# Name that pet! **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 22, 2006, 8:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-pet/369720 "2006-08-22T08:15:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Fish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/bc8723/32.png) [@Fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fish)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2006, 8:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-pet/369720/1 "2006-08-22T08:15:57Z")
Koko and Yum-yum Copernicus and Einstein Ginger and Pickles Llyan Dinah Vincent Guenhwyvar Harvey Porthos Baby Cinnamon Greebo Elsa Gort William the Conqueror Wordsworth W. Wordsworth Petronius Arbiter Old Dan and Little Ann Church Buck Gaspode Mr. Underfoot Asparagus Asta Snowball I and Snowball II Nana Shampoo Odie Poochie Salem Mr. Bigglesworth Maurice Ribsy Battlecat Bucky and Satchel Elizabeth Taylor Lipshen Orson Brain Lucifer Mr. Underfoot Courage Mr. Tinkles Daisy Bustopher Jones Frank Now that I’ve done [Name that street](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=384498) and [Name that machine](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=384705), it’s time to name that pet! Above you will find a list of dogs and cats — and wolves and lions — both wild and free, real and animated, from cartoons, comics, movies, books, television, and so forth. Can you name the work with which they are most commonly associated? Beware, there’s a few trick questions in there. 🙂 And here’s your bonus question: can you name a cat named Spot and a dog named Fluffy? ---
**Author:** ![Fish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/bc8723/32.png) [@Fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fish)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2006, 8:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-pet/369720/2 "2006-08-22T08:39:23Z")
Oops — one more thing. Can you tell if it’s a cat or a dog? ---
**Author:** ![ColonelDax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/71e660/32.png) [@ColonelDax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ColonelDax)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2006, 8:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-pet/369720/3 "2006-08-22T08:46:29Z")
Bucky and Satchel: Get Fuzzy a cat named Spot: ST:TNG ---
**Author:** ![Clockwork\_And\_Candy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b782af/32.png) [@Clockwork\_And\_Candy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clockwork_And_Candy)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2006, 8:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-pet/369720/4 "2006-08-22T08:47:17Z")
Brian - dog, **Family Guy**. Odie - dog, **Garfield**. Salem - cat, **Sabrina the Teenaged Witch**. Snowball I and Snowball II - cat(s), **The Simpsons**. Mr. Bigglesworth - cat, **Austin Powers**. Dinah - cat, **Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland**. Shampoo - cat, **Ranma 1/2**. I think. ---
**Author:** ![Clockwork\_And\_Candy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b782af/32.png) [@Clockwork\_And\_Candy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clockwork_And_Candy)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2006, 8:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-pet/369720/5 "2006-08-22T08:48:19Z")
Lucifer - cat, **Cinderella**. ---
**Author:** ![Clockwork\_And\_Candy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b782af/32.png) [@Clockwork\_And\_Candy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clockwork_And_Candy)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2006, 8:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-pet/369720/6 "2006-08-22T08:49:32Z")
Last one (sorry). Courage - dog, **Courage the Cowardly Dog**. Okay, I’m done now. ---
**Author:** ![Fish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/bc8723/32.png) [@Fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fish)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2006, 8:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-pet/369720/7 "2006-08-22T08:57:16Z")
[QUOTE=Clockwork And Candy] Brian - dog, **Family Guy**. [/quote] Funny, I didn’t put that on the list. The animal on the list is Brain. Your other guesses were right, though. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Butterscotch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/dc4da7/32.png) [@Butterscotch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Butterscotch)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2006, 9:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-pet/369720/8 "2006-08-22T09:12:12Z")
Ok, I think that… **Greebo** is the cat belonging to Nanny Ogg in the Discworld series. **Brain** is the dog in “Inspector Gadget”. **Nana** is the dog in “Peter Pan”. **Maurice** is an amazing a cat from the Discworld series. **Mr Tinkles** is the bad kitty in the film “Cats and Dogs”. ---
**Author:** ![Foldup\_Rabbit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/df788c/32.png) [@Foldup\_Rabbit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Foldup_Rabbit)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2006, 9:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-pet/369720/9 "2006-08-22T09:15:58Z")
**Vincent** belongs to… wait for it… WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAALT!! _cough_ Forgive me; I was just a mere lurker during the actual Lost season. ---
**Author:** ![Butterscotch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/dc4da7/32.png) [@Butterscotch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Butterscotch)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2006, 9:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-pet/369720/10 "2006-08-22T09:21:46Z")
Oohh wait, and isn’t **Gaspode** the talking dog, also from the Discworld series? That’s all now… ---
