Elvis (Spy Cat)

Elvis is one of the four main protagonists of the German 2018 animated film Spy Cat. He is a pessimistic and grumpy pitbull oppressed by the humans and who ends up finding himself mixed up in spite of himself in a story of burglary.
He is voiced by Axel Prahl.
== Appareance ==
Elvis is an anthropomorphic American pit bull terrier with dark brown fur, an cream snout and belly, an underbite with sharp teeth, floppy ears (with one of them being thorn) and a black spiked collar.
==Personality==
Due to having been abused by humans throughout his life, Elvis developed a form of human phobia, hiding whenever a human is near him, even if it is only one harmless little boy. Throughout the film, he manages to dominate his fear. When he was finally free, he declared that he would rather starve than be chained again.
Elvis is an antisocial, cranky, rude, lonely and mocking dog at first. From his first meeting with Marnie, Anton and Eggbert, he did not want to have anything to do with them or not missing an opportunity to make fun of them or to belittle them but he ended up appreciating them and even considered them as his only friends . In the end, Elvis was very happy to say no more wickedness.
==History==
Having spent his life in the kennels, Elvis had several owners, all of them more despicable and especially the farmer Edward Mock of Drabville who wanted Elvis to act like a nasty dog so he hit him every day. Poor Elvis received scars and a deep fear of humans.
===Spy Cat===
Elvis is first of all shooting pumpkin with a paintball gun until the arrival of a father and a son distributing the mail does not push him to go to hide behind logs. Mocked by pigeons, Elvis shoots them to make them decamp.
A few days later, Mr. Mock intimidatedly ordered Elvis to keep the house well because of the recent burglary while he and his wife were away, and also warned him that if he failed, then he would be sent back to kennel where Elvis will spend a dirty quarter hour. Instead of keeping the house, Elvis likes to drive the tractor for fake and then drives it for real but because of the chain around his neck, he falls backwards. Seeing two men arrived, Elvis goes back into hiding again and then observes the theft of the Mock house without intervening. Knowing he was done, Elvis cut his chain with pliers and fled the farm with the tractor.
Finally free, Elvis crosses the countryside before stopping when he sees a box on his way. Marnie gets out of the box and mistakenly believing that Elvis is his contact, loading his things onto the tractor, to Elvis's exasperation. Eggbert arrives in turn and hides in the engine to avoid the hens who want it to be him who ends up in the pot, still to the dismay of the old watchdog. With two stowaways, Elvis yells that he is not walking tourists and orders Marnie to get out of his three-wheeled tractor until Eggbert remarks on Elvis' intelligence to the point that the dog cries out to him. keep quiet and call him an idiotic fowl. The trio is then forced to flee when the farmer Mock chases them. They end up sowing the wicked farmer when his car gets stuck in plowed land
Continuing to drive, Elvis passes by a zebra named Mambo Debango who wants to board them, which Elvis does not intend to let happen. The tractor engine eventually failed. Elvis inspects it and Eggbert guesses that it is a cylinder head gasket that has failed, although Elvis pretends to know it and sarcastically suggests to the rooster to repair the engine since he knows but Eggbert has no arms. Marnie then notices a necklace stolen around Mambo and then reveals how being a secret agent investigating the robberies of Drabville (Well, that's what she believes.), Elvis pretends to believe it before not paying any more attention to continue repairing the engine. Farmer Mock chases them again on a plane, forcing them to flee on foot. During the escape, Elvis steals the thieves' van but to his great annoyance, the other three also boarded. Carelessly driving on a road limited to 30 and criticized by Eggbert, Elvis shoots in the signs to make fun of it.
A little later, the quartet stops at an abandoned barn. Marnie does not want to hide so Elvis suggests that she face the danger alone, forcing Marnie to resign herself. After a radio announcement on the flights, Marnie starts again with her secret agent beliefs, much to the amusement of Elvis. In the evening, Elvis is awakened to his annoyance by an Eggbert having had a nightmare. Marnie then asks if she can nestle between the rooster and the dog, which they end up accepting despite an initial refusal. The trio then watches a soap bubble come out of Mambo's buttocks and burst in front of them.
In the early morning, Elvis alerts the group to the arrival of the hens who are still looking for Eggbert. Once the hens have left, the group discovers that the van contains the stolen paintings, one of which belongs to the Mocks, which allows Eggbert to deduce that Elvis was their guard dog but that he failed, which the dog denies. Mambo tries to convince Elvis that he could have told them since they are friends but the dog rejects him because for him, they are not friends. Elvis then agrees to take Marnie to the police station to return the paintings so that he can continue on his own.
Unfortunately for the four animals, the police ended up believing that they were the thieves, forcing them to flee the police through Drabville. Before crossing a railway with the arrival of a train, Elvis is convinced by a Marnie based on films that he can pass before the train but the van is ultimately not fast enough and collides with the train, sending them waltzed and crashing into haystacks. Furious at having almost died, Elvis scolds Marnie for his crazy idea. The dog, the cat and the zebra hide again when they see the police cars passing by. The trio then notices the apparent disappearance of Eggbert before finding him on top of an apple tree. Elvis kicks the tree to bring Eggbert back down abruptly, who does not hasten to say that he loves Elvis absolutely nothing.
