Alpha, Beta, and Gamma try to keep Dug out of their way while they hunt for Kevin the Snipe. However, their instructions for his "very special mission" keep backfiring on them.Alpha, Beta, and Gamma try to keep Dug out of their way while they hunt for Kevin the Snipe. However, their instructions for his "very special mission" keep backfiring on them.Alpha, Beta, and Gamma try to keep Dug out of their way while they hunt for Kevin the Snipe. However, their instructions for his "very special mission" keep backfiring on them.
- Alpha
- (voice)
- …
- Beta
- (voice)
- Gamma
- (voice)
- Carl Fredricksen
- (voice)
- (uncredited)
- Russell
- (voice)
- (uncredited)
- Director
- Writer
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Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaThis is a short spinoff from the movie "Up"
- GoofsIn the movie, Alpha's high-pitched voice is a surprise to all the dogs. In the short, which takes place before Dug's first scene in the movie, Alpha's voice is already high-pitched.
- Quotes
Alpha: [speaking in a high-pitched broken collar voice to Dug, who is in a hole in the ground] This is the bird's favorite hole. Under no circumstances are you permitted to SQUIRREL!
[Alpha, Beta, and Gamma quickly snap their heads to look to screen left. Dug glances in that direction. Alpha regains his composure]
Alpha: - ever leave this hole. Do you understand the words that I am saying to you now?
[growls]
Dug: Oh yes. I will stay in the hole and I will capture the bird.
Alpha: [all three start to walk away] Yes... definitely!
Gamma: [to Alpha] That oughta do it.
Beta: Yeah.
Dug: I will stay in the hole. I will stay in the hole. I will... stay in the...
[starts to sink into the hole]
Dug: Now I am going down the hole.
[continues sliding on sinking sand]
Dug: It is dark in the hole.
Alpha: [Alpha, Beta, and Gamma are hunting Kevin the Snipe, only a few yards away] This is our day, my lieutenants. Master will have much rewa...
[his ears perk up, Kevin runs away, and Dug falls on top of them in a heap of sand]
Dug: [sitting on top of the three, who are half-buried in sand] Hey! My pack is in the hole too!
- ConnectionsEdited from Up (2009)
All the humor that comes with Alpha, Beta, Gamma, and Dug is here, as well as Alpha's "broken collar" joke. However, this film did have a few discrepancies with the feature film it was based on that bothered me slightly. They're mostly anachronisms or continuity errors, but I can forgive them considering that this film is supposedly a representation of how Dug remembers these events, just like the "Married Life" sequence in "Up" was supposed to be how Carl Fredricksen remembered his marriage with Ellie.
This film isn't all physical humor, though. Before I go on, please note that you shouldn't watch this until you've seen the feature film it's based on. Anyway, after Alpha gets fed up with Dug, Dug is (to be brief) very sad and alienated. Pixar does their thing with the emotions, and Dug runs away into some fog-filled rocks. The first time I saw that, I felt sorry for Dug. However, as per his birthday wish (it is his birthday, after all), he finds "a new master": Carl and Russell. What a nice alternate location story!
- dogman15
- Nov 14, 2009
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- Also known as
- Nhiệm Vụ Đặc Biệt Của Dug
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- Runtime5 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.78 : 1
- 1.85 : 1