The name “Milo” means “calm, mild, and peaceful” in German. In popular culture, a dog character named “Milo” got featured in the popular film “The Mask.” The Mask is an action comedy film released back in 1994. The plot of “The Mask” follows the story of Stanley (Jim Carrey), his random discovery of a wooden mask, and the comical yet bizarre events that followed after he tried it on.

In the film, Stanley Ipkiss is a shy bank clerk who works at Edge City Bank. He is notorious for being very unlucky and would often get ridiculed by the people around him. The only ones who don’t make fun of him are his co-worker Charlie and his pet dog Milo, a Jack Russell Terrier. One day, a nightclub owner-slash-gangster’s girlfriend named Tina visits the bank where Stanley is working to study the bank’s layout in preparation for a heist. Stanley started to develop a romantic connection with Tina, and it looks like Tina feels the same, or so it appears. This resulted to Stanley following the girl to her boyfriend’s night club but he was denied entry. 

On his way back home, he found a wooden mask and randomly put it over his face. Stanley suddenly transformed into an entirely different creature with a cartoonish behavior, green-face, zoot suit, and bizarre abilities and special powers. He is capable of altering himself at will and called himself “The Mask.” Upon this discovery, he used it as an opportunity to get in with Tina while doing unjust things like robbing a bank. He enjoyed his new personality so much but it didn’t last for a long time, as it resulted to him getting into so much trouble. 

Later on in the film, Tyrell, Tina’s ex-boyfriend and Stanley’s rival, found out about the mask and did everything to capture Stanley and steal it from him. When Tyrell put the mask on, he became a total monster. Tyrell captured his boss and Tina, looking to kill them and bomb the night club. He forcibly commanded his men to turn Stanley over to the police station after Stanley is forced to reveal where he hid the money that he stole from the bank.

When Stanley got detained into a police station, Milo, Stanley’s ever loving and loyal dog, came to his rescue. Milo helped him escape and together, they try to save Tina and prevent Tyrell from doing his evil plans. In the final parts of the film, Tina managed to trick Tyrell into removing his mask. The mask was then recovered and worn by none other than Milo. When the mask slipped onto Milo’s head, he transformed into a powerful beast and ended up fighting Tyrell’s men. Stanley then took the mask from Milo and transformed into The Mask. He used his special powers to swallow the bomb brought by Tyrell and saved the day. In the end of the film, Tina threw the mask towards the sea and Stanley’s co-worker Charlie jumped into the water to try to retrieve it for himself. To Charlie’s surprise, he sees Milo swimming away with the mask.