Poochini (character)

**Poochini** is the main protagonist of the short-lived 2000 American-Canadian-German co-produced animated series of the same name. He was voiced by Billy West (who also voiced Stimpy in The Ren & Stimpy Show) in the original English version and Kōichi Sakaguchi in the Japanese dub.

## History

Poochini the Italian Mixed Breed Dog was born to his old Italian hound family in his originating Southern European country called Italy and he met his rich British dog owner named Mrs. Chance when he was a puppy living in his old country. While he was eating dog food by himself and felt lonely, his encountered rich owner singing her lullaby. When Poochini succeeded and gave dog food to Murray I, Chance decided to keep the little pup, and the three have lived together ever since. When his owner died, the pup ran away obviously ending up in the dog pound, where he was adopted by the all-American White family. Although the White family are not rich, but instead they are happy.

## Appearance

Poochini is a small, slender Coonhound mix with grey fur, black ears and tail. He also has a red collar.

## Personality

Poochini is truly a well-trained Italian dog. Just like his young American dog master named Billy White, he can get into a large amount of trouble but has enough brains to escape the situation.

## Episode Appearances

### Poochini's Yard

Poochini is one of the characters who appear in all episodes.

## Junior TV Parks and Live Appearances

Poochini is a common character in the Junior TV theme parks and the most common in Poochini's Yard franchise. He is also usually seen with Billy White. Poochini walks on his hind legs at the parks rather than walking on all four legs like in the animated series.

### Junior Resort

At Junior's Great Adventure, Poochini is the star of Poochini's Yard: A Musical Spectacular. In the show, Poochini plays out the same role in the series, and each actor channels Billy West's original performance by incorporating pop culture references and mixing the jokes nearly each show to reflect current events in the world and entertainment.

### Junior Land

For meet-and-greets, Poochini is often found in Junior's Great Adventure and AstroWorld.

### Poochini's Yard live show

Poochini is the star of the live show titled "Poochini's Yard" on Butlins Minehead.

## Predecessors

* Chance - the Cocker Spaniel
* Murray I - the Irish Terrier
* Thurston - the English Bulldog
* Leopold - the German Shepherd
* Richard - the Dalmatian Dog
* Debbie - the Siberian Husky

## Gallery

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## Trivia

* His name is pronounced "*Pou-chini*".
* While Poochini is gray in animation and puppetry, he is white in merchandise.
* Poochini's voice actor named Billy West also provides the voice of Walter White himself.
* In the Japanese dub of Poochini's Yard (which was dubbed by the Tokyo-based Tohokushinsha Film Corporation under the Japanese name *プッチーニの庭* and aired on Cartoon Network Japan from 2001 to December 2005 and Toon Disney Japan from December 2005 to August 2009), Poochini the Italian Dog was voiced by Kōichi Sakaguchi (who also voiced Dinko the Alien in the Japanese dub of Pet Alien).

## Quotes

* "What am I doing here?" — Each episode
* "Where is that good old Sweetie I love? — The Skunk
* "Okay, everybody can go home now." — The Skunk