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* In a ''TwilightZone'' episode, a man is killed along with his dog while hunting and they wander the afterlife. Eventually they reach the gates of Heaven, but he is refused entry when the attending angel says he can't take this dog. He promptly refuses to go. [[spoiler:Turns out that the Devil was trying to trick him into going to Hell, but by refusing to abandon the pooch he gets to take it into the real Heaven.]]

* Good old Lucas and Boney in ''{{Mother 3}}''.

* This concept went into the planning of ''AvatarTheLastAirbender'': The writers decided not to give Zuko [[WhatCouldHaveBeen a pet hawk]] as originally planned because anyone who has an animal companion can't be as damaged and [[AntiVillain evil...ish]] as Zuko.

* The movie ''TheMask''.

* [[http://www.fpp.co.uk/Hitler/images/dogs/Hitler_w_Blondi_550.jpg Oops.]]
** HitlerAteSugar.

* Subverted in ''{{Darkstalkers}}''. B. B. Hood has a puppy she takes with her everywhere, even to Hell. Considering her personality, it's probably another thing meant to lull her enemies into a false sense of security long enough so that she can stab them, gut them, riddle them with bullets, and sell their body parts on the black market.

* Sora, of KingdomHearts, pals around with Pluto (yes, ''that'' Pluto) in the first few hours of the game.

* One of the many early hints that DarkMagicalGirl Fate of ''MagicalGirlLyricalNanoha'' was a lot nicer than she first [[ColourCodedForYourConvenience appeared to be]] was how much she dotes on her CanineCompanion, Arf.

* Haplo in the ''DeathGateCycle'' series. An unusual example because [[spoiler:the dog is the literal manifestation of Haplo's soul]].

Contrast RightHandCat.

* In the ''MetalGearSolid'' series, [[TheWoobie Otacon]] loves dogs and Snake is known to keep a team of Huskies too as he dabbles as a musher. However, Snake is not above murdering dogs which get in his way, much to Otacon's horror. [[TheVamp The villain Sniper Wolf]] also keeps a pack of wolf-dogs, referring to them as her family. Otacon indicates that this is an example that she is, in fact, a nice person, though Snake is very doubtful of this, [[spoiler: though given her tragic backstory, Otacon may have been right afterall.]]

* Prince Eric from ''TheLittleMermaid''. This is, in fact, the entire reason why we know he's PrinceCharming. The first thing we see him do is affectionately play with his dog, and hardly fifteen minutes later he nearly gets himself killed saving his dog's life.

The dog in question is frequently a CanineCompanion.

* Although he's never seen with a dog, [[TheSopranos Tony Soprano]] loves animals of all kinds. It's a subversion of this trope, however; he shows more affection to animals than he does to people. This is a sign of his being a sociopath.

** Of course, when said puppy peed on the wall, she shot him (don't worry, she missed on purpose). Hey, he won't do that again, right?

* Inverted in ''{{Watchmen}}'', where Rorschach clearly doesn't have a high opinion of dogs at all. [[spoiler: When he discovers that two dogs owned by a child molester had, probably unwittingly, eaten the child's body to dispose of the evidence, he promptly kills them.]] Though calling Rorscach a hero is a bit of a stretch.

* Gilbert Markham with his dog Sancho in ''TheTenantOfWildfellHall'' -- he even gives his girlfriend's young son one of his puppies. AnneBronte loved to make use of thsi trope, as also seen in ''AgnesGrey''.