Introduction
Looney Tunes Dog Names In Pop Culture
As mentioned before, Hector is one of the more obscure Tunes, but there's likely a very good reason for that; Hector's gross deficit of recolonization could be due, in large part, to the Looney Tunes franchise's surplus of Bulldogs. Besides Hector, there's also Spike, a large Bulldog who wears a red shirt and a brown bowler hat. Spike is almost never seen without his good friend and constant confidant, Chester, a smaller, yellow dog with brown spots and an excitable personality. In their first on screen appearance, Spike takes on the role as leader of the duo while Chester looks up to Spike with awe. The two try to strong arm Sylvester, only to be inexplicably sideswiped by a black jungle panther, who escaped from a nearby zoo, every time.
There's also the the Bulldog Marc Anthony, who's got brown fur and a more anxious disposition than Hector or Spike. Marc Anthony and Pussyfoot have a relationship that's completely opposite of Sylvester and Hector's; Marc Anthony goes out of his way, and often puts himself in harms way, to protect the cute, infantile Pussyfoot from hazard environments and his own childish ignorance to the world at large.
Breaking away from the Bulldogs, we have the previously mentioned Barnyard Dawg. Dawg and Foghorn Leghorn are often pitted against each other, with the latter outsmarting the former nine times out of ten; it's quite hilarious to see how susceptible Barnyard Dawg is to even the simplest of Foghorn Leghorn's tricks, but Dawg is nevertheless committed to protecting the farm with his life if it ever came down to that point. But it never would because, you know, he's featured in a children's cartoon and everyone's basically immortal for comedy's sake. In the end, Looney Tunes has an assortment of memorable dogs who don't get as much love as they ought to, but considering the series' lasting appeal, that may someday yet change.
Looney Tunes Dog Name Considerations
Barnyard Dawg, for instance, is a large dog with a white coat peppered with brown spots. While Dawg doesn't completely resemble any real world canines, he does resemble an over sized Beagle for the most part. If you just so happen to own a Beagle, or another type of Dawg that's known for its ability to help around farmsteads, consider naming them Dawg after the Looney Tune of the same name. In line with the previously mentioned pre-WW II American sentimentality of the older Looney Tunes episodes, Dawg's personality was more inline with the famous cowboys and sheriffs from the Westerns that were incredibly popular around that time. So if you have a pet who, like Barnyard Dawg, was bred for guarding your home, or who has a tendency to intervene whenever there's trouble, you might also want to consider naming them after Foghorn Leghorn's rival.
Male Looney Tunes Dog Names
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Bugs
The leading bunny of the show
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Ace
Bug's descendant in Loonatics Unleashed
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1 |
Danger
Daffy's descendant in Loonatics Unleashed
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1 |
Taz
The Tasmanian Devil's nickname
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1 |
Wile
The clever coyote who always tries to catch the road runner
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1 |
Dawg
Taken from Barnyard Dawg
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1 |
Sam
An ornery cowboy who's a bit too trigger happy
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1 |
Mel
The name of the prolific voice actor who portrayed most of the Looney Tunes
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0 |
Tech
Wile E. Coyote's descendant featured in Loonatics Unleashed
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-1 |
Hector
Granny's pet dog
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-1 |
Bunny
Bug's last name
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-1 |
Doc
The name Bugs calls most everyone else
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-1 |
Daffy
The manic Duck who plays second fiddle to Bugs
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-1 |
Duck
Daffy's last name
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-1 |
Elmer
The first name of the hunter who chases Daffy and Bugs
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-1 |
Egghead
Elmer's original name
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-1 |
Tasmanian
A reference to the Tasmanian Devil
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-1 |
Slam
Taz's descendant, Slam Tasmanian
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-1 |
Hugh
Taz's father
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-1 |
Ethelbert
Wile E. Coyote's middle name in the comics
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-1 |
Coyote
Wile's last name
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-1 |
Tweety
The small yellow canary who always gets Sylvester's goat
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-1 |
Tweetums
Tweety's royal descendant introduced in Loonatics Unleashed
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-1 |
Sylvester
Tweety's rival and Granny's cat
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-1 |
Succotash
A part of Sylvester's catch phrase "suffering Succotash"
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-1 |
Foghorn
The giant rooster who gives Barnyard Dawg a hard time
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-1 |
Leghorn
Foghorn's last name
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-1 |
Henry
The rowdy chickenhawk who hassles Dawg and Leghorn
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-1 |
Marvin
The Martian who often feuds with Bugs
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-1 |
Speedy
A lightning fast mouse from Mexico
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Female Looney Tunes Dog Names
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Honey
Bug's old girlfriend
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Jean
The Tasmanian Devil's mother
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1 |
Misty
A TV personality from Loonatics Unleashed
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1 |
Hazel
The name of the witch featured in many episodes
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-1 |
Granny
Hector's owner, most of the time
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-1 |
Emma
Granny's first name
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-1 |
Harriet
The Road Runner's mother
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-1 |
Sweetie
Based off of Sweetie Bird, the pink canary
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-1 |
Zadavia
The supervisor of the Loonatics
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-1 |
Grannicus
An evil version of Granny featured in Loonatics Unleashed
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-1 |
Gwendolyn
A sparrow who raised a vulture as her own
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-1 |
Evelyn
Another name for Gwendolyn Sparrow
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-1 |
Agnes
The little girl in the Nasty Quacks episode
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-1 |
Candie
A chipmunk from the Animaniacs
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-1 |
Shirley
A blonde haired duck from Tiny Tunes Adventures
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-1 |
Patricia
Lola Bunny's mother
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-1 |
Lola
Bug's girlfriend from the movie Space Jam
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-1 |
Prissy
The chicken that lives with Foghorn Leghorn
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-1 |
Penelope
The cat that Pepé Le Pew always chases after
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-1 |
Honeybunch
One of the names of Daffy's wife
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-1 |
Daphne
Another name for Daffy's wife
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-1 |
Trixie
A mouse who wears a green dress
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-1 |
Alice
Trixie's best friend and Ralph's wife
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-1 |
Goldimouse
From the episode Goldimouse and the Three Cats
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-1 |
Goldi
A nickname for Goldimouse
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-1 |
Petunia
Porky Pig's girlfriend
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-1 |
Athena
The queen of the Apocazons
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-1 |
Melissa
Another of Daffy Duck's love interests
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-1 |
Elmyra
A little girl who resembles Elmer Fudd
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-1 |
Mary
Taken from Mary Melody
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