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Old Dog

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44 feature instances
23 referencing feature instances

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Old Dog	label	Old Dog
Old Dog	page	OldDog
Old Dog	comment	An old dog, typically seen in a rural setting. It is frequently male, often will be some sort of hound, and usually splits its time between sleeping and barking. Sometimes known for having been a good tracker or hunter in the past. In talking-animal fiction, the Old Dog may be portrayed as a grandfatherly character, or just as a crabby old guy. On a more cynical note, old dogs are legendarily unable to learn new tricks. However, plenty of owners will dispute that and call it a wives' tale. The dog's death (apparent or real) can be a Tear Jerker, a Black Comedy Pet Death, or even both. Examples
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Old Dog / int_1543f8a	type	Old Dog
Old Dog / int_1543f8a	comment	Zero Time Dilemma has Gab, who serves as a Team Pet to all three teams, on top of being their only way to communicate.
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Zero Time Dilemma (Visual Novel)	hasFeature	Old Dog / int_1543f8a
Old Dog / int_193221dd	type	Old Dog
Old Dog / int_193221dd	comment	Farnham Fables has Barnabas, the Edison family's elderly bloodhound. He can be found sleeping near the stables in episodes 2 and 3.
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Farnham Fables (Video Game)	hasFeature	Old Dog / int_193221dd
Old Dog / int_1d1cc72d	type	Old Dog
Old Dog / int_1d1cc72d	comment	In Pokémon the Series: Sun & Moon, there was an old Stoutland who watched over the stray Litten at the start of the season. The poor thing succumbs to its age despite the Litten begging Ash for help, leading to Ash taking it up.
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Pokémon the Series: Sun & Moon	hasFeature	Old Dog / int_1d1cc72d
Old Dog / int_22126d33	type	Old Dog
Old Dog / int_22126d33	comment	Andor: B2EMO may be a droid but he's clearly intended to evoke an elderly pet dog, per an interview with showrunner Tony Gilroy. He's very old, very loyal, and doesn't have much energy. His recharging station is even suggestive of a dog bed, and he can pull off Puppy-Dog Eyes with his large photoreceptor.
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Old Dog / int_24831ff6	type	Old Dog
Old Dog / int_24831ff6	comment	The Secret Life of Pets 2: Rooster is a grumpy old herder who doesn't have patience for Max's anxiety and gruffly gets the younger dog to overcome his fears.
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Old Dog / int_261159e9	type	Old Dog
Old Dog / int_261159e9	comment	Einstein in Disney's Oliver & Company.
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Old Dog / int_27b0262b	type	Old Dog
Old Dog / int_27b0262b	comment	MythBusters busted the "old dogs can't learn new tricks" myth. They can, you just have to be more patient with them.
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Old Dog / int_2a77d7bc	type	Old Dog
Old Dog / int_2a77d7bc	comment	The Secret Life of Pets: Pops is an elderly old Basset hound who is paralyzed in his back legs. Despite his paralysis, Pops does manage to lead the search team into the sewers, which involves crossing some dangerous (and high up) sections of New York
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Old Dog / int_2bae325d	type	Old Dog
Old Dog / int_2bae325d	comment	A staple on the comedy-variety show Hee Haw was an old hound dog that mostly slept on a front porch (played by four dogs through the course of the series).
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Old Dog / int_2bbcacd9	type	Old Dog
Old Dog / int_2bbcacd9	comment	On the Looney Tunes short "Rover's Rival", Porky Pig tries to teach tricks to his ancient, arthritic dog Rover. A young pup comes along to show Rover up and make fun of how old he is, but comes to regret it when Rover risks his life to save Porky and the pup from some exploding dynamite. And in the short, Dog Tales, we meet "a Newfoundland . . . and his grandfather, an OLDfoundland."
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Looney Tunes	hasFeature	Old Dog / int_2bbcacd9
Old Dog / int_30940081	type	Old Dog
Old Dog / int_30940081	comment	Chop, Lamar's (though he mostly stays with Franklin) dog from Grand Theft Auto V, is seen significantly older in Grand Theft Auto Online. Back in his heyday (2013), he was Franklin's Canine Companion who was quick on his feet and could sniff out trouble, attacking on Franklin's command (sexual distractions notwithstanding). Years later, his fur has grayed and he doesn't get around to much anymore, as described by Franklin. There's even a Bait-and-Switch where it seems as though Chop is finally dying (going by a rottweiler's typical lifespan, by 2021, he should be on his last or second-to-last year), but he's actually just stoned off his ass eating one of Lamar's pot brownies.
