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{{quote|''[Bubbles] was a mongrel, but a really nice dog, and she had fitted so well into our lives. So I brought her into Xanth, where she can live the life she could not continue with us.''|'''Piers Anthony''', author's note of ''[[Xanth|Demons Don't Dream]]'' }}

It may be just the animal's name, similar to the human equivalent, [[Tuckerization]]. This is [[Justified Trope|justified]] in a film if the pet themselves is playing the pet named after them; after all, it's much easier to get an animal to respond to its own name. The whole animal, not just the name, may be put into the work as well. Or, perhaps, they based an animal character off a real-life one, such as its appearance or mannerisms, even if they didn't use the name.

 

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* The [[DC Comics]] miniseries ''A [[Superman]] for All Seasons'', by [[Jeph Loeb]] and Tim Sale, gave teenaged Clark Kent a dog named Shelby, after Sale's own dog. It was a two panel gag, but Shelby later became more notable as the golden retriever in ''[[Smallville]]''.

 

 

* The character [[Indiana Jones]] is named after creator [[George Lucas]]'s dog Indiana, who was also the inspiration for [[Star Wars|Chewbacca]]. There is also an in-universe example that reflects the [[Real Life]] situation: in ''[[Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade]]'', it is shown that the character chose the nickname "Indiana" after his family's dog.

** This was taken even further in ''[[Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom|Temple of Doom]]'': Willie was the name of [[Steven Spielberg]]'s dog, and Short Round another crew member's.

 

 

* While Piers Anthony was writing his ''[[Xanth]]'' novel ''Demons Don't Dream'', his dog Bubbles died, so he decided to put her into the book at that point. Part of his explanation can be seen in the page quote. Mare Imbri is also based on Blue, a horse he owned at the time. Blue died right before he started writing the same book, so, as he pointed out in the author's note, it seemed right that Mare Imbri would lead Bubbles into Xanth.

* There was a contest for the ''[[Joe Grey]]'' mysteries for fans to send in descriptions of their pet cats. Three were randomly selected as occasionally-recurring characters.

 

 

* Ubu Productions is named after producer Gary David Goldberg's dog Ubu Roi, a black labrador retriever. The Closing Tag for Ubu's productions is a photograph of Ubu Roi with a flying disc in his mouth. Along with the picture is Goldberg's voice saying "Sit, Ubu, sit! ...Good dog!", followed by the sound of a bark. This can be seen [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=klG9G4BDLtA here].

 

 

* [[Havalina Rail Co.]] had a song about Laika, the Russian dog who became the first animal in space. (Though Havalina spelled it "Leica".)

 

 

* The police dog in the first ''[[Ace Attorney]]'' game is named after the creator's Pomeranian Missile. He doesn't do anything useful, but he does eat all of Larry's hot dogs.

** A-dog-named-Missile returns (though not the same Missile) in ''[[Ghost Trick]]'' as a full-on main character, this time with additional Pomeranianness.

 

 

* Guineas, one of Grace's siblings in ''[[El Goonish Shive]]'', is based on a friend's guinea pig, due to a lack of ideas.

 

 

* On ''[[Honorable Hogwarts]]'', the character of [[Granola Girl|Lucy Frost]] is named after her creator's cat. As in, the cat's full name... the guy behind the character is actually named Frost in [[Real Life]], so Frost is also the cat's surname.

 

 

* The word "jumbo" as a synonym for "really big" is a reference to the elephant Jumbo that was mentioned above.

* [[John Wayne]]'s nickname "Duke" comes from a dog he used to own, even back before he became famous.

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