List of fictional dogs
This list of fictional dogs is subsidiary to the list of fictional animals. It is restricted to notable dog characters from the world of fiction. For real/famous dogs, see List of dogs. For mythological dogs, see Mythological dogs.
Literature
Name | Breed | Source | Author | Notes | |
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Addison[1] | Mutt | Farley Mowat | Farley Mowat's dog in the book The Dog Who Wouldn't Be. | ||
Argos[2][3] | Odyssey | Homer | The faithful dog of Odysseus. | ||
Baleia[4] | Vidas Secas | Graciliano Ramos | Later adapted into the 1963 Brazilian classic Vidas Secas. The dog actress, Piaba, was celebrated at the Cannes Film Festival amidst controversy over the dog's (simulated) death scene. | ||
Banga[5] | The Master and Margarita | Mikhail Bulgakov | Pontius Pilate's dog. | ||
Baree | Wolfdog | Baree, Son of Kazan | James Curwood | Son of Gray Wolf and Kazan. | |
Bendicò | Great Dane | Il Gattopardo (The Leopard) | Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa | Belonging to the central character Don Fabrizio Corbera, Prince of Salina | |
Belle | Pyrenean Mountain Dog | Belle et Sébastien | Cécile Aubry | Lives with his owner Sebastian in village in the French Alps close to the frontier with Italy. | |
Big Red[3][6] | Irish Setter | Big Red | Jim Kjelgaard | ||
Blood[6][7] | A Boy and His Dog | Harlan Ellison | Later adapted into a film where Blood is voiced by Tim McIntire. | ||
Blue | The Sound and the Fury | William Faulkner | |||
Bob | Dumb Witness | Agatha Christie | Also released as part of the Agatha Christie's Poirot series. | ||
Bodger and Luath[3] | Bull terrier, Labrador Retriever | The Incredible Journey | Sheila Burnford | Based on a true story. | |
Buck[2] | St. Bernard-Scotch Collie | Call of the Wild | Jack London[upper-alpha 1] | Adapted in six movies: The Call of the Wild by D. W. Griffith 1908; a second silent film (1923); (1935); 1972 The Call of the Wild: Dog of the Yukon and Call of the Wild 3D (2009). | |
Bulls-eye[2][8] | Oliver Twist | Charles Dickens | Bill Sikes' dog. | ||
Buster | Scottish Terrier | Five Find-Outers | Enid Blyton | Belonging to Frederick Algernon Trotteville ("Fatty"). | |
Cafall[3] | A dog belonging to King Arthur (occasionally spelled "Cabal" or "Caval"). | ||||
Carl | Rottweiler | Good Dog, Carl | Alexandra Day | ||
Clifford | Vizsla | Clifford the Big Red Dog | Norman Bridwell | A 25-foot dog. He is friendly, outgoing and helpful, but his sheer size can sometimes cause trouble. | |
Crab[2][8] | Two Gentlemen of Verona | William Shakespeare | "the sourest natured dog that lives". | ||
Cujo[3][7] | St. Bernard | Cujo | Stephen King | A 200-pound Saint Bernard who chases a wild rabbit into a small limestone cave where he contracts cryptic bat rabies and terrorizes Castle Rock, Maine, killing a few residents. | |
Dingo | Dick Sand, A Captain at Fifteen | Jules Verne | |||
Diogenes | Dombey and Son | Charles Dickens | Friend of Paul Dombey and later his sister Florence. | ||
Disreputable Dog[6] | Lirael and Abhorsen | Garth Nix | |||
Einstein[7] | Golden Retriever | Watchers | Dean Koontz | ||
Eos | Funeral Games | Mary Renault | A beautiful white dog. | ||
Fang[7] | Mastiff | Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone | J. K. Rowling | Hagrid's dog. | |
Fluffy[7] | Cerberus | Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone | J. K. Rowling | ||
Garm | Farmer Giles of Ham | J. R. R. Tolkien | |||
Garryowen[3] | Ulysses | James Joyce | |||
Gaspode and Laddie | Discworld | Terry Pratchett | An unusually clever dog that talks and his Wonder Dog client. | ||
Ginger[9] | The View from Saturday | E. L. Konigsburg | The genius dog of Nadia Diamondstein. | ||
Ginger Pye[6] | Ginger Pye | Eleanor Estes | |||
Gnaish | Thunder Oak | Garry Kilworth | |||
