List of fictional dogs
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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

Dogs in Literature

• 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
• Krypto, The Super Dog associated with the Superman Mythos, DC comics.
• Lad, a dog by Albert Payson Terhune
• Laddie (a send-up of Lassie (qv)) who stars alongside Gaspode
• 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 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
• 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)
• the Disreputable Dog, in Lirael and Abhorsen by Garth Nix
• An entire civilization of intelligent dogs evolves in City by Clifford D. Simak

Dogs in Film

• 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
• 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 dog.
• 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

Dogs on the Radio

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

Dogs in Television

• London the Wonder Dog in "The Littlest Hobo", Canada in the early 1960's, and the remake circa 1980.
• The puppy from the Andrex toilet tissue adverts
• Buck from Married... with Children
• Eddie from Frasier
• Flash The Basset Hound from The Dukes of Hazzard
• Lassie, see above
• K-9, a canoid robot in Doctor Who
• 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
• Porthos, the beagle owned by Captain Archer in the Star Trek based series Enterprise
• 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

Cartoons, Animation, Puppets

• 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
• 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
• DC comic's Krypto, The Super Dog from Krypton.
• Deputy Dawg from the cartoon series of the same name
• 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
• 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 Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius
• 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
• Little Brother, Mulan's dog in Disney's Mulan
• the little dog in 20th Century Fox's Anastasia
• 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
• 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

Dogs in Song

• "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 Tchaikovsky
• 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

Related Topics

• List of historical dogs
• List of fictional animals

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