Dug is sent on foolish missions by Alpha, Beta, and Gamma so they can hunt for the Bird of Paradise Falls by themselves. Dug may find that where he belongs is not where he's been looking.
Directed by Ronnie del Carmen
mission
birthday
giant bird
dog
short film
Rank
#112 in 2009·#5482 overall
Trailer
IMDB
N/A
Letterboxd
3.3 / 5
Where to Watch
Cast
Bob Peterson
Dug / Alpha (voice)
Delroy Lindo
Beta (voice)
Ed Asner
Carl Fredricksen (voice) (uncredited)
Jordan Nagai
Russell (voice) (uncredited)
Crew
Ronnie del Carmen
Director
Ronnie del Carmen
Writer
Michael Giacchino
Original Music Composer
Galyn Susman
Producer
Pete Docter
Executive Producer
John Lasseter
Executive Producer
Simon Allen
Animation
Edwin Chang
Simulation & Effects Artist
Popular Reviews
118 reviews
ChristianBonde
6.0★ · 04/26/26
Very fun seeing the film and this story overlaping. But overall not a good story
Very fun seeing the film and this story overlaping. But overall not a good story
Maire
6.0★ · 12/22/25
They better be nice to Doug.
They better be nice to Doug.
Jaysn Bourne
6.1★ · 01/19/23
why does alpha sound like one of the chipmunks
why does alpha sound like one of the chipmunks
Bailey
7.0★ · 09/17/25
God I love Dug
God I love Dug
Rob Grant
4.0★ · 05/26/25
Has anyone stopped to consider if Dug is cursed after watching this? I mean this as the classical form of curse, some malevolent hex and not as Gen z slang.
Has anyone stopped to consider if Dug is cursed after watching this? I mean this as the classical form of curse, some malevolent hex and not as Gen z slang.
