Jake (New Caprica)

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For the dog of the same name that belonged to Billy Keikeya, see: Jake (Billy's dog)

Jake is a dog on New Caprica that has a yellow bowl. The bowl serves as an indicator flag for a dead drop. When this bowl is flipped over, the inside source within the Baltar faux administration notifies the New Caprica Resistance of important information to be used to aid the group (Occupation).

Jake is also known to a copy of Number Three, who is pleased with the fact that Jake doesn't care who is human and who is Cylon (Exodus, Part I).

Jake's involvement with the resistance is known to President Lee Adama, who calls him a hero of New Caprica. As his previous owners could no longer care for the dog, Adama gifts Jake to Romo Lampkin after he discovers that Lampkin's cat, Lance, died weeks prior (Sine Qua Non).

Notes

• Jake is not the only living animal from the Colonies appearing in the Re-imagined Series to date. Rats and bats are seen on Caprica. For more on other life forms mentioned in the series, see Life Forms of the Twelve Colonies.
• The dog used to portray Jake in Season 3's New Caprica arc is a Landseer Newfoundland. Newfoundland's are known for their general lack of aggressive tendencies, and an instinctive ability to perform water rescues. However, a different breed of dog is used to portray Jake in Season 4's "Sine Qua Non".
• Jake is named after Ron Moore's Australian Shepherd.^[1]

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