Dog (Duck Hunt)

Laughing Dog
The dog
Series	Duck Hunt series
First Appearance	Duck Hunt
Created by	Hiroji Kiyotake

The Dog, sometimes called the Laughing Dog, in Duck Hunt for the Nintendo Entertainment System is an infamous character. The dog has become a sort of icon of the game due to him laughing at the player whenever they fail to shoot a duck, and his popularity has even got him mentioned on TV. Despite the fact that you can shoot the dog in the VS. arcade version of Duck Hunt, unofficial titles have been released on the internet where the dog can be shot. These are typically more graphical and often result in the dog dying rather than just a face full of gunpowder like in the Vs. Series version.

Appearances

Duck Hunt

In the game, he would emerge from the grass and laugh at the player if they failed to shoot any of the ducks that appeared during the round. If the player did shoot a duck, the dog would also emerge with the duck in his hands. In the beginning of each game, the dog will appear from the left of the screen and start sniffing the ground, jumping in the grass to hide only a couple seconds later. Some players have thought that the dog can actually be shot when it laughs at the player, though this is not possible in the console version of the game.

In arcade title, however, during the bonus round the player can actually shoot the dog, which will consequently cover his face in gunpowder. Doing so will end the round. After shooting the dog, he'll get mad at the player while walking on crutches, telling him to "shoot the ducks" instead of him.

Super Smash Bros. for Wii U and Nintendo 3DS

The dog is a playable character, presumably included to replace the Ice Climbers, which were cut in this installment for technical reasons. He can be unlocked by clearing Classic Mode with eight different characters.

Unlike other appearances, he is mostly quadrupedal here, and fights with the help of a single duck that rides on his back. He is mostly reliant on setting up projectile attacks, and his infamous laugh is used during his entrance animation, a taunt, and his final smash.

Other appearances

• Barker Bill's Trick Shooting: The dog appears in one of the five Zapper based games, where the player needs to shoot a number of balloons before they leave the screen. In this game you can actually shoot him, which would cost the player a life and make the dog angry. Just like in Duck Hunt he laughs at the player when all lives are lost.
• WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Microgame$!: One of the micro-games is based on Dunk Hunt and the dog makes an appearance.
• WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Party Game$!: Once again the dog appears in the Duck Hunt micro-game, which is the same as in the Game Boy game.
• Tetris DS: The dog appears in level 19 of Standard Mode.
• WarioWare D.I.Y. Showcase: Similar to its appearance in other games, the dog will appear in the Duck Hunt themed microgame.