History ADogNamedDog / LiveActionTV

* The Emergency Medical Hologram in ''Series/StarTrekVoyager'' never found a better name than "Doctor". That's not just EverybodyCallsHimBarkeep: being a Doctor is more than what the EMH ''does'', it's what he ''is'' (though he eventually learns to transcend his programming).

* Series/{{ALF}}'s real name is Gordon Shumway, but his Earth name ALF is actually an abbreviation of Alien Life Form.

* Inspector Series/{{Columbo}} has a basset hound named Dog.

* ''The Polka Dot Door'': Most of the toys have real names, but the teddy bear is just called Bear. The Polkaroo is either this or PokemonSpeak.
* Series/{{ALF}}'s real name is Gordon Shumway, but his Earth name ALF is actually an abbreviation of Alien Life Form.

* The Emergency Medical Hologram in ''Series/StarTrekVoyager'' never found a better name than "Doctor". That's not just EverybodyCallsHimBarkeep: being a Doctor is more than what the EMH ''does'', it's what he ''is'' (though he eventually learns to transcend his programming).

* The small terrier with apparantly human intellect from ''Series/PetticoatJunction'' was called just "The Dog". During a courtroom scene, he took the bench (seriously!) after being referred to as "John Doe Dog".
* Played with in ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'' where Willow and Tara's cat is named "Miss Kitty Fantastico".
* Somehow comically averted in ''Series/GossipGirl'', since Chuck's dog gets named Monkey".
* The Lass family in ''Series/DeadLikeMe'' adopts J.D. without knowing the meaning of his initials. Reggie decides it's "Just Dog".
* Played with in one episode of ''Series/WizardsOfWaverlyPlace''. They get a dog named Dragon, but it's actually a dragon magically disguised as a dog.
* In the premiere episode of the final season of ''Series/TwentyFour'', Jack Bauer asks his granddaughter if she's given a name to the stuffed bear he got her at the zoo - she says that he's "Bear."
* ''Series/{{JAG}}'': The dog Admiral Chegwidden adopts in the season nine episode "Empty Quiver" is named ''Dammit'', because that was the only expression to which it would pay attention.
* He's eventually re-named to Riot, but the Australian Shepherd Sam hits with the Impala in Season 8 of ''Series/{{Supernatural}}'' is initially just called Dog.

* ''Series/PowerRangersSPD'' has [[CatGirl Kat Manx]], Fowler Birdie, and Sergeant Silverback, who are both aliens that resemble anthropomorphic animals that match their names. Anubis Cruger, who looks like a dog, is also called by the nickname "Doggie" (in ''Series/TokusouSentaiDekaranger'', he actually ''was'' named Doggie Kruger.) Piggy, however, is a subversion; he doesn't really look like a pig.

* ''Series/EmeraldCity'''s incarnation of [[Literature/LandOfOz Dorothy Gale's]] {{canine companion}} Toto takes his name from the Munja'kin word for "dog."
* ''Series/KCUndercover'': K.C. and her family work at a spy organization called "The Organization".
* ''Series/MillionYenWomen'': Shin's housemates can't agree on a name for their new cat, so they decide to take turns calling their name of choice to see to which one it responds. When it doesn't work, they let Shin give it a try. Shin is uninspired and just calls it "Cat", to which it responds.
* The gas pump from ''Series/TheBigGarage'' is named Pump.
* The old Nickelodeon sketch show ''Out Of Control'' once had a segment with wacky pet names. At the end of this segment, the show's resident heckler scoffed at the different pet names and explained to the audience that his dog is simply named "Dog" and, likewise, his cat is just named "Cat."

* ''Series/DoctorWho'' has a RobotDog named K9, overlapping with RobotNames.

* The robot in ''Series/LostInSpace'' answers to "Robot", even among those who consider it family and best friend.

* The small terrier with apparantly human intellect from Petticoat Junction was called just "The Dog". During a courtroom scene, he took the bench (seriously!) after being referred to as "John Doe Dog".

* ''Series/EmeraldCity'''s incarnation of [[Literature/LandOfOz Dorothy Gale's]] {{canine companion}} Toto takes his name from the Munchkin word for "dog."

* Boss and Secretary (as well as Oobi's workplace, the aptly-named Work Building) in ''Series/OobiAtWork''.

* "Cat" from ''Series/RedDwarf''. Played with as Cat is actually a HumanAlien that evolved from domestic housecats.

* Somehow comically averted in ''GossipGirl'', since Chuck's dog gets named Monkey".
* The Lass family in ''DeadLikeMe'' adopts J.D. without knowing the meaning of his initials. Reggie decides it's "Just Dog".
* Played with in one episode of ''WizardsOfWaverlyPlace''. They get a dog named Dragon, but it's actually a dragon magically disguised as a dog.

* He's eventually re-named to Riot, but the Australian Shepherd Sam hits with the Impala in Season 8 is initially just called Dog.

* The robot in ''LostInSpace'' answers to "Robot", even among those who consider it family and best friend.

* The small terrier with almost human characteristics from Petticoat Junction is tradionally called just "The Dog". During a courtroom scene, he took the bench (sincerely) after being referred to as "John Doe Dog".