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This is a list of fictional dogs from literature, movies etc. (It also includes some real dogs due to the proliferation of reality television shows and advertising). For mythological dogs, see Category:Mythological dogs. For real/famous dogs, see List of dogs.
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[edit] Dogs in literature
- Argos, the faithful dog of Odysseus in Homer's Odyssey.
- Barnabas, the talking canine companion of first Destruction and later Delirium in The Sandman.
- Bob, the title character in Agatha Christie's Dumb Witness
- Boots, narrator of Thy Servant a Dog by Rudyard Kipling
- Buck, the main character in Jack London's Call of the Wild
- Bulls-eye, Bill Sikes' dog in Oliver Twist
- Buster, Scottish Terrier belonging to Frederick Algernon Trotteville ("Fatty") in Enid Blyton's "Five Find-Outers" series of children's mystery novels
- Funny dog, [CoCo the Blogging Dog]http://www.cocothebloggingdog.com, blogs about life as a dog.
- Cafall, a dog belonging to King Arthur (occasionally spelled "Cabal")
- Cerberus from Greek Mythology, the hellhound of Hades
- Chief from The Fox and the Hound
- Copper from The Fox and the Hound
- Cujo the St. Bernard in the novel by Stephen King (later a movie)
- Dingo, in A Captain at Fifteen by Jules Verne
- Dingus, in Dingus Dreaming and The Canine Condition by Alex A. Vardamis
- Dog, the hellhound from "Good Omens" by Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman
- Duchess, the dog who thought she swallowed a patty pan, in Beatrix Potter's The Pie and the Patty Pan
- Einstein, the golden retriever in Dean Koontz's book Watchers
- Fang, Grip and Wolf. Farmer Maggot's guard dogs in J. R. R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings
- Fang, Hagrid's dog, a boar-hound (a Mastiff) in the Harry Potter books: (in the movies, Fang is a Neapolitan Mastiff)
- Fluke, the title character in Fluke by James Herbert
- Fluffy, the three-headed dog (similar to Cerberus) in Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
- Fly, the collie who befriends Babe the piglet in Dick King-Smith's The Sheep-Pig, the basis for the film Babe
- Garm (talking dog), in J.R.R. Tolkien's Farmer Giles of Ham
- Gaspode, an unusually clever dog who talks, in various Discworld novels by Terry Pratchett
- Hank, a cowdog in the Hank the Cowdog series by John R. Erickson
- "Hound of the Baskervilles (The)", a Sherlock Holmes tale by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle with the famous line, "They were the footprints of a gigantic hound!"
- Howard, the dog in Bunnicula and sequels by James Howe
- Huan, The great wolfhound of Valinor, friend and helper of Beren and Lúthien, in J. R. R. Tolkien's novel The Silmarillion
- Hundred and One Dalmatians (The) by Dodie Smith, subsequently made into a movie by Walt Disney
- Jack from Little House on the Prairie series by Laura Ingalls Wilder.
- Jack from The Last Dog on Earth
- Jenny, the star of Maurice Sendak's Higglety-Pigglety Pop, or, There Must Be More To Life
- Jip, the lapdog of Dora Spenlow, David Copperfield's first wife (Charles Dickens).
- Jip, one of Doctor Doolittle's animal companions in the books by Hugh Lofting
- John Joiner, the terrier who rescued Tom Kitten from being made into a pudding by rats in Beatrix Potter's The Roly-Poly Pudding
- Kashtanka, the main character in Anton Chekhov's short story of the same name (full text)
- Kazak, the hound of space, from The Sirens of Titan by Kurt Vonnegut.
- Kep, the Collie, from Beatrix Potter's The Tale of Jemima Puddle-duck and other books
- Krypto, a white dog from the planet Krypton who was shot to Earth in a test rocket by Jor-El and subsequently found by young Clark Kent, his original owner on Krypton.
- Laddie (a send-up of Lassie (qv)) who stars in Discworld alongside Gaspode
- Lassie, a collie, from the novel Lassie Come Home upon which the movie was very loosely based
- The Learned English Dog (LED) in Thomas Pynchon's Mason & Dixon
- Loony, the mischievous black spaniel belonging to Snubby in Enid Blyton's Barney Mystery series of mystery novels
- Luath, the Labrador Retriever from The Incredible Journey.
