List of fictional dogs

Legendary, Mythical and Fairytale dogs

• Anubis, Ancient Egyptian god with a dog's (or a jackal's) head
• Cerberus (demon of the pit), the hound of Hades in Greek mythology (also his brother, Orthrus)
• Garm, a four-eyed dog that guarded Helheim in Norse mythology
• Fenris, a monstrous wolf, offspring of Loki in Norse mythology
• The Wolf, from Little Red Riding Hood in Grimm's Fairy Tales

Dogs in Literature

• Boots, narrator of Thy Servant a Dog by Rudyard Kipling
• Buck, the main character in Jack London's Call of the Wild
• 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
• Greyfriars Bobby, a true story which became the basis of much fiction
• The Hound of the Baskervilles by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
• Sirius (1944), by Olaf Stapledon, a science fiction novel about a canine Einstein
• The Hundred and One Dalmatians by Dodie Smith, subsequently made into a movie by Walt Disney
• Big Red, Irish Red and a cohort of other Irish Setters, protagonists of novels by James Kjelgaard, some of which were also Disneyfied
• Gaspode, an unusually clever dog who talks, in various Discworld novels by Terry Pratchett
• Howard, the dog in Bunnicula and sequels by James Howe
• Laddie (a send-up of Lassie (qv)) who stars alongside Gaspode
• "Timmy" in the Famous Five series of books by Enid Blyton
• "Bullseye", Bill Sykes' dog in Oliver Twist
• Ribsy, companion of Henry Huggins and character in numerous novels for young readers by Beverly Cleary
• 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
• 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

• 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.
• 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 Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum
• Einstein and Copernicus in the Back to the Future Trilogy
• Milo, Stanley Ipkiss' dog in The Mask
• the alien dog in Men in Black

Dogs in Television

• The puppy from the Andrex toilet tissue adverts
• The Blue Peter dogs: Petra, Goldie, Shep, Bonnie, etc. Please note that these are media dogs, but not fictional characters.
• Buck from Married... with Children
• Eddie from Frasier
• 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

Cartoons, Animation, Puppets

• characters in All Dogs Go to Heaven
• characters in One Hundred and One Dalmations
• Astro from The Jetsons
• Baby Cinnamon, friend of Hello Kitty
• B. H., Calcutta (Failed), the bloodhound with no sense of smell in The Perishers
• Blue and Magenta in Blue's Clues
• Boot, companion of the boy Wellington in The Perishers
• CatDog, eponymous star of the Nickelodeon TV show. See also List of fictional cats
• Charlie Dog, "Looney Tunes" character created by Chuck Jones
• Clifford the Big Red Dog
• Courage, the cowardly dog
• Deputy Dawg from the cartoon series of the same name
• Dino in The Flintstones. (Although he was a dinosaur, not a dog, Dino filled the role of family pet and behaved like a dog.)
• Dogbert, the dog owned by Dilbert
• the family dog in Rugrats
• Fat Dog Mendoza
• the foot stool in Beauty and the Beast
• Gnasher from the British comic strip Dennis the Menace
• Goofy, Disney character, a dog with human characteristics
• Goddard, in Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius
• Gromit of Wallace and...
• Huckleberry Hound, a Hanna-Barbera cartoon character
• characters in Disney's Lady and the Tramp
• characters in Disney's Fox and the Hound
• characters in Disney's Oliver and Company
• Percy in Disney's Pochahontas
• Little Brother, Mulan's dog in Disney's Mulan
• the little dog in 20th Century Fox's Anastasia
• 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
• 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 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
• Scooby Doo
• 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
• Tatty Oldbitt the Sailors' Friend, in The Perishers
• Triumph, the insult-comic dog on Late Night with Conan O'Brien
• Underdog, superhero from the cartoon series by the same name, and his main squeeze, Sweet Polly Purebred.

Dogs in Song

• "Hound Dog", as sung by Big Mama Thornton and Elvis Presley (only metaphorically a dog)
• "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
• "Peter and the Wolf" by Tchaikovsky
• "Dog Eat Dog" by AC/DC
• "Sick as a Dog" by Aerosmith

Related Topics

• List of historical dogs
• List of fictional animals