Pops

**Pops** is a senior basset hound whose hindlegs are paralyzed. He is a main character in *The Secret Life of Pets* and a supporting character in *The Secret Life of Pets 2*. He is voiced by Dana Carvey.

## Appearance

Pops is a basset hound with short legs, a long body, and a large black nose. He has a brown mask on his face that extends to his ear, the tips of which are dark brown. His fur is mostly white with brown and dark brown spots on his body. A blue wheelchair attached to the lower half of his body helps him get around despite his paralysis.

## Personality

Pops genuinely appears to be a grumpy old hound who hardly ever seems to be happy. He is presumably 8 to 11 years old (50 to 70 years in human age). He rushes the pets through the city with little regard for them. However, he does appear to be caring, as he did help Gidget track down Max and Duke. It is possible that, due to his old age, he may actually be delusional, as he viewed Chloe (or "Rhonda") as his girlfriend, and he ignored all her attempts to convince him otherwise. He also seems to find Max and Gidget's romance to be disgusting.

## Plot

### *The Secret Life of Pets*

Main article: The Secret Life of Pets
Pops lives in a big apartment and his owner is often away. Thus, his apartment is often host to large parties of pets. Before Buddy finds him, he is receiving a massage from a hamster. Buddy calls him, but he doesn't appear to hear at first. Only when Buddy calls louder, causing another hamster with a fan to accidentally hit Pops, does Pops realize Buddy is there. Buddy greets Pops, who replies that he has been paralyzed. Gidget asks Pops about Max, whose last whereabouts were the sewer.

Pops says he does know someone (Snowball) in the sewer, but he hasn't been there for a long time. Chloe then mutters that they're wasting time and asks if Pops has seen himself because his eyes are closed. Pops asks Myron to open his eyelid so he can take a look at Chloe. Eventually, Pops agrees to help Gidget and he evacuates the apartment by having Myron operate a vacuum, forcing all the partying pets out.

Pops goes to the sewer via a long route. He and the pets pass by a cherry picker, a flock of pigeons, the apartment of the man who had lost Max and Duke earlier, construction tools, and lastly a big slide in a construction site. He and the pets soon find out Snowball wants to catch Max, so they escape before The Flushed Pets reach them. They continue to look for Max and finally save him from being attacked by The Flushed Pets on the Brooklyn Bridge. With the help of Tattoo, who's driving a taxi, he gets home before his owner returns.

### *The Secret Life of Pets 2*

Main article: The Secret Life of Pets 2
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## Quotes

* “Welly well well well, looky what we apparently have here! Meezy would like to have a look-see. Myron! Brows!”
—He calls Myron to open his eyelids

* “Little lady, this is my city. I'll find your friend. All right, party's over! Myron! Vacuum!”
—He calls Myron to evacuate the pets

* “Oh, yes. Me like what me see.”
—When he sees a blurry figure of Chloe

* “Well, nobody's perfect.”
—Pops reacting after Chloe told him she's a cat

* “Floobidy-doobidy-doo!”
—Pops after he sees that Max and Duke are saved by Snowball

## Trivia

* Chloe at one point of the film reminds Pops that a relationship between them is not possible because they are different species. Pops answers with "Nobody's perfect," which is the famous ending line of 1959's film *Some Like It Hot*.
* Pops' quote, "Well well well, what do we have here!," was also previously said by the security guard in the mini-movie *Binky Nelson Unpacified* for the film *Minions*, and in many other movies.
* His voice actor, Dana Carvey, also voices Dana the camp director in Sony's *Hotel Transylvania 2*.
* In Russian dub, his name was changed to Старчи (translated as Starchie). The reason for this is unknown.