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[[File:appaandmomocropped_3122.jpg|link=Avatar: The Last Airbender (Animation)|frame|The Gaang has one BIG team pet and one <small>little</small> one.]]
 
{{quote|''"The rabbit is cuddly! Kids like little cuddly sidekicks! I mean, the rabbit... it's a time-tested... okay, the rabbit bites."''|[[The Incredibles|Mr. Incredible]], defending an In-Universe fictional [[Team Pet]].}}
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If the Team Pet is an otherworldly being, it may end up as an [[Amusing Alien]]. It may also be a [[Pet Monstrosity]].
 
[[Team Pet|Team Pets]] do have their other uses, however. We hear lots of stories of dogs pulling people from burning buildings or otherwise saving their lives, for example. Also, the Team Pet can go get help if its master (or someone else on the team) [[Timmy in Aa Well|gets in trouble]]. And a Team Pet can act as an adorable scene partner for a heartfelt [[Surrogate Soliloquy]]. It can be a [[Sealed Evil in Aa Teddy Bear]] if it is [[Not So Harmless]] once it's [[Restraining Bolt]] is loosened.
 
[[Gratuitous Animal Sidekick]] is a special category of this, often used in an [[Animated Adaptation]] of a live-action show. See also [[Intellectual Animal]], [[Nearly-Normal Animal]], [[Talking Animal]], and [[Timmy in Aa Well]].
 
[[Tagalong Kid]] is the human equivalent to this, [[Robot Buddy]] the artificial version.
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== Anime & Manga ==
* Iggy the Boston Terrier from ''[[Jo Jo's Bizarre Adventure (Manga)|Jojo's Bizarre Adventure]]''. Played straight for the first few seconds of his introduction as he jumps on Polnareff and chews his hair, then subverted when he's shown to be just as strong as the rest of the human members of the group.
* Kon the mod-soul in ''[[Bleach]]'', who insists on being taken seriously, since he has the duty of possessing Ichigo's body when he's in shinigami form. He seldom is, since he normally inhabits the body of a plush lion.
* In early episodes of ''[[Pokémon (Animeanime)|Pokémon]]'', Pikachu, when not in battle, was usually found doing something goofy while the human characters were dealing with the situation. This was later dropped with both his and Ash's maturity.
** As the series went on, other Pokémon took the role of Team Pet from Pikachu, usually the weakest Pokémon of the female member of the party. Thus, Pikachu was succeeded by [[The Scrappy|Togepi,]] [[The Ditz|Torchic]], [[Everything's Better Withwith Monkeys|Aipom]], [[Everything's Better Withwith Penguins|Piplup]], and [[Cute Bruiser|Happiny]].
* Menchi/Mince is Excel and Hyatt's Team Pet (and [[Eat the Dog|emergency food supply]]) in ''[[Excel Saga (Mangamanga)|Excel Saga]]''. She knows this, and always fears for her life when her rescuer/master gets those "hungry eyes".
* Kameo in ''[[Gun X Sword]]'' is Wendy's pet pink turtle, and can usually be found at the end of a chain around Wendy's neck. How it was attached to his shell is never revealed. Van doesn't like him very much.
* ''[[Mobile Suit Gundam]]'' has a Team Pet for the entire franchise in Haro, the little spherical robot, who, in the original series, was created by Amuro Ray. Usually a non-combatant, although in some SD Gundam games, a Haro tends to be included as a [[Lethal Joke Character]].
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* Subverted and played straight in ''[[One Piece]]''. Characters often mistakenly assume this is Chopper's role in the crew, and as a result he got a bounty of 50 [[Global Currency|Berries]] when everyone else was in the tens or hundreds of ''millions''. He is in fact [[The Medic]], and a perfectly capable fighter in his own right. A straighter example is the whale Laboon, who was Team Pet of the Rumbar Pirates.
