This article is about all the other comic strip characters that appeared in Pearls Before Swine.
From Baby Blues[]
Wanda[]
Wanda, the mother to Zoe and Hammie, appeared in the strip along with her husband when negotiating with Rat over babysitting.
Hammie[]
Hammie, the middle child, appears when Rat has to babysit him and his sister, Zoe.
Zoe[]
Zoe, the eldest child, appears when Rat has to babysit her and her brother, Hammie.
Rick Kirkman[]
Rick, believe it or not, does actually make an appearance, except he is a croc trying to kill Wren.
Jerry Scott[]
Jerry does appear as a croc just like Rick.
Wren[]
Wren, the baby, does appear and apparently can talk and swear!
From Zits[]
Jeremy Duncan[]
Jeremy, the 16-year-old Zits kid does appear when Zoe and Hammie accidently ran him over. He also appears when Rat disguises himself as him to try and make readers think they are reading Zits and not Pearls Before Swine.
Jeremy's Parents (Connie and Walt)[]
Both appear when Rat first leaves the strip and has an affair with Connie and tells Walt, "Beat it Fatty, she's mine!" The dad also appears when Rat has Pig disguise himself as Walt to try and make readers think they are reading Zits and not Pearls Before Swine.
From Dennis the Menace[]
Dennis[]
Dennis appears in Comic Strip Jail along with Jeffy (Family Circus) and Sarge from Beetle Bailey.
During Pearls Family Week, he pours gasoline on Stephan Pastis's desk and lights it on fire.
From Dilbert[]
Dilbert[]
Dilbert appears when Farina lets him inside her bubble. When Rat wants to kill the editor of 'Pearls', Guard Duck and Mr. Snuffles accidentally kill Dilbert instead.
Dilbert's Boss[]
Dilbert's Boss appears numerous times in the strip.
Ratbert[]
Ratbert appears when Rat holds him hostage since he thinks he is a ripoff of himself.
Scott Adams[]
Scott Adams himself does make an appearance once in Pearls.
From Beetle Bailey[]
Sarge[]
Sarge does appear in Comic Strip Jail along with Jeffy and Dennis.
From The Family Circus[]
Billy[]
Billy appears when he captures Osama bin Laden.
Dolly[]
Dolly appears in the strip but never talks.
Jeffy[]
Jeffy appears the most in the entire strip, and he is bad.
The Parents[]
The Parents do appear a few times.
Dead Grampa[]
In one strip, it shows the kids saying, "We love you dead Grampa!", with Goat freaking out.
From Marmaduke[]
Marmaduke[]
Marmaduke appears once after Rat leaves the strip and Stephan Pastis needs a new character.
From Love is...[]
The "Love Is" Chick[]
Rat does come across the Love Is Chick, naked.
Love Is Chick's boyfriend[]
Though never seen, he is mentioned when Larry ate him, and because of that the strip name was turned into "Love isn't".
From Cathy[]
Cathy[]
Cathy appears sometimes, and she usually gets hurt somehow.
From Rose is Rose[]
Rose[]
Rose appears when rat is hiding in other comic strips.
From Garfield[]
Garfield[]
Garfield appears once when Goat got lost getting home, and he was going to hit Goat with a rolled-up newspaper. Garfield also got eaten by Rat on accident once when he invited him over for lasagna.
From Get Fuzzy[]
Rob[]
Rob himself does appear once as a customer at a restaurant, and had no speaking roles.
Bucky[]
Buck appears a few times: First when Rat and him failed Comics' Camp. Second with Satchel and Pig.
Satchel[]
Satchel appears once when Pig was visiting him and Bucky in Boston.
From Opus[]
Opus[]
Opus appears with Pig when Stephan attempts to have a party.
From Calvin and Hobbes[]
Calvin[]
Calvin was mentioned in a conversation between Rat, Pig and Goat. He also appears as an older version of himself (24 years old) selling bootleg Calvin & Hobbes merchandise by the side of the road and still wearing his T-Shirt and shorts from when he was 6 years old.
Hobbes[]
Hobbes appears as a news reporter on TV for "Foxx" news.
Moe[]
Moe makes one appearance in the strip.
Bill Watterson (mentioned)[]
Bill is mentioned in 'Pearls' Fanmail as he complained about how small the panels were.
From The Far Side[]
Gary Larson (mentioned)[]
Gary is mentioned in a conversation between Pig and Rat, and Rat goes to his house guarded by Security Cows.
Security Cows[]
As a joke to Gary's constant use of cows in The Far Side, Rat goes to his house guarded by them.
From Foxtrot[]
The Kids (Peter, Paige and Jason)[]
The Foxtrot kids appear in the strip when Rat was looking for a new gig, as well as when their creator switched to doing Sunday strips only and they ended up in Pearls Before Swine for a time and when Stephan got a hold of the original art file for a Foxtrot strip.
The Parents (Roger and Andy)[]
both appear when rat leaves the strip and has an affair with Andy and tells Roger "back off chrome dome, she's mine." their creator switched to doing Sunday strips only and they ended up in Pearls Before Swine for a time.