| Collie |
The Collie is the second of the Dog Painters that Razputin meets in Black Velvetopia. He’s found in the Queen of Hearts aka Collie Alley.
Background[]
Just like his comrades in conjunction, Collie is one of the fragments that meta-physically represent Edgar’s artistic inner muse. And sadly, along with his dog pals, he has been affected by the vicious circle Edgar Teglee keeps carrying by not moving on from the break up with his ex girlfriend. Along with Dalmatian is the most aware of what’s causing El Odio; but difference is, Collie only knows it under the confabulated version Edgar has made which is: Dingo, the matador (Dean) stole Lampita, the flamenco dancer and ex wife (Lana) from Edgar, who was a famous painter in Black Velvetopia.
Psychonauts[]
A little further into the street, at the Queen of Clubs portion of the street, in an alley guarded by a couple of Censors and a Personal Demon; Raz gets to know one of the comrades of Saint Bernard, Collie. Through their talk, Raz gets to know more about this place as well as to why El Odio exists: being an entity that came to rampage the town, consequence of Edgar Teglee’s heart being broken by the affair his wife had with the commissioner Edgar was going to portrait, the town’s matador, Dingo Inflagrante. As expected, the never-ending rampage of El odio has made it difficult for Collie to met any of his dog pals so the only thing that can keep him occupied is his art works.
Though, Collie only tells the scandal he has heard by rumors to Raz only if he pays one of his paintings which are: a Guitar Painting and a Rose Painting. Besides this, Collie doesn’t have much significance other than giving background details and items to progress in the mind. Accompanied by his friends, they gather up in Edgar’s Sanctuary to play poker after El Odio has been taken care off.
Appearance[]
Collie is iconic thanks to his accessories; a yellow, red and green poncho with matching sombrero, some of his poncho’s strips are zigzagged but for the most part, they go on a straight line, wears black pants (characteristic color in all of his clothes), uses irish green boots, his fur is of a nutmeg wood color with jagged ice colored snout and eyes; his pupils are brown and has a pencil mustache, including a large mane.
Personality[]
Distinguished for being the most cultured but on the other hand quite full of himself. Collie on the surface is a gentleman who loves sharing his work for others to appreciate and admire but deep down, he is very sarcastic. Loves the gossip, he can be way too attached to his work that he won’t see the interested buyer worth to have one of his pieces of art in other hands, and thanks to his cultured level he has a tendency to use big words to make himself look much interesting.
Quotes[]
- (Introduction): "Ah, you have met my compadres. When we were young art dogs we would run wild in the street together."
- (Following Dialogue 1): "But now…"
- (Second Conversation): "You couldn’t understand."
- (Following Dialogue 1): "El Odio imprisons us all. Art is the only escape."
- (Following Dialogue 2): "And today is the only day…"
- (Following Dialogue 3): "…that it’s going to be this cheap. All these prices go up tomorrow because of tourist season."
- (Third Conversation): "Sorry."
- (Following Dialogue 1): "Artist here."
- (Following Dialogue 2): "Delicate hands."
- (Following Dialogue 3): "And anyway, if you are talking about El Odio, well…"
- (Following Dialogue 4): "There is, of course, only one man who could handle that much bull."
- (Fourth Conversation): "I speak of no other than Dingo Inflagrante…"
- (Following Dialogue 1): "…the infamous Matador playboy."
- (Following Dialogue 2): "Alas, they would never ask him to help. Not in a million years!"
- (Fifth Conversation): "No. Because of what happened between him and Edgar. Quite a scandal."
- (Sixth Conversation): "Tragedy. Betrayal."
- (Following Dialogue 1): "Art."
- (Following Dialogue 2): "Love."
- (Following Dialogue 3): "Pain."
- (Following Dialogue 4): "Nothing you want to know about."
- (Seventh Conversation): "Listen, I deal in truth and beauty, not dirt."
- (Following Dialogue 1): "But…"
- (Following Dialogue 2): "Maybe if you had bought some art…"
- (Following Dialogue 3): "…then I’d have to come up with some small talk while we’re making change, and, you know…"
- (Eight Conversation after buying Paintings): "Mmmm…Hmmhmm…"
- (Following Dialogue 1): "Okay, here’s how I heard it."
- (Following Dialogue 2): "Years ago, when Edgar was a world-renowned painter, he was commissioned by Dingo to immortalize him in black velvet."
- (Following Dialogue 3): "But while he was sitting for the portrait, Dingo met Edgar’s beautiful wife."
- (Following Dialogue 4): "Who was none other than the top Flamenco dancer Lampita Pasionado!"
- (Following Dialogue 5): "He seduced the dancer, and the two ran off together, leaving Edgar with the unfinished painting…"
- (Following Dialogue 6): "…and a broken heart."
- (Following Dialogue 7): "Since then, Edgar thinks of nothing but the treacherous pair…"
- (Following Dialogue 8): "…and since then our streets have been ruled by…"
- (Following Dialogue 9): "…El Odio!"
- (Nine Conversation): "Yes, that’s what we need around here. Some paintings of Dingo and bulls, yeah. Good idea."
- (Tenth Conversation): "Ah, he gets an unfair rap because of his looks."
- (Following Dialogue 1): "As a Collie, I know how hard it is to be resented for your beauty."