** And apparently, in the recent chapters, Luffy managed to tame '''a Kraken'''.
* Sadaharu from ''[[Gintama (Manga)|Gintama]]''. He is used for poop gags a lot. Also, the yorozuya combined their... powers... to become Sei-chan, the short-lived mascot of the Shinsengumi.
* Timcanpy from ''[[D .Gray Man-man]]''.
* Xiaomei from the ''[[Fullmetal Alchemist]]'' manga, at least for the little Scar party. And Black Hayate for the Mustang people.
* [[Talking Animal|Happy]] from ''[[Fairy Tail]]'' fits better as [[The Smart Guy]], so [[Summon Magic|Plue]] fits better as Team Pet.
* Pandaikon from ''[[Nerima Daikon Brothers (Anime)|Nerima Daikon Brothers]]''.
* Cerberus from ''[[Eyeshield 21]]''. Although he's not cute and is primarily interested in savaging and eating the Devil Bats. There's also Butaberus, and the little Devil Bat, the actual team mascot, who doesn't physically appear in the story but handles meta explanations, omake and reader questions. There's also Baby Devil Bat, which is just a smaller, student-like version of the Devil Bat.
** [[Word of God]] reminds us that Cerberus is not a pet. He's a normal person who happens to be a dog. He likes to go for walks, he has his own house, and the only reason he follows Hiruma is because it's an easy way to get food.
* Karen in [[Yu-Gi-Oh! GX]]. Unlike many other examples, she's not primarily comic relief. Any humor value is derived from the fact a large crocodile is being carried around in someone's backpack. {{spoiler|She's also the key part of the link between Jim and Judai, leading Jim to end up sacrificing himself in an attempt to free Judai from Haou. Fittingly, Karen goes down with him.}}
** Don't forget Pharaoh, the cat belonging to the teacher in the Osiris Red dorm.
* Mint in ''[[Genesis Climber Mospeada]]''. Aisha also seems to fill this role after her introduction in episode 10.
* Subverted in ''[[Magic Knight Rayearth]]'', with Mokona, who is treated as nothing more than a useful Team Pet up until {{spoiler|the end, where it's revealed that he's actually the creator of both Cephiro and Earth.}}
** [[Flat What|What.]]
* ''[[Kenichi: theThe Mightiest Disciple]]'' has Shigure's pet mouse Tochumaru. It happens to be a competent martial artist.
* Shiina in the ''[[Vampire Princess Miyu]]'' TV series is both Miyu's talking pet of sorts and a Shinma with a ''very'' powerful eyesight.
* Ein the Welsh corgi from ''[[Cowboy Bebop]]''. He mostly serves as a vehicle for [[Animal Reaction Shot|Animal Reaction Shots]], though he does get one notable chance to help the team out near the end of the series.
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{{quote| '''Soul:''' Anyone want the sexy kitty? She's free.}}
* ''[[Mahou Sensei Negima]]'' gives us Chamo, the talking [[Weasel Mascot|ermine]]. He's also a bit of a mentor, though.
* Shuko, the 1121st owl mascot in ''[[SoSora Rano No wo ToWoto]]''
* ''[[Future GPX Cyber Formula (Anime)|Future GPX Cyber Formula]]'' has V-8 (Asuka's pet dog) to the Sugo Asurada team.
* Ryo-Ohki from [[Tenchi Muyo!]] certainly belongs here, when she's not a [[Cool Starship]].
* Akamaru from [[Naruto]] serves as the team pet for his team.
* Don't forget about Kirara from ''[[Inuyasha]]'', Sango's two-tailed demon cat who can go from a [[Cute Kitten|tiny kitty]] from a [[Mega Neko|huge fanged feline]] who can fly.
* ''[[Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha StrikersStrikerS]]'' has Friedrich, Caro's baby dragon who could take a more adult form during battle.
* [[Hana Kimi]] has Yūjirō.