- Montmorency Three Men in a Boat
- Nana, the Newfoundland dog in Peter Pan by J. M. Barrie
- Nero, the St. Bernard who comes to live with the Wilders in Laura Ingalls Wilder's The First Four Years
- O'Connor in Watt by Samuel Beckett
- Old Dan and Little Ann are Red Tick Hounds from Where the Red Fern Grows
- Olive, the Other Reindeer, from the book by Vivian Walsh and J. Otto Siebold, subsequently in the television special produced by Matt Groening
- Orson, the black Labrador retriever of Chris Snow in Dean Koontz's novels Seize the Night and Fear Nothing
- "Padfoot", or the nickname commonly referring to Sirius Black's animagus dog form in the Harry Potter novels by J. K. Rowling.
- Pickles, the terrier who kept shop with Ginger the cat in Beatrix Potter's Ginger and Pickles
- Pilot, Mr. Rochester's dog from Charlotte Brontë's Jane Eyre
- The Poky Little Puppy of the children's book written by Janette Sebring Lowry and illustrated by Gustaf Tenggren
- Pippin, from the Pippin and Mabel series of picture books by K.V. Johansen
- Prince Terrian, Leslie Burke's (and the Burke parents') dog in the novel and 2007 movie, Bridge to Terabithia.
- Pugnax, a literate mutt who is the associate of the Chums of Chance in Thomas Pynchon's "Against the Day"
- Ralph the famous blue dog living in North Tonawanda, NY
- Ribsy, companion of Henry Huggins and character in numerous novels for young readers by Beverly Cleary
- Scamper, golden spaniel belonging to Peter and Janet in Enid Blyton's Secret Seven series of young children's mystery novels
- Sharik, the stray dog in Mikhail Bulgakov's novel Heart of a Dog who takes human form after a human pituitary gland and testicles were implanted into his body
- The dogs of The Tale of Little Pig Robinson by Beatrix Potter: Bob the Retriever; Gypsy; Pirate and Postboy the Greyhounds; Stumpy; Timothy Gyp the Sheepdog; and Tipkins
- The unnamed narrator of Franz Kafka's short story, Investigations of a Dog (1922)
- Thor, German Shepherd in the horror novel of the same name. It was eventually made into a film called Bad Moon
- Tiger, the dog belonging to the title character in The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket by Edgar Allan Poe and its sequel, An Antarctic Mystery by Jules Verne
- Timothy / Timmy / Tim (all three names are found interchangeably), George Kirrin's mongrel in Enid Blyton's Famous Five series of children's adventure novels
- Toby, the dog used by Sherlock Holmes in The Sign of Four by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
- Top, the dog of Cyrus Smith in Jules Verne's The Mysterious Island
- Toto in The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum
- Tricki Woo, Mrs. Pumphrey's pekingese in If only they could talk (Book title in UK. All creatures great and small in the U.S.) by James Herriot
- White Fang, the main character in Jack London's book of the same name
- Wiggins, the heroine Maria's dog in The Little White Horse
- Winn-Dixie, from the book Because of Winn-Dixie by Kate DiCamillo and the 2005 film of the same name
- Yellow Dog Dingo, dog in Rudyard Kipling's Just So Stories
- Zelda Van Gutters, the "roving reporter" of Nickelodeon Magazine
[edit] Dogs in film
- See also Category:Films about dogs
- Andrew, the family dog from Mary Poppins.
- Asta, the dog of Nick & Nora Charles, in the various Thin Man films.
- Babycakes, from Beethoven's 5th
- Baxter, Ron Burgundy's beloved dog in Anchorman.
- Beauty and Beast, from The Hills Have Eyes film series,
- Beethoven, the St. Bernard hero of the Beethoven movie series.
- Benji had several movies.
- Betsey, from Bowfinger
- Brandy, from First Kid
- Bruiser from Legally Blonde
- Buckley, Ari and Uzi's hound dog from The Royal Tenenbaums which survives a plane crash, and later faces further tribulations.
- Butler, Captain Kirk's Great Dane from Star Trek Generations
- Buddy, the dog from the Air Bud movie series.
- Buster, from The Bodyguard
- Buster, from Monkeybone
- Camille, Rottweiller employee of the Hammerhead that is trained to go for the groin from Barb Wire
- Camille, The vet's collie & mother of Hooch's pups from Turner & Hooch
- The film Cats & Dogs postulates an ongoing war dating back to ancient times between cats and dogs. The main character, a beagle named Lou, is voiced by Tobey Maguire
- Charlie, from Joe Dirt
- Charile 2, from Joe Dirt
- Cerberus, greyhound in 2004 comedy Man About Dog
- Cherokee, Sydney Prescott's golden retriever from Scream 3
- Cho Cho, from Karate Dog
- Churchill from The Water Horse: Legend of the Deep
- Cody, the three legged dog from The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou, which is left behind by the pirates, adopted by team Zissou, and later returned.
