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McGruff the Crime Dog

anthropomorphic bloodhound character created to increase public awareness of crime awareness
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McGruff the Crime Dog
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McGruff the Crime Dog

Summary

McGruff the Crime Dog is an anthropomorphic dog[1]. It worked as a basketball player[2] and police detective[3]. It draws 1,937 Wikipedia views per month (anthropomorphic_dog category, ranking #6 of 16).[4]

Key Facts

  • McGruff the Crime Dog's professions included basketball player[2].
  • McGruff the Crime Dog worked as a police detective[3].
  • McGruff the Crime Dog is the creator of Dancer Fitzgerald Sample[5].
  • McGruff the Crime Dog's instance of is recorded as anthropomorphic dog[6].
  • McGruff the Crime Dog's Commons category is recorded as McGruff the Crime Dog[7].
  • McGruff the Crime Dog's motto text is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Take a bite out of crime.'}[8].

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Definition and Type

McGruff the Crime Dog's instance of is recorded as anthropomorphic dog[6].

Why It Matters

McGruff the Crime Dog draws 1,937 Wikipedia views per month (anthropomorphic_dog category, ranking #6 of 16).[4]

FAQs

What did McGruff the Crime Dog do for work?

McGruff the Crime Dog worked as basketball player[2] and police detective[3].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [4] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 7w ago · LadyData · 2026-08-15 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Occupation → —
    Instance of → —
    Creator → Dancer Fitzgerald Sample
    P14750 → 13D3-DCD1-34A8-E978-5DAC
    + 5 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P6262]]: mascots:McGruff_the_Crime_Dog, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/302665509|McGruff the Crime Dog (#302665509)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/c"
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