* Kyubey from ''[[Puella Magi Madoka Magica (Anime)|Puella Magi Madoka Magica]]''. {{spoiler|When he's not being the [[Big Bad]].}}
** If Kyubey counts, then every [[Magical Girl]]'s [[Mentor Mascot]] and [[Weasel Mascot]] would count, especially since Kyubey doesn't do anything useful in combats aside from [[Mr. Exposition|talking.]]
* Printemps, Jeudi's pet cockatoo in ''[[Honoo no Alpen Rose (Manga)|Honoo no Alpen Rose]]''.
* [[Darker Than Black]] had Mao, a Contractor who had the ability to switch bodies. He lost his human body during an explosion and previously resided in the body of a black cat in the first season before regaining consciousness in the second season and found himself occupying Suou's pet momonga, a flying squirrel. Unlike most Team Pets, Mao (when he was in his cat form) was a useful part of the Syndicate through espionage and diversions. However, when he switches his consciousness to a squirrel, his ability to provide assistance is severely hampered by his small size, demonstrated when an enemy contractor (and a [[Psycho for Hire]]) incapacitated him by grabbing his tail and taping him to his car.
* ''[[Kuroko no Basuke (Manga)|Kuroko no Basuke]]'' has Tetsuya #2, a dog. It was adopted by the Seirin High Basketball Club, and named after the main character, Kuroko Tetsuya, for their identical eyes, [[The Stoic|and expression, or lack thereof]].
 
 
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** Katten Jansson and Husmusen are also usually [[Those Two Guys]] when they do not star in the story.
* Back in the [[Silver Age]], [[Superman]] and [[Batman]] both got a [[Gratuitous Animal Sidekick]], Krypto the Superdog and Ace the Bat-Hound respectively... who ended part of the "Legion of Super-Pets". Both were [[Retcon|retconned]] out eventually for the obvious reasons, but Krypto has later returned, and so has Ace - in the 90s run as a seeing eye dog Batman inherits from a blind Native American medicine man, and in ''[[Batman Beyond]]''. Krypto's actually a subversion of sorts as he has all the powers of Superman but little of the human restraint, making him a very dangerous combatant who can fight Superman's foes on even ground.
** Batman gets a Great Dane puppy in The [[DCNew Nu52]] version of Batman and Robin named [[Titus Andronicus (Theatretheatre)|Titus]]
* Glomulus the Cleaner Slug for the [[Green Lantern|Orange Lantern Corps]].
* Vincent Van Goat (codenamed HAEDUS) from ''[[Quantum and Woody]]'' went from a one-shot gag character to an [[Ensemble Darkhorse]].
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* ''[[Star Wars]]'': R2-D2 could be considered a Team Pet. An especially useful Team Pet, though.
* ''[[Dark Star]]'': Pinback thought the ship needed a mascot. [[Killer Rabbit|Pinback was wrong]].
* ''[[The Beastmaster (Film)|The Beastmaster]]'' has a tiger and an eagle at his command, but he also has his iconic ferrets, Kodo and Podo.
 
 
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* [[Super Sentai]] has a few of these, most notably IC the cyborg dog from ''[[Denshi Sentai Denziman]]'' who {{spoiler|dies by using himself as a power circuit for the [[Humongous Mecha]], but gives the team one final [[Tear Jerker]] message}}.
* ''[[Lexx]]'' had 790 the robot head (and briefly, Squish the cluster lizard).
* In ''[[Firefly (TV)|Firefly]]'', River and Kaylee double for this spot. Although Kaylee is also the [[Wrench Wench]] and [[Mr. Fixit]]. In the [[Serenity (Film)|Big Damn Movie]], River [[Took a Level In Badass|Takes About Six Levels In Badass]] to the point where even Jayne can't keep up with her.
* Classic ''[[Doctor Who]]'' had K-9.
* In ''[[Primeval]]'' we get Rex, a Coelurosauravus from the Permian anomaly. He doesn't serve much purpose, except to hang out and look cute, possibly to counter all of the [[Nightmare Fuel]].