- Dog, Max's dog in Mad Max 2, an Australian Cattle Dog, or Blue Heeler
- Eight Below
- Buck
- Dewey
- Maya
- Max
- Old Jack
- Shadow
- Shorty
- Truman
- Dolly Martin from Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde
- Einstein, Doc Brown's sheepdog in Back to the Future
- Fang, from Dumb and Dumberer: When Harry Met Lloyd
- Frank, the alien dog in Men in Black
- Fred, Cledus "Snowman" Snow's dog from Smokey and the Bandit
- The many dog stars of Good Boy!, including the main character, Hubble, a Border Terrier, voiced by Matthew Broderick.
- George, from Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
- Grunt, the red nose American Pit Bull Terrier, portrayed by "Bama Red" in Flash Dance
- Henry, from Heart Condition
- Hercules, the baseball-eating mastiff from The Sandlot
- Hooch, the Dogue de Bordeaux costar of Turner and Hooch
- Itchy, from Scorched
- Jack from Lost & Found
- Jackal from Dude, Where's My Car?
- Jelly from Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde
- Jerry Lee, the German Shepherd Dog supposed to be a trained police dog in K-9
- Jojo, from Torque
- Kerouac, the dog lost by the homeless Jerry Baskin in Down and Out in Beverly Hills
- Lassie Come Home (1943), starring Elizabeth Taylor and Roddy McDowall, a genius heroine dog, saving people from villains and natural threats in many sequels and also a television show. Lassie is always played by a male collie.
- Killer, Scarface's dog who died. Half Baked
- Leslie a homosexual dog from Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde
- Luca, from Garfield: The Movie
- Lucky, from Dr. Dolittle
- Lucky, from Knight Rider
- Marie, the Dachshund from The Shrink Is In
- Matisse, Dave Whiteman's Border collie in Down and Out in Beverly Hills
- Marit, Mette Harrison's Black Lab in The Princess and the Hound
- Michelangelo, St. Bernard Beethoven's double à la The Prince and the Pauper in Beethoven's 4th
- Lady and The Tramp in Lady And The Tramp
- Milo, Stanley Ipkiss' dog in The Mask
- Missy, the St. Bernard girlfriend of Beethoven in Beethoven's 2nd
- Moses, Bernie and Roz Focker's dog in Meet the Fockers
- Mr. Beefy, the talking bulldog in Little Nicky
- Muffin from Screwed
- Nanna from Disney's "Peter Pan"
- Nanook and Thorn from The Lost Boys
- Odie, a dog from Garfield
- Old Yeller (1957), a children's film, originally a novel by Fred Gipson
- Otis, the Pug in The Adventures of Milo and Otis
- Otis, from Son of the Mask
- Oliver, from The 6th Day
- Pac-Man, the vampire pomeranian in Blade: Trinity
- Pete the Pup (or "Petey"), a Pit Bull with a ring around one eye, in the Our Gang (later known as The Little Rascals) shorts produced by Hal Roach and later, MGM. A number of dogs played the role.
- Perdita the dalmatian (also known as Perdy) from Disney's One Hundred and One Dalmatians
- Polly PureBred, from Underdog
- Pongo the dalmatian from Disney's One Hundred and One Dalmatians
- Porthos, the dog owned by James Barrie in Finding Neverland
- Precious, the white Toy poodle beloved of 'Buffalo Bill' in The Silence of the Lambs
- Rexxx/Dewy, from Firehouse Dog
- Riff Raff, from Underdog
- Rin Tin Tin, a German Shepherd found in a trench by an American soldier, has appeared in films since 1922. All subsequent dogs in the part have been descendants of the original. Also on television.R
- Reno, from the movie Top Dog starring Chuck Norris
- Rocky, Captain Felix Maxwell's dog in Mannequin
- Russell, from Celtic Pride
- Samantha, from the film I Am Legend (film) starring Will Smith
- Sasha, from The Last Shot
- Shithead, from the movie The Jerk starring Steve Martin
- Shoeshine or Shoe Shine Boy from Underdog
- Skip, Jack Russell terrier featured in the movie My Dog Skip adapted from the book My Dog Skip by Willie Morris
- Snow Dogs
- Nana
- Demon
- Mac
- Scooper
- Diesel
- Sniff
- Yodel
- Dutchess
- Soda, from Daddy Day Care
- Spike, from The Game Plan
- Spot from See Spot Run
- Toto from The Wizard of Oz
- Taffy, the family pet in Hum Aapke Hain Koun
- Thor the dog from Bad Moon
- Verdell, the Brussels Griffon in As Good as It Gets
- Winn-Dixie, see Dogs in literature, above
[edit] Dogs on the radio
- Sandy in Little Orphan Annie, a radio show that aired between 1930 and 1942
[edit] Dogs in television
- Akamaru, Kiba Inuzuka's dog in the television series Naruto
- Anubis Cruger from Power Rangers: S.P.D.
