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Dolly is the main protagonist of the animated series 101 Dalmatian Street. She is one of the eldest of Doug and Delilah's puppies. She is very tomboyish and loves to come up with insane ideas. Her adventurous attitude contrasts with the pedantic personality of her stepbrother Dylan. Both she and Dylan look after their younger siblings while their parents are busy at work.

Background[]

Dolly is from Doug's side of the family. She was born as the eldest of a litter of 15 puppies to Doug and an unknown dog. At some point, Doug, who was a single parent at the time, remarried to another dog named Delilah. When Doug and Delilah married, Dolly gained Delilah as a stepmother and her multiple children as step-siblings, amongst which was Dylan, who was closest to her in age. Over time, she gained 54 more adoptive and half-siblings, adding up to 98 in total (excluding her). She is 12 years old (in dog years).

According to a line from Dolly in “Walkies on the Wild Side,” Dylan and Dolly “aren't actually related,” the only confirmation in the series that they are step-siblings. According to a line from Dolly in “Balancing Act,” he and Dolly had known each other since they were “really little,” implying that Doug and Delilah had met and possibly married prior to the adoption of many of the other puppies.

Dolly and her family did have a human owner before the start of the series; an eccentric billionaire named Dodie Smith, who left them the house and went to live on an island. She is not mentioned in the show, with characters just saying that the Dalmatians do not have a human. Even so, the family is able to adjust just fine thanks to inventions built by Dawkins

Being the two eldest of the dalmatian puppies Dolly and Dylan take care of their younger siblings each day while their parents are off at work. She has an interest in skating, where she commonly exclaims her catchphrase, "Bow-whacka-wow!".

Development[]

In some early concepts for Dolly, she was only going to wear one collar, with a tag, instead of the three she wears in the show. Some of this concept art also shows that her ears and paws were originally going to be black instead of white with spots, and that she would wear a beanie on her head. According to storyboards of the pilot, she was also originally planned to be called "Daisy" before being renamed Dolly. The reason for this name change was that not only did "Daisy Dog" sound too close to "Daisy Duck", but the name "Dolly" was hilariously unfitting for the character and they fell in love with the contrast.

Background[]

Personality[]

Dolly comes from Doug's side of the family and is a confident and mischievous Dalmatian who enjoys messing about. While she does enjoy teasing Dylan, when times get serious, she will show that she does truly care for her family, such as apologizing in "Boom Night" (which Dylan treats as a big thing for her) as well as showing concern for Mister Fuzzy and comforting an emotional Dylan in "Dog's Best Friend".

Dolly is a rather athletic Dalmatian too, shown to often ride about on a skateboard, as well as a brief scene from the pilot showing her trying to bungee jump from Big Ben.

In "Perfect Match", After she was helped her best friend Roxy spent time with Dylan, Dolly quickly felt abandoned once Roxy began spending more time with Dylan than with her. Feeling abandoned then gave way to resentful jealousy, and she ended up attacking them with a spray of water on Dylan for stealing her best friend and Roxy for betraying her by choosing Dylan. She eventually calmed down once she learned that Dylan and Roxy were ultimately not together and that the Rottweiler had wanted to apologize for putting her aside, reestablishing their friendship.

Dolly doesn't like when Delilah says that Dylan is a better child at something than her. It's possible that Delilah expressed her disappointment in Dolly not once, but a few times. Despite this, Dolly truly loves Delilah and regards her as her mother despite their lack of blood connection. Dolly once spent months planning the perfect Mother's Day for Delilah but forgot that she was allergic to orchids, resulting in Delilah being coldly scolded at Dolly for what she thought was a joke without realizing it was Mother's Day. Things got worse once Delilah is once again told that she would like Dolly to be more like Dylan. Dolly was so upset and angry that she furiously revealed the trouble she had taken to please her mother before sarcastically wishing her "Happy Mother's Day" and bitterly leaving. Even after Delilah realized her mistake, Dolly didn't want to talk to her anymore to the point that she didn't want to spend time with her.

She and Delilah "never get to spend time together" according to Doug during one Mother's Day when they were on an adventure that wasn't planned, and come to know and understand each other more ("Girls' Day Out"). Dolly once said that she is very proud of her parents and understands they need to work to help humans.

