You Know I'll Never Be Lonely: Television's Coolest Pets

By Cindy Davis | Posted Under Seriously Random Lists | Comments (38)

Where are the Pet Emmys? It’s hard enough for an actor to get noticed and nominated, so when a television critter makes himself known, he should get a little something, no? And while cute little dogs like “Frasier’s” Eddie manage to run to their marks, “woof” or cock a head on cue, there are other critters out there that are far more difficult to corral…wrangle…er, get to do stuff. Here’s looking at you, Elvis.

*Note: There be “Game of Thrones” spoilers ahead!

5. Marcel, “Friends”

Although he does lose some points for being Ross’s pet, Marcel had a film career and a French name—so it almost evens out.

(Honorable mention: Yasmine the chick and Dick the duck.)

4. Aristotle, Kitty and Tristan and Isolde, “The Addams Family”

A lion and an octopus and piranhas, oh my!

3. Wilfred, “Wilfred”

Even if he is (in part) an hallucination, a dog who smokes pot, drink alcohol and eats junk food is pretty cool.

2. Elvis, “Miami Vice”

I wonder if he roared in Español?

1. (A tie!) Spot, “The Munsters” and…

*DANGER WILL ROBINSON! SPOILERS AHEAD.

Rhaegal, Viserion and Drogon, “Game of Thrones”

For now the animal Emmy would have to go to Spot (at least until Dany’s dragons fly).

Cindy Davis has only a lazy dog for a pet, but there are deer in the backyard.

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I might've flipped Marcel with the chick and the duck, but I'm glad you managed to fit them all in.

My contribution: Santa's Little Helper and Babou the ocelot

Posted by: Socrates_Johnson at February 9, 2012 4:22 PM

Arnold Ziffel.

Also, Annie's Boobs, just to get that out of the way.

Posted by: TheOtherGreg at February 9, 2012 4:23 PM

Oh oh! And Liz the lizard from The Magic School Bus.

Posted by: Socrates_Johnson at February 9, 2012 4:25 PM

No Digby from Pushing Daisies??

OUTRAGE

Posted by: antoinette jeanine at February 9, 2012 4:25 PM

Babou the ocelot and his tufted ears

Posted by: md at February 9, 2012 4:36 PM

No Snoopy?

No K-9?

No Dino?

No Littlest Hobo? (sorry, my Canuck wife insisted)

Get outta here!

Posted by: bleujayone at February 9, 2012 4:40 PM

Rowdy from Scrubs and Backup from Veronica Mars would like to have a word with you.

Posted by: APOCooter at February 9, 2012 4:44 PM

Champion the three legged dog who is good at a lot of things. Except digging.

Posted by: Petrie at February 9, 2012 4:49 PM

No Clarence? You know, the cross-eyed lion. From Daktari.

I'm the only who knows him, am I?

Posted by: FabMax at February 9, 2012 4:54 PM

Digby and 3rd Babou, the fox-ear asshole

Posted by: Luke at February 9, 2012 5:02 PM

Where the hell is Wishbone?! He was my childhood, dammit! And the lack of K-9 is doubly disappointing.

Posted by: beckster at February 9, 2012 5:09 PM

All I have to say is "Rowdy, no!"

Posted by: DominaNefret at February 9, 2012 6:08 PM

Fuck the dragons, I want me a Direwolf. In reality I have a collie that snores like a large dragon with a terrible cold.

Posted by: catagisreading at February 9, 2012 6:09 PM

Arnold Ziffel was NOT a pet! He was an adopted son of Porcine-American ethnicity.

Posted by: Tranjo at February 9, 2012 6:19 PM

Yep, dragons are cool, but I'm with catagisreading, I'd rather have the direwolf! I would think a dragon would be a bit too much to handle once full grown....

Posted by: Laura at February 9, 2012 6:53 PM

catagisreading, your collie sounds like my pitbull! How's your dog with the pleading puppy eyes? Jin's got that down COLD!

I WAS going to say The Littlest Hobo as well, but I'm not sure he'll count. Wasn't the fact that he was a "hobo" negate the whole "pet" thing? What about Ace, Bruce Wayne's dog in Batman Beyond? Or are animated series out?