- Backup, the Pit Bull owned by Veronica on Veronica Mars
- Bob, the title character in the episode "Dumb Witness" in Agatha Christie's Poirot, based on the book of the same name
- Bob the Dog, from the Neighborhood of Make-Believe on Mister Rogers' Neighborhood, played by Bob Trow
- Bpo Bpo, Sun's dog from Lost
- Brandon the Wonder Dog, a Golden Retriever on Punky Brewster
- Brian, the Griffin family's pet on Family Guy
- Buck from Married...with Children (replaced by another dog named Lucky in later episodes)
- Buddy, Veronica Chase's Bulldog on Veronica's Closet
- Bullet the Wonder Dog, Roy Rogers' German Shepherd on The Roy Rogers Show
- Buster, Hurley's dog in Lost
- Chacha, from Love Bubu Chacha
- Charlie the Wonder Dog, star of the sketch of the same name in The Late Show in a parody of other fictitious animal shows such as Lassie.
- Chester, spoiled Pomeranian belonging to Cece Babcock on The Nanny
- Claude, Mrs. Drysdale's Poodle on The Beverly Hillbillies
- Comet, the family Golden retriever on Full House
- Cynthia, Mr. Haney's Basset Hound on Green Acres
- Diefenbaker (aka Dief), Constable Benton Fraser’s deaf wolfdog in the T.V. show Due South
- Digby, Ned's Golden retriever from Pushing Daisies
- Doc, Meredith and Derek's dog from Grey's Anatomy
- Dreyfus, the St. Bernard and Golden Retriever mix on Empty Nest
- Duke, Jed Clampett's Bloodhound on The Beverly Hillbillies
- Dukey, from Johnny Test
- Eddie (played by Moose and Enzo), the Jack Russell Terrier from Frasier
- Elizabeth Taylor (nee Princess Dandyridge Brandywine), the Cavalier King Charles Spaniel from Sex and the City
- Fang (or Dog), Columbo's Basset Hound
- Feebie from, Married with Children
- Flash, The Basset Hound from The Dukes of Hazzard
- Fred, "Little Ricky's" puppy in I Love Lucy
- Freeway, Jonathan & Jennifer Hart's dog from Hart to Hart
- Happy from 7th Heaven
- Hobo (aka London), a German Shepherd from The Littlest Hobo TV series and movie
- Holden, Tracey's dog from Lost
- Ivanna, the London Tipton's pomeranian dog in TV serie The Suite Life of Zack and Cody
- Jack from Tales of the Gold Monkey
- Jake the Black Labrador Retriever in the Australian soap Neighbours.
- Jeb from VR Troopers
- Joe, German Shepherd from Run, Joe, Run - a live-action TV program that aired on Saturday mornings.
- K-9, a canoid robot in Doctor Who
- K-9 Cop
- Krypto the Superdog
- Larry the barking dog, from Talkshow with Spike Feresten
- Lassie, see Dogs in film, above
- Liquidator from Darkwing Duck
- Maximillian (Max-a-Million), the Bionic Dog, a German Shepherd from The Bionic Woman
- Mignon, Lisa Douglas's Yorkshire Terrier on Green Acres
- Miscellaneous Pokémon characters, including Growlithe, Arcanine, Houndour, Houndoom, and others.
- Mr. Muggles, the Bennet's dog from Heroes
- Murray, the Buchmans' Collie-shepherd mix on Mad About You
- Oscar, Jeff Green's dog in Curb Your Enthusiasm
- Paul Anka, Lorelai's dog on Gilmore Girls
- Porthos, the Beagle owned by Captain Archer in Star Trek: Enterprise
- Queequeg, Clyde Bruckman's Pomeranian left to Dana Scully on The X-Files, subsequently eaten by a lake monster
- Ren Hoek, an "asthma hound" Chihuahua From The Ren and Stimpy show
- R.I.C., Robotic Interactive Canine assistant to the Power Rangers
- Rowdy, Turk and J.D.'s stuffed dog from Scrubs
- Santa's Little Helper, a Greyhound from The Simpsons
- Schotzie, Dachsund featured on the 1970s-based sitcom That 70s Show
- Scooby Doo, a Great Dane and the main character in the Scooby Doo series
- Scooby Dum, a Great Dane and Scooby Doo's cousin
- Scooby Dee, a Great Dane and Scooby Doo's cousin
- Scrappy Doo, a Great Dane puppy and Scooby Doo's nephew
- Scruffy, a small white and brown wire haired terrier on The Ghost and Mrs. Muir.
