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–Commander Cupcake when Petey is skeptical of him having powers in Dog Man: For Whom the Ball Rolls. | ||
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–Big Jim as Commander Cupcake., Dog Man: Mothering Heights | ||
Big Jim (aka Commander Cupcake/Snug), is a supporting character of the Dog Man series and the titular main protagonist of Dog Man: Big Jim Begins and Dog Man: Big Jim Believes. He is the son of deceased parents who is currently a jail inmate at the Cat Jail (along with Grampa) and has his own superhero identity as Commander Cupcake. He is friends with Dog Man and many of the other main protagonists.
Official Description[]
Big Jim as Commander Cupcake
Mothering Heights[]
Grampa's pure-hearted cellmate in Cat Jail. Sometimes he moonlights as a superhero named Commander Cupcake.
STRENGTH: Cupcakes
WEAKNESS: Cupcakes
Big Jim Begins[]
He's got a big heart and an even bigger imagination. During the day, he's a prisoner in Cat Jail. But at night, he moonlights as a Superhero named Commander Cupcake.
Big Jim as a child, then called Little Jim
Big Jim Begins (Baby)[]
Same as above, only this is him as a baby.
Big Jim Believes[]
He's basically a walking, talking hug. Currently, Big Jim is serving time in Cat Jail for a crime he didn't commit. But that's another story.
Big Jim Believes (Baby)[]
The world's cutest, sweetest, and most optimistic baby.
About[]
Big Jim is a cat who is currently a prisoner at Cat Jail, along with Mr. Whiskers, Tippy, Fluffy, and several other unnamed cats. When he got hypnotized by Crunky and Bub, he thought he is a superhero named Commander Cupcake, and therefore started an addiction to cupcakes.
Big Jim in the Dog Man movie
Personality[]
Normal[]
Big Jim often will try to make Petey and Grampa laugh, though he is never funny. He appears to not be very bright, doing many things that are annoying. He is also blubbery, and will burst into tears if someone yells at him.
Young (Little Jim)[]
Little Jim is an optimist, never really getting sad.
Commander Cupcake[]
His Commander Cupcake alter-ego is very similar to his normal form. He believes that cupcakes can stop any evil no matter how strong.
Snug[]
Big Jim as Snug.
Snug is not very bright, saying things like "Snug Cuddle!", and speaking in the third person.
Appearance[]
Big Jim is a large purple cat with a round body, small head, a double chin, and striped arms/legs/tail. His normal outfit is a red tank top with a black letter J on the front and dark blue pants. In the movie, his pants have black and white stripes, to match the jail uniform. As Commander Cupcake, he wears a red cape, gloves, and boots, with a white shirt with a cupcake on the front and red pants. As Snug he has his normal clothes, however, they are ripped, and he wears the Motor Brain on his head. In Big Jim Believes, he is redesigned to have a different head shape and an apron.
History[]
Pre-Dog Man[]
As a baby, Big Jim had loving parents who incorrectly thought he was the chosen one, when it was actually Genie S. Lady. They thought that he didn't need a Magic Ring, as they believed the ring's power was within him already. One very day, an object caused a house fire, which left Big Jim and his parents homeless, and nobody let the family stay anywhere. When Momma & Daddy explained their story to Chief's Father (who works at Bailey Park Campgrounds), Chief's father felt sorry for them and let them stay in Cabin 39, leading them there with the help of his son. One night, when Big Jim was a baby, his parents got in a car crash (Leading to their deaths), he was left as an orphan, but one bright spot from the car crash was that the owner of Happy Home Shelter, Mrs. Pierce, took foster care/guardianship of him.
Dog Man[]
Petey asks him to get on the seesaw and uses his weight to launch him out of Cat Jail in Book 'Em, Dog Man! He appears as a minor character in Weenie Wars: The Franks Awaken at the beginning in a cell in Cat Jail who received a pack of candy right after Fluffy received a letter and before Petey received a box containing a can of Living Spray.
Dog Man: A Tale of Two Kitties[]
It's Big Jim's birthday, and the warden gave him a lot of balloons. He gives one to Tippy, Fluffy, and Mr. Whiskers (his childhood friends). He tries to give Petey a balloon, but Petey pops it with his claw, making Big Jim cry. Petey tries to make Big Jim happy, but Big Jim tells him to go away. Petey finally makes Big Jim happy when he claims that he got Big Jim a present, which he buried in the jail yard litter box, and will hold Big Jim's balloons while Big Jim digs it up. Unbeknownst to Big Jim, Petey flies away with Big Jim's balloons, and Big Jim only finds poop in the litter box.
Dog Man: For Whom the Ball Rolls[]
Crunky and Bub make him a cupcake superhero called Commander Cupcake. He somehow then escaped Cat Jail without any trouble and managed to capture all of the FLEAS, as well as Dr. Scum, by only eating cupcakes.
