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<p>For this poll we've created a list of the greatest dogs of all time, featuring dogs you know from movies, television, video games and more. Of course your favorite cartoon dogs are included, but this list doesn't only feature animated characters that can talk. If your favorite fictional dog is missing, don't be salty- just add it to the list so that other people can vote for for it too!</p>Characters include everything from Brian Griffin to Scrappy-Doo. Who is the number one dog that people just can't get enough of? Scroll down and find out who the masses voted for.

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Scooby-Doo

Scooby-Doo is a fictional character from the 2011 film Scooby-Doo! Music of the Vampire.

Snoopy

Snoopy is Charlie Brown's pet dog in the comic strip Peanuts by Charles M. Schulz. The original drawings of Snoopy were inspired by Spike, one of Schulz's childhood dogs.

Pluto

Pluto, also called Pluto the Pup, is a cartoon character created in 1930 by Walt Disney Productions. He is a yellow orange-color, medium-sized, short-haired dog with black ears. Unlike most Disney characters, Pluto is not anthropomorphic beyond some characteristics such as facial expression, though he did speak for a short portion of his history. He is Mickey Mouse's pet. Officially a mixed-breed dog, he made his debut as a bloodhound in the Mickey Mouse cartoon The Chain Gang. Together with Mickey Mouse, Minnie Mouse, Donald Duck, Daisy Duck, and Goofy, Pluto is one of the "Sensational Six"—the biggest stars in the Disney universe. Though all six are non-human animals, Pluto alone is not dressed as a human.
Pluto debuted in animated cartoons and appeared in 24 Mickey Mouse films before receiving his own series in 1937. All together Pluto appeared in 89 short films between 1930 and 1953. Several of these were nominated for an Academy Award, including The Pointer, Squatter's Rights, Pluto's Blue Note, and Mickey and the Seal. One of his films, Lend a Paw, won the award in 1942. Because Pluto does not speak, his films generally rely on physical humor.

Dug is a fictional character from the 2009 film Up.

Goofy

Goofy is a funny-animal cartoon character created in 1932 at Walt Disney Productions. Goofy is a tall, anthropomorphic dog who typically wears a turtle neck and vest, with pants, shoes, white gloves, and a tall hat originally designed as a rumpled fedora. Goofy is a close friend of Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck and is one of Disney's most recognizable characters. He is normally characterized as extremely clumsy and somewhat dimwitted, yet this interpretation is not always definitive; occasionally Goofy is shown as intuitive, and clever, albeit in his own unique, eccentric way.
Goofy debuted in animated cartoons, starting in 1932 with Mickey's Revue as Dippy Dawg, who is older than Goofy would come to be. Later the same year, he was re-imagined as a younger character, now called Goofy, in the short The Whoopee Party. During the 1930s, he was used extensively as part of a comedy trio with Mickey and Donald. Starting in 1939, Goofy was given his own series of shorts that were popular in the 1940s and early 1950s. Two Goofy shorts were nominated for an Oscar: How to Play Football (1944) and Aquamania (1961). He also co-starred in a short series with Donald, including Polar Trappers (1938), where they first appeared without Mickey Mouse. Three more Goofy shorts were produced in the 1960s after which Goofy was only seen in television and Disney comics. He returned to theatrical animation in 1983 with Mickey's Christmas Carol. His last theatrical appearance was How to Hook Up Your Home Theater in 2007. Goofy has also been featured in television, most extensively in Goof Troop (1992–1993), as well as House of Mouse (2001–2003) and Mickey Mouse Clubhouse (2006–2016) Mickey Mouse (TV series) (2013-Present), Mickey and the Roadster Racers (2017-Present).
Originally known as Dippy Dawg, the character is more commonly known simply as "Goofy," a name used in his short film series. In his 1950s cartoons, he usually played a character called George Geef or G.G. Geef. Sources from the Goof Troop continuity give the character's full name as G. G. "Goofy" Goof, likely in reference to the 1950s name. In many other sources, both animated and comics, the surname Goof continues to be used. In other 2000s-era comics, the character's full name has occasionally been given as Goofus D. Dawg.

The Tramp

The Tramp is a fictional character from Disney's 1955 animated feature The Lady and the Tramp.  He has become accustomed to house life during his time as a pet and is portrayed as a firm, yet still concerned father. Nevertheless, he still has a few 'street smarts' to fall back on.