- Sedge, Elizabeth Weir's dog (and actress Torri Higginson's real-life pet) in Stargate: Atlantis.
- Seymour, Fry's dog on Futurama.
- Shelby/Krypto - Clark Kent's dog in the TV series Smallville
- Smiley, the Baxter family's dog from Hazel
- Snoop Dog, parody of Snoopy from MADtv
- Spot/Scott - Disney's Teacher's Pet
- Stinky and Nunzio, Dharma's Briard mix and Corgi on Dharma and Greg
- Sugar, the dog of the kitty-killed archeology grad student in The X-Files
- Tet, Stringfellow Hawke's Bluetick Coonhound from Airwolf
- Tramp, the Douglas family's sheepdog mix on My Three Sons
- Tricki Woo, Mrs. Pumphrey's pekingese in All creatures great and small by BBC, 1978 - 1990
- Vincent, the dog from Lost
- Wellard, a Belgian Shepherd from EastEnders soap on the BBC
- Wishbone, Jack Russel Terrier and main character on the PBS Kids show Wishbone
- Yukon King in Sergeant Preston of the Yukon, a TV show that aired between 1955 and 1958
- Zeus and Apollo, Robin Masters' Dobermann Pinschers in Magnum PI
[edit] Dogs in animation and puppetry
- 1-Rover-1, 7-Zark-7's robotic dog from the animated T.V. series Battle of the Planets
- Alexander, Nina Tucker's dog and later fused with Nina as a chimera in the manga and anime FullMetal Alchemist
- Akamaru, Kiba Inuzuka's dog from the manga and anime Naruto
- Angel, Scamp's girlfriend in Lady and the Tramp II: Scamp's Adventure stray mixed breed, member of the Junkyard Dogs.
- Angesis McBarker, Mr. Magoo's dog
- The Angriest Dog in the World, from the comic strip by David Lynch
- Astro from The Jetsons
- Augie Doggie and Doggie Daddy by Hanna-Barbera
- Baby Cinnamon, friend of Hello Kitty
- Balto and others from Balto
- Bandit, Jonny Quest's bulldog
- Barkley, a Muppet character from Sesame Street
- Belvedere, the Colonel's bulldog from Looney Tunes cartoon Dog Gone South
- Big Dog & Little Dog, from 2 Stupid Dogs, a Hanna-Barbera cartoon series.
- Binky Barnes, an anthropomorphized bull dog that plays on the TV series Arthur.
- Black Hayate, Riza Hakweye's dog in the manga and anime Fullmetal Alchemist
- Blue and Magenta in Blue's Clues
- Bolivar, Donald Duck's dog
- Brain, from Inspector Gadget
- Brian Griffin, cynical, substance-abusing, talking dog on Family Guy
- Bruno, apparently a bloodhound cross, in Disney's Cinderella
- Bruno, apparently a Basset Hound cross, in The Triplets of Belleville
- Buster - Doberman/Rottweiler mix, leader of the Junkyard dogs, Lady and the Tramp II: Scamp's Adventure former friend of Tramp created for the sequel film.
- Butch the Bulldog
- Buttons from the animated series Animaniacs
- CatDog, eponymous star of the Nickelodeon TV show. See also List of fictional cats
- Charlie B Barkin from All Dogs Go to Heaven
- Charlie Dog, "Looney Tunes" character created by Chuck Jones
- Checkers Hibiki, from the anime Ranma 1/2
- Chief, from The Fox and the Hound
- Clifford the Big Red Dog
- Commander K-9, sidekick/subordinate of Marvin the Martian
- Cooler, leader of the Pound Puppies
- Copper, the hound of The Fox and the Hound
- Courage the Cowardly Dog
- Daisy, the Dagwood Bumstead family dog in Blondie
- Den, Winry Rockbell's dog in the manga and anime FullMetal Alchemist
- Deputy Dawg
- Dinah the Dachshund
- Dino in The Flintstones, a metaphorical dog (biologically a dinosaur, but imbued with the characteristics of a pet canine)
- Dodger, lead dog of Fagin's gang in Disney's Oliver & Company, voice and vocals by Billy Joel.
- Doggy, the West Highland White Terrier owned by the Laotian Souphanousinphones family in King of the Hill
- Dogtanian, from Dogtanian and the Three Muskehounds
- Doidle, spoiled dog of Vicky in The Fairly OddParents.
