1. Chihuaha
   Jack Russell Terrier
2. Pit bull

Wishbone is a classic Jack Russell Terrier -- white fur with black and brown spots, including one speckled ear and a ring around one eye.

1. Joe
   Danny
2. Rob

Wishbone lives with his loving owner, Joe Talbot, who attends middle school and is a huge basketball fan.

1. California
   Maine
2. Texas

The clever canine and his human companions reside in Oakdale, Texas. Mr. Talbot died when Joe was little, so Joe and Wishbone live with his mom, Ellen, a librarian.

1. Dennis
   Wanda
2. Penelope

Wanda Gilmore, who is the owner of the local newspaper, lives next door to the Talbots. While she generally gets along with the family, she complains any time Wishbone digs up her flower beds.

1. Michael
   Sam
2. David

Joe and Wishbone often hang out with Joe's best friends, Samantha and David. Samantha's dad owns a local pizza place, Pepper Pete's, while David is a huge science lover.

1. true
2. false

Damont Jones and his sidekick Curtis are classic bullies and often cause problems for Joe and his friends. Fortunately, Wishbone is brave enough to stand up to the bullies whenever he gets the chance.

1. true
2. false

While TV viewers can understand the dog, Joe and the other kids on the show cannot -- except when Wishbone is telling one of his famous stories.

1. "Romeo and Juliet"
   "Macbeth"
2. "Hamlet"

After losing his collar, Wishbone ends up at the pound, where he falls for a female dog named Rosie. He imagines himself in the tale of "Romeo and Juliet," where he and Rosie are star-crossed lovers desperate to be together.

1. Mark Twain
   Charles Dickens
2. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

After Wishbone gets blamed when a stray dog causes trouble in the neighborhood, he imagines himself as Sherlock Holmes in a retelling of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's "Hound of the Baskervilles."

1. time capsule
   graveyard
2. diamonds

After the former owner of Joe's house comes by, searching for a time capsule he buried long ago, Wishbone imagines himself as Rip Van Winkle -- falling asleep for 20 years and waking up to a world that's completely changed.

1. stop a bank robbery
   ace a test
2. join a soccer team

Sam saves the day when she joins a boys' soccer team and helps them win. Wishbone is so in awe of her bravery that he imagines her as Joan of Arc.

1. virtual reality headset
   bag of magic beans
2. $200

While at the fair, Joe gets offered a cool virtual reality headset in exchange for his pooch. The trade reminds Wishbone of Faust, who famously trades his soul to the devil -- pretty grown up stuff for a kids show.

1. peanuts
   pineapple
2. coconut

Sam has a bad reaction to coconut and can't take part in the school spelling bee, leaving David to win the event for their team. The incident reminds Wishbone of the tale of "Ivanhoe," which he reenacts in the episode "Sniffing the Gauntlet."

1. planting a tree
   visiting a museum
2. making pizza

As Joe and his friends work to plant a tree in Wanda's yard, Wishbone imagines if they just kept digging forever in a tale inspired by Jules Verne's "Journey to the Center of the Earth."

1. shoes
   food
2. cash

Joe sees it as a huge waste that the school cafeteria throws out so much food when there are so many hungry people in the world. Inspired by his owner's generosity, Wishbone imagines himself in "The Adventures of Robin Hood."

1. mice
   painting
2. horseshoe

Sam believes that Blackbeard's magic horseshoe is hidden in an old barn that is set to be destroyed. The situation reminds Wishbone of Robert Louis Stevenson's "Treasure Island."

1. Sam
   David
2. Joe

After embarrassing pictures of Sam are posted around school, Wishbone plays Detective Sherlock Holmes in the season one episode, "A Dogged Expose," inspired by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's "A Scandal in Bohemia."

1. lawn care
   grocery delivery
2. babysitting

Joe's bad behavior after starting a grocery delivery service makes Wishbone recall the story of King Midas and the golden touch.

1. Martha
   Danielle
2. Emily

David's little sister Emily and her best friend Tina have a bad habit of getting into trouble -- despite their frequent promises to "be good!"

1. library
   mall
2. arcade

A dead librarian and missing books at the library lead Wishbone to imagine he is Viscomte Raoul de Chagny in the "Phantom of the Opera" spoof "Pantin' at the Opera."

1. "The Picture of Dorian Grey"
   "Frankenstein"
2. "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow"

As Joe and his friends encounter Damont and other scary sights at the old Murphy house, Wishbone pictures himself as Ichabod Crane from "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow."

1. guide dog certification
   graduating from obedience school
2. being chosen as an art model

When Wishbone is chosen as the model for a sculpture being built in the local park, he imagines he is Pip from Charles Dickens' classic, "Great Expectations."

1. a trip to the vet
   a new dog in the house
2. his toys being discarded

When Joe's mom takes him to the vet, Wishbone feels it is a sign of betrayal on par with Richard Shelton's "The Black Arrow."

1. money
   ring
2. earrings

In a spoof of Wilkie Collins' "Moonstone," Wishbone is accused of stealing a Super Bowl ring from a top NFL player who visits Oakdale.

1. Ellen
   Sam
2. Wanda

After Wanda receives strange letters from an unknown writer, Wishbone is determined to solve the mystery as he imagines himself in Jane Austen's "Northanger Abbey."

1. gas leak
   car accident
2. measles outbreak

As the kids are set to graduate, a gas leak forces everyone to evacuate for safety. During the saga, Wishbone dreams of Virgil's "Aeneid" and the heroes of ancient Troy, in the episode "The Roamin' Nose."

1. outer space
   Wild West
2. ancient China

In the 1998 flick "Wishbone's Dog Days of the West," Wishbone imagines himself in the Old West. As part of the story, Wanda is feuding with a local TV reporter but ends up saving the day after the kids are trapped by a collapsed stage.

1. Derringer Double
   Frankie No Name
2. Calliope Catesby

In a story inspired by the works of O. Henry, Long Bill Longley and Tom Merwin team up to defeat troublemaker Calliope Catesby in the 1998 film.

1. true
2. false

Five different dogs shared the role of Wishbone. A dog named Soccer was the main star, while three other dogs filled in for stunts and action shots. A fifth dog was used for publicity photos.

1. 2
   4
2. 6

Despite its place of prominence in the hearts and minds of '90s kids, "Wishbone" ran for just 50 episodes over two seasons from 1995 to 1999 before it was canceled.