39 Fun Facts About Dog Man

The creator of Dog Man was born and grew up in which U.S. state?

Dav Pilkey, Dog Man's creator, was born in Ohio in 1966, grew up there, and graduated from Kent State University in Ohio.

Dog Man is a spin-off of which other Dav Pilkey series?

Captain Underpants is the parent series: its two kid cartoonists drew Dog Man as their very first comic, and every Dog Man book is presented as their homemade work.

Which two kids 'write' the Dog Man comics inside the story?

George Beard and Harold Hutchins get inspiration for later books from the classic literature they are assigned in school.

Dog Man is made from a cop named Knight and a dog named what?

After an explosion, a nurse suggested sewing Greg's head onto Knight's body.

Petey is described in the books as what?

Petey is billed as 'the world's most evilest cat', the deliberately ungrammatical tag the books give him; he later reforms while raising his kitten clone, Li'l Petey.

In which book does Petey create his clone, Li'l Petey?

A Tale of Two Kitties (2017), the third Dog Man book, introduces Li'l Petey: Petey clones himself, rejects the kitten for being too nice, and Dog Man takes him in.

What is the name of the robot that joins Dog Man and Li'l Petey?

80-HD is the giant robot Petey builds in Dog Man and Cat Kid; he becomes Li'l Petey's devoted companion and the trio's crime-fighting muscle.

What superhero team do Dog Man, Li'l Petey and 80-HD form?

The Supa Buddies are the trio's superhero team, formed in Lord of the Fleas: Dog Man as the Bark Knight, Li'l Petey as Cat Kid and 80-HD as Lightning Dude.

What is the name of the Chief's pet fish who becomes super-intelligent and wants to rule the world?

Flippy is the Chief's pet fish, who turns evil and telekinetic in Dog Man Unleashed after Petey feeds him brain-boosting pills, and returns as a bionic fish in A Tale of Two Kitties.

Which Dog Man book introduces the villains Piggy, Bub and Crunky?

Lord of the Fleas (2018) introduces Piggy, Crunky and Bub, figures from Petey's past who form the F.L.E.A.S. (Fuzzy Little Evil Animal Squad) and come after Li'l Petey.

In Brawl of the Wild, where does Dog Man end up after being framed?

Dog Jail: framed for a crime he did not commit, Dog Man is locked up in Brawl of the Wild (2018) while his friends work to prove his innocence.

In the seventh Dog Man book, what habit does Dog Man try to break?

Chasing balls: in For Whom the Ball Rolls (2019), the seventh book, Dog Man works to overcome his obsession with balls, which the villains then turn against him.

In Mothering Heights, whom does Dog Man help the Chief woo?

Nurse Lady is the Chief's love interest: Dog Man helps him court her in Mothering Heights (2021), and by The Scarlet Shedder the Chief is away on their honeymoon.

How does Dog Man end up dyed red in The Scarlet Shedder?

With the Chief away, a replacement chief named Maude teams up with a corrupt judge to jail him.

What is the title of the 13th Dog Man book?

Big Jim Begins (December 2024) is the thirteenth Dog Man book, a prequel in which Big Jim recounts his own origin story.

Which publisher releases the Dog Man books?

Scholastic publishes Dog Man through its Graphix graphic-novel imprint, which launched the series with the first Dog Man book in August 2016.

The spin-off Cat Kid Comic Club stars Li'l Petey and which friend?

Molly the tadpole, the outspoken standout among the frog kids, co-stars with Li'l Petey as the Cat Kid Comic Club members learn to make their own comics.

Which Dog Man title is a pun on an Ernest Hemingway novel?

For Whom the Ball Rolls puns on Hemingway's 1940 novel For Whom the Bell Tolls; the other titles riff on Dickens, Golding and Dostoevsky.

Which studio made the 2025 Dog Man movie?

DreamWorks Animation produced Dog Man, its adaptation of Dav Pilkey's series, which Universal Pictures released in US cinemas on January 31, 2025.