- Dollar, the Rich family dog from Richie Rich who's a "Dollarmatian" (like a Dalmatian, but with dollar signs instead of spots).
- Dr. Doppler, humanoid canine in Disney's Treasure Planet
- Dynomutt, a robotic dog who is the partner of The Blue Falcon, in Hanna Barbera's Dynomutt, Dog Wonder
- Droopy Dog, from cartoons created by Tex Avery for MGM
- Ein the corgi in the anime series Cowboy Bebop
- Einstein, Doc Brown's dog in Back to the Future
- Elektra, the dog of Cathy
- The Family Dog
- Fauntleroy, the dog babysat by Peter Fox in Bill Amend's cartoon FoxTrot
- Fifi the Peke, Pluto's girlfriend
- Fifi, the Finsters' family pet in Rugrats
- Fu Dog in American Dragon: Jake Long
- The dog that was transformed into a foot stool while retaining its canine behavior in Beauty and the Beast
- Gin, a silver tora-ge (brindle) Akita Inu who fights the bear, Akakabuto in Ginga Nagareboshi Gin.
- Goliath (fictional dog), dog with audible thoughts, companion dog to Davey in Davey and Goliath.
- Goofy, Disney character, a dog with human characteristics
- Goopy Geer, Merrie Melodies character
- Goddard, a robotic dog in Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius
- Gromit, of Wallace and Gromit from Nick Park's Aardman Animations claymation films
- Hector the Bulldog from various Sylvester and Tweety cartoons
- Hong Kong Phooey, star of the Hanna-Barbera cartoon of the same name
- Huckleberry Hound, a Hanna-Barbera cartoon character
- Hush Puppy, one of Shari Lewis's puppets
- Happy Walter Higgenbottom from The Mighty B on Nickelodeon
- Jasper, Brian Griffin's effeminate gay cousin, Family Guy
- Jock, the Scottish Terrier from Lady and the Tramp
- Krypto, The superpowered pet dog of Superman, in DC comics.
- Laddie, a dog which was once owned by Bart Simpson in an episode of The Simpsons
- Lady, the Cocker Spaniel from Lady and the Tramp
- Ladybird, the Hills' pet bloodhound, in King of the Hill
- Lafayette, the Basset Hound from Aristocats
- Little Brother, Mulan's dog in Disney's Mulan
- Loyal Heart Dog - a Care Bears cousin
- Marc Antony, Looney Tunes character
- Max, the Sheep Dog from The Little Mermaid
- Max, the Grinch's companion in Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas!
- Max Goof, son of Goofy
- Mighty Manfred the Wonder Dog, Tom Terrific's companion on Captain Kangaroo
- Muttley, Dick Dastardly's sidekick in Wacky Races, Dastardly and Muttley in their Flying Machines and Yogi's Treasure Hunt
- Mr. Peabody, genius dog and history expert in The Rocky and Bullwinkle Show
- Ms. Lion from Spider-Man and his Amazing Friends
- Napoleon, the Bloodhound from Aristocats
- characters in Disney's Oliver and Company
- characters in One Hundred and One Dalmatians
- Pal, Arthur's dog from Arthur (TV series)
- Pakkun, a dog from the anime and manga series Naruto
- Peg, from Lady and the Tramp
- Penny Dog, a friend of Minnie Mouse
- Percy in Disney's Pocahontas
- Pero, the dog (who is eventually turned into a cyborg) of Higeoyaji in the manga Astro Boy
- Pluto, Disney character, a dog with dog characteristics
- Pochacco, friend of Hello Kitty
- Poochie, the dog added to The Itchy & Scratchy Show (making it The Itchy & Scratchy & Poochie Show) and voiced by Homer Simpson on The Simpsons
- Pooka in 20th Century Fox's Anastasia
- Porkchop, Doug Funnie's dog in the animated series "Doug"
- Preston, the evil canine robot in Aardman Animation's Wallace and Gromit.
- Ren Höek, the asthma-hound Chihuahua in Ren and Stimpy.
- Robowan, friend of Hello Kitty
- Roger, from Bobby's World
- Rover Dangerfield
- Rude Dog (and accompanying Dweebs), from 1989 fashion-marketing cartoon Rude Dog and the Dweebs.
- Rowlf, the piano-playing Muppet dog from The Jimmy Dean Show and The Muppet Show
- Runt, from the Rita and Runt segments of the Animaniacs animated series
- Sam from Sam and Max comic books
- Santa's Little Helper, from The Simpsons
- Scamp, Disney character, a puppy born to the dogs Lady and the Tramp, lead star of Lady and the Tramp II: Scamp's Adventure
- Scooby-Doo, a Great Dane with cropped ears.
