On Mon, 2 Dec 1996 jeromef@nt.com wrote:

Molly's mother, Hercules the cat, Grandpa, Chad, Sammy, 

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Now, is that Hecule the cat as in Pif & Hercule?
If so, I'm *really* impressed

A completely obscure reference if there was one

I'm afraid I'm not THAT cool :)
In the Sailor Moon Dub, a cat named Rhett Butler was renamed Hercules for 
NO apparent reason :)

John Walter Biles :  MA-History, Ph.D Wannabe at U. 
Kansas         
ranma@falcon.cc.ukans.edu      bailesu@komodo.hacks.arizona.edu  
http://www.hacks.arizona.edu/~bailesu/falcon.html 

     P-chan ran across the field and hopped into Akane's arms.  She
snuggled her little pet.  "I love you, P-chan, especially with a little
apple in your mouth and that special sauce Ukyou makes."  They cooked
P-chan over an open fire and made special okonomiyaki out of him.  And
all was good.

--Draft of Lemon Sherbet, Episode 12