The Dogcatcher is the secondary antagonist in Disney's 1955 animated feature film Lady and the Tramp and its 2001 sequel, Lady and the Tramp II: Scamp's Adventure.
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Lady and the Tramp[]
In this film, the Dogcatcher is depicted as a tall man with broad shoulders and a big mustache. He is first seen putting up a notice from the city council of New Haven, Connecticut that says any dog without a license must be impounded immediately. Tramp notices this and frees two dogs, but the dogcatcher notices this. Tramp distracts the dogcatcher, whom he manages to outsmart and evade where the dogcatcher loses him in a suburban neighborhood.
Lady and the Tramp II: Scamp's Adventure[]
He's seen with Buster and the other junkyard dogs trying to throw his hat around. At first, it looks like he captured Buster, however, he escapes and gets the best of him. Later, he catches Reggie after he's chasing Scamp and Angel. Eventually, due to Buster's actions, he captures Scamp without a collar and takes him to the pound. When he confronts Scamp and Tramp and is ready to capture them, Angel suddenly attacks him from behind. He panics as he tries to remove her but his net gets caught on the hook and he hits the wall hard. Becoming dizzy, he says that the fireworks are lovely, and he passes out.
Comics[]
In one of the Disney adventure comics, he also ends up getting arrested when, while trying to hunt down Scamp and Angel, he accidentally puts his net on a bunch of wigs at a wig shop and on its owner, which results in his arrest.
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