History Characters / HankTheCowdog

!!Wallace and Junior
A father and son pair of buzzards.
* AbusiveParents: Wallace talks down to his son, discourages his dreams of being a singer, and is implied to only leave him the scraps of whatever food they scavenge.
-->'''Wallace:''' Don't you remember all those dead skunks we shared?\\
'''Junior:''' Yeah, but y-y-y-you always got the skunk, and I always g-g-got the stink!
* CirclingVultures: Actually Buzzards. But as Hank points out, it is never a good sign
* FantasyForbiddingFather: Wallace believes Junior is an idiot to want to become a singer.
* GrumpyOldMan: Wallace definitely counts. When he's not complaining about being starving or about his son's dreams, he's asleep.
* HiddenDepths: Junior can play the banjo (don't ask how with no fingers).
* InterspeciesFriendship: Junior considers Hank his "Doggie Friend." Wallace on the other hand...
* SpeechImpediment [=/=] PorkyPigPronunciation: Junior does this.
* VillainSong: Wallace has one called, "A Pox A Pox on ''MediaNotes/EmilyPost''".

!!Miss Viola
A local woman who lives with her dad on a ranch. She is romantically attracted to Slim Chance, and shows up occasionally in parts of the series that involve him.
* AllLoveIsUnrequited: Tried to get Slim to notice her. [[spoiler: Averted when he proposes to her]].
* DaddysGirl: Lives on a ranch with her dad.
* ImpliedLoveInterest: Was this to Slim.
* {{Squick}}: In-Universe. She may love Slim, but his cooking is another story.
* WhatDoesSheSeeInHim: Hank often wonders why she likes Slim.

!!Eddy the Rac
A mischievous raccoon that was adopted by Slim until he was set free. He comes back to the ranch sometimes and stirs up trouble.
* CharacterCatchphrase: "Got a deal" and "Bet me?" Pretty much every time, it ends with Hank losing.
* FriendlyEnemy: Tends to be this to Hank. At most Hank only gets annoyed with him, but he tends to have fun with him when Hank is not being tricked. Hank even admits he's not a bad little guy.
* InterspeciesAdoption: Was adopted by Slim, until he became too much of a nuisance.
* {{Lunacy}}: Claims his mischief at night comes from Moonlight Madness. When the moon is out, he has to do something.
* MotorMouth: Especially in the audio book, where he speaks a mile a minute.
* RascallyRaccoon: Always trying to get Hank caught up in one of his deals.
* ToxicFriendInfluence: Hank is not exactly a saint, but Eddy tends to get Hank into situations his usual morality would prevent (e.g., eating horse feed).
* TrademarkFavoriteFood: Has a whole song dedicated to Watermelon.

!!Beulah
A female collie who lives near Hank's ranch, and one of the objects of Hank's affections.
* ArtEvolution: Looked much more like a collie in later books.
* DamselInDistress: In ''The Case Of The Kidnapped Collie''.
* InformedSpecies: She was referred to as a border collie as far back as the first book. She looked like a gender swapped Hank. Averted in later books, where she was redesigned to better look like one.
* NiceGirl: She tries to be considerate of Hank even though she can't return his feelings and during one book when Drover starts yelping about his leg, she shrieks and tries to help, even scolding Hank (who suspects it's fakery) for being uncharitable in his remarks on the subject.
* SickeninglySweethearts: She and Plato have some lovey-dovey nicknames for each other.
* UnseenNoMore: Mentioned in the first book, not seen until the second.
* WomanScorned: Hank has just failed in wooing her away from Plato in ''Faded Love'' when one of his other love interests, a beagle named Miss Scamper, happens along and he goes off with her. Beulah, upset, tells him to go be with his "strumpet" and that she doesn't care (even though it's pretty obvious that she does).

!!Plato
A bird dog that is Beulah's boyfriend. Hank considers him his rival.
* DarkSecret: [[spoiler:He was raised by Beulah's grandmother, who basically betrothed Beulah into being Plato's girlfriend.]]
* EntitledToHaveYou: [[spoiler:Downplayed. He isn't a mean boyfriend or acted overly clingy towards her, but it took a long time for him to drop the pledge Beulah's grandmother made her act.]]
* MobySchtick: He's made a life long mission of hunting the Great White Quail.
* NiceGuy: Genuinely considers Hank a friend and acts chipper to him.
* UnseenNoMore: Like his girlfriend, he had a brief mention in the first book and first appeared in the second.

!!Madame Moonshine
A witchy little owl who lives not far from the ranch.
* CloudCuckooLander: Nothing she ever says makes any sense.
* InformedAbility: Actually knowing magic was just an informed ability in her first appearance. Averted in Book 11 where she is able to defy gravity, cause Rip and Snort's song to be sung backwards, and mind control them into not wanting to eat her and Hank.
* InsaneTrollLogic: Due to being a witch, she speaks in riddles and nonsense.
* MoreThanMindControl: Is capable of this. Rather than directly control the coyotes' actions, her magic convinces them they only want to eat a cat (though they were still willing to kill Hank if they didn't get what they want).
* TheOwlKnowingOne: Despite her weird speech habits, she does know what she's doing.
* SnakesAreSinister: She has a bodyguard named Timothy. He is a diamond back rattlesnake and leaves Hank very nervous.
* WordSaladHumor: This is how she talks. In her own words, she is fluent in Gibberish and Fibberish.

* StarCrossedLovers: Her romance with Hank is complicated by the coyotes, and especially her brother Scraunch the Terrible, disliking Hank and humans typically disliking coyotes.

** When the books started, he would sometimes abuse Hank and Pete for his own entertainment. He still gets into trouble but is more good natured and even helped the cowboys during a roundup in a drought. He also started as a more chaotic toddler that could sound like twenty tractors at once and even insulted his mother to her face. As the books went on, his mischief came more out of innocence and not knowing any better, and he's shown to care deeply about his mother.

* InterspeciesFriendship: Back when he could talk to animals.
* PlatonicDeclarationOfLove: After Hank gets into the garbage can in "The Garbage Monster From Outer Space" and Sally May threatens to take him to the pound, Little Alfred begs his mom not to take Hank away because Hank is his friend and he loves him. Because of this, Sally May relents and then warns Hank not to get into any more trouble.

--->'''Wallace:''' Don't you remember all those dead skunks we shared?\\

* VillainSong: Wallace has one called, "A Pox A Pox on ''UsefulNotes/EmilyPost''".

* CharacterCatchphrase: "Bet me?" Pretty much every time, it ends with Hank losing

* ToxicFriendInfluence: Hank is not exactly a saint, but Eddy has a tendency to get Hank in situations his usual morality would prevent him from getting in to.

* NiceGirl: She tries to be considerate of Hank even though she can't return his feelings and during one book when Drover starts yelping about his leg, she shrieks and tries to help, even scolding Hank (who knows it's fakery) for being uncharitable in his remarks on the subject.