Snowball II
Snowball II
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Character Information
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Snowball II is the Simpson family's cat. Snowball II was named after Snowball I. Though Snowball I had white fur, which obviously inspired her name, Snowball II has black fur.
Snowball II has been known to dance upon a ball and perform minor tricks, almost never within the sights of any family member. She has a comfortably familiar relationship with Santa's Little Helper, the Simpsons' pet greyhound. So comfortable, in fact, that the two of them have been known to cuddle and pet one another when no one is watching. Like her namesake, Snowball II enjoys yarn, petting sessions and, as ever, coughing up large chunks of her own fur.
Until recently, Snowball II received little attention in the series, and was one of the few characters to not have an episode centered on her. This changed in the 14th season episode "Old Yeller Belly," when Snowball II saved Homer from a burning treehouse built by the Amish after Santa's Little Helper ran away.
In "I, D'oh-Bot", Snowball II was hit and killed by Dr. Hibbert's Mercedes-Benz G500. She was replaced by Snowball III (who drowned while trying to eat the Simpsons' goldfish) and Coltrane (who fell out of Lisa's window after being scared by her saxophone), and then Snowball V. Lisa re-named Snowball V "Snowball II" at the end of the episode, in her words "to save money on a new dish," although viewers would recognize it as the writers making a subtle self-jab at the Simpsons' often-forced tradition of maintaining a status quo continuity in the series.
