Russ & Pups Fact :
If you grab Russ by the tail he is absolutely defenceless. He cannot turn around and get you... don't tell the guinea pigs though!
Before meeting Pups, Russ was a very simple cat. He would spend days, months and at one stage a whole year at a time locked away in a wardrobe. Luckily for Russ he is a stuffed toy, otherwise he may have become quite bored. During these longs spans of solitude Russ would practice his formation crouching, spelling out things like I and his personal favourite E and becoming quite good at it. Russ' human owner often treated him visciously and would drag him out from the darkness not for companionship or to feed him but to use him as a juggling ball. This became easier for Russ as his owner got better at juggling but in the beginning there were quite a few bruises to be had. Russ would formation crouch out things like IIEEIEE in pain.
Russ never wanted to be a crime fighter mainly because he is a stuffed toy, and crime fighting is not something that stuffed toys participate in, but also because he has committed some crimes himself in the past. Russ has shop-lifted, scared small children by jumping on their heads from the branches of trees and tried to suffocate his owner by curling up to sleep on his face. Russ' decision to start fighting crime was forced upon him one day when he mistakenly ate guinea-pigs droppings thinking they were some tasty beetles. Russ vowed to hunt down the malicious creatures that would disguise their excrement in such a way.
Pups had a troubled beginning to his life beginning as a muched love toy companion, given as a gift at the height of a loving relationship. When his owner's relationship turned sour, Pups was cast aside and spent many years selling himself in charity gift shops and garage sales. During his time in the stuffed toy underground, Pups began to find out about the guinea pigs and the threat they posed to humanity. He did not care what happened to his former owner, the one who would cast him aside like yesterdays valentine gift, he feared that if humanity was destroyed he would never find a loving owner again, he would never feel like he did in those first few weeks with his former master.
It was mid-way through his opera singing career that Pups had confirmation of the intent of the guinea pigs. While singing the final aria (he was playing the obese blond viking lady in a contemporary opera) he noticed a few guinea pigs running through the audience tying shoelaces together. Pups realised that this was a massive problem -- if everyone fell over as they stood up to exit, they would be incredibly embarressed -- and called them out, asking everyone to check their shoes before they left. He knew from that point on he would have to stop the evil little critters to ensure the human that would eventually love him, will survive.
Russ had followed a lead of guinea pig droppings all the way to the theatre, to the very same theatre that Pups was singing in. He was running under the seats looking to get one of the little buggers when he heard Pups announce that everyone should check their shoes before leaving. Russ thought this was quite odd but realised what was wrong when he noticed that most of the audience's shoelaces were tied together. Knowing he had to do something about it but lacking the opposable thumbs to untie the laces (guinea pigs have opposable thumbs but keep them hidden from humans, Russ & Pups cut these off before releasing them as human pets) he began to bite the leg of each audience member. Wondering what had nipped them, the crowd looked down, discovering their laces were tied together and quickly correcting the problem.
Pups braced himself, telling himself he wouldn't laugh when the entire crown fell over when exiting the building. The show finished and the crowd got up and, to Pups surprise and delight, left in an orderly fashion with only one lady falling over but not because of her shoe laces, she fell over because she was quite drunk. Pups was on stage with a very confused look on his face when Russ approached and told Pups that he had fixed the problem. It was at this point they realised the common interest they shared. Knowing that fighting the guinea pigs as a duo would be more effective, they decided to team up and so came Russ & Pups
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