# ID this webcomic rat

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [March 1, 2011, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-webcomic-rat/573014 "2011-03-01T02:57:12Z")\
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**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\
**Post date:** [March 1, 2011, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-webcomic-rat/573014/1 "2011-03-01T02:57:12Z")

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In [today’s _Girl Genius_](http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20110228), in the fourth panel, we see an anthropomorphic rat lounging in the hallway, whom we haven’t met before. It doesn’t look like Foglio’s usual art style, and between that and the “Doc Rat” sign on the door (as opposed to “Dr.”, on other doors) leads me to suspect that this is a character from another webcomic that Phil is including as a call-out. But I don’t recognize the rat. Does anyone else? Where is he from?

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**Author:** ![Sam\_A.Robrin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sam_a.robrin/32/14497_2.png) [@Sam\_A.Robrin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sam_A.Robrin)\
**Post date:** [March 1, 2011, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-webcomic-rat/573014/2 "2011-03-01T03:02:22Z")

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Possibly a nod to the “_Doctor Rat_” novel by William Kotzwinkle.

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**Author:** ![armedmonkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@armedmonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/armedmonkey)\
**Post date:** [March 1, 2011, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-webcomic-rat/573014/3 "2011-03-01T03:45:12Z")

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It’s from a comic strip called… wait for it… “Doc Rat”. You didn’t even try google, did you? 🙂

[Doc Rat](http://www.docrat.com.au/default.asp?id=strip&thisitem=0)

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**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\
**Post date:** [March 1, 2011, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-webcomic-rat/573014/4 "2011-03-01T19:55:54Z")

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That would have been too obvious.

So is it something that a fan of _Girl Genius_ ought to check out?