**Author:** ![Shecky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/85e7bf/32.png) [@Shecky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shecky)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2006, 12:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-pet/369720/11 "2006-08-22T12:22:17Z")
**Copernicus and Einstein** - Dogs that belonged to “Doc” Brown in the _Back to the Future_ Movies (Copernicus was the 1950s dog). **Porthos** - dog belonging to Jonathan Archer on _Enterprise_ **Poochie** - dog made up as a new character on Itchy & Scratchy on _the Simpsons_ **Snowball I and Snowball II** are incranations of the Simpsons’ cat ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Rosewater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/898d66/32.png) [@Mr.Rosewater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Rosewater)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2006, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-pet/369720/12 "2006-08-22T15:18:01Z")
**Nana** is the dog from Peter Pan. **Mr. Bigglesworth** is the cat from at least one of the Austin Powers movies. \*\*Asta \*\* is the dog from The Thin Man ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Rosewater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/898d66/32.png) [@Mr.Rosewater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Rosewater)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2006, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-pet/369720/13 "2006-08-22T15:21:38Z")
And **Elsa** is the lion from Born Free \*\* Bustopher Jones\*\* is a cat from Old Possums Book of Practical Cats, and of course Cats. ---
**Author:** ![hawksgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ed655f/32.png) [@hawksgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hawksgirl)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2006, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-pet/369720/14 "2006-08-22T15:24:46Z")
Elizabeth Taylor is the dog from Sex and the City Salem, the cat from Sabrina the Teenage Witch? ---
**Author:** ![SnakesCatLady](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4af34b/32.png) [@SnakesCatLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SnakesCatLady)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2006, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-pet/369720/15 "2006-08-22T15:28:07Z")
Koko and Yum Yum are Siamese cats from the “The Cat Who…” mysteries written by Lillian Jackson Braun. Old Dan and Little Ann are the coon-hunting dogs from “Where the Red Fern Grows.” ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Rosewater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/898d66/32.png) [@Mr.Rosewater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Rosewater)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2006, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-pet/369720/16 "2006-08-22T15:33:35Z")
[QUOTE=Clockwork And Candy] Mr. Bigglesworth - cat, **Austin Powers**. [/QUOTE] Sorry, didn’t notice you had this one. \*\*Buck \*\* is the dog from The Call of the Wild ---
**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2006, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-pet/369720/17 "2006-08-22T15:35:53Z")
Guenhwyvar : Drizzt’s magical black panther. A cat named Spot would be Data’s cat. ---
**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2006, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-pet/369720/18 "2006-08-22T16:34:16Z")
> [@](#): > > Frank Dr Clayton Forrester’s pet, MST3K. What? Some more pets: Piewhacket Ping and Pong (bonus: name the other pets) Cat ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Rosewater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/898d66/32.png) [@Mr.Rosewater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Rosewater)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2006, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-pet/369720/19 "2006-08-22T16:40:23Z")
[QUOTE=Otto] Cat [/QUOTE] Are you referring to the character from Red Dwarf? ---
**Author:** ![Fish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/bc8723/32.png) [@Fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fish)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2006, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-pet/369720/20 "2006-08-22T20:01:38Z")
[QUOTE=Fish] Ginger and Pickles Llyan Harvey Baby Cinnamon Gort William the Conqueror Wordsworth W. Wordsworth Petronius Arbiter Church Asparagus Ribsy Battlecat Lipshen Orson Brain Mr. Underfoot Daisy Frank And here’s your bonus question: can you name a cat named Spot and a dog named Fluffy? [/QUOTE] Several people can identify the cat named Spot, but who knows the dog named Fluffy as well? I didn’t realize Dr. Forrester had a pet named Frank on MST3K — the one I’m thinking of is a movie dog. Then again, there’s no reference too obscure for the Straight Dope. 🙂 [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-pet/369720.md?page=2)