When the lead character in a movie has a pet; we feel instantly drawn to them as we perceive them as animal lovers, so they can’t be all bad. We always connect to the animals as well, as their loving emotions and loyalty typically win our hearts.

Some film makers spend weeks deliberating which animal to use in their movie. But the success of “Lemony Snicket’s unfortunate Series of Events” shows that a mismatch of dogs, cats, snakes and fish also works well.

Both life action and cartoons have been built around a central character/s that is an animal. Here are some of my favorites, and there’s no doubt in my mind that you’ll be familiar with at least a few of these.

One of the earliest, and still incredibly popular, was the wonderful 101 Dalmatians. Pongo and Perdita have their puppies stolen by the evil Cruella Deville, and gain another 90 or so along the way! All of these dogs are easily identified by most children.

Dr Doolittle was a famous movie starring Rex Harrison, and a trilogy of films were made in recent years starring Eddie Murphy as the guy who could talk to animals, but didn’t want to! Murphy’s humor is great, but the animals may have stolen the show here.

Not all double acts in movies are both human. One of the most famous where the sidekick is an animal is little Milo, who accompanies the Mask on all his adventures.

Ruby slippers, yellow brick road and Toto; the three most remembered from the classic ‘Wizard of Oz’. Remarkably filmed in both color and black and white, this tale of Dorothy and her dog Toto still enchants children worldwide, over 70 years after it was made.

Now that CGI technology have made cartoon animals seem almost real, they have gotten even more fun. The worlds’ top movies stars all want to help bring these animated wonders to life.

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