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* In ''Series/{{Cheers}}'', Sam Malone loves the paintings (in particular one of ''Dogs Playing Blackjack'') while his more sophisticated lover, Diane Chambers, hates them. Sam says that he sees something new every time he looks at it.

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* ''VideoGame/FalloutNewVegas'': If you have the [[SillinessSwitch Wild Wasteland]] perk, then during ''Old World Blues'', in the cyberdog training area of the Big MT, you can find some dogs learning how to play poker.

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** The episode "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS11E18DaysOfWineAndDohses Days of Wine and D'oh'ses]]" has Bart and Lisa trying to [[https://simpsons.fandom.com/wiki/File:Days_of_Wine_and_D%27oh%27ses_78.JPG recreate the painting in real life]] for a photography contest.

* In the ''WesternAnimation/MickeyMouse2013'' episode, "[[Recap/MickeyMouseS5E10YouMeAndFifi You, Me, and Fifi]]", when Mickey calls Goofy for advice on how to get Fifi to like him, Goofy is seen playing poker with Pluto, [[Disney/PeterPan Nana]], [[Disney/LadyAndTheTramp Tramp, Peg]], [[Disney/OneHundredAndOneDalmatians Pongo]], [[Disney/TheFoxAndTheHound Copper]], [[Disney/OliverAndCompany Tito]], and [[Disney/BeautyAndTheBeast Sultan (in his footrest form)]].

* In ''VideoGame/PokerNightAtTheInventory2'' has Sam of ''VideoGame/SamAndMax'' as one of the game's participants. [[WesternAnimation/TheVentureBros Brock Samson]] come to the amused realization of the reference, but Sam doesn't get it.

* ''WesternAnimation/RickAndMorty'': In the "Lawnmower Dog" episode, five intelligent dogs play poker and smoke cigars while using their advanced robotic suits.

[-[[caption-width-right:350:With these dogs playing, the game is bound to get a bit [[{{Pun}} ruff]].[[labelnote:Left to right]]WesternAnimation/HuckleberryHound, [[Franchise/ScoobyDoo Scooby]], [[WesternAnimation/AdventureTime Jake]], [[WesternAnimation/CouragetheCowardlydog Courage]], [[WesternAnimation/JohnnyTest Dukey]], and [[WesternAnimation/TheLifeAndTimesOfJuniperLee Monroe]][[/labelnote]].]]-]

* One Creator/CartoonNetwork bumper from the newtwork's 20th anniversary has WesternAnimation/HuckleberryHound, WesternAnimation/ScoobyDoo, [[WesternAnimation/AdventureTime Jake]], WesternAnimation/CourageTheCowardlyDog, [[WesternAnimation/JohnnyTest Dukey]], and [[WesternAnimation/TheLifeAndTimesOfJuniperLee Monroe]] playing poker when [[WesternAnimation/TheAmazingWorldOfGumball Gumball Watterson]] interrupts them. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3eWUiJyqPvY&list=PLj6WWoGdYLVFxYdfND87oKTjY2Pvv5DDY See here.]]

* Parodied in ''ComicStrip/TheFarSide'', where a homeless artist lays in the street with unsold paintings depicting variations with other animals such as giraffes, insects, chickens and crocodiles. The caption states that his eventually rose to fame after a friend told him, "Gus...have you ever tried ''dogs'' playing poker"?

[[caption-width-right:350:Left to right: WesternAnimation/HuckleberryHound, [[Franchise/ScoobyDoo Scooby]], [[WesternAnimation/AdventureTime Jake]], [[WesternAnimation/CouragetheCowardlydog Courage]], [[WesternAnimation/JohnnyTest Dukey]], and [[WesternAnimation/TheLifeAndTimesOfJuniperLee Monroe]].]]