Go Go Girl and Slinkster Dog | Weetzie Bat | Francesca Lia Block | |||
Gyp | Adam Bede | George Eliot | Adam Bede's dog. | ||
Hank | Hank the Cowdog | John R. Erickson | |||
Hikaru Lola[10] | Norwegian Buhund | Lola the Buhund Book One: The Empty Sky | Elbot Carman | Series Protagonist. | |
The Hound of the Baskervilles[2][3] | Hound | Sherlock Holmes | Arthur Conan Doyle | Written with the famous line, "They were the footprints of a gigantic hound!" | |
Huan | Wolfhound | The Silmarillion | J. R. R. Tolkien | Companion of Valinor, friend and helper of Beren and Lúthien. | |
Missis, Perdita, Pongo, and other Dalmatians | Dalmatian | The Hundred and One Dalmatians[3] | Dodie Smith | Subsequently made into a film by Walt Disney. Later also adapted as a live-action film and as a stage musical. | |
Jip[2][3] | Lapdog | David Copperfield | Charles Dickens | Belonging to Dora Spenlow, David Copperfield's first wife. | |
Jip | Doctor Dolittle | Hugh Lofting | One of Doctor Dolittle's animal companions. | ||
John Joiner | The Tale of Samuel Whiskers or The Roly-Poly Pudding | Beatrix Potter | The terrier who rescued Tom Kitten from being made into a pudding by rats. | ||
Jump | Page (novel) | Tamora Pierce | |||
K-9 | Metal dog | Doctor Who | One of the 4th Doctor's companions. | ||
Kashtanka[11] | Kashtanka | Anton Chekhov | |||
Kazak | English Mastiff | The Sirens of Titan | Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. | Companion of William Niles Rumfoord. In another Vonnegut novel Breakfast of Champions, there is a Doberman Pinscher, also named Kazak. | |
Kipper | Kipper the Dog | Mick Inkpen | A warm-hearted, friendly and curious dog. | ||
Know-Nothing Bo the Non-Wonder Dog | So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish | Douglas Adams | A dog belonging to advertiser Will Smithers. | ||
Lad[2][6] | Rough Collie | Lad, A Dog | Albert Payson Terhune | ||
Laska | Anna Karenina | Leo Tolstoy | Levin's hunting dog. | ||
Lassie[3][6] | Rough Collie | Lassie Come Home | Eric Knight | ||
Lorelei[7] | Lorelei's Secret | Carolyn Parkhurst | The dog who was the only witness to his owner's suicide. Her husband attempts to find out why she committed suicide by teaching the dog to communicate by talking. U.S. book title is The Dogs of Babel. | ||
Mo | Mo - The Talking Dog | Michelle Booth (author) | The puppy who is given a specially-grown voicebox by a veterinarian and develops the ability to talk. | ||
Molly | John Dies at the End | David Wong | The rust colored dog who eventually returns from an alternate universe as Fred Durst. In the second novel, Molly is shot dead, during an instant of time, in order to save Dave, who was saving Amy, who was ran in front of an entire army as they were mowing down zombies. | ||
Montmorency[12] | Fox Terrier | Three Men in a Boat | Jerome K. Jerome | The narrator's dog who accompanies him and his two friends on a boating holiday over the river Thames. | |
Moses | Dogville | Lars von Trier | Chuck's dog, seen only as a chalk outline on the ground until the final scene. | ||
Mouse | The Dresden Files | Jim Butcher | Harry's dog. | ||
Mr. Bones[7][13] | Timbuktu | Paul Auster | Stray dog and narrator of the story. Later renamed Sparky/Sparkatus | ||
Nana | Newfoundland | Peter Pan | J. M. Barrie | ||
Old Dan[3] and Little Ann[3] | Redbone Coonhound | Where the Red Fern Grows | Wilson Rawls | ||
Olive | Jack Russell Terrier | Olive, the Other Reindeer | Vivian Walsh and J. Otto Siebold | ||
Pansy | English Mastiff | Burke | Andrew Vachss | ||
Patrsche[2] | A Dog of Flanders | Ouida | |||
Pearl the Wonder Dog | Pointer | Spenser | Robert Parker | ||
Pepper | English Mastiff | The House on the Borderland | William Hope Hodgson | ||
Petula | Pug | Molly Moon | Georgia Byng | ||
Pilot | Jane Eyre | Charlotte Bronte | Mr. Rochester's dog | ||