In "My Fair Dolly", she wanted to prove her point to Clarissa ("Dalmatians can do anything") so badly that she accepted a dare from the dogs she doesn't like, and while doing so, Dolly got carried away, to the point where her brothers and sisters started to worry that she would become like a pet and wouldn't return home. However, despite everything, Dolly didn't forget how much she loves her family and let the puppies give her a "good luck hug". When the puppies started to act like Dolly in her "Camilla" image and offended Dorothy, Dolly quickly threw that image off to return to her family.

Role in the series[]

Although she shares the lead role with Dylan, Dolly has also had several episodes centered around her or duet with her step-brother.

In "Boom Night", within hours of the "Boom Night" event supposed to be the most horrific event of the year (In reality fireworks), Dolly is invited by Fergus to spend his first Boom Night out of the house to stay on the barge with the Canal Crew. Despite Dylan's opposition, Dolly goes there discreetly equipped with an explosion-proof outfit combined with a tennis ball. Once there, Dolly hears a banging noise and hides in a bathtub, believing that the Boom Night is beginning. It was actually Dylan who had followed Dolly in a louder explosion proof outfit. As her half-brother urges her to come home, Dolly learns that Dorothy has also left the house after her. Very worried, the duo rush to the park where Dorothy had chewed sticks earlier in the day. The little Dalmatian turns out to have just climbed on the roof of the house, but when he realizes it, Dylan finds himself stuck in the pile of sticks that must be used to light a fire for the evening. With a fire hydrant, Dolly retrieves Dylan before the flames and hurries home, avoiding being spotted by Doug in the process. Once back, they go up on the roof and Dolly finds herself stuck in the entrance until she says “ball” to attract all the puppies on her. The Dalmatians then witness Boom Night and finally realize that there is nothing horrible about it.

In "Fear Window", stuck in bed with a collar and a bandage on her left paw so as not to scratch herself, Dolly is especially bored after Delilah charges Dylan to watch her. To help her to pass the time, Dylan gives his telescope to Dolly, but she uses it to spy on the neighbors instead of looking at the stars. Quickly, Dolly notices Clarissa's strange behavior combined with Hugo's absence and comes to the insane conclusion that the corgi has murdered her owner. After more spying and insane theory, Dolly sends a reluctant Dylan to Clarissa's house to investigate. She then loses her flashlight as she notices Clarissa almost discovering Dylan before falling from the window. Dragging herself after the fall to Clarissa's house and unaware that Dylan had managed to slip away, Dolly is found by a living Hugo who had just left for a hair transplant. The human is then attacked by Clarissa who believed he was coddling Dolly, allowing the Dalmatian to flee. On returning, Dolly is scolded by Delilah for her recklessness and while learning an important lesson: do not make an active conclusion.

In "Ride Along", impressed by the physical prowess of Police Horse Pearl in saving Dorothy from a collision, Dolly aspires to become a police animal like horse and begs her to teach her the trade. Accepted as a cadet, Dolly spends the day with Pearl and although all starts well at the beginning, Dolly ends up going too far by starting to suspect anyone. During the night, several thefts were committed and this brings Dolly and Pearl to suspect Constantine. Soon after, they find out that the culprit is Chips, a seagull that gobbles up everything it can. Trying to catch the seagull, Constatin's terrace ends up ravaged, to the cat's anger. Dolly then wants to have the bird locked up but Pearl chooses to let him go due to his unintelligent nature before telling Dolly that the job of the police community is not to lock everyone up, which Dolly finds very boring. When Pearl is about to be reprimanded for the damage, Dolly willingly takes the blame to save Pearl's job. When Pearl takes her to jail, Dolly realizes too late that it is not a joke.

