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The character Rob Wilco should have his own article instead of his habits, hobbies and interests being listed here. Darby Conley should also have his own article.

Working on both of these. -DynSkeet

I compleatly disagree with Rob Wilco having his own article. As much as I like the strip, he's much to insignificant.--FelineFanatic13 23:21, 12 December 2005 (UTC)

It's fine for him to have an article. There are much, much more vague things on Wikipedia.EgyptianSushi 03:57, 8 January 2006 (UTC)

70.165.71.229 22:51, 4 February 2007 (UTC)==Nova Scotia Duck-Tolling Retriever???== Wow. I must have missed that strip. When did they reveal that? -DynSkeet (talk) 02:51, May 23, 2005 (UTC)

Since I haven't seen this answered, in one of the newer books - Scrum Bums I think - Rob tells Satchel something like 'We're going to Nova Scotia because you're part Duck-Tolling Retriever', some time before they actually go to Chéticamp. Most other references, including Conley himself, say his dad's a yellow Lab. --216.76.180.157 06:15, 31 December 2006 (UTC)
Thats maessed up.Satchel looks nothing like a Toller.

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[edit] Monkeywhere?

Monkeywhere? jokes are awesome.

[edit] Handy?

Didn't satchel get a new watch for christmas a while back? Mr.KISS 66 07:53, 19 December 2005 (UTC) Well, that was the same watch. According to the strip, Bucky Katt fished his watch out of the sewer after Satchel's arm was run over by a bicyclist and fixed it (which explains his idiot savancy). That Christmas, Bucky gave it to Satchel.

Bucky gave Handy back to Satchel for Christmas, but Satchel eventually wound up getting a digital watch (Dingy/Beepy) as a present later on. I don't think there was ever actually an explanation of what happened to Handy. Conley doesn't seem to be drawing Satchel with either watch very often anymore. --216.76.180.157 06:20, 31 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Rob's Brother

Rob also has a brother, Tim. This is referenced more than once (notably, by their father, Francis).

yes, and the army vet listed as his brother is really a cousin, named will, i believe.

Marine vet, not Army.

Aside from Bucky's evil, the strip is really just old puns being put it a dog or cat's mouth. Half the strips you know what the stupid pun of the day is by the second box. It's really kind of trite; only rarely does it have a good punchline anymore.

Robs brother is actually named Roger by the way. His cousin was a marine serving in iraq when his leg was shot and had to be amputated. in an unusually serious story line Rob is talking to his father over the phone when he gets the news. Satchel ends the strip by saying "oh, we love willy". Although Rob's brother is rarely mentioned (mostly being called "your idiot brother" by francis) he can be seen in a single strip with rob and francis at a memorial service for firefighters.

[edit] Proposed merges

The use of separate articles for individual characters (and one character's inanimate toy bear!) causes information about Get Fuzzy to be unnecessarily fragmented and inconvenient to access. Get Fuzzy does not have a particularly large cast of characters or involve a complicated 'universe,' and I see no reason the character descriptions couldn't be incorporated into the main article. This would allow users to get all the information we have about Get Fuzzy in one place. FoxTrot -- a strip of comparable popularity, with a larger cast of characters -- incorporates all its information into one entry and is, in my opinion, a better article for it. Let's merge all these entries and give Get Fuzzy the definitive article it deserves. Perodicticus 16:31, 10 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Books

The copyright date of the most recent book, Scrum Bums, is listed as September 1, 2006 because most online bookstores listed that as the date it would be available. However, the copyright inside the book says 2005 (which coinsides with the original release date in November of 2005). The entry should be corrected. Kwyjibear 03:52, 26 September 2006 (UTC)

Does anyone know why Scrum Bums' release was delayed for so long? Did it have to do with the Bob Lobel suit? If so, maybe that should be mentioned in the article. Perodicticus 08:56, 26 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Mac Manc McManx

Although he uses cockney slang, M&M&M's speech patterns don't seem to me to be cockney. Examples of cockney talk would be anything in the BBC soap opera "Eastenders" or the ITV sitcom "Up the Elephant and around the castle", though probably the best internationally known would be from "My Fair Lady". Of course, it's hard to compare a cartoon with actual speech. Can you imagine the size of as speech bubble if it had markup for accents? Would it even be readable? Assuming M&M&M's speech is close to how it would sound, though, I can't get it to fit what I know to be cockney. But there IS an accent it does seem to fit. He sounds a dead-ringer for Jasper Carrot, who is from Birmingham. Would this make sense? Well, as much as anything in this character. The Manx are from the Isle of Man, but the name is more Scottish. His mother's from Hartlepool, but his farther went to Liverpool. It's so all over the map that the idea his accent and slang come from the same place almost sounds harder to believe than a Brummie accent would. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 65.102.5.19 (talk • contribs)

