Purple Pussy
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| Purple Pussy | |
|---|---|
| Author(s) | Dave Kelly |
| Website | PurplePussy.net |
| Update schedule | Concluded |
| Launch date | September 1st, 2001[1] |
| End Date | June 17th, 2005 |
Purple Pussy, a "comic for girls", is a webcomic with a vulgar, feministic theme produced by Dave Kelly, AKA "Shmorky" of Something Awful fame. The comic follows the lives of Purple Pussy and her friends, all brightly-colored, talking animals. Many strips contain vulgar language, violence, potty humor, sexual themes, and references to discomforts commonly associated with females, such as the menstrual cycle and yeast infections. As such, the comic is geared towards an older crowd. Purple Pussy is no longer being updated after having reached a conclusion, but the website asserts that it will return in book format although no date has yet been set for such a release.
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[edit] Characters
There are several main characters in Purple Pussy:
- Purple
- A lilac-coloured lesbian cat known for drinking, extreme violence, and a plethora of crude fart jokes. Her basic design is vaguely reminiscent of Hello Kitty, although Kelly's style allows her to morph into many different variations as the script demands. Is dating Betty Bunny. Has a phobia about bees for some reason. Her name is a fairly crude double entendre.
- Betty
- A bunny who is later revealed to be dating Purple. Betty is the most stereotypically femenine of all the characters. Several comics show Betty's heavy use of marijuana. Purple is sometimes also seen in relation to these drug use reference comics.
- Shelly
- A squirrel who smokes constantly. Shelley is later told by her doctor that she will die before her 23rd birthday, and does so midway through the comic's run.
- Foxy
- A fox known for being promiscuous. Foxy is used as the a foil to Purple, both in that she likes boys (whereas Purple dislikes men) and that she is depicted as a "slut" whereas Purple is much more sexually reserved.
- Roofie
- A depressed and mildly overweight raccoon. Roofie has an obsession with NES era video games (and Clash at Demonhead in particular), and is stereotyped as the "nerd" of the group.
- Poopy
- A dog who eats poop. After Shelly's death, Poopy switches to smoking cigarettes and wears her mother's bow in her hair. Poopy is the replacement character for Shelly as the fifth in the group.
[edit] Secondary Characters
- Cyan Sid
- A fox who used to be Purple's boyfriend. Purple resents Cyan's constant stalking of her life, which usually results in pain for Sid. At one point in the comic, Cyan takes advantage of an intoxicated Purple, leading to a revenge story.
- Scarlet Skunk
- A female skunk who occasionally appears for no reason. She died in one strip but inexplicably came back to life later. Purple often insults her for smelling so bad.
- Poopy's Father
- A multi-millionaire dog who appears occasionally to give Poopy money. He also appears frequently in the search for Poopy's mother subplot.
- Poopy's Mother
- Poopy's mother died when Poopy was born. This forms the basis of one of the longer storylines in the comic.
- Pam Charge
- Purple's "biggest fan", both by appreciation of the comic, and by bodymass. Spends much of the comic on the Atkins diet, much to Purple's anger (until Dr Atkins himself comes back from the dead to defend himself).
- Spooky
- Tall, becowled creature of non-specified genus (probably a fox) who seemed to exist to be the "obligatory goth character". Her heart was never fully in the goth scene, and she eventually loses the cowl in favour of a sensible T-shirt, much to the dismay of her parents, who are of course both goths themselves, goths (at least in Purple Pussy's universe) being aliens from another world. Lusted after by much smaller goth named Xanther, to no avail.
- Overweight Fanboy
- The author frequently draws an obsese, zit-faced fanboy (often drawn as a pig) into the comics, usually demanding updates or looking for pornographic material. Purple frequently harasses these "fanboys" in the comic. Often these situations mock internet subculture, especially the popular "Sorry loser, no porn here" comic strip.
- Fisty McCuntdribble
- A tall, busty ewe who felt that feminism was nonsense, and that women should be completely subservient to men. Fisty only made one appearance in the strip, where she was stabbed in the throat by Purple, who admitted she was "a reactionary feminazi" (although she may have been using sarcasm). It is uncertain whether Fisty was her real name, or whether Betty (who introduced Fisty to the strip) was simply being rude; her appearance was probably as a polar opposite to Purple's militant feminism.
[edit] Subculture References
- Foody
- One of the comic's storylines is about Betty Bunny creating "foody," a subculture in which the participants dress in oversized food costumes. Foody is a metaphor for the anthropomorphic (or furry) subculture. The author uses the eventual corruption of Foody by those who use it as a sexual fetish to parallel the increasingly sexualized focus of the furry culture perpetuated by the internet, such as the authors obsession with portraying himself a bunny who wears daipers.
- Blogging
- Roofie frequently writes in an online journal, often with the stereotyped entries of the "emo generation." Roofie is also frequently used to mock the gamer/geek subculture.
- Nickelodeon
- In one subplot, Roofie is hired on by Sickelodeon (a parody of Nick) to produce her own show. Sickelodeon eventually cancels the show, despite the fact many people enjoy it. This seems to be a reference to the short-lived Nick cartoon Invader ZIM. In the end, Purple helps Roofie get back at the greedy executives responsible for dropping the show.