- Scooby-Dum, a Great Dane with cropped ears.
- Scrappy-Doo, Scooby-Doo's nephew.
- Seymour, Philip J. Fry's dog in 1999, as seen in the Futurama episode Jurassic Bark
- Sharik, from animated film Three from Buttermilk Village and its sequels
- Shoshine, a beagle from the 60's cartoon Underdog
- Simone, Mr. G's white chiwowa on Summer Heights High
- Slinky in Disney's Toy Story
- Sparky, the gay dog from South Park
- Spike also known as Butch or Killer, bulldog from the Tom and Jerry cartoons
- Spike the Bulldog and Chester the Terrier from Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies
- Spike, the family dog in Rugrats
- Sprocket, Doc's dog on Fraggle Rock
- Spunky, Rocko's dog in Rocko's Modern Life
- Detective Thursday, from the Tale Spin animated series
- characters in Disney's Toy Story and Toy Story 2
- Tiny, a puppy from 1993's Hungarian film The Seventh Brother.
- Toby, Sherlock Holmes's dog in The Great Mouse Detective.
- Toby Terrier, a dog puppet who starred in his own video movie series, Toby Terrier and His Video Pals. Toby Terrier is also the name of the interactive toy dog that came with many of these videos.
- Tramp, from Lady and the Tramp
- Triumph, the Insult Comic Dog on Late Night with Conan O'Brien
- Trusty, the Bloodhound from Lady and the Tramp
- General Tumult, from the Tale Spin animated series
- Tyke, Spyke's son from the Tom & Jerry and Tom & Jerry Kids series
- Underdog, superhero from the cartoon series by the same name, and his main squeeze, Sweet Polly Purebred.
- Vinz Clortho, Keymaster of Gozer from Ghostbusters
- Warden Waddlesworth, from the Darkwing Duck cartoon
- A wolfpack forms an alliance with a tribe of elves in Elfquest
- Weed, the son of Gin. The protagonist of Ginga Densetsu Weed.
- Wordsworth, from Jamie and the Magic Torch
- yukk!, from Mighty man and yukk!, he was the uggliest dog ever seen, he uses a dog house over his head.
- Zero, a ghost dog with a jack o' lantern nose from the stop motion movie The Nightmare Before Christmas
- Zuul, Gatekeeper of Gozer from Ghostbusters
[edit] Dogs in song
- Only songs with dog characters are included in this section. Not metaphorical dogs or songs with "dog" in the title.
- Apollo, from various Coheed & Cambria songs, whose name appears in the titles of their third and fourth albums.
- "Atomic Dog" by George Clinton
- Bingo, from the spelling song of the same name. It's worth noting that the lyrics do not make it clear whether Bingo is the name of the dog or the farmer. See: Bingo (song).
- "Black Shuck", song by The Darkness about the spectral black dog, Black Shuck
- "Bow Wow Wow Wow (Wild dog on the prowl)" sung by Mitch Ryder with Was (Not Was)
- "Dog Eat Dog", songs by AC/DC and Adam and the Ants
- "How Much Is That Doggie In The Window?", popular song by Bob Merrill, 1953, recorded by Patti Page
- "I Love My Dog", by Cat Stevens
- Jack, Crazy Chester's dog in "The Weight" by The Band
- "Martha My Dear" by the Beatles (Paul McCartney's sheepdog)
- "Old King" by Neil Young
- "Old Shep" as sung by Elvis Presley and many other country performers
- Peter and the Wolf by Sergei Prokofiev
- Seamus in song by same name (from Meddle) by Pink Floyd
- "Sick as a Dog" by Aerosmith
- The dog who "up and died" in "Mr. Bojangles", written by Jerry Jeff Walker
- "Where, O Where Has My Little Dog Gone?", with his ears cut short and his tail cut long
- A dog that won't get off the furniture in "Get Down" by Gilbert O'Sullivan
"A little chihuahua named Carlos that had some kind of skin disease and was totally blind" in "Frank's wild years" by Tom Waits
- "Frank" in Classified by C.W. Mccal
- Fido from Frank Zappa song Stinkfoot. He is a talking dog
- Fronobulax- A very large poodle dog appears on the FZ and the mothers album Roxy and Elsewhere.
