Bully Dog

Bully Dog
Japanese	マッドブル
Rōmaji	Maddo Buru
Translation	Mad Bull
Type	Emblem Heartless
Game	Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days
Variations • Bad Dog • Snapper Dog • Raging Reindeer • Rush Sheep
KHD tracks Battle theme - Tension Rising

Bully Dog
Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days
Larger and faster than the Bad Dog, but these canine Heartless bark just the same. Physical attacks won't knock them off balance. Exploit their weakness to magic instead.

Mission	HP				EXP		STR/DEF
	Story Mode		Mission Mode
31	606		1818		8		27
38	606		1818		9		27
49	606		1818		10		27
50	606		—		10		27
83	894		2682		41		51
Fire		Blizzard		Thunder			Aero
x1.65		x1.80		x0.68			x2.13
Ignite		Freeze		Jolt			Air-Toss
x0.80		x0.80		x0.80			x0.50
Defense Power Adjustment					Heart Points
• Full Body: 1.45					44
					Flinch?		Bloom-Out?
					X		X
Rewards
Missions 15-35 Shining Shard (100%) Missions 36-50 Lightning Shard (50%) Missions 73-93 Diamond (100%)
Story Mode
Munny x32, HP prize (large) x1, HP prize (small) x7
Mission Mode
Munny x16, HP prize (large) x1, HP prize (small) x4
World(s)
Beast's Castle

The Bully Dog is an Emblem Heartless that is found in Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days. It is one of the bosses at Beast's Castle.

Story

Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days

While unable to summon her Keyblade, Xion is sent on a mission with Roxas to eliminate a Bully Dog. After finding and eliminating the Bully Dog together with Roxas, Xion regains her ability to use the Keyblade.

Design

A Bully Dog resembles a large, purple dog with a massive head and an equally massive, toothed maw. Its ears are long, stand on end, and curl at the tips. It has a crooked, purple tail and four short legs with no discernible digits on its paws. Its long, pink tongue is often seen hanging out of its mouth. The Bully Dog's large, yellow eyes each sport a black spiral pattern. It also wears a large, yellow collar with several conical, silver spikes on it, though, because of the Heartless's size, it is worn around its waist instead of its neck. Its legs, the tip of its tail, and the tips of its ears are all orange. Its Heartless emblem is on its rear.

The Bully Dog's name is a reference to a "bulldog". The former part of the Heartless's name could also reference its violent nature.

Strategy

Battling the Bully Dog should not be much of a challenge. It will lumber around the battlefield, making attack quite easy. It can attack by biting Roxas with its sharp fangs and by unleashing a shockwave from its mouth. So long as Roxas dodges its attacks and otherwise keep attacks constant, the Bully Dog should fall rather quickly. If utilizing Magic, the Fire and Aero spells are recommended. The Bully Dog can be quite a nuisance if versing two or more at once so it is recommended to utilize magic and the Limit as well as carrying a few Potions.

Technique		Element	Status	Power	Block?
Bite (かみつき, Kamitsuki)		—	—	1.87	◯
		Jumps forward and bites the target.
Bark Attack (吠え攻撃, Hoe Kōgeki)		Moon	Silence (3%)	1.43	△
		Barks and sends a short ranged shockwave in front of itself.
Continuous Bark (連続吠え, Renzoku Hoe)		Moon	Silence (25%)	0.73	△
		Barks repeatedly, sending several shockwaves forth.
Guard/Block: △ = Can be blocked; O = Can be blocked and interrupted (melee) or deflected back (projectile); X = Cannot be blocked.

Gallery

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  Bully Dog's journal portrait in Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days.

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  Bully Dog's battle icon from the map.