To make up for burning Gill Grunt's tent down, Hot Dog helped the Skylanders complete the mission Master Eon had sent them on. But it was unlucky for the Skylander, Gill Grunt, who was fast asleep inside at the time. Luckily for Hot Dog, he crash-landed safely on a tent in a nearby camp. This cutie-wutie little puppy was born in the belly of the Popcorn Volcano, then spat out when the volcano erupted. After displaying such loyalty and bravery, Hot Dog was brought back to Eon's Citadel where he became a Skylander - and then he proceeded to bury Eon's staff. Using his nose of danger, he helped the Skylanders complete their mission - even pouncing on a Lava Golem like a blazing comet when it threatened his new friends. While on a nearby mission, a team of Skylanders had come across the stray fire pup when the volcano erupted and Hot Dog came rocketing straight into their camp, accidentally setting Gill Grunt's tent on fire.

Hot Dog was born in the belly of the Popcorn Volcano. Not the kind of Skylander to go hungry, he is always on the lookout for a sizzling snack. He is always bounding around like an excitable puppy - which is exactly what he is.

Hot Dog possesses a fierce loyalty to his friends, and true to his nature, he likes to bury things, especially imps. This idea was later implemented in Hot Dog's Series 2 Wow Pow, Bees! Bees! Bees!, in which Nat made sure to make the bee more prominent. Nat used this opportunity to fulfill his random ambition of making a dog who shoots bees when he barks. The animation team reworked the fire moveset that would be fit for a dog. However, Nat Loh was given a dog, much to his disappointment. The fire wall animation was to have this Skylander make the wall with a leg sweep and force in forward with an explosive martial arts move. In development, Nat was using Flameslinger's model for the placeholder art and the idea was coming along nicely.

Nat Loh's original idea for what would become Hot Dog was to have a Tae Kwon Do-like martial artist who kicked fireballs out of his feet. While Hot Dog started his journey this way, his destination - at least visually - was far off the mark. While the Giants were being designed by concept artist I-Wei Huang, the other designers were able to create more ability-centric designs to the Core Skylanders rather than being being confined to provided visuals.

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