Alpha

Alpha is the secondary antagonist from the 2009 Disney/Pixar film, Up, and the leader of Charles Muntz's pack of dogs.

Up
Alpha is a Doberman Pinscher, and is assisted by Beta and Gamma, a Rottweiler and bulldog, respectively. Like Muntz's other dogs, Alpha is able to communicate with humans by way of a translator on his collar. For much of the film, however, due to a loose wire, the translator emits Alpha's dialogue in a comically high-pitched voice. When Muntz repairs it, Alpha's "real," extremely deep-pitched voice is heard. In the film's climax, Dug traps Alpha in the "Cone of Shame," an Elizabethan collar, designed as a form of humiliation. The Cone loosens the wire again, making Alpha's synthesized voice high-pitched again. The other dogs ridicule Alpha and bestow the "Alpha" title upon Dug, making him their new leader. Alpha is seen among the other dogs at Russel's ceremony, still wearing the Cone of Shame.