- "Come on, doggy. It's just you and me now. It's you and old Jack. Come on. Come on. That's a boy. Good boy. Come get the bone. That's a good boy. Come on. A bit closer. A bit closer. That's it. That's it, doggy. Come on, you filthy, slimy, mangy cur."
- ―Jack Sparrow to the Prison Dog
A dog, mongrel or pup, is the domesticated descendant of the extinct Pleistocene wolf, with the modern wolf being the dog's nearest living relative. It is a member of the Canidae family of the mammalian order Carnivora. The term "domestic dog" is generally used for both domesticated and feral varieties. The dog was the first animal to be domesticated and had been the most widely kept working, hunting, and pet animal in human history. Dogs had perform many roles for people, such as hunting, herding, guarding, assisting the military, in addition to their roles as companions.
Notable dogs[]
Behind the scenes[]
- Dogs first appeared in Walt Disney's Pirates of the Caribbean. In the ride, three pirate musicians sing "Yo Ho (A Pirate's Life for Me)" as a dog and a donkey bark and bray backup respectively, and later the iconic scene with the Prison Dog and the pirate inmates. The dog is also among the fifty-five animals that appear in the ride.[6]
- When discussing Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl visual effects by Industrial Light & Magic, director Gore Verbinski said, "The first time animatronics were used was in the Disney ride. Seeing the barking dog and the talking skeletons made you question whether or not it was real. But today's audiences are savvier because of effects. We are using computer-generated animation to achieve that same reality for today's audience."[7]
- In Tim Powers' novel On Stranger Tides, which was used as the basis for the fourth Pirates film, a pirate named Mr. Bird continuously asks his fellow pirates if someone had called him a dog. Voodoo sorcerors used the heads of mummified two-headed dogs; Blackbeard uses them as magical pointers, and Benjamin Hurwood/Ulysse Segundo uses them as supernatural surveillance equipment.
Appearances[]
- Walt Disney's Pirates of the Caribbean (First appearance)
- Climb Aboard if you Dare!: Stories from the Pirates of the Caribbean
- Jack Sparrow: The Coming Storm (Mentioned only)
- Jack Sparrow: The Age of Bronze (Mentioned only)
- Jack Sparrow: City of Gold
- Jack Sparrow: The Tale of Billy Turner and Other Stories
- The Price of Freedom
- Legends of the Brethren Court: Rising in the East
- Legends of the Brethren Court: Day of the Shadow
- Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
- Pirates of the Caribbean Online
- Breakout!
- The Escape of Pintel and Ragetti!
- Pearly Gaze!
- The Sleeping Island!
- Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
- Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (First identified as mongrel pup)
- Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides (Mentioned only)
- LEGO Pirates of the Caribbean: The Video Game (Non-canonical appearance)
- Pirates of the Caribbean: Tides of War
Sources[]
- Disneyland: From the Pirates of the Caribbean to the World of Tomorrow
- Pirates of the Caribbean: From the Magic Kingdom to the Movies
- Pirates of the Caribbean: The Visual Guide
- Pirates of the Caribbean: The Complete Visual Guide
External links[]
Notes and references[]
- ↑ Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
- ↑ Pirates of the Caribbean (ride)
- ↑ Jack Sparrow: City of Gold
- ↑ Jack Sparrow: The Tale of Billy Turner and Other Stories
- ↑ Legends of the Brethren Court: Day of the Shadow
- ↑ Pirates of the Caribbean: From the Magic Kingdom to the Movies
- ↑ Pirates of the Caribbean production notes, accessed Dec 9, 2006