When the rain falls, Mambo loses his stripes and turns out to be in reality only a donkey named Anton who just wanted to be part of the circus. For fun, Elvis shoots Anton with his paintballs to give him color until Marnie convinces him that it is not good.
Moments later, Marnie heals the scratch that Elvis suffered during the train collision, although he claims it is not much. His pleasure being covered by a kid's bandage, Eggbert comments that now the dog really looks tough, which makes the group laugh and even Elvis ends up laughing too. Anton then asks Elvis how he got his scars and although he has no desire to talk about it on the pretext that his does not matter, Marnie assures him that they are interested in them. Elvis then recounts his hard dog life to conclude that he would not change his freedom for anything else in the world. The group then examines the stolen paintings and despite some hesitation due to his distrust of humans, Elvis is finally convinced with Anton and Eggbert by Marnie that they must team up to prove their innocence.
The group puts the van back on its four wheels and then go in search of a computer. Finding what he is looking for in a farmer's house, Anton distracts while Marnie and Eggbert infiltrate the house with Elvis support holding the ropes to which they are tied. Obtaining the necessary information from the tables, the group fled before the farmer was given time to shoot them with a gun.
From the information obtained and a map of Drabville, the four animals deduce that the next flight will take place on the farm where Eggbert comes from. There and in the evening, they see the chief of the thieves luring on the roof of the house with a flying chair. Elvis then climbs on Anton and carries Eggbert and Marnie high enough for the cat to take a picture of the thief and discover that he is actually her human uncle, Paul. Falling backwards, the animals in the yard hide but Paul catches Eggbert and demands the photo which incriminates him as well as the paintings. With the photo and the paintings given, Paul keeps Eggbert hostage and promises to harm him if they continue to wreak havoc on him.
Having lost Eggbert, Elvis finally cracked while listening to another plan of being called Marnie's agent. Elvis makes him understand with anger that she is just a naive salon cat who confuses real life and fiction. Not wanting to risk being chained once again, Elvis then decides to leave Marnie and Anton to go where no one will ever find him.
The dog takes up residence in a garbage dump and finally seems to have found peace but by listening to the capture of Marnie on the radio, Elvis is remorseful and decides to go to save her. Joined by Anton and Eggbert who managed to escape, Elvis and the other two liberate Marnie from her captivity and convince her to take over the case, despite the uncertainty of the cat.
Using the photo of Paul that Eggbert has recovered, the four friends photocopy a life-size version and stick it on a panel opposite Marnie's house. At the same time, they are using Marnie's favorite television series to make a call to the police. Once Paul locked in the cellar, the animals have only to wait but unfortunately, Rosalinde disembarks at the wrong time and frees Paul who then tries to escape in a flying chair, with Rosalinde hanging behind.
The animals pursue the thief on board an airplane. Elvis steers but Mr. Mock shoots in the tank, causing them to waste fuel until Marnie moves the hole. After a brief confrontation, everyone ends up crashing on thebig top of a circus. Police almost arrest the animals until Rosalinde reveals their innocence. Paul then tries to escape by the tightrope, so Elvis grabs a cop's gun and pulls the rope, allowing Paul to be arrested.
The animals are then rewarded by the mayor of Drabville and in addition to obtaining a lot of money, the owner of the circus offers them a job. In the end, the four friends decided to stay together and go around the world aboard a limousine motorcycle to resolve other inquiries.
== Quotes ==
== Gallery ==
Elvis In The Ground.jpg|Elvis pushed to the ground by Mock.
Elvis Angry.jpg|"I count to three and if you're not off my tractor, you're really Gonna get it..."
Elvis Eggbert.jpg|"Okay, smart alec you fix this wreck."
Marnie Elvis.jpg|Elvis listening to Marnie tell him the so-called secret code.
Dog Cat Rooster.jpg|Elvis, Marnie, Eggbert sleep together.
Hens Search Eggbert.jpg|Elvis and the chickens.
Anton Elvis.jpg|Elvis ignoring Anton's attempts to befriend.
Four Animals Road.jpg|Elvis driving towards the police station.
Elvis Past.jpg|Elvis talks about his past.
Elvis Have Enough.jpg|"You're juste a stupid house cat who's seen too many crime shows."
Elvis Guilty.jpg|Elvis remorseful for leaving Marnie behind after learning of her arrest.
Elvis Free Elvis.jpg|Elvis comes freed Marnie.
Spy Cat Crew.jpg|The entire team.
Elvis Gun.jpg|Elvis shoots the tightrope to bring Paul down.
Crew Reward.jpg|After Paul's arrest, Elvis and his friends are worthily rewarded.
Elvis Apologize.jpg|"I said a lot of mean things to you and well just wanted to say, not all them are true."
Spy Cat Ending.jpg|Elvis and his new friends on their way to new adventures.
== Trivia ==
* Of all the animals, Elvis is the only one who can drive.
* Elvis' initial fear of humans may be akin to Anthropophobia.
*Elvis is named after Elvis Presley the King of Rock and Roll.
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