History Film / Underdog

* YoureInsane: Dan Unger, held hostage by Barsinster calls Barsinister insane. The latter's response?

* YoureInsane: Dan Unger, held hostage by Barsinster calls Barsinister insane. The latter's response?
-->'''Barsinsister''': I prefer the term "VISIONARY"!

* DoWrongRight: One of Jack's teachers when he attempts to skip a class: "I don't know why I'm more disappointed - that you forged a note to get out of class, or that you did it so poorly you couldn't fool a high-school gym teacher."

A small police dog (voiced by Creator/JasonLee) fired for his terrible sense of smell is captured by the MadScientist Simon bar Sinister (Creator/PeterDinklage) to make experiments on. These grant the dog superpowers and it escapes. He is found by retired cop Dan Unger ([[Creator/JamesBelushi Jim Belushi]]) and his teenage son Jack (Alex Neuberger) and given the name Shoeshine. Jack discovers Shoeshine's secret when the dog starts talking to him and convinces him to become a superhero under the name Underdog. But Bar Sinister is looking for Underdog to try to gain the powers for himself.

A small police dog (voiced by Creator/JasonLee) fired for his terrible sense of smell is captured by the MadScientist Simon bar Sinister (Creator/PeterDinklage)to make experiments on. These grant the dog superpowers and it escapes. He is found by retired cop Dan Unger ([[Creator/JamesBelushi Jim Belushi]]) and his teenage son Jack (Alex Neuberger) and given the name Shoeshine. Jack discovers Shoeshine's secret when the dog starts talking to him and convinces him to become a superhero under the name Underdog. But Bar Sinister is looking for Underdog to try to gain the powers for himself.

A small police dog (voiced by Creator/JasonLee) fired for his terrible sense of smell is captured by the MadScientist Simon bar Sinister (Creator/Peter Dinklage)to make experiments on. These grant the dog superpowers and it escapes. He is found by retired cop Dan Unger ([[Creator/JamesBelushi Jim Belushi]]) and his teenage son Jack (Alex Neuberger) and given the name Shoeshine. Jack discovers Shoeshine's secret when the dog starts talking to him and convinces him to become a superhero under the name Underdog. But Bar Sinister is looking for Underdog to try to gain the powers for himself.

A small police dog (voiced by Creator/JasonLee) fired for his terrible sense of smell is captured by the MadScientist Simon bar Sinister (Creator/Peter Dinklage)to make experiments on. These grant the dog superpowers and it escapes. He is found by retired cop Dan Unger (Creator/JimBelushi) and his teenage son Jack (Alex Neuberger) and given the name Shoeshine. Jack discovers Shoeshine's secret when the dog starts talking to him and convinces him to become a superhero under the name Underdog. But Bar Sinister is looking for Underdog to try to gain the powers for himself.

A live action movie based on the original ''WesternAnimation/{{Underdog}}'' animated series, that was made in 2007 by the Walt Creator/{{Disney}} Company. It tried to reinvent a FunnyAnimal cartoon as a snarky comedy starring an actual dog.

A small police dog (fired for his terrible sense of smell) is captured by the MadScientist Simon bar Sinister to make experiments on. These grant the dog superpowers and it escapes. It is found by a retired cop and his teenage son; the boy discovers the dog's secret and convinces him to become a superhero under the name Underdog. But bar Sinister is looking for him to try to gain the powers for himself.

* TitleDrop: Given that the movie's title is the hero's ''name'', it happens all over the place.

* CaliforniaDoubling: The fictional Capitol City is mainly Providence, RI, and a few shots have Boston's skyline; the above poster has New York City, for whatever reason.

A live action movie based on the original ''WesternAnimation/{{Underdog}}'' animated series, that was made in 2007 by the Walt Creator/{{Disney}} Company. It tried to reinvent a FunnyAnimal cartoon as a snarky comedy starring an actual dog. It bombed at the theaters.

** Bar Sinister is a Small Person version of DoctorDoom, complete with scarred face.

A live action movie based on the original ''WesternAnimation/{{Underdog}}'' animated series, that was made in 2007 by the Walt {{Disney}} Company. It tried to reinvent a FunnyAnimal cartoon as a snarky comedy starring an actual dog. It bombed at the theaters.

** One to the sequence in the first ''Film/{{Spider-Man}}'' movie where the hero gains his powers. And the second one, in the scene with Cad impersonating an old lady while hanging from a building, with an American flag no less.

* ClarkKenting: ''Nobody'' recognizes Shoeshine despite not even wearing glasses.
** To be fair, a lot of dogs look alike to people. And one civilian ''does'' note the resemblance. This doesn't excuse that Polly can't tell the difference, despite Shoeshine not even changing his voice as Underdog.

* MistreatmentInducedBetrayal: Barsinister's German Shepherd minions.