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
Prose and poetry
Name | Breed | Source | Author | Notes | |
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Argos[1][2] | Odyssey | Homer | Faithful dog of Odysseus. | ||
Baleia[3] | 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[4] | The Master and Margarita | Mikhail Bulgakov | Pontius Pilate's dog. | ||
Popper | The Goldfinch | Donna Tartt | Dog originally belongs to Xandra, taken by Theodore Decker. Often called Popchik or Popcyk. | ||
Baree | Wolfdog | Baree, Son of Kazan | James Curwood | Son of Gray Wolf and Kazan. | |
Barfy | Labrador Retriever | The Family Circus | Bill Keane | The family dog. | |
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[2][5] | Irish Setter | Big Red | Jim Kjelgaard | ||
Blood[5][6] | 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 | Fox Terrier | Dumb Witness | Agatha Christie | Also released as part of the Agatha Christie's Poirot series. | |
Bodger and Luath[2] | Bull terrier, Labrador Retriever | The Incredible Journey | Sheila Burnford | Based on a true story. | |
Buck[1] | St. Bernard-Scotch Collie | Call of the Wild | Jack London[upper-alpha 1] | Adapted in five movies: A silent film (1923); (1935); 1972 The Call of the Wild: Dog of the Yukon and Call of the Wild 3D (2009). | |
Buller | The Human Factor | Graham Greene | Protagonist Maurice Castle's dog | ||
Bulls-eye[1][7] | Oliver Twist | Charles Dickens | Bill Sikes' dog. | ||
Buster | Scottish Terrier | Five Find-Outers | Enid Blyton | Belonging to Frederick Algernon Trotteville ("Fatty"). | |
Cafall[2] | 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 | 25-foot dog. He is friendly, outgoing and helpful, but his sheer size can sometimes cause trouble. | |
Crab[1][7] | Two Gentlemen of Verona | William Shakespeare | "the sourest natured dog that lives". | ||
Cujo[2][6] | St. Bernard | Cujo | Stephen King | 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[5] | Lirael and Abhorsen | Garth Nix | |||
Einstein[6] | Golden Retriever | Watchers | Dean Koontz | ||
Eos | Funeral Games | Mary Renault | Beautiful white dog. | ||
Fang[6] | Mastiff | Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone | J. K. Rowling | Hagrid's dog. | |
Fluffy[6] | Cerberus | Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone | J. K. Rowling | ||
Flush | Cocker Spaniel | Flush: A Biography | Elizabeth Barrett Browning | ||
Garm | Farmer Giles of Ham | J. R. R. Tolkien | |||
Garryowen[2] | Ulysses | James Joyce | |||
Gaspode and Laddie | Discworld | Terry Pratchett | Unusually clever dog that talks and his Wonder Dog client. | ||
Ginger[8] | The View from Saturday | E. L. Konigsburg | Genius dog of Nadia Diamondstein. | ||
Ginger Pye[5] | 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[9] | Norwegian Buhund | Lola the Buhund Book One: The Empty Sky | Elbot Carman | Series Protagonist. | |
The Hound of the Baskervilles[1][2] | 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[2] | Dodie Smith | Subsequently, made into a film by Walt Disney. Later also adapted as a live-action film and as a stage musical. | |
Jip[1][2] | 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 | Terrier who rescued Tom Kitten from being made into a pudding by rats. | ||
Jump | Page (novel) | Tamora Pierce | |||
Kambyses | The Hound of Florence | Felix Salten | Every other day the protagonist Lukas Grassi is transformed into a dog, Kambyses, that belongs to the Archduke Ludwig. | ||
Kashtanka[10] | 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. | |
King | Carolina Dog | Hope In Every Raindrop[11] | Wesley Banks | Kyle Walker's dog. | |
Kipper | Kipper the Dog | Mick Inkpen | Warm-hearted, friendly and curious dog. | ||
Know-Nothing Bozo the Non-Wonder Dog | So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish | Douglas Adams | Dog belonging to advertiser Will Smithers. | ||
Lad[1][5] | Rough Collie | Lad, A Dog | Albert Payson Terhune | ||
Laska | Anna Karenina | Leo Tolstoy | Levin's hunting dog. | ||
Lassie[2][5] | Rough Collie | Lassie Come Home | Eric Knight | ||
