Nessie, commonly shortened to Ness, is a supporting character in the DreamWorks film, Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kraken. He is a sea dog, being the Gillmans’ family pet.
Background[]
Personality[]
Nessie is an emotionally-intelligent sea creature. Being described as a “tiny genius” by the Gillman kids, he is able to help guide the family in the right direction in his own way. Just like real-life animals, the sea dog is capable of sensing the emotions of those around him, namely his family, and comforting them whenever they feel down.
Even if he only can communicate through squeaks, he seems to enjoy some sense of order, as he acts as an alarm for the family for when they need to leave to start their days with school or jobs.
Physical Appearance[]
He is a dog-like creature with pink skin and a blue mouth, he has pointy teeth in his jaws and has a purple tongue that he sticks out of his mouth sometimes, he has pink eyes on his blue antenna, he has ears shaped like fins and has a short tail, having six legs.
For attire, Nessie simply dawns a multicolored knitted collar connected by a ring-shaped golden buckle and a teal collar loop.
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Trivia[]
- Nessie in name and design appears to be based off of the Loch Ness Monster Scottish myth, even sharing the creature’s name of affection.
- His name wasn’t known after he was revealed in the first trailer.
- He bears a resemblance to The Snowths from The Muppets.
- Similarly to a household dog, Nessie likes to eat breakfast with the Gillmans via table scraps. Arthur seems to purposefully give him the food.
- He seems to favor Ruby the most out of all the Gillmans, even sleeping up in her bedroom.
- His vocal designer, Randy Thom, also did the voice design for Toothless and the Night Fury from the How to Train Your Dragon franchise.
- The sounds of the latter were later reused for Thunder from Dragons: The Nine Realms.
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