Wallace and Gromit are a couple - the single male and his trusty canine companion.

Ulysses' faithful dog Argos waits 20 years for his master's return, and is the only one to recognise Ulysses, who arrives home disguised in rags.

Jarmusch's Ghost Dog: Way of the Samurai (1999) has Forest Whitaker as an African-American hit man who lives in a rootop shack and is guided by the philosophy and code of a samurai warrior.

The HMV trademark: Nipper the fox terrier listening to His Master's Voice.