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[[caption-width-right:350:Clockwise from the far left: [[WesternAnimation/PlutoThePup Pluto]], [[WesternAnimation/AdventureTime Jake]], [[WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy Brian]], [[Franchise/ScoobyDoo Scooby]], [[WesternAnimation/CouragetheCowardlydog Courage]], [[ComicStrip/{{Peanuts}} Snoopy]], and [[WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons Santa's Little Helper]].[[labelnote:source]]''[[http://www.blameitonthevoices.com/2016/04/tee-of-day-cartoon-dogs-playing-poker.html Cartoon Dogs Playing Poker]]'' by [[https://displate.com/nemimakeit Noemi Fadda]][[/labelnote]] ]]

[[caption-width-right:350:Clockwise from the far left: [[WesternAnimation/PlutoThePup Pluto]], [[WesternAnimation/AdventureTime Jake]], [[WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy Brian]], [[Franchise/ScoobyDoo Scooby]], [[WesternAnimation/CouragetheCowardlydog Courage]], [[ComicStrip/{{Peanuts}} Snoopy]], and [[WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons Santa's Little Helper]].]]

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* In ''TabletopGame/Magic TheGathering'''s 2004 Arena league, the card 'Mise' has a picture of dogs play ''MTG''.

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* In the play ''Theatre/TheForeigner'', a character complains that she doesn't want to be in her motel room because there is a "Damn picture on the wall of some dogs playin' poker."

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* ''WesternAnimation/{{Up}}'': There's a scene where some of Charles Muntz's dogs are playing a game of poker.

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[[caption-width-right:350:"We ain't playin' for no bones. [[LostHimInACardGame We're bettin' first-borns.]]" [[note]]Top: ''[[Art/DogsPlayingPoker A Friend in Need]]'', Middle: ''WesternAnimation/{{Disenchantment}}'', Bottom: ''VideoGame/FalloutNewVegas''[[/note]]]]

To those not in the know, ''Art/DogsPlayingPoker'' is not a painting, but rather it is the name of a collection of oil paintings by Cassius Marcellus Coolidge. ''Eighteen'' in fact, each set in a poker room or a courtroom or some other place with dogs in [[SlidingScaleOfAnthropomorphism varying levels of civility]] gathered together playing cards or betting on horse races. It's ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin.

While not all of the paintings from the ''Dogs Playing Poker'' portfolio have the dogs actually playing poker, the idea has long since stuck in the public consciousness, dogs put into a set with cards and ash-trays and emptied glasses of scotch as if the dogs were people and [[PlayedForLaughs its funny]]. Hell, they aren't always dogs. They could be cats, mice, lizards, [[TheGreys bug-eyed aliens]], even [[UsefulNotes/FurryFandom full-grown men in cartoonish dog-suits]].

* ''VideoGame/PajamaSam'': One of the rooms in Darkness' house has such a painting, and [[PopUpVideoGame some of the dogs move when clicked on]].

* Parodied in ''VideoGame/{{Undertale}}'' in which the [[TheDitz Lesser Dog]] is playing poker alone against himself (despite his numerous guard dog colleague being present at Grillby's). Somehow, [[TooDumbToLive it's losing]]. In the [[GoldenEnding True Pacifist]] ending, [[spoiler: it seemingly finally won]].

* In ''VideoGame/FalloutNewVegas'', in the cyberdog training area of the Big MT(Old World Blues DLC), the dogs can be found learning how to play poker.

To those not in the know, ''Dogs Playing Poker'' is not a painting, but rather it is the name of a collection of oil paintings by Cassius Marcellus Coolidge. ''Eighteen'' in fact, each set in a poker room or a courtroom or some other place with dogs in [[SlidingScaleOfAnthropomorphism varying levels of civility]] gathered together playing cards or betting on horse races. It's ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin.

* In the ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy episode "Saving Private Brian", Mayor West is discovered playing poker with dogs. In the episode "Road to Rhode Island", Stewie comments on the Dogs Playing Poker paintings hanging on a wall, and suggests that since Jesus is alone in one of the other paintings, the dogs should invite him to their card game.

* Dogs Playing Poker TV ads were aired during ''Creator/ESPN Sunday Night Football'' during the 1998 and 1999 NFL seasons.