And yes, I know Dino isn’t exactly a dog. I don’t care.

Snowy

Marc Antony

Snoopy

Earl

Bruno

Santa’s Little Helper (close, though)

Dino (but I don’t hardly care)

Offisa Pup (even closer)

Can we get Odie in as a wildcard?

WHERE IS DOGMATIX

:-(

he’s drunk magic potion, you know

I knew there would be controversial omissions, for which I am truly sorry.

YR WINNAR

TERRIFYING:

babies do not count.

what about Scrappy Doo?

snowy

sam

snoopy

earl

bruno

santa’s l.h.

astro

beauregard

xpost scrappy doo vs. poochy

Snowy

Sam Sheepdog

Snoopy

Earl

Bruno

Santa’s Little Helper

Astro

Offisa Pup

Another tragic omission: Max from Chuck Jones’ Grinch special

If I get to vote between Max & Odie, I’ll take Max.

Snowy (Tintin)

Sam Sheepdog (Warner Bros)

Scooby Doo (Scooby Doo)

Earl (Mutts)

Tramp (Lady and the Tramp)

Santa’s Little Helper (The Simpsons)

Astro (The Jetsons)

Offisa Pup (Krazy Kat)

Oh, and Mungo! Alistair! Hector godamnit!

WHERE IS GROMIT????

Snowy

Marc Antony Bulldog

Scooby Doo

Earl

Bruno

Santa’s Little Helper

Dino

Offisa Pup (ftw)

rfi Mungo Alistair and Hector, plz.

I’m pretty embarassed I didin’t think of Gromit, though.

Sandy

Sam Sheepdog

Snoopy

Earl

Tramp

Santa’s Little Helper

Dino

Offisa Pup

Gromit and Snowy are my favourite two cartoon dogs in the world.

I’ve just copied a picture of Tintin and Snowy onto some lazertran paper, and ironed the transfer onto a T-shirt & a pair of boxer shorts, as a stocking filler for my bloke for Christmas.

Goofy?

Fuck a Goofy.

I object on this poll on the grounds that it doesn’t appear to be fairly seeded. Why should SLH face off vs. Ladybird when Snoop Dogg draws a creampuff of an opponent?

MISSING IN ACTION:

1. Droopy

2. Pluto

DKNY—You do see that Santos L Halper is shutting out Ladybird where Scooby does actually have one vote, right?

Donkey Kong cares not for facts!

In fact, it’s time for rnd. 1 results!

Snowy defeats Sandy, 5–1

Sam Sheepdog punches the clock of Marc Antony Bulldog 4–2

Snoopy shoots down Scooby, 4–2

Earl shuts out Poncho, 6–0

Bruno trumps Tramp 4–2

Santa’s Little Helper KOs Ladybird 6–0

Dino and Astro tie at 3, but Astro reached it first.

Offisa Pup locks up Beauregard, 5–1

ROUND TWO!

Snowy vs. Offisa Pup

Sam Sheepdog vs. Earl

Snoopy vs. Bruno

Santa’s Little Helper vs. Astro

Also, everyone voting against Marc Antony has obviously forgotten when he was served that kitten shaped cookie. Or lacks a heart.

Oh shit, THAT bulldog?! I change my vote!

Too late! But if it wasn’t for Sam’s greater name recognition, your vote would’ve tied the matchup and given Marc Antony the win, as he would have reached 3 first.

The lesson? Be an informed voter! The consequences of even a single vote in ignorance can be tragic!

In fact, I am changing my name so we will NEVER FORGET.

Offisa Pup

Sam Sheepdog

Bruno

Santa’s Little Helper

Snowy, Sam, Bruno, Santa’s Little Helper.

Free pass extended for Gromit omission on technicality: animated, but not cartoon.

Offisa Pup

Earl

Snoopy

Astro

Snowy (Tintin)

Sam Sheepdog (Warner Bros)

Snoopy (Peanuts)

Earl (Mutts)

Bruno (Triplets of Belleville)

Santa’s Little Helper (The Simpsons)

Dino (The Flintstones

MISSING IN ACTION:

1. Droopy
2. Pluto

3. Courage (The Cowardly Dog)

Offisa Pup

Sam Sheepdog

Snoopy

Santa’s Little Helper

Christiane/Steve:

voting is now in round 2.