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Grand Theft Auto V (Video Game)	hasFeature	Old Dog / int_30940081
Old Dog / int_30a5ebfd	type	Old Dog
Old Dog / int_30a5ebfd	comment	Kiba's dog Akamaru is this by the time of the Naruto epilogue chapter, and its sequel Boruto, having gone long past his prime as a ninja dog.
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Old Dog / int_417e5cac	type	Old Dog
Old Dog / int_417e5cac	comment	Mr Dean's dog Bob in All Creatures Great And Small.
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Old Dog / int_455e3038	type	Old Dog
Old Dog / int_455e3038	comment	King of the Hill: Subverted in an episode where Peggy gets a job working for the Alamo Beer Company and becomes privy to many of the company secrets. One of those secrets is that the supposedly old dog that appears in the Alamo Beer commercials is actually the third or fourth replacement and that the original dog died several years ago. Hank's dog, Ladybird, is a straight example. She's nine months older than Bobby, making her (in all likelihood) 14 years old when the show ends. Most bloodhounds live 6-8 years and seldom make it past 12.
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Old Dog / int_4617a9f2	type	Old Dog
Old Dog / int_4617a9f2	comment	The dog playing Buck on Married... with Children performed until he started having problems getting around. He was retired/"reincarnated" in a younger dog.
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Old Dog / int_468bebb0	type	Old Dog
Old Dog / int_468bebb0	comment	In Discworld, Vetinari has an old greyish terrier named Wuffles, who smells like death and spends most of his time sleeping. When Wuffles eventually dies, Vetinari visits his grave regularly in an uncharacteristic show of sentiment.
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Old Dog / int_507dfb6a	type	Old Dog
Old Dog / int_507dfb6a	comment	EarthBound (1994) has King, who belongs to Ness's family. A flashback shown late in the game shows that King was a puppy when Ness was born, making him about thirteen/fourteen years old during the events of the game. No wonder he spends most of his time sleeping around the house!
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Old Dog / int_59e25aa2	type	Old Dog
Old Dog / int_59e25aa2	comment	The Japanese children's book Yasashii Lion (The Gentle Lion aka The Kindly Lion) by Takashi Yanase involves a female dog named Muku-Muku adopting a lion cub named Buru-Buru after the death of his parents, while Muku-Muku lost her own puppies moments after birth. She quickly adopts Buru-Buru and raises him to become a kindhearted young lion who acts like a dog. Due to the age gap between both species, by the time Buru-Buru becomes a fully grown lion, Muku-Muku becomes an elderly dog with wrinkles around her face, a noticeably skinnier body, and a relaxed and laid back personality.
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Old Dog / int_5e629cf6	type	Old Dog
Old Dog / int_5e629cf6	comment	Trusty and Jock in Disney's Lady and the Tramp.
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Old Dog / int_5ffb7a57	type	Old Dog
Old Dog / int_5ffb7a57	comment	Bodger the bull terrier from The Incredible Journey.
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Old Dog / int_60f02ddb	type	Old Dog
Old Dog / int_60f02ddb	comment	In the very first episode of American Dad!, Stan gives in to Steve's requests for a pet dog and adopts Thor, who clocks in at a positively ancient 19. Stan meant well; he thought Thor was better for having lived through the Reagan years, but as you can imagine the poor thing died very quickly. Though to be fair, it might have lived a little longer if Stan hadn't shot it in the head.
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Old Dog / int_6af4b4a9	type	Old Dog
Old Dog / int_6af4b4a9	comment	Bruno in The Triplets of Belleville. Madam Souza bought him for her grandson as a puppy, but now he's a fat, lazy dog who only comes alive to bark at the train that passes by next to the house.
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The Triplets of Belleville	hasFeature	Old Dog / int_6af4b4a9
Old Dog / int_7bf6a74c	type	Old Dog
Old Dog / int_7bf6a74c	comment	The Beverly Hillbillies: Jed Clampett's bloodhound, Duke. Duke was already an old-timer when the show began, so he was extremely old nine years later. One can only presumes Granny's Spring Tonic helped extend Duke's life.
