List of fictional dogs

This is a list of fictional dogs from literature, movies etc.

Legendary, mythical and fairytale dogs

• Argos, Odysseus's dog.
• Anubis, Ancient Egyptian god with a dog's (or a jackal's) head
• Barghest, English goblin-dog
• Black Shuck, British hound of hell
• Cabal, King Arthur's dog
• Canes Venatici, constellation of the hunting dogs
• Cerberus (demon of the pit), the hound of Hades in Greek mythology (also his brother, Orthrus)
• Chontamenti, in Egyptian mythology
• Dip, in Catalan myth
• Fenris, a monstrous wolf, offspring of Loki and Angrboda in Norse mythology
• Fu Dog, Chinese guardians
• Gabriel Hounds (Cwn Annwn), ghost hounds of the land of the dead
• 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 other Irish Setters, protagonists of novels by Jim 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 Sikes' dog in Oliver Twist
• Cujo the St. Bernard in the novel by Stephen King (later a movie)
• the Disreputable Dog, in Lirael and Abhorsen by Garth Nix
• Fang, Hagrid's dog, a boarhound (possibly a Great Dane) in the Harry Potter books (in the movies, Fang is a mastiff)
• Fluffy, the three-headed dog (similar to Cerberus) in Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone,
• 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
• "Hound of the Baskervilles (The)", a Sherlock Holmes tale by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle with the famous line, "They were the footprints of a gigantic hound!"
• Hounds of Tindalos from the Chtulhu mythos
• Howard, the dog in Bunnicula and sequels by James Howe
• Huan, The great wolfhound of Valinor, friend and helper of Beren and Lúthien, in J. R. R. Tolkien's novel The Silmarillion
• Hundred and One Dalmatians (The) by Dodie Smith, subsequently made into a movie by Walt Disney
• Jack from Little House on the Prairie series by Laura Engells Wilder .
• 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 in Discworld 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: To Say Nothing of the Dog by Jerome K. Jerome
• Nana, the Newfoundland dog in Peter Pan by J. M. Barrie
• Nop, the Border Collie, from the novel Nop's Trials by Donald McCaig
• 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
• Toto in The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum
• Timmy in the Famous Five series of books by Enid Blyton
• Wellington in The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time book by Mark Haddon
• 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)
• Winn-Dixie, from the book Because of Winn-Dixie by Kate DiCamillo and the 2005 film of the same name
• Yellow Dog Dingo, dog in Rudyard Kipling's Just So Stories
• An entire civilization of intelligent dogs evolves in City by Clifford D. Simak

Dogs in film

See also Category:Films about dogs

• Asta, in the various The Thin Man films.
• Babe (movie) featured Border Collies.
• Benji had several movies.
• the many dog stars of the mockumentary Best in Show
• Blood, the talking dog in A Boy and his Dog
• 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.
• Copernicus and Einstein in the Back to the Future trilogy
• Devil Dog: The Hound of Hell, from the film of the same title
• Frank, the alien dog in Men in Black
• The many dog stars of Good Boy!, including the main character, Hubble, a Border Terrier, voiced by Matthew Broderick.
• Hooch, the Dogue de Bordeaux costar of Turner and Hooch
• Lady and the Tramp, from Walt Disney's movie of the same name.
• 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.
• Milo, Stanley Ipkiss' dog in The Mask
• 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
• Pete the Pup (or "Petey"), a Pit Bull with a ring around one eye, in the Our Gang (later known as The Little Rascals) shorts produced by Hal Roach and later, MGM. A number of dogs played the role.
• 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.
• A transfigured Sirius Black in Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
• Toto in The Wizard of Oz
• Verdell, The Brussels Griffon in As Good as it Gets
• Winn-Dixie, see Dogs in literature, above

