>>51759371You had a Digimon fan who proposed Dogmon in a Digimon Web Dot-art Contest, and who was inspired by Hanna Barbera and old cartoons in general.
At least they didn't hide it and were open about it. His description in the reference book begin by 'A Puppet Digimon that was produced from an American cartoon TV database.' They also play with his expressions in the anime to look like a cartoon. They even made him participate in a Trailmon (Train Digimon) race, like in Wacky races with him throwing bombs to other Trailmon so he and WereGarurumon (Black) could win.