"Springfield series, and plush toys. Santa's Little Helper has made an impact on real life in that an espresso-based drink has been named after him at the award-winning restaurant and bar Bambara in Salt Lake City's Hotel Monaco. Bartender Ethan Moore told ""The Salt Lake Tribune"" in 2004 that it is ""one of the most popular holiday drinks"" at Bambara. In addition, a dog walking and pet sitting company in New York City, called ""Santa's Little Helper Dog Walking and Pet Sitting"", has been named after him. The greyhound has also appeared by himself on the cover of the issue"
"reason he stopped performing as Santa's Little Helper was because ""The producers thought... 'Hmmm, Dan barks pretty good, and we are already paying him and he seems to like doing the dog thing... why do we need to pay Welker who comes in here, spends less than an hour, eats all the doughnuts, refuses to come to rehearsals... let's just give the damn dog to Dan!'"" Santa's Little Helper has become a well-known dog because of his appearances in the series. A writer for ""The Grand Rapids Press"" wrote in 2002 that ""we all know who Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa"
"their old pet. Bart eventually gives Santa's Little Helper away instead of Laddie when repo men take back everything he fraudulently purchased. Feeling guilty about this disloyalty and bored with his too perfect new dog, Bart tries to get him back. When he finally finds him, Santa's Little Helper is serving as a seeing-eye dog for a blind man, but eventually decides to return to the family. In ""Stop or My Dog Will Shoot"" (season 18, 2007), Santa's Little Helper becomes a local hero after finding a lost Homer, and the Simpsons decide to enroll him in the Animal Police"
"Duff Beer that has been spilled on the floor. In another board game published by USAopoly called ""The Simpsons Monopoly"", based on ""Monopoly"" and released in 2001, the dog is featured as one of the six pewter playing pieces. Santa's Little Helper has also appeared in issues of ""Simpsons Comics"", in the 2007 film ""The Simpsons Movie"", and in video games based on ""The Simpsons"" such as ""Night of the Living Treehouse of Horror"" and ""The Simpsons Game"". In addition, the dog has been made into action figures by McFarlane Toys, action figures by Playmates Toys in the World of"
"Santa's Little Helper, becomes very excited and runs away from home to the dog racing track, where he falls for (and mates with) a female greyhound named She's the Fastest. She is given to the Simpsons by her owner, the Rich Texan, and soon gives birth to 25 puppies. Eventually, the puppies become difficult to manage, and Homer and Marge attempt to sell them. After his offer is rejected, Mr. Burns steals the puppies. Bart and Lisa track the puppies to Mr. Burns' mansion, where they discover he plans to make a tuxedo out of them. Bart and Lisa sneak"
"gave the name ""Cerberus"" to a genus of Asian snakes, which are commonly called ""dog-faced water snakes"" in English. Cerberus In Greek mythology, Cerberus (; ""Kerberos"" ), often called the ""hound of Hades"", is a multi-headed dog that guards the gates of the Underworld to prevent the dead from leaving. Cerberus was the offspring of the monsters Echidna and Typhon, and usually is described as having three heads, a serpent for a tail, and snakes protruding from parts of his body. Cerberus is primarily known for his capture by Heracles, one of Heracles' twelve labours. Descriptions of Cerberus vary, including"
"Cerberus In Greek mythology, Cerberus (; ""Kerberos"" ), often called the ""hound of Hades"", is a multi-headed dog that guards the gates of the Underworld to prevent the dead from leaving. Cerberus was the offspring of the monsters Echidna and Typhon, and usually is described as having three heads, a serpent for a tail, and snakes protruding from parts of his body. Cerberus is primarily known for his capture by Heracles, one of Heracles' twelve labours. Descriptions of Cerberus vary, including the number of his heads. Cerberus was usually three-headed, though not always. Cerberus had several multi-headed relatives. His father"
"Eurystheus. The geographer Pausanias (who preserves for us Hecataeus' version of the story) points out that, since Homer does not describe Cerberus, Hecataeus' account does not necessarily conflict with Homer, since Homer's ""Hound of Hades"" may not in fact refer to an actual dog. Other rationalized accounts make Cerberus out to be a normal dog. According to Palaephatus (4th century BC) Cerberus was one of the two dogs who guarded the cattle of Geryon, the other being Orthrus. Geryon lived in a city named Tricranium (in Greek ""Tricarenia,"" ""Three-Heads""), from which name both Cerberus and Geryon came to be called"
