too late before Rufus suddenly reappears as an angel, startling him. Max apologizes for not thanking Rufus for saving him (or even recognizing him for that matter) but Rufus tells him that he didn't save him so he would live his life under obligation: he saved him to set him free (though he tells him to lay off the catnip.) Before returning to Heaven, Rufus wishes Grape and Max the best before revealing he is dating the sabercat from 5000 BC.

Max and Grape return to the spa, though Max is a little upset that nobody took his deeply personal story seriously. They return to find Peanut retelling the story in an epic fashion, and Grape suggests adapting it into a nine-part miniseries, which Max is okay with.

Events[]

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 |
Advertisement