Dog Man: Fetch-22[]
He makes a Cupcake Command Center™, Cupcakemobile, and Cupcake Computer, but they are all fake and are made from cardboard and other materials. He gets stuck to Petey with glue, but they still rush off, stuck together. They ram into a cupcake shop and Big Jim sees a big cupcake, which was just a sign, causing them to miss meeting the team and catch Grampa and Foul Fair Fairy by climbing up to the big cupcake and falling on top of them.
Dog Man: Grime and Punishment[]
He becomes Snug, due to the effects of a device called the Motorbrain, created by Grampa. As Snug, he loves to hug Grampa. First, he sings the Itsy Bitsy Spider Song, annoying Grampa. Grampa yells at him, and he starts to cry. Grampa tells Big Jim he needs his help to test the Motorbrain. Big Jim tries it on and turns into Snug, then hugs Grampa tightly. Later, Grampa asks Snug to give back the Motorbrain. Snug does so and turns back into Big Jim. Grampa tries it on and turns into Crud. At the end of the book, Big Jim goes out looking for Grampa. Grampa kicks away the Motorbrain. Big Jim finds it and puts it on. Once again, he turns into Snug. He chases Grampa, wanting to hug him.
Dog Man: The Scarlet Shedder[]
He was one of the attendees of Chief and Nurse Lady's wedding. Most interestingly, however, he appeared as a kid during the flashback when Petey and Grace were moving into the Happy Home Shelter. Big Jim (called Little Jim at the time) was living in the shelter in Mrs. Pierce's office as a helper, and he mentioned that both of his parents were in heaven. He was welcomed into Petey's family.
Dog Man Big Jim Begins[]
He joins Grampa and Dog Man as Commander Cupcake. He tries to defeat the Space Cuties, which he defeats Doctor Dimples by hugging him very tightly, but then, Doctor Dimples got broken and Big Jim was crying along with Dog Man because he thought that Doctor Dimples was dead, but Grampa said that he was not dead, he just got broken and Big Jim said that the Space Cuties are allergic to hugs.
Dog Man: Big Jim Believes[]
He teaches Grampa and us a lesson that bad luck can sometimes be a good thing, for you never know what worse luck your bad luck has saved you from. He also believes to be The Chosen One and doesn't need the Ring of Destiny and Stuff, even though he is not the actual Chosen One.
Trivia[]
- Big Jim is named after a 1970s action figure of the same name.
- Big Jim is currently residing in Cat Jail as an inmate indefinitely, but the reason is currently unknown. However, in his "Meet the Cast" description in Big Jim Believes, it is said that he was in jail for a crime that he didn't commit.
- In Lord of the Fleas, when Petey tells Li'l Petey his story, one of the cats seen protesting against the critter scouts looks a lot like Big Jim. Though it is unlikely that the cat is actually Big Jim since Big Jim is always seen wearing clothes.
- In books 7-10, he manages to leave Cat Jail without any trouble.
- He usually appears to accidentally help Petey escape jail.
- The Cupcakemobile and Cupcake Computer are both based on the Batmobile and the Batcomputer, all spoofing Batman's belongings.
- Based on the book, Dog Man: Fetch-22, Big Jim has a secret escape which only Petey and Grampa know.
- Like Captain Underpants, he is hypnotized by Crunky and Bub to be Commander Cupcake every time he hears danger which could be spoofing Captain Underpants.
- In Dog Man: Big Jim Begins, when we see him leaving Cat Jail, one of the guards salute him. This implies that Big Jim has a man on the inside to let him in and out of the prison, explaining how he's been able to do so in the past books.
- It could be possible that he is friends with Fluffy, Tippy, and Mr. Whiskers because they protected him in Dog Man: Big Jim Begins
- Another thing that implies a friendship is that he gives them all his birthday balloons in Dog Man: A Tale of Two Kitties.
Friends[]
- Dog Man
- Grampa
- Petey
- Li'l Petey
- Molly
- 80-HD
- Chief
- Nurse Lady
- Sarah Hatoff
- Zuzu
- Crunky
- Bub
- Daryl
- Ducky
- Mike
- Uncle Larry
Enemies[]
- Dr. Scum
- Piggy
- Sippy Cups
- Captain Cuddles
- Doctor Dimples
- Captain's Log
- Chancellor Chibi
- Professor Puddin' Pop
- Space Cuties
Appearances[]
- Dog Man
- Dog Man: A Tale of Two Kitties
- Dog Man: Brawl of the Wild
- Dog Man: For Whom the Ball Rolls
- Dog Man: Fetch-22
- Dog Man: Grime and Punishment
- Dog Man: Mothering Heights
- Dog Man: The Scarlet Shedder
- Dog Man: Big Jim Begins
- Dog Man: Big Jim Believes
- Untitled 15th Dog Man Book
Gallery[]
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