How the famous pet Doug The Pug became The Mitchells vs. The Machines’ dog Monchi
Like so many key aspects of Netflix’s heartfelt, fun animated comedy The Mitchells against the machinesMonchi, the dog in the title family, was inspired by events in the life of director Michael Rianda. When Rianda was in middle school, his older sister got a pug and named her monchichi, after the monkey-like toy from Japan ...