Dynomutt (character)

This article is about the title character. For the Marvel Comics series, see Dynomutt.

Dynomutt
Species	Dog (Doberman)
Gender	Male
Member of	Scooby Doobies Falcon Force
Affiliation	Blue Falcon F.O.C.U.S. One Scooby-Doo Shaggy Rogers Daphne Blake Fred Jones Velma Dinkley Dee Dee Skyes
Occupation	Superhero
Marital status	Single
First appearance	DDW: "Everyone Hyde!" (1976)
Played by	Frank Welker (1976-77, 1998, 2013, 2021) Andre Sogliuzzo (2000) Ken Jeong (2020)
File:DL Dynomutt.png Dexter's Laboratory
Super Sons/Dynomutt Special
Scoob!
Scooby-Doo and Guess Who?
Jellystone!

Dynomutt is the dog sidekick of Blue Falcon and the title character of the Dynomutt, Dog Wonder animated television series. He is a cybernetic canine equipped with special mechanical powers and fought crime in Big City. In spite of his position, however, his frequent screw-ups and malfunctions are a major headache to many of Blue Falcon's cases. His voice was originated by Frank Welker.

Character description

Dynomutt is a friendly, yet goofy grey doberman who is always eager to please his allies, mainly his follower Blue Falcon. Despite doing his best to aid him, Dynomutt mainly comes off as more of a severe hinderence due to him being jokester, making quips and puns out of situations. His malfunctions make him appear quite foolish and cause a lot of frustration for Blue Falcon (or B.F. as he calls him), but he always proves himself as a liable hero by the end of an adventure. He is addressed to by Blue Falcon as either "Dog Wonder" or—when one of his malfunctions makes a bad situation worse—"Dog Blunder".

Dynomutt wears a green superhero outfit, consisting of a cape, mask, gloves, and boots. His chestplate is adorned with a yellow "D" in the middle. In his civilian identity, Dynomutt usually wears a red, long-sleeved jacket and a light blue scarf.

Abilities

Being a cyborg dog, Dynomutt has several abilities and tools that aid himself and Blue Falcon in their crime-solving adventures. He has superhuman strength and is durable enough to withstand a lot of damage.

His most common ability is extending his limbs and neck, employed by a system of miniaturized transistors, to make himself taller, reach further to certain areas, and perform extraordinary feats. While this ability seems to be handy at first, Dynomutt tends to be tangled by them on occasion. In addition to simply extending his limbs, Dynomutt's legs can also turn into springs that allow him to make fantastical bounds.

Dynomutt has built-in gadgets hidden within his mechanical body, ranging from various tools that aid a given situation, to traps that capture villains, to weapons such as knives or mallets. Despite this, he sometimes uses the wrong gadget when trying to acquire one.

Appearances

TV series

• Dynomutt, Dog Wonder
• Laff-a-Lympics
• Super Secret Secret Squirrel
  • 1.8 "Agent Penny" (picture)
• Dexter's Laboratory
  • 2.38A "Dyno-Might"
• Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law
  • 1.7 "Deadomutt Part 1"
  • 1.8 "Deadomutt Part 2"
• Scooby-Doo and Guess Who?
  • 2.25 "Scooby-Doo, Dog Wonder!"
• Jellystone!
  • 1.39 "Heroes and Capes" (no lines)

Movies

• Scooby-Doo! Mask of the Blue Falcon
• Scoob!

Shorts

• "The Masked Singer Scoob!"

Comics

• Dynomutt
• Laff-a-Lympics
• The Funtastic World of Hanna-Barbera
  • Issue 3: "The Man Who Stole Thursday"
• TV Stars
  • Issue #3A: "The Gingerbread Man"
• Cartoon Network Presents
  • Cat on a Hot Tin Pooch"
• The Funtastic World of Hanna-Barbera
  • Issue #2C: "Phantasma Gloria"
  • Issue #21A: "Cat on a Hot Tin Pooch"
• Scooby-Doo
  • Issue #50: "Big House Brouhaha"
• Scooby-Doo! Team-Up
  • Issue #38: "It Was a Dark and Gritty Knight..."
• Super Sons/Dynomutt Special
  • Issue #1A: "The Dog Knight"

Books

• Dynomutt and the Pie in the Sky Caper
• Dynomutt, the Great Dog Wonder
• The Funtastic World of Hanna-Barbera Starring Scooby-Doo
• Scooby-Doo's All-Star Laff-a-Lympics (coloring book)
• Scooby-Doo's All-Star Laff-a-Lympics (activity book)
• Scooby-Doo/Dynomutt: Favorite Activities
• Scooby-Doo/Dynomutt: Coloring Book

Development

Dynomutt's voice was patterned after Red Skelton's befuddled rustic character, Clem Kadiddlehopper.

Gallery

Main article: Dynomutt (character)/Gallery

Toys and merchandise

Main article: Dynomutt (character)/Toys

Behind the scenes

• After leaving Hanna-Barbera to work at DIC Audiovisuel in 1981, Andy Heyward would use Dynomutt as one of the inspirations for creating the Inspector Gadget TV series, when the studio wanted to branch their entertainment from France to the United States.

In popular culture

• In A Tribe Called Quest's hip hop song "Award Tour," Phife Dog says to call him Dynomutt while on stage.
• In the Comic Book Men episode "Canine Crusaders," Walt dresses as Dynomutt while judging a dog contest.

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