Norman Snively

Norman Snively is the main antagonist of Air Bud. He is an alcoholic clown named Happy Slappy who was the original owner of Buddy. He tends to talk very loud and fast.

Role in the film
12-year-old Josh Framm meets Buddy, who had escaped from Norman Snively. Snively had locked him in a kennel after causing trouble at a birthday party and was taking him to the dog pound when it fell off the truck.

Later on, Snively (after seeing Buddy on TV), tricks Mrs. Framm and steals him from Josh. Josh then infiltrates Snively's backyard where Buddy is chained up.

Snively initially can't see Josh due to a stack of beer cans on his windowsill until it falls and Josh is caught infiltrating his backyard. Josh gets the chain off Buddy and both escape, causing Snively to chase them, in his dilapidated clown truck. The chase rages on to a parking lot near a lake, during which the truck begins to fall apart, causing it and Snively to splash into the water, but he doesn't drown.

Later on, Snively sues the Framm family for custody of Buddy. Fortunately, at the suggestion of Coach Chaney, who the judge was a fan of, it is decided that he will choose who will be his rightful owner. During the calling, Snively takes out his rolled up newspaper, which he often used to hit Buddy, and snaps at him, causing him to attack Snively, tearing up the weapon of abuse and run toward Josh. The judge grants custody of him to Josh while Snively, who runs at them in a last-ditched effort to get him back, is dragged away and arrested by the police, while Josh and the rest of the citizens rejoice for the new home of Buddy.