Snuffles

Snuffles, (who changed his name to Snowball and back again) was Morty's pet dog featured in the episode Lawnmower Dog. Snuffles is a small, fluffy white-haired dog that experiences some trouble with being potty-trained until Rick develops an IQ-enhancing helmet for him at the request of Jerry.

He might've become a Cronenberg, but he had moved to The Dog Dimension before the events of Rick Potion #9.

## Physical description

### Species

Shih Tzu (possibly)Maltese (possibly)Bichon Frise (possibly)West Highland Terrier (possibly)

## Appearances

### Debut

Rick and Morty

Snuffles is a dog who is the house pet of the Smith family. He is first mentioned in the Pilot episode, when Beth tells Morty not to kiss the living room pillow, because the dog sleeps there. He first appears in the episode Lawnmower Dog, where Jerry gets mad at him for peeing on the carpet and then scolds him for it. Rick invents a helmet that would make him intelligent enough to understand what they were telling him to do. Eventually, he becomes smart enough to figure out a lot more things about how the humans have been treating him and modifies his helmet to let him communicate with them. He keeps building and learning more, until eventually, he and many other dogs take over and treat the Smith family as their pets, chaining Jerry, Beth, and Summer up in the backyard. He also reveals that he doesn't like the name "Snuffles" and now plans to go by "Snowball". However, when Morty returns from an adventure with Rick, Snowball decides he cannot hurt the only human who actually loved him, and decides instead to leave Earth to found a planet of intelligent dogs in another dimension.

After this, Snuffles would never be seen again except for his picture on the kitchen wall in a few subsequent episodes.

A flashback to the episode "Lawnmower Dog" was seen in the episode "Close Rick-Counters of the Rick Kind", in a montage of all of Rick's memories.

Another time when he was still in the house is also seen in the episode "Total Rickall", in a montage of all of Rick's memories. Snuffles is seen sitting at the table while Rick "plays cards" with him.

## Personality

Snuffles is a kindhearted and playful, albeit dimwitted, dog. Despite his previous nature, once the IQ-enhancing helmet is placed upon him his personality traits change drastically. He becomes a harsh and cruel dog who soon learns of the humans' mistreatment of the canine race and uses his upgraded intelligence to raise a dog army to take over the world. He shows his kindness by sparing Morty and giving him anything he desires after he conquers the world, and later by giving up his wealth and kingdom to save a dying Morty, albeit in a dream.

## Appearance

Snuffles is a little white dog with black, beady eyes and a little black nose. Snowball also has a blue collar with a circular silver tag on it. It is unknown what breed of dog he is, but it's possible that he is either a Maltese, West Highland Terrier, Bichon Frise, or Shih Tzu.

## Trivia

* Snuffles is based on co-creator Justin Roiland's pet dog named Jerry.
* The title "Lawnmower Dog" is a parody of the movie The Lawnmower Man.
* Snuffles' alias, "Snowball", is possibly a reference to the character "Snowball" in George Orwell's Animal Farm, a pig that believes in revolution and supports the dream of a life without humans.
* The idea came from Justin Roiland's earlier uncompleted animation Dog World, where a family of humans got sucked into a wormhole and now live in a society of smart dogs.
* In his first appearance, Snuffles is mistakenly called "Ruffles" by Rick. Ruffles is the name of the family's pet in Dog World.
* A Staffordshire terrier named "Ruffles" is briefly shown in the third episode of the sixth and final season of the show Community, aired in march 24, 2015 (which was created by Dan Harmon).
* Morty mentions an idea similar to Dog World near the end of Lawnmower Dog: "Wow, a whole world populated by intelligent dogs -- I wonder what it'll be like?" Rick responds, "I think it would be great, Morty. It could be developed a very satisfying project for people of all ages. I'd watch it, Morty, for at least 11 minutes a pop!"
* Snuffles' mechanical suit seems strongly inspired by the "Battle Pods" from Macross/Robotech.
* Snuffles is a fixed dog. He was seen asking Summer where his testicles were and later got revenge on Jerry for all the things he did to him, which included an attempt to fix him.
* In Close Rick-Counters of the Rick Kind, a photograph of Snuffles can be seen near the portal.
* In many episodes, Snuffles can be seen pictured on the wall in the dining room.