99 Puppies

The 99 Puppies make an appearance as a side quest in Kingdom Hearts, where Sora is given the task of finding them in various worlds. It is not a requirement to find all of the puppies in Kingdom Hearts, but doing so yields various rewards, including the secret movie, Another side, Another story..., an upgrade from Aerora to Aeroga, as well as a full Gummi collection.

Kingdom Hearts
''Pongo and Perdita's puppies. When they work together, they can be tough to beat. Ever since their world was destroyed by the darkness, they've been trying to get back together again.''

They were first spotted on-screen in "101 Dalmatians" (1961).

Kingdom Hearts
The puppies originally resided in a currently unnamed world in the Kingdom Hearts universe, raised by two adult dalmatians, Pongo and Perdita. At some point (likely following their capture by and subsequent rescue from Cruella De Vil) the dalmatians' world was destroyed and the puppies were separated from their parents. During the chaos of their world's destruction, the puppies were somehow bundled into groups of three and forced into chests which then landed in various worlds of the Kingdom Hearts universe.

During his journey, Sora could choose to find and free each group of puppies, sending them to Traverse Town, where Pongo and Perdita had found a temporary home.

Personality
As there are ninety-nine of them, the puppies have varied personalities. Their common traits include hyperactive, child-like behavior. They all enjoy watching TV, but are all very well-disciplined by their parents. In one of the rooms in the Dalmatian's House, one puppy will happily follow Sora through the room, proving they seem to like Sora. If one were to look carefully and on the strategy guide, Puppy No. 5 is actually Patch.

Appearance
The most notable thing about these dalmatians is that they wear different colored collars to signify their genders; females wear blue and males wear red.

Origin
The dalmatian puppies are based on their appearance in Walt Disney's 1961 film 101 Dalmatians, which was in turn based on the 1956 book The Hundred and One Dalmatians by Dodie Smith. The puppies main characteristics, along with some of their names (Patch and Lucky included) remained for the transition from book to film. However, the film added two dalmatian pups to the book's original count of ninety-seven; in the original book, two additional adult dalmatians round off the total one-hundred-and-one (the four adults were merged into Pongo and Perdita for the film).

Traverse Town

 * 1, 2, 3: Mystical House, on the island across from Merlin's house. Glide can be used to fly over to the rock, though Mermaid Kick can also be used to "jump" onto it.
 * 4, 5, 6: Alleyway, behind a wall of crates. Use Trinity Charge to break through.
 * 7, 8, 9: Item Workshop. Use Trinity Ladder to get in.
 * 10, 11, 12: Secret Waterway. Use Trinity Charge to break through the sewer gate.

Wonderland

 * 13, 14, 15: Queen's Castle, on a hedge. Reachable via a hidden exit from Lotus Forest.
 * 16, 17, 18: Lotus Forest, on one of the high platforms.
 * 19, 20, 21: Tea Party Garden, on the roof. High Jump and Glide are required.
 * 58, 59, 60: Queen's Castle, on the right hand hedge. High Jump is required. (In the Final Mix version this chest can be found in the Bizarre Room, cast Thunder on the sring of yellow flowers to recieve the chest.)

Deep Jungle

 * 25, 26, 27: On the last islet in the marsh (Hippos' Lagoon). Glide is required to reach the last isles.
 * 28, 29, 30: Vines 2 (area), reachable via climbing the ivy in the marsh.
 * 31, 32, 33: Blue Trinity mark in Climbing Trees area.
 * 34, 35, 36: Blue Trinity mark in the Camp Area.

Agrabah

 * 37, 38, 39: In Aladdin's House. (In the Final Mix version this chest is located in the Treasure Room in the Cave of Wonders.)
 * 46, 47, 48: Palace Gates (High Jump required).
 * 49, 50, 51: Cave of Wonders entrance (High Jump and Glide required). (In Kingdom Hearts Final Mix, this can be found in the Secret Room under the Cave of Wonders. It can be identified by the large stone door. There's a nearby ledge with a monkey statue that you can reach with High Jump and Glide. You must activate the statue to open the door, where inside there will be two chests, one containing the Dalmations.)
 * 52, 53, 54: Treasure Room in the Cave of Wonders. (In Kingdom Hearts Final Mix, the chest can be found at the Palace Gates and will require High Jump and Glide to reach.)

Halloween Town

 * 40, 41, 42: Bridge area, near the entrance of Oogie's Manor (In Kingdom Hearts Final Mix, this chest can be found after you destroy Oogie's Manor.)
 * 64, 65, 66: After defeating Oogie Boogie's 2nd form, go to Moonlight Hill and search for a secret doorway, go in the new accessible door to obtain the chest.
 * 67, 68, 69: In Jack's House, check under the staircase. (In Kingdom Hearts Final Mix, you must activate the White Trinity Mark at Moonlight Hill to recieve the chest containing the puppies.)
 * 70, 71, 72: Guillotine Square, use Glide to reach the "mouth" of a grey pumpkin-like tower.

Monstro

 * 55, 56, 57: In Chamber 3.
 * 73, 74, 75: In Mouth, on top of debris. Need High Jump to reach
 * 76, 77, 78: In Chamber 3, on a platform that can be reached by a barrel.
 * 79, 80, 81: In Chamber 5, on a barrel on one of the higher platforms in the area.

Neverland

 * 43, 44, 45: In a corner of the Clock Tower (Big Ben) in London.

Note: 43, 44, 45 should be found before going to Hollow Bastion, otherwise Sora, Peter Pan, and Donald/Goofy, have to face the powerful Phantom.


 * 82, 83, 84: When flying, on a beam in the ship's Hold.
 * 85, 86, 87: Yellow Trinity mark in the ship's Hold.
 * 88, 89, 90: Chest in the Captain's Cabin, after Anti-Sora's battle.

Hollow Bastion

 * 61, 62, 63: In the Grand Hall on a left ledge near the Keyhole (2nd visit).
 * 91, 92, 93: At the bottom of Rising Falls, reachable via the bubble transport.
 * 94, 95, 96: Cast Gravity to lower the floating platform in the Castle Gates.
 * 97, 98, 99: Cast Gravity to lower the floating platform in the High Tower.

Rewards

 * 12 Puppies: Curaga-G gummi block;
 * 21 Puppies: Firaga-G gummi block;
 * 30 Puppies: Thundara -G gummi block;
 * 42 Puppies: Mythril Shard;
 * 51 Puppies: 100 Acre Wood torn page, Mythril;
 * 60 Puppies: Megalixir;
 * 72 Puppies: Orichalcum;
 * 81 Puppies: Ultima-G Gummi block;
 * 90 Puppies: Ribbon (Accessory);
 * 99 Puppies: Every Gummi and Aero magic upgrade (usually Aerora to Aeroga).