Tramp (Lady and the Tramp)

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Tramp is one of the title characters in the Disney movie Lady and the Tramp. He is a highly skilled street dog who falls for a lovely cocker spaniel named Lady. He was also a key character in Lady and the Tramp 2: Scamp's Adventure.

1 Personality
2 Tramp’s Girlfriends
3 Trivia
4 References
5 External Links

[edit] Personality

It has been said that Tramp is not so much a dog who comes “not so much from the wrong side of the tracks as from sixty leagues beyond them (as said in the Encyclopedia of Walt Disney’s Animated Characters by John Grant).” He has an altogether different view of people than what the housedogs in the movie have. Whereas Lady, Jock, and Trusty view humans as being essentially faultless demigods, Tramp sees them as a flawed mixture of good and bad traits.

He is also extremely wily, even to the point of being a con-artist as shown when he tricks a beaver into biting off Lady’s muzzle. Although the so-called “log puller” does in fact end up working, it is only dumb luck that it does so. Also, as is revealed to Lady (as well as the viewers) by a dog named Peg in the dog pound, Tramp has a history as something of a womanizer. Whereas Lady was apparently under the impression that she was Tramp’s first and only true love, it is revealed that he had been going around, leaving a trail of broken hearts.

But, as it turns out, Tramp’s feelings for Lady were stronger than any he’d had for his previous girlfriends. Ultimately he chose to give up his “footloose and collar-free” lifestyle on the streets (and, as it turned out, the loyalty of his friend Buster) in exchange for a family life with Lady.

Over half a year later, when Lady and the Tramp 2: Scamp's Adventure was set, virtually every trace of Tramp’s life on the streets was gone. His muscles were soft, his personality mellowed, and his overall tempo had slowed comparatively to a crawl. In contrast to the streetwise and constantly active persona shown in the first movie, he had taken on a calm and quiet demeanor, save that his temper flared somewhat when his son Scamp insistently stated that he wished to be a street dog. But when Scamp took off for the streets, Tramp wasted no time in going after him. Even though his skills were somewhat rusty, when he took on Reggie in the dog pound he fought almost as well as in his prime. And, after nearly losing his son, he apparently realized just how harsh he had been and promised to lighten up.

[edit] Tramp’s Girlfriends

Tramp had a considerable number of girlfriends before he met Lady. His list of known girlfriends includes:

Peg
Ruby
Trixie
Lulu
Fifi (possibly the same Fifi that Pluto was romantically involved with for a time)
Rosita Chiquita Juanita Chihuahua ^[1]

[edit] Trivia

Tramp was modeled on an actual stray dog found and adopted by a member of the Disney staff at the time the film was made. Two notable differences between the real dog and Tramp are that the real dog was still a puppy, and also a female.
Tramp went through several names before the name “Tramp” was settled on. These included “Rags” and “Bozo.”