History Film / Benji

* TastesLikeFriendship: Benji befriends a larger stray dog in ''For The Love Of Benji'' who initially wants nothing to do with him,by sharing a string of sausages with him.
* WidgetSeries: ''Benji, Zax, and the Alien Prince'' was ''weird'' to say the least. Aside from ''Oh, Heavenly Dog's'' reincarnation plot, most Benji productions were reasonably grounded in reality. ''Zax'' was produced at the tail-end (pun intended) of live-action network Saturday morning children's programming, featuring a HumanAlien boy prince protected by Benji as he hides out on Earth as he's hunted by a pair of evil aliens dressed in black SpaceClothes and driving in a black Ford Econoline van. The premise was similar to ''Series/ThePowersOfMatthewStar'' (a contemporaneous show about a ''teenage'' alien prince hiding out on Earth).

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* HowlingToTheNight: The wolf in ''Benji the Hunted'' can be heard doing this during the night sequences.

* CatScare: In ''Benji the Hunted'', Benji and the cubs have settled for the night under (in?) a fallen tree then Benji hears the sound of something scratching around on top of them. He cautiously creeps forward to see what it is and as he looks up a Raccon suddenly falls to the ground in front of him, making him jump. Benji is not impressed and barks at it in annoyance.

* CuteKitten: The cougar cubs in "Benji the Hunted." In spades.

* WidgetSeries: ''Benji, Zax, and the Alien Prince'' was ''weird'' to say the least. Aside from ''Oh, Heavenly Dog's'' reincarnation plot, most Benji productions were reasonably grounded in reality. ''Zax'' was produced at the tail-end (pun intended) of live-action network Saturday morning children's programming, featuring a HumanAlien boy prince protected by Benji as he hides out on Earth as he's hunted by a pair of evil aliens dressed in black SpaceClothes and driving in a black Ford Econoline van. The premise was similar to ''Series/ThePowersOfMatthewStar'' (a contemporaneous show about a ''teenaged'' alien prince hiding out on Earth).

* WidgetSeries: ''Benji, Zax, and the Alien Prince'' was ''weird'' to say the least. Aside from ''Oh, Heavenly Dog's'' reincarnation plot, most Benji productions were reasonably grounded in reality. ''Zax'' was produced at the tail-end (pun intended) of live-action network Saturday morning children's programming, featuring a HumanAlien boy prince protected by Benji as he hides out on Earth as he's hunted by a pair of evil aliens dressed in black SpaceClothes and driving in a black Ford Econoline van. The premise was oddly similar to ''Series/ThePowersOfMatthewStar'' (a contemporaneous show about a ''teenaged'' alien prince hiding out on Earth).

* WidgetSeries: ''Benji, Zax, and the Alien Prince'' was ''weird'' to say the least. Aside from ''Oh, Heavenly Dog's'' reincarnation plot, most Benji productions were reasonably grounded in reality. ''Zax'' was produced at the tail-end (pun intended) of live-action network Saturday morning children's programming, featuring a HumanAlien boy protected by Benji as he hides out on Earth as he's hunted by a pair of evil aliens dressed in black SpaceClothes and driving in a black Ford Econoline van.

* DisneyVillainDeath: In ''Benji the Hunted'', he got rid of the wolf by tricking him into running into a cliff Benji himself almost fell from while running from the mother cougar.

''Benji'' is the name of a fictional dog who has been the focus of a series of movies from 1974 through 2004; the newest film came out in 2018. It is also the title of the first film in the Benji series. While there is only ever one Benji at a time, there have been five dogs to play Benji, the first was Higgins who is best probably known for having played the character "Dog" on the 1960s television series ''Series/PetticoatJunction'' and later starring in the 1974 movie ''Benji''. He was trained and owned by Frank Inn, while Joe Camp is the creator and director of the films.

* ClimbingClimax: Since the mother cougar seems to regard Benji as highly [[MisterMuffykins irritating]] and retreats with her cub every time she notices him. Benji eventually resorts to [[spoiler:tricking her to go to the meadow at the top of the cliff by blocking off certain other pathways, then takes a drastic shortcut and carries the cubs up the cliff one by one in order to meet her at the top and finally get her to see the orphaned cubs he's been trying the whole movie to make her notice.]]]

* InterspeciesAdoption: Benji temporarily adopts four orphaned cougar cubs

* FoodAndAnimalAttraction: How Benji finally makes friends with a larger stray dog in ''For The Love Of Benji'' who initially wants nothing to do with him.

* SilenceIsGolden: With the exception for the intro, the owner, and the Hunter scenes, there's no dialogue in ''Benji the Hunted''.

* AnimalTalk: In ''Oh Heavenly Dog'' we get to hear "Benji's" thoughts (the only Benji related movie where we can do so). Other animals can hear him telepathically (at least if they're also of the reincarnated variety) but humans cannot.

''Benji'' is the name of a fictional dog who has been the focus of a series of movies from 1974 through 2004; the newest film came out in 2018. It is also the title of the first film in the Benji series. While there is only ever one Benji at a time, there have been four dogs to play Benji, the first was Higgins who is best probably known for having played the character "Dog" on the 1960s television series ''Series/PetticoatJunction'' and later starring in the 1974 movie ''Benji''. He was trained and owned by Frank Inn, while Joe Camp is the creator and director of the films.

The fifth Benji was a female dog named Moochie, and the first to be unrelated to the previous Benjis. Moochie was adopted from the Humane Society of South Mississippi in Gulfport after being abandoned and rescued from the streets of Pass Christian. She began filming her first movie a year and a half later. ''Benji Off the Leash'' was released in 2004.

The sixth and current Benji is also a rescue named Fairfield who was adopted from a Virginia Human Society after being found a malnourished stray in a grocery store parking lot, he starred in the Netfix re-boot of the original Benji film which was released in 2018.

* AmplifiedAnimalAptitude: Benji is very intelligent and seems able to fully understand human speech, think logically and problem-solve his way out of difficult/dangerous situations, and trick and outsmart pursuers both human and animal.

The sixth and current Benji is also a rescue named Fairfield who was adopted from a Virginia Human Society after being found a malnourished stray in a grocery store parking lot, he has starred in the Netfix re-boot of the original Benji film which was released in 2018.

The sixth and current Benji is also a rescue named Fairfield who was adopted from a Virginia Human Society after being found a malnourished stray in a grocery store parking lot, he stars in the Netfix re-boot of the original Benji film which was released in 2018.

The sixth and current Benji is also a rescue named Fairfield who was adopted from a Virginia Human Society after being found a malnourished stray in a grocery store parking lot.