Sony

[WARNING: this page contains some spoilers for the first and second games, but more so for the story and endings than solutions to puzzles. If you have not played the game and do not want story spoilers, it is recommended that you do not read this page]

Sony is a deuteragonist in I Became a Dog, and a minor character in I Became a Dog 2.

Appearance
As a dog, which is the form he spends the majority of his time in, Sony is likely hairless with dark grey skin, except for his white ears, eyebrows and whiskers, which are all long and droopy, as well as a couple stray hairs on the top of his head. He has a large red nose, as well as red eyes that are normally unseen because of his large eyebrows.

His original human body is an old man with an arched back, light skin, and poofy white hair on either side of his head, though on top he is bald. He is seen wearing a white shirt, green jacket, wine-coloured pants, grey shoes and a cane that he carries. The whites of his eyes are a little bit yellow, and in the second game a portrait of him shows him with darkness under his eyes as well as wrinkles on his forehead. It is possible that he is Chinese, because in the second game there are two yin-yang symbols in his room, a symbol of Chinese culture and religion.

Personality
It is assumed that Sony enjoys helping others, as that is what he does most. He teaches the player useful techniques in both games to help progress the story. He is a human-turned-dog like the player, and speaks to them in the human language, rather than Woof. He also is quite ambitious, as he plans to jump one hundred million times in order to turn back into a human. He’s mysterious and appears to have magical powers, as upon saying “abracadabra” he can give the player sudden new abilities that they couldn’t have had otherwise. He surely thinks highly of himself, as in the first game, he describes himself as a being far beyond the dog, and in the second he claims he is a being beyond both humans and dogs.

The actual dog he swapped places with is never seen, and it is never told what the dog did with Sony’s human body, so his personality is unknown.

I Became a Dog
Sony can teach the Player to Bark, Fart, Swim, and increase their speed.

Sony jumps up and down indefinitely in the living room by the sofa, stopping only to eat Dog Food, because he thinks that if he jumps enough times he can become human again. Eventually he finds himself unable to stop jumping, in danger of dying from exhaustion. He asks the player to help him stop, at which point you are given the choose to either help him or cruelly let him die, which changes the outcome of the game. In the fourth ending, he can return at the end of the game so that the player can relearn the human language, depending on which option you choose.

Asides from the player, dogs do not interact with him or talk about him.

I Became a Dog 2
In I Became a Dog 2 he has his own room, and is found sitting like a human with his legs crossed on a tall table-like seat, surrounded by yin-yang rugs with a Mythical Chest behind him. Sony has less dialogue in this game, simply there to increase the player’s Speed, Golden Bug Percentage, Duration of Farts, Eating Speed, and their Poison Fart Range. You can also learn Poison Fart, Fire Power, Water Power, and Earth Power from Sony.

In some endings he figures that his dog body is getting too old, and so he swaps bodies with Mary to continue living. Sony’s human body likely died between the two games, which is why he comes back as a dog instead of staying a human like he was at the end of the last game. He is also likely the grandfather of the IBAD2 player.

He does not appear in I Became a Dog 3, and it is instead Rosa who teaches the player new abilities.