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List of fictional 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 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
- 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
- Toto in The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum
- 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
- Patrasche, the dog in A Dog of Flanders by Ouida
- Asta, in the various The Thin Man films
- 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 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
- Dennis the Dachshund in The Adventures of Toytown on the BBC Light Programme
- characters in All Dogs Go to Heaven[?]
- characters in One Hundred and One Dalmatians
- Astro[?] from The Jetsons
- Baby Cinnamon, friend of Hello Kitty
- 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
- 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
- Dogbert[?], the dog owned by (or possibly owner of) Dilbert
- Dougal[?], a hairy philosophical dog in stop-frame 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
- 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[?]
- character in Disney's Toy Story and Toy Story 2[?]
- 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
- Mr. Peabody, from the 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 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
- 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
- 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