In "Yappily Ever After", Dolly can't wait to see the Fletch Ball final on the park's big screen, only for her plans to be in jeopardy after activating a tennis ball machine that injures Hugo. Forced to act as a handyman for Clarissa and her posh friends, Dolly experiences a real nightmare especially with the corgi who does not miss an opportunity to bring her through hell. Once all the humiliating chores are done, Dolly has a chance to go see the finale again, but Clarissa willfully and nastily provokes extra dirt to shatter Dolly's hopes while she goes to the park. Luckily, Dylan replaces his half-sister with help from the Canal Crew so Dolly can go to the park dressed as a Labrador. Arrived at the park, Dolly can finally enjoy the finale until the royal corgi enter the park, drawing the attention of all the dogs. Fearing to be recognized by Clarissa, Dolly hides under a bench and meets a Corgi Prince who has also come to hide there so as not to suffer the usual overwhelming attention. Quickly, the two bond thanks to their common passion for the Flesh Ball. Once the final is over, Dolly is forced to leave after seeing Clarissa returning home. Her skateboard confiscated by Pearl after she is after a stunt on a statue, Dolly rushes to Clarissa's place. Once in the garden, Dolly removes the soot, puts on her maid's outfit and returns in time to the perfectly impeccable house. The prince then arrives, looking for the owner of Dolly's skateboard. The three Burgundian dogs fail miserably to handle the skateboard and Clarissa ends up injuring a barely recovered Hugo, causing her to be arrested by Pearl for "Pet Cruelty". Her ordeal finally over, Dolly writes her slogan, allowing the prince to recognize her and the two then go skate together.

Trivia[]

  • She has a crush on a husky named Hansel. However, Dolly doesn't have an ability to write poems ("serious poetry"). She goes with the "silly songs" as she calls them, or "freestyle" (as called by Dylan), or "hip hop" (by Hansel). In "A Summer to Remember", she has a crush for a doberman named Spike.
  • Dolly appeared along with Hansel, Da Vinci, Deepak and the Dimitri Trio on a Pride Month image uploaded by series director Miklos Weigert in 2021, suggesting that Dolly is LGBTQ.[1]
  • She knows the "trigger words" of her siblings in order to either mess with her stepbrother Dylan or get out of sticky situations. So far the "trigger words" revealed are: "ball", "group hug", "walkies", "dinner", "breakfast", "sticks", "jump", "park", and "fetch".
  • According to "The Daily Puppy", a newspaper given out to promote "101 Dalmatian Street", Dolly is twelve years old in dog years. If this information is correct, Dolly would only be 10 months old in human years. However, this information can only be in relation to the beginning of the series, taking into account that there is a clear passage of months throughout the 24 episodes of the series, at the end of the season 1 she would already be 1 year old in human years (and 14 years of age in dog years).[2]
  • One of the "Dogs vs. Humans" web promotions revealed that Dolly loves to pop bubble wrap.
  • In the "Boom Night Rescue" game, Dolly's special ability is a speed boost, making it easier for her to place ear protectors on the other Dalmatians running about the park.
  • In "The Woof Factor", Dolly is seen having an uncontrollable urge to chase a golf cart as it passes the set, resulting in Dylan having to chase after her to snap her out of it. This means Dolly has a prey drive that sometimes instinctively compels her to chase moving vehicles.
  • Her design resembles Cadpig from the 1997 series, "due to having the same floppy ears". This is likely coincidental, however, as the show creators have claimed that they deliberately didn't watch any of the franchise's past sequel and spin-off material (including 101 Dalmatians: The Series), only the original novel and first animated film.

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Media
Films: One Hundred and One Dalmatians (video/soundtrack) • 101 Dalmatians (video/soundtrack) • 102 Dalmatians (video/soundtrack) • 101 Dalmatians II: Patch's London Adventure (video) • Cruella (video/soundtrack/score) • Cruella 2

Television series: 101 Dalmatians: The Series101 Dalmatian Street101 Dalmatians Plantation
Video Games: Animated StoryBook: 101 DalmatiansMath Antics with Disney's 101 DalmatiansDisney Hotshots: Disney's 101 Dalmatians101 Dalmatians: Escape from DeVil Manor102 Dalmatians: Puppies to the Rescue102 Dalmatians: Activity Center101 Dalmatians II: Patch's London AdventureKingdom Hearts
Books: Disney Princess BeginningsHello, Cruel HeartBe Careful What You Wish FurEvil Thing: A Tale of That Devil WomanEvil Thing: A Villains Graphic Novel

Disney Parks
Disney's All-Star Movies ResortClub VillainSorcerers of the Magic KingdomMidship Detective Agency