"his duty was to bring these souls to the underworld and no one would persuade him to do otherwise. Cerberus (Kerberos), or the ""Hell-Hound"", is Hades' massive multi-headed (usually three-headed) dog with some descriptions stating that it also has a snake-headed tail and snake heads on its back and as its mane. Born from Echidna and Typhon, Cerberus guards the gate that serves as the entrance of the underworld. Cerberus' duty is to prevent dead people from leaving the underworld. Heracles once borrowed Cerberus as the final part of the Labours of Heracles. Orpheus once soothed it to sleep with"
"Paraxenisthmus cerberusi Paraxenisthmus cerberusi is a species of fish in the genus ""Paraxenisthmus"" of the Xenisthmidae (wriggler) family, which is regarded as a synonymous with the Eleotridae, from Palau and Fiji in the West Pacific. Its specific name refers to Cerberus, the three-headed dog which guards the entrance to Hades in Greek mythology, given to this species because of its relatively large number of teeth and in reference to the black juveniles and the red and black adults, the colours of which are associated with Hell in Christianity. This small fish was found in a drop-off which had caves and"
"him to never wear fur again and instead raise the puppies to be world-class racing dogs. Santa's Little Helper sires another litter of puppies with Dr. Hibbert's poodle in the episode ""Today I Am a Clown"" (season 15, 2003). These puppies are given away to townspeople. The dog has been neglected or treated unfavorably by the family in some episodes. In ""Dog of Death"" (season three, 1992), he nearly dies of bloat and they decide to make budget cuts in order to pay for the required operation. Although the dog's life is saved, the family begins to feel the strain"
"Helper, the family dog, eating his homework. ""I didn't know dogs actually did that"", he says, and finds his teacher equally incredulous since he had used that excuse before. In a later episode, when the dog goes to work for the police, Bart must eat his own homework for the excuse to work. When Mrs. Krabappel begins dating Ned Flanders, the Simpsons' neighbor, at the end of the 2011 season, she sees Santa's Little Helper in the Simpsons' yard and asks if he is the dog who has eaten Bart's homework so many times. Bart's attempts to demonstrate this and"
"thirteenth century). In southern Mexico and Central America folklore, the cadejo is a big black dog that haunts travellers who walk late at night on rural roads. The term is also common in American blues music, such as with Robert Johnson's 1937 song, ""Hellhound on My Trail"". In Greek mythology the hellhound Cerberus belonged to Hades, the Greek god of the underworld. Cerberus was said to be a massive, three-headed black dog that guarded the entrance to the underworld. Described as a very large dark black dog like creature that in some regions has only 3 toes. It's said to"
"him how to skateboard, and they become good friends. When Nelson Muntz bullies Bart, Stewie retaliates by kidnapping and torturing Nelson. Meanwhile, Lisa tries to find a talent that Meg has. When she finds that Meg is a natural at the saxophone, she downplays the talent out of jealousy. Chris and Brian take the Simpsons' dog, Santa's Little Helper, for a walk. Brian tries to teach Santa's Little Helper independence, but the latter runs off when freed. Marge notices Santa's Little Helper is missing, and Chris and Brian fake his presence until he eventually returns. Homer and Peter try different"
"and is the center of the plots of several episodes. During the course of the show, he has fathered litters of puppies, passed obedience school, had surgery for bloat, replaced Duffman as the mascot for Duff Beer, and been trained as a police dog at Springfield's Animal Police Academy. Some of the episodes that focus on Santa's Little Helper have been inspired by popular culture or real experiences that staff members of the show have gone through. Although cartoon animals are often anthropomorphized, Santa's Little Helper generally exhibits canine behavior. Cast member Dan Castellaneta currently provides the dog's sounds on"
"Newt Gingrich in Quebec is generally replaced with one to Mike Harris. Most of the recurring characters keep their English names in each French version. Two exceptions are Sideshow Bob and Sideshow Mel, who are known as Tahiti Bob and Tahiti Mel in France, as the word ""sideshow"" has no direct translation. In Quebec, the title ""sideshow"" is kept as an Anglicism. Another exception is made for the Simpsons family's dog, Santa's Little Helper, who is called ""Le p'tit renne au nez rouge"" (the French name for the song ""Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer"", which literally means ""Little Red-Nosed Reindeer"") in"
"for ""The Tampa Tribune"" listed Santa's Little Helper at number six, writing: ""We admire his upbeat nature even after having his legs broken by Mr. Burns and being abandoned by Bart for another dog, Laddie."" He also ranked 75th on Retrocrush author Robert Berry's list of ""The 100 Greatest Dogs of Pop Culture History"" in 2006. The character has attracted some criticism too, though. While reviewing the episode ""Bart's Dog Gets an F"" in 2010, Nathan Rabin of ""The A.V. Club"" wrote: ""As cartoon dogs go, Santa’s Little Helper is spectacularly unspectacular. In a realm of aggressively anthropomorphic canines, some"
