Ghost of Big Dog

*Robert Duggan, better known as Big Dog, was one of the two founding fathers of the MotorStorm Festival alongside Jesse "Hangnail" Johnson. A Desert Storm veteran, ex-member of the Monument Valley Motorcycle Club, and a tough-as-nails biker who had jumped a hundred trucks at MonsterStorm, he was the head honcho of the Festival. He had seen it all and raced them all. Only a select few have ever managed to beat him in a race. He welcomed the reaper with open arms when he killed the DuskLite site manager in a suicide attack with his beloved chopper "Beauty" at the tail-end of the 2011 MotorStorm Festival. However, he was not without someone to succeed him for the Festival's leadership position. Having seen himself in then-rookie Mash and seeing what he would become as a 'Stormer, Big Dog had Ms. Austin pass down his dog tags to Mash to make him the new festival head. He swore that Monument Valley, where it all began, would be his Valhalla. In a way, he was right. In recent years, there were reports that his ghost was sighted in Monument Valley, driving a glowing phantom version of his signature motorcycle. For this, Mash had brought in a few Phantromedas onboard in the North American Dream Tour to communicate with Big Dog's spirit (along with Hangnail's) to have them chip in to create paranormal happenings.*
*"Hey all, I've returned to contribute a little somethin'-somethin' for here in this so-called tour. Mash, you've done well leading the Festival. You deserved to have my dog tags 'round yer neck. Keep up the good work. As for the rest o' ya, keep an eye out for me on the track if ya can. Any questions?" - Big Dog's ghost*
**The ghost of Big Dog** was brought in, alongside Hangnail Johnson's, to contribute to the Monument Valley Festival held as part of the North American Dream Tour, by creating paranormal happenings.

He returns again in *MotorStorm: Off The Grid*.

## Quotes

It is possible to interact with him using the Phantromeda's specialized "Spirit Communication System".

