History Characters / IsleOfDogs

* MoralEventHorizon: [[spoiler:Very nearly goes over the edge in the film's climax, but instead of reliving the legend of the Boy Samurai, Atari's words cause him to have a HeelRealization, prompting him to publicly admit his misdeeds]].

%%* BaritoneOfStrength: Having the voice of [[Series/BreakingBad Walter White]] himself helps. %%how is the character strong%%

* AffablyEvil: While he's a cruel dog hater and deeply corrupt politician, he's quite professional and even allows his opponents to voice their disagreements.

* {{Yakuza}}: Implicitly so, as he sports ''Irezumi'' during his bath scene, something that only members of the Yakuza wear.

* BaritoneOfStrength: Having the voice of [[Series/BreakingBad Walter White]] himself helps.

* BadassBaritone: Having the voice of [[Series/BreakingBad Walter White]] himself helps.

* BadassBaritone: He is voiced by Creator/FMurrayAbraham.

-->'''Chief:''' This is my new favourite food.

* DefiantStoneThrow: When faced with the locked cage of [[spoiler:Sport]], he pulls out a key and opens it [[spoiler:despite the only thing remaining inside being a skeleton]].

[[folder:Atari]]

* AffablyEvil: While he's a cruel dog hater, he's quite professional and even allows his opponents to voice their disagreements.

* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: He took in his nephew after his parents died, and [[spoiler:eventually gives up his evil plan after Atari shows just how much it's affected him]]. Before that going to great care to protect Atari [[spoiler:from his own shady dealings with things like the yakuza]], by keeping him at home with a guard dog [[spoiler:even though he hates dogs]].

* {{Yakuza}}: Implicitly so, as he sports ''Irezumi'' during his bath scene, something that only Yakuza wear.

* IntrepidReporter: For a [[SchoolNewspaperNewshound school paper]], granted, but she still uncovers the sordid details behind Kobayashi's conspiracy and [[spoiler:Professor Watanabe's death]].
* ShipTease: As she goes deeper into her investigation of Mayor Kobayashi, Professor Watanabe, and Atari, she repeatedly fumbles her recorded assessment once she gets to the latter. Eventually she stops to flatly proclaim "[[LoveEpiphany Oh damn, I have a crush on you]]."

* ShesGotLegs: Her first appearance involves her standing up to reveal a great set of legs.

--> '''Voiced in English by:''' Creator/BryanCranston
--> '''Voiced in Japanese by:''' Creator/TaitenKusunoki
--> '''Voiced in Latin American Spanish by:''' Creator/OctavioRojas

* DarkIsNotEvil: He’s a black dog and is the protagonist of the film. [[spoiler:Subverted as, after his bath, it turns out he's actually white with black spots. He'd just been ''absolutely filthy'' before then.]]

* LongLostRelative: [[spoiler:He and Spots are brothers, sharing the same fur color and eye color but with different-colored noses.]]

* TrademarkFavouriteFood: He denies having one, saying he's "used to leftovers". [[spoiler:Then he reveals that he actually does have one; a bowl of homemade chilli, during his brief stint as a housepet. He later changes his mind when Atari gives him a Puppy Snap.]]
-->'''Chief''': This is my new favourite food.

--> '''Voiced in English by:''' Creator/EdwardNorton
--> '''Voiced in Japanese by:''' Tokuyoshi Kawashima
--> '''Voiced in Latin American Spanish by:''' Oscar Flores

--> '''Voiced in English by:''' Creator/JeffGoldblum
--> '''Voiced in Japanese by:''' Wataru Yokoshima
--> '''Voiced in Latin American Spanish by:''' Jesus Cortez

* GossipyHens: Always the first to voice the latest gossip, in spite of having no possible way of learning or ascertaining the rumors that he spouts. [[spoiler: Subverted in that all of his made-up "rumors" are completely accurate [[AchievementsInIgnorance through dumb luck and happenstance]] (except for the Nutmeg/Felix scandal. Probably.)]]

--> '''Voiced in English by:''' Creator/BobBalaban
--> '''Voiced in Japanese by:''' Masahito Kawanago
--> '''Voiced in Latin American Spanish by:''' Creator/GerardoReyero

-->'''Rex:''' Wow.
-->'''King:''' It was my birthday supper. Every year.

--> '''Voiced in English by:''' Creator/BillMurray
--> '''Voiced in Japanese by:''' Akihiko Ishizumi

* GoodLuckCharm: The Dragons were undefeated while he was a mascot. [[spoiler:Subverted when he returns and they're crushed by the rival team, but they don't seem to mind as they happily feed him treats.]]