Poky | The Poky Little Puppy | Janette Sebring Lowry | |||
Pippin | Pippin and Mabel | K.V. Johansen | |||
Pompey[14] | The History of Pompey the Little | Francis Coventry | Also known as The Life and Adventures of a Lap-dog. | ||
Ponch | So You Want to Be a Wizard | Diane Duane | |||
Prince Terrien | Bridge to Terabithia | Katherine Paterson | Leslie Burke's (and the Burke parents') dog. | ||
Pugnax | Against the Day | Thomas Pynchon | A literate mutt that is the associate of the Chums of Chance. | ||
Rab[2] | Rab and his Friends | John Brown | |||
Ribsy | Ribsy | Beverly Cleary | Companion of Henry Huggins. | ||
Robinson Crusoe's dog[15] | Robinson Crusoe | Daniel Defoe | |||
Rowf and Snitter[7] | Mongrel, Fox Terrier | The Plague Dogs | Richard Adams | ||
Rover Rob[16] | Rover Rob | ||||
Scamper | Golden Spaniel | The Secret Seven | Enid Blyton | Belonging to Peter and Janet. | |
Searchlight | Stone Fox | John Reynolds Gardiner | The heroic sled-dog that pulled Little Willy's sled. | ||
Shadow | Border Collie | The Sorcerer in the North | John Flanagan | The injured dog Will adopts. Taught many tricks, including barking on command, to aid Will's disguise as a jongleur. | |
Shiloh[6] | Beagle | Shiloh | Phyllis Reynolds Naylor | The dog saved from his abusive owner. | |
Skylar[17] | Jack Russell terrier | Skylar and George Washington | Matt Burgess | Based on Matt's real dog named Skylar. | |
Sirius[7] | Sirius | Olaf Stapleton | Eponymous hero, the result of an experiment to produce a dog with something like human intelligence. | ||
Snowy | Wire Fox Terrier | The Adventures of Tintin | Hergé | Tintin's dog. | |
Spark | Little, Big | John Crowley | Daily Alice's dog | ||
Spot | Spot the Dog | Eric Hill | |||
Timothy / Timmy / Tim | Mongrel | The Famous Five | Enid Blyton | All three names are found interchangeably. George Kirrin's dog. | |
Thor | German Shepherd Dog | Thor | Wayne Smith | Later adapted into a film titled Bad Moon. | |
Toto | Cairn Terrier | The Wonderful Wizard of Oz | L. Frank Baum | Dorothy's pet dog | |
Tock | The Phantom Tollbooth | Norton Juster | The "watchdog" (the name is a pun, because the dog has a large clock on his side). | ||
Walter | Walter the Farting Dog | William Kotzwinkle and Glenn Murray | |||
What-a-Mess{Muir, Frank "What-a-Mess in Summer". Picture Corgi, 1982} | Afghan Hound | What-a-Mess | Frank Muir | Proper name Prince Amir of Kinjan but known as What-a Mess | |
White Fang and Kiche[6] | White Fang | Jack London | |||
Wellington | Poodle | The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time | Mark Haddon | Mrs Shears's dog, found dead at the beginning of the story. | |
Wiggins | The Little White Horse | Elizabeth Goudge | The heroine Maria's dog. | ||
Zar | Borzoi | Lara's Gift | Annemarie O'Brien | The heroine Lara's best friend and companion. |
Comics
Name | Breed | Source | Notes |
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Ace the Bat-Hound | German Shepherd Dog | Batman | |
Argo | PS238 | ||
Bandit | We3 | a.k.a. "1". | |
Barnabas | DC Comics | The talking canine companion of first Destruction and later Delirium in The Sandman. | |
Beauregard | Bloodhound | Pogo | |
Beck | Beck | Ryûsuke Minami's dog. | |
Belvedere (comic strip) | Scottish Terrier | Adcox Associates Syndicate | mischievous, snooty dog with human traits. |
Bill | Cocker Spaniel | Boule et Bill | |
Black Bob | Border Collie | The Dandy | |
Blu | Monica's Gang | ||
Böwser vön Überdog | Bulldog | The Ongoing Adventures of Rocket Llama | Primary antagonist |
Buckles | Buckles | ||
Dog | Border collie | Footrot Flats | |
Dogpool | Mutt (unknown) | Deadpool Corps | Deadpool from a different reality; Original member of the Deadpool Corps |
Cubitus (Wowser) | Cubitus | Sémaphore's pet dog. | |
Dogmatix | Asterix | Faithful companion to Obelix. Called Idefix in the original French Asterix comic books. | |
