- Gumball, the golden retriever
- Snowball, the white lab rat with the electromagnetic implant on his head
- Gumball II, the stuffed floppy reindeer (stolen from my father's car in Coney Island, circa 1979)
- Presto, the magical gerbil
- Ludmilla, the crawfish
- Kiki, Cynthia's evil and terrifying cat
- Sam, the adopted stray cat
- Gus, the adopted (and perpetually angry) stray cat
- Fluff, the adopted transplanted cat
- Chance, the yellow lab who I belonged to but never belonged to me
- Lucy, the airedale/collie mix birthday present that keeps on giving
- Cheeks, the short-lived bubble-eyed goldfish
- Cheeks II, the far-sturdier bubble-eyed goldfish who the kids think is actually Cheeks back from a vacation
- Otto, the speckled goldfish
may 23 2008 ∞
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