A Dog's Purpose Characters

The Brief Wondrous Lives of Oscar Bow-Wow-WowCats are supposed to be the ones with nine lives, not dogs, but our main pooch in A Dog's Purpose has four—that we know of. Each time he's reborn, he...

BoyhoodEthan is a kid who stepped off the cover of Boy's Life magazine—one of the issues from the 1950s—and into the real world. In fact, he is pretty much a '50s or '60s kid, except with an '8...

The HeatMaya is part of the police force's K-9 division, but she's the human part, not the dog part. If we were to list some key traits though, you might think she's a member of the canine persuasi...

NYPD Blues You've heard of good cops and bad cops. Well, Jakob and his canine partner Ellie are good cop and sad cop. Ellie's the good one, obviously. Jakob, of course, isn't not good. He's just re...

Hannah BananaWe came up with a cute nickname like "Hannah Banana" because there really isn't much else to this girl. She's nice and…nice. But she doesn't become much of anything other than Ethan'...

American PsychoIf Sid from Toy Story tortured animals instead of toys, he would be Todd. Originally friends, Ethan and Todd grow apart, since they have different interests: Ethan likes football, sw...

Wendi's Extra Value-less MenuWendi is the human version of Toby's dog mother: she's poor, she's scattered, she doesn't take good care of her puppy, she doesn't let him out to exercise, and she prob...

Barky Bark and the Funky BunchMany beloved pets are remembered forever by their owners. As we see in his final moments, for example, Ethan certainly remembers Bailey, his Best Pooch Forever.But the...

Two-Legged and Four-Legged Friends and FoesThe dog meets a few other people and pets who leave an impact on him during his many existences. Top Dog and Spike are two dogs who stand out as alpha mal...