Riley (Homeward Bound II)

Riley is a stray mutt in Homeward Bound II: Lost in San Francisco, and the leader of a gang of stray dogs.
==Role in the film==
Riley is the leader of a gang of street dogs whose names are Delilah, Bando, Sledge, Stokey, and Spike. He is first seen arriving with his gang and saves Shadow, Sassy, and Chance from Ashcan and Pete, two vicious junkyard dogs. He then tells Shadow and Sassy (Chance fled, thinking that Riley's gang were reinforcements for Ashcan and Pete by Sassy) that it is unsafe to be around here because there are humans present, and humans are bad news.
Riley reveals that he hates all humans, as well as pets who associate with humans. The reason why (according to what Delilah told Chance at some point) is that a long time ago, when Riley was just a puppy, he was a Christmas present for a boy. However, the boy refused to like him and play with him, so the parents got rid of him by leaving him in a gutter on that Christmas night in the rain. 
Riley later starts to change his mind about humans after Shadow rescues a boy named Tucker from a burning house. When he asks Shadow if a human would risk their life to save him, he tells Riley that his owner Peter would. He then agrees to escort Shadow and Sassy home. However, Riley becomes displeased when he sees Chance hanging with Delilah (they had sparked a romance together while he and his gang had left). Indignant, he tries to convince Delilah that she shouldn't be with Chance because he is a house pet. She refuses to listen to Riley at first, but when Chance's unruly antics get him and Riley's gang in trouble, Delilah reluctantly dumps him, causing poor Chance to storm off angry and heartbroken while telling everyone off for what they caused.
Riley and his gang attempt to find Chance, but to no avail. Riley is last seen leading Shadow and Sassy to the bridge, where he and the two house pets prepare to go their separate ways. Before they do, Riley tells Shadow that he'll keep in mind about what the latter said about humans, to which Shadow replies, "Riley, you're all right." When Riley returns to his gang of street dogs, he presumably also allowed Delilah to quit his gang to be with Chance.
==Trivia==
*He is rather similar to Buster and Shere Khan in that Buster hates pets who associate with humans, and Khan just hates humans in general, so they have always had a hatred for humans, also known as , except that Riley is not a villain.
**He also shares a similarity to King Triton in this way, except that Riley possesses a softer disposition of humans after his meeting with Shadow.
==Gallery==
Profile - HB2 Riley.jpg
HB2 - Riley with street dogs.jpg|Riley with his gang of street dogs
HB2 - Riley with Shadow and Sassy.jpg|Riley with Shadow and Sassy
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