Lorelei[6] | Lorelei's Secret | Carolyn Parkhurst | 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. | ||
Martha | Martha Speaks | Susan Meddaugh | Main protagonist, Martha is a talking dog that was born an energetic stray and was put in the dog pound as a puppy. | ||
McKinley | Malamute | The Good Dog | Edward Irving Wortis | The protaginist who becomes leader of a dog pack. | |
Mo | Mo - The Talking Dog | Michelle Booth (author) | 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 | 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 running in front of an entire army as they were mowing down zombies. | ||
Montmorency[12] | Fox Terrier | Three Men in a Boat | Jerome K. Jerome | 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[6][13] | Timbuktu | Paul Auster | Stray dog and narrator of the story. Later renamed Sparky/Sparkatus | ||
Mutt | Unknown | The Dog Who Wouldn't Be | Farley Mowat | Farley Mowat's dog in the book. | |
Nana | Newfoundland | Peter Pan | J. M. Barrie | ||
Old Dan[2] and Little Ann[2] | 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[1] | 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 | Literate mutt that is the associate of the Chums of Chance. | ||
Rab[1] | Rab and his Friends | John Brown | |||
Renni | German Shepherd | Renni the Rescuer | Felix Salten | a military working dog | |
Ribsy | Ribsy | Beverly Cleary | Companion of Henry Huggins. | ||
Robinson Crusoe's dog[15] | Robinson Crusoe | Daniel Defoe | |||
Rowf and Snitter[6] | 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 | Heroic sled-dog that pulled Little Willy's sled. | ||
Shadow | Border Collie | The Sorcerer in the North | John Flanagan | Injured dog Will adopts. Taught many tricks, including barking on command, to aid Will's disguise as a jongleur. | |
Shiloh[5] | Beagle | Shiloh | Phyllis Reynolds Naylor | 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[6] | 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. | |
Snuff | A Night in the Lonesome October | Roger Zelazny | Jack the Ripper's companion, and the narrator of the novel. | ||
Sorry O-O | Moomins | Tove Jansson | |||
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 | "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[5] | 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 | Heroine Maria's dog. | ||
Zar | Borzoi | Lara's Gift | Annemarie O'Brien | Heroine Lara's best friend and companion. |
Comics
Name | Breed | Source | Notes |
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Ace the Bat-Hound | German Shepherd Dog | Batman | |
Alec | Alec the Great | ||
Andy | Mark Trail | Mark's faithful dog | |
The Angriest Dog in the World | The Angriest Dog in the World | ||
Argo | PS238 | ||
Aru | REverSAL | ||
Axel | The Fusco Brothers | ||
Bandit | We3 | a.k.a. "1". | |
Barnabas | DC Comics | Talking canine companion of first Destruction and later Delirium in The Sandman. | |
The Bash Street Pups | Pup Parade | Anthropomorphic dog versions of The Bash Street Kids. | |
Jeremy Beagle | Beagle | Watch Out Beagle's About | Dog who was a parody of British TV presenter Jeremy Beadle. |
Beauregard | Bloodhound | Pogo | |
Beck | Beck | Ryûsuke Minami's dog. | |
Bello | White Fox Terrier | Bello | Main protagonist in a short-lived 1939 comic strip by Marten Toonder. |
Bessy | Rough collie | Bessy | Long-running Belgian comic strip about a collie obviously based on Lassie, but set in a Wild West environment. |
Belvedere | Scottish Terrier | Adcox Associates Syndicate | Mischievous, snooty dog with human traits. |
Bill | Cocker Spaniel | Boule et Bill | |
Black Bob | Border Collie | The Dandy | |
Bleeker | Bleeker: The Rechargeable Dog | Skip Smalls' electronic dog. | |
Blu | Schnauzer | Monica's Gang | Franklin's dog. Original protagonist. |
Bobje | Bert | Anthropomorphized tiny dog of Bert Vanderslagmulders. Used as mascot of the Flemish magazine Humo in the 1990s. | |
Bolivar | St. Bernard | Donald Duck | In the comics by Al Taliaferro he is Donald's pet and often a nuisance to him. |
Bonzo | Bonzo the dog | ||
Bowser | Moose and Molly | Moose's pet | |