Dogs on the radio

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

Dogs in television

• Brandon, Golden Retriever on Punky Brewster
• Buck from Married... with Children
• Charlie Dog
• Chester, spoiled Pomeranian belonging to Cece Babcock on The Nanny
• Diefenbaker, the half-wolf dog from Due South
• Eddie, the Jack Russell Terrier from Frasier
• Flash The Basset Hound from The Dukes of Hazzard
• Fred, "Little Ricky's" puppy in I Love Lucy
• K-9, a canoid robot in Doctor Who
• K-9, sidekick of Marvin the Martian
• K-9 Cop
• Lassie, see Dogs in film, above
• London the Wonder Dog in The Littlest Hobo , Canadian television series in the late 1950s and early 1960s; and the remake circa 1980s.
• Maximillian (Max-a-Million), the Bionic Dog from The Six Million Dollar Man
• Porthos, the Beagle owned by Captain Archer in Star Trek: 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)
• Tiger from The Brady Bunch
• Truffles (played by Pussy Galore) Mildred's terrier in the British sitcom George & Mildred
• 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

Dogs in advertising

• Andrex toilet tissue adverts' puppy
• Lucky, fluffy terrier mascot for the More Than insurance company in a long-running series of UK television advertisements
• Moose, Jack Russell Terrier with many advertising credits
• Nipper, the RCA mascot (see also Victor Talking Machine Company and His Master's Voice)
• Spuds Mackenzie, beer mascot
• Taco Bell mascot, a Chihuahua (see also Taco Bell chihuahua)
• Target commercials' Bull Terrier
• Ubu, Labrador Retriever, mascot of Ubu Productions which produced Family Ties

Cartoons, animation, puppets

• characters in All Dogs Go to Heaven
• characters in One Hundred and One Dalmatians
• Ace, The Bat-Hound, a Black and Straw GSD and a member of the Batman mythos of DC comics.
• Astro from The Jetsons
• Baby Cinnamon, friend of Hello Kitty
• Bad Dog! An early animated computer screen saver
• Bandit , Jonny Quest's terrier
• Belle, the white mountain dog, co-star of Belle et Sébastien
• B. H., Calcutta (Failed), the bloodhound with no sense of smell in British comic strip The Perishers
• Bill, a cocker dog from the comic strip Boule et Bill
• Black Bob, formerly from the British comic The Dandy
• 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
• Bruno, apparently a bloodhound cross, in Disney's Cinderella
• CatDog, eponymous star of the Nickelodeon TV show. See also List of fictional cats
• Chacha, a dog reincarnated into a toy car, but still keeping a dog-like appearance. He is from the anime I Love Bubu Chacha
• Charlie Dog, "Looney Tunes" character created by Chuck Jones
• Churchill, a bulldog in the form of a talking "nodding dog" car accessory, from UK television ads for Churchill insurance. Voiced by Vic Reeves.
• Clifford the Big Red Dog
• Corneil , talking dog from Corneil and Bernie.
• Courage the Cowardly Dog
• Cubitus, the fat round white dog, from the eponymous Belgian comic by Dupa (in the English version of the cartoon series, Cubitus is known as Wowser)
• Deputy Dawg
• Dino in The Flintstones, a metaphorical dog (biologically a dinosaur, but imbued with the characteristics of a pet canine)
• Dinsdale, the dog from Rubbish, King of the Jumble.
• Dogbert, the assertive dog owned by the unassertive Dilbert
• Dogg, whose exposure to the fictional mutagen "quantum juice" gave him human-level intelligence and speech (from Milestone Comics' Blood Syndicate)
• Dogmatix, faithful companion to Obelix in the UK translation of the Asterix comic books
• 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)
• Droopalong, Sheriff Ricochet Rabbit 's sidekick
• Ein the corgi in the anime series Cowboy Bebop
• Elektra, the dog of Cathy
• Fat Dog Mendoza
• the foot stool in Beauty and the Beast
• Fifi the Peke, Pluto's girlfriend
• Filya, on the TV screens since 1970s in the Russian (formerly Soviet) Good night, the little ones! (Russian: Спокойной ночи, малыши!)
• Florence Ambrose, a genetically-engineered "Bowman's Wolf" in the comic strip Freefall
• Gnasher and his son Gnipper, from the British comic strips Dennis the Menace and Gnasher and Gnipper
• Goofy, Disney character, a dog with human characteristics
• Goopy Geer, Merrie Melodies character
• Goddard, in Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius
• Gromit of Wallace and...
• Hector the Bulldog from various Sylvester and Tweety cartoons
• Hong Kong Phooey, star of the Hanna-Barbera cartoon of the same name
• Huckleberry Hound, a Hanna-Barbera cartoon character
• characters in Walt Disney's Lady and the Tramp
• characters in Disney's The 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
• Jasper, Brian Griffin's effeminate gay cousin, Family Guy
• Krypto, The superpowered pet dog of Superman, in 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, a Great Dane with an eponymous daily comic strip
• 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
• Odie in Garfield
• Augie Doggie and Doggie Daddy , Hanna-Barbera
• Penny Dog, a friend of Minnie Mouse
• Pero, the cyborg dog of Higeoyaji in the manga Astro Boy
• Pluto, Disney character, a dog with dog characteristics
• Pochacco, friend of Hello Kitty
• Pooch, a minor character in “Sinfest”
• Prince Eric's dog in Disney's The Little Mermaid
• Radar, the Hound Supreme (a pastiche of Krypto, from Alan Moore's revisionism of Supreme)
• 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
• Rocky, main character in Swedish comic Rocky
• Roobarb, title character of a British cartoon series
• 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, A Great Dane with cropped ears.
• Scooby-Dum, A Great Dane with cropped ears.
• Scrappy-Doo, Scooby-Doo's nephew.
• Slinky in Disney's Toy Story
• Snoopy in Peanuts
• Snowy in The Adventures of Tintin
• Sparky, the gay dog from South Park
• Spike in Peanuts
• 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.
• Wannyan, (Bow-Meow in English version) a half-dog half-cat alien from the anime series Da! Da! Da! aka UFO Baby
• 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

