Fluke



A little story about a stray puppy who lost his way and is now trying to find his family.

His human family.

Fluke is a 1995 film about a dog named Fluke, who for most of his life remembers brief flashes of his other life, leading him to believe that in his past life he was actually a human named Tom with a family and a job. Upon finding his widowed wife and son, his memory intensifies as well as his suspicions, especially against his former business partner Jeff whom he believes caused his human death.


 * A Boy and His X: A boy and his dog. Actually scratch that... a reincarnated dog and his human son.
 * Amplified Animal Aptitude
 * Animal Talk: Animals seemingly can understand each other, as well as human speech. Humans cannot understand animals, of course.
 * Big Damn Heroes: Rumbo, who
 * Big Friendly Dog: Fluke and to some degree, Rumbo.
 * Birth-Death Juxtaposition: Done with the same person. When Tom dies in the opening, he is soon reincarnated as a newly born puppy.
 * Dogs Are Dumb: Averted.
 * Precious Puppies
 * Fridge Horror: According to the movie, everyone can reincarnate into someone else, particularly different species. Also, that fly you killed yesterday? Someone's reincarnated grandfather.
 * Hey, It's That Voice!: Rumbo is voiced by Samuel L. Motherfuckin' Jackson.
 * Fluke and Tom are played by Joker.
 * Homeless Person: Bella (not that Bella) who decides to raise Fluke after he escapes from a pound.
 * It's All My Fault: Said word for word when
 * I Want My Beloved to Be Happy:
 * Jerkass: Jeff, at first. Turns out
 * Make It Look Like an Accident: What Fluke believes Jeff did to his past human self.
 * Married to the Job: Tom. He only gets to know his family better as a dog.
 * My God, What Have I Done?:
 * Old Dog: Rumbo, a Saint Bernard.
 * One-Woman Wail: The music makes some use of it, but most powerful during
 * Pounds Are Animal Prisons
 * Romancing the Widow: Jeff toward Carol.
 * Reincarnation: A big theme in the film, as the main character upon his death reincarnates as a Golden Retriever.
 * Revenge by Proxy:
 * Rule Number One: Rumbo states various rules, all numbered one, throughout the film.
 * Save the Day Turn Away: Textbook example. Fluke saves his son and reveals his true identity to his ex-wife. She screams his name as he flees into the night.
 * Widow Woman: Carol.
 * Save the Day Turn Away: Textbook example. Fluke saves his son and reveals his true identity to his ex-wife. She screams his name as he flees into the night.
 * Widow Woman: Carol.