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

  • Argos, King Odysseus's faithful dog in Homer's Odyssey. After Odysseus returned home to Ithaca disguised as a beggar 20 years later, it was only Argos who managed to recognize him.
  • Baleia, the dog companion that follows a poor family throughout the hardships of the 1915 drought in Brazil in Vidas secas, by Graciliano Ramos
  • Biruta, the dog in the homonymous short story by Lygia Fagundes Telles
  • Bruno Lichtenstein, the dog in the homonymous short story by Rubem Braga
  • Buck, in Jack London's The Call of the Wild
  • Bull's-eye, Bill Sikes' dog in Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens
  • Jip, resident in the household of Hugh Lofting's Dr. Dolittle
  • Jip, Dora Spenlow's spaniel in Charles Dickens' David Copperfield
  • Mr. Bones, the companion dog in Timbuktu, by Paul Auster
  • Petitcrieu in Arthurian legend
  • Pingo de Ouro, Miguilim's companion in the novella Campo Geral, by João Guimarães Rosa
  • Quincas Borba, the dog whose name is the same as his human's in Machado de Assis' Quincas Borba
  • Randolph, a Labrador retriever and the narrator of A Dog About Town, by JF Englert
  • Red, in Jim Kjelgaard's Big Red
  • Ripper, Marjorie Dursley's pet dog in J.K Rowling's Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
  • Sharik, the astray dog who undergoes a transformation surgery in Heart of a Dog, by Mikhail Bulgakov
  • Tentação, the dog in the homonymous short story by Clarice Lispector
  • Toto, Dorothy's dog in The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, by L. Frank Baum

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Song

  • 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.
  • "Black Shuck", song by the Darkness about the spectral black dog, Black Shuck
  • Blue, from the song of the same name by Peter, Paul and Mary
  • Boo, from "Me and You and a Dog Named Boo", 1971 song by Lobo
  • "Bow Wow Wow Wow " sung by Mitch Ryder with 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.
  • Catalessi, "Torna Catalessi" by Caparezza
  • "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".
  • "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.
  • Frank, in "Classified" by C. W. McCall
  • Frunobulax, a large poodle, appears on the Frank Zappa and the Mothers album Roxy and Elsewhere.
  • "Gonna Buy Me a Dog", by the Monkees
  • " That Doggie in the Window?", a 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
  • Little Klinker, the pup who woke Santa up in "Little Klinker" by Tennessee Ernie Ford.
  • "Martha My Dear" by the Beatles
  • "Molly Cabernet" by Kyle Stibbs
  • "Old King" by Neil Young
  • "Ol' Red", 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
  • Sam, Dood's dog in "the Ballad of Dood and Juanita" by Sturgill Simpson
  • "Seamus", in song by the same name by Pink Floyd
  • "Where, O Where Has My Little Dog Gone?" by Septimus Winner
  • "Shannon", from the Henry Gross song of that name, inspired by Gross's and Carl Wilson's Irish Setters, both named Shannon
  • Sinatra,a dog named after the singer for its blue eyes in the 2002 song "Sinatra" by Canadian folk singer James Keelaghan
  • Strider, 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
  • 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 the fictional band The Lavender Fudge Experience
  • Queenie, a dog who was shot and killed in "Queenie's Song" by Guy Clark, 2002
  • "My Only Man of the Hour" by Norah Jones

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