Earl | Jack Russell terrier | Mutts | |
Effdee | Anema: Age of the Robots | ||
Eirean Chicko | Basque Shepherd Dog | Dark and Light Elemental Ages from Warlords | A secret agent boy was transformed into a dog by Huckleberry Yiucko the magician. |
Fergus | Citizen Dog | Mel's dog. | |
Fred Bassett | Basset Hound | Fred Basset | |
Gin | Akita | 'Ginga: Nagareboshi Gin, Ginga Densetsu Weed | |
Gnasher and Gnipper | Abyssinian wire-haired tripehounds | Dennis the Menace, Gnasher and Gnipper | |
Grimm | Mother Goose and Grimm' | ||
Hellhound | Beyblade: Metal (series) | Myreille Psychiokieus's vicious dog beyblade who was belong to her of the Dark Nebula and using some special moves by Myreille at all. | |
Howard | St. Bernard | Howard Huge | |
Sergeant Kemlo "Hyperdog" Caesar | Doberman | Top 10 | |
Kreeg | Sojourn | Arwyn's dog. | |
Krypto | Superman | ||
Lockjaw | Marvel Comics | The Inhumans dog. | |
Lucky | Yellow Labrador Retriever | Hawkeye | Hawkeye dog; Previously known as Arrow; Also called Pizza Dog |
Marmaduke[3] | Great Dane | Marmaduke | |
Napoleon | Napoleon and Uncle Elby | ||
Odie[3] | Garfield | ||
Otto | Beetle Bailey | He is Sergeant Snorkel's pet in the army. | |
Ponta Koizumi | Guru Guru Pon-chan | ||
Polgas | Pugad Baboy | ||
Rantanplan | Hound | Lucky Luke | |
Rex the Wonder Dog | German Shepherd Dog | DC Comics | |
Rocket | Chacha Chaudhary | Chacha's dog. | |
Roscoe | Pickles | Earl and Opal's dog. | |
Rufferto | Groo | Groo's dog and inseparable companion. | |
Rover | Red and Rover | Usually cool, calm and collected, and is very loyal to Red. | |
Sam | Sam & Max | A calculative six-foot detective dog wearing a suit and a fedora. | |
Sandy | Little Orphan Annie | Annie's dog known for saying "arf". | |
Satchel Pooch | Get Fuzzy | ||
Snert | Hägar the Horrible | Hägar's dog. | |
Snoopy[3] | Beagle | Peanuts | Charlie Brown's dog |
Snowy | Wire Fox Terrier | The Adventures of Tintin | Tintin's companion. |
Space Canine Patrol Agents | DC Comics | ||
Yankee Poodle | Poodle | Captain Carrot and His Amazing Zoo Crew | a.k.a. Rova Barkitt of Follywood. |
Media
Film
Character | Breed | Source | Notes |
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Anwar Sadat | Puggle | I Love You, Man | |
Asta[3] | Wire fox terrier | Thin Man | Belonging to Nick & Nora Charles |
B'ar killer | Irish Wolfhound | Against a crooked man | Belonging to Russian (Richard Boone) |
Balto | Wolf-Hybrid | Balto (film) | A half wolf, half husky stray. |
Beethoven[3] | St. Bernard | Beethoven | Adopted by his family, he is the series' protagonist dog. |
Benji[3] | Mixed-breed dog | Benji | A small dog who is adopted by his family |
Bingo | Bingo | part Border Collie | |
Bolt | White Shepherd | Bolt | |
Bombón | Bombon el perro | ||
Bruiser | Chihuahua | Legally Blonde | Elle Woods' pet and partner. |
Buddy | Golden Retriever | Air Bud | |
Buster | Dachshund | Toy Story 2, Toy Story 3 | Belonging to Andy, but more loyal to Woody. |
Chance | American Bulldog | Homeward Bound | |
Chiffon | Old English Sheepdog | The Shaggy Dog | |
Digby | Old English Sheepdog | Digby, the Biggest Dog in the World | |
Dog | Collie | Big Jake | Belonging to Jacob - Jake - Mc Candles (John Wayne) Laddie, who played stunt double for Silver, won the 1971 PATSY Award for his performance in this film. |
Duke[3] | The Swiss Family Robinson | ||
Einstein | Catalan sheepdog | Back to the Future | Doc Brown's sheepdog. |
Frank the Pug | Pug | Men in Black | |
Geneviève | Labrador retriever | Madeline | Madeline's saviour and friend. |
George | Wire Fox Terrier | Bringing Up Baby | Makes off with the bone; owned by Mrs. Elizabeth Carlton Random, Susan's aunt, |
Hachi | Akita Inu | Hachi: A Dog's Tale | |
Hercules | English Mastiff | The Sandlot | |
Hooch | Dogue de Bordeaux | Turner & Hooch | |
