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Revision as of 13:30, 29 June 2015
Spike was the canine companion of Fiorina "Fury" 161 Class C Work Correctional Unit inmate Thomas Murphy.
He was impregnated by a Facehugger that arrived on the planet on board the USS Sulaco's EEV, and as such it was he who brught the Runner to the prison. He later died birthing the Dragon.
Biography
After the EEV that brought Ellen Ripley to Fiorina 161 is recovered, Spike confronted a Facehugger hiding in the wreckage and was attacked and subdued. Murphy later found Spike in his room, his face lacerated from his struggle with the Xenomorph creature, mistakenly assuming one of the other inmates had attacked him out of cruelty. While the prisoners were attending a funeral service for the deceased Rebecca Jorden and Turk, the Runner that had been gestating inside Spike violently emerged, killing the dog before it escaped into the prison's ventilation shafts.
Ironically, Spike's owner Murphy would become the Xenomorph's next victim when he mistook the creature moving in the shadows for his missing dog.
Trivia
- Spike is a Rottweiler.
- The Assembly Cut of Alien3 removes Spike completely. Instead, the Runner gestates inside Babe, one of the prison's oxen (which are never seen in the theatrical version). Spike is also absent from the novelization of the film, which follows the Assembly Cut's plot as it was written before the film was altered to the theatrical version.
- The Rottweiler replaced the original ox host because the latter was considered too cumbersome an animal, whereas the Xenomorph in the film was intended to be fast and lethal. As such, a vicious dog was deemed to be a far more appropriate host.[3]
- It is not clear how Spike came to be in Murphy's care on Fiorina 161 as prisoners would not be allowed pets. It is possible Spike was previously a guard dog at the prison, left behind when the facility officially closed and subsequently adopted by Murphy.
- In the comic adaptation and Alien3 cards, Spike is known as "Sparky".
Appearances
References
- ↑ Vincent Ward (writer) and David Fincher (director). Alien3 (1992), 20th Century Fox [DVD].
- ↑ Alien 3 (Comic) Issue 1
- ↑ John Hurt, Ridley Scott, James Cameron, H. R. Giger, Dan O'Bannon, Ronald Shusett. The Alien Saga (2002), Prometheus Entertainment [DVD].