Try reading the entire sentence. 192.251.125.85 23:47, 14 March 2007 (UTC)

Points all well taken. Yet I must remind you that the strip, its author, and the majority of its audience are all American. Although M3's accent may be every bit as bizarre as someone born and raised in New York having a backwoods Georgia accent, I honestly don't think the average Get Fuzzy reader would much notice - or care. Jamehec 16:58, 20 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Rainbow Monkeys

Is the claim that this is a "Codename: Kids Next Door" reference substantiated? I was under the impression that Bucky was talking about baboons. Michael Podgorski 19:54, 24 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] References

With the inclusion of a few more references, I think that this article could easily qualify as one of wikipedia's Good article candidates. Badbilltucker 17:04, 27 October 2006 (UTC)

I agree. Crowstar 00:45, 27 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] MacManx a Main Character?

It seems to me like he's going to become a main character, or at least a very prominent minor character (i.e. Fungo). spirobrewer October 29, 0:33 Central Time

I certainly hope not, as his completely inaccurate dialect drives me mad. But in any case, it's too early to tell. Perodicticus 10:56, 30 October 2006 (UTC)
Aw, you don't like Mac?  :) spirobrewer October 31, 18:13 Central Time

[edit] Notable Strips

I didn't see it here but I thought that the time when all the cat dictators came into the apartment was notable. I think there was Mouseallini (sp?) and Kitty Amin and a lot others I cannot think of.

let me help you out. there was also genghis kat along with joseph catlin.

[edit] Get Fuzzy Film

Does anyone have any updates whether the Get Fuzzy film is still in production or not? I, for one, can't wait to see it if/when it comes out, but all the articles that I could find about it is dated August 2003! Has the project been stopped? If it has, I think we should update the page. ( It'd be shame if it did stop though... ) smileydude66 22:04, 19 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Deleted paragraph

I have removed the following passage added by an anonymous user:

If one were to politically and ethnically interpret the strip, it would be possible to argue that Bucky is an interesting phenomenon, namely a Black right-wing Republican: Black in a stereotypical sense because he often uses so-called Black English; far-right Republican because of his total intolerance for any of the liberal or 'humanitarian' sympathies expressed by Satchel Pooch, the quintessential do-gooder. The cartoonist, whether consciously or not, has also powerfully mocked the paranoid tendencies of the American right wing with Bucky's occasional obsessions with 'invasion' by various species, Bucky all the while covered from head to toe in soup pots, silverware, and other household objects intended to make him impervious to imagined assault.

This is unsuitable for Wikipedia on at least three counts: it's unsourced, involves original research/speculation, and is highly POV. A section on the characters' political views might be interesting, but should be based on verifiable published material. Perodicticus 11:16, 30 November 2006 (UTC)

Wow, that is POV... who put that? Crowstar 00:44, 27 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Minor characters

Should some of the more common minor characters (the ones that have been featured multiple times) be included under one heading? Such as Oreo (Satchel's 'girlfriend'), Motor, I. Chihuahua, Burger, Cat Cat, etc? Not sure if they were on here before and deleted as too insignificant or not. 216.199.210.205 20:39, 10 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Triple M Links

Mac's description feature Manchester United and Manchester City without links, so I added them. Also I fixed the word 'revealed' as it was incorrectly spelled.

Also, is that film still in production? I've got no clue. XD - John Jacques

[edit] Controversy- drug references

I've read on the internet that the most recent Get Fuzzy strips (starting with 1/23/07, I believe) have been censored in The Washington Post and the Boston Globe for drug references. The strips feature Bucky's 2008 presidential campaign posters, all of which could also be for the legalization of marijuana. Should this be in the controversy section? I don't really know too much about the censorship situation, though the strips seem rather mild to me. Lavender K 21:35, 28 January 2007 (UTC)

I'm not sure...you can't really base a controversy on speculation. You did say, "...all of which could also be for the legalization of marijuana" so it seems to me that it's all in the way of interpretation. If it were up to me, however, I would put it in. --♥♥HOLLiSTERiSLOVE♥♥ 16:14, 22 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Strip title