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The Beverly Hillbillies	hasFeature	Old Dog / int_7bf6a74c
Old Dog / int_7c9f2812	type	Old Dog
Old Dog / int_7c9f2812	comment	Once Upon a Dog is a Soviet animated short based on Ukrainian folk tale about a dog getting too old.
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Old Dog / int_7e438bd1	type	Old Dog
Old Dog / int_7e438bd1	comment	Heen in Howl's Moving Castle. He's an old dog who belongs to the wizard Suliman, but eventually moves in with Howl and Co. Although he is loosely based on a character from the original book, the original dog was never implied to be that old.
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Old Dog / int_8cf9e301	type	Old Dog
Old Dog / int_8cf9e301	comment	In The King of Queens, Carrie realises the Heffernan family dog, Rocky, has to be at least twenty-seven years old as he appears in home videos with an eleven-year old Doug. Doug is now thirty-eight. Patient questioning of Doug's mother gets the confession that the Heffernan parents are now on Rocky Four. They just never told him that old dogs die and didn't want to disillusion their son.
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The King of Queens	hasFeature	Old Dog / int_8cf9e301
Old Dog / int_98b9912e	type	Old Dog
Old Dog / int_98b9912e	comment	Disney's Goofy was originally portrayed as an old dog with small glasses, some stubble, and a beard who went by the name of Dippy Dawg.
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Goofy	hasFeature	Old Dog / int_98b9912e
Old Dog / int_a0500a06	type	Old Dog
Old Dog / int_a0500a06	comment	Spike in the Rugrats spinoff/sequel series All Grown Up! has become this due to the time that's passed between the original series and the followup. He's no longer in his physical prime and has clearly gained weight, and is more content to lie around now.
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Rugrats	hasFeature	Old Dog / int_a0500a06
Old Dog / int_a0ae470	type	Old Dog
Old Dog / int_a0ae470	comment	In Toy Story 3, Woody tries to call Buster over to hitch a ride on him. But because of the 10-year gap between this and the previous film, the formerly frisky puppy is now fat, gray, sluggish, and very tired.
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Toy Story 3	hasFeature	Old Dog / int_a0ae470
Old Dog / int_bb4af8d3	type	Old Dog
Old Dog / int_bb4af8d3	comment	Wolf falls into this by season 3 of Young Justice, eight years after his discovery and adoption. Formerly an active companion and member of the Team, he's now most content to lay in the background and snooze.
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YoungJustice	hasFeature	Old Dog / int_bb4af8d3
Old Dog / int_bdae670d	type	Old Dog
Old Dog / int_bdae670d	comment	Victor's dog Makkachin from Yuri!!! on Ice is quite old for a dog (judging from an In-Universe interview, he's at least 15 years old), but it's downplayed since despite liking to sleep a lot, he's very energetic and puppy-like when he's awake.
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Old Dog / int_cb3ccda0	type	Old Dog
Old Dog / int_cb3ccda0	comment	In stark contrast to the Disney example, Copper is the Old Dog in Daniel P. Mannix's The Fox and the Hound. In a rare Evil Old Folks version, this one comes across as a Villain Protagonist dog for some readers. Depends on how much a given reader can get into the mindset of a character that's intentionally written as having a very alien sense of morality since he's not human.
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The Fox and the Hound	hasFeature	Old Dog / int_cb3ccda0
Old Dog / int_cec8635a	type	Old Dog
Old Dog / int_cec8635a	comment	Old Hunter from the first Survivor Dogs book. He's a Street Smart stray who taught Lucky much about living in the city.
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Survivor Dogs	hasFeature	Old Dog / int_cec8635a
Old Dog / int_d3954793	type	Old Dog
Old Dog / int_d3954793	comment	Shadow in Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey is a character of the grandfatherly sort.
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Old Dog / int_d617b74b	type	Old Dog
Old Dog / int_d617b74b	comment	In The Savannah Reid Mysteries, Savannah's grandmother has Colonel Beauregard. Though he spends most of his time sleeping, he did manage to take a bite out of the perpetrator of Peaches and Screams.