Jack | Jack Russell Terrier | The Artist | Uggie, who played Jack, won the 2011 Palm Dog Award for his performance in this film. |
Jerry Lee | German Shepherd Dog | K-9 | A trained police dog, who works in his own way. |
Kiki | German Shepherd | Kickboxer (1989 film) | Xian's loyal canine companion. |
Kyle | Mixed-breed dog | Despicable Me | Gru's guard dog, who at first hates to be hugged by Agnes, also doesn't hesitate to take a bite out of anything that looks like food to him. |
Lenny | Lenny the Wonder Dog | ||
Lady | Cocker Spaniel | Lady And The Tramp | |
Marley | Labrador Retriever | Marley and Me | |
Mike (aka Matisse) | Border Collie | Down and Out in Beverly Hills | |
Moses | Chihuahua | Meet the Fockers | Bernie and Roz Focker's dog. |
Neil | St. Bernard | Topper | |
Nikki | Nikki, Wild Dog of the North | ||
Old Yeller[3][6] | Black Mouth Cur (portrayed by a Mastador) | Old Yeller | The family's dog who is bitten by a rabid wolf with a virus, before Travis forced himself to kill the dog |
Otis | Pug | The Adventures of Milo and Otis | |
Pete the Pup | Pit Bull | Our Gang | |
Red | Red | ||
Sammy Davis, Jr. Jr. | Border Collie | Everything is Illuminated | |
Sadie | Border Collie | The Conjuring | Sadie was the Perron family's dog who detected the presence of evil in the family's new home. |
Scud | Bull Terrier | Toy Story | Sid Phillips' dog |
Shadow | Golden Retriever | Homeward Bound | |
Skip | Jack Russell terrier | My Dog Skip | |
Spot | Bullmastiff | See Spot Run | |
The Dog | German Shepherd Dog | Where the North Begins | A wild wolf-dog is domesticated and becomes a hero |
Thor | German Shepherd Dog | Bad Moon | |
Toto | Cairn terrier | The Wizard of Oz | |
Underdog | Beagle | Underdog | |
Verdell | Brussels Griffon | As Good As It Gets |
Television
Name | Breed | TV program | Notes |
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Arnold | Rottweiler | Entourage | Turtle's dog |
Astro | Great Dane | Jetsons | |
Audrey | Cairn Terrier | Neighbours | Joined the show in 2001 and departed in 2011, following the death of the dog who portrayed her.[18] |
Backup | Pit bull | Veronica Mars | |
Blacktoe[19] | German Shepherd | Star Trek: The Next Generation | William Riker's dog |
Black Tooth, White Fang | The Soupy Sales Show | "The Biggest and Sweetest Dog in the USA" and "The Biggest and Meanest Dog in the USA" | |
Blue | Blue's Clues | Puppet and title character of the children's series. | |
Bob the Dog | Mister Rogers' Neighborhood | Puppet from the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, played by Bob Trow. | |
Boomer | Here's Boomer | ||
Bossy | Australian Kelpie | Neighbours | Introduced in April 2012 as a replacement for Audrey who died in 2011.[20] |
Bouncer | Labrador Retriever | Neighbours | |
Buck | Briard | Married... with Children | Buck was replaced by another dog named Lucky in later episodes. |
Celine | Chihuahua | Summer Heights High | |
Charlie the Wonder Dog | The Late Show | Star of the sketch of the same name in a parody of other fictitious animal shows such as Lassie | |
Chester | Pomeranian | The Nanny | C.C. Babcock's dog, played by Fran Drescher's Pomeranian Chester |
Cinnamon | Yorkshire Terrier | The Big Bang Theory | Owned by Rajesh Koothrappali. She was given to him as a gift from Howard Wolowitz and Bernadette Rostenkowski-Wolowitz. |
Cleo[3] | Basset Hound | The People's Choice | |
Comet | Golden Retriever | Full House | Comet is introduced in the Season 3 episode "And They Call It Puppy Love". A runaway female Golden Retriever named Minnie appears in the Tanner's backyard, whom the family discovers to be pregnant and going into labor. She gives birth to a litter of puppies and when her owner comes to claim her, he offers the Tanners one of them to keep. They choose a boy puppy and name him Comet; from then on he grows into an adult dog and becomes a staple character for the remainder of the series. |
