Is there a need to fear?

The new Underdog trailer is up. It’s cute, though it would be better seen in a theater without knowing you’re seeing an Underdog trailer.

And the official site (which, oddly, doesn’t have a link to the trailer yet) is up, too.

My question is — how is this “Underdog” again? Granted, the original cartoon was a bit thin on the ground, concept-wise (in a world or both people and anthropomorphic dogs (?), nebbish Shoe Shine Boy is secretly rhyming super-hero Underdog, who regularly gets trounced in round one, takes an Underdog Energy Pill, and beats the baddies in round two), but there seems little beyond the name and the idea of a super-powered dog here that relates to even that.

Oh, well. Maybe Katherine will enjoy it.