Well it’s Thursday, was tired last night so that’s the reason behind the delay in Wednesday’s post. Anyway, I’m slowly getting ready for my trip. Gonna get everything packed tonight and head for the airport tomorrow morning. But just thought I’d post about some of the characters that have been added to the Hooked on Mutts cast. I’ll start with my newest ones:
Mina Kingston- A female Rastreador Brazileiro also called a Brazilian Tracker.
First appearance: Hooked on Mutts season 1 episode #12: “Hooked on Meteors”
This three year old hound hails from her breed’s country of origin: Brazil, more specifically, Rio De Janeiro. Mina’s the oldest out of a litter of 8 (4 sisters, 3 brothers). Mina spent her first year in Rio then her owners, the Kingstons, moved to Newark, New Jersey. Though she’s lived in the U.S. for two years, Mina occasionally speaks broken Portuguese.(Mixing Portuguese words with English while talking). Like her cousins, the Coonhounds, Mina has sharp sense of smell. This young dog worked at JFK airport sniffing luggage prior to her owners second move to Los Angeles, CA. Mina takes her job seriously and is considered a workaholic at times. Shortly after starting her new job at LAX under the same profession, Mina literally bumps into Hawthorne.
Despite her low tolerance for his clumsiness, she has considered Hawthorne to be a friend after spending an afternoon with him and his friends at a dog park. Mina’s bright, energetic and somewhat even tempered. Although she and Hawthorne do clash at times, by the end of the week they’re the best of friends again.
Likes: Digging, chasing cats and small animals, ham, rhinestone collars, butterflies, the New York Nicks and reptiles.
Dislikes: Hanging her head out the window in a car, going to the groomers, spiders, fleas, L.A. Lakers and having bows tied around her neck.
Voiced by: Well whenever I come up with characters I usually have a certain person in mind to do the voice. For Mina, I had Morrena Baccarin(Anna on ABC’s V & Black Canary on Justice League Unlimted) in mind.
Side note: When looking up Brazilian dog breeds, Mina was originally a Brazilian terrier! after finding out more info about the Brazilian tracker, I figured this was a better fit.
Concept art for Mina.
Next character:
Hawthorne Wyndham- A male Coyote/Wolf mix or ‘Coy wolf’
First appearance: Hooked on Mutts season 1 episode # 12: “Hooked on Meteors”
Born in Los Angeles near… you guessed it, Hawthorne Bulevard. This half coyote, half wolf mix has been through the ringer.(Mother is a coyote, father is wolf). Hawthorne was once the pet of a homeless man whose last name was Wyndham. Due to a no pet policy at his brother’s apartment, Wyndham was forced to abandon his dog after his brother offered him to a place to live.
In effort to avoid animal control, Hawthorne took up residence with a cat named Chaz. After meeting Mina, Hawthorne goes to great lengths to impress her but fails numerous times. Eventually, he wins Mina’s friendship after a while. Hawthorne is rather clumsy and a bit of an eager beaver but a good friend nonetheless.
Likes: Beef jerky, peanut butter, dragonflies, squirrels, chasing his own tail and running.
Dislikes: Fleas, thunder, getting rained on, mosquitoes, tabasco hot sauce and getting his fur cut.
Voice actor in mind for Hawthorne: Scott Wolf(Chad Decker on ABC’s V and Scamp in Lady & the Tramp 2: Scamp’s adventure).
Side note: Hawthorne was a character I’ve had for about 6 years. I didn’t really have much of a role for him in my series but now he’s one of Mina’s friends and Chaz’s roommate.
Trivia note: Morrena Baccarin did the voice of Black Canary in the Justice League Unlimited animated series. Scott Wolf did the voice of Scamp in the Lady and the Tramp sequel, ‘Lady and the Tramp 2: Scamp’s adventure’.
This is just two I had in mind, here’s some other people I had in mind to cast in my series:
Morris Chestnut- Mater-Male Rottweiler/Foxhound mix, lives on the streets in Culver City.
Erica Durance- Connie-Female Abyssinian cat, lives with TJ in Westwood.
Tom Welling- TJ- Male Labrador/German shepherd dog mix- DJ’s brother(another character of mine).
Allision Mack- Roxy- Female Labrador/Golden Retriever mix- Connie’s best friend living Westwood.
Laura Vandervoort- Peggy- Female Kooikerhodje/Saluki mix- Lived in New York City but later moves to L.A.
The reason why all my characters live in Los Angeles is because Hooked on Mutts is set there. But not all of them are California natives, as you can see.
Random quotes:
(Two days after meeting Mina)
Mina: “Hawthorne, do me a favor.”
Hawthorne: “Yes?”
Mina: “Go home!”
Hawthorne: “Wait, Mina! don’t go! don’t d-don’t g…”
(walls into the automated glass door at the airport)
*groans*
Chuy(Male german shepherd) :
*laughing*
Hawthorne: (rubs nose)
“What’s so funny?”
Chuy: “You… you got dissed by a girl, son.”
*continues laughing*
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Mater: “Do you have any idea what’s like living on the streets?”
Connie: “I slept outside in the rain one time, does that count?”
TJ: “You’ll have to excuse my friend here… the farthest she’s ever been from home is Carlsbad.”
Mater: “Really, I’ve been to Calpoly and back… try riding on the back of a produce truck and tell me how it goes.”
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Roxy: “How far is it to the dog park again?”
Peggy: “About 2 streets over.”
Roxy: “That’s two blocks away.”
Peggy: “I don’t c… two blocks?! I’m from New York City I’ve walked six blocks.”
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This is just a preview I’ll have concept art/character design sketches for these characters soon. Will post how meeting the folks I’ve mentioned here goes.
In other news Wednesday, Preview night marks the kick off for the San Diego comic con which opens today.
Will post about my traveling day and throw in another bonus.
See ya on Friday!
Pen & Paper 
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