Samson and Hercules

Samson and Hercules are the animal protagonists of Little Heroes and its sequels Little Heroes 2 and Top Dogs: Little Heroes. Samson was played by Duke and Hercules by Ralley.

Biography
Samson and Hercules where two dogs owned by the Burton family, Harry and Shirly Burton and their son Charlie. When Charlie had taken the dogs out for a walk they chased down a mugger and retrieved a woman's handbag.

When the Harry and Shirly traveled to Washington to testify against a tobacco company the two dogs remained at home with Charlie and the maid Maria. Two crooks named Carny and Slick break into the house (whilst the dogs are distracted with the TV), who tie up Maria in a cupboard and kidnap Charlie. However the dogs notice the two criminals carrying Charlie and attack Carny and steal the keys to their truck. Whilst Carny and Slick try to find a way back into the house, the dogs set up booby traps to catch them out. Whilst Samson distracts them, Hercules attempts to untie Charlie in the van but to no avail, and the crooks retrieve the keys and leave. But the dogs give chase but lose the two of them.

Samson and Hercules follow a pizza truck to Carny and Slick's hangout which is a stables. Hercules acts as a decoy to them both and Samson goes to free Charlie who was locked up in a barn. The crooked duo deduce about the Hercules acting as a decoy, but Charlie manages to escape on time with Samson. Samson is attacked by Slick, who is knocked into the water by Charlie. The dogs and Charlie are retrieved by police whilst Carny and Slick are arrested and return home to witness the news that Harry Burton has managed to testify against the tobacco company, becoming a national hero.

The dogs appear in the two sequels. In the second one Carny and Slick suffered nightmares of the dogs.