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Monday, August 3, 2009

For Your Consideration...

Posted by on Mon, Aug 3, 2009 at 10:36 AM

5243/1249320541-shithead.jpgList of Fictional Dogs.

A sampling:

Buster, Scottish Terrier belonging to Frederick Algernon Trotteville ("Fatty") in Enid Blyton's "Five Find-Outers" series of children's mystery novels
Cafall, a dog belonging to King Arthur (occasionally spelled "Cabal")
Cerberus from Greek Mythology, the three-headed hellhound of Hades.
Ceril, the hellhound from Eva Ibbotson's The Haunting of Hiram.
Chief from The Fox and the Hound
Copper from The Fox and the Hound
Cujo the St. Bernard in the novel by Stephen King (later a movie)
Dingo, in Dick Sand, A Captain at Fifteen by Jules Verne
Dingus, in Dingus Dreaming and The Canine Condition by Alex A. Vardamis
Dog, the hellhound from Good Omens by Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman
Dog that did nothing in the night-time, unnamed, this "curious incident" providing a clue in the Sherlock Holmes story The Adventure of Silver Blaze by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.
Duchess, the dog who thought she swallowed a patty pan, in Beatrix Potter's The Tale of the Pie and the Patty-Pan
Effdee, the protagonist on the fantasy webcomic Anema: Age of the Robots
Einstein, the golden retriever in Dean Koontz's book Watchers
Fang, Grip and Wolf. Farmer Maggot's guard dogs in J. R. R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings
Fang, Hagrid's dog, a boar-hound (a Mastiff) in the Harry Potter books: (in the movies, Fang is a Neapolitan Mastiff)
Fidele in Gogol's Diary of a Madman
Fluke, the title character in Fluke by James Herbert
Fluffy, the three-headed dog (similar to Cerberus) in Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
Fly, the collie that befriends Babe the piglet in Dick King-Smith's The Sheep-Pig, the basis for the film Babe
Hush Puppy, one of Shari Lewis's puppets
Happy Walter Higgenbottom and many of dogs from The Mighty B on Nickelodeon
Jasper, Brian Griffin's effeminate gay cousin, Family Guy
Jock, the Scottish Terrier from Disney's Lady and the Tramp and Lady and the Tramp II: Scamp's Adventure
Kipper, a young dog who always has adventures waiting for him
K-9 a Looney Tunes character
Krypto, the superpowered pet dog of Superman, in DC comics.
Laddie, a dog which was once owned by Bart Simpson in an episode of The Simpsons
Lady, the Cocker Spaniel from Disney's Lady and the Tramp and Lady and the Tramp II: Scamp's Adventure
Ladybird, the Hills' pet bloodhound, in King of the Hill
Lafayette, the Basset Hound from Disney's The Aristocats
Little Brother, Mulan's dog in Disney's Mulan
Loyal Heart Dog - a Care Bears cousin
Lucy - Alvin and the Chipmunks
Lucky, from the 101 Dalmatians series
Marc Antony, Looney Tunes character
Max, the Sheep Dog from The Little Mermaid
Max, the Grinch's companion in Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas!
Max Goof, son of Goofy
Maxipes Fik
Mighty Manfred the Wonder Dog, Tom Terrific's companion on Captain Kangaroo
Mumbly, from The Mumbly Cartoon Show and Laff-A-Lympics in 1977
Muttley, Dick Dastardly's sidekick in Wacky Races with the craziest laugh, Dastardly and Muttley in their Flying Machines and Yogi's Treasure Hunt
Mr. Peabody, genius dog and history expert in The Rocky and Bullwinkle Show
Mr. Pendleton from What ever Happened to Robot Jones
Ms. Lion from Spider-Man and his Amazing Friends
Napoleon, the Bloodhound from Aristocats
Precious, the white Toy poodle beloved of 'Buffalo Bill' in The Silence of the Lambs
Quark, from Honey, I Shrunk the Kids
Rexxx/Dewy, from Firehouse Dog
Riff Raff, from Underdog
Rin Tin Tin, 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.
Reno, from the movie Top Dog starring Chuck Norris
Rocky, Captain Felix Maxwell's dog in Mannequin
Russell, from Celtic Pride
Samantha, from the film I Am Legend starring Will Smith
Sasha, from The Last Shot
Shadow, from the film Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey, voiced by Don Ameche.
The Shaggy Dog
Shithead, from the movie The Jerk starring Steve Martin

THE LIST GOES ON! (Complete list of nonfictional dogs still under construction.)