Does anyone know why the strip is named Get Fuzzy? — Loadmaster 22:19, 14 February 2007 (UTC)

I know. It is from darby conley's brothers band. His brother had a band named the "Fuzzy Sprouts". Darby made an advertisement for his brother and it said "life's too short to be cool, Get Fuzzy"

[edit] Images

Most of the images on the main page are poor scans. They should be cleaned up. I could do it but the last time I did, it got replaced with an entirely different image (another bad scan). Which brings up another issue: the images do not need to be replaced every few months. Kwyjibear 05:03, 20 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] LOOOOOOOOONG

This article is overly long and conveys too many details related to short story arcs. Shorten the section on Bucky and abridge the sections on inconsequential topics. (71.182.178.241 19:29, 1 April 2007 (UTC))

I'd like to second this. I added the bit about Bucky referencing wikipedia, but I'm not even sure that it is relevant --DarkAvenger 08:41, 20 April 2007 (UTC)

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do not shorten the article!!!! Bucky using wikipedia is relevant of course. The entire comic series is just story arcs. the comic doesnt have a long story arc. it is made of just a bunch of short ones. Thats why fans love get fuzzy. its not long. at all. Please dont shorten it 216.31.45.229 18:01, 8 May 2007 (UTC)

The lack of long story arcs is exactly the reason this article needs to be shorter. We don't really need a detailed history of all that has happened to each of the major characters. It's a freakin' comic strip. I could understand if there was some long, complex plot that is ongoing and continually references things that have happened before, but that's not the case here. I would say take out all the little story arcs and briefly mention the stuff that comes up again and again (e.g. "The strip has shown many times that Satchel is willing to eat non-food items.")If someone wants to list everything that has happened in the strip, put it on a fan site. 170.65.128.6 (talk) 21:26, 6 June 2008 (UTC)don't have a username, sorry.

[edit] Watch out for vandalism!

Hey there, watch out for vandalism on the Get Fuzzy page. There is a user out there who will add random, non-existent characters and alter storyline information. I caught this person the first time as user:Cootcatcanine and had the account put on hold indefinitely. However, the user seemed to have re-appeared as user:Gettefuzzyonline. Please keep a look out for this... Thanks. smileydude66 03:25, 11 April 2007 (UTC)

Alright... now User:Gettefuzzyonline has been blocked indefinitely for his/her constant vandalism and additions of nonsense to the article. smileydude66 20:23, 19 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Poor Bucky!

That's a very humiliating picture of the poor guy we have on this article. Can't someone find a good, royalty-free picture we can use instead? Satchel has a nice picture - why can't we do the same for Bucky? Jamehec 18:07, 13 April 2007 (UTC)

It also looks like Bucky is hanging himself with a piece of rope. We really do need a new picture for the chump. Konraden88 01:24, 15 April 2007 (UTC)
New pic made. Also, Konraden88, you misspelled "champ". There is no letter U in that word.  ;) Jamehec 06:27, 6 July 2007 (UTC)

The pic is from a strip early on in the series. Rob put up a fly strip in the kitchen and opened the fridge. he looked up and saw bucky hanging there. Rob ends the strip by saying "you couldnt leave it for 30 seconds could you?" This apperently happens many times after that.

I agree, and Rob should get a new one too... he looks like he's in pain. Crowstar 00:00, 21 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Bucky's name

Does anyone else think that Bucky Katt could have been named after former Yankees shortstop (and infamous home run hitter) Bucky Dent? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 67.62.246.217 (talk) 19:47, 17 April 2007 (UTC).

