Goat (Pearls Before Swine character)

An intellectual goat who interacts sparingly with the other characters, Goat (debut: Jan. 18, 2002) on Pearls Before Swine usually appears whenever there is a small issue dealing with a character or a conflict to be mediated. Goat has an equally hard time dealing with Pig's incompetence and Rat's cruelty and occasional ignorance. Goat maintains a blog that, as Rat likes to point out, receives no hits. Goat in turn tends to criticize Rat's forays into writing, often telling him not to write them at all. In early strips, Goat had a beard; he first appeared without it in the March 31, 2004 strip. He is smart and knows how to solve problems.

Goat dislikes conversing with the other characters at all; he much prefers reading books. However, it seems that he most tolerates talking to Zebra; he is least tolerant when talking to Rat.

Goat's real name is revealed as Paris in the September 21, 2007 strip, and it claims that "Goat" is his stage name.