Cosmo, the Spacedog, is a minor character in Guardians of the Galaxy, and a cameo character in Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2. He is a dog that was sent to space by soviets as part of an experiment, and ended up being captured by The Collector, a man who collects exotic lifeforms through the galaxy, and put in his personal museum. He was portrayed by a dog named Fred.
Biogaphy
Background
Cosmo was a soviet dog, that was blasted to space for scientific purposes. He wandered through the space until he was found by a man known as the Collector, who has a museum of rare and exotics objects, creatures and lifeforms he finds through the galaxy, and Cosmo was put there.
Guardians of the Galaxy
Cosmo was seen when the Guardians entered the Collector's museum to get info from him about a powerful object that was inside a orb. Cosmo groled to Rocket Raccoon while he passed by his jail, and he growled back. After the Collector's explanation of how the iten inside the orb, knwon as Power Stone, worked, his assistant, Charina, tired of being his slave, grabbed the stone, but couldn't handle the power, and exploded the museum, destroying many of the cages, including Cosmo's, setting him free.
In the post-credits scene, he is seen licking the Collector while the latter sadly and silently looked at his ruined collection, while being asked by Howard the Duck why did he let Cosmo lick him.
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
Cosmo is only seen briefly as a cameo during the end credits of the film.
Trivia
- In the comics, Cosmo has psychich powers, while in the movies he doesn't seem to have any special abilities.
- He was meant to appear in Avengers: Infinity War, but was cut so the movie could focus on the narrative.
- He is inspired by Laika, a real life female dog, that was sent by the Soviets to orbit, and was the first living being to ever be on orbit around the planet.
- He has a uneasy relationship with Rocket Raccoon in the comics, and this was referenced in the movie when they growl at each other.