Thx to Leah.

 

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Max Solomon 1
soooo..... dogs are awesome?
Posted by Max Solomon on August 3, 2009 at 10:40 AM
2
What? No Scooby?
Posted by Ben Weldon on August 3, 2009 at 10:43 AM
FreudianShrimp 3
@1

Yep, especially is they're telepathically linked to their owners:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gu9fESAlG…
Posted by FreudianShrimp on August 3, 2009 at 10:46 AM
Cracker Jack 4
Do Sloggers get paid by the inch?
Posted by Cracker Jack on August 3, 2009 at 10:51 AM
5
Captain Felix Maxwell's dog in Mannequin was named Rambo, not Rocky. Right actor...wrong character name.

Posted by j.lee on August 3, 2009 at 10:57 AM
Old Mama Chips 6
What about Benji, Old Yeller, and Pluto?
Posted by Old Mama Chips on August 3, 2009 at 10:59 AM
Old Mama Chips 7
Oops, nevermind. Didn't scroll down to Dogs in Film
Posted by Old Mama Chips on August 3, 2009 at 11:03 AM
Beetlecat 8
whew.. Nana is on the list.
Posted by Beetlecat on August 3, 2009 at 11:08 AM
Beetlecat 9
@4 What...are you worried about electrons being wasted, or somehow precious bandwidth is being used up? Quit jabbering like some usenet jerk. :)
Posted by Beetlecat on August 3, 2009 at 11:09 AM
scary tyler moore 10
they forgot Hell the dog from 'Gladiator'. 'On my signal, unleash Hell'.
Posted by scary tyler moore http://pushymcshove.blogspot.com/ on August 3, 2009 at 11:19 AM
LaRiiiiM0RrrHAwtiiii696969 11
LINDY CAN WE NOT TALK ABOUT DAWHGS ON UR ARTWALK?

I'D MUCH RATHER TALK ABOUT IQ'S AND TASTE AND FLORAL PRINTS N' STUFF THAT WE COULD BOTH LIKE (BUT THAT NOT BOTH OF US HAVE. I'LL BRING IQ + TASTING, YOU HAVE FLORAL PRINTS?)
Posted by LaRiiiiM0RrrHAwtiiii696969 http://balkin.blogspot.com/ on August 3, 2009 at 11:24 AM
Cracker Jack 12
@9: Teh photon shortage is 4 realz GOOGLE IT!!!!!!!

Posted by Cracker Jack on August 3, 2009 at 11:36 AM
13
WTHeck! Where's Lassie? I mean c'mon.
Posted by No Offense on August 3, 2009 at 11:40 AM
14
Just wait until you get to the List of fictional cat-like aliens. (Yes, this is a real Wikipedia list. They have discussed whether to delete it. They voted to keep it.)
Posted by Phiadria on August 3, 2009 at 11:48 AM
15
They need to add Enzo to that list. The Art of Racing in the Rain is an amazing book. Its by a Seattle Author too.
Posted by bubbles on August 3, 2009 at 12:02 PM
16
The best fictional (and talking) dog of all time is missing, the Learned English Dog (L.E.D.) from Pynchon's Mason & Dixon. (Which is awesome, Paul, so there.)
Posted by Zioncheck on August 3, 2009 at 12:13 PM
Josh Bomb 17
Muttley always did have the best laugh.

Now if you'll excuse me, I've got adventures waiting for me.
Posted by Josh Bomb http://www.satanosphere.com on August 3, 2009 at 12:14 PM
18
No Santa's Little Helper or Brian?
Posted by Jersey on August 3, 2009 at 12:21 PM
Superfrankenstein 19
Lex Luthor once gave a stray dog super-powers, taught it to hate Superboy & Krypto, and named it "Destructo."
Posted by Superfrankenstein http://twitter.com/TomPeyer on August 3, 2009 at 12:33 PM
Old Mama Chips 20
@13, scroll down to dogs in film.
Posted by Old Mama Chips on August 3, 2009 at 1:07 PM
Dougsf 21
We're going to need to add both Dinky (National Lampoon's Vacation) and the Snow Dog (Rush). Somehow those two things are related in my mind.
Posted by Dougsf on August 3, 2009 at 1:24 PM
22
Asta from the "Thin Man" series. And George from "Bringing Up Baby." And they were the same dog!!!
Posted by bobbo on August 3, 2009 at 3:03 PM
23
I miss Buster, Fatty and Enid Blyton.
Posted by sashikers on August 3, 2009 at 5:24 PM

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