History Main / RightHandAttackDog

* The ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer}}'' campaign "The Tragedy of [=McDeath=]" has Lady [=McDeath's=] two-headed fire-breathing hellhound, Spot. Who can obey various commands, including "Attack!", "Fetch!" and "[[OutDamnedSpot Out, out!]]"

** Subverted in the ''VideoGame/MegaManClassic'' series, since you never fight [[SavageWolves Treble]], except in his capacity as a CombiningMecha SuperMode PoweredArmor for [[EvilCounterpart Bass]].

* Ehmte-Ciss-Ronn in ''ComicBook/{{Sillage}}'' keeps two alien shark-equivalents as pets. Being naturally aquatic, he has no problem flooding his office in the event of intrusion, knocking his enemies down with the rushing water while bringing the SharkPool into the room.
* Azraël, from ''Franchise/TheSmurfs'', could be at first glance thought off as a mere RightHandCat to Gargamel. But since the Smurfs are so small, Azraël is a very physical threat and ends up chasing them quite often, putting him right into this trope.

* Voldemort's gigantic pet snake, Nagini in the ''Literature/HarryPotter'' books is one of these. She also has a non-combat function as her venom helped to keep him alive prior to getting his full power back. She's pretty much the only other creature toward whom he shows any evidence of caring. Which probably has more to do with her [[spoiler:containing a fragment of his soul]] than anything else.

[[caption-width-right:350:It helps if you have a [[LiteralMinded Left-Hand Attack Dog to go with the right]].]]

* In ''WesternAnimation/TheManCalledFlintstone'', the Green Goose and his pet sabretooth tiger, Ferocious.
* In ''WesternAnimation/OliverAndCompany'', ruthless LoanShark Bill Sykes has a pair of vicious Dobermanns (pictured above), who go about intimidating both the main characters and their impoverished "master" Fagin, and follow Sykes' will with gusto.

** In ''WesternAnimation/TheRescuers'', Madame Medusa has a pair of pet alligators called Brutus and Nero, who are quite intelligent and obedient, but just as vicious as expected.
** In ''WesternAnimation/TheRescuersDownUnder'', Percival [=McLeach=] has a pet goanna lizard named Joanna, who has a massive appetite for eggs and [[AllAnimalsAreDogs behaves a lot like a dog]].

* Mommy and Daddy, the main villains in ''Film/ThePeopleUnderTheStairs'' have a pet rottweiler, fed with human parts...
* Commander Kruge in ''Film/StarTrekIIITheSearchForSpock'' keeps a Klingon reptilian "pet" next to his command chair aboard the Bird of Prey. In contrast to its vicious appearance, it doesn't do much besides growl at people, and gets killed in the battle with the ''Enterprise'' to give Kruge a PetTheDog moment.

* The BigBad of the ''Andrakis'' series has a pet tiger that sat by his throne. A luckless messenger comes to report the defeat of their armies by the reincarnated hero; he looks up and the last thing he sees are the tiger's jaws closing on his face.

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* In ''Webcomic/{{Sinfest}}'', [[http://www.sinfest.net/view.php?date=2007-05-20 Cerberus for Satan]].
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* Scud, the villain Sid's pet dog in ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory'', who uses toys as... well, chew toys.

* Played With in ''VideoGame/HiddenCity'', where after trapping her rivals inside a board game, Violet sends a fiery version of her dog, Alligator, to attack them. Alligator is known for his loyalty to his mistress, and the player's character and two other allies try to distract the creature using a recording of Violet's voice and her perfume (among other things) to keep it from harming their friends inside the game.

* Played With in ''VideoGame/HiddenCity'', where after trapping her rivals inside a board game, Violet sends a fiery version of her dog, Alligator, to attack them. Alligator is known for his loyalty to his mistress, and the player tries to distract the creature using a recording of Violet's voice and her perfume.

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* In ''WesternAnimation/OliverAndCompany'', ruthless LoanShark Sykes has a pair of vicious Dobermanns (pictured above), who go about intimidating both the main characters and their impoverished "master" Fagin, and follow Sykes' will with gusto.

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* In ''WesternAnimation/OliverAndCompany'', ruthless loan-shark Sikes has a pair of vicious Dobermanns (pictured above), who go about intimidating both the main characters and their impoverished "master" Fagin, and follow Sikes' will with gusto.

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* ''Manga/OnePiece:'' Skybreeder Ohm has a ''giant'' dog named Holy that he is usually seen riding on. Unlike most examples of this trope, Holy is capable of [[FourLegsGoodTwoLegsBetter standing on his hind legs and fighting like a human martial artist.]]
* In ''Manga/RanmaOneHalf'', Kodachi Kunō has Midorigame ("Mr. Green Turtle") as a pet... which, like its name ''[[NonIndicativeName doesn't]]'' suggest, is a huge ''crocodile''.

