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In contrast to the generally sedentary [[Right
It is, obviously, very prone to [[The Dog Bites Back]]. Contrast with the various heroic [[Loyal Animal Companion
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== [[Anime]]
* In ''[[Fullmetal Alchemist (
* In ''[[Ranma
* ''[[
** Although he is about as fearsome and "attack dog"-like as the kitten Nagi believes he is, Tama is a White Tiger. He has actually attacked Hayate on several occasions and shown to be quite capable of being a threat if he wants to be.
** In the same theme, Shiranui is honestly a kitten, but shown to be quite evil at times.
== [[Comic Books]] ==
* Azraël, from ''[[The Smurfs]]'', could be at first glance thought off as a mere [[Right
* In ''[[Spider-Man]]'''s comic, the elderly crime boss [[The Don|Fortunado]] has a she-wolf named Angel as a companion, who is trained to attack anyone who makes a rush for her master or pulls a gun on him.
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* Oddly combined with [[Right
▲* Azraël, from ''[[The Smurfs]]'', could be at first glance thought off as a mere [[Right Hand Cat]] to Gargamel. But since the Smurfs are so small, Azraël is a very physical threat and ends up chasing them quite often, putting him right into this trope.
* In ''[[
* The German Shepherds that attack [[
* Scud from ''[[Toy Story (franchise)|Toy Story]]''.▼
▲* Oddly combined with [[Right Hand Cat]] in ''[[The Great Mouse Detective (Disney)|The Great Mouse Detective]]'' as the villain, Ratigan, has a pet cat larger than himself to which he feeds hapless mice.
▲* In ''[[Oliver and Company (Disney)|Oliver and Company]]'', ruthless loan-shark Sikes has a pair of vicious Dobermanns (pictured above), who go about intimidating both the main characters and their impoverished "master" Fagin, and follow Sikes' will with gusto.
▲* The villain of ''[[Up (Film)|Up]]'' has dogs for henchmen.
▲* The German Shepherds that attack [[Bambi (Disney)|Bambi]] near the end of his film, just right before the forest fire.
▲* Scud from ''[[Toy Story]]''.
== Films -- Live-Action ==▼
* The Chechen in ''[[The Dark Knight]]'' has a pack of attack dogs. The Joker uses them later in the film. {{spoiler|Read between the lines, and it's implied the Joker fed them their former master...}}
* Jabba the Hutt's Rancor in ''[[Star Wars]]: [[Return of the Jedi]]''.
* Commander Kruge in ''[[Star Trek III:
== [[Literature]] ==▼
* Voldemort's gigantic pet snake
▲== Literature ==
▲* Voldemort's gigantic pet snake, Nagini in the ''[[Harry Potter (Literature)|Harry Potter]]'' books is one of these. She also has a non-combat function as her venom helped to keep him alive prior to getting his full power back. She's pretty much the only other creature toward whom he shows any evidence of caring. Which probably has more to do with her being {{spoiler|one of his [[Soul Jar|Horcruxes]]}} than anything else.
* The [[Big Bad]] of the ''Andrakis'' series has a pet tiger that sat by his throne. A luckless messenger comes to report the defeat of their armies by the reincarnated hero; he looks up and the last thing he sees are the tiger's jaws closing on his face.
* In the first ''[[
* Mederan in the ''[[
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* While he's not a villain, and therefore doesn't attack the heroes, Interceptor, [[Ninja|Shadow's]] loyal dog in ''[[
▲* Mederan in the ''[[Tracker (TV)|Tracker]]'' episode "Blind Faith". He was Zin's bodyguard trapped in a dog's body. He had a habit of transforming into a [[Hell Hound]] via his Vardian powers and tearing people apart for Zin until Cole took him out.
* Comic Relief badguy Don Corneo from ''[[
** In the first ''[[
** Subverted in Classic ''[[Mega Man (
▲* While he's not a villain, and therefore doesn't attack the heroes, Interceptor, [[Ninja|Shadow's]] loyal dog in ''[[Final Fantasy VI (Video Game)|Final Fantasy VI]]'', is made out to be something like this. In battle, he'll occasionally block physical attacks directed at his master and then counterattack [[For Massive Damage]]. Outside of the actual gameplay, Shadow warns that he'll actually tear out your throat if you get too close. Relm seems to be able to play with him just fine though, and if Shadow is KO'd in battle, Interceptor will actually protect her instead...
** Woodman in ''Mega Man 2'' has two [[Kill It
▲* Comic Relief badguy Don Corneo from ''[[Final Fantasy VII (Video Game)|Final Fantasy VII]]'' has some sort of bizarre ape-like monster named Aps under his [[Trap Door]]. Later in a sidequest in Wutai, Corneo replaces with it a dragonish monster. Both can be quite difficult bosses.
▲* ''[[Mega Man (Video Game)|Mega Man]]''
▲** In the first ''[[Mega Man X (Video Game)|Mega Man X]]'' game, [[Big Bad|Sigma]] sics his dog Velguarder after you before pulling out his [[Laser Blade]].
▲** Subverted in Classic ''[[Mega Man (Video Game)|Mega Man]]'', since you never fight [[Big Badass Wolf|Treble]], except in his capacity as a [[Combining Mecha]] [[Super Mode]] [[Powered Armor]] for [[Evil Counterpart|Bass]]. Guess they figured having Megaman fight him would be too [[Kick the Dog]], and having Rush battle Treble would have too much a flavor of [[Moral Event Horizon|dogfighting]].
▲** Woodman in ''Mega Man 2'' has two [[Kill It With Fire|fire]]-[[Breath Weapon|breathing]] [[Punny Name|"Hot Dogs"]] in his stage. [[Fridge Logic|But he's]] ''weak'' against [[Elemental Rock Paper Scissors|fire]]...
* ''[[Samurai Shodown]] II'' final boss Mizuki is accompanied by a "dog", which is actually a powerful shapeshifting demon that she uses in a couple of attacks.
* Dog in ''[[
* Bud and Lou (see Western Animation below) appear with Harley in ''[[Injustice 2]]''.
== [[Western Animation]] ==
* In ''[[Batman:
* In ''[[
* In ''[[The Simpsons (
* The ''[[
* In ''
* ''[[
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