List of fictional dogs

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1 Legendary, mythical and fairytale dogs 2 Dogs in literature 3 Dogs in film 4 Dogs on the radio 5 Dogs in television 6 Cartoons, animation, puppets 7 Dogs in song 8 Related articles

Legendary, mythical and fairytale dogs

• Argos, Odysseus's dog.
• Anubis, Ancient Egyptian god with a dog's (or a jackal's) head
• Cabal, King Arthur's dog
• Cerberus (demon of the pit), the hound of Hades in Greek mythology (also his brother, Orthrus)
• Chontamenti, in Egyptian mythology
• Fenris, a monstrous wolf, offspring of Loki and Angrboda in Norse mythology
• Garm, a four-eyed dog that guarded Helheim in Norse mythology
• Hecate, in Greek mythology
• Laelaps, in Greek mythology
• Marea, in Greek mythology
• Sirius, in Greek mythology
• Scylla, in Greek mythology
• Qiqirn, in Inuit mythology
• Xolotl, in Aztec mythology
• The Wolf, from Little Red Riding Hood in Grimm's Fairy Tales

• Banga, Pontius Pilatus' dog in The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov.
• Big Red, Irish Red and a cohort of other Irish Setters, protagonists of novels by James Kjelgaard, some of which were also Disneyfied
• Boots, narrator of Thy Servant a Dog by Rudyard Kipling
• Buck, the main character in Jack London's Call of the Wild
• "Bullseye", Bill Sykes' dog in Oliver Twist
• Gaspode, an unusually clever dog who talks, in various Discworld novels by Terry Pratchett
• Greyfriars Bobby, a true story which became the basis of much fiction
• 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
• Jock, from Jock of the Bushveld, by Sir Percy FitzPatrick, a South African classic first published in 1907
• Lad, a dog by Albert Payson Terhune
• Laddie (a send-up of Lassie (qv)) who stars alongside Gaspode
• Lassie, a collie, from the novel Lassie Come Home upon which the movie was very loosely based
• Leo (aka Sirius), protagonist of Dogsbody by Diana Wynne Jones
• "Montmorency", the narrator's unruly Fox Terrier in Three Men in a Boat by Jerome K. Jerome
• "Nana", the Newfoundland dog in Peter Pan by J. M. Barrie
• Patrasche, the dog in A Dog of Flanders by Ouida
• Ribsy, companion of Henry Huggins and character in numerous novels for young readers by Beverly Cleary
• Rowf and Snitter the main characters in Richard Adams' The Plague Dogs
• Sharik / Sharikov, the dog/man in Mikhail Bulgakov's Heart of a Dog
• Sirius (1944), by Olaf Stapledon, a science fiction novel about a canine Einstein
• Spot the Dog, cartoon dog in the UK
• The Hound of the Baskervilles by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
• The Hundred and One Dalmatians by Dodie Smith, subsequently made into a movie by Walt Disney
• Toto in The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum
• "Timmy" in the Famous Five series of books by Enid Blyton
• White Fang, the main character in Jack London's book of the same name
• What-a-Mess, the accident-prone Afghan puppy in a series of children's books by Frank Muir (later a television series)
• Yellow Dog Dingo, dog in Rudyard Kipling's Just So Stories
• the Disreputable Dog, in Lirael and Abhorsen by Garth Nix
• An entire civilization of intelligent dogs evolves in City by Clifford D. Simak

• Asta, in the various The Thin Man films
• Benji had several movies.
• Petey (or Pete the Pup), a Pit Bull with a ring around one eye, in the many Little Rascals shorts produced by Hal Roach and later, MGM. A number of dogs played the role.
• 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, later better known for portraying Spider-Man.
• Devil Dog: The Hound of Hell, from the film of the same title
• The film Good Boy postulates dogs as a highly intelligent race of aliens who were intended to rule Earth, but found life serving humans so easy that they failed to live up to their expectations. The main character, an alien dog known as "Hubble" while on Earth, is voiced by Matthew Broderick.
• Rin Tin Tin, first dog star, 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.
• Lady and the Tramp, the Disney movie
• Lassie Come Home (1943), starring Elizabeth Taylor and Roddy McDowall, many sequels and also a television show. Lassie is always played by a male collie.
• Moses, the chalk outline dog in Dogville
• Old Yeller (1957), a children's film, originally a novel by Fred Gipson
• Otis, the Pug in The Adventures of Milo and Otis
• Toto in The Wizard of Oz
• Einstein and Copernicus in the Back to the Future Trilogy
• Milo, Stanley Ipkiss' dog in The Mask
• Frank, the alien dog in Men in Black

• Dennis the Dachshund in The Adventures of Toytown on the BBC Light Programme

• London the Wonder Dog in "The Littlest Hobo", Canada in the early 1960s, and the remake circa 1980.
• The puppy from the Andrex toilet tissue adverts
• Buck from Married... with Children
• Diefenbaker from Due South
• Eddie from Frasier
• Flash The Basset Hound from The Dukes of Hazzard
• Lassie, see above
• K-9, a canoid robot in Doctor Who
• Porthos, the Beagle owned by Captain Archer in the Star Trek based series Enterprise
• Rex from Kommissar Rex (aka Inspector Rex and Rex: A Cop's Best Friend), Austrian/German TV series set in Vienna (1994 - ) (see photos)
• the mascot of Taco Bell
• Spuds Mackenzie, beer mascot
• Tiger from The Brady Bunch
• Wishbone, the eponymous Jack Russell Terrier star of a children's educational series featuring literary themes and their application to issues faced by young viewers