* Ehmte-Ciss-Ronn in ''ComicBook/{{Sillage}}'' keeps two alien shark-equivalents as pets. Being naturally aquatic, he has no problem flooding his office in the event of intrusion, knocking his enemies down with the rushing water while bringing the SharkPool into the room.

* ''ComicBook/GreenLantern'': Atrocitus of the Red Lantern Corps is commonly accompanied by Dex-Starr, formerly an ordinary housecat from Brooklyn before getting recruited by the red ring, and refers to him as "my most trusted liutenant". As a full member, Dex-Starr is incredibly dangerous and often have his own missions, but Atrocitus seems to enjoy having him around as his RightHandCat as well.

* In ''WesternAnimation/OliverAndCompany'', ruthless loan-shark Sikes has a pair of vicious Dobermanns (pictured above), who go about intimidating both the main characters and their impoverished "master" Fagin, and follow Sikes' will with gusto.
* [[spoiler: Charles Muntz]], the villain of ''WesternAnimation/{{Up}}'' has a ton of dogs for henchmen who can all talk through voice collars.

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Bambi}}''. The unseen hunters own a pack of German Shepherds that attack Bambi near the end of his film, just right before the forest fire.

* ''WesternAnimation/{{The Little Mermaid|1989}}''. Ursula the Sea Witch's pet green moray eel minions Flotsam and Jetsam, who are equally creepy as their mistress, unlike other Disney villain sidekicks who usually fall under VileVillainLaughableLackey.
* In ''WesternAnimation/TheManCalledFlintstone'', the Green Goose and his pet sabretooth tiger, Ferocious.
* Mr. Freeze has two very obedient pet polar bears in ''WesternAnimation/BatmanAndMisterFreezeSubZero''.

* Jabba the Hutt's Rancor in ''Franchise/StarWars: Film/ReturnOfTheJedi''.
* Commander Kruge in ''Film/StarTrekIIITheSearchForSpock'' keeps a Klingon reptilian "pet" next to his command chair aboard the Bird of Prey. In contrast to its vicious appearance, it doesn't do much besides growl at people, and gets killed in the battle with the ''Enterprise'' to give Kruge a PetTheDog moment.

* Mommy and Daddy, the main villains in ''Film/ThePeopleUnderTheStairs'' have a pet rottweiller, fed with human parts...
* The Blind Man in ''Film/DontBreathe'' has a Rottweiler who makes up for his master's lack of sight and speed in catching the film's protagonists who just broke into his house and [[spoiler: robbed him of his money]].

* Voldemort's gigantic pet snake, Nagini in the ''Literature/HarryPotter'' books is one of these. She also has a non-combat function as her venom helped to keep him alive prior to getting his full power back. She's pretty much the only other creature toward whom he shows any evidence of caring. Which probably has more to do with her [[spoiler:containing a fragment of his soul]] than anything else.

* Tabaqui the jackal is this to Shere Khan in ''Literature/TheJungleBook''

* In the Creator/SvenHassel novels, Chief Mechanic Wolf has a pair of wolfhounds as his personal guard dogs, and boasts of having people who annoy him fed to them.

* Very close to a TropeCodifier - the titular Hound of ''Literature/TheHoundOfTheBaskervilles''. And before him, Holmes and Watson squared off against an equally vicious attack-dog in "The Adventure of the Copper Beeches".
* ''Literature/YoungSherlockHolmes'': Duke Balthassar, the BigBad in ''Red Leech'', has a pair of semi-trained cougars named Sherman and Grant that he uses as enforcers.

* ''Literature/DragonSeries'': Snowgoose, the BigBad’s familiar, is a very smart and very dangerous [[RedEyesTakeWarning red-eyed]] white dog.

* Subverted in ''Series/{{Cougar Town}}'' where Bobby thinks people broke into his boat and warns he has a vicious attack dog. He then plays a recording of Jingle Bells made entirely out of barking dogs
* Mederan in the ''Series/{{Tracker}}'' episode "Blind Faith". He was Zin's bodyguard trapped in a dog's body. He had a habit of transforming into a HellHound via his Vardian powers and tearing people apart for Zin until Cole took him out.
* ''Series/StarTrekEnterprise''. In the evil MirrorUniverse, Captain Archer's adorable beagle Porthos is a snarling Rottweiler.

* ''Series/DoctorWho'': Although Helen A's pet Fifi in "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS25E2TheHappinessPatrol The Happiness Patrol]]" initially appears to a RightHandCat, she is actually a very efficient predator, as seen at the end of the serial when Helen A sends her down the pipes to wipe out the pipe people and other dissidents hiding there.
* ''Series/{{Columbo}}'': Dr. Mason, the murderer in "How to Dial a Murder", travels with a pair of dobermans named Laurel and Hardy. He uses them as {{Animal Assassin}}s to murder the VictimOfTheWeek.