Who wrote and directed the Dog Man film, and also did Dog Man's vocal effects?

Peter Hastings wrote and directed Dog Man and supplied Dog Man's barks and vocal effects himself; he previously ran Netflix's The Epic Tales of Captain Underpants.

Who voices Petey in the Dog Man movie?

Pete Davidson voices Petey in the 2025 film, opposite Lil Rel Howery as the Chief and Isla Fisher as the TV reporter.

Who voices the Chief's villainous, super-intelligent pet fish in the film?

One of Flippy's robots ends up throwing a party at Dog Man's house at the end.

How much did the Dog Man film earn worldwide?

Dog Man grossed $145.6 million worldwide on a roughly $40 million budget, with about two-thirds of that coming from North American ticket sales.

Which animation studio actually animated the Dog Man movie?

Pilkey had originally wanted stop-motion; Jellyfish had done How to Train Your Dragon: Homecoming.

Where did the Dog Man film have its world premiere in January 2025?

It reached U.S. cinemas two weeks later, on January 31.

Dog Man: The Musical was first produced Off-Broadway in which year?

2019: TheatreWorksUSA premiered Dog Man: The Musical Off-Broadway at the Lucille Lortel Theatre that summer, with music by Brad Alexander and book and lyrics by Kevin Del Aguila.

What is the name of the 2024 Dog Man video game?

Dog Man: Mission Impawsible, released in 2024 for consoles and PC, is a side-scrolling platformer in which Dog Man teams with Li'l Petey and 80-HD against the F.L.E.A.S.

Dav Pilkey was diagnosed as a child with which two conditions?

ADHD and dyslexia: Pilkey struggled in class as a child and has said his restless, imaginative energy went into the comics that grew into his books.

Where did young Dav Pilkey create his most famous underwear-clad superhero?

At a desk in the school hallway: Pilkey's teachers often sent him out of class for disruptions, and in second grade he drew the first Captain Underpants comics there.

Under what pen name did Pilkey write The Dumb Bunnies?

Say it aloud: pseudonym.

What was Dav Pilkey's first book, written in 1987?

World War Won, an animal fable about an arms race, won a national student writing-and-illustrating contest and was published in 1987, when Pilkey was 21.

In what year was the first book about Pilkey's underwear-clad superhero published?

Dog Man followed in 2016 and now runs to 14 books.

Who is credited with the colour on the Dog Man books?

Jose Garibaldi is credited with the colour on the Dog Man books from the first volume in 2016; Pilkey draws the line art himself.

What do the Flip-O-Rama pages in the Dog Man books let readers do?

Flip-O-Rama pages make a two-frame animation: you hold the page at the dotted line and flip it back and forth, a gimmick Pilkey carried over from Captain Underpants.

Which first-volume comic has Petey trying to make the world stupid by removing reading matter?

Book 'Em, Dog Man, a chapter of the first Dog Man book (2016), has Petey scheme to make everyone dumb by getting rid of the town's books until Dog Man stops him.

Twenty Thousand Fleas Under the Sea puns on a novel by which author?

Jules Verne: the 2023 Dog Man book Twenty Thousand Fleas Under the Sea puns on Verne's 1870 novel Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea.

Which was the only Dog Man book published in 2020?

Grime and Punishment, the ninth book, came out on 1 September 2020; Fetch-22 was December 2019 and Mothering Heights March 2021.

Who voices Petey's neglectful father, Grampa, in the 2025 Dog Man film?

Stephen Root voices Grampa, Petey's deadbeat father, in the 2025 film; Root is best known as Milton in Office Space and Jimmy James on NewsRadio.

Which publisher released the 2024 Dog Man side-scrolling platformer video game?

In the game Dog Man, Li'l Petey and 80-HD chase the F.L.E.A.S., who have stolen the key to the city; a second game is due in 2026.