* ''[[Imagination Movers]]'' has Warehouse Mouse, a [[Team Pet]] that gets actual plot within the show.
* ''[[Human Target]]'' has Carmine the Rottweiler.
* ''[[Torchwood (TV)|Torchwood]]'' has Myfanwy the pterodactyl.
 
 
== Music ==
* [[Snot (Music)|Snot]] had Dobbs, who appeared on the band's only completed studio album, ''Get Some''. Sadly, Dobbs, along with his owner, Lynn Strait, the vocalist for the band, died in a car crash in 1998.
* [[Sublime (Music)|Sublime]] had Louie Dog, the beloved Dalmatian of the late Bradley Nowell, who frequently joined the band on stage.
 
 
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== Video Games ==
* ChuChu in ''[[Xenogears (Video Game)|Xenogears]]''. There's a scene late in the game where your party gets captured by {{spoiler|Krelian}} and used as bait to draw Elly out. The [[Big Bad]] has the party's [[Humongous Mecha|Gears]] [[What Do You Mean Its Not Symbolic|crucified in a field]], which is meant to be somber and reflect on their possible fate. But if you have ChuChu in your party, that giant plush toy will be up there with the crucified giant robots, turning "Chu-Chu died for your sins!" into a [[Memetic Mutation|meme]] among Xenogears fans.
* MOMO in ''[[Xenosaga (Video Game)|Xenosaga]]''.
* Riki in ''[[Xenoblade Chronicles]]''.
* Mog, and to a lesser extent Relm, in ''[[Final Fantasy VI (Video Game)|Final Fantasy VI]]'' (although the team has an actual pet in Interceptor, Shadow's canine partner).
* Cait Sith in ''[[Final Fantasy VII (Video Game)|Final Fantasy VII]]'' (Fits more than one stereotype, as the character is actually a robot cat [[The Mole|working for the bad guys]].)
* Sazh's Chocobo chick in ''[[Final Fantasy XIII (Video Game)|Final Fantasy XIII]]''.
* [[Swiss Army Weapon]] Jack in ''[[Gears of War]]''.
* Meemai in the first ''[[Baten Kaitos]]'' game isn't a party member -- she's a little seal-like creature that rides in the neck of Xelha's shirt. And is used in several of her super moves.
* Boo in both the ''~Baldur's Gate~'' games was something of a pet if Minsc was in your group, though he was little more than an annoyance to many players as he took up a valuable quick item slot.
** In ''[[Megatokyo]]'', a hamster is named Boo in honour of Minsc's pet.
* Team Pets are common in the ''[[Tales Series(series)]]'': Quickie, Meredy's pet, in ''[[Tales of Eternia (Video Game)|Tales of Eternia]]''; Noishe, Lloyd's Arshis companion, and Corrine, Sheena's manmade Summon Spirit, in ''[[Tales of Symphonia (Video Game)|Tales of Symphonia]]''; Zapie, Claire's pet, in ''[[Tales of Rebirth (Video Game)|Tales of Rebirth]]''; Giet, Moses's pet Galf, in ''[[Tales of Legendia (Video Game)|Tales of Legendia]]'' (the Oresoren may also count somewhat); and Mieu, <s>Luke's stress ball</s> a young cheagle, in ''[[Tales of the Abyss (Video Game)|Tales of the Abyss]]''.
* Repede in ''[[Tales of Vesperia (Video Game)|Tales of Vesperia]]'' is... a dog. That fights with a knife, but still a dog. Gameplay-wise he's a [[Fragile Speedster]].
* In ''[[Chrono Cross (Video Game)|Chrono Cross]]'', the first recruitable character in the game is the Team Pet Poshul, a pink, [[Tastes Like Diabetes|unnervingly cutesy]] talking dog. (Sample dialog: "Me will use my Pretty-Miracle-Power-X! Me will do it, Thergiepoo!")
