Ace
Meaning: Topnotch or first rate.
Screen Details: The name of Bruce Wayne's dog in the "Batman" comics.
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Akira
Related Name: Akio
Meaning: Intelligent
Screen Details: Film director Akira Kurosawa (1910- ).Violent Japanese animated science fiction film (1988)
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Aladdin:
Related Name: Alidoro
Meaning: Servant of Allah.
Famous Usage: From the literary classic "Arabian Nights" a collection of stories, including Aladdin and Sinbad.
Screen Details: Animated Disney feature about a street smart thief who falls in love with a princess "Aladdin" (1992).
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Ants
Related Name: Antz
Meaning: Insects with a long abdomen, consisting of three castes - winged females, winged males and workers.
Screen Details: Animated movie about an ant colony (1998)
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Archie
Meaning: From Archibald - Noble and bold
Famous Usage: Lead comic book character in "Archie and Jughead"
Screen Details: Bigoted lead Archie Bunker from 70's TV comedy "All in the Family"
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Astro
Meaning: A prefix meaning star
Screen Details: Dog in 1960's futuristic cartoon series "The Jetsons"
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Babar
Famous Usage: Books about an elephant who lives in Paris by Jean de Brunhoff
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Badger
Meaning: Burrowing mammal with white stripe on forehead. Also verb to pester or harass.
Screen Details: Hero from "Wind in the Willows"
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Baloo
Screen Details: Laid back bear in Disney movie "The Jungle Book" (1967)
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Balto
Related Name: Togo
Famous Usage: Name of malamute dog that led a sled team to deliver serum to Eskimos during an epidemic in 1925. A statue of the dog stands in New York's Central Park.
Screen Details: Spielberg's 1995 animated movie of the Eskimo story.
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Bam Bam
Screen Details: Barney and Betty Rubbles son in the "Flintstones".
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Barney
Related Name: Barnie, Barny
Meaning: From Barnaby - Son of consolation
Screen Details: Barney Rubble from "The Flintstones". Purple cartoon dinosaur
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Bart
Meaning: From Bartholomew - Son of the ploughman
Screen Details: Bart Simpson from "The Simpsons"
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Bashful
Meaning: Shy and self-conscious
Screen Details: One of the Seven Dwarfs from "Snow White" (1937)
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Beavis
Screen Details: Cartoon bad boys of the MTV generation 'Beavis and Butthead" (1993-97).
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Benny
Related Name: Bennie, Benni, Ben
Meaning: From Benjamin - Son of my right hand. Beloved youngest son.
Screen Details: Benny the Ball a cat from Hanna-Barbera's "Top Cat".
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Bobo
Screen Details: Yogi's smaller bear friend in "Yogi the Bear".
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Boo Boo
Related Name:Bobo
Screen Details: Yogi Bear's offsider
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Calvin
Meaning: Bald
Famous Usage: Designer Calvin Klein
Screen Details: Lead in comic strip "Calvin and Hobbes".
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Casper
Related Name: Caspar, Ghost
Meaning: Master of the treasure
Screen Details: Casper the Friendly Ghost
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Charlie
Related Name: Charles
Meaning: From Charles - Strong and manly
Screen Details: Lead character Charlie Brown from "Peanuts"
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Chip
Meaning: Fried slice of potato. Small piece of candy e.g. chocolate chip.
Screen Details: Chipmunks Chip and Dale.
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Coyote
Meaning: A wolf like animal the size of medium dog found in North America
Screen Details: Warner Brothers character Wiley Coyote the foe of the Roadrunner
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Cricket
Meaning: A leaping insect
Screen Details: Jiminy Cricket in Disney's "Pinocchio" (1940)
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Dale
Meaning: Dweller in the valley. Geography - a valley, i.e. over hill and dale.
Screen Details: Chipmunks Chip and Dale.
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Dilbert
Screen Details: Cartoon hero of the workplace Dilbert, created by Scott Adams.
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Dinky
Related Name: Dinkus
Meaning: Of small size.
Screen Details: One of Felix the Cat's nephews.
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Dino
Screen Details: Fred Flintstone's pet dinosaur (1960-66).