Colin | Spaced | Dog from the Channel 4 Series | |
Diefenbaker (aka Dief) | Wolfdog | Due South | |
Digger | Labrador Retriever | Big Barn Farm | |
Digby | Golden retriever | Pushing Daisies | Ned's formerly dead dog |
Doc | Mutt | Grey's Anatomy | Doc was adopted by Meredith and Izzie, but his antagonism towards George led Meredith to give him to Derek and Addison. Doc was put down shortly after Finn diagnosed him with bone cancer, and Derek agreed to bury him in a clearing by his trailer. When Meredith drowns in Elliott Bay, she reunites with a healthy Doc while in limbo. |
Dodge T. Dog | CBBC | Dog from CBBC who is a presenter | |
"Dog" (name of character) | Basset Hound | Columbo | Columbo's dog |
Dougal | Skye Terrier | The Magic Roundabout | Main character |
Duke[3] | Bloodhound | The Beverly Hillbillies | Jed Clampett's dog |
Djinn Djinn | Havanese | I Dream of Jeannie | Genie dog with magic powers |
Eddie | Jack Russell Terrier | Frasier | Played by Moose and Enzo |
Fearless | Providence | Pet dog of Dr. Jim Hansen, a warm-hearted veterinarian who runs a clinic in his basement | |
Flash | Basset Hound | The Dukes of Hazzard | Rosco P. Coltrane's dog |
Fluffy | Cerberus Poodle | Pac-Man and the Ghostly Adventures | Guards the Tree of Life (In the 2nd Episode). He lives with Lord Betrayus, the ghosts Inky, Blinky, Pinky and Clyde. Pac-Man, Spiral and Cylindria encounterd him in his debut. |
Fleegle | Beagle | The Banana Splits | Leader of The Banana Splits, an all-animal band. He played the guitar. |
Fussy | American Dad! | Appeared in Season 2, Episode 9's Not Particularly Desperate Housewife | |
Happy | 7th Heaven | ||
Hacker T. Dog | Border Terrier | CBBC | Dog from CBBC who is a CBBC presenter |
Henry | Basset Hound | Emergency! | Lived on the sofa in the station |
Hobo (aka London) | German Shepherd Dog / Siberian Husky | The Littlest Hobo | |
Jim | Brussels Griffon | Mike & Molly | Margaret Bigg's dog |
Jupiter | Great Dane | I Dream of Jeannie | General Peterson's dog |
Ivanna | Pomeranian | The Suite Life of Zack & Cody | London Tipton's dog |
Jeb | VR Troopers | ||
Joe | German Shepherd Dog | Run, Joe, Run | |
K-9 | Robot | Doctor Who | K-9 had several incarnations over the course of the show and was most notably the constant companion of Sarah Jane Smith who was the Fourth Doctor's Companion in the Doctor Who series. |
Krypto/Shelby and Krypto[3] | Extraterrestrial; a Labrador Retriever in the animated series | Smallville and Krypto the Superdog | Clark Kent's dog / Superman's dog |
Liene | Labrador Retriever | JC 9 | Vicky's dog 24/7 |
Lucky | American Cocker Spaniel | Married... with Children | Lucky replaced the dog Buck of the earlier episodes. |
Murray | Collie-shepherd mix | Mad About You' | Family dog |
Old Pap | Australian Shepherd | Big Barn Farm | |
Porkchop | Unknown | Doug | Doug's dog |
Porthos | Beagle | Star Trek: Enterprise | Captain Jonathan Archer's dog |
Pouch | Mutt | Chicago Fire | Dog kept at the quarters of Engine Co. 51 |
Queequeg | Pomeranian | The X-Files | Scully's dog, taken in after "Clyde Bruckman's Final Repose." |
Rex | German Shepherd Dog | Inspector Rex | |
Roly | Poodle | EastEnders | |
Rowlf the Dog | The Muppet Show | One of the first Muppet characters, a scruffy brown dog with a rounded black nose and long floppy ears. He was created (and originally performed and voiced) by Jim Henson. Rowlf is the Muppet Theatre's resident pianist. | |
Santa's Little Helper | Greyhound | The Simpsons | Santa's Little Helper was introduced in the first season, 1989 in the episode "Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire" and is one of the 2 pets owned by the Simpson family.[21] |
Scooby Doo | Great Dane | Scooby Doo | The titular character of the show. Lifelong companion to Shaggy Rogers. |
