The Spy Dogs are a secret organization of dogs that are dedicated to protecting their world, without letting their masters know about their activities.[5] They battle a variety of enemies, including Baron Bone, Catastrophe, Ernst Stavro Blowfish, fleas and aliens.[6]
Characters
All anthropomorphic animals are intelligent enough to walk on two legs and talk. The first season of The Secret Files of the Spy Dogs used traditional
cel animation, but the second season used the
digital ink and paint process.
Main operatives
Dog Zero (voiced by
Adam West) - A dog of an unknown breed; who is the leader of the Spy Dogs. Although he is never seen, Dog Zero appears to be a
bloodhound.
Ralph (voiced by
Micky Dolenz) - A dog from the United States who is a high-ranking Spy Dog. Ralph is the leader of the group. He is very sensible and cares about other individuals' feelings. Ralph appears to be a
Labrador Retriever/
Dalmatian mix. He has a brother named Mange who is a Chesapeake Bay Retriever.
Mitzy (voiced by
Mary Kay Bergman) - A pink
terrier from America; who is a high-ranking Spy Dog. She is very skilled in martial arts. Mitzy appears to be a
Yorkshire Terrier.
Scribble (voiced by
Micky Dolenz) - A dog from the United States; who is a Spy Dog-in-training. He is the comic relief of the group and is known to eat anything. Scribble appears to be a
Beagle mix.
Angus (voiced by
Jim Ward) - A
Scottish Terrier from Scotland; who is the technological genius of the Spy Dogs. He is the second comic relief; second only to Scribble. He has a mother; who is also from Scotland.
Von Rabie (voiced by
Jim Cummings) - A dog of unknown breed (meant to be a
Pit bull,
Boxer,
Rottweiler and
Dobermann) from the United States, originally from Australia; who is an operative of the Spy Dogs. He is the genius bruiser of the group.
Stahl (voiced by
Michael Donovan) - A
German Shepherd probably from Germany; who is an operative and paranormal specialist. He is very brave and confident.
Noodle (voiced by
Billy West) - A Poodle/Bichon Frise mix from France who likes to cook. He sometimes has a tendency to worry.
B.A.R.K. Squad -
S.W.A.T. or
Marine dogs. They always wear blue goggles, helmets and waistcoats.
Furry (voiced by
Billy West) - A Doberman Pinscher; who is the leader of the B.A.R.K. Squad.
Scuzzy Duzz's owner (voiced by Mary Kay Bergman) - A bespectacled short girl who slightly resembles
Velma Dinkley.
Villains
Catastrophe (voiced by
Jim Cummings) - The nemesis of the Spy Dogs organization who serves as the primary
antagonist of the series. He is a
cat with
prosthetic mechanical
tail which he wore because his natural one was bitten off by a dog or lost in an accident in a
rocking chair testing facility. He tried to take over the world with an army of mummy cats and
Bastet. His metal tail suggests he is a parody of
Dr. No, while he is sometimes seen stroking a mouse similar to
Ernst Stavro Blofeld's white cat.
Maws - Catastrophe's assistant with big teeth. He is a spoof of
Jaws.
Oddball - Catastrophe's muscular Siamese cat henchman with a bowler hat and blue bowtie. Based on the villain
Oddjob with the trademark bowler hat.
Bast - The leader of the Cat Mummies who Catastrophe once enlisted.
Cat Mummies (vocal effects provided by
Frank Welker) - A bunch of mummified cats.
Baron Bone (voiced by
Clancy Brown) - A human who attempted to corner the market in beef by luring all the
cows in the world with a giant ball of cud.
Miss Tenderloin (voiced by
Tress MacNeille) - Baron Bone's female servant.
Chuck - Baron Bone's henchman.
Chauncey - An incredibly lucky, silent and charismatic runaway Super Prototype Mobile-Suit Human "mindless automaton". In order to keep him under control, Mitzy warehoused Chauncey by making him the President of the United States. He is a parody of Chauncey Gardiner from the
novel and the movie "
Being There" (his debut episode was actually called "Being" and had many similarities with novel/movie).
D'Cell (voiced by
Eddie Deezen) - A human who tried to steal every new gadget in the world so he would be on the cutting edge of technology.
Ernest Anyway - A
hunter who successfully captured
Bigfoot,
Mokele-mbembe, a
Yeti, and his mother (Ernest's comment about it was "Don't ask"). He tried to capture the
Loch Ness Monster (which turned out to be an elongated
dachshund named Nessie) only to be thwarted by Ralph and Erin. His name is a parody of writer
Ernest Hemingway.
Ernst Stavro Blowfish (voiced by
Ben Stein) - He took control of all the fast food restaurants in the world just because he thinks he is evil. Named after
Ernst Stavro Blofeld.
Septic and Incus - Two scientists that work for Blowfish.
Porkzilla (vocal effects provided by
Dee Bradley Baker) - He is not really evil. After he drank a special potion made by two girls on a turnip farm to grow bigger, he became huge and went to the city to eat. Porkzilla is a spoof of
Godzilla.
Twin Girls (Voiced by Kath Soucie and Mary Kay Bergman) - The creators of Porkzilla named Older Sue and Corny May.
Witch Doctors - A quartet of witch doctors in suits that work as
Spin Doctors at the Ferret Network. After Ralph and Stahl expose their plans to hypnotize the TV viewers, they are fired by the Ferret Network's CEO.
Witch Doctor Brad (voiced by Maurice LaMarche) - Leader of Witch Doctor.
Witch Doctor Chad (voiced by Pat Fraley) - Witch Doctor's Henchman.
Witch Doctor Seymour - Witch Doctor's Henchman.
Witch Doctor Thad - Witch Doctor's Henchman.
Space
Slugs (voiced by
Maurice LaMarche and
Billy West) - They tried to bury the world in slime to recreate their home world which was destroyed. Also tried to mutate the children of the world into Space Slugs by tainting lunchroom food in schools.
Granny Larceny (voiced by
Tress MacNeille) - An old lady criminal who uses her babies to commit crimes.
Pookie, Wookums and Coochy - Granny Larceny's grand-babies who are programmed to commit crimes. Pookie is a master of the rattle-chuks. Wookums is a master of diaper-fu. Coochy has the ability of sticky drool.
Al Catraz (voiced by
Jeff Bennett) - The strict owner of the dog kennel where Ralph was dropped off while his owners were going on vacation. Al was displeased that his father had his dog inherit his fortune instead of Al.
Security Guard - Al Catraz's henchmen.
Timmy (voiced by Mary Kay Bergman) - He was not really evil, he was so much of a danger to himself and those around him he had to be stopped.
Bank Robbers (voiced by Jim Cummings)
Counterfeiters (voiced by Billy West and Tom Kenny)
Technology
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Dog tags - communicators.
Hydrant - hydrant samurai.
Humanesks - androids large enough to be piloted by one or two spydogs, depending on model. The slimmer models are for one spydog, and the more obese models carry a co-pilot.
Pet Store Plane - planes. Usually used to transport cargo.
Toilets - invented as water bowls and communication devices.
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