Champ

Champ
Gender	Male
Affiliation	The Postal Dude
Status	Immortal
Portrayed by	Himself

This article is about the video game incarnation. For other versions, see: Champ (film)

Champ the Dog is a character featured throughout the POSTAL series.

POSTAL

While he doesn't appear in-game, his dog house can be seen behind the Dude's house. If you approach, he will growl at you.

POSTAL 2

When The Postal Dude and The Bitch wake up after relocating to a new part of Paradise, Champ is seen urinating on Postal Dude's shoes, which prompts him to kick the dog. The Bitch tells the Postal Dude not to let the dog out. Champ and various dogs with his character model later appear in-game in various locations, and may accompany the Dude through Paradise if given food.

Apocalypse Weekend

In Apocalypse Weekend, Postal Dude is informed that Champ is in the Dog Pound. After the Dude looks for him in the pound, Champ seems to be missing. It isn't until a group of dogs trained by the rednecks surround the Postal Dude that Champ appears (making a dramatic entrance by smashing through the overhead window) and kills all the dogs. Champ accompanies the Dude at the Bridge as they escape, attacking anyone the Postal Dude attacks or that attacks him. At the end of the game, Champ is seen sitting next to the Postal Dude as he drives away from an exploding Paradise.

Paradise Lost

In Paradise Lost, shortly after the events of Apocalypse Weekend, it shows him and Postal Dude driving away from Paradise. However, Champ jumps out of the trailer to chase a cat, causing Postal Dude to turn his car around and chase after him. During his pursuit, The Dude suffers a hallucination and crashes his car, knocking himself into a radiation-induced coma, lasting for 11 years. Postal Dude later wakes up from his coma. In that time, Champ had become a demon known as El Perro Loco and has been sealed at the hellmouth. Eventually on Friday, Postal Dude manages to fight his way through the Hell Hole, and shrinks Champ down to normal size with a cure he received from Gary Coleman.

Champ in his giant mutated form.

However, Alternate Postal Dude tries to claim him for his own. The Postal Dude and Alternate Dude get into an argument over who actually owns Champ. the two Dudes are interrupted when The Bitch and Mike J appear to claim Champ. The Postal Dude enters a boss battle with The Bitch and ultimately wins. After the fight ends, the Dudes and Champ look to see where she fell, only to see a giant hand grab Champ and pull him down farther into the Hellmouth. The Alternate Dude tells The Postal Dude (sarcastically) to go in after Champ. The Postal Dude actually does so, to the surprise of Alternate Dude. Fighting The Bitch for the last time and escaping the hellmouth with the help of Alternate Postal Dude, the two make it back to the surface. There, they see another apocalypse occurring. If the Dude chooses to kill all the faction leaders, him and Champ become the rulers of Paradise. If they choose to escape the madness, they witness Paradise blowing up and proceed to walk to the trailer, preparing to leave Paradise again.

Postal III

Champ returns in Postal III, helping the Postal Dude during several missions.

On the Insane path, he is forced to attend a dog training class after attacking a hobo, but the Mexi Sushi workers attack the building. The Postal Dude is given a laser pointer to direct Champ before the mission starts. After the mission, Champ attacks another hobo and the Postal Dude is told Champ is going to be euthanized unless he can bail him out. Champ would reappear at the Evolucious Cosmetics Building, reunited with the Postal Dude only to run off after attacking a fat black guy who tried to extort money from the Postal Dude. Champ would reappear yet again in the Grotto where he is fighting the Mexi-Sushi Concern and saving the trapped animals. After helping the Postal Dude escape Catharsis, he and the Dude are captured by the authorities then put to death via the electric chair.

On the Good path, he is rarely seen though is with the Postal Dude. His first appearance is when Officer Dude is on patrol for the second time where Deputy Champ attacks a fat black guy for trying to extort money from Officer Dude. He would again show up beside the Postal Dude as he attempts to escape Catharsis during the Venezuela peacemakers invasion.

POSTAL 4: No Regerts

Champ also appears in POSTAL 4: No Regerts. His role is mostly the same as it was in POSTAL 2, where he appears right in front of The POSTAL Dude's initial spawn point. His behavior is the same as a regular dog NPC.

The Real Champ

Champ's photo in RWS official website.

Champ is based on the real Vince Desi's pet, who was also a Pitbull Terrier named "Champ". According to the RWS Website, Champ was almost "arrested" for attacking a citizen, but was found innocent in a Pima County courtroom. Champ died on May 23, 2011 after an eight-month battle with cancer. He was almost 12 years old (his birthday was on May 25, 1999). RWS was about to produce an animated series revolving around Champ, called “What Would Champ Do?”, and how the dog would solve different world issues.

Trivia

• In Postal 2, Champ can be killed; however it does not affect the storyline as he is scripted to live throughout the series.
• Champ (as well with all dogs in the game) can be used to get items for the Postal Dude, he will be following the Postal Dude after this.
• Champ had a different model in the Postal 2 beta.
• Even though Champ looks normal once the Postal Dude shrinks him down to normal size using the Ensmallen Cure, he's just simply a shrunk-down version of his demonic form.
  • This means that he retains his limb-slicing fangs, near-invincibility, and the ability to bark out explosive homing fireballs.
  • During the cutscene, he returns to his original appearance.
• The "R.I.P. Champ" Steam trading card for Postal 2 uses the memorial picture of the real life Champ dog.

External links

• Champ's Corner at Running With Scissors Official Website.
• Champ at the Internet Movie Database.
• Donate to The Champ's favorite charity.