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    20 Best (And 20 Worst) Pets In Science Fiction
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    Image of AmishJohn AmishJohn
    10/31/09

    In reply to 20 Best (And 20 Worst) Pets In Science Fiction
    The only problem with Bouncers is that they eventually grow up. #robertaheinlein
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    Image of TheGreat&PowerfulTurtle TheGreat&PowerfulTurtle
    07/22/09

    In reply to 20 Best (And 20 Worst) Pets In Science Fiction
    All right. A couple of nitpicks.

    1) it's Boudicca not Budeka.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boudica

    2) From the comfort of what time machine did you see the 1986 Ghostbusters cartoon BEFORE the 1984 film? I seriously question your 80s kid credentials.

    3) AI's Teddy as a Top 20 Worst Pet. Preposterous!!
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    Image of Dave Bee Dave Bee
    06/27/09

    In reply to 20 Best (And 20 Worst) Pets In Science Fiction
    teddy and gir?? noooooooo!
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    Image of grkpektis grkpektis
    06/27/09

    In reply to 20 Best (And 20 Worst) Pets In Science Fiction
    How can you mention lockjaw and not mention lockheed the dragon from the x-men comics. He is a better pet than all 20 of them combined.
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    Image of outuendo outuendo
    06/26/09

    In reply to 20 Best (And 20 Worst) Pets In Science Fiction
    Oh come on! You drop a Divx mention and who gets the shaft? THE CHEAT! Strong Bad's #1 little buddy!
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    Image of ShravantiActaeon ShravantiActaeon
    06/25/09

    In reply to 20 Best (And 20 Worst) Pets In Science Fiction
    I think Spider Jerusalem's cat from Transmetropolitan should be on here. It had two faces, chain-smoked, and ate geckos and mutant pigeons. Then there are all the horrible things it does to Spider...
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    Image of UniComp UniComp
    06/25/09

    In reply to 20 Best (And 20 Worst) Pets In Science Fiction
    I totally disagree with your inclusions of Slimer and Selacious Crumb. You're just wrong. Plain wrong.
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    Image of Alexis Alexis
    06/25/09

    @UniComp: HAH
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    Image of Anthony Clark Anthony Clark
    06/25/09

    In reply to 20 Best (And 20 Worst) Pets In Science Fiction
    Came to thread expecting Fizzgig from Dark Crystal and Nimitz the Sphinxian Treecat from Honor Harrington novels.


    Left disappointed :(


    Although it could be argued as to whether Nimitz is a pet at all...

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    Image of Alexis Alexis
    06/25/09

    @Anthony Clark: Fizzgig was in the final running, but didn't make the cut.
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    Image of BadUncle BadUncle
    06/25/09

    In reply to 20 Best (And 20 Worst) Pets In Science Fiction
    FWIW, I'd put in Raul, talking cat sidekick to Ruben Flagg, Plexus Ranger. Why he's awesome? He's a talking cat. And also a cross-species lothario.
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    Image of Lampbane Lampbane
    06/25/09

    In reply to 20 Best (And 20 Worst) Pets In Science Fiction
    Boudicca, not Budeka.


    Plus, season 3 sucked, Amish kid and all.

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    Image of Alexis Alexis
    06/25/09

    @Lampbane: Although vastly inferior, I have a soft spot for some of those episodes. They had some fun gimmicks, but the animation quality was terrible.
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    Image of Lampbane Lampbane
    06/25/09

    @Alexis Brown:


    The comic is vastly superior. Now, if only it would come out on time...

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    Image of Alexis Alexis
    06/25/09

    @Lampbane: I heard it was canceled. Hopefully I'm wrong.
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    Image of Emmanuel_Goldstein Emmanuel_Goldstein
    06/25/09

    In reply to 20 Best (And 20 Worst) Pets In Science Fiction
    Clearly I'm too old and took geeky--what the hell? What about the stupid monkey pet from "Lost in Space"? What about the beach ball pet from "Dark Star"?--that thing ruled.


    I know, I know, "Shut up old man."

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    Image of Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H. Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H.
    06/25/09

    @Emmanuel Goldstein: I mentioned Pinback's Alien back on page 2.
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    Image of Hamslicer Hamslicer
    06/25/09

    In reply to 20 Best (And 20 Worst) Pets In Science Fiction
    I nominate BIT from Tron.


    YES,YES,YES

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    Image of Slovenly Muse Slovenly Muse
    06/24/09

    In reply to 20 Best (And 20 Worst) Pets In Science Fiction
    If you're including book characters (unless you mean the movie versions of certain Discworld books), I'd add Mouse, the kickass temple dog who's attached himself to Harry in The Dresden Files series. He's scarily strong and resilient, and smarter than most people.
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    Image of Cory Noll Cory Noll
    06/24/09

    In reply to 20 Best (And 20 Worst) Pets In Science Fiction
    I have to onject. If anything, Gir was a poet.


    "I'm gonna sing the Doom Song. Doom Doom doom Doom Doooom........"

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    Image of Alexis Alexis
    06/24/09

    @Cory Noll: I love Gir. But he is an amoral S.O.B.
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    Image of Soundandfury Soundandfury
    06/24/09

    In reply to 20 Best (And 20 Worst) Pets In Science Fiction
    I have to nominate Frisket and Glitch from Reboot. If you have never seen this show, I highly recommend seeking it out.
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    Image of Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H. Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H.
    06/24/09

    @Soundandfury: I don't see Glitch as a pet, but Frisket for sure.
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    Image of Alexis Alexis
    06/24/09

    @Soundandfury: Yeah, that was a hard cut.
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