The American love of dogs is expressed nowhere better than in the cartoons. Since cartoons were first drawn dogs have featured in them. Dogs in the cartoons express something very fundamental about the popular American psyche.
Long before films made cartoons universal dogs appeared in the cartoon strips that newspapers ran. That is where the cartoon dog first began to develop its characteristic traits and become an iconic figure.
Little Orphan Annie had her faithful dog Sandy. The cartoonist Harold Gray used Sandy as a side kick for his feisty female lead character. Whether she was fighting Nazis or investigating haunted houses Sandy was never far away. Every strip ended with Sandy’s trade marke “Arf!”
Sandy never had much to say. He could not be said to have been a fully delineated character. That was never the case with the Snoopy.Snoopy is a more recent addition to the cartoon strip hall of fame. He is Charlie Brown’s dog in Schulz’s “Peanuts” cartoon strip. He first appeared in the syndicated strip in 1950. He has since made the transition to television and big screen.
Snoopy always dominated the “Peanuts” cartoons and seemed to lead a much richer imaginative life than the children who were supposed to be the main characters of the cartoon. The little beagle could invariably be found on top of his kennel writing his novel. When not doing that he was dressed as a World War I fighter ace fighting the Red Baron. Unusually for a dog, even in the cartoons, he owned an original Van Gogh and a Van Wyeth. The Van Gogh was sadly destroyed by fire in one episode.
A completely different take on the dog character in cartoons is Odie in the Garfield comics. Odie never had anything to say. All he did was to slobber. The intellectual part of the partnership was Garfield the cat. Even that sometimes abusive relationship between the cartoon cat and dog reflects something of the conflicted relationship that is often seen between family pets. At a deeper level perhaps the cartoon also has something to say about sibling rivalry.
Today’s leading cartoon dog has to be Santa’s Little Helper who appears in the Simpsons. He is principally Bart’s dog and their relationship encapsulates the special place that is accorded to the child/dog pairing in American popular culture. There is an innocence of sentiment in the bond between the boy and the dog that captures the way in which childhood is envisaged in the USA. For the city kid of the late 20th and early 21st century that is a condition that is all too often unattainable but the cartoon image of the dog maintains the myth.
Abhishek Agarwal
http://www.articlesbase.com/pets-articles/famous-cartoon-dogs-753301.html
Name some really famous cartoon cats/dogs?
or just cute animals…im doing an anti fur campaign and i think this is a different way of getting the message across thanks guys
Itchy & Scratchy.
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http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=AnR91WNuEF4BdX4BpgVHvjPsy6IX;_ylv=3?qid=20081001112023AAEXgsd
Tom (from Tom and Jerry)
Deputy Dawg
Mutley (from Wacky Races)
Sylvester
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there is Goofy and Pluto r the only ones i can think of
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ur sooooo coolio
Tom & Jerry, Top Cat, The Looney Tunes (Bugs Bunny), Snoopy, Secret Squirrel most definately!
Hope those helped!
Oh yeah! And Flower and Thumper from Bambi!
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Tom(tom&jerry)
courage
pluto
Cat dog…..
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Ren & Stimpy
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Bugs Bunny.
Top Cat.
Tom and Jerry.
Clifford the Big Red Dog.
Krypto the Super Dog.
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rhubarb & custard
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Top Cat ( TC )
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I’m going to say Top Cat as well, because he’s the best. He’s the boss, he’s a VIP, he’s the championship.
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Top Cat
Sylvester
Tom (and Jerry)
Scooby Doo (and Scrappy Doo)
Snowy (from Tintin)
Mutley
101 Dalmations
Aristocats
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Top Cat aka TC, Felix the cat, Bagpuss, and Hector the dog and Kiki the cat from Hectors house. Classics
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Fox kittens are amazingly cute. We had a vixen make a den close to our home, and I used to drive by them every day just to catch a glimpse of them. Sometimes just one young fox – the bravest of the litter – would be outside the den, and I just doted over them. My neighbor has outdoor pets, so he called the animal control department. They are now living in a large forest preserve. I bet they’re having tons of fun.
http://www.gunflint-trail.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/foxkits.JPG If you Google fox kittens, or foxes, you should be able to find some great pics
There’s also Garfield & Odie, Heathcliff, Grape Ape, Underdog, Scooby-Doo, .. Huckleberry Hound, and more at the links below
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http://www2.warnerbros.com/web/hannabarbera/index.jsp hanna barbera’s home page
http://www.bcdb.com/cartoons/Hanna-Barbera_Studios/U-Z/Wacky_Races/ hanna barbera wacky races
http://looneytunes.warnerbros.com/web/homepage/homepage.jsp Looney Tunes
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Animaniacs the Animaniacs
snagglepuss think i spelt it right
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Garfield
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Some class acts below – one of my favourites just has to be the dog/cat partnership of Hong Kong Phooey & his cat Spot (Who was striped & always saved the day while the accident prone superhero HKPhooey always got the credit). Remember the ‘mild mannered janitor’ that transformed, via a filing cabinet into the hero?
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the one and only "wonder dog", pluto, micky and minnie mouse, tom the cat from tom and jerry, fritz the cat(from the 40′s) garfield my favorite, otto his buddy dog, goofy, kimba the white lion (from the 70′s about the time of speed racer) , rocky and bullwinkle, clairbell the cow, what was supermans dog name? began with a K….. hope this list helps
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Tom (from Tom and Jerry.)
Pluto (from Mickey Mouse)
Butch (from Tom and Jerry)
Scooby Doo (from, well, er… Scooby Doo)
Scrappy Doo (from Scobby Doo)
Salum (Animated Sabrina Series)
Mickey Mouse (from Mickey Mouse)
Minnie Mouse (from Mickey Mouse)
Jerry (from Tom and Jerry)
Itchy (from the Simpsons)
Scratchy (from the Simpsons)
Spike (from the Rugrats)
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My Animated Animals Knowledge