Dolly

****Dolly****
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## Dolly Dalmatian

**Dolly Dalmatian** is the eldest sister of the dalmatian puppies. She is from Doug's side of the family and is the oldest daughter of her father and Delilah. Both she and Dylan look after their younger siblings while their parents are busy at work.

Dolly has a passion for skateboarding. She is oftentimes seen with her best friends, Roxy and Snowball. She also has good chemistry with Dizzy, Dee Dee, D.J., and Delgado. Dolly has a crush on Hansel, first seen in "Poetry Scam." This crush leads her to go out of her way to be around Hansel at any given opportunity. Dolly also has a brief crush on Spike in "A Summer to Remember." Like Dylan, Dolly has a rivalry with her neighbour, Clarissa.

Dolly appeared in every episode of the series, and served as the female protagonist of the show. Aside from the series, Dolly also appears in all of the *Animals vs. Humans* shorts and a majority of the *101 Dalmatian Street* shorts.

## Personality

Dolly is an energetic tomboy. She isn't too strict with the pups and likes to test her limits on her fun ideas with the other pups, even though it can sometimes be dangerous. She is more adventurous and outgoing than her brother, Dylan. She has an interest in skating, where she commonly exclaims her catchphrase, "Bow-whacka-wow!"

While Dolly tends to go behind or against Dylan's wishes, she is still a caring big sister to all their younger siblings and can be sufficiently responsible for watching out and caring for them.

## Design

#### Physical appearance

Dolly has white fur with black spots, and wears three rings on her neck; one dark blue, one light blue, and one orange. She also has spots on her legs that resemble sport bands. Dolly's right ear spots resemble her father's, whereas her ears and face structure somewhat resemble Delilah's, her step-mother.

#### Concept art

In some early concepts for Dolly, she was only going to wear one collar, with a tag, instead of the three she wears in the show. Some of this concept art also shows that her ears and paws were originally going to be black instead of white with spots, and that she would wear a beanie on her head.

In one of the images presented at the Annecy film festival panel, an early version of Dolly appears and has a light grey collar with a gold pendant and appears to have more spots around her body than usual.

## Relationships

### Dylan

Dylan is Dolly's step-brother and closest sibling in age, as well as her partner in watching over their younger siblings while Delilah and Doug are away at work. Like most siblings, Dolly and Dylan argue and disagree with each other due to their opposite personalities. Dolly's hyper personality causes her younger puppies to frenzy in the Dalmatian House, which leads to Dylan cleaning up their messes. Dolly often teases Dylan, but they still get along and care for each other.

### Doug

Doug is Dolly's biological father. In "All Fired Up", Dolly is shown to look up to her father and is interested in his job as a fire dog. In "A Summer to Remember," Doug embarrassed Dolly in front of Spike by bringing up an incident involving her before she was house-trained.

### Delilah

Delilah is Dolly's step-mother. She seemed to have a somewhat strained relationship with her at first, but after bonding at the spa in "Girls' Day Out," their relationship improved. She is close enough to Delilah that she calls her "Mum" and looks to her as a mother figure.

### Dizzy and Dee Dee

Dizzy and Dee Dee are Dolly's younger sisters and sidekicks. Dolly seems to have the most chemistry with the two, as the three of them are often seen playing together.

### Roxy

Roxy is Dolly's best friend. In "A Perfect Match", Dolly helps Roxy with her crush on Dylan. Roxy is often seen with Dolly and Snowball, and together the three form a trio.

### Fergus

Fergus is one of Dolly's good friends. Whenever Dolly isn't hanging out with Roxy or Snowball, she is usually seen with Fergus. Like Dylan, Dolly sometimes doesn't approve of Fergus' con-artist personality, as seen in "Fox in the Dog House."

### Hansel

"Poetry Scam" reveals that Dolly has a crush on Hansel. This character trait would later go on to become a recurring theme in some episodes, with Dolly going out of her way to be around Hansel.

### Spike

Dolly meets (and immediately falls for) Spike in "A Summer to Remember." In the episode, Dolly is often impressed and love-struck as she learns more about Spike.

## Appearances

### Filmography

* *101 Dalmatian Street* pilot
* *101 Dalmatian Street* theme song
* *101 Dalmatian Street* (appears in all episodes)
* *101 Dalmatian Street* shorts
	+ "Merry Pups"
	+ "Prank Pups"
	+ "Ransom Pups"
	+ "Yoga Pups"
	+ "Disco Pups"
* *Animals vs. Humans* shorts (appears in all episodes)

#### Merchandise

* *101 Dalmatian Street* figures (Mattel)
* *101 Dalmatian Street* plushies

### Books

* *L'Élection du Dalma-chef*
* *Le Meilleur Ami du chien*

## Names in other languages

* Chinese: 桃莉 (*Táolì*)
* Greek: *Ντόλλυ* (transcription: *Ntólly*)

## Trivia

* The Italian version of the show establishes that Dolly is the mascot of a local soccer team.
* Dylan and Dolly are the only characters that have appeared in every episode of the series and the shorts entitled Animals vs Humans.
	+ The only exception being Gigglebug Entertainment's shorts: "Muddy Pups," "Target Pups," "Jurassic Pups," "Space Pups," and "Diva Pups."
* According to storyboards of the pilot, she was also originally planned to be called "Daisy" before being renamed Dolly. The reason for this name change was that not only did "Daisy Dog" sound too close to "Daisy Duck,"but the name "Dolly" was hilariously unfitting for the character and the series creators fell in love with the contrast.
* There are some similarities towards Mabel Pines from *Gravity Falls* and Amethyst from *Steven Universe.*
	+ For Mabel, both are adventurous and social. Both are playful and like to tease others, especially their brothers.
	+ She is carefree thrill seeking, and haughty like Amethyst (who shares the same English voice actress as Dolly). Both are less organized and more focused on having fun. In the end they are protective of those they care about.
* She is the only female dalmatian to have three string eyebrows similar to those of Dylan, Doug, Dawkins, and Deepak; albeit in scenes where she has high emotions such as anger, annoyance, vengeance, suspicion, determination, triumph, etc.
* She is the dog on the kibble bags.

## References

1. ↑ https://1o1-pics-n-vids.tumblr.com/post/185516920574/from-the-dutch-material-magazine-is-this
2. ↑ 101 Dalmatian Street presentation made during Cartoons On The Bay 2019
3. ↑ Cite error: Invalid `<ref>` tag; no text was provided for refs named `oneofus`
4. ↑ https://www.davidemaggio.it/archives/179711/101-dalmatian-street-su-rai-gulp-arriva-la-serie-disney-con-le-canzoni-di-cristina-davena-e-dei-me-contro-te