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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
Most people love animals, especially their pets. Some authors may even put some sort of reference to a real-life animal in their work. Most often, it will be their own pet, either as a memorial or just because they love him that much.
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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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== [[Comics]] == ▼
== [[Comic Books]] ==
* 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]]''.
* Charles Schulz based [[Peanuts|Snoopy]] on his childhood dog, Spike. Later, we meet Snoopy's brother, who is named Spike. ▼
* The cat, Horse, in ''[[Footrot Flats]]'' was based on a real cat who hung around the author's farm. ▼
* In ''[[Calvin and Hobbes]]'', Hobbes was inspired by one of Bill Watterson's cats. He explains in the ''10th Anniversary Book'': ▼
{{quote| Hobbes was very much inspired by one of our cats, a gray tabby named Sprite. Sprite not only provided the long body and facial characteristics for Hobbes, she was also the model for his personality. She was good-natured, intelligent, friendly, and enthusiastic in a sneaking-up-and-pouncing sort of way. }}▼
== [[Film]] ==
* 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
** This was taken even further in ''[[Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
* In Disney's ''[[
* Of the [[Justified]] due to the animal playing the character variety, the dog Jed played the eponymous creature in [[The Thing (
== [[Literature]] ==
* While Piers Anthony was writing his ''[[
* 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.
* In the ''[[Warrior Cats]]'' series, Brambleclaw and Sorreltail are named after author Cherith Baldry's cats, Bramble and Sorrel. Sol's appearance is based on a cat named Aslan, and Millie's appearance is based on the pet of one of Vicky Holmes' coworkers (her name comes not from his cat, but from the fact that he is a fan of the Millwall soccer team).
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== [[Live
* 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].
== [[Music]] ==
* [[Havalina Rail Co.]] had a song about Laika, the Russian dog who became the first animal in space. (Though Havalina spelled it "Leica".)
▲* Charles Schulz based [[Peanuts|Snoopy]] on his childhood dog, Spike. Later, we meet Snoopy's brother, who is named Spike.
▲* The cat, Horse, in ''[[Footrot Flats]]'' was based on a real cat who hung around the author's farm.
▲* In ''[[Calvin and Hobbes]]'', Hobbes was inspired by one of Bill Watterson's cats. He explains in the ''10th Anniversary Book'':
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== [[Video Games]] ==
* 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.
== [[Web Comics]] ==
* Kirby, Cole's basset hound in ''[[PvP (
* Guineas, one of Grace's siblings in ''[[
* Both of the cats in ''[[Two Lumps]]'' are based on the author's (now deceased) pets.
== [[Web Original]] ==
* 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 creator of the ''[[Hampster Dance]]'' website made it (and named it) in honor of her hamster, Hampton.
== [[Real Life]] ==
* 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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