20 Hilarious Photos of the Cute Canines Named after TV & Movie Classics

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Laurent Shinar • Writer and Editor
Oct 5, 2025 2:00 PM EDT

Naming your dog child is one of the most significant things you can do in this life. It will determine what name or phrase you will be yelling in public for the next ten years minimum, and as such it should be a name or word that you are ok with saying a multitude of times and in front of large crowds of people.

Which is why we were particularly interested in the idea behind naming one's dog child after a TV or movies classic, after all, the tides of entertainment shift so quickly and suddenly, it can be hard to keep up with what is coming next. So instead of looking forward, these pupper pawrents wanted to remain firmly rooted in the past with a pupper name that would remind them of their favorite viewing content, even after it gets cancelled both by the network and the public.
 

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  • 01
    I always had the theory that Batman's superpower is not money or smarts or gadgets, but mr. pennyworth. So I got my own Alfred.
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  • It is hard to argue with the power that the person who hides behind the scenes actually has upon the person that they support. Which does actually make this a pretty genius name for a pupper who will pretty much dictate your mood while outside of the house every single day.

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    Hannabelle...Hannabelle Lickter
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    Gus Gus Cinderella
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    Falkor - my fluffy white luck dragon (Never Ending Story)
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    Dodger, named after Oliver and company. He had an older cat brother named Oliver until he sadly passed away in December. Despite the couples names they merely tolerated each other.
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    RuPawl. They tried to get him on the cover of Dogue, but his legs were toooo0000 long.
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  • What do you do when you adopt a doggo with so much sass and class that they can hardly be contained within the doggo body they have been put into? Well, if you are this doggo’s pawrent, you call them RuPawl and call it a day. 

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    My old dog, Kira. She wasn't directly named after Yoshikage Kira but that happens to be my special interest now and that happened to be her name.
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    Hutch! The shelter gave him his name, and I didn't change it since I figured he had enough to learn. It suits him
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    Rocko! Was his name when I got him, I assume from Rocko's Modern Life. It suits him so I kept it.
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    Gordy (1994 movie)
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    Gracie Lou Freebush from Miss Congeniality
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    Ren from Ren & Stimpy... he's as much of an a le as his namesake!
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  • 13
    This is Lincoln, named for: Lincoln Lee from Fringe.
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    Granger/ he is named after Hermione Granger from Harry Potter. Anytime I say his name not ONE person has ever connected it to Hermione.
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    My Pluto.
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    Mr. T from the A-Team... he had a black Mohawk when he was a puppy, but he looks more like Billy Idol now. Haha
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    Bambi
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    Scooby Doo
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    Stanley is named after the Stanley Hotel, which inspired Stephen King to write The Shining.
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    Mowgli, my little wild boy from The Jungle Book
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