* [[Hachiko|Koromaru]] from ''[[Persona 3 (Video Game)|Persona 3]]'': a highly intelligent dog who can summon the spirit of Cerberus to strike your foes with fire and darkness. And invoke hilariousness when he refuses to eat Yukari's cooking.
** Don't forget he also {{spoiler|saves the team when Ikutsuki tries to force Aegis to kill them.}}
* From ''[[Persona 4]]'', Teddie, a life-sized ''teddy bear'' from the TV world, fills this role. {{spoiler|He later becomes ''human'', and a ''[[Bishonen]]'' at that}}.
* Cupil from ''[[Skies of Arcadia (Video Game)|Skies of Arcadia]]'' fills this role, but doubles as Fina's weapon. To a lesser extent, the "Jester" Pow, who's Vyse's <s>dog</s> [[Call a Rabbit Aa Smeerp|huskra]].
* Hans in ''[[Valkyria Chronicles]]'', a (vestigially) winged pig. Exists mostly to look [[Even the Dog Is Ashamed|embarrassed]] when the protagonist flubs romantic moments in cut scenes.
* ''[[Mana Khemia Alchemists of Al Revis]]'' gives us Muppy, a '''slug-like alien''' floating in a pot-shaped UFO. [[Only Sane Man|No one except Nikki]] can see that he was actually an ''alien invader''. [[The Smart Guy]]/[[The Rival]] thinks he's ''handicapped'', and the principal who admitted him to the school? ''Transfer student'' from "Waii'ha". Everyone else? [[Hilarity Ensues|Hoo-boy...]]
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** The ''entire'' Mabari breed are the [[Team Pet]] of Ferelden. ''[[Dragon Age II]]'' reveals that other nations refer to Fereldans as "''The Dog-Lords''".
* Nall and Ruby of the ''[[Lunar]]'' series.
* Ricky [[Everything's Better Withwith Monkeys|the monkey]] from ''[[Dubloon]]''.
* In ''[[Mother 3 (Video Game)|Mother 3]]'', one of the party members is the main character's dog, [[Loyal Animal Companion|Boney]], who is also the only character besides main character Lucas to appear in every chapter.
** Used to a lesser extent in ''[[Earthbound (Video Game)|Earthbound]]'', where Ness's dog King and a [[Everything's Better Withwith Monkeys|gum-chewing monkey]] both join your party for parts of the game.
* ''[[Dragon Quest V]]'''s [[Dub Name Change|Borongo/Saber]] is a sabrecat served as [[The Hero]] and Bianca's [[Team Pet]]. Though in the later of the game, Borongo has no more importance to the plot, and you can develop your own army of monster [[Team Pet]].
** ''[[Dragon Quest VIII]]'' has Munchie, [[The Hero]]'s rat pet that is very smart. It can be used to clear curtain puzzles in a dungeon. {{spoiler|It turns out very latter that Munchie is [[The Hero]]'s ancestor in disguise.}}
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** Bun-Bun is actually a pardoy of this trope as he was specifically bought by Torg so the strip could have a cute animal...said cute animal is a murderous criminal that can take care of himself and seemingly only hangs around Torg for free food and lodging and whom orginially Torg wanted dead and/or gone (although it IS later revealed he has grown to actually really care about the main cast much later in the strip and fairly early on Torg was shown to clearly miss Bun-Bun when he was AWOL for a while). Kiki on the other hand plays this trope very straight.
* Davan's hairless, amorphous cat Choo-Choo Bear in ''[[Something Positive]]'', odd for an otherwise (usually) non-fantastic [[Life Embellished]] [[Web Comic]]. Sometimes seen seeping out of box, popping out of a toaster or acting as Davan's scarf or somesuch.
* ''[[Adventurers (Webcomic)|Adventurers]]'' has Chookie, some sort of [[SMURFING]] pink thing. Karn has a... [http://www.adventurers-comic.com/d/0140.html violent reaction] during their first encounter, but he's shown to be part of the party later anyway.