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Old Dog / int_d7081096	type	Old Dog
Old Dog / int_d7081096	comment	Mother: EarthBound Beginnings has Ninten's dog (and very first friend), Mick. According to "Encyclopedia MOTHER," Mick was one year and five months old when Ninten was born, making him thirteen to Ninten's twelve during the events of the game. When Ninten was a toddler, Mick would let him ride on his back. EarthBound (1994) has King, who belongs to Ness's family. A flashback shown late in the game shows that King was a puppy when Ness was born, making him about thirteen/fourteen years old during the events of the game. No wonder he spends most of his time sleeping around the house!
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Old Dog / int_db30cf92	type	Old Dog
Old Dog / int_db30cf92	comment	In the Warrior Cats graphic novel The Rise of Scourge, a dog named Samwise is sleeping in an alley. He loses a tooth... and that tooth helps Tiny become Scourge.
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Old Dog / int_dd2e2c34	type	Old Dog
Old Dog / int_dd2e2c34	comment	In Air Buddies, the local police dog is a bloodhound called Deputy Sniffer.
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Old Dog / int_df4a1ce1	type	Old Dog
Old Dog / int_df4a1ce1	comment	Candy's dog in Of Mice and Men is one-half to three-quarters dead from old age.
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Old Dog / int_e362fe89	type	Old Dog
Old Dog / int_e362fe89	comment	Wylie Burp in An American Tail: Fievel Goes West, the old canine sheriff and a caricature of Wyatt Earp.
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An American Tail: Fievel Goes West	hasFeature	Old Dog / int_e362fe89
Old Dog / int_e4057dc	type	Old Dog
Old Dog / int_e4057dc	comment	The first dog to expire in Eight Below is an aging male who is too weak, and/or too loyal, to break loose from their tie-down chains.
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Old Dog / int_e43ccc76	type	Old Dog
Old Dog / int_e43ccc76	comment	Jeff the old dog from Kiki's Delivery Service is slow-moving and sleepy, but helps out Jiji the cat (who has disguised himself as a toy) by keeping him safe until Jiji's owner Kiki returns to get him.
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Old Dog / int_ea4f62db	type	Old Dog
Old Dog / int_ea4f62db	comment	Family Guy: There's Herbert's dog, whose hind legs don't work. Downplayed with Brian, who started out at 7 years old to 10 as of season 20.
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Old Dog / int_f6e2c23d	type	Old Dog
Old Dog / int_f6e2c23d	comment	EarthBound Beginnings has Ninten's dog (and very first friend), Mick. According to "Encyclopedia MOTHER," Mick was one year and five months old when Ninten was born, making him thirteen to Ninten's twelve during the events of the game. When Ninten was a toddler, Mick would let him ride on his back.
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Old Dog	processingCategory2	This Index Barks
Once Upon a Dog (Animation) / int_ad646bba	type	Old Dog
The Kindly Lion / int_ad646bba	type	Old Dog
Krypto the Superdog (Comic Book) / int_ad646bba	type	Old Dog
Laika (Comic Book) / int_ad646bba	type	Old Dog
Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey / int_ad646bba	type	Old Dog
Quiz Lady / int_ad646bba	type	Old Dog
Star Trek: Enterprise Relaunch / int_ad646bba	type	Old Dog
Stone Fox / int_ad646bba	type	Old Dog
Sword of the Rightful King / int_ad646bba	type	Old Dog
The Incredible Journey / int_ad646bba	type	Old Dog
The Odyssey / int_ad646bba	type	Old Dog
Dog Signal (Manga) / int_ad646bba	type	Old Dog
How to Keep a Mummy (Manga) / int_ad646bba	type	Old Dog
Sia (Music) / int_ad646bba	type	Old Dog
Curiosity Shop / int_ad646bba	type	Old Dog
The Beverly Hillbillies / int_ad646bba	type	Old Dog
Young Rock / int_ad646bba	type	Old Dog
The Testament of Sherlock Holmes (Video Game) / int_ad646bba	type	Old Dog
The Fox and the Hound / int_ad646bba	type	Old Dog
Toy Story 3 / int_ad646bba	type	Old Dog
Young Justice - Revival Series / int_ad646bba	type	Old Dog

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