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My master made me this collar. He is a good and smart master and he made me this collar so that I may talk – SQUIRREL! My master is good and smart.
— Up
Behind the line
What it means
Our interpretation.
It is one joke built twice into a single speech. The sweet part is the pride, the dog praising his master twice in the same breath; the sharp part is the squirrel that cuts him off. It tells you in thirty seconds what the dogs are, and as a meme the word is now what anyone shouts when they lose the thread. Bob Peterson, who voices Dug, plays it with total sincerity, which is why it works.
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In context
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Up (2009). Carl Fredricksen's floating house has landed near Paradise Falls in Venezuela, and Carl and Russell have been joined by a giant bird Russell calls Kevin. A stray golden retriever follows them. Russell tests the new dog by telling him to sit, shake and speak, and the dog says "Hi, there!", making Carl scream. After introducing himself, Dug explains that his master made the collar on his neck so he can talk. Mid-sentence he spots a squirrel, whips round to stare at a rock, and then carries on. Russell fiddles with the collar's dial, which switches it between languages in snatches. Dug's pack soon surrounds them and leads them to his master, the explorer Charles Muntz.
Sources (3)
- Up (2009 film) - WikiquoteDug's first scene with Carl and RussellReference checked
- Up (2009 film) - WikipediaPlotReference checked
- Dug - Pixar Wiki (Fandom)Infobox and Up sectionReference checked
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