* Snookums the tentacle bunny in ''[[The Inexplicable Adventures of Bob]]'', although he's mainly Molly's pet. It's notable that Molly herself started out as Bob's pet, before she turned out to be sentient and grew to human size.
* In ''[[The Order of the Stick (Webcomic)|Order of the Stick]]'', Mr. Scruffy the cat becomes the Team Pet once adopted by Belkar. It could be argued that Blackwing, Vaarsuvius' raven [[Familiar]], occupied the role before, but he's more of an [[Intellectual Animal]], and now a full character in his own right.
* ''[[Fontes Rants (Webcomic)|Fontes' Rants]]'': Tanooki.
 
 
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== Western Animation ==
* Snarf from ''[[Thundercats (Animation)|Thundercats]]'' is pretty well the epitome of this trope. Utterly useless in a fight except against the weakest of minions, and tends to serve as weak comedy relief. Subverted only slightly in that Snarf is actually the nanny for Lion-O before he wakes up all growed-up on Third Earth.
** In ''[[Thundercats 2011 (Western Animation)|Thundercats 2011]]'' Snarf is much more explicitly a ''pet'': Though possessing [[Amplified Animal Aptitude]], Snarf cannot speak, and instead serves as an [[Empathy Pet]] and [[The Confidant]] for Lion-O's many [[Surrogate Soliloquy|Surrogate Soliloquys]]. Also an [[Evil-Detecting Dog]]...not that [[Kid Hero]] Lion-O pays enough attention when Snarf tries to serve in that capacity.
* Momo in ''[[Avatar: The Last Airbender (Animation)|Avatar: The Last Airbender]]'' is a flying [[Mix-and-Match Critters|bat-like lemur]]. In contrast, Appa is a 10-ton flying bison who has been subject to serious [[A Day in Thethe Limelight|personalized stories]] and has a strong century-long bond with the titular character, making him more of a life-long companion than a Team Pet. Momo's presence or absence is a firm indicator to how light-hearted and whimsical or serious and edgy the current story is. To compound to it all, his character was originally designed to be a little robot named "MOMO 3" (when [[What Could Have Been|the original draft set the series in a futuristic environment]]) and Co-creator Byan Konietzko has admitted that he based him on his childhood cat Buddy.
** In the [[Sequel Series]], The Legend of Korra, the two team pets tradition continues with Pabu, the fire ferret (red panda/ferret hybrid) and Korra's polarbear-dog, Naga.
* Radarr is just another element of the [[Cliché Storm]] that is ''[[Storm Hawks (Animation)|Storm Hawks]]''. Pun unintended.
* [[Inverted Trope|Inverted]] in ''[[Transformers]]'', where the main characters are robots, and the team pet is usually a human.
** Spike and Daniel are the most blatant examples. Apparently, this trope is genetic.
** In ''[[Transformers Animated (Animation)|Transformers Animated]]'', Sari is a debatable example for her first two seasons, {{spoiler|then gets upgraded to [[Sixth Ranger]] after her [[Robotic Reveal]]}}.
** In ''[[Transformers Super God Masterforce]]'', Cab's parrot and armadillo are definite examples.
** In ''[[Transformers Prime]]'', most of the team gets their own ''individual'' pet. Bulkhead has Miko, Arcee has Jack, and Bumblebee has Rafael, and Optimus has a feral-cat-that-you-sometimes-leave-food-outside-for relationship with Agent Fowler. When Wheeljack arrives, Miko comments that "he'll need his own [pet] human".
* Faffy from ''[[Dave the Barbarian (Animation)|Dave the Barbarian]]'' is a spoof of these type of creatures.
** To a lesser extent, Twinkle The Marvel Horse.
* Elvis from ''[[Butch Cassidy and Thethe Sundance Kids]]'', whose major plot purpose is to cause Mr. Socrates to sneeze.