Böwser vön Überdog | Bulldog | The Ongoing Adventures of Rocket Llama | Primary antagonist |
Buckles | Buckles | ||
Bulle Bas | Bulldog | Tom Poes | Anthropomorphic dog who acts as police officer. |
Cerberus | Akarui Sekai Keikaku | ||
Chibi | St. Bernard | Itazura na Kiss | |
Clive | My Own Genie | Lula's pet, who is given the power of speech by Genie. | |
Cubitus (Wowser) | Bobtail | Cubitus | Sémaphore's pet dog. He is an anthropomorphized obese dog. Originally he acted and looked more like a bobtail, with hair hanging over his eyes and walking on all paws. Later he started to walk upright and act more like a human. Despite being a bobtail he also has a yellow, fluffy round tail that this species normally doesn't have. |
Daisy | Blondie | Bumstead family's dog | |
Ditto | Cavalier King Charles Spaniel | Monica's Gang | Monica's dog. |
Dog | Border collie | Footrot Flats | |
Dogpool | Mutt | Deadpool Corps | Deadpool from a different reality; Original member of the Deadpool Corps |
Dogmatix | Asterix | Faithful companion to Obelix. Called Idefix in the original French Asterix comic books. | |
Duke | Kelly & Duke | Kelly's pet dog. | |
Earl | Jack Russell terrier | Mutts | |
Effdee | Anema: Age of the Robots | ||
Eirean Chicko | Basque Shepherd Dog | Dark and Light Elemental Ages from Warlords | Secret agent boy was transformed into a dog by Huckleberry Yiucko the magician. |
Fergus | Citizen Dog | Mel's dog. | |
Fifi | Bobtail | Jommeke | Dog of the Gravin van Stiepelteen (Duchess of Stiepelteen), who is so large that the duchess is able to ride it like a horse. |
Fokkie Flink | Fokkie Flink | Anthropomorphic black and white dog who solves crimes. | |
Fluffy | Lhasa Apso | Monica's Gang | Jimmy Five's dog. |
Fred Bassett | Basset Hound | Fred Basset | |
Gai-Luron | Basset Hound | Gai-Luron | Melancholic dog in the comics of Marcel Gotlib and directly inspired by Droopy. |
Gin | Akita | 'Ginga: Nagareboshi Gin, Ginga Densetsu Weed | |
Gnasher and Gnipper | Abyssinian wire-haired tripehound (fictional species) | 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. | |
Hiep Hieper | Tom Poes | White little dog who is the sidekick of criminal Bul Super. | |
Howard | St. Bernard | Howard Huge | |
Sergeant Kemlo "Hyperdog" Caesar | Doberman | Top 10 | |
Joost | White labrador | Tom Poes | Trusty butler of Oliver B. Bumble. |
Kreeg | Sojourn | Arwyn's dog. | |
Krypto | Superman | ||
Lockjaw | Bulldog | Marvel Comics, Lockjaw and the Pet Avengers | Inhumans dog. |
Lucky | Yellow Labrador Retriever | Hawkeye | Hawkeye dog; Previously known as Arrow; Also called Pizza Dog |
Marmaduke[2] | Great Dane | Marmaduke | |
Mortimer | Jump Start | The Cobb family dog. | |
Nabuko Donosor | Alien dog | Urbanus | Nabuko Donosor is a yellow dog whose front head and upper jaw float above his lower jaw and the rest of his body. He furthermore wears slippers on his feet and is able to talk. He is actual an alien lifeform, but Urbanus adopted his as his personal dog and everyone treats him as such. |
Napoleon | Napoleon and Uncle Elby | Uncle Elby's dog. | |
Odie[2] | Garfield | ||
Otto | Beetle Bailey | Sergeant Snorkel's pet in the army. | |
Pekkie | Black Poodle | Jommeke | Filiberke's pet. |
Pif (Spiff in English) | Spiff and Hercules | Anthropomorphic dog. | |
Pimpa | Pimpa | Red spotted white dog. | |
Pip | Black dog. | Pip, Squeak and Wilfred | |
Ponta Koizumi | Guru Guru Pon-chan | ||
Polgas | Pugad Baboy | ||
Rantanplan | Hound | Lucky Luke | Extremely dumb dog who lives in the prison where The Daltons are kept in custody. |
Rex the Wonder Dog | German Shepherd Dog | DC Comics | |
Rocket | Chacha Chaudhary | Chacha's dog. | |
Rocky | Rocky | Anthropomorphic dog. | |
Roscoe | Pickles | Earl and Opal's dog. | |
Ruff | Either a Briard or Airedale mix | Dennis the Menace | Dennis'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. | |
Sammy (Saffie) | Ox Tales | Ollie's Dog | |
Sam | Sam & Max | 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 | ||
