Junkyard Dogs

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The Junkyard Dogs. From left to right: Francois, Sparky, Scratchy, Buster, Ruby, Angel and Mooch

The Junkyard Dogs are a mischievous pack of canines inhabiting the Junkyard of the town in which the Disney movie Lady and the Tramp II: Scamp's Adventure is set.

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Buster - the leader of The Junkyard Dogs, and very full of himself. He has complete power over the Junkyard, and is deeply insistent on the foolish idea that in the Junkyard it's "Every Dog For Himself". As he puts it: "Buster's Trouble Is Buster's Trouble." He seems to think in the first half of the film that Angel is his 'girl', a position which it seems denotes ownership more than anything else. His delusion has no basis in reality. Angel frequently scowls and even once bares her teeth when Buster is talking. Buster hates housedogs. When he finds out that Scamp is Tramp's son, he uses Scamp for revenge against Tramp, first by turning the pup against Tramp and then by setting Scamp up so he gets caught by the dogcatcher. Buster is a large Doberman Pinscher. Ironically, considering his status as a house-dog-hater, Buster must have had an owner at some point, because he has both cropped ears and a docked tail, both done to a young Dobermann by the breeder or owner.

Angel - the youngest of the dogs, but nonetheless very streetwise. She is a member of the Junkyard Dogs for most of the movie, but she quits as soon as she gets the chance (namely Scamp and his family). She is about Scamp's age, and starts off acting almost like a big sister towards him, though she falls for him in the second half of the movie. She wants a family, but can't find one. She has had families before, but they have abandoned her. She eventually finds a place in Scamp's family at the end of the film.

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I could never get one [a family] to stick. Someone would take me in, and just when i'd start to think 'Wow! This is my family!'... they'd... move, or... have a new baby, or have an allergy. Same old story, I'm out on the street.

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She gets very annoyed when Buster calls her his 'girl', but is tolerant enough not to bite him. Angel is of uncertain breeding (even whether she was born in a home or born stray is never revealed), resembling a Pomeranian.

Scamp - Scamp, the mischievous son of Lady and Tramp, becomes a Junkyard Dog at one point. However, after realising that Buster has other plans, he manages to get home. In terms of appearance, he is a younger version of Tramp. He is half American Cocker Spaniel (from Lady's side of the family) but this does not show.

Tramp - Tramp, 'The Best Street Dog There Ever Was', was once a Junkyard Dog, and used to be friends with Buster. Tramp is a mutt, possibly part Schnauzer.

Ruby - the only female Junkyard Dog besides Angel, she is often described as 'amorous'. Ruby is an Afghan hound.

Scratchy - the brown one of the two old, scruffy dogs at the Junkyard. Scratchy is a mutt.

Sparky - the grey one of the two old, scruffy dogs at the Junkyard. He tells the Legend of the Tramp, a colourful but untrue tale. Buster reveals the truth of how Tramp left the Junkyard Dogs. Sparky is a mutt.