Lady

Lady is a fictional character from Disney's 1955 animated feature The Lady and the Tramp.

Slinky Dog

Slinky Dog is a fictional character from the 2011 animated film Hawaiian Vacation.

Clifford

Clifford is a main protagonist of the Clifford the Big Red Dog book series, written by Norman Bridwell, and originally published in 1963, and the television series of the same name, which is based upon it, and ran from 2000-2003.

Odie

Odie is a fictional character, who appears in the Jim Davis comic strip Garfield. He has also appeared in Garfield and Friends, The Garfield Show, as well as two live-action/computer-animated feature films, and three fully CGI films.

Gromit

Gromit is a fictional character from the 2012 short film Jubilee Bunt-a-thon.

Bolt

Bolt is a fictional character in Disney's 2008 computer animated comedy film Bolt.

Lassie

Lassie is a fictional female collie dog character created by Eric Knight in a short story expanded to novel length called Lassie Come-Home. However, Knight may have been influenced by another female collie named Lassie, featured in the 1859 story "The Half-brothers" written by British writer Elizabeth Gaskell. "The Half-brothers" is a short, sentimental story in which a female border collie named Lassie, loved only by her young master, saves the day.
Published in 1940, Knight's novel was filmed by MGM in 1943, as Lassie Come Home with a dog named Pal playing Lassie. Pal then appeared with the stage name "Lassie" in six other MGM feature films through 1951. Pal's owner and trainer Rudd Weatherwax then acquired the Lassie name and trademark from MGM and appeared with Pal at rodeos, fairs, and similar events across America in the early 1950s. In 1954, the long-running, Emmy winning television series Lassie debuted, and, over the next 19 years, a succession of Pal's descendants appeared on the series. The "Lassie" character has appeared in radio, television, film, toys, comic books, animated series, juvenile novels, and other media. Pal's descendants continue to play Lassie today.

Spike

Spike is a fictional character from the animated cartoon films franchise Tom and Jerry.

Copper

Kurt Russell as Copper (young by Corey Feldman), the cute young hound puppy (whom looks a beagle or a basset hound) belonging to Amos Slade. Copper is Tod's best friend when young; he befriends Tod during his childhood. However, he is the first to break this friendship and becomes Tod's bitter enemy but is also the first to protect him. He is a fast learner through growing up. In his first year of hunting he tops Chief.

Balto

Balto is a title character and the protagonist of the film Balto and its related sequels. However, the character is based on the real dog of the same name.

Pongo

Pongo  is a fictional character of Disney's animated feature 101 Dalmatians.

Toto

Toto is a fictional dog in L. Frank Baum's Oz series of children's books, and works derived from them. The name is pronounced with a long "O", a homophone of "toe toe". The dog was originally a small terrier drawn by W.W. Denslow for the first edition of the Wizard of Oz. He reappears in numerous adaptations, such as the 1939 Hollywood movie.

Beethoven

Beethoven is a fictional character from the film and TV series Beethoven.

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Benji

Benji is the name of a fictional dog who has been the focus of several movies from 1974 through the 2000s. It is also the title of the first film in the Benji series.
The eponymous canine character is a small, lovable mixed-breed dog with an uncanny knack for being in the right place at the right time, usually to help someone overcome a problem.
Joe Camp is the creator and director of the Benji films. The first dog to play Benji was a shelter dog named Higgins, trained by Frank Inn. Later, Higgins' offspring Benjean took the name for a few films.

Jock

Jock is a fictional character from Disney's 1955 animated feature The Lady and the Tramp.

Rowlf the Dog

Rowlf the Dog is a Muppet character, a scruffy brown dog of indeterminate breed with a rounded black nose and long floppy ears. He was created and originally performed by Jim Henson. Rowlf is the Muppet Theatre's resident pianist, as well as one of the show's supporting cast members. Calm and wisecracking, his humor is characterized as deadpan and as such, is one of few Muppets who is rarely flustered by the show's prevalent mayhem. He is very easy going and a fan of classical music and musicals.
Though Kermit the Frog is often credited as the icon of Henson's Muppets, Rowlf was actually the first true Muppet "star" as a recurring character on The Jimmy Dean Show, first appearing in a show telecast on September 19, 1963.

For this poll we've created a list of the greatest dogs of all time, featuring dogs you know from movies, television, video games and more. Of course your ...