Scamp | Scamp | Originally appeared during the final five minutes of Lady and the Tramp, but became more successful as the star of his own comics series. | |
Skip | Samoyed | Kapitein Rob | Kapitein Rob's dog, whom he rescued from a sinking German ship near Murmansk. |
Smirnov | Brown German shepherd | Blacksad | Police commissioner and Blacksad's best friend. |
Snert | Hägar the Horrible | Hägar's dog. | |
Snoopy[2] | Beagle | Peanuts | Charlie Brown's dog |
Snowy | Wire Fox Terrier | The Adventures of Tintin | Tintin's companion. |
Brigadier Snuf | Tom Poes | Second most important police officer, after Bulle Bas. | |
Sorry O-O | Moomin comic strips | ||
Space Canine Patrol Agents | DC Comics | ||
Steenbreek | Tom Poes | Anthropomorphic white dog who is a secretary in the local city government. | |
Bul Super | Bulldog | Tom Poes | Bulldog who, together with his sidekick Hiep Hieper, forms a criminal gang. |
Tekko Taks | Black teckle/dachshund. | Tekko Taks | Anthropomorphic black dog who is a detective. |
Tippie | Cap Stubbs and Tippie | created by the cartoonist Edwina Dumm | |
Tobias | Suske en Wiske | Dog adopted by Wiske, recurring in some of the stories. | |
Tobias | Blood hound | Jommeke | Dog of the Baron van Piependale (Baron of Piependale), whom he uses as a horse. The baron is able to do this because of his tiny size. |
Top Dog | Top Dog | ||
Tripod | Monroe | Monroe's blind and three-legged dog. | |
Wanwan | Golden Retriever | Break-Age | A Kilio dogs |
Yankee Poodle | Poodle | Captain Carrot and His Amazing Zoo Crew | a.k.a. Rova Barkitt of Follywood. |
Zuky | Meebo and Zuky | Archrival of Meebo the dog. |
Media
Film
Character | Breed | Source | Notes |
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Anwar Sadat | Puggle | I Love You, Man | |
Asta[2] | 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[2] | St. Bernard | Beethoven | Adopted by his family, he is the series' protagonist dog. |
Benji[2] | 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 | |
Clue | Basset Hound | The Adventures of Mary-Kate & Ashley | Sidekick to the famous twins. No mystery went unsolved while he was around. |
Copper | Bloodhound | The Fox and the Hound | Forms an unlikely friendship with his natural enemy the fox, offering up a compelling argument for nurture winning out over nature. |
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. |
Dog | Australian Cattle Dog | Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior | Max's companion and one true friend. |
Duke[2] | 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[2][5] | 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 | |
Pijo | Bichon | Doggie B | Dances throughout the film and, with the help of special effects, successfully completes multiple flips on-screen. |
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. |
Spike | Rottweiler | Alien 3 | A dog who is a Xenomorph host. |
Scud | Bull Terrier | Toy Story | Sid Phillips' dog |
Shadow | Golden Retriever | Homeward Bound | |
Skip | Jack Russell terrier | My Dog Skip | |
Smedley | Basset Hound | "Chilly Willy" | |
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 | |
Bear | Belgian Malinois | Person of Interest | Reese and Finch's Dog |
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 Raj Koothrappali. She was given to him as a gift from Howard Wolowitz and Bernadette Rostenkowski-Wolowitz. |
Cleo[2][21] | Basset Hound | The People's Choice | Owned by Socrates "Sock" Miller, Cleo comments wryly on the actions of the humans in her midst |
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 |
Dogtanian | Dogtanian and the Three Muskehounds | The "three muskehounds" and most of the other characters in the series are also anthropomorphic cartoon dogs. | |
Dougal | Skye Terrier | The Magic Roundabout | Main character |
Duke[2][22] | 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 |
Eddie McDowd | Australian Shepherd/Siberian Husky | 100 Deeds for Eddie McDowd | Eddie was transformed into a dog and forced to complete 100 good deeds before being turned back into a human. Because the show was cancelled after only 60 deeds, Eddie's curse was never lifted. |
