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| Director: | Bob Peterson | 
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| Writer: | Bob Peterson | 
| Staring: | 
| Carl Fredricksen reluctantly agrees to go on a date with a lady friend—but admittedly has no idea how dating works these days. Ever the helpful friend, Dug steps in to calm Carl's pre-date jitters and offer some tried-and-true tips for making friends—if you're a dog. | |
| Release Date: | Jun 15, 2023 | 
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| Director: | Bob Peterson | 
| Writer: | Bob Peterson | 
| Genres: | Animation, Family, Comedy, Adventure | 
| Keywords | date, love, dog, short film | 
| Production Companies | Pixar | 
| Box Office | Revenue: $0 Budget: $0 | 
| Updates | Updated: Feb 01, 2025 Entered: Apr 13, 2024 | 
| Name | Character | 
|---|---|
| Ed Asner | Carl (voice) | 
| Bob Peterson | Dug / Alpha (voice) | 
| Name | Job | 
|---|---|
| Alon Winterstein | Supervising Animator | 
| Torbin Xan Bullock | Editor | 
| Catherine Apple | Editor | 
| Bob Peterson | Story Artist, Writer, Director | 
| Dorothy Hyunjung Lee | Sound Re-Recording Assistant | 
| Stephen M. Davis | Music Editor | 
| Kentaro Hinoki | Thanks | 
| Jessie Thiele | Thanks | 
| John Hazelton | Thanks | 
| Arjun Rihan | Director of Photography | 
| Ryan Michero | Director of Photography, Lighting Artist | 
| Natalie Lyon | Casting | 
| Christine Jiang | Finance | 
| Susan J. Vinci | Assistant Editor | 
| Vince Caro | Production Sound Mixer | 
| Marilyn Morris | Production Sound Mixer | 
| Katie Morton | Production Coordinator | 
| Jeremy Slome | Post Production Supervisor | 
| Christian Hoffman | Modeling | 
| Robbin Huntingdale | Shading | 
| Christina Faraj | Modeling | 
| Logan Pearsall | Shading | 
| Youri Dekker | Animation | 
| Anna Gopin | Animation | 
| Emilie Goulet | Animation | 
| Cayle Hotchkiss | Animation | 
| Cameron Miyasaki | Animation | 
| Kyle Mohr | Animation | 
| Ricky Wight | Animation | 
| Teresa Falcone | Animation | 
| Aron Hatfield | Animation | 
| Sikand Srinivas | Animation | 
| David Torres | Animation | 
| Emma Flores | Lighting Artist | 
| Bill Watral | Visual Effects | 
| Christopher Foreman | Visual Effects | 
| Michael Agulnek | Publicist | 
| Maya Anderman | Publicist | 
| Krissy Bailey | Publicist | 
| Deborah Coleman | Publicist | 
| Chris Wiggum | Publicist | 
| Matt Walker | Executive Music Producer | 
| Jana Vance | Foley Artist | 
| Richard Duarte | Foley Mixer | 
| Pete Docter | Characters | 
| Shaun Farley | Sound Designer | 
| Bryn Imagire | Production Design | 
| Andrea Datzman | Original Music Composer | 
| Kevin Reher | Casting | 
| Tom Myers | Supervising Sound Editor, Sound Re-Recording Mixer | 
| Ronni Brown | Foley Artist | 
| Name | Title | 
|---|---|
| Kim Collins | Producer | 
| Pete Docter | Executive Producer | 
| Mark Nielsen | Executive Producer | 
| Organization | Category | Person | 
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Popularity History
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| 2024 | 4 | 89 | 152 | 64 | 
| 2024 | 5 | 97 | 131 | 79 | 
| 2024 | 6 | 105 | 158 | 72 | 
| 2024 | 7 | 105 | 144 | 80 | 
| 2024 | 8 | 102 | 149 | 60 | 
| 2024 | 9 | 79 | 106 | 61 | 
| 2024 | 10 | 96 | 206 | 50 | 
| 2024 | 11 | 77 | 141 | 52 | 
| 2024 | 12 | 63 | 79 | 50 | 
| 2025 | 1 | 59 | 77 | 42 | 
| 2025 | 2 | 45 | 66 | 9 | 
| 2025 | 3 | 18 | 67 | 3 | 
| 2025 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 
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| 2025 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 
| 2025 | 9 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 
| 2025 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 
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"Carl" is a widower struggling to get back into the dating game following the death of his much loved wife. Fortunately, he has his savvy mutt "Dug" to help him choose his clothes and to generally get his mojo back - only this four-legged friend tends to think of things rather more in doggy terms th ... an in human ones. It's a fun, short and sweet, glimpse at the couple and their interdependence and moves along nicely, if unremarkably, for a few minutes peppered with some enjoyable observational dialogue. It might well resonate better with dog owners/lovers who can probably appreciate the symbiosis here, perhaps not so much with others - but it is an OK little, nicely detailed, animation to watch.