* SmallRoleBigImpact: After seeing a dog's skeleton in a cage, Atari is ready to head back home, thinking that Spots is dead. But Boss sees a dog tag in the cage, noticing that it was instead a dog named Sport who had died. Boss's discovery of this makes Atari realize that Spots is still alive, and it also sets off their journey throughout Trash Island.

--> '''Voiced in English by:''' Creator/LievSchreiber
--> '''Voiced in Japanese by:''' Creator/ToshiyukiMorikawa

--> '''Voiced in English by:''' Creator/FMurrayAbraham
--> '''Voiced in Japanese by:''' Creator/YusakuYara

--> '''Voiced in English by:''' Creator/TildaSwinton
--> '''Voiced in Japanese by:''' Hiromi Machiyama

--> '''Voiced in English by:''' Creator/ScarlettJohansson
--> '''Voiced in Japanese by:''' Creator/AyaEndo

--> '''Voiced in English by:''' Creator/HarveyKeitel
--> '''Voiced in Japanese by:''' Creator/TakayaHashi

* IDidWhatIHadToDo: [[spoiler:All the dogs were going to die if they didn't eat the terminal, comatose Fuzzball, so they were forced to eat him to survive. Gondo takes this particularly hard, as Fuzzball was his best friend.]]

--> '''Voiced in English by:''' Creator/FisherStevens
--> '''Voiced in Japanese by:''' Haruomi Hosono

--> '''Voiced in English by:''' Creator/KaraHayward
--> '''Voiced in Japanese by:''' Youko Yoshida

--> '''Voiced by:''' Creator/KoyuRankin

* BadassBookworm: Fearless, determined and a menace with a slingshot [[spoiler:but also eloquent enough to move an entire audience -- as well as his own BigBad uncle -- to emotion with a sentimental speech and haiku.]]
* BratsWithSlingshots: He brings a slingshot with him on Trash Island, which initially proves to be effective against [[spoiler:Kobayashi's rescue team, but becomes less useful when said team gets a lot bigger and armed with more robot dogs.]]

* TranquilFury: He is ''really'' good at this, most notably when he finds [[spoiler:the skeleton of a dog in Spot's cage]].

--> '''Voiced by:''' Creator/KunichiNomura

* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: He took in his nephew after his parents died, and [[spoiler:eventually gives up his evil plan after Atari shows just how much it's affected him]]. Before that going to great care to protect Atari [[spoiler:from his own shady dealings with things like the yakuza]], by keeping him at home with a guard dog [[spoiler:even though he hates dogs]]

* {{Foreshadowing}}: [[spoiler: It is hinted at that he is not as on board with the Cat Obsession as the other members of the Kobayashi Clan with how quickly and rudely he smacks the cat off his lap after his TV interview. That or he was more frustrated at losing his distant nephew then he showed.]]
* GracefulLoser: [[spoiler:He admits his conspiracy and goes to prison after donating a kidney to Atari. He offers no complaints about it.]]
* HeelFaceTurn: [[spoiler:After Atari explains through haiku of how his uncle raised him in spite of having no place to go, Kobayashi (thought steaming mad at first) has a change of heart by unstamping the Trash Island Decree, trying to abort the poisoning scheme, and even donating one of his kidneys to Atari.]]

* MoralEventHorizon: [[spoiler:Very nearly goes over the edge in the film's climax, but instead of reliving the legend of the Boy Samurai, Atari's words cause him to have a HeelRealization, prompting him to publicly admit his misdeeds.]]

--> '''Voiced in English by:''' Creator/GretaGerwig
--> '''Voiced in Japanese by:''' Creator/HarukaTomatsu

* IntrepidReporter: For a [[SchoolNewspaperNewshound school paper]], granted, but she still uncovers the sordid details behind Kobayashi's conspiracy and [[spoiler: Professor Watanabe's death]].

--> '''Voiced by:''' Creator/AkiraTakayama

* TheDragon: He is the second-in-command to Mayor Kobayashi. [[spoiler:Becomes a DragonAscendant at the very end when Kobayashi has his HeelRealization. Major-Domo becomes furious at him for not following through with his EvilPlan and tries to finish the job himself.]]

--> '''Voiced by:''' Creator/AkiraIto

--> '''Voiced by:''' Creator/FrancesMcDormand

* TheMole: [[spoiler: Infiltrates the Dog-Catchers Task Force on Trash Island to steal critical intel for the Pro-Dog Activist group.]]
* SpannerInTheWorks: [[spoiler:When Kobayashi accidentally gives the command for the Dog-Catchers task force to begin executing the dogs still on Trash Island, all of their systems begin to misfire, backfire, or outright explode. All thanks to K. Hacker hacking their systems and sabotaging their equipment.]]