• "Big Dog" by Rolf Harris
• "Bird Dog" by the Everly Brothers (only metaphorically a dog)
• "Bow Wow Wow Wow (Wild dog on the prowl)" sung by Mitch Ryder with Was (Not Was)
• "Dogs" by Pink Floyd from the Animals album, referring to vicious people
• "Dog Eat Dog", songs by AC/DC and Adam and the Ants
• "Dog Song" by Nellie McCay is about the comfort felt by dog owners
• "Goodbye, Charlie Dog " by himself?
• "Hound Dog", as sung by Big Mama Thornton and Elvis Presley (only metaphorically a dog)
• "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
• "I wanna be your dog", as performed by Iggy Pop and The Stooges
• Jake in "Feed Jake" by the Pirates of the Mississippi
• "Jingle Bells" as performed by the Singing Dogs
• "Let Sleeping Dogs Die" by The Mission UK
• "Little Gomez", the Chihuahua in the song of the same name by Eric Bogle
• "Me and You and a Dog Named Boo" by Peter Shelley , Lobo
• "Old Dog Tray" by Stephen Foster
• "Old Shep" as sung by Elvis Presley and many other country performers
• "Old Tige"
• "One Man and His Dog", English folk song
• Peter and the Wolf by Prokofiev
• Seamus in song by same name (Meddle album) by Pink Floyd
• "Sick as a Dog" by Aerosmith
• The dog who "up and died" in "Mr. Bojangles "
• "The Dogs of War" by Pink Floyd (a metaphor created by William Shakespeare)
• "Who Let the Dogs Out? " by Baha Men
• A dog that won't get off the furniture in "Get Down" by Gilbert O'Sullivan
• "Longview" by Green Day speaks of "felling like a dog in heat"

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