Marmaduke 2022

Phil, his wife Dottie, and their two kids Barbara and Billy now live in Maryland with their dog, a Great Dane by the name of Marmaduke. The film opens at Billy’s birthday party. Marmaduke takes a cannonball dive from the second floor of the family home into the backyard pool, releasing a tidal wave. Barbara records it on her phone and the video goes viral. It comes to the attention of a world-renowned dog trainer, Guy, who offers to turn Marmaduke into a world-class show dog. At first, the family isn’t sure about Marmaduke entering the competitions. When Phil learns there is a one million dollar top prize, he’s persuaded to make an agreement. Marmaduke goes into training and, after some initial resistance, he begins to make progress.

Guy enters Marmaduke into a local dog show to test his skills. During the preliminary setup, Marmaduke encounters an Afghan Hound named Zeus, who entices him to eat prior to the competition, which results in him getting stomach bloated. Marmaduke does his best to conceal the matter and struts onto the field with Guy. Before one lap around the field, Marmaduke releases voluminous clouds of noxious flatus, enveloping the entire field in the process. Desperate to relieve himself, Marmaduke soars through the air and lands backside down in the winner’s trophy and defecates in it, much to the horror of everyone.

Disgraced, Guy refuses to keep training Marmaduke, leaving him deflated and dejected. Marmaduke runs away from home, but when he runs down the street, he sees the family cat, Carlos, in the middle of an intersection. Marmaduke saves him but has difficulty connecting with his character. Persuaded by Carlos, Marmaduke embarks on a trip around the globe, performing heroic stunts along the way. His circumnavigation convinces Guy to take Marmaduke back on track for the World Dog Championship. Marmaduke encounters Zeus again at the competition along with many other dogs: Mexican Welsh Corgi Juan Pedro, beautiful pink poodle Shantrelle, and strong Staffordshire Bull Terrier Vinnie. The competition consists of three challenges, but right after Marmaduke passes the second challenge, he lands on Guy, who immediately gets hospitalized. Without a trainer, his owners end up stepping in to coach him, allowing him to tackle the final challenge.

In the third and final challenge, the dogs perform a unique act, with Marmaduke and Billy doing a cowboy act with Carlos, pleasing the audience. Later, the judge’s final results reveal Zeus as the winner. However, Marmaduke uncovers that Zeus’s owner rigged the scores, leading Zeus to be disqualified and resulting in the Zen-powered Japanese Chin Zhi taking the top prize. Zeus tries to take back the trophy, but Marmaduke stops him. He ends up knocking over a platform where a cameraman sits, causing Marmaduke to push his owners out of the way, getting hit by the platform when saving the cameraman’s life. Marmaduke is initially thought to be dead, but it is revealed that he is still alive, and initially winning the World Dog Championship and his family lived happily ever after.

During the mid-credits scene, Zeus gets caught by security and is sent to the dog pound to get his fur shaved and re-grown, while Henri and Philipe are sent to jail.