### North American Dream Pack

* *"So, you're one of the new generation of 'Stormers to rage through the Festival's races. You look like you've got what it takes. Get out there on the track and show 'em what it's all about!"* - Talking to the player
* *"Monument Valley is where me and Hangnail held the first MotorStorm back in '06. I married Maddie back then. Though we split after a while, we still worked together in MotorStorm until the 2011 Festival in that city. Went out in a blaze of glory, takin' that DuskLite site manager with me."*
* *"I see that the DuskLite punk who shot Cutter in the nuts is a 'Stormer now, and it seems everyone's on good terms with him, kinda."*
* *"Hey there, pretty lady. Aiko's your name, right? Listen, I get yer' chocked full of anger, but'cha need to lighten up. I get you've been through some real hard s%$\* but yer' surrounded by people who actually care about'cha. Had I met you back in my time in the MVMC, I would'a shown ya what it's like to be free!"* - Talking to Shuriken
* *"If I were you, I'd pay no mind to those damn idyits raving about how MotorStorm's un-Christian or threatenin' the environment or whatever B.S. reason."*
* *"If I were still alive, I'd "talk" some sense into that Cromey."*
* *"That Swedish girl doesn't truly know what she's talkin' about, does she? If her head isn't too far up her ass, perhaps someone oughta really talk some sense into her."*
* *"If you're gonna go racing at RainGod Mesa, expect to see Hangnail's ghost there."*
* *"Well, well, if it ain't our old friend, Jarod Plummer. Still as fried as ever, I see. I hear you designed a new track for Monument Valley. I've gotta say, either me or Hangnail woulda been hard-pressed to try and top this...this masterpiece of mayhem!"* - Conversing with The Legend for the first time in years.
* *"Hey, Maddie. I see you've been takin' good care o' Mash when I kicked the bucket. Your guidance certainly helped him to become a great leader, I can tell."* - Conversing with Ms. Austin
* *"I bet those religious idyits will go on about how y'all are 'disturbing my deathly rest' by talkin' to me with that there fancy thingamajig those Phantromedas built."*
* *"I'd be careful with Twizted Black Cap; He's actually possessed by demons, no matter how much he denies it. Legend may have dropped a whole truckload o' acid, but he wasn't kiddin' about this. Those bastards feed off the hedonism that goes on in MotorStorm. In fact, there are some demons down in Hell that are actually huge fans of MotorStorm."*
* *"Listen to me good, Clarence, that 'Stormer had every right to know about yer 'tenants'. I just can't trust 'em not to pull something to ruin MotorStorm for everyone. Plus, since I'm a ghost, I get news of all sorts o' happenin's in the spiritual plane of existence."* - Responding to Twizted Black Cap's argument
* *"Look, kid, I really think ya need Jesus in your life to get rid of those demons. I ain't saying it like that Cromey scum, but still, ya really don't wanna end up in Hell. It's actually a pretty damn scary place. Ya end up there, I ain't gonna save you since I ain't Jesus."* - Talking to Twizted Black Cap
* *"Indeed they won't."* - To Twizted Black Cap
* *"Hey there, they call ya some name starts with an X, right? Not sure how to pronounce it, but I think you'da made a good addition to the MVMC back in the day when Hangnail and I were still alive, back in '96. You look like one of the hardest people to grace MotorStorm!"* - Big Dog to Xaurkshaeyre
* *"Hey, pretty lady, yeah, yer name's Tracey, right? I'll tell ya this, I implore ya to get int' the Brotherhood. Those boys need some ladies to keep em' in check. I ain't saying Dynamo ain't enough, but they definitely could use a tough lady such as yerself, ya hear me? If Tyler offers you a spot in the Brotherhood, don't you pass that up!"* - Big Dog to Tracey Prescott
* *"You're Blackfeather, eh? I can see why the spirits on Fendrana very much appreciate ya. Yer' an okay guy, I can tell."* - Conversing with Blackfeather
* *"Mash, you've outdone yourself, inviting me and Hangnail's old buds from the MVMC to participate!"* - Conversing with Mash about inviting the MVMC
* *"Piss on you, Cromey, I met up with ol' Jesus himself, and he's mighty disappointed with that attitude o' yers."* - Telling off Giles Cromey
* *"So, you're Gretchen Falkenberg, eh? You don't look like much. You think you're all that just because you're an environmentalist, but the truth is, your meatball head is pretty far up your butthole. The fact that you're basin' everything on how ya feel, it makes all the other sound-minded environmentalists out there in the world look bad! Stupid brat!"* - Criticizing Gretchen Falkenberg
* *"Long time no see, Guillermo. I see you brought yer daughter into the 'Storming business."* - Conversing with Gaucho
* *"So, you're Gaucho's little girl, Zarina. You've got some serious damn guts as to drive heavy vehicles like those. A real contrast to how your old man rides motorcycles and ATVs, I've gotta say."* - Conversing with Zarina Beldad
* *"I offer a word o' warnin', Tyler. You may have won that duel against Muerte back in '11, but even falling debris couldn't drag him down. In short, he's still up n' runnin', and he wants revenge on you. He'll be waitin' fer ya in the City once Mash decides to hold MotorStorm there as part of that tour."* - Warning Tyler about Muerte
* *"Ah, Mattias Nilsson, long time no see. I heard you were in the Swedish special forces and then joined a biker gang, you've gotta be the hardest motherf&%\*^@ I've ever seen. Harder than even myself, I'd say!"* - Talking to Mattias Nilsson
* *"Yeah, a real damn shame."* - Talking to Mattias Nilsson
* *"Definitely. Your chopper's a killer ride, as much as my Beauty."* - Talking to Mattias Nilsson
* *"I can see why your last name is Fail. 'Cause you're a failure at interpretin' things the right way! Hangnail n' I didn't create MotorStorm to be about white trash rednecks! MotorStorm is about bein' free, and not all 'Stormers are white, ya idyit! Also, Communism's an ideology that's easily ruined by greed and political corruption, and if ya ask me, Karl Marx was a morally confused dumbass that didn't quite think things through!"* - To Morgan Fail
* *"I bet they did. And I've heard of how you've been antagonizin' Barry Von Stahl. I'm tellin' ya right now to cut that crap out! This is the 21st century, not the 1940s, ya stupid idyit! Either play nice, or yer ass is greased! Got that?!"* - To Jingo
* *"Hey, call me Big Dog. Callin' me 'Mr. Duggan' makes me feel kinda old."* - To Landslide
* *"Hey, Vigilante, I see that you and Lucky are doing well in your married lives, even had a kid, too. This reminds me of when I used to bounce you on my knee when you were little. I'm tellin' ya, you might as well have started a whole new lineage of 'Stormers."* - To Vigilante
* *"And I meant business, too, when I was still alive. Me, Hangnail, and the MVMC, that's the Monument Valley Motorcycle Club, stirred up all sorts'a trouble in the Monument Valley area and livin' it up to the fullest. Plus, I used to be in the military. Participated in Operation Desert Storm."* - To Dog Soup
* *"If it ain't that mischievous prankster, Monjafetta. I've heard you've been pullin' all kinds'a jackass pranks on everyone, and puttin' other 'Stormers up to no good. Lemme tell you, it ain't that funny what you've been doin' since it all comes at the misfortune of others. Sooner or later, someone's gonna make you see how YOU like it!"* - to Monjafetta
* *"Oh yeah, Mr. Johnny Vincent. I always thought you was too cool for school, 'specially that stuffy-ass boardin' school ya went to. As for that little tramp you had the hots fer, she joined a nunnery."* - Talking to Johnny Vincent
* *"So, Maddie, I hear you've been havin' certain drivers do some discrete work for ya in keeping that arrogant b@#$% Queen B from stealin' your position. I sure would like to see the look on her face when you finally expose her!"* - to Ms. Austin, referring to Double Agent

### Off the Grid

* *"It's been a while since we last talked, Mash. Keeping up the good work as MotorStorm's head, I see."* - to Mash
* *"So, you're that Sardaukar captain, eh? It's a good damn thing that they opened your mind to concepts that you never woulda known if you kept yer fanaticism for that so-called Emperor."* - to Shahin
* *"'Lord Duggan'? Heh, that's a new one. Just call me Big Dog, Shahin, no need to be so formal."* - to Shahin