"the two earliest depictions (c. 590–580 BC), a Corinthian cup from Argos (see below), now lost, Cerberus is shown as a normal single-headed dog. The first appearance of a three-headed Cerberus occurs on a mid-sixth-century BC Laconian cup (see below). Horace's many snake-headed Cerberus followed a long tradition of Cerberus being part snake. This is perhaps already implied as early as in Hesiod's ""Theogony"", where Cerberus' mother is the half-snake Echidna, and his father the snake-headed Typhon. In art Cerberus is often shown as being part snake, for example the lost Corinthian cup shows snakes protruding from Cerberus' body, while"
"Bart's Dog Gets an ""F"" ""Bart's Dog Gets an ""F"""" is the sixteenth episode of ""The Simpsons""<nowiki>'</nowiki> second season. It originally aired on the Fox network in the United States on March 7, 1991. In this episode, the Simpson family's dog, Santa's Little Helper, manages to infuriate Homer and Marge by destroying Homer's new shoes, ruining a family heirloom, and devouring Homer's cookie. As a result Homer considers giving him away while Bart is forced to train Santa's Little Helper at an obedience school so that the family will not have to give him away. At first, the dog is"
"Sharvara Sharvara (Dog of Yama) (शर्वर) is an ancient Hindu mythical dog belonging to Yama. It is one of the two dogs that guard the netherworld. Sharvara is identified with the constellation Canis Major, the other dog with Canis Minor, together they guard the gates of the netherworld, known as pitriloka or vaivasvataloka, which is the domain of Yama. The word ""sharvara"" means variegated or spotted. In older Sanskrit, शर्वर is written as कर्वर (karvara). Sharvara can be compared with the Greek Cerberus, the mythological dog of the Greeks with similar characteristics. However, there is no description of Cerberus having"
"the last few drops. ""Springfield Shopper"" reporter Dave Shutton takes a photo of it that appears on the front page of the newspaper. This gets the attention of Duff Beer, who announce that Duffman will be replaced with Santa's Little Helper, as their new mascot, Suds McDuff. Suds McDuff boosts sales of Duff Beer, and the family's fortunes explode, causing Homer to embrace Suds for his success. However, this prompts Santa's Little Helper's original sleazy owner and racing trainer (from ""Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire"") to visit the Simpsons and prove that he owns the dog by showing the"
"Cerberus, a three-headed dog that guarded the entrance to Hades, the Underworld. His capture marked the last of the twelve labors of Hercules. It is also the name of an extinct constellation, ""Cerberus"", now contained in the eastern part of Hercules. (It should not be confused with Kerberos, a moon of the dwarf planet Pluto.) The official naming citation was published by the Minor Planet Center before November 1977 (). 1865 Cerberus 1865 Cerberus, provisional designation , is a stony asteroid and near-Earth object of the Apollo group, approximately 1.6 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered on 26 October 1971,"
"movie by a mixed breed named Newman, then in the rest of seasons 1 and 2 by a purebred Siberian Husky named Lincoln. When the show was brought back for season 3, Lincoln was replaced by another purebred Siberian Husky named Draco, whose sister, Cinder, did most of his stunts. A variety of stunt dogs were used throughout the series, and fake dogs have also been used in some scenes. Diefenbaker received the first fan mail for the series. Draco appeared on the officially licensed merchandise T-shirt of Diefenbaker. Naming this character after a famous Canadian particularly appeals to the"
"real-life breed will paint a different picture — of dogs that are peaceful, affectionate, [and] not given to drooling, panting"". Some ideas for episodes featuring Santa's Little Helper come from reality. The plot of ""Dog of Death"" was based on Swartzwelder's experiences with his own dog, which had also suffered from bloat. However, unlike the events in the episode, Swartzwelder's dog did not receive treatment as the operation was too expensive and the dog was too old. ""The Gold Coast Bulletin""s Ryan Ellem commented in 2005 that the Simpson family's dilemma with the cost of the veterinary procedure is a"
"Dog of Death ""Dog of Death"" is the 19th episode of ""The Simpsons""<nowiki>'</nowiki> third season. It originally aired on the Fox network in the United States on March 12, 1992. In the episode, Santa's Little Helper falls ill and the Simpson family must make budget cuts to pay for his operation. Although the dog's life is saved, the family begins to feel the strain of their sacrifices and starts treating him badly, causing him to run away. Santa's Little Helper ends up in the possession of Mr. Burns, who trains him to become a vicious attack dog. Several days later,"