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Doc
Screen Details: One of the Seven Dwarfs from "Snow White" (1937)
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Dogbert
Screen Details: Dog hero of the technology workplace in the series Dilbert, created by Scott Adams.
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Dopey
Meaning: Dazed or lethargic
Screen Details: One of the Seven Dwarfs from "Snow White" (1937)
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Felix
Meaning: Fortunate
Screen Details: Most popular American 1920's cartoon character Felix the Cat. Felix Unger from "The Odd Couple" (1968).
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Fiver
Famous Usage: Character in Richard Adam's 1972 novel "Watership Down" about a family of rabbits.
Screen Details: Animated film of the same name made in 1978.
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Fred
Related Name: Freddie
Meaning: From Frederick - Peaceful ruler.
Screen Details: Fred Flintstone. Also the name of little Ricky's puppy from the "I love Lucy" TV sit-com.
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Fritz
Related Name: Fritzy, Fritzi
Meaning: Equivalent of Frederick - Peaceful ruler
Screen Details: X rated cartoon movie "Fritz the Cat" (1972).
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Gaston
Meaning: Man from Gascony
Screen Details: Muscle bound oaf from Disney's "Beauty and the Beast" (1991)
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Goofy
Screen Details: Dog character from "Mickey Mouse"
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Happy
Meaning: Showing satisfaction or joy
Screen Details: One of the Seven Dwarfs from "Snow White" (1937)
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Hercules
Famous Usage: Mythology - son of Zeus and Alcmene, noted for his courage and strength
Screen Details: Lead character in 1996 Disney animated movie "Hercules"
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Homer
Famous Usage: Blind Greek poet who wrote the Iliad and Odyssey
Screen Details: Homer Simpson from "The Simpsons"
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Hotdog
Meaning: A hot frankfurter in a roll. One who performs showy stunts.
Screen Details: Denis's cat from "Denise the Menace" comics.
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Jerry
Meaning: From Jeremy - Exalted by the Lord
Screen Details: Mouse from "Tom and Jerry". Lead character in US TV sitcom "Seinfield".
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Kenny
Related Name:Ken, Kenneth
Meaning: From Kenneth - The handsome.
Screen Details: Kenny McCormick from "South Park" who gets killed in ever episode, causing friend Stan to say - Oh my God, they killed Kenny.
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Kimba
Screen Details: From 1960's Japanese cartoon "Kimba the White Lion"
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Krypto
Related Name: Kryptonite
Screen Details: Superboy's (from Superman) super dog, that could fly and had x-ray vision.
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Littlefoot
Related Name: Petrie
Screen Details: Baby brontosaurus in the animated movie "The Land Before Time" (1988).
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Lumiere
Screen Details: Candlestick character from Disney's "Beauty and the Beast" (1991)
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Magoo
Related Name: Mr Magoo
Screen Details: Mr. Magoo short-sighted cartoon character.
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Mandrake
Screen Details: Mandrake the Magician a comic by Fred Fredericks.
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Meeko
Related Name: Miko
Screen Details: The raccoon from Disney animated historical movie "Pocahontas" (1995).
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Mickey
Related Name: Micky, Mick, Mike
Meaning: From Michael - Like unto the Lord
Screen Details: The most famous cartoon character in the world "Mickey Mouse"
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Milou
Screen Details: Dog in Tin Tin comic book series, known as Snowy in English but Milou in French.
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Moose
Related Name: Mr Moose
Meaning: Largest member of the deer family. Moose have heavy brown bodies with humped shoulders and broad antlers.
Screen Details: Moose from "Archie and Jughead". Big handsome and stupid.
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Mowgli
Screen Details: Boy raised by wolves in Disney movie "The Jungle Book" (1967).
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Mufasa
Screen Details: Simba's father King Mufasa in "The Lion King" (1994).
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Muttly
Related Name: Mutley
Meaning: A mongrel dog.