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 | |
K9 | Robot | Doctor Who | K9 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[2][23] | Extraterrestrial; a Labrador Retriever in the animated series | Smallville and Krypto the Superdog | Clark Kent's dog / Superman's dog |
Ladybird | Georgia Bloodhound | King of the Hill | Hank'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. |
Maximillion | German Shepherd | The Bionic Woman' | A bionic enhanced laboratory test animal rescued by Jaime Sommers. |
Murray | Collie-shepherd mix | Mad About You' | Family dog |
Nero | Yorkshire Terrier | F.C. De Kampioenen | Carmen Waterslaeghers' pet dog. She named him after the Belgian comic book character Nero. |
Old Pop | 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.[24] |
Scooby-Doo | Great Dane | Scooby-Doo | The titular character of the show. Lifelong companion to Shaggy Rogers. |
Scrappy-Doo | Great Dane | Scrappy-Doo | Nephew of Scooby-Doo. |
Seymour Asses | Border Terrier | Futurama | Fry's dog. As loyal as they come. |
Spike | Siberian tiger hound | Rugrats | Family dog |
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. |
Wags the Dog | Beagle | The Wiggles | |
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 | |
Zed | Ben 10: Omniverse | Kevin's dog |
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.
- "Death of a Martian", Red Hot Chili Peppers song about the death of Flea's dog Martian, from the 2006 album Stadium Arcadium.
- "Evelyn, A Modified Dog", from the eponymous song on Frank Zappa's One Size Fits All (1975).
- "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" from his album Over-Nite Sensation (1973).
- Frank, in "Classified" by C. W. McCall
- Frunobulax, a large poodle, appears on the Frank Zappa and the Mothers album Roxy and Elsewhere (1973).
- "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,[2] 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
- Striker, mascot of the 1994 FIFA World Cup
- 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 [25]
See also
- List of famous dogs
- List of fictional canines
- List of robotic dogs
- 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 Database. 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.
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 J. Walker McSpadden, Famous Dogs in Fiction, ISBN 1-4179-0414-3
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 Bankroff, Georgene (2002). A Compilation of Classy Animal Names. iUniverse. ISBN 0-595-20674-3.
- ↑ 'Short film: Baleia the Dog' in 'Vidas secas' DVD, 1963 Nelson Pereira Dos Santos, published 2005 by New Yorker Films
- ↑ Naxos Audio Books
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Hogan, Walter. Animals in young adult fiction. Scarecrow Press. 2009. ISBN 978-0-8108-5994-4
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Bousfield, Wendy, "Dogs", The Greenwood encyclopedia of science fiction and fantasy, 1
- 1 2 "Dogs in Fiction.; Famous Novelists Who Have Written About Them", New York Times, May 28, 1898
- ↑ Gutcheon, Beth (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 978-1-4827-8280-6.
- ↑ Eldritchpress.org
- ↑ Banks, Wesley. "Hope In Every Raindrop by Wesley Banks".
- ↑ Miller, Laura. "Great Literary Dogs: Three Men in a Boat by Jerome K. Jerome".
- ↑ Pearl, Nancy. Book lust: recommended reading for every mood, moment, and reason. Sasquatch Books. 2003. Pg.103. ISBN 1-57061-381-8
- ↑ Cosslett, Tess. Talking animals in British children's fiction, 1786–1914. Ashgate Publishing, Ltd. 2006. ISBN 0-7546-3656-9
- ↑ Armstrong, Philip. What animals mean in the fiction of modernity. Taylor & Francis. 2008. ISBN 978-0-4153-5838-5
- ↑ "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.
- ↑ Citation for noteworthiness; Cleo is presumedly discussed by name therein
- ↑ Citation for noteworthiness; Duke is presumedly discussed by name therein
- ↑ Citation for noteworthiness; Krypto is presumedly discussed by name therein
- ↑ 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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