Bruce is a dog and one of the main protagonists from the Disney film, The Animal Quartet.
Background[]
Bruce may be a hunting dog, but hunting is really not his thing. He totally digs rock and roll music as well as playing the drums. Together with Miles, Elizabeth, and Stevenson, this rocking and rolling hound has what it takes to defeat the Music-meister and the Sour Notes.
Bruce is a gold bloodhound with patches of brown on his snout, ears, and tail. He wears a blue collar around his neck. When performing on stage with his friends, he wears a purple jersey with a bone on it, an orange and blue cap, green and purple shades, and black wristbands with spikes. He has a love and a talent for rock 'n' roll music, so he loves to play the drums.
Appearances[]
In The Animal Quartet, Bruce is seen as the second member of the quartet He is seen in a valley with the hunting team, refusing to hunt with them. He sings "Hound Dog" to the forest animals until he is interrupted by a gunshot from the Hunter who finds out. Angered, Bruce's master decided to add the dog to his taxidermy collection. Bruce runs for his life dodging bullets with his fellow dogs in hot pursuit until he jumps through a fence where the other dogs can't get him. Bruce decides to become his own master as he walks down the road to find a new home.
When Bruce meets Stevenson, Elizabeth, and Miles, they sing, "Set Your Name Free", Once everyone agrees to start a band but don't where to go, Bruce spins a bone to decide which direction they head. Along the way, the quartet explains the problems they have like what to call their band, how they can play together if they like different kinds of music, and where they can go to make music. Bruce sings his own song in a rock 'n' roll tone for his buddies who then each sing their own song.
In the forest where the quartet spends the night, Stevenson, Bruce, Elizabeth, and Miles are informed by Vladimir T. Owl about Bremen. The next day, the Animal Quartet heads toward Bremen. Despite Vlad's information about the town being under a curse, the dog and his friends convince each other to follow their dream. Once in the city, they are noticed by the people while coming up with names for their band when Stevenson recommends that their band be named after the movie title, to which Bruce, Elizabeth, and Miles agree.
Unfortunately for the quartet, they can't get the instruments they want to play due to the music ban of the Music-meister. So they decide to stick with singing until further notice. Unaware of the Music-meister and his Sour Notes, the band sings in town square which pleases the townsfolks and even the mayor who gives them a place to stay at an old abandoned music studio.
The next day after more singing, Bruce and his pals notice a songbook and plan to return it to its rightful owner only to find that it's a trap set by the Music-meister who doesn't want the band to restore Bremen to its happy, musical self. The band gets locked in the Music-meister's prison along with people who tried to get the rich man to change his mind before.
Having just about lost all hope, Bruce and his allies blame themselves for what happened when Vlad returns reminding them that they should work together. This makes Stevenson come to his senses and convince his friends to do the same. General Mouse and his troops free all the prisoners. Outside the prison, the animals appear to talk with the citizens outside the city, telling them to work together in order to save Bremen while the quartet deals with the Music-meister who lied to everyone about the quartet abandoning them.
Stevenson tells Bruce, Elizabeth, and Miles that by standing on each other from biggest to smallest, they can defeat their enemies; so the donkey carries the dog, the cat, and the rooster standing on each other's back while walking on his hind legs to the Music-meister's mansion and make their loudest animals sounds to scare the villains.
Stevenson breaks open the window his front hooves so he and his friends can enter and attack the elite Sour Notes. Bruce bites one of the Notes with his sharp teeth. While the dog, Miles, and Elizabeth attack the Music-meister, Stevenson takes away his cane and then kicks the fat music-hater out of his own mansion, thus ending the music ban. After the Music-meister and his henchmen are arrested, the crowd praises the animals as heroes. Miles, Elizabeth, and Bruce notice that Steve somehow lost his neckerchief in the battle, but it doesn't matter to him.
Just then, the animals notice that their ex-owners have come to take them back, having seen the errors of their ways. But Bruce and his friends realize how unhappy they'll be without each other, so their former owners agree to let them stay. The quartet takes an oath promising to stick together for the rest of their lives.
To thank the animals, the Mayor makes them official musicians by having them sign a contract with their footprints (Bruce signs with one of his pawprints which is bigger than Elizabeth's). The animals are also given the instruments they always wanted to play, including the drumkit that Bruce desires.
The quartet plays their instruments to celebrate. In the end, the animals perform onstage sing "The Animal Quartet Theme Song" at the first concert that Bremen ever had in years with Miles dressed in a tuxedo while playing his piano, Elizabeth dressed as a cowgirl while playing her guitar, Bruce dressed as a rock 'n' roll player while playing his drums, and Stevenson dressed as a jazz player while playing his saxophone. After the concert, Bruce and his friends bow to the audience.
Video Games[]
Bruce appears in the Animal Quartet video game as one of the playable characters. He has the abilities to bite, howl, dig, double-jump, and play the drums. He has to collect power cards to obtain his abilities. He can also wear his wristbands, jersey, shades, cap, and drum when the player buys them from the Bremen giftshop. He eats bones to restore his health.
Trivia[]
- Bruce is named after the singer, Bruce Springsteen.
- Bruce is a little similar to Buster from the Fearless Four and Elvis from Marnie's World/Spy Cat.
- In the movie, Bruce plays many drums; but in the video game, he only carries one drum (except when he's playing multiple drums).
- Although he can talk to the other humans, he only barks and whines to the hunter.