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Sarah in Dog Man: the musical
Sarah Hatoff (also known as Purse Lady) is a major character in the series. She is an Australian news reporter who appears in all Dog Man books. She is considered "the world's greatest reporter". She is Zuzu's owner as of Dog Man: Unleashed. She is friends with Dog Man, Lil' Petey, Chief, and Yolay Caprese. At the end in Brawl of the Wild, For Whom The Ball Rolls, and Fetch-22, there is a news blog that has all the stuff she found out that was now sent to everyone’s mobile phones, but it is unknown why it doesn't appear since Grime and Punishment. Sarah is also brave and loyal and has a good heart, and she is always willing to help her friends. She likes her job, fights crime, and does karate as shown that Sarah attacks Crud (Grampa). She is portrayed by Yolay Caprese in The Dog-Man.
She is also appeared in the Super Diaper Baby 2½ comic in Captain Underpants and the Tyrannical Retaliation of the Turbo Toilet 2000.
Official Description[]
Mothering Heights[]
An investigative journalist/blogger who fights injustice wherever it lurks. She's an immigrant from Australia and has a pet poodle.
- Strength: Bravery & Brains
- Weakness: Impatience
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Sarah is an investigative journalist from Australia who adores her pet poodle, Zuzu. Sarah always carries a purse, too, except when Harold forgets to draw it.
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Sarah is the world's greatest reporter. Zuzu is the world's greatest poodle. Together, they get to the bottom of things.
Appearance[]
Sarah has pale-white skin and wavy reddish-brown hair, a lighter red jacket, bright purple shoes, and is always seen with her lavender purse, often used to carry her pet poodle, Zuzu. In Dog Man: A Tale of Two Kitties, she wears a purple jacket as well.
Her design is completely overhauled in the movie, with red-orange hair, a light blue polo, blue pants, & black boots, along with a lanyard with her photo on it.
Roles[]
Dog Man[]
Sarah Hatoff's debut was made as a minor character in Chapter Four. She made a news report of Petey's trapping all of the dogs in the city and trying to crush them with his Mutt-Masher 2000. When things seemed like they couldn't get any worse, the weenies' leader chimed in claiming he would make things even worse.
Dog Man: Unleashed[]
Sarah appears in the second book, entering the shop Penelope's Pets to buy Zuzu. She later investigated The Mysterious Stranger's robbery of plastic treasure chests. She later accompanied Chief and Dog Man to stop Flippy. Unlike in the first book, she is a supporting character in this book.
Dog Man: A Tale Of Two Kitties[]
At the beginning, Sarah's news about Dog Man and Chief is shown, but she doesn't make a physical appearance. Later, she is seen when Dog Man calls her and tells her that Li'l Petey has gone missing. She is also with Dog Man putting up posters, helped destroy the Beasty Buildings and was making a citizen's arrest to Flippy.
Dog Man and Cat Kid[]
Sarah first interviews the actors for the Dog-Man movie with Li’l Petey and Ms. Suspicionflame (Petey) and giving behind the scenes on the movie. After Dog Man got fired and banned from the movie set, Sarah wanted to help dog man by playing a game of Charades with clues leading to Petey. Later in the book, she gets her superhero alter ego, Purse Lady as she and her friends defeating Supa-Mecha Philly and the Supa-Mecha Weenies.
Dog Man: Twenty Thousand Fleas Under the Sea[]
She sees Dog Man barking when she is walking, knowing the location of the whereabouts of the F.L.E.A.S. She, along with her friends are heading to the submarine but they got shrunk by Piggy. Sarah is the only human to be in the submarine.
Dog Man: The Scarlet Shedder[]
Sarah was seen at the wedding of Chief and Nurse Lady. She later got impersonated by Dr. Scum's A.I. robots.
Cat Kid Comic Club: On Purpose[]
She has a major role in this book. She interviews and documents the baby frogs during their session of Cat Kid Comic Club.
Dog man: Big Jim Begins[]
While talking about the Space Cuties spreading cutenesses all around the world, she gets cutie-fied by the Space Cuties along with Zuzu and Roscoe.
Trivia[]
- Sarah is named after Sarah Hatton, Dav Pilkey's friend from Australia.[1]
- Her birthday is on December 26, the same date as Sarah Hatton’s birthday
- In the cover of Dog Man: Unleashed her dress is purple.
- In Dog Man and Cat Kid, it's revealed she is Australian.
- In fact, in the upcoming Dog Man Film, she is heard with an actual Australian accent. Sarah is voiced by Australian actress Isla Fisher.
- Even though she is Australian, she uses American English.
- Yolay Caprese plays Sarah Hatoff in both fictional Dog Man movies both the scrapped version (The Dog-Man) and Claymation.
- In Dog Man: Fetch-22, she appears to be a bit angry at Dog Man and Chief at the beginning of the final fight.
- Like Li'l Petey, she seems to understand Dog Man at times.
- She only made some brief cameos in Dog Man: The Musical.
- She seems to break the fourth wall a lot, especially through the television.
- At the end of Cat Kid Comic Club: Perspectives, it shows that she and Zuzu will make an appearance in Cat Kid Comic Club: On Purpose.
- In fact she and Zuzu does make a appearance in the Cat Kid Comic Club series as side characters, starting with Cat Kid Comic Club: On Purpose.