Can anyone explains the title? I mean, is there a pun or a reference to something? I get the "Franken" part but not the "weenie"! (English is not my mother tongue)
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Weenie could be referring to weenie dogs, although, I'm not sure that 'Sparky' was a weenie dog...
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A weenie dog is a dachusund. It's the short, squat dog that looks a bit like a hot dog with legs. They're short and long. However, Sparky was a pit bull terrier, so I dunno where the whole "weiner dog" thing comes in... O_o
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Maybe he was originally supposed to be a Dachshund. But then, if you look at Tim Burton's concept sketches, it just looks like some sort of weird black and white mutt.
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Sparky was NOT a pit bull terrier. He was an English bull terrier. They are completely different, the head shape, the size, everything. Pitbulls are often banned in places while english bull terriers are legimate breed with a houndred years in history of breeding.
Well, you're correct that Sparky is a Bull Terrier and not a Pit Bull, but it's wrong to imply that the Pit Bull Terrier (an actual Pit Bull Terrier, not just any other bully breed or bully-mix dog being generically umbrella-labeled a "Pit Bull" by people unfamiliar with dog breeds) is somehow an illegitimate breed.
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I agree completely with you and it was just bad phrasing on my part. Sorry... I adore all the so-called fighting dogs so really wasn't trying to imply that pitbulls are anything less than a loveable, legitimate and existing breed. :)
Oh, no problem at all, then! Just wanted to clarify a bit. I too am an all-around dog lover, and I judge the character of dogs as I do with humans or any other creature--individually, not by breed/race. ;)
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yeah, that is a spot-on 'definition' of how I see it. that is why the so called 'dangerous dog act' legalisations will never and should never work because they judge dogs based on leg-length and muzle-wideness instead of behaviour and attitude towards humans. any dog can be dangerous and any dog can be a lapdog. like humans... (except for the lapdog part... :) )
Excellent. I despise breed-specific legislation. The very concept is deeply flawed, ridiculous, and just plain wrong. The most aggressive dogs I ever had were a Bloodhound and a Maltese, and I've met plenty of absolutely sweet "bullies." Any dog can indeed become dangerous if mishandled, and even small ones are capable of hurting people. Judge the (human) deed, not the breed! ;)
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Hot dogs are sometimes called weeniers so I always felt that it was a pun on the idea of a hot dog. After all the character of the dog is getting shocked back to life.
shareI think the title has been pretty well explained – or at least rationalized – in this thread, but I also don't think it does this film justice. Maybe "Frankenbully," "FrankenSparky" or "Frankendog"? There was a Dachshund in this film, but that's not what the title refers to.
shareSince Frankenstein was the name of the scientist instead of the monster (unless he named it after himself as if it were his child), I believe "Frankenweenie" refers to the child Victor...a "weenie" Frankenstein. I had always assumed that it was somehow referring to the dog, too--especially since the stitched-up, bolt-necked dog is all you see on the cover, and it just sounds as if it might have been a goofy nickname for a dog or something. (Or a smaller "Frankenstein monster.") But knowing what I now do, I no longer think that's really the case...
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True. I see nothing wrong with it taking the name of its creator. So Frankenweenie refers primarily to Victor, but can also apply to Sparky.
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Simple truth. It's Tim Burtons Title. Lol
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