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==Hot Dog==
[[File:Jughd.jpg|thumb|Jughead and Hot Dog]]
Hot Dog is a long-haired [[mixed-breed dog|mutt]] who resembles a white [[Old English Sheepdog]]. He belongs to Jughead, although when he first appeared in ''Pep Comics'' #224 (December 1968), he belonged to Archie. Hot Dog switched owners frequently in his early appearances, but was eventually given a permanent home with Jughead.

Hot Dog usually thinks like a [[human]], in that his thoughts are presented in [[thought bubble]]s. He is lazy, constantly hungry, and, much like Jughead, has a dislike for [[Reggie Mantle]].

Hot Dog is usually considered a member of [[List of Archie Comics characters#Main characters|Archie's Gang]]. He tends to be attracted to [[Veronica Lodge]]'s pedigreed dogs, and even had a litter of puppies with one of them, a poodle named Lucretia, much to Veronica's chagrin.{{citation needed|date=December 2017}} In the 1970s series ''[[Sabrina the Teenage Witch]]'', Hot Dog has a [[sidekick]], Chili Dog, who is smaller and red-haired. A [[running gag]] is the two dogs' "battles" with Sabrina's cat [[Salem Saberhagen]]. In the [[Alternate universes in Archie Comics#Hot Dog|alternate universe limited series ''Jughead's Pal, Hot Dog'']], when Jughead's family objects to Hot Dog living indoors because he is covered in dirt, [[Dilton Doiley]] builds Hot Dog a [[doghouse]] full of whimsical inventions. Hot Dog's sidekick in that short-lived series is a chihuahua named Pablito.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.archiecomics.com/acpaco/diduknow/diduknow_november.htm |title=November "Did You Know?" |access-date=2010-02-17 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071020232609/http://www.archiecomics.com/acpaco/diduknow/diduknow_november.htm |archive-date=October 20, 2007 }}</ref>

=== In other media ===
In the [[Filmation]] animated series ''[[The Archie Show]]'', Hot Dog is the mascot for [[The Archies]] and is often portrayed as pretending to "conduct" the band.

Hot Dog appears in ''[[Archie's Weird Mysteries]]'', once again as Jughead's dog. In this continuity, however, Jughead is shown to own multiple pets, so he isn't seen very often. Sometimes, Hot Dog is affected by the surreal occurrences that plague Riverdale. For instance, in the episode "Twisted Youth", he is transformed back into a puppy as a result of drinking some age-reversing water.