* Uni the baby unicorn from the ''[[Dungeons and Dragons (Animationanimation)|Dungeons & Dragons]]'' cartoon.
* Lily and Sparkles from ''[[Barbie and Thethe Diamond Castle]]''.
* It would really be a disservice to call [[Godzilla]] a team pet in ''[[Godzilla: theThe Series]]''; the crew prefer "[[The Big Guy]]". They have [[Robot Buddy|N.I.G.E.L]] for that.
* Slimer in ''[[The Real Ghostbusters (Animation)|The Real Ghostbusters]]'' and ''[[Extreme Ghostbusters (Animation)|Extreme Ghostbusters]]''. Also in ''[[Ghostbusters the Video Game (Video Game)|Ghostbusters the Video Game]]'', but since it's based purely on the film continuity, ''there'' he's an incorrigible mischievous glutton who has to be kept in a terrarium so he won't wreak comedic and comparatively harmless havoc -- one of the first major tasks in the game is to recapture him after he escapes.
* [[Scooby -Doo (Animationanimation)|Scooby Doo]] could very well have been the [[Trope Maker]].
* Rufus the naked mole rat in ''[[Kim Possible (Animation)|Kim Possible]]''.
* Kiwi, Odd's pet dog in ''[[Code Lyoko (Animation)|Code Lyoko]]'', fits the role, although he's not very often involved in the [[Five-Man Band]]'s adventures.
* Az the Tofu, a [[Ridiculously Cute Critter]] from '' [[Wakfu (Animation)|Wakfu]]''.
* Chuchu, the family dog on ''[[The Amazing Chan and The Chan Clan (Animation)|The Amazing Chan and The Chan Clan]]''.
* Kuma in ''[[Pole Position (Animationanimation)|Pole Position]]''.
* Tally-Hawk is the ''[[Silverhawks (Animation)|Silverhawks]]''' mascot.
* Bandit in ANY incarnation of ''[[Jonny Quest (Animation)|Jonny Quest]]''.
* In ''[[Futurama (Animation)|Futurama]]'' Nibbler is the Team Pet, even if he is an [[Amusing Alien]] and [[Intellectual Animal]].
* ''[[Bubble Guppies]]'' has one in the form of Bubble Puppy.
* Sebastian is Alexandra's smartass cat on ''[[Josie and Thethe PussycatsPussy Cats]]'', but he'll usually pitch in to help the others when needed.
* Elmo, Augie's bulldog on ''[[The Funky Phantom (Animation)|The Funky Phantom]]'', is usually engaged in a battle of wits with Mudsy's cat Boo.
* Braveheart, the misnamed St. Bernard on ''[[Inch High, Private Eye (Animation)|Inch High Private Eye]].''
* ''[[Clue Club (Animation)|Clue Club]]'' team pets Woofer (a vainglorious bloodhound) and Wimper (a basset).
* The parody series ''[[The Incredibles|The Adventures of Mr. Incredible]]'' had Mr. Skipperdoo, a mostly useless, bespectacled rabbit.
* Santa's Little Helper and Snowball II in ''[[The Simpsons (Animationanimation)|The Simpsons]]''. The former is generally more useful.
* ''[[The Secret Saturdays (Animation)|The Secret Saturdays]]'': Zak has three Team Pets, all of them cryptids, including a 7-foot tall "gorilla-cat" named Fisk, a komodo dragon (named, you guessed it, Komodo), and a pterosaur named Zon. Unlike most team pets, Zak treats them like their part of his family, including Fisk, whom he likens to an adopted brother
* Bronx in ''[[Gargoyles (Animation)|Gargoyles]]'' is the pet of the gargoyle team, and their equivalent of a [[All Animals Are Dogs|dog]].
* ''[[Young Justice (Animationanimation)|Young Justice]]'' has both Sphere the supercycle and Wolf the um, [[Big Badass Wolf]]. They both help in missions.
 
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