Air Bud, also known as Buddy, is a golden retriever and the titular protagonist of the series of the same name. He plays a different sport in each film (basketball, football, soccer, baseball, and volleyball, respectively). In Air Bud: World Pup, he becomes the father of five puppies: Budderball, B-Dawg, Buddha, MudBud, and RoseBud, though none of them are given actual names until the first Air Buddies movie. He only appeared in the first two films of those series.
Air Bud films[]
The first two films in the franchise were released in theaters, while later entries were direct-to-DVD releases.
- Air Bud (1997) - Josh meets a golden retriever and finds out that he can play basketball.
- Air Bud: Golden Receiver (1998) - Josh's golden retriever learns to play football.
- Air Bud: World Pup (2000) - Josh and Emma discover that Buddy's ball-playing skills apply to soccer.
- Air Bud: Seventh Inning Fetch (2002) - Buddy makes the baseball team and becomes a star player.
- Air Bud: Spikes Back (2003) - Buddy tackles volleyball.
Air Buddies films[]
Air Bud has a less important role in Air Buddies and Snow Buddies. The films were all straight-to-DVD (later Blu-ray) releases, except for the first film that remains a DVD only release.
- Air Buddies (2006) - He and his mate Molly were dognapped by Grim and Denning for Selkirk's greedy purposes. It's up to their puppies (and other animals) to come to the rescue.
- Snow Buddies (2008) - His final appearance in which he and Molly go to Alaska to find their puppies.
- Santa Buddies (2009) - Although he doesn't appear in this film, he is briefly mentioned (though not by name) by B-Dawg at the beginning.
Other films[]
In Ralph Breaks the Internet, Air Bud is mentioned by the Stormtroopers when they lost track of Vanellope, thinking she was hiding in the Air Bud pavilion.
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