50 free Dog Man trivia questions with answers — literature quiz, new questions added Aug 2026.
48 free Dog Man trivia questions with answers. Dog Man started as a kindergarten doodle by George and Harold and became the best-selling comic in America. This Dog Man trivia quiz is for the kids who have read every book twice (and the grown-ups who have read them aloud): how Officer Knight and Greg became one hero, why Petey is the world's most evilest cat, where Li'l Petey and 80-HD came from, what Flippy the fish is plotting, and what happens in Unleashed, A Tale of Two Kitties, Lord of the Fleas, Fetch-22, Grime and Punishment, Mothering Heights, The Scarlet Shedder and the Big Jim books. It also covers Cat Kid Comic Club, the musical, the video game, the DreamWorks movie with Pete Davidson and Ricky Gervais, and Dav Pilkey himself, from the school hallway where he dreamed up Captain Underpants to his pen name Sue Denim. Most questions are easy enough for readers aged 7 to 12; a handful will test true Supa Buddies. Everything is kid-safe, and every answer is checked against a cited source shown under the question.
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Q 01The creator of Dog Man was born and grew up in which U.S. state?
Ohio
Dav Pilkey was born in Cleveland in 1966 and went to school in North Ridgeville, Ohio, before graduating from Kent State.
Q 02Dog Man is a spin-off of which other Dav Pilkey series?
Captain Underpants
In that world, George and Harold made Dog Man their very first comic character back in kindergarten.
Q 03Which two kids 'write' the Dog Man comics inside the story?
George and Harold
George Beard and Harold Hutchins get inspiration for later books from the classic literature they are assigned in school.
Q 04Dog Man is made from a cop named Knight and a dog named what?
Greg
After an explosion, a nurse suggested sewing Greg's head onto Knight's body.
Q 05Petey is described in the books as what?
The world's most evilest cat
He later reforms and becomes a proper father to his clone, Li'l Petey.
Q 06Which doggy habits get Dog Man in trouble with the Chief?
Licking, chasing balls, rolling in dead fish
He has Knight's crime-fighting skills but the dog's canine personality.
Q 07In which book does Petey create his clone, Li'l Petey?
A Tale of Two Kitties
It is the third book, from 2017; Petey abandons the kitten for being too nice, and Dog Man adopts him.
Q 08What is the name of the robot that joins Dog Man and Li'l Petey?
80-HD
Petey built him; together the three form a superhero team called the Supa Buddies.
Q 09What superhero team do Dog Man, Li'l Petey and 80-HD form?
The Supa Buddies
Li'l Petey fights crime as Cat Kid.
Q 10What is the name of the Chief's pet fish who becomes super-intelligent and wants to rule the world?
Flippy
He first goes bad in Dog Man Unleashed and comes back bionic in A Tale of Two Kitties; Ricky Gervais voices him in the film.
Q 11How does Petey escape from jail in Dog Man Unleashed?
He uses a cardboard cutout of himself
The cutout then comes to life and terrorises the town.
Q 12In Dog Man and Cat Kid, Petey disguises himself as what to get close to Li'l Petey?
A British nanny
The book also has Dog Man's adventures being made into a movie he must guard.
Q 13Which book brings back Petey's childhood friends Piggy, Bub and Crunky?
Lord of the Fleas
They want revenge for something from their youth and go after Li'l Petey; the group is called the F.L.E.A.S.
Q 21How does Dog Man end up dyed red in The Scarlet Shedder?
Tomato juice after a skunk sprays him
With the Chief away, a replacement chief named Maude teams up with a corrupt judge to jail him.
Q 22What is the title of the 13th Dog Man book?
Big Jim Begins
Big Jim tells possibly made-up stories from his childhood; Big Jim Believes followed in November 2025.
Q 23What was Dog Man's share of all comic-book sales in 2020, according to BookScan?
13%
The series has sold more than 3.8 million copies.
Q 14In Brawl of the Wild, where does Dog Man end up after being framed?
Dog Jail
His friends have to prove his innocence while the now-microscopic F.L.E.A.S. crash a movie premiere.
Q 15In For Whom the Ball Rolls, what habit does Dog Man try to break?
Chasing balls
He conditions himself to fear them, just as a villain starts using ball-shaped gadgets to rob people.
Q 16Petey's cellmate Big Jim is hypnotised into becoming which superhero?
Commander Cupcake
Big Jim later gets his own book and lets Grampa be his sidekick.
Q 17In Fetch-22, how does Grampa escape from prison?
He impersonates Petey
Grampa is Petey's own estranged father, reunited with him in For Whom the Ball Rolls.
Q 18In Grime and Punishment, what does Dog Man disguise himself as to rejoin the police after being fired?
A cat
He had angered the mayor; the title puns on Dostoevsky's Crime and Punishment.
Q 19In Mothering Heights, whom does Dog Man help the Chief woo?
Nurse Lady
By Twenty Thousand Fleas Under the Sea they are on their first date, and by The Scarlet Shedder the Chief is on honeymoon.
Q 20In Mothering Heights, Grampa uses 'living spray' to turn what into monsters?
Sippy cups
Sarah Hatoff also interviews Petey about his life story in the same book.
Q 24The spin-off Cat Kid Comic Club stars Li'l Petey and which friend?
Molly the tadpole
Molly's 21 frog siblings and their adoptive father, Flippy, round out the club.
Q 25Who is the adoptive father of Molly's frog siblings in Cat Kid Comic Club?
Flippy the Fish
The reformed world-conquering fish now runs a house full of frogs.
Q 26Which studio made the 2025 Dog Man movie?
DreamWorks Animation
Universal released it on January 31, 2025; it grossed $145.6 million on a $40 million budget.
Q 27Who wrote and directed the Dog Man film, and also did Dog Man's vocal effects?
Peter Hastings
Pilkey only approved the film on condition that Hastings, from The Epic Tales of Captain Underpants, directed it.
Q 28Who voices Petey in the Dog Man movie?
Pete Davidson
Lil Rel Howery is the Chief, Isla Fisher is Sarah Hatoff, Ricky Gervais is Flippy and Stephen Root is Grampa.
Q 29Who voices the Chief's villainous, super-intelligent pet fish in the film?
Ricky Gervais
One of Flippy's robots ends up throwing a party at Dog Man's house at the end.
Q 30How much did the Dog Man film earn worldwide?
$145.6 million
Its first trailer racked up 102 million views on YouTube.