I didn’t make the post, I just found it online and thought it was funny.

https://discord.gg/amGpaxKQ5S

Toho Bolt is ready for spooky season! 🎃⚡️

Should I watch it?

Hi there, I'm new to this subreddit. I'm a huge fan of Disney's Bolt, it's one of my favourite childhood movies of all time. Bolt is a super cute and sweet doggo and the best boy ever to Penny.

However, there's one minor thing that really boggles my mind, and ever once in a while, my brain will think about it? "Why is Bolt so short?" He's nearly the same size as Mittens, who is a Tuxedo cat.

Now, the animators didn't have a specific breed in mind for him when they were making the film, they were just trying to make him look like a heroic dog, but, they did use White Swiss Shepherds and/or American White Shepherds as inspiration, due to his big erect ears, muscular build and long, bushy tail.

But, these are both considered large dogs.

Male Swiss Shepherds are roughly 60 - 66cm/23 to 25inches, Females are 55 - 61cm (21 to 24inches). German Shepherds are roughly the same height and are also considered large dogs.

But, here we have Bolt;

https://preview.redd.it/jdxa8wkx7uqd1.jpg?width=686&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=012c22be65c11d03462827c3468ce82ce4dace63

Mittens is nearly as big as him, despite the fact that she's a little house/alley cat.

Tuxedo cats are about 6 to 12lbs in weight, and 12 to 15inches tall.

Now, if Bolt is nearly the same size as her, what's up with that? We see at the beginning of the movie that it's been five years since Penny adopted Bolt, which means Bolt is 5 years old (40 in human years), which means he's an adult dog.

I need you guys' help here. Is he just small for his breed of dog? Does he just young and is he a late bloomer or something? Is he mixed breed dog and is he actually crossed with a smaller breed? I mean, no one ever said anything about him not being crossbreed. Did his growth spurt just get stunted when he spent all his life as an acting dog and not under Penny's care? Or did he just get stunted from the stress of thinking that Penny was constantly in danger? It's actually a well-documented fact that psychological stress and trauma can cause delayed growth spurts. Is he just abnormally small.

Fun Fact: I think the actual reason he was animated to be quite small is because Disney execs did initially have him as a much large breed, but, they didn't like the aesthetics compared to the rest of the movie. I also think the fact that he looks just like a puppy makes him more cute and endearing for the kids watching.

However, I want to hear you guys' in-movie explanations, not Disney's reasoning for this.

Thank you.

Made this fast Bolt drawing to relieve my stress from work and my daily routine. It’s been a long time I don’t draw Bolt.

Yes the movie had an all round premise and everything got summed up but there would be opportunities for a sequel which would be pretty easy to come up with. Or a series which would be more popular now and alot of franchises are doing would work

A plus is that it would shed light back onto a really forgotten movie which needs way more praise

Ps: how didn’t bolt become a classic with the voice actors it featured? Screw you Wall-e taking the hype from bolt

Hi, my name is Leigh and I had a house fire a few years ago and lost everything. I was in love with the Bolt movie and lost a lot of rare items. A few things were this gold bolt bracelet that had a lightning bolt charm and an outline of Bolt running charm and I think it was a version of Japan merch and it was like official merch too. I also had a dog tag Bolt Keychain which isn't the one with the crew that has the address on the back if I could find one that would be cool but I miss the basic one I had and it was metal and gold just like as if it was a regular dog tog. This one is a little strange but I also had an official Bolt dog bowl that was plastic and all red and had the movie logo in gold on the front. My father who also passed away the same year as the fire got me all of my Bolt merch on eBay but I have googled and looked through collections and it looks like it never existed so I hope maybe I could find it here! It would mean the world to me if I could find these items again and be willing to buy if someone has one in a collection too. Thanks!

Hey all,

Never knew this Reddit was a place lol.

I am a big Bolt fan from when I first saw the movie. I also, as I am sure many of you do, get upset when visiting the parks and finding so little on Bolt.

I enjoyed a lot of your collections so just wanted to share my Bolt grail.

It's a 1/1 Disney artist hand drawn original (Todd Weisenhutter) from 2012 for their merchandising line.

I believe the design, along with other characters, were made into a series of watches.

I was lucky enough to catch it in that shop to the right when you first enter Disneyland with all the collectible stuff.

He sits in my office for people to ask who that is because he's such a little known character lol.

https://preview.redd.it/yiq60ek2szgd1.jpg?width=1702&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=a7c3d3f1be4ce03ee596c1688752e2e01deb2e52

https://archiveofourown.org/works/55139230

Anyone write Bolt fanfics nowadays?

Hello all! I have been doing this search alone for years and finally decided to seek other Bolt lovers and collectors for help.

Years ago, my 3DS that had my Bolt sticker on it was stolen (I got the 3DS back but the sticker was removed and thrown away). It sounds dumb, but that sticker was very very personal and sentimental to me due to the fact I got it on a very big and important trip in my life, and I have been trying to find a new one ever since.

I have tried looking everywhere for this sticker, but have found absolutely nothing, and when I try talking about it, no one seems to know what I'm even talking about. I have even bought 3 brand new, unopened Bolt games over the years to find no sticker.

Was this a limited thing where only a few select boxes got it?? Does anyone have one they are willing to part with - or any information at all about the sticker/skin itself???

Any and all help is so appreciated! Thanks!

EDIT: ACTUALLY FOUND ONE!!! THANK YOU SO MUCH!

I just re-watched the movie, and I had forgotten how annoying he is. Just, AAARRRGGGHHH!!!!!!!