Delilah

**Delilah Dalmatian** (sometimes referred to as "**Mum**") is a supporting character in *101 Dalmatian Street*. She is a British nurse dog and the biological mother of Dylan. She is the wife of Doug and the mother to 99 puppies, including Dylan and Dolly. She was later confirmed to be the great-great-granddaughter of Pongo and Perdita.

## Character origins

Early concept art for Delilah shows her with a more angular appearance, a standard blue collar, and a circle-shaped tag. She later appears in the *101 Dalmatian Street* pilot, now with a green collar and a rectangle tag.

In her final design, Delilah is given a longer, thinner neck and a blue collar with a teal rectangle tag.

## Background

Delilah is a calm, gentle mother to the dalmatian puppies. She is also very caring to her husband, Doug. Delilah is serious and quiet while Doug is silly and loud. She works as a nurse dog for Doctor Dave as seen in "The Dog House." Due to this, she leaves for work very early in the morning and works long shifts. However, she still makes time for her children.

Delilah is first seen in "Dog's Best Friend," where she leaves for work as Doug returns from his job. In "Winter Funderland," Delilah states that she prefers tropical weather to freezing weather. She has a prominent role in "Snow Day," where she and Doug team up to ready half of the pups for the snow. Delilah is also prominently featured in "Girls' Day Out," where she spends Mother's Day with Dolly. The episode reveals that she is allergic to orchids. In "The Dog House," she unexpectedly leaves work to protect the Dalmatian family from pest control. In "A Summer to Remember," Delilah and Doug try to find time along during their vacation. In "Fox in the Dog House," she heals Fergus' sprained paw. "Fetch" reveals that her anniversary song with Doug is "We're Sending You Love." Delilah also has prominent roles in "Better the De Vil You Know" and "The De Vil Wears Puppies."

## Personality

Delilah is a warm, loving mother to her children and wife to her American husband, though she is decisively the firmer parent as Doug tends to be a little too emotional. She places a great amount of trust and expectations in her oldest son and daughter, Dylan and Dolly, to care for their younger siblings while she and Doug are away at their jobs.

A little similar to her son, Dylan, Delilah can be just a little uptight. Such as when she took charge of prepping the pups for a snow day and snapping at Dolly for waking her up and upsetting her allergies (not realizing Dolly had only been trying to give her a Mother's Day surprise).

Even so, she is a loving and protective mother, as she stood up for Dolly at the pet spa, and they made amends over their misunderstanding.

## Physical Appearance

Delilah has white fur with black spots, but much like her son Dylan, one of her ears is black with white spots. She also wears a purple and green collar with a rectangular shape attached to it.

## Filmography

* *101 Dalmatian Street* pilot
* *101 Dalmatian Street*
	+ Theme song ("I've Got My Pups with Me")
	+ "Dog's Best Friend"
	+ "Boom Night"
	+ "Power to the Puppies"
	+ "Who the Dog Do You Think You Are?"
	+ "May Contain Nuts"
	+ "Winter Funderland"
	+ "Snow Day"
	+ "Perfect Match"
	+ "Girls' Day Out"
	+ "A Right Royal Rumble"
	+ "Fear Window"
	+ "The Dog House"
	+ "A Summer to Remember"
	+ "London, We Have a Problem"
	+ "It's My Party"
	+ "Fox in the Dog House"
	+ "Fetch"
	+ "Balancing Act"
	+ "Dawkins Strikes Back"
	+ "Poodlefall!" (voice only)
	+ "Yappily Ever After"
	+ "Dante's Inferno"
	+ "Better the De Vil You Know"
	+ "The De Vil Wears Puppies"

## Notes

* Delilah is the biological mother of Dylan (making it possible she was widowed or divorced before her marriage to Doug) and the step-mother of Dolly, despite the latter calling her "Mum."
* Earlier episodes of the Brazilian Portuguese dub mistakingly changes her name to Perdita, her great-great-grandmother.

## See also

* Delilah/Gallery
	+ Delilah/Gallery/Season 1