| “ | Well, I've got four new armies! See? I keep em up my sleevies! | ” |
–Dr. Scum making a pun in Dog Man: For Whom the Ball Rolls | ||
Dr. Scum is a recurring antagonist in the Dog Man series.
Roles
He is a major antagonist in Dog Man Chapter 2: Robo-Chief who worked alongside with the Mayor and invented Robo-Chief, for a purposeful plot to have Chief fired in and to take over the city. He apparently never got arrested, as he wasn't seen following the Evil Mayor being arrested.
He reappears as the main antagonist in Dog Man: For Whom the Ball Rolls, when he uses the lessons about distractions Lil' Petey taught Dog Man as a weapon against him. He invents Burgle Balls, which send Dog Man chickening out and running to a trash container. Later, his Colossal-Bot 2000 is demolished by Petey. He runs away, but he later trips on Big Jim as Commander Cupcake.
He reappears as the main antagonist again in Dog Man: The Scarlet Shedder, who first appears on page 56 as his A.I. Buddy brings him robot supplies from the Everything Except Fabric Softeners store.
His first major appearance is in the chapter, "The Man with a Plan", in which he appears after Dog Man is sent off to jail and Lil' Petey suggests fighting back against Maude and the Judge, telling them that won't work. After being questioned by his identity and why he isn't imprisoned, he explains to Petey and Lil' Petey how he told the cop sending him to jail that he needed to use the restroom, then sending out an A.I. Buddy to go to jail in his place after he was given permission to go, saying he can do the same for Dog Man. He has Petey sign a contract to work for him, and replaces the head of an A.I. Buddy with a Dog Man Head, and paints it red.
The next day, when Petey arrives, he makes his building change to Tank Mode and drive to Petey's new Secret Lab and connects his Robo-Time Industries building to it, to the dismay of Petey as that wasn't part of the contract.
Sarah Hatoff then interviews him on the news, as he describes the process of how A.I. Buddies are created and what they can be used for. Later, when the A.I. Buddies start revolting and merge together to create a giant robot, Dr. Scum decides that they need more A.I. Buddies that are programmed to resist the revolt of the other A.I. Buddies.
After Petey has a dream about his mom and Little Jim, he decides to stop working for Dr. Scum, but when he pulls out the contract Petey shreds it and leaves to stop the giant robot. After the robot is destroyed, Dr. Scum is arrested by the Mean Cop.
Official Description
The Scarlet Shedder
This never-before-seen bad guy may have a fresh, unfamiliar face, but his heart harbors a horror that could heighten him to a household name.
Appearances
- Dog Man (Chapter 2: Robo-Chief)
- Dog Man: Unleashed (cameo in the prologue)
- Dog Man: For Whom the Ball Rolls (main antagonist)
- Dog Man: Mothering Heights (cameo in Chief's dream)
- Dog Man: The Scarlet Shedder (main antagonist)
- Dog Man: Big Jim Begins (cameo as a baby in flashbacks at Baby Jail)
Trivia
- Dr. Scum has made an appearance in the first book. He was absent for six books, followed by a return in For Whom the Ball Rolls. Because he was gone for so long, everyone else thought that he was a new character, to his irritation.
- He was then absent for five more books causing the same reaction upon his return in book 12.
- Just like the main antagonists of Super Diaper Baby and Ook and Gluk: The Kung-Fu Cavemen From the Future, he has a triangular nose and eyes.
- He was one of the first Dog Man villains, only behind the Mayor and Petey.
- In Dog Man: For Whom The Ball Rolls, a running gag is everyone calling him a new villain, which he hates. On the Sarah Hatoff blog near the back of the book, he demands the interview to end after being called "new" multiple times, even though he repeatedly stated he wasn't new.
- He makes a cameo appearance in the prologue of Dog Man: Unleashed and Dog Man: Mothering Heights during Chief's dream as he built a Robo-Shark Duck to try and capture Dog Man and Milly.