Bitzer the Dog

**Bitzer** is the deuteragonist in *Shaun the Sheep.* The yellow, long-suffering sheepdog, only wants a quiet life - but this is the last thing he is going to get when Shaun is around. He is close friends with Shaun and The Flock, but is utterly loyal and devoted to his farmer. It is not clear what breed he is based on(if any), though he could be an Anatolian sheepdog or Kangal as he shares traits with both of those breeds, including their colour scheme, large size, and a serious, assertive, independent and protective nature.

Also he is Rare Elite unlocked by getting from Rare Capsule.

## Appearance

Bitzer is a anthropomorphic sheepdog who always seen with yellow-creamed fur. He wears a blue wool-knit cap on his head, given by the farmer as a puppy, and is rarely without his trademark whistle or wristwatch. He has a big black nose and short tail.

## Personality

Bitzer is an intelligent dog. He is well aware of Shaun, the flock and the rest of the animals on the farm's high intelligence to the point where most of them can play sports, dance, solve math problems, build forts, and even stand on only two feet if they want. But although Bitzer knows about the animals' true nature, he tries to ensure the Farmer never finds out about it so he won't go into a complete state of shock, or lead him to think he's gone insane.

Like all animals on the farm, Bitzer is unable to speak, although unlike the other animals, the Farmer seems able to understand Bitzer's barks with relative ease. Bitzer typically uses his Whistle to convey orders or attract attention and uses it in his everyday life as a sheepdog. Bitzer can growl, snarl, whine, pant, sniff and whimper like all dogs.

Though Bitzer usually acts as a straight man on the Farm, he is not without his less serious moments. Often times, such as when presented with the notion of a game of Fetch, he will act like an excited though ordinary dog, which can occur even if he himself threw the ball or stick to fetch. He is also prone to occasional bouts of laziness in his chores, during which his time is spent reading magazines or lounging in the sun. He is also an avid sports fan and has more than once abandoned his duties for any game that presents itself.

## Evolution in Game

Evolve into **Drone with Bitzer** at Level 10.

## Performance in Game

**+**Has 20% Chance of Knockback to Traitless Enemies

## Trivia

* Bitzer's design and body resembles Gromit from *Wallace and Gromit*, It might be possible that they have a very similar body mold.
* Bitzer was designed by Digital artist Eleanor Baker at age 6 for the Blue Peter competition to design a new Dog for the series. A new breed had to be designed as a border collie was too generic.
* Bitzer has many psychological triggers that cause his behavior to change into a more feral-like state.
	+ Presenting him with anything that could be used for a game of Fetch, typically a ball or stick, will cause him to instantly become excited and beg for the object to be thrown. This can occur even if Bitzer himself was the one to throw the item.
	+ He has a natural angry disposition towards Mailmen. Much to the Farmer's irritation, Bitzer constantly lead to his mail being mangled while trying to escape an angry Bitzer. This ultimately lead to the Flock putting Bitzer through heavy psychological analysis and testing to cure him of his disposition. While their attempts were successful, the testing inadvertently caused Shaun to develop the Bitzer's aggression against Mailmen.
	+ Like most dogs, Bitzer deeply enjoys bones, and considers chewing on one an outright meal. He is easily distracted by any bone he may see, and is prone to abandoning his duties to enjoy one.
* Bitzer's character model was redesigned for the second season of the show, adding a cream-colored fur pattern to his yellow body and making said body from the neck down textured to look like fur. These changes only lasted for the duration of season 2, with Bitzer's model switching back to his season 1 design (except that the current model for Bitzer is more yellow, less skinny, and his eyes being a little seperated) from then-on.
* Not only is the fur and colour different in Season 2, Bitzer had some other changes for Season 2, his eyes became bigger, his nose is a bit smaller, his hat is smaller (still used today) and his body is a bit slimmer
* Like many people, Bitzer will bite his "nails" when nervous, as seen in "Helping Hound", when he has the tips of his front paws in his mouth.
* Bitzer has arachnophobia, the great fear of spiders, as shown in the episode "The Spider".
* Bitzer very rarely walks on four legs, most often doing so when acting as a normal dog.
* A running gag in later seasons involves Bitzer sleeping with his head poking out his doghouse on his back, only to be shocked awake and slamming his head against the doghouse's front as a result.
* Another running gag involves Bitzer being smashed between the front door and sidewall of the Farmer's home, a joke used in every intro of the show. From seasons 1 to 4, a door-slamming sound was used for this scene, but in season 5 the sound effect was changed to a more comical honking sound.
	+ In the finale of the first movie, this running gag receives momentary closure, with the Farmer managing to open the door without crushing Bitzer behind it. Although this makes Bitzer deeply happy, he is almost immediately smashed behind the door once more by a dazed Pig.