While having a cup of coffee this morning, I thought to myself, “Hmm, I wonder, how many dogs appear in stories of literature? Or films?”Obviously the k9 species has impacted popular culture one way or another. After doing a little research, my findings were surprising and quite exciting.
Famous Dogs in Literature:
Argos, the faithful dog of Odysseus in Homer's Odyssey
Blanche, one of King Lear's dogs
XOLOTL, in Aztec mythology
Bulls-eye, Bill Sikes' dog in Oliver Twist
Crab, "the sourest natured dog that lives" in Shakespeare's Two Gentlemen of Verona
Garryowen, the Citizen's dog in James Joyce's Ulysses
Grizzle, Elizabeth Dalloway's dog in Virginia Woolf's novel Mrs. Dalloway
Dogs in Popular Films
Andrew, the family dog from Mary Poppins
Beethoven, the St. Bernard hero of the Beethoven movie series.
Bruiser from Legally Blonde
Camille, The vet's collie & mother of Hooch's pups from Turner & Hooch
Einstein, Doc Brown's sheepdog in Back to the Future
Frank the Pug, the alien dog in Men in Black
Itchy, from All Dogs Go to Heaven
Milo, Stanley Ipkiss' jack russel in The Mask
Nana from Disney's "Peter Pan"
Precious, the white Toy poodle beloved of 'Buffalo Bill' in The Silence of the Lambs
Verdell, the Brussels Griffon in As Good as It Gets
Zero, Jack's ghost dog from Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas
Elizabeth Taylor (née Princess Dandyridge Brandywine), the Cavalier King Charles Spaniel from Sex and the City the Movie
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