Pongo

***NOTE: This page talks about Pongo in the 1996-2000 live-action film series of 101 Dalmatians by Stephen Herek. As his reincarnation originating from the 1956 novel by Dodie Smith and 1961 animated film by Walt Disney were voted as Pure Good. Therefore Pongo's heroic deeds in the 1996-2000 film should be placed onto here instead.***

## Insufficiently Admirable

### Alias

Dog
Dalmatian

### Family

Perdita (wife)
Lucky, Patch, Rolly, Dipstick, Whizzer, Fidget and Freckles (sons)br>Cadpig, Two-Tone, Jewel, Pepper and Penny (daughters)
Other puppies (biological children and adoptive children)
Dottie (daughter-in-law)
Domino and Little Dipper (grandsons)
Oddball (granddaughter)
Delilah (great-great-granddaughter)

### Allies

Roger Radcliffe
Anita Radcliffe
Nanny
his adopted puppies
Berlioz
Sergeant Tibbs
Captain
Labrador
Danny
Scottie

### Enemies

Cruella De Vil
Horace and Jasper

### Type of Hero

Mute Feral Rescuer

**Pongo Radcliffe Dearly-Dalmatian** most notably as **Pongo** is one of the major protagonists in the 1996 101 Dalmatians Film Series based upon the 1956 book by Dodie Smith and the 1961 film by Walt Disney.

He owned 15 Dalmatians that got kidnapped and rescued them alongside 86 Dalmatians. It plays out similar to the original medias except they lack sentience and bark instead for the majority of the story.

## His Admirable Ranking

### Debated Validations

* While not having any sentience, his mischievousness is still consistent if not a lot more than the original. Which shows he has the ability to tell apart between right and wrong. As he did seem to do a face palm when seeing Rodger look at Perdita's crotch to see if she was Pongo or not. As well as his courage still with rescuing the Dalmatians still being in-tact.
* The times he and Perdita fight Horace and Jasper are likely harsh to some extent but likely is the only resort since the duo are responsible for posing as threats.
* It is debatable if Pongo fails the in-story standards to Kevin Shepherd who saved many Dogs off-screen. However, considering that last part and the fact that Kevin ulitmaltey received more resources by Cruella De Vil as Estella. It seems far from likely that Kevin has the highest admirable standards as opposed to Pongo who has less resources being a Dog with minimal strategic intelligence for a Dog. It may be likely that Pongo still stands out and if anything outshines Kevin Shepherd.

### What at least makes him admirable enough?

* Him and Perdita created a bond with Rodger and Anita.
* He alongside Perdita rescued his 15 pups as well as 85 more accepted them as his own.
* He managed to continue on the legacy of the Dalmatian Family having a huger family generation and likely being a good father.
* Although not being as admirable as Kevin Shepherd, he still ultimately stands out since he has less resources than Kevin like Pongo being a literal Dog while Kevin began to get more resources over time from Cruella De Vil in the sequel.

### What makes his admirability insufficient?

* The main reason he can’t be Pure Good or Near Pure Good is due to lacking sentience like in the original sources. Thus lacking a moral agency. He also way too mischievous as he got Rodger into the lake and presumably encourages Perdita to do the same to Anita.
* Even with his corrupting factors and preventions worth pointing out. He has his admirability is ultimately outshined by Kevin Shepherd (who started out mere homeless) who took Dogs out from unethical experimentations or even some of the characters in the sequel like Oddball or Domino who manages to rescue the Dalmatians even in the sequel's video game with the same name. Therefore, he fails many of the admirable in-story standards.