The Pink Dog

The Pink Dog (Sometimes referred to as just Pink Dog) (born September 16 1991) is a fictional character in Dr Left Hand's Group Therapy. He is voiced by Chris Exist. 
He was originally a background character like Christmas Frog or Tommy Pickles, but soon became a breakout character and one of the main characters in the show, for his energetic personality, unpredictability and his catchphrase. He is also both Joey's and Chris Exists favorite character in the show. He is one of the main characters of the show along with Dr Left Hand, 1983 Mr Potato Head, Cookie Monster and Spongebob. 
== Creation/History ==
Before the group therapy Joey can't remember where he got the plush, he thinks (but isn't 100% sure) that he got him from a movie theater claw machine. Joey looked for a tag on the plush to see if he could find its origin, but the tag was torn off. The character was created by Joey and Chris Exist. Who was originally meant be a background character, that would be used for different situations. Unlike the other main characters, he was not developed over the summer after Joey and Chris got the idea for the show and was introduced last minute shortly before the first episode started filming. 
He first appeared in the Spongebob episode on the fake commercial part of the episode, he only had one line in the episode and was used a couple of times after that for the fake commercials at the start of episodes. But for Dr Left Hands Group Therapy Season 1 episode 6 Homeopathy after Spongebob left the group therapy for a couple of episodes they needed a replacement so they used The Pink Dog since Chris voiced both him and Spongebob, after that both Joey and Chris really liked the Pink dog, they then both decided to occasionally use him, they only wanted him to appear in episodes once and a while and not every episode. After thinking about it for a while Joey and Chris decided to make him a permanent member of the group therapy. They are worried and want to avoid him becoming like Jeffy or Steve Urkel or Scrappy Doo. They don't want him to become annoying or overused or have the whole show revolve around him and are trying to prevent that. Chris based him off of Gir from Invader Zim. Chris also came up with his catchphrase, which he said randomly during filming of the 6th episode, and he said it during the 7th and 8th episode and became the plot of the 9th episode. 
Joey even wants his catchphrase to become iconic like Fonzie from Happy Day's AYYYYYYYYY. After he appeared Chris pitched up his voiced because he just used his normal voice for the character Spongebob and him and it was confusing, and wanted to pitch it up, so that you could tell the difference between their voices. The Pink Dog's voice has become higher in pitch, Chris has also made Spongebob's voice deeper. On November 29, 2023, Chris came up with Pink Dogs birthday and some of his backstory. 
=== The Pink Dog Show ===
for main article go to The Pink Dog Show
The Pink Dog show is a spinoff show of Dr Left Hands group therapy planned to be released later in 2023. After Pink Dogs breakout success Joey decided to create a spinoff on him. He has brainstormed a few ideas, but the show still is very early in production. 
== Personality ==
The Pink Dog's personality is stubborn and a complete Wild card, he is very energetic, he also likes to eat Children and in the 9th episode of Dr Left Hand's Group Therapy( Dr Left Hand's Group Therapy Season 1 Episode 9 The Pink Dogs Own episode) Dr Left Hand tries to stop him from eating Children. He gets along well with SpongeBob, but does not get along well with Dr Left Hand or any of the other group therapy members like 1983 Mr Potato Head or Cookie Monster. He is paired up with Dr Left Hand who has been paired up with SpongeBob in earlier episodes and Jeff the Camera Man. 
He only goes to the group therapy because he doesn't have anything else better to do. He causes trouble for the other characters and often gets them into comedic situations, other than that he doesn't have much interaction with anyone else. Not much is known about him in the show currently. 
== See Also ==
Dr Left Hand's Group Therapy Season 1 Episode 9 The Pink Dogs Own episode
The Pink Dog Show