Toto Comes Alive: The Little Explorer

Toto is not an ordinary dog. To the outside world, he is a fifteen pound Maltipoo who loves his owner, Christian. But Toto carries the genetic memories of a one hundred and forty year old lineage of highly intelligent dogs. Following an ancient rule of his bloodline, Toto cannot speak out loud. Instead, he types on Christian's computer using a text to speech program to communicate in a dry, aristocratic British accent. At the dog park, Toto meets a tough dachshund named Frank. Frank is deeply worried about his owner, an elderly woman named Doris, who is being targeted by a fake bank fraud scam. Toto sneaks out of his locked house and tracks down Doris's home, physically unplugging her landline just as she is about to give a scammer her PIN. Recognizing the massive scale of elder fraud, Christian and Toto establish The Den, a weekly Saturday club where vulnerable seniors gather to learn how to protect themselves from identity theft and phishing texts. However, a mysterious gray sedan begins watching the house, and a charming young man named Brian infiltrates the club with a fake grandmother. Toto loses his temper and growls viciously at Brian, sensing the evil beneath his smile. When Toto sneaks out at night and returns with a stolen notepad from the scammer hideout, it reveals a chilling target list of the seniors and a specific note about Toto. The scammers plan a final hit, but Toto types a warning on the laptop. Toto and the seniors set a trap, catching Brian trying to steal cash. The police discover Brian was taking orders from a shadowy mastermind known only as Coach. A sting operation yields a shocking discovery: a dog tag belonging to a lost ancestor from 1999. When the detective calls the number on the tag, Coach answers, revealing he has been hunting Toto's bloodline for decades to add them to a twisted collection. Undeterred, Toto uses the computer to create an artificial intelligence video. Using his dry British accent, Toto warns the entire world about elder fraud. The video goes viral, reaching millions of viewers. In the comments, Toto receives a direct threat from Coach and a mysterious message from a user named Mister that simply says, "Welcome back."