Characters
- The Big Dog is a large grey Old English Sheepdog with a purple nose. (In an episode where they were in a farm, he was even able to herd sheep.) He is much stronger than the Little Dog. The Big Dog is generally too lazy to bother with anything, and most of the time seemed more aloof and unconcerned about his surroundings than actually stupid. In some episodes, he surprisingly reveals deep philosophical intelligence. A running gag about the Big Dog is that he would spit out a whole cob of corn he had eaten.
- The Little Dog, a small orange Dachshund, is much more energetic and hyperactive than the Big Dog. The Little Dog is completely scared by cats, possibly due to a case of ailurophobia, and when a cat appeared, it was the Big Dog who had to scare the cat away. He does know a little about history, such as when in "Substitute Teacher," an Abraham Lincoln parody was played, when the Lincoln actor (Mr. Hollywood) died from a sword strike, the Little Dog remarked, "I thought Lincoln was shot!" He often refers to things he doesn't like as "caca!" In one episode, "Sheep Dog," it was revealed that he did not know his own name, and that nor did the Big Dog. When he asked the Big Dog about it and got "I don't know" as reply, he wrote "Ida Know" on the form.
- Kenny Fowler is a small skinny kid with nerdy glasses, who is often pushed around by other kids, and often asks the dogs for help, in a certain episode where he tries to talk to Buffy and gets nervous. He has a bully who often taunts him by saying "What a Fowler!"
- Mr. Hollywood is a large man who likes to point out others' mistakes, always in the same unnecessary fashion; he will begin by saying, in an admiring tone, "Well, isn't that cute?" He will then shout at the top of his lungs, "BUT IT'S WRONG!" This is always accompanied by the background sound of a striking foghorn. On one occasion, he says, "Well, isn't that cute?" But he does not add, "But it's wrong!" Instead, he breaks the fourth wall by telling the viewers they probably expected him to shout that. Whenever the dogs bump into Mr. H (the way he introduced himself as when he was a teacher) he has a completely new appearance and on one occasion is a woman. He has also had many occupations such as a teacher, farmer, Noah, casino manager and pet shop owner. In "Pie in the Sky," he assumes multiple shop owners of a retail store (two of them women), and at the end, all of his guises are in the same scene together at once.
- Cubby is a fat spotty teenager with big glasses, blonde hair and blue lips. In the episodes he appears in he assumes the role of a different job, like Mr. Hollywood, such as in the episode "Far-Out Friday," he is a clerk at the supermarket. In the episode "At The Drive-In," he is the attendant at the snack bar. He has a squeaky voice and often lets off gas when excited i.e. "Post Office." He helps the stupid dogs with questions and problems they have, which mainly involve food.
- Buffy Ziegenhagen is a girl in Kenny's class that he has a crush on, and who has a secret crush on him.
- Red, a parody of Little Red Riding Hood, is a small, meek little girl that the Dogs often encounter. When she speaks, she shouts one word in the sentence very loudly compared to the quiet tone of voice she usually has. The Dogs usually just join her for food. She needs glasses and even with them, her sight is far from 20/20; some viewers see this as a logical explanation for why Red cannot see through Big Bad Wolf's granny disguise-—the Dogs are simply stupid. In her first appearance, Red mistakes Big Dog for Granny and Little Dog convinces him to play along for her cake. They miss Granny's home and end up at the Three Bears's home. At her next appearance, they once again miss Granny's home and instead go to the gingerbread house, where the witch, not wanting to wait for Hansel and Gretel, decides to eat Red. In her third appearance, Red and the Dogs do reach Granny's house, but just because Big Bad Wolf got tired of waiting and dragged them there.
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