Stella | French Bulldog | Modern Family | Jay Prichett's dog. She was originally played by Brigitte in seasons 2 & 3, and replaced by Beatrice in season 4. |
Stinky and Nunzio | Briard mix and Corgi | Dharma and Greg | Dharma's dogs |
Tiger | Bearded Collie | The Brady Bunch | Main character |
Vincent | Yellow Labrador retriever | Lost | Vincent is Walt's dog, originally owned by Walt's stepfather, Brian Porter. He is left behind on the Island when Michael and Walt leave. He is given to Shannon by Walt and remains under her care until she is killed. Vincent is considered the only confirmed survivor on Lost. He is last seen at Jack's side as Jack dies of his wounds. |
Wellard | Belgian Tervuren | EastEnders | |
Wishbone | Jack Russell Terrier | Wishbone | The main character. He is portrayed by Soccer and voiced by Larry Brantley. A well-read dog who sees parallels between classic literature and the dilemmas he and his human friends face every day. He seems to be under the impression that humans would hear him if they just paid attention and he often bemoans the fact that they do not do so. In the stories he imagines himself in, humans can hear him and apparently perceive him as human. |
Yukon King | Alaskan Husky | Sergeant Preston of the Yukon |
Animation
See also: List of fictional dogs in animation
Radio
- Boggins in Adam and Joe on BBC 6 Music, 2009, voiced by Adam Buxton.
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
- Arrow, from Harry Nilsson's single "Me and My Arrow", also featured in The Point!
- "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.
- "Black Shuck", song by The Darkness about the spectral black dog, Black Shuck
- Boo, from "Me and You and a Dog Named Boo", a 1971 song by Lobo (aka Roland Kent Lavoie)
- "Bow Wow Wow Wow (Wild Dog on the Prowl)" sung by Mitch Ryder with Was (Not Was)
- Carlos, "A little chihuahua ... that had some kind of skin disease and was totally blind" in the song "Frank's Wild Years" by Tom Waits
- "Hey Bulldog", a song by The Beatles
- "Feed Jake" - a song about a dog named Jake by Pirates of the Mississippi
- Fido, a talking dog from the Frank Zappa song "Stinkfoot".
- Frank, in "Classified" by C. W. McCall
- Fronobulax, a large poodle, appears on the Frank Zappa and the Mothers album Roxy and Elsewhere.
- "Gonna Buy Me A Dog", by The Monkees
- "(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
- "Ol' Red", a prison dog from the song of the same name, recorded by George Jones, Kenny Rogers and Blake Shelton
- "Old Shep" by Red Foley as also sung by Elvis Presley and many other country performers
- "Old Tige", by Jim Reeves
- Quiche Lorraine, a two-inch tall green poodle, from a song of the same name by The B-52's from the album Wild Planet
- Seamus in song by same name (from Meddle) by Pink Floyd
- Where, O Where Has My Little Dog Gone?, with his ears cut short and his tail cut long
- Sinatra, the dog named after the singer for its blue eyes in the 2002 song "Sinatra" by Canadian folk singer James Keelaghan
- Strider, a Merle dog in Over the Hills and Far Away by Led Zeppelin
- The dog who "up and died" in "Mr. Bojangles", written by Jerry Jeff Walker
- Stubb, from the song "Stubb (A Dub)" by Mr. Bungle
- A dog that won't get off the furniture in "Get Down" by Gilbert O'Sullivan
- "The Puppy song" by Harry Nilsson
- "The Nudist & Mr. Pendleton" by fictional band The Lavender Fudge Experience (from the TV series Whatever Happened to Robot Jones?)
Video games
See also: List of fictional dogs in video games
Sporting and advertising mascots
- Boo, The Citadel, named after Lt. Col. Thomas Nugent Courvoisie, known by most as "The Boo". In 2013 they introduced Boo X
- Brutus, mascot for the Canterbury Bankstown Bulldogs
- Bullseye (mascot)
- Colin Curly, a bulldog mascot for Quavers. Voice by Lenny Henry.