* Harley's two hyenas Budd and Lou appear with her in ''VideoGame/Injustice2'', and she can use them in a super-move.
* The Mabari Hounds in the ''Franchise/DragonAge'' series are this trope: their intelligence is close to human-like and [[UndyingLoyalty their devotion to their masters is unshakable]], making both good and bad guys fond of them.
** In ''VideoGame/DragonAgeOrigins'', you could recruit one as a full-fledged ''party member'' (one of the Origins got him for free -- the perks of aristocracy), and a lot of bad guys used them to tear your party apart when you got careless.
** In ''VideoGame/DragonAgeII'', Hawke's Mabari was a summonable creature in a DLC -- but nevertheless deadly.
* ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'':
** Any villain's signature Pokémon tends to be treated as this in {{fanon}}.
** Zig-zagged with Giovanni's Persian, which is a RightHandCat in the anime and a combatant in the Yellow version game.

* ''VideoGame/FarCry4'': A dust-based, unkillable, demon-slaughtering tiger. Press RB to "sic em".
* ''[[VisualNovel/AceAttorneyInvestigationsMilesEdgeworth Ace Attorney Investigations 2]]'': Sirhan Dogen is a former assassin who is blind and was known for using his seeing-eye dog, Anubis, as a deadly weapon against his targets.
* ''VideoGame/{{Fallout}}''
** Darion, the leader of a gang of Khan raiders holed up in Vault 15 in ''VideoGame/Fallout2'', will sic his Baddog on the player's party.
** In ''VideoGame/FalloutNewVegas'' Motor-Runner (de facto leader of the Fiends) has a pair of guard/attack dogs [[SarcasmMode creatively]] known as [=BoneGnash=] and [=GnashBone=]. One of Motor Runner's three lieutenants, Violet, has a pack of dogs she's violently protective of (partially due to her Psycho addiction). Having the "Animal Friend" perk will keep the dogs on your side.
** Dogmeat of the ''Fallout'' series qualifies for any player going for [[MoralityMeter low karma.]] In ''VideoGame/Fallout4'' he leaps onto and eviscerates fallen foes, and can be upgraded to cripple foes that can still fight, turning [[LegacyCharacter his grandson]] into a PayEvilUntoEvil method no matter how idealistic you are.
*** Super Mutants have Mutant or [=FEV=] hounds, dogs dipped in the Forced Evolutionary Virus and turned into giant freaks with an attitude to match their masters.
* Volkov and his faithful dog Chitzkoi are a duo of Soviet heroes/commandos featured in a number of single-player missions of the Counterstrike and Aftermath expansions for ''Videogame/CommandAndConquerRedAlert'', as well as the ''VideoGame/MentalOmega'' mod for Red Alert 2.

* In ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'', King Bumi is introduced pretending to be a villain (he's actually a TricksterMentor of sorts), and his pet [[FluffyTheTerrible "Flopsie"]] seems to be one of these.
* In ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'', Mr. Burns has a pack of hounds which he likes to release on those who disturb him at home. There is an episode where Santa's Little Helper becomes one of his guard dogs, and in the end, he protects Bart against the rest of the pack.

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Wakfu}}'': Season 1 BigBad Nox has Igôle, [[MixAndMatchCritters a weird mix of wolf, hyena and lizard]], that he sends chasing TheHero Yugo and his brother Adamaï, tasking it to bring them back "without damaging them too much". Note that Igôle was [[spoiler:originally Nox's family pet 200 years ago, but exposure to the Eliacube and Xelor magic have turned it into a deadly powerful beast, and maybe as insane as its master]]. In the end [[spoiler:it reverts to its past self and gives up the chase after meeting a little girl who reminds it of Nox's youngest daughter, and decides to stay with her.]]
* Data 7 is this to [[BigBad Von Reichter]] for all of one episode in ''WesternAnimation/CyberSix'', until he realizes he is the titular character's [[ItMakesSenseInContext brother]].

* Glum, the guardian dog of Cladestino in ''WesternAnimation/TheBluffers'', unlike most examples Glum is good and only his loyalty to his owner makes him act as an antagonist.
* King Max has two mean evil dogs as pets in ''WesternAnimation/TheBiskitts'', probably as a contrast to the cute magical puppies that the show has for heroes.
* Slimer's enemy Dr. Dweeb in ''Slimer!'' (an SpinOff of ''WesternAnimation/TheRealGhostbusters'') is always accompanied by his pink poodle Elizabeth.
* Lady Bane in ''WesternAnimation/AdventuresOfTheGummiBears'' has a race of sentient Jackal-like servants.

* BigBad of ''WesternAnimation/MummiesAlive'' Scarab has Ammut. Technically a lion-crocodile-hippo hybrid but [[AllAnimalsAreDogs acts like a dog and even barks]].