Entertainment: Disney Classics: The Music & The MagicThe Golden MickeysVillains Tonight!
Parades: Disney Cinema Parade
Fireworks: MomentousWonderful World of AnimationWondrous Journeys
Halloween: Disney's Maleficious Halloween PartyFrightfully Fun ParadeHappy HallowishesHocus Pocus Villain SpelltacularHouse of De Vil-lainsIt's Good to be Bad with the Disney VillainsLet's Get WickedMickey's Boo-to-You Halloween ParadeRe-Villains! Halloween ParadeScream and Shout Halloween ParadeThe Disney Villains Halloween ShowtimeThe Villains Rockin’ HalloweenVillains Mix and MingleVillains Night Out! Chapter 2

Characters
One Hundred and One Dalmatians: PongoPerditaRoger RadcliffeAnita RadcliffeNannyCruella De VilJasper and HoraceDalmatian PuppiesLuckyPatchRollyPennyFrecklesPepperDannyScottieTowserLucyCaptainSergeant TibbsColonelThunderboltDirty DawsonPrissyCocoCollieThe CowsLabrador

101 Dalmatians: The Series: CadpigSpotMoochTripodScorchLieutenant PugMayor Ed PigDumplingCorneliaSwamp RatCydneStevenPersian PeteVendella De VilGo-GoBlazeCave PupRebeccaThe VandercreamsAmber DearlyP.H. De VilCecil B. De VilIvy De VilMalevola De VilJudge Dimsdale De Vil
101 Dalmatians II: Patch's London Adventure: Lil' LightningLars
101 Dalmatians: HerbertAlonzoMr. SkinnerJewelDipstickFidgetTwo-ToneWhizzerKipper
101 Dalmatian Street: DylanDollyDawkinsDougDelilahTriple-DDanteD.J.DeepakDieselDorothyDa VinciDelgadoDizzy & Dee DeeDimitri TrioPortia PoodleFergus FoxHanselRoxySnowballClarissaPearlHunter De VilSpikeConstantin SidBig FeeSpencer Sausage DogSummerChipsArabellaPrunellaBessieApolloCuddlesDoctor DaveGodfreyHugoStanislav
Video game characters: Patches
102 Dalmatians: Chloe SimonKevin ShepherdJean-Pierre Le PeltDottieLittle DipperDominoOddballFluffyDroolerChompDiggerWaddlesworthEwan
Cruella: Baroness Von HellmanBuddyWinkArtieJohnCatherine MillerThe Baroness' DalmatiansGerald

