# Rat from Pearls vs. Bun-Bun from Sluggy

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rat-from-pearls-vs-bun-bun-from-sluggy/245896>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [May 19, 2004, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rat-from-pearls-vs-bun-bun-from-sluggy/245896 "2004-05-19T02:53:41Z")\
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**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\
**Post date:** [May 19, 2004, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rat-from-pearls-vs-bun-bun-from-sluggy/245896/1 "2004-05-19T02:53:41Z")

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My money’s on Rat. He’s uglier, meaner and sneakier.

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**Author:** ![Wile\_E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c37758/32.png) [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)\
**Post date:** [May 19, 2004, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rat-from-pearls-vs-bun-bun-from-sluggy/245896/2 "2004-05-19T03:02:00Z")

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I know not this rat, but Bun-Bun has survived much and is always well armed. I’d go with Bun-Bun.

Man, it’s weird seeing something like this here instead of on the Sluggy boards.

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**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\
**Post date:** [May 19, 2004, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rat-from-pearls-vs-bun-bun-from-sluggy/245896/3 "2004-05-19T03:08:46Z")

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> [@Tiramisu](#):
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> Man, it’s weird seeing something like this here instead of on the Sluggy boards.

Sluggy boards? There are _Sluggy_ boards? More than one?

Rat had a nuke at one time. Worst thing I’ve seen Bun-Bun with was a bazooka, but I’m not up to date yet.

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**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\
**Post date:** [May 19, 2004, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rat-from-pearls-vs-bun-bun-from-sluggy/245896/4 "2004-05-19T03:36:01Z")

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Moving this to Cafe Society, hoping to Ghod that the mods there don’t notice it and send it back. 😃

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**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\
**Post date:** [May 19, 2004, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rat-from-pearls-vs-bun-bun-from-sluggy/245896/5 "2004-05-19T03:46:24Z")

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Oh, please! Rat isn’t even worthy to lick Bun-Bun’s fuzzy feet! While Rat has the snark and the unpleasant disposition, he’s definitely lacking in the almost casual ability to simply _snik_ and stab. I’ve seen him bop folks on the head, and he regularly beats Pig up, but the general willingness to switch to murderous mayhem isn’t there. I just can’t see the cast of _Pearls_ running away to go into hiding because they accidentally erased Rat’s Baywatch tapes.