Posted by: Four Eyes at February 9, 2012 6:55 PM

Oh, my dear Lawd -- Clarence the cross-eyed lion? Someone besides me remembers him?

Posted by: PDamian at February 9, 2012 7:00 PM

Listen, I know how everyone feels about the show, but Murray the dog from Mad About You was really awesome.

I'm definitely with the direwolf crowd. I don't watch the show, but I remember Bran's wolf being especially good in the books.

Posted by: idgiepug at February 9, 2012 7:01 PM

I have to go with Miss Kitty Fantastico from Buffy. The SHEER AMAZINGNESS of her three seconds of screentime made her hilariously inappropriate offscreen joke death in Season 7 all the more poignant.

Posted by: Craig at February 9, 2012 7:07 PM

THIRDED

Screw Dragons; I want my own DireWolf, but fully loaded with all the Stark children extra features.

Posted by: John G. at February 9, 2012 7:16 PM

FOURTHED!

When I read the GoT spoiler tag, I figured it was going to be Summer. Great list!

And is it just me, or does Morticia look like Lisa Kudrow in that first photo?

Posted by: =DocDoom= at February 9, 2012 7:55 PM

Babou the ocelot! He's a tufted ear bastard!

Posted by: tawnia at February 9, 2012 8:10 PM

Asta!

They really just want treats, that is reward enough...I asked my dog, she said, "yeah...treats".

Posted by: MRod at February 9, 2012 8:50 PM

Miss Kitty Fantastico cuz she was adorable with her two Moms. But once i saw Cindy's name on it, i knew my hopes would be dashed.

Posted by: Alyson at February 9, 2012 8:59 PM

Stogie from Mission Hill!

Name dropping like I'm a hipster Charles Barkley.

Posted by: googergieger at February 9, 2012 9:34 PM

Dino, Astro, Rin Tin Tin, Lassie...

I could probably think of a few more, too.

Posted by: Uriah Creep at February 9, 2012 9:42 PM

No love for Muffit? The robotic daggit from the original Battlestar Galactica?

Come on, an articulated robot dog, played by a chimpanzee in a suit? For shame.

http://en.battlestarwiki.org/wiki/Muffit

Posted by: DarthBrookes at February 10, 2012 12:00 AM

I will definitely agree with Dany's dragons, but the Direwolves deserve a mention, too. Those are some extremely loyal pets!

Posted by: luthien26 at February 10, 2012 12:03 AM

Annie's Boobs was single handedly responsible for two of the best episodes of the best comedy on television. Plus, well, his name is amazing.

Posted by: Presidentbusterbluth at February 10, 2012 3:07 AM

Of all pets the not yet named, Buck from Married with Children needs to get some love. Perfect notion of what kind of pet the Bundees would have.

Posted by: valetboy at February 10, 2012 3:41 AM

friends got the aids, guys

why would you even mention it?

but you already did it, so you might as well put that girl jen aniston on it.

she makes a better pet than that lumiere monkey. y'know?

actually, just nevermind

but i do love it that you've included the addams family. that kinda makes up for it.

kinda.

Posted by: tities at February 10, 2012 4:15 AM

PDamian, I do. Also: first! *g*

Posted by: FabMax at February 10, 2012 4:47 AM

ROWDY???
NO!!!

Posted by: v at February 10, 2012 5:09 AM

Neil, the St. Bernard from "Topper". (Look him up.)

Posted by: Uncle JR at February 10, 2012 5:17 AM

The only good thing about Lost's finale? VINCENT.

Posted by: Kate at February 10, 2012 6:27 AM

Umm....Flipper. Effing Flipper. FTW!

***Drops mic and walks off stage***

Posted by: NateS1973 at February 10, 2012 11:36 AM

I am SHOCKED that Seymour Asses from Futurama has not been mentioned yet.

Also, let's be honest, the coolest direwolf from GoT is Nymeria, we just don't know her fate yet.

Posted by: gapingmaw at February 11, 2012 10:53 AM

I had never seen Miami Vice in italian...never expected to, never wanted it.

Posted by: James at February 12, 2012 10:32 PM

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