"an animal counterpart which is an allegory and sometimes a metonymy. This animal can be a mythological dog such as Cerberus (the garrison's emblem) and Laelaps as in the comic book, or it can be a German dog breeds as in ""Kerberos Panzer Cop"" and its sequel """"; this comic book series original title means ""Dog-Wolf Legend"" (犬狼伝説, ""kenrou densetsu""). It can be a Japanese wolf (狼, ""Ookami"") as in ""Jin-Roh"" (""Man-Wolf"" in English) and in ""Kerberos & Tachiguishi"" which borrow drama parts to the ""Little Red Riding Hood"" tale. Also it can be a stray dog as in the"
"as the operation was too expensive and the dog was too old. ""The Gold Coast Bulletin""s Ryan Ellem commented that the Simpson family's dilemma with the cost of the veterinary procedure is a ""very real"" dilemma that many families ""who normally don't budget for a pooch's bung knee"" face. ""Dog of Death"" features a number of references to popular culture and famous dogs. Santa's Little Helper's adventure resembles the plot of the 1963 film ""The Incredible Journey"". The scene in which Mr. Burns brainwashes Santa's Little Helper with the Ludovico technique is a parody of Stanley Kubrick's film ""A Clockwork"
"novelist, Theodor Storm, wrote the poem ""Knecht Ruprecht"" in 1862. In the German version of ""The Simpsons"" television show, the family dog is named Knecht Ruprecht rather than Santa's Little Helper. Knecht Ruprecht Knecht Ruprecht (; English: ""Farmhand Rupert"" or ""Servant Rupert"") is a companion of Saint Nicholas as described in the folklore of Germany. He first appears in written sources in the 17th century, as a figure in a Nuremberg Christmas procession. The companions of Saint Nicholas are a group of closely related figures who accompany Saint Nicholas in German-speaking Europe and more widely throughout the territories formerly in"
"was formed in 1992 by a small number of enthusiasts. Pyrenean Shepherd The Pyrenean Shepherd (known in France originally, and also in non-AKC registries such as the UKC, as the Berger des Pyrénées, and in Spain as the Pastor de los Pirineos) is a medium-small breed of dog native to the Pyrenees mountains in southern France and northern Spain, bred since at least medieval times for herding livestock, especially sheep. It worked as an active herder together with the Great Pyrenees, another mountain dog, which acted as the flock's guardian. The Pyrenean Shepherd is the smallest of the French and"
"from several breeds, including the Talbot Hound, the North Country Beagle, the Southern Hound, and possibly the Harrier. Beagles have been depicted in popular culture since Elizabethan times in literature and paintings, and more recently in film, television, and comic books. Snoopy of the comic strip ""Peanuts"" has been called ""the world's most famous beagle"". Dogs of similar size and purpose to the modern beagle can be traced in Ancient Greece back to around the 5th century BC. Xenophon, born around 430 BC, in his ""Treatise on Hunting"" or ""Cynegeticus"" refers to a hound that hunted hares by scent and"
"a water pump in the tongue, a built-in pedometer, reflective sidewalls and little vanity plates."" In promotion of ""The Simpsons Sing the Blues"", the music video for the album's second single, ""Deep, Deep Trouble"" premiered shortly after this episode's first broadcast. Bart's Dog Gets an ""F"" ""Bart's Dog Gets an ""F"""" is the sixteenth episode of ""The Simpsons""<nowiki>'</nowiki> second season. It originally aired on the Fox network in the United States on March 7, 1991. In this episode, the Simpson family's dog, Santa's Little Helper, manages to infuriate Homer and Marge by destroying Homer's new shoes, ruining a family heirloom,"
"to waste money on getting his son Bart's tattoo removed. He decides to keep their financial troubles a secret and gets a job as a shopping mall Santa Claus, but later discovers that the job does not pay enough. Desperate for a miracle, Homer and Bart go to the dog-racing track on Christmas Eve in hopes of earning some money but end up adopting an abandoned greyhound, Santa's Little Helper. The episode was written by Mimi Pond, and it was directed by David Silverman. ""Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire"" was nominated for two Emmy Awards in 1990, and has"
"and Tiger (50th). According to a writer for McClatchy News Service, the rankings were ""determined by popularity, name recognition and how long the show lasted."" Among fans and critics, Santa's Little Helper has been mostly well received. He ranked seventh in a 2008 poll by ""Dog Whisperer""s Cesar Millan that determined the ""best-loved television dog of all time."" Lassie ranked first in the poll. In addition, he was voted the tenth favorite ""Simpsons"" character by readers of ""Simpsons Comics"" in the United Kingdom in 2010. In a list of their top twelve favorite dogs from cartoons, comics, and animation, writers"