diff --git a/shotgun_api3/lib/mockgun/__init__.py b/shotgun_api3/lib/mockgun/__init__.py
index 6a83e99d..0d891cb6 100644
--- a/shotgun_api3/lib/mockgun/__init__.py
+++ b/shotgun_api3/lib/mockgun/__init__.py
@@ -31,5 +31,6 @@
 """
 
 from .schema import generate_schema # noqa
+from .data import generate_data # noqa
 from .mockgun import Shotgun # noqa
 from .errors import MockgunError # noqa
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diff --git a/shotgun_api3/lib/mockgun/data.py b/shotgun_api3/lib/mockgun/data.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..bd0b558a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/shotgun_api3/lib/mockgun/data.py
@@ -0,0 +1,202 @@
+"""
+ -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ Copyright (c) 2009-2019, Shotgun Software Inc
+
+ Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
+ modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are met:
+
+  - Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright notice, this
+    list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
+
+  - Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright notice,
+    this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the documentation
+    and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
+
+  - Neither the name of the Shotgun Software Inc nor the names of its
+    contributors may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this
+    software without specific prior written permission.
+
+ THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS "AS IS"
+ AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE
+ IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE
+ DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT HOLDER OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE
+ FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL
+ DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR
+ SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER
+ CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY,
+ OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE
+ OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
+
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+"""
+# TODO: Python3 support
+# TODO: Logging not printing
+import cPickle as pickle
+import os
+
+from .errors import MockgunError
+from .schema import SchemaFactory
+
+# Highest protocol that Python 2.4 supports, which is the earliest version of Python we support.
+# Actually, this is the same version that Python 2.7 supports at the moment!
+_HIGHEST_24_PICKLE_PROTOCOL = 2
+
+
+# Global private values to cache the schema in.
+__schema, __schema_entity = None, None
+
+
+def _get_schema(force=False):
+    """
+    _get_schema will get the schema from the SchemaFactory and cache it.
+
+    :param bool force: If set, force will always query the latest schema from disk.
+    :return: schema dictionary from disk
+    """
+    global __schema, __schema_entity
+    from .mockgun import Shotgun
+    if not __schema or force is True:
+        schema_path, schema_entity_path = Shotgun.get_schema_paths()
+        if not schema_path or not schema_entity_path:
+            raise MockgunError("You must set the schema paths on the Mockgun instance first.")
+        __schema, __schema_entity = SchemaFactory.get_schemas(schema_path, schema_entity_path)
+    return __schema
+
+
+def _get_schema_entity(force=False):
+    """
+    _get_schema_entity will get the schema_entity from the SchemaFactory and cache it.
+
+    :param bool force: If set, force will always query the latest schema_entity from disk.
+    :return: schema_entity dictionary from disk
+    """
+    global __schema, __schema_entity
+    from .mockgun import Shotgun
+    if not __schema_entity or force is True:
+        schema_path, schema_entity_path = Shotgun.get_schema_paths()
+        if not schema_path or not schema_entity_path:
+            raise MockgunError("You must set the schema paths on the Mockgun instance first.")
+        __schema, __schema_entity = SchemaFactory.get_schemas(schema_path, schema_entity_path)
+    return __schema_entity
+
+
+def _get_entity_fields(entity):
+    """
+    _get_entity_fields will return a list of the fields on an entity as strings
+    :param str entity: Shotgun entity that we want the schema for
+    :return: List of the field names for the provided entity
+    :rtype: list[str]
+    """
+    schema = _get_schema()
+    return schema[entity].keys()
+
+
+def _read_data_(shotgun, entity):
+    """
+    _read_data_ will return all of the entries for the provided entity.
+    It will get all fields for the entity from the Mockgun schema.
+
+    :param shotgun: Shotgun instance used to query a live site
+    :param str entity: Shotgun entity that we want the schema for
+    :return: List of found entities
+    :rtype: list[dict]
+    """
+    try:
+        return shotgun.find(
+            entity,
+            filters=[],
+            fields=_get_entity_fields(entity)
+        )
+    except Exception as err:
+        print("    Exception: %s" % str(err))
+        import traceback
+        traceback.print_exc()
+        return []
+
+
+class DatabaseFactory(object):
+    """
+    Allows to instantiate a pickled database.
+    """
+    _database_cache = None
+    _database_cache_path = None
+
+    @classmethod
+    def get_database(cls, database_path):
+        """
+        Retrieves the schemas from disk.
+
+        :param str database_path: Path to the database.
+
+        :returns: Dictionary holding the database.
+        :rtype: dict
+        """
+        if not os.path.exists(database_path):
+            raise MockgunError("Cannot locate Mockgun database file '%s'!" % database_path)
+
+        # Poor man's attempt at a cache. All of our use cases deal with a single pair of files
+        # for the duration of the unit tests, so keep a cache for both inputs. We don't want
+        # to deal with ever growing caches anyway. Just having this simple cache has shown
+        # speed increases of up to 500% for Toolkit unit tests alone.
+
+        if database_path != cls._database_cache_path:
+            cls._database_cache = cls._read_file(database_path)
+            cls._database_cache_path = database_path
+
+        return cls._database_cache
+
+    @classmethod
+    def _read_file(cls, path):
+        fh = open(path, "rb")
+        try:
+            return pickle.load(fh)
+        finally:
+            fh.close()
+
+    @classmethod
+    def _write_file(cls, data, path):
+        fh = open(path, "wb")
+        try:
+            return pickle.dump(data, fh, protocol=_HIGHEST_24_PICKLE_PROTOCOL)
+        finally:
+            fh.close()
+
+    @classmethod
+    def set_database(cls, database, database_path):
+        """
+        Writes the schemas to disk.
+
+        :param dict database: The database in memory.
+        :param str database_path: Path to the database.
+        """
+        if database_path != cls._database_cache_path:
+            cls._database_cache_path = database_path
+        cls._database_cache = database
+
+        cls._write_file(database, database_path)
+
+
+# ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Utility methods
+def generate_data(shotgun, data_file_path, entity_subset=None):
+    """
+    Helper method for mockgun.
+    Generates the data files needed by the mocker by connecting to a real shotgun
+    and downloading the information for that site. Once the generated data
+    files are being passed to mockgun, it will mimic the site's database structure.
+
+    :param shotgun: Shotgun instance
+    :param data_file_path: Path where to write the main data file to
+    :param entity_subset: Optional subset of entities to generate data for.
+                          If not passed, it will default to all entities
+    """
+
+    if not entity_subset:
+        entity_subset = _get_schema().keys()
+
+    database = {}
+    for entity in entity_subset:
+        print("Requesting data for: %s" % entity)
+        database[entity] = _read_data_(shotgun, entity)
+
+    DatabaseFactory.set_database(database, data_file_path)
diff --git a/shotgun_api3/lib/mockgun/mockgun.py b/shotgun_api3/lib/mockgun/mockgun.py
index d8f33ceb..13bd7d08 100644
--- a/shotgun_api3/lib/mockgun/mockgun.py
+++ b/shotgun_api3/lib/mockgun/mockgun.py
@@ -120,6 +120,7 @@
 from ...shotgun import _Config
 from .errors import MockgunError
 from .schema import SchemaFactory
+from .data import DatabaseFactory
 
 # ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Version
@@ -147,6 +148,19 @@ class Shotgun(object):
 
     __schema_path = None
     __schema_entity_path = None
+    __database_path = None
+
+    @classmethod
+    def set_database_path(cls, database_path):
+        """
+        Set the path where the database can be found. This is done at the class
+        level so all Shotgun instances will share the same database.
+        The responsibility to generate and load these files is left to the user
+        changing the default value.
+
+        :param database_path: Directory path where the database is.
+        """
+        cls.__database_path = database_path
 
     @classmethod
     def set_schema_paths(cls, schema_path, schema_entity_path):
@@ -161,6 +175,16 @@ def set_schema_paths(cls, schema_path, schema_entity_path):
         cls.__schema_path = schema_path
         cls.__schema_entity_path = schema_entity_path
 
+    @classmethod
+    def get_database_path(cls):
+        """
+        Returns the file which are part of the database.
+        These path can then be used in generate_database if needed.
+
+        :returns: A string with database_path
+        """
+        return cls.__database_path
+
     @classmethod
     def get_schema_paths(cls):
         """
@@ -204,6 +228,7 @@ def __init__(self,
 
         # initialize the "database"
         self._db = dict((entity, {}) for entity in self._schema)
+        self._update_db()
 
         # set some basic public members that exist in the Shotgun API
         self.base_url = base_url
@@ -422,9 +447,20 @@ def upload(self, entity_type, entity_id, path, field_name=None, display_name=Non
     def upload_thumbnail(self, entity_type, entity_id, path, **kwargs):
         pass
 
+    def dump_database(self):
+        DatabaseFactory.set_database(self._db, self.get_database_path())
+
     ###################################################################################################
     # internal methods and members
 
+    def _update_db(self):
+        database = DatabaseFactory.get_database(self.get_database_path())
+        for entity_type in database:
+            for entity in database[entity_type]:
+                row = self._get_new_row(entity_type)
+                self._update_row(entity_type, row, entity)
+                self._db[entity_type][row["id"]] = row
+
     def _validate_entity_type(self, entity_type):
         if entity_type not in self._schema:
             raise ShotgunError("%s is not a valid entity" % entity_type)
diff --git a/tests/mockgun/database.pickle b/tests/mockgun/database.pickle
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..fe195da8
Binary files /dev/null and b/tests/mockgun/database.pickle differ
diff --git a/tests/test_mockgun.py b/tests/test_mockgun.py
index 2bd4ae10..bc765cd1 100644
--- a/tests/test_mockgun.py
+++ b/tests/test_mockgun.py
@@ -51,6 +51,9 @@
     os.path.join(mockgun_schema_folder, "schema.pickle"),
     os.path.join(mockgun_schema_folder, "schema_entity.pickle")
 )
+Mockgun.set_database_path(
+    os.path.join(mockgun_schema_folder, "database.pickle"),
+)
 
 
 # FIXME: This should probably be refactored into a base class for
@@ -90,6 +93,7 @@ def test_interface_intact(self):
         # error.
         mockgun.MockgunError
         mockgun.generate_schema
+        mockgun.generate_data
         mockgun.Shotgun