In the 2007 movie Underdog a lab accident gives a hound named Shoeshine some serious superpowers.   Shoeshine the dog eventually shares his secret powers with the young boy who becomes his owner and friend. Shoeshine was a bomb-sniffing beagle who was fired from the mayor's office for a silly reason; that night a mad scientist dognaps him and injects him with an elixir. The dog escapes, but now has superpowers. He's adopted by a security guard - an ex-cop, who's a widower with a moody teen son, Jack. The boy discovers that the dog, named Shoeshine by dad, has super powers, but it's their little secret. While Underdog saves people in distress, the mad scientist and his underling continue their plot to catch him and take over the city. Shoeshine and Jack become the best of friends and Shoeshine even takes a liking to Jack's girlfriend.