| Clifford Howard | |
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| Voiced by | John Ritter |
| Physical Information | |
| Species | Dog |
| Breed | floppy ears and a long, thick tail, a large head with a muzzle, and a large body covered with short, red hair and black eyes and red paws |
| Gender | Male |
| Personal Information | |
| Occupation | Emily Elizabeth's pet dog |
| Location | Birdwell Island |
| Owner | Emily Elizabeth Howard |
| Family | Emily Elizabeth (pet owner), Caroline Howard (pet owner 2000 series), Mark Howard (pet owner 2000 series), Maxine Howard (pet owner 2019 reboot), David Howard (pet owner 2019 reboot), Maggie Howard (pet owner 2021 live action movie), Casey Howard (pet owner 2021 live action movie), Unnamed mother, Unnamed siblings, Emily Elizabeth Sr. (pet owner book), Zack Elizabeth (pet owner book) |
| Goal | Be the best dog he can be Help out as much as he can |
| Friends | Emily Elizabeth T-Bone, Cleo, Mac, Shackelford, Dirk, Rodrigo, Dorothy (2000 original) Daffodil, Jorge, Norville, Flo, Zo (2003 Puppy Days) Bailey, Tucker (2019 Reboot) |
| Enemies | George Wolfsbottom (formerly), Zac Tieran |
| Likes | His friends and family, spending time with Emily Elizabeth, Tummy Yummies, games, helping others, being treated as an equal, fairness, justice |
| Dislikes | Being judge by his looks, discrimination, prejudice, Horace's stubbornness, his friends and family in danger, spiders (except Steven), lost his tag, Shackelford (sometimes), George's lies, not being able to help others, being helpless, cruelness, mistreatment, judgment, oppression, being fired, being sent to space, the idea of being away from Emily, George’s lies, being alone |
| Appearances | |
| First Appearance | Clifford the Big Red Dog (2000 TV series) |
| Additional Appearances | Clifford's Puppy Days (2003 TV series) Clifford's Really Big Movie (2004 movie) |
Clifford Howard, also known as Clifford the Big Red Dog, is the titular main protagonist of Clifford the Big Red Dog. He is the 2-year-old pet dog of Emily Elizabeth Howard and the second pet of Emily Elizabeth after she got her first pet and best friend of Cleo, T-Bone and Mac. Clifford received his massive size from the amount of love he received from Emily Elizabeth. He is voiced by John Ritter.
Personality[]
Clifford is a helpful, outgoing and loyal friendly dog. He will always help his friends in their times of need and give them amazing friendly advice. However, his attitude towards others can be naive and gullible, as he can be too trusting. Clifford has had a habit of believing what he is told is correct, unless he knows from previous experience or is highly confident such a statement is incorrect.
Clifford is Well-meaning, benevolent, selfless, friendly, outgoing, gentle, shy, gullible (sometimes), lovable, loving, considerate, sympathetic, outgoing, naive (sometimes), loyal, generous, charitable, trusting, confident, helpful, protective, clumsy, kind, understanding, innocent, big-hearted, larger-than-life, playful, devoted, good-natured, adorable, sweet, soft-hearted, tender-hearted
Appearance[]
Clifford was much smaller than Emily as a puppy, as seen in Don't Lead Me A Stray.
Clifford was originally a small puppy, but is currently a very big red dog, whose size sometimes gets him into trouble. He is sometimes tempted into trouble by his friends and those he meets.
His size is inconsistent—he is often shown as being about 25' tall from paws to head, but can appear far larger. Emily Elizabeth gave him a huge amount of love, which caused his big size. Clifford has a tag in Every Movies.
Trivia[]
- In the 1988 home video series and the 2019 series, Clifford can speak to Emily Elizabeth, but only when they're alone.
- Clifford was given a prequel series Clifford's Puppy Days that took place during his puppyhood prior to the Howards' move to Birdwell Island. In this series, Clifford is voiced by Lara Jill Miller.
- (2) human years are the same equivalent to (14) dog years.
- Clifford the Big Red Dog (2021) is the first Clifford media installment where he doesn’t speak in human language in any form. Instead, he just makes regular dog sounds.
- Clifford does not like being away from Emily Elizabeth as revealed in the Episode, The Big Sleepover. When he started to miss her, he started whimpering which woke up Charley, but then he started howling which woke up the rest of the residents, including the Bleakmans. Luckily, no one was mad, but they did feel bad for Clifford.
- Clifford only cried in “Clifford and the Beanstalk”. but because he's very big, his tears are like raindrops and those who are under him will need an umbrella to avoid getting wet.
- When Clifford jumps into the water, he makes a massive wave-sized splash which will get everyone all wet.
- Clifford in the live-action film was originally going to be voiced by Claire Blackwelder as a puppy and Gerald Urquhart as a big red dog.
Voices[]
- Brent Titcomb (1988-1992)
- John Ritter (2000-2002, 2004)
- Lara Jill Miller (Clifford’s Puppy Days)
- Adam Sanders (2019-present, reboot series)
- Claire Blackwelder (2021-film as a small dog, unused)
- Gerald Urquhart (2021-film as a big dog, unused)
Information[]
- Inspiration: Norman Bridwell’s Daughter’s Imaginary Friend
- alias: Big Guy, Big Red, Clancy (by Madison Wolfsbottom) Eagle (by Mr. Kenneth Ball)