[edit] Dogs in video games
- The nameless dog from Duck Hunt
- Chomp Chomp from Pacman
- Poppy, Galford's dog (and Poppy's puppies, Papa, Pipi, and Pipa) in Samurai Shodown (series)
- Angelo, Rinoa's dog in Final Fantasy VIII
- Interceptor, Shadow's dog in Final Fantasy VI
- Leon, an F-Zero racer
- K. K. Slider, a guitarist from Animal Crossing and Animal Crossing: Wild World.
- Nintendogs
- Parappa the Rapper and his rival, Joe Chin
- Peter Puppy, the alien dog in Earthworm Jim, and Earthworm Jim 2
- The Pokémon characters Growlithe, Arcanine, Houndour, Houndoom, Snubbull, Granbull, Poochyena, and Mightyena.
- Poochy, from Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island and Yoshi's Story
- Various characters in the dalmatian in Animal Crossing
- Rush, the robotic dog from the Megaman Series
- Turbo, the dog in both Soul Blazer, Terranigma and Illusion of Gaia.
- Tiger and Baku, dog-like monsters from Monster Rancher
- Various characters from Digimon, including Dogmon, Gaomon and others.
- Hewie, the white German Shepherd from Haunting Ground
- Lupus, the war hound from Jet Force Gemini
- Hajime, Mick, Shinobu, Kakeru, and Nene, Jenka's pets from Cave Story
- Bill Grey, General Pepper, Fay, and Captain Shears from the Star Fox games.
- Amaterasu from Okami
- Missile, the police dog in training from Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney
- Jake, a pointer is the main character in 'Dogs Life'. He also meets several other dogs when on his quest to find Daisy.
- Daisy, another pointer featured in 'Dogs Life'. She is taken by 'a big red truck' and the villain Miss Peaches is going to put her thriough the big machine
- Wonder Dog
[edit] Dogs in comics
- Ace, The Bat-Hound, a Black and Straw GSD and a member of the Batman mythos of DC comics
- Andy, in Peanuts
- Barfy, in Family Circus
- Beaumont in Pooch Café
- Beauregard, the Bloodhound in Walt Kelly's Pogo
- Belle in Peanuts
- Boomer in Pooch Café
- Brutus, a great dane owned by the villainous Bird brothers in The Secret of the Unicorn
- Hotdog, Jughead's dog in the Archie comics
- Dogbert, the assertive dog owned by the unassertive Dilbert
- Idéfix, faithful companion to Obelix in the original French Asterix comic books
- Dogmatix, faithful companion to Obelix in the English translations of the Asterix comic books
- Droolia in Pooch Café
- Earl in Mutts
- Fergus in Citizen Dog
- Fred Basset
- Gin, an Akita Inu, and various others, from the Japanese manga Ginga: Nagareboshi Gin, its sequel Ginga Densetsu Weed, and associated properties created by Yoshihiro Takahashi.
- Guard Dog in Mutts
- Gnasher and his son Gnipper, from the British comic strips Dennis the Menace and Gnasher and Gnipper
- Grimm, of the comic strip Mother Goose and Grimm
- Gus in Pooch Café
- Howard Huge
- Hudson in Pooch Café
- Sergeant Kemlo "Hyperdog" Caesar of Neopolis PD in Top 10. A hyperintelligent doberman who wears a humanoid exoskeleton.
- Kreeg in Sojourn
- Krypto in Superman
- Marbles in Peanuts
- Molly in Peanuts
- Odie in Garfield
- Olaf in Garfield
- Otto in Beetle Bailey
- Marmaduke, a Great Dane with an eponymous daily comic strip
- Poncho, in Pooch Café
- Ponta, the protagonist of Guru Guru Pon-chan
- Poo Poo in Pooch Café
- Rocket, the pet of Chacha Chaudhary
- Roscoe, from Pickles
- Rufferto, Groo's dog
- Rosebud, the basselope (Basset hound/Antelope mix) in Berkeley Breathed's comic strip Bloom County
- Rover in Red and Rover
- Rover in Peanuts
- Sam, the anthropomorphic dog detective from the comic book Sam & Max
- Sam in Family Circus
- Sandy, Little Orphan Annie's dog (known for saying "Arf")
- Satchel Pooch in Get Fuzzy
- Snert, Hagar's dog in Dik Browne's comic strip Hagar the Horrible
- Snoopy in Peanuts
- Snowy (Milou) in The Adventures of Tintin
- Space Canine Patrol Agents, from DC Comics
- Spike in Peanuts
- Tige, Buster Brown's Boston terrier
- Vivian Irving's dog in Cathy
- Woofie in Mutts
- Yankee Poodle an anthropomorphic poodle in Captain Carrot and His Amazing Zoo Crew (Published by DC Comics)
