Oliver Twist (2005 film) is furious at Nancy's betrayal, and brutally beats her to death in their apartment. The next day, information about Oliver and Fagin appear in the newspaper, along with Nancy's murder and the fact that Sikes is a suspect. Sikes's ever-present dog, Bullseye, is a dead giveaway to his identity. After unsuccessfully trying to kill the dog, Sikes takes up residence with Toby Crackit. Fagin, Oliver, and the boys are hiding there too, after escaping their previous location before the police could find it. Bullseye escapes his master's cruelty, and leads a group of police and locals to the group's hideout.
Oliver & Company of dogs (one of which is Dodger), and Sykes is a loan shark. Following the release of "The Black Cauldron", Michael Eisner and Jeffrey Katzenberg held a pitch meeting with the animation staff, in which story artist Pete Young pitched the idea to adapt "Oliver Twist" with dogs. The pitch was quickly approved, and the film quickly went into production under the working title "Oliver and the Dodger". Released on the same day as "The Land Before Time", "Oliver & Company" was a box office success, but it received mixed reviews from film critics. The film was re-released in the