• characters in All Dogs Go to Heaven
• characters in One Hundred and One Dalmatians
• Astro from The Jetsons
• Baby Cinnamon, friend of Hello Kitty
• Belle, the white mountain dog, co-star of Belle and Sebastian
• B. H., Calcutta (Failed), the bloodhound with no sense of smell in British comic strip The Perishers
• Blue and Magenta in Blue's Clues
• Bolivar, Donald Duck's dog
• Boot, companion of the boy Wellington in The Perishers
• Brain, from Inspector Gadget
• Brian Griffin, cynical, substance-abusing, talking dog on Family Guy
• CatDog, eponymous star of the Nickelodeon TV show. See also List of fictional cats
• Charlie Dog, "Looney Tunes" character created by Chuck Jones
• Clifford the Big Red Dog
• Courage the Cowardly Dog
• Deputy Dawg from the cartoon series of the same name
• Dinsdale, the dog from Rubbish, King of the Jumble.
• Dogbert, the dog owned by (or possibly owner of) Dilbert
• Dogtanian, the three Muskehounds and the majority of the other characters in the series
• Dr. Doppler, humanoid canine in Disney's Treasure Planet
• Dougal, a hairy philosophical dog in stop-motion animated show The Magic Roundabout (called "Pollux" in the French original)
• Ein the corgi in the anime series Cowboy Bebop
• Fat Dog Mendoza
• the foot stool in Beauty and the Beast
• Fifi the Peke, Pluto's girlfriend
• Florence Ambrose in the comic strip Freefall
• Gnasher from the British comic strip Dennis the Menace
• Goofy, Disney character, a dog with human characteristics
• Goopy Geer, ''Merrie Melodies character
• Goddard, in
• Gromit of Wallace and
• Huckleberry Hound, a Hanna-Barbera cartoon character
• Hector the Bulldog from various Sylvester and Tweety cartoons
• characters in Disney's Lady and the Tramp
• characters in Disney's Fox and the Hound
• characters in Disney's Oliver and Company
• characters in Disney's Toy Story and Toy Story 2
• Percy in Disney's Pocahontas
• Krypto, The Super Dog associated with the Superman Mythos, DC comics.
• Little Brother, Mulan's dog in Disney's Mulan
• the little dog in 20th Century Fox's Anastasia
• Loyal Heart Dog - a Care Bears cousin
• Marc Antony, Looney Tunes character
• Marmaduke, giant red cartoon strip character
• Muttley, Dick Dastardly's sidekick in Wacky Races, Dastardly and Muttley in their Flying Machines and Yogi's Treasure Hunt
• Mr. Peabody, from The Rocky and Bullwinkle Show
• the old dog in Disney's Cinderella
• Odie in Garfield
• Pluto, Disney character, a dog with dog characteristics
• Pochacco, friend of Hello Kitty
• Prince Eric's dog in Disney's The Little Mermaid
• Reddy, of Hanna-Barbera's Ruff and Reddy
• Ren, the Chihuahua in Ren and Stimpy
• Rex, Wendy, Bob & Vince from Rex the Runt
• Robowan, friend of Hello Kitty
• Roobarb, the hero of the British cartoon Roobarb and Custard
• characters in Rude dog and the Dweebs
• Sandy, Little Orphan Annie's dog (known for saying "Arf")
• Santa's Little Helper, from The Simpsons
• Satchel Pooch in Get Fuzzy
• Scamp, Disney character, a puppy born to the dogs Lady and the Tramp
• Scooby-Doo
• Scrappy-Doo, Scooby-Doo's nephew.
• Slinky in Disney's Toy Story
• Snoopy in Peanuts
• Snowy in The Adventures of Tintin
• Spike or Butch, 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
• Spot the dog, UK cartoon character
• Spotty Dog a dalmatian string puppet in The Woodentops on BBC
• Tatty Oldbitt the Sailors' Friend, in The Perishers
• Triumph, the Insult Comic Dog on Late Night with Conan O'Brien
• 2 Stupid Dogs
• Underdog, superhero from the cartoon series by the same name, and his main squeeze, Sweet Polly Purebred.
• Wile E. Coyote (a coyote) in the Road Runner cartoon
• A wolfpack forms an alliance with a tribe of elves in Elfquest

• "Hound Dog", as sung by Big Mama Thornton and Elvis Presley (only metaphorically a dog)
• I wanna be your dog, as performed by Iggy Pop and The Stooges
• "Old Dog Tray" by Stephen Foster
• "One Man and His Dog" (English folk song)
• "That Doggie in the Window", the waggly-tailed subject of the price enquiry in "How Much is That Doggie in the Window?". (Popular song by Bob Merrill, 1953, recorded by Patti Page)
• The escapees in "Who Let the Dogs Out?" by the Baha Men
• "Me and You and a Dog Named Boo" by Peter Shelley, Lobo
• The dog who "up and died" in "Mr. Bojangles"
• "The Dogs of War" by Pink Floyd (a metaphor created by William Shakespeare)
• "Bird Dog" by the Everly Brothers (only metaphorically a dog)
• "Old Shep" as sung by Elvis Presley and many other country performers
• "Old Tige"
• "Peter and the Wolf" by Prokofiev
• Seamus in song by same name (Meddle album) by Pink Floyd
• "Dog Eat Dog" by AC/DC
• "Sick as a Dog" by Aerosmith
• "Little Gomez", the Chihuahua in the song of the same name by Eric Bogle

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