Screen Details: Hanna-Barbera cartoon dog and companion of Dick Dastardly
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Otto
Meaning: Wealthy prosperous man
Screen Details: Character in "All Dogs go to Heaven" animated film (1989)
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Paddington
Famous Usage: Suburb in London
Screen Details: Little lost cartoon bear
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Pepe
Screen Details: Pepe Le Pew animated French skunk character.
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Petrie
Related Name: Littlefoot
Meaning: Form of Peter.
Screen Details: Little dinosaur in the animated movie "The Land Before Time" (1988).
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Phantom
Meaning: Something elusive. A ghost
Screen Details: Comic book hero
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Pickles
Related Name: Pickels
Meaning: Food flavored in a solution of vinegar
Screen Details: Comic strip about older people by Brian Crane.
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Pluto
Meaning: The ninth and most distant planet from the sun
Famous Usage: Roman God of the dead and ruler of the underworld
Screen Details: Mickey Mouse's dog
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Pogo
Screen Details: Lead character in animal comic by Walt Kelly.
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Pongo
Meaning: One who smells.
Screen Details: Clever male lead Dalmatian in Disney's "101 Dalmatians" (1961).
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Pugwash
Related Name: Pug
Screen Details: From British TV series "Captain Pugwash".
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Pumbaa
Screen Details: Warthog in "The Lion King" (1994).
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Rafiki
Screen Details: Wise old baboon in "The Lion King" (1994).
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Rajah
Related Name: Raja
Meaning: A prince, king or ruler in India
Screen Details: Princess Jasmine's tiger bodyguard from animated Disney feature "Aladdin" (1992).
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Ren
Screen Details: Chihuahua character in "Ren and Stimpy"
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Rocky
Screen Details: Character created and acted by Sylvester Stallone (1976). Rocky the Flying Squirrel from "Rocky and Bullwinkle" cartoon.
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Roger
Meaning: Famous spearman
Screen Details: Lead in special effects animated movie "Who Framed Roger Rabbit" (1988)
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Scooby
Screen Details: Goofy Great Dane in 70's cartoon show "Scooby-Doo".
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Shaggy
Meaning: Bushy and matted (hair), unkempt.
Screen Details: Scooby's sidekick from "Scooby-Doo". Film about a boy who turns into a sheepdog "The Shaggy Dog" (1959).
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Simba
Meaning: Swahili - Lion
Screen Details: Hero in the Disney movie the Lion King (1994).
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Snoopy
Screen Details: Charlie Brown's beagle in "Peanuts" comic strip written by Charles Schultz.
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Snowy
Meaning: Covered with snow
Screen Details: Dog in Tin Tin comic book series.
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Sparky
Meaning: Animated, lively.
Screen Details: Stan's dog from 'South Park".
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Spike
Meaning: A long, thick sharp-pointed piece of wood or metal
Screen Details: Snoopy's brother in "Peanuts"
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Stimpy
Screen Details: Cat in "Ren and Stimpy"
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Templeton
Meaning: Town of the Temple.
Screen Details: Barnyard rat in the cartoon film about a shy Pig and a spider called "Charlotte's Web" (1973).
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Thumper
Meaning: To walk with heavy steps
Screen Details: Likeable rabbit from Disney's "Bambi" (1942)
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Tramp
Meaning: To travel on foot. A vagrant.
Screen Details: Stray dog who romances Lady in Disney's "Lady and the Tramp" (1956). The family dog in the TV show "My Three Sons".
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Triton
Meaning: A satellite of the planet Neptune.
Famous Usage: Greek God of the sea, son of Poseidon.
Screen Details: Ariel's father in the King of the Sea in "The Little Mermaid" animated film (1989).
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Woodstock
Famous Usage: Three day pop festival held on a dairy farm in New York state (1969).
Screen Details: Snoopy's bird friend in the "Peanuts" comic strip.
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Woody
Screen Details: Woody Woodpecker.
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Woof
Related Name: Woofa
Screen Details: Where's Wally's white dog.
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Wylie
Related Name: Wily
Meaning: Wily: full of wiles, cunning.
Screen Details: Wile E Coyote carton character.
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Yogi
Screen Details: Lead character in "Yogi the Bear"
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Zippy
Screen Details: Comic strip by Bill Griffith.