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''The Tibetan Dog'' (Chinese: 藏獒多吉; Japanese: チベット犬物語 ～金色のドージェ～) is a 2011 Chinese/Japanese animated film directed by Masayuki Kojima, co-produced by Madhouse, China Film Group Corporation and Ciwen Pictures. It features a young boy named Tenzing leaving for Tibet after [[MissingMom his mother passes away]] to live with his father in the prairies, [[ABoyAndHisX where he eventually encounters a true friend in form of a golden Tibetan Mastiff.]]


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!!Provides examples of:

%%* ABoyAndHisX
%%* ActionGirl: Nari.
%%* AnimeHair: Tenzing.
* AntiVillain: Jialuo, a robber, [[spoiler:hurts over his murdered brother, and obsesses over getting revenge]].
* AssholeVictim: [[spoiler:Jialuo,]] who ends up getting mauled to death by the Demon.
* AsskickingLeadsToLeadership: The Tibetan Mastiff King, having earned the title for defeating all the other Tibetan Mastiffs, and is the leader of their pack.
%%* AttackOfTheKillerWhatever
%%* [[spoiler:BabiesEverAfter]]
* BearsAreBadNews: The bear who appears on Tenzing's first day of herding sheep (though all it does before the Tibetan Mastiff attacks is to curiously sniff at a horrified Tenzing.)
* BelligerentSexualTension: A rare example with two dogs; Doogee and Nari. To recap briefly; they meet by nearly getting killed fighting each other (because they accidentally fall off a cliff in the scuffle), [[spoiler:and by the end of the movie they have puppies together.]]
* BigDamnHeroes: Doogee's introduction is to save Tenzing from a bear. Later the other Tibetan Mastiffs do the same by saving him and the sheep from wolves.
* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler:Doogee dies, but Nari's revealed to have his puppies. Tenzing as an old man narrates how Doogee taught him about bravery and ThePowerOfFriendship, and we see his grandchildren play with Doogee's descendants.]]
* ButtMonkey: The Tibetan Spaniel Wala often has to suffer the consequences of being a miniature dog among lion-sized ones.
* ClearTheirName: Doogee is spotted next to dead bodies by Jialuo, causing him and the villagers to believe he killed them. Tenzing and Nuopu swears to find out what really happened.
* DavidVersusGoliath: Doogee and the other Tibetan Mastiffs vs. [[spoiler:the Demon]]
* EnemyMine: The other Tibetan Mastiffs can't stand Doogee for imposing on their territory, but when faced with [[spoiler:the Demon]], they band together to fight it alongside him.
* FishOutOfWater: Tenzing, having moved from the city to the prairie, takes some time to adapt himself.
* HeroicDog: The titular character, [[spoiler:complete with a HeroicSacrifice at the end.]] The rest of the Tibetan Mastiffs counts too, all serving as badass sheep herders, fighting off wolves with little to no effort, [[spoiler:and fearlessly attacks the Demon alongside Doogee at the climax battle.]]
* HeroicSacrifice: As mentioned above. [[spoiler:Doogee battles and defeates the Demon, but is mortally wounded in the process. When witnessing Tenzing coming to his aid only to be followed by an avalanche, he gathers what's left of his strength to pull Tenzing on his back and escaping with him, making it to a cliff where he jumps to get Tenzing safely to the other side. Having managed so, Doogee himself falls down the cliff and ends up at a mountain shelf, where he dies while Tenzing cries besides him and the other Tibetan Mastiffs howls.]]
* HonorBeforeReason / RevengeBeforeReason: Lampshaded by Tenzing's dad, when Doogee [[spoiler:is fighting the Demon all by himself, a monster-like creature that's the size of a ''building'', all in order to avenge his former owner. And he '''wins.''']]
* HowlOfSorrow: The Tibetan Mastiffs all howl for [[spoiler:Doogee when he dies.]]
* ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: [[spoiler:How the Demon is ultimately defeated, trashing about in order to get rid of Doogee biting into it until it ends up falling onto a sharp rock, impaling itself.]]
* InASingleBound: Averted. [[spoiler:Doogee jumps a massive gorge in his attempt to save Tenzing from an avalance, but ends up crashing into the mountain side. The impact however, causes Tenzing to be flung to safety, while Doogee himself falls to a mountain shelf below.]]
* IntimateHealing: When traveling through a blizzard, Tenzing and Nuopu ends up passing out from the cold, to which Doogee and Nari covers them with their bodies to keep them warm.
* KidsAreCruel: A bunch of village kids starts violently throwing rocks at Tenzing for being a "city boy".
* MeaningfulName: Tenzing and Nuopu name the gold-furred Tibetan Mastiff Doogee Yongzhi, as explained by Nuopu is the name of a magical golden stone on Kunlun Mountain.
* MixAndMatchCritters: The body of the Demon (of what you can make out) looks like a giant mix between a bear and a bison.
* NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished: [[spoiler:The robber Fajie informs his brother that he's had a HeelFaceTurn and refuses to be a robber anymore, as he wants to live a peaceful and honest life with his girlfriend. That following night where he's followed his wish and is spending his time with her, the Demon appears and brutally kills them both.]]
* NostalgicNarrator: The story's being told by Tenzing as an old man.
* {{Revenge}}: [[spoiler:The reason's Doogee sometimes disappear and is seen close to a crime scene of dead bodies; the Demon had killed Doogee's previous owner, and Doogee was trying his best to track him down in order to have revenge. Jialuo also becomes obsessed with getting revenge against Doogee, mistakenly believing the dog to have killed his brother.]]
* SavageWolves: While the bear Tenzing first encounter appears rather docile, the wolves appearing later are much less so.
* [[SnakeOilSalesman Snake Oil Saleswoman]]: Nuopu's grandmother. She also doubles as a CoolOldLady.
* TheStoic: Tenzing's father.
* TheUnreveal: It's never explained just ''what'' that [[AttackOfTheKillerWhatever giant beast]] nicknamed the Demon is, nor do you see its appearance properly as it's always covered in shadow.
* WeHardlyKnewYe: The man who [[spoiler:saves Tenzing and Nuopu when they get lost in a blizzard explains how his and his group's mission is to kill the Demon, something he promptly asks Tenzing to stay out of, along with Doogee. The next time we see him they've all been killed.]]
* WhenYouComingHomeDad: Tenzing's dad appears indifferent to his son and spends most of his time preoccupied with his medical profession. Eventually however, he reveals to feel uncertain at how to proceed with Tenzing, and believes he hates him for not having traveled to help his mother when she fell ill, which was something Tenzing had wanted to ask him about as well. By the end of the movie their relationship appears to improve however.
* WouldntHitAGirl: Doogee refuses to fight a female dog.