-->'''Duke''': Was that your daily meal?
-->'''Rex''': Not always. My master was a school teacher, we weren't rich, no.

* VerbalTic Like his voice actor, Duke sometimes slips a little "uh" into his dialogue.

-->'''Rex''': Wow.
-->'''King''': It was my birthday supper. Every year.

* BabiesEverAfter: [[spoiler:He and Peppermint have a litter of puppies together and raise them at the memorial dedicated to Spots.]]
* EyeScream: [[spoiler: Among other injuries, he loses his left eye defending Atari and Kobayashi from one of the robot dogs]].

* LongLostRelative: [[spoiler:He's Chief's brother and the oldest in the litter.]]

-->''I turn my back''
-->''ON MANKIND!''
-->''Frost on window pane''

* BabiesEverAfter: [[spoiler:Has puppies with Spots.]]
* SatelliteLoveInterest: [[spoiler:Only speaks a few words and is only known as Spots' mate.]]

* AffablyEvil: While he’s a cruel dog hater, he’s quite professional and even allows his opponents to voice their disagreements.

* HateSink: He is a cruel, hard-hearted man who hates dogs and [[spoiler:has no qualms about murdering an honest scientist]] just to ensure they all die. [[spoiler:Even after his boss has a change in heart, Major-Domo gives the signal to kill all the dogs anyway.]]

* ObviouslyEvil: While Mayor Kobayashi is simply big and intimidating, Major-Domo looks straight-up monstrous, with [[EvilIsBigger imposing height]], ghoulishly white skin, CreepyLongFingers, and an even creepier-looking face that makes him [[LooksLikeOrlok look like a rectangular Orlok]]. [[spoiler:Fittingly, he attempts to continue Kobayashi's evil plan even after he changes his mind.]]

* HopeSpot: Regarding both the cure for snout flu [[spoiler: and his death]]. The cure is buried then discredited by the Mayor, and even though he's able to [[spoiler: spot the poison meant to assassinate him, mere contact was still enough to do him in]].
* WeHardlyKnewYe: [[spoiler: He is poisoned by Kobayashi's men before he can reveal the cure for the dog-flu.]]

* TeamSwitzerland: She doesn’t pick a side in the pro-dog anti-dog argument, she just translates. Though she is moved to tears by Atari's haiku in the end.

* HollywoodHacking: K. Hacker manages to hack [[spoiler: all electronic systems of the Dog-Catchers. Given the 1960s - 1970s era computers and networking systems. This is a more realistic portrayal than most as he hardlined his computer into their central network onsite.]]
* MeaningfulName: The name tag on his [[spoiler: "Dog-Catchers"]] uniform says K. Hacker and his is a young (Kid) computer Hacker.

* SpannerInTheWorks: [[spoiler: When Kobayashi accidentally gives the command for the Dog-Catchers task force to begin executing the dogs still on Trash Island, all of their systems begin to misfire, backfire, or outright explode. All thanks to K. Hacker hacking their systems and sabotaging their equipment.]]

* OminousOwl: At first it's shown flying around to add to the bleak atmosphere of the island, but it ultimately proves to be useful to the heroes.
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--> '''Voiced in English by:''' Fisher Stevens

--> '''Voiced in English by:''' Kara Hayward

--> '''Voiced by:''' Koyu Rankin

--> '''Voiced by:''' Kunichi Nomura

--> '''Voiced by:''' Akira Takayama

--> '''Voiced by:''' Akira Ito

--> '''Voiced in Latin American Spanish by:''' Octavio Rojas

[[folder: Oracle]]

[[folder: Scrap]]

* MismatchedEyes: One's red, one's blue.

* BadassMoustache: The fur on his snout curls out on both sides in a way that calls to mind a ''spectacular'' curly moustache.

--> '''Voiced in English by:''' Bob Balaban

* TrademarkFavouriteFood: "Mine's hot sausage, yakitori style. The snack vender always saved me one on game days."

* WrongGenreSavvy: She's very on-point as to the "hows" of Mayor Kobayashi's plan, but she spends much of the movie believing that he's turning the country against the dogs as a publicity stunt so he can maintain his political power when in actuality it's entirely in service of his family's ancient, genocidal grudge against canines and their desire to wipe out all the ones in Japan.