Episodes
101 Dalmatians: The Series

ABC Episodes: "Home is Where the Bark Is" • "He Followed Me Home" • "Love 'Em and Flea 'Em" • "Howl Noon" • "Easy on the Lies" • "Two for the Show" • "An Officer and a Gentledog" • "Bad to the Bone" • "Southern Fried Cruella" • "Swine Song" • "Watch for Falling Idols" • "The High Price of Fame" • "The Great Cat Invasion" • "No Train, No Gain" • "Rolly's Egg-Celent Adventure" • "Wild Chick Chase" • "The Dogs of DeVil" • "Dog's Best Friend" • "A Christmas Cruella" • "Out to Launch" • "Prophet and Loss"
Syndicated Episodes: "You Slipped a Disk" • "Chow About That?" • "Tic Track Toe" • "Lucky All Star" • "Shake, Rattle, and Woof" • "Cadpig Behind Bars" • "Leisure Lawsuit" • "Purred It Through the Grapevine" • "Our Own Digs" • "Goose Pimples (Goose Pamples)" • "Two Faces of Anita" • "The Fungus Among Us" • "Market Mayhem" • "Lucky to be Alone" • "Four Stories Up" • "It's a Swamp Thing" • "Roll Out the Pork Barrel" • "Alive N' Chicken" • "Prima Doggy" • "You Say It's Your Birthday" • "Oozy Does It" • "Barnboozled" • "Citizen Canine" • "Full Metal Pullet" • "Dough the Right Thing" • "Frisky Business" • "Cadet of the Month" • "Valentine Daze" • "Close But No Cigar" • "Invasion of the Doggy Snatchers" • "Smoke Detectors" • "Lobster Tale" • "Double Dog Dare" • "Mooove It On Over" • "Shipwrecked" • "Mall Pups" • "Shrewzle Watch" • "The Life You Save" • "Spots and Shots" • "On the Lamb" • "Treasure of Swamp Island" • "Lord of the Termites" • "Fountain of Youth" • "Walk a Mile in My Tracks" • "Cruella World" • "Hail to the Chief" • "Food for Thought" • "The Maltese Chicken" • "Film Fatale" • "My Fair Chicken" • "Snow Bounders" • "Gnaw or Never" • "Poison Ivy" • "Twelve Angry Pups" • "The Good-bye Chick" • "Robo-Rolly" • "Splishing and Splashing" • "Virtual Lucky" • "Cupid Pups" • "The Artist Formerly Known as Spot" • "The Nose Knows" • "K is for Kibble" • "Humanitarian of the Year" • "Beauty Pageant Pandemonium" • "Hog-Tied" • "Coup DeVil" • "Every Little Crooked Nanny" • "Cone Head" • "Channels" • "Un-Lucky" • "The Making of..." • "Best of Show" • "Walk on the Wild Side" • "Horace and Jasper's Big Career Move" • "DeVil-Age Elder" • "Jurassic Bark" • "My Fair Moochie" • "Dog Food Day Afternoon" • "Spot's Fairy God-Chicken" • "Good Neighbor Cruella" • "Animal House Party" • "Dalmatian Vacation, Part I - Road Warriors" • "Dalmatian Vacation, Part II - Cross-Country Calamity" • "Dalmatian Vacation, Part III - Dearly Beloved"
101 Dalmatian Street
Shorts: "Merry Pups" • "Muddy Pups" • "Prank Pups" • "Ransom Pups" • "Target Pups" • "Yoga Pups" • "Jurassic Pups" "Space Pups" • "Disco Pups" • "Diva Pups"
Season One: "Dog's Best Friend" • "Boom Night" • "Power to the Puppies" • "Who The Dog Do You Think You Are?" • "Walkies on the Wild Side" • "May Contain Nuts" • "Winter Funderland" • "Snow Day" • "Perfect Match" • "All Fired Up" • "Poetry Scam" • "Crushed Out" • "Girls' Day Out" • "The Woof Factor" • "The Nose Job" • "My Fair Dolly" • "Flea-Mageddon" • "A Right Royal Rumble" • "Dal-Martians" • "A Date with Destiny... Dallas and Déjà Vu" • The Wow of MiaowFear WindowThe Dog HouseA Summer to RememberLong Tongue DayDoggy Da VinciLondon, We Have a ProblemIt's My PartyFox in the Dog HouseFetchDon't Push Your LuckThe Curse of the FerrydogThe Walls Are AliveDiamond DogsRide AlongPoodlewolfThe Longest NightBalancing ActDawkins Strikes BackPoodlefall!Dotty DancingYappily Ever AfterD-FactorPuppy DreamsDante's InfernoBetter the De Vil You KnowThe De Vil Wears Puppies

Locations
LondonRegents ParkDe Vil ManorDinsfordDearly FarmGruteley CountyCherry Tree FarmHouse of DeVil101 Dalmatian Street2nd Time AroundLiberty LondonHouse of BaronessJohn's Apartment
Songs
Films: Cruella De VilKanine KrunchiesDalmatian PlantationPlayful MelodyI See SpotsTry AgainYou're the OneDigga Digga DogSo Fabulous, So FierceWho's Sorry Now?Perhaps, Perhaps, PerhapsLivin' ThingCall Me CruellaThese Boots Are Made for Walkin'I'm Gettin' Good at Being BadCruellaWhat Can a Bird Do?The Language of Dogs

Animated Storybook: I Love FurPuppies, Oh, PuppiesTwilight BarkUp the StairCover Yourselves with Soot
Television series: 1-0-1Dalmatian VacationSurf PuppiesI Got My Pups with MeIt's a Dog's LifeIn the HouseDolly's RapDogs are Out for Summer SunIt's a PrankWe're Sending You Love
Deleted: Don't Buy a Parrot from a SailorMarch of the One Hundred and OneCheerio, Good-Bye, Toodle-oo, Hip Hip!One Hundred and OneThe Creation of Cruella De Vil

See also
Cruella's carJasper and Horace's truckThe Thunderbolt Adventure HourWhat's My Crime?The Disney AfternoonHouse of MouseOnce Upon a TimeThe Further Adventures of Thunderbolt
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