FlamDawg

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General

FlamDawg Disco is a main character in The Story. He generally serves as a comic relief or bit character, unintentionally getting involved in all sorts of different schemes and predicaments. Most notably, he's the character that Zack attacks most; always finding himself on the receiving end of an explosion or Zinvention trap.

Personality

FlamDawg is often quite energetic, being all-too eager to get in on various adventures or schemes. As far as scheming goes, however, he often doesn't understand what it means to really get back at someone. While mild-mannered for the most part, he has been known to pop off on occasion; yelling at those who have annoyed him far beyond his usual tolerance. Not the brightest bulb in the basket, but has his moments where he really shines. He also loves helping out and will always do his best to prove himself worthy of someone's respect and admiration. Unfortunately, his actions can often get him into trouble with hostile women who seek to unload their anger on the nearest man. His happy-go-lucky personality makes him a natural when it comes to hosting TV shows, something he does very frequently throughout the Seasons.

Overall, I've always found FlamDawg's personality hard to pinpoint despite the fact that he's been in the novel since the very beginning.

Appearance

FlamDawg is an anthropomorphic dog with orange fur and a white underbelly. He has yellow eyes and a bit of white on the tip of his tail. He doesn't normally wear clothes but can sometimes be seen wearing various outfits and costumes. In some artwork drawn by others, he is shown to have have flame-like "hair", but I have not decided if I should keep this or not. In the novel, his nose is drawn as an upside-down triangle when viewed from the front, something that is not shown when drawn from the side.

History

FlamDawg is unique in that, unlike most characters, he is not based off of anyone. The only animal I could really ever draw was a dog, and when I felt it time for some new characters, I designed a fire-themed dog along with an elemental dog and a space-themed dog to debut in The New Rivals. At the time of his debut, I wasn't really familiar with drawing animals on two legs, so he's seen on four for quite some time. He also was always engulfed in a flame, but this was ditched when he later started walking on two legs. A similar fate met the other two dogs as well. I decided to dub these creatures "Dawgs" and went off to design hundreds more. They were just a fun little thing to doodle, with the likes of an Ice Dawg or Grass Dawg, but FlamDawg was the only one that ever truly meant anything in the novel. He became an irreplaceable part of the team (as proven in Project: Dawg Replacement) and stuck around until the very end, long after all of the other dogs had been cut and done away with,

Early in Season 1, we learn that FlamDawg has a cop alter ego known as "Little Bang". When this was first mentioned, he suddenly donned a blue police uniform and started writing tickets for any and all littering, even if it wasn't anyone's fault. This became a recurring thing and he would always reappear whenever someone littered or otherwise mildly broke the law. This quickly turned into its own separate thing and I made Little Bangs become the police of The Story, showing up to deal with any and all lawbreakers. More info can be found on the page for the Little Bangs, but for now it's worth noting that FlamDawg was the original that spurred on the concept.

In Season 1, he was shown to have a variety of alter-egos much like Sarah did in Season 4 onwards. He first dressed up as Little Bang, then later donned some street clothes and called himself "Govert", describing himself as a "normal dude you can talk to". When everyone set off on the big road trip halfway through the Season, he donned a mechanic outfit and called himself "Itchi Bunni" while working to fix the car. Itchi also attempted to fix Zack in a fantasy scenario, but deemed he was "broken way beyond repair". There is also a design for Swift, a speedy firefighter, but this alter-ego never appeared in any Season. After Season 1, the only alter-ego to make an appearance was Little Bang, but by then it kind of became its own separate thing.

While it's never properly explained, FlamDawg has quite the affinity for cooking thanks to his natural fire element. In A Season 3 Valentine's Day, he baked the lavish brunch that everyone enjoyed and it's also been shown that he has several cooking trophies in his room. I dabbled with the idea of a chapter entitled Chef's Kitchen that has him compete in a cooking competition, but this never came to be.