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    AmishJohn: The only problem with Bouncers is that they eventually grow up. #robertaheinlein more »
    TheGreat&PowerfulTurtle: 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 y... more »
    Dave Bee: teddy and gir?? noooooooo! more »
    grkpektis: 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. more »
    outuendo: Oh come on! You drop a Divx mention and who gets the shaft? THE CHEAT! Strong Bad's #1 little buddy! more »
    ShravantiActaeon: 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 the... more »
    UniComp: I totally disagree with your inclusions of Slimer and Selacious Crumb. You're just wrong. Plain wrong. more »
    Anthony Clark: Came to thread expecting Fizzgig from Dark Crystal and Nimitz the Sphinxian Treecat from Honor Harrington novels. Left disappointed :( Although it cou... more »
    BadUncle: 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. more »
    Lampbane: Boudicca, not Budeka. Plus, season 3 sucked, Amish kid and all. more »
    Emmanuel_Goldstein: 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 S... more »
    Hamslicer: I nominate BIT from Tron. YES,YES,YES more »
    Slovenly Muse: 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 attac... more »
    Cory Noll: I have to onject. If anything, Gir was a poet. "I'm gonna sing the Doom Song. Doom Doom doom Doom Doooom........" more »
    Soundandfury: I have to nominate Frisket and Glitch from Reboot. If you have never seen this show, I highly recommend seeking it out. more »
    Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H.: Didn't Spot have kittens once, and wouldn't that make Spot a "she"? Or was there more than one Spot, like more than one Porthos, and is naming all you... more »
    JoyceEquestricop: Astro predates Scooby Doo by 7 years. Or 1 dog year. more »
    Nigerian Business Executive: I'd like to nominate Jonesie the cat from Alien for awesomeness. He must be awesome if he can not only get Sigourney Weaver to run around an alien-inf... more »
    Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H.: Major props for Ein and Pen Pen, though. The latter is really the only good thing about that series. I own a plush Pen Pen. What about Ryo-Ohki is the... more »
    Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H.: You left out the classic "Pinback's alien" from the super-classic Dark Star in the worst category. Much worse than most of them in the list, and is ac... more »
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    20 Best (And 20 Worst) Pets In Science Fiction

    When humans finally conquer space, we'll still want to keep other creatures as pets. Some science-fiction pets are among our favorite characters, but others, you just want to flush out the airlock. Here's our list of the best and worst. More »