No - Rob Wilco said the name comes from the cat's lone fang - his "buck" tooth. Since Rob is Bucky's owner, he presumably was the one to come up with the name. Jamehec 17:48, 19 April 2007 (UTC)
Actually, you're both wrong. His name is from a former Monarchs player named Buck O'Neil. He was a famous player in the Negro Baseball League. As for the reference to Bucky Dent, in one strip Bucky carried a guitar with him and Rob snapped at him for denting it. To this Bucky replied "It's only a little Bucky dent" Rob told him to never say that ever again. Presumably because he is a huge Boston Red Sox fan. 216.31.45.229 15:33, 15 May 2007 (UTC)
I stand by my comment about Bucky's name coming from his "buck" tooth. Pets are named by their owners, and there is no real evidence for any of the other theories. Bucky's upper cuspid does resemble a buck tooth, and would thence be the most reasonable inference I can think up. Jamehec 16:52, 20 April 2007 (UTC)
There is ABSOLUTELY evidence that he was named after Buck O'Neill. Joe tells him in one of the Sunday strips. I'll find the date for you and post it later. JCO312 19:53, 20 April 2007 (UTC)
There isn't a date on the strip, but it's page 252 of Groovitude. JCO312 19:58, 20 April 2007 (UTC)
And you could realize that Bucky was named "Bucky" long before he lost his tooth to Fungo in combat. 70.130.138.41 15:35, 21 April 2007 (UTC)
Aaaaand Bucky has always had only one upper cuspid (the one on the right has always been missing). The tooth that the ferret knocked out was the left one, leaving Bucky with NO cuspids for a week or so. Really, I can't help but think that Darby Conley is the only person who can answer this one. Jamehec 20:28, 21 April 2007 (UTC)

Errr... this is a TALK PAGE to discuss the Get Fuzzy article. Crowstar 17:55, 26 May 2007 (UTC)

WHO THE HELL CARES? THEY'RE JUST HAVING FUN, SO LEAVE THEM ALONE!!!  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.81.141.3 (talk) 17:07, 12 January 2008 (UTC)
OK once and for all this is the origin of Bucky's name: Joe told Bucky and Satchel that they were named after baseball players. This is untrue. Later in the strip, there was a conversation between Rob and Bucky regarding Bucky's want for a cool nickname that went like this: ROB: You do know why I named you Bucky, don't you? BUCKY: Well, I assume it's because I'm such a young buck, but... ROB: No! It's because of your tooth! TOOTH!!

So it's Bucky's tooth that got him the name...not Bucky Dent or Buck O'Neill. And if need be, I can search my Get Fuzzy books and tell you exactly what anthology it was in. --DancexwithxmexXx 17:31, 15 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Wackypedia

The April 20, 2007 strip references Wikipedia.

As a result, a one-day semi-protect has been enacted. -- Zanimum 16:14, 20 April 2007 (UTC)

Why? -- Evilsheepy 01:11, 21 April 2007 (UTC)

Yeah? I've waited two days to correct this error. I'm not waiting any longer. Someone else can do it.

"a bunch of flannel-wearing hockey fans who mispronounced the word 'offense".

(Anyone see the missing quote?)

PO'd. 68.60.59.250 06:08, 21 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Satchel's Father

This is a bit of a non-issue, but it's quite unrealistic for his father to be a retired seeing eye dog since the nearly all of the major seeing dog schools spay or neuter their working dogs. I know it's a fictious comic strip and all, but I thought it should be brought up.

199.80.65.3 21:50, 19 May 2007 (UTC)Lucas

[edit] Recurring & One-Time Character

That list is huge! Should we think about splitting the characters onto another page by itself? The article is REALLY long right now. smileydude66 07:08, 24 May 2007 (UTC)

i actually agree with you. the main characters should have their own page. especially bucky —Preceding unsigned comment added by 216.31.45.3 (talk) 15:28, 10 September 2007 (UTC)

I believe making new pages is the wrong way to go, this page is huge, badly organized, talks if you look at the TOB only about the characters and nothing about the plot, and even though this is a webcomic, it has stories, and those are "Plots", and those stories are divided in time and so on...--Dwarf Kirlston 19:58, 4 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] What?

Under category of comics, it says this is a men's comic, which I strongly dissagree with. I am a female and I'm obsessed with Get fuzzy... Crowstar 17:58, 26 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Quality

Does anybody else think that the strip as gone way down in the last few years? I mean, he seems to just be working off old puns half the time. If that's the best he can do, it is time to put it to sleep.

Please sign your posts, (~~~~) and plus, that statement is POV and shouldn't be included. Also, this is a page to discuss improvements that could be made to the article, not the strip. ~Crowstar~ 18:09, 21 June 2007 (UTC)

THEY CAN TALK ABOUT ANYTHING THEY WANT ON THIS PAGE, ASSHOLE!  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.81.141.3 (talk) 22:32, 12 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Fair use rationale for Image:Getfuzzy 2007-4-20.png

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[edit] Get Fuzzy movie

Why was my information on this film taken out? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.81.141.176 (talk) 14:16, 11 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Rob's living conditions

Does Rob live in an apartment building or a house? I've been reading the collections and it tends to change from strip to strip. --72.17.202.90 (talk) 14:24, 19 February 2008 (UTC)