Offisa Pup

Sam Sheepdog

Snoopy

Santa’s Little Helper

Snowy (Tintin) vs. Sandy (Little Orphan Annie)

Sam Sheepdog (Warner Bros) vs. Marc Antony Bulldog (Warner Bros)

Scooby Doo (Scooby Doo) vs. Snoopy (Peanuts)

Earl (Mutts) vs. Pancho (Pooch Cafe)

Bruno (Triplets of Belleville) vs. Tramp (Lady and the Tramp)

Santa’s Little Helper (The Simpsons) vs. Ladybird (King of the Hill)

Dino (The Flintstones) vs. Astro (The Jetsons) DRAW

Beauregard (Pogo) vs. Offisa Pup (Krazy Kat)

DARK HORSE, IN IT TO WIN IT

Ren!

Are people voting for their favorites, or who they think would actually win in a to-the-death pit match?

Use whatever criteria you want but for @#$@&%@s sake, WE ARE IN ROUND TWO!

In absentia: Underdog.

Snowy

Sam

BRUNO

Santa’s Lil

Can I just vote Bruno for all four? I developed an emotional attachment to that dog...

GORGON!

He’s endorsed by Dorothy Parker: “I think the conception of a dog who talks — ”Didn’t know I could do it; never tried it before, I guess“ — and then turns out to be such a crashing bore that they have to lock him away so they won’t be obliged to listen to him, is — well, it’s only glorious, that’s all. You have to love dogs before you can go on to the step of taking them down, understandingly. I think Mr. Johnson must love dogs. I think Mr. Johnson must love people. I know darned well I must love Mr. Johnson.”

It seems so sad to pit Beauregard against Offisa Pup. They’re both so wonderful. I think Beauregard at one point claimed that Offisa Pup was a distant relative.

Offisa Pup

Sam Sheepdog

Snoopy

Santa’s Little Helper

herriman fanboy pedantry alert: his name is officer pupp! “offissa” is only used by krazy.

Pupp d. Snowy 5–2

Sam d. Earl 6–1

Snoopy d. Bruno 4–3

Santa’s Little Helper d. Astro 6–1

Offissa Pupp v. Sam Sheepdog

Snoopy vs. Santa’s Little Helper

offissa pupp

snoopy

are we gonna do cats next?

I would vote in a cartoon cat deathmatch, but I would not run it.

I’m still voting Bruno.

I sympathize—he’s probably my favorite, too, unless it is Marc Antony. But the people have spoken.

Anyway:

Offisa Pupp, Snoopy.

Pupp, Snoopy

Ditto.

Actually, on thinking about it, I don’t think there are nearly as many great cartoon cats as there are dogs. Sure, there’s Sylvester and Tom and Stimpy and that poor broad who was always trying to get away from Pepe Le Pew. But Garfield and Heathcliff are both pretty sorry specimens. Bucky Katt is pretty good, I guess. Pussyfoot (Marc Antony’s pal) is cool, but not as interesting as he is. Mooch is good. But that about puts me at the end of my rope.

Oh shit, Krazy! I ca(‘n)t believe I forgot her.

Oh, you mentioned him already, ok.

Offissa Pupp

Snoopy

Hobbes! There’s also Tammananny Tiger from Pogo.

Pupp

Snoopy

Tigers? I dunno. Well, I guess if Dino counts as a dog.

Sam

SLH

Hey, we forgot Wile E.!!!! >=O

Pupp and Snoopy both beat out their opponents 6–1 (DKNY is a contrary SOB) and advance to the finals.

Tomorrow, we find out who’s the greatest.

Offissa Pupp or Snoopy?

i expect snoopy will win this anyway, so i’ll vote

PUPP

I’m not a contrarian.

Offisa Pupp

hey, why the hell not. love snoopy, but offisa pupp was never in some “happiness is” cloying bullshit nor did he lend his name to a theme park.

offisa pupp

Marmaduke

Also, no cat contest would be complete without Azrael.

Pupp!

Yeah, Pupp.

Pupp takes the title. 5–0

Hell yeah.

DARK HORSE, IN IT TO WIN IT

— a_p (a|e...), December 12th, 2006 2:49 PM. (a_p) (later) (link)

Yep. And great image of Pupp and Ig posing with that Oldenburg, too.