- Cobi
- Dubs, mascot of the Washington Huskies
- General The Citadel introduced 2003, in 2013 introduced General II aka G2
- Farfel the Dog
- Handsome Dan,[3] mascot of the Yale Bulldogs
- Jack the Bulldog, mascot of the Georgetown Hoyas
- Johnathan, mascot of the UConn Huskies
- Lady Greyhound
- McGruff the Crime Dog
- Nipper
- Reveille, is the mascot of Texas A&M University also Reveille (dog)
- Rhett, mascot of the Boston University Terriers
- Smokey, mascot of the Tennessee Volunteers
- St. Bernard cartoon dog early 1970 from Life Savers
- Spuds MacKenzie Beer Mascot
- Taco Bell chihuahua
- Uga, mascot of Georgia Bulldogs
- Woofer Dog Whitten, mascot of the Western Bulldogs
Other fictional dogs
- Fairfield Industrial Dog Object, FIDO, very large moving dog sculpture in Australia
- "Froofie the Dog", fictional cartoon dog from a Bill Cosby monologue of the same name from Inside the Mind of Bill Cosby
- Power Pup, the superhero dog from the Microsoft Office Assistant
- FidoNet logo
- Dog on the Tuckerbox, an allegorical dog depicted at an historical monument in New South Wales, Australia
- Lapák the dachshund in Leoš Janáček's opera The Cunning Little Vixen [22]
See also
- List of famous dogs
- List of fictional canines
- Dogs Playing Poker
- List of fictional cats and other felines
- Category:Films about dogs
Bibliography
Footnotes
- ↑ Buck in "Call of the wild" is described thus: "His (Buck's)father, Elmo, a huge St Bernard, had been the Judge's inseparable companion, and Buck bid fair to follow in the way of his father. He was not so large,—he weighed only one hundred and forty pounds,—for his mother, Shep, had been a Scotch shepherd dog. Nevertheless, one hundred and forty pounds, to which was added the dignity that comes of good living and universal respect, enabled him to carry himself in right royal fashion." The use of the term "Scotch shepherd dog" is a Victorian phrase which probably refers to Scotch Collie but might refer to English Shepherd. Three Leonberger 'actors' (one was a female, and two males) played the starring dog "Buck" in The Call of the Wild: Dog of the Yukon (1997), "Call of the Wild - Dog of the Yukon". Internet Movie Data Base. Retrieved October 8, 2012. a Canadian rendition of Jack London's Call of the Wild starring Rutger Hauer as John Thornton (narrated by Richard Dreyfuss). "Leonberger Facts". American Kennel Club. Retrieved October 8, 2012.
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- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7 3.8 3.9 3.10 3.11 3.12 3.13 3.14 3.15 3.16 3.17 3.18 3.19 3.20 3.21 3.22 3.23 Bankroff, Georgene. A Compilation of Classy Animal Names. iUniverse. 17 January 2002. ISBN 9780595206742
- ↑ 'Short film: Baleia the Dog' in 'Vidas secas' DVD, 1963 Nelson Pereira Dos Santos, published 2005 by New Yorker Films
- ↑ Naxos Audio Books
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 6.5 6.6 6.7 6.8 Hogan, Walter. Animals in young adult fiction. Scarecrow Press. 30 July 2009. ISBN 9780810859944
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4 7.5 7.6 7.7 7.8 Wendy Bousfield, "Dogs", The Greenwood encyclopedia of science fiction and fantasy 1
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 "Dogs in Fiction.; Famous Novelists Who Have Written About Them", New York Times, May 28, 1898
- ↑ Beth Gutcheon (November 10, 1996), "Wise Guys", New York Times
- ↑ Carman, Elbot. Lola the Buhund Book One: The Empty Sky. CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform. p. 160. ISBN 9781482782806.
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- ↑ Miller, Laura. "Great Literary Dogs: Three Men in a Boat by Jerome K. Jerome".
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- ↑ Armstrong, Philip. What animals mean in the fiction of modernity. Taylor & Francis. 28 March 2008. ISBN 9780415358385
- ↑ "The Life of a Pirate Dog with young Grace O'Malley - Juvenile Historical Fiction"
- ↑ http://www.skylardog.com
- ↑ Kilkelly, Daniel (17 August 2011). "'Neighbours' pet dog Audrey loses cancer battle". Digital Spy. Retrieved 7 January 2014.
- ↑ Morrow, Laurie Bogart. The Giant Book of Dog Names. Simon and Schuster. 9 October 2012. ISBN 9781451666908
- ↑ Kilkelly, Daniel (1 February 2012). "'Neighbours' unveils Kyle's new pet dog Bossy". Digital Spy. Retrieved 7 January 2014.
- ↑ Santa's Little Helper
- ↑ Cheek, Timothy (2003). Pr'hody lisky Bystrousky, The Cunning Little Vixen: Translations and Pronunciation, Vol. 1, p. 89. Scarecrow Press
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