Pongo

### Likes

His family, Perdita, food, digging, shopping, relaxing, playing with his children, safety

## Family information

### Children

Patch, Lucky and Dalmatian puppies (children)

**Pongo** is a minor character in the feature film, *Dreamcoast* and an major character in the cartoon series, *Dreamcoast Adventures.* He's a Dalmatian originating from the 1961 Disney film, *One Hundred and One Dalmatians**.*

## Background

Shortly after the production of his respective film, Pongo, Perdita, his puppies and the other characters were transported to Dreamcoast. Due to Pongo and Perdita having one-hundred puppies, the Dalmatians decided to move into the Cherry Tree Farm along with Roger and Anita. Pongo, along with the Labrador, the Collie and the other male dogs were farmers and worked hard to get food for their families. The Dogs were however loyal to the royal family. They often helped them prepare meals for special occasions. Sometime in the present day, the entire kingdom was in danger of being erased when Tank arrived in the kingdom. Even after his death, Davis vowed to keep his kingdom safe.

As for Pongo and Perdita, they eventually learned that the magic would age their children, so the Dalmatian parents were doing everything, they could to protect themselves and their children from being erased by Tank's sickly green magic.

### Development

   Just like the other Disney characters, Pongo was planning to have a minor but major role in the feature film. He was originally going to remain a minor character in the film but as Elkwood was finishing the story with his son, Lucky help saving the kingdom from Tank and the Dalmatian family being rewarded for their heroism in return, thus allowing Pongo and half of his family to live in the castle.

### Personality

Out of all of the characters, Pongo is shown to be the smartest character. Some of the characters tends to panic whenever there's a situation that threatens both their home and their lives. Pongo usually stays calm and advises his fellow characters to remain calm, saying that someone will protect them. Pongo was unquestionably loyal to the royal family and even the Jones brothers as they were guided on their journey through the Disney Kingdom by the Beast and the other characters. Pongo was in charge of keeping the characters in order and in safety too. With this big responsibility, Pongo acts no-nonsense, pragmatic and sensible, just like his wife, Perdita.

Pongo is incredibly romantic and is deeply in love with Perdita. He was also determined to protect her from those who wanted to harm her. In the episodes of the cartoon series, Pongo's loyalty and affections for Perdita will be put to the test. In the meantime, Pongo is mainly focused with raising his sons and with completing his duties around the castle. Pongo does retain his jovial and childish behavior, but he doesn't seem to tolerate the childish antics of Timon and Pumbaa. He's one of the castle members who reprimands them for their immature antics, which soon leads to drama.

### Physical appearance

Pongo is a slender white Dalmatian with black spots. By the end of the film, he began to stand on two legs and wear a red shirt with a dark purple hoodie and grey shorts.

## Appearances

### Dreamcoast

Pongo is present at the arrival of Mark, Jalen and Jordan along with Perdita, Lucky, Patch and the other characters. He welcomes the brothers as they are accepted into the kingdom as official members of royalty. Once the sun came up, Pongo returned to the farm with his family. However, when a revived Tank curses the Disney Kingdom with his dark magic, Pongo, Perdita and the residents of Dalmatian Street retreated to an abandoned village along with the other characters. During roll-call, Pongo informs Mark about the cyborgs roaming around the kingdom. This prompts Mark and the gang to journey the kingdom to find the cyborgs, so they could help them restore peace and order to the kingdom.

During the adventure, Princess Annabelle is rescued and joins the adventure. They gang encounters three of Tank's minions, his pet is destroyed and the other two are deprogrammed. But sadly for Mark, he falls to his apparent death. The gang returns to the village to inform the others about Mark's apparent demise. Pongo, along with the others are sad to hear about Mark's apparent death. However, thanks to Lucky, it is revealed that Mark has survived the fall and is in Tank's underground lair. Mark makes a deal with Tank and if he battles Tank as a dragon and wins, the kingdom will be freed and Tank will be banished from the kingdom for good.

Mark successfully defeats Tank and restores order back to the kingdom. Mark is brought back to the kingdom and is cheered by the kingdom for his heroism. Taking four years after the events of the adventure, Pongo and his family has moved into the castle as reward for saving the kingdom from Tank. He later attends the wedding of Mark and Annabelle.

### Dreamcoast: The Adventure Begins

Pongo appears in the direct-to-video sequel as a supporting character. He along with Perdita helps Mark with solving the kingdom's magic crisis, although they remain in the kingdom while Mark flies into the sky to fight Fabian.

### Dreamcoast Adventures

Pongo returns in the cartoon series as a supporting character.