- (Following Dialogue 2): "It’s like being forced to wear a golden robe with a diamond ’Kick me’ sign on the back."
- (Eleventh Conversation): "Eh. I work it out through my painting."
- (Painting Commentaries): "Look at the brushwork!"
- (Following Dialogue 1): "This one is… well… more of a tone poem."
- (Following Dialogue 2): "Outstanding. That’s all I can say."
- (Following Dialogue 3): "I love this painting."
- (Following Dialogue 4): "I love it so much, if it didn’t have it’s backside up against the wall, I would sniff it!"
- (Following Dialogue 5): "What’s important in this piece is not what I painted, but what I did NOT paint. Know what I mean?"
- (Following Dialogue 6): "I was playing with spatial relationships here."
- (Following Dialogue 7): "Please don’t breathe directly on this painting. It is very valuable."
- (Following Dialogue 8): "It’s almost as beautiful as me, you have to admit."
- (Following Dialogue 9): "Well, I ’played’ in the same way that Beethoven ’played’ with dissonance in the ’Eroica Symphony, if you follow me."
- (Following Dialogue 10): "Now that I look at it… I’m not sure if it’s for sale at all. It might be too good. I might have to keep it."
- (Following Dialogue 11): "No offense, but you are not good enough for this piece. Please, please do not buy it."
- (Following Dialogue 12): "Yes. A thing of beauty is a joy forever, but… prices like these cannot last."
- (Following Dialogue 13): "I cannot look at this painting for too long, or I will cry with joy."
- (Switching between Paintings 1): "Hup. Where’d you go?"
- (Switching between Paintings 2): "What? I can’t BELIEVE you’re not buying that beautiful painting."
- (Switching between Paintings 3): "Oh, this one’s good too!"
- (Switching between Paintings 4): "Oh, there you are!"
- (Switching between Paintings 5): "Yes, I guess it’s hard to look at just one when you’re at a delicious smorgasbord such as this!"
- (Buying a Painting 1): "Eh hem hem. Pearls before swine. Eh hem hem hem."
- (Following Dialogue 1): "Nothing."
- (Following Dialogue 1): "Now then, you will, of course, want something else."
- (Buying a Painting 2): "Try to handle it only by the edges."
- (Showing a Painting): "Ah, that’s exquisitely not interesting to me."
- (Punching Collie): "Tsk! Everyone’s a critic!"
- (Damage Grunt Version 1): "Arf!"
- (Damage Grunt Version 2): "Yow!"
- (Damage Grunt Version 3): "Ooof!"
- (Scaring off Censors and Demons): "Shoo, get out of here. Don’t bother my customers!"
- (Offering Rose): "I am a mammal, so you’re close. But perhaps you should save that for someone of your own species."
- (Farewell Dialogue 1): "Be good."
- (Farewell Dialogue 2): "Thank god. I felt like I was being looted."
- (Unused Painting Commentaries 14): "Well, I guess I could let this one go."
- (Unused Painting Commentaries 15): "Oh I don’t know if I can let it go"
- (Unused Painting Commentaries 16): "Oh, all right. If you’re going to give me that puppy dog look."
- (Unused Window Painting Recommendation): "Do you think tiki is a fun word to say?"
- (Following Dialogue 1): "I do!"
- (Following Dialogue 2): "Like this adorable Tiki hut."
- (Following Dialogue 3): "Since I am trapped here I like to paint faraway island scenes as an escape"
- (Unused Switching between Paintings 6): "I see you have taken a fancy to one of my favorite works."
- (Unused Switching between Paintings 7): "Step into my world of beauty!"
- (Unused Feather Interaction): "If you find the bird that belong to that feather, be a good lad and just stuff it right into my mouth."
- (Unused PSI-Popper? Interaction): "What a curious thing, though oddly I’m not curious about it in the least."
- (Unused Queens Interaction): "Sniff each other’s bums and eat our own sick yes of course but not all of us are interested in poker."
- (Unused Luggage Interaction): "Luggage? I’m afraid we’re all trapped here my dear young optimist."
- (Unused Twelfth Conversation): "Okay number one--I am an artist don’t speak to me of business."
- (Following Dialogue 1): "Number two--true beauty is priceless"
- (Following Dialogue 1): "Yes come."
- (Following Dialogue 1): "Number three."
- (Unused Selling all Paintings): "Sorry but my prices art has been sold off"
- (Unused Sold Out Conversation): "Cheap much like the years of my youth"
- (Following Dialogue 1): "My price as art has been sold off."
Trivia[]
- One of his dialogues mentions that the streets of Black Velvetopia when they were young used to be calmer and even they would go wild on them.
- It might as well reference that Edgar Teglee at first enjoyed painting as a way to liberate his mind, but the feeling of disappointment and resentment kept growing to the point he fabricated the story of Dean stealing Lana from him and Lana getting cajoled.
- Which also explains why Collie has the false version of what led Edgar to develop anger issues the more time passed.
- Collie along with Bulldog are the shortest Dog Painters, ironic considering they tower a lot of other mental figures in height.
- By using Clairvoyance reveals that, Collie sees Raz as a filthy pig.
- "Pearls before swine" is a phrase used to describe Items of quality offered to those who aren't cultured enough to appreciate them; Collie is essentially calling Raz uncultured.