Porthos is a fictional dog in the Star Trek: Enterprise universe. He is the pet of Captain Jonathan Archer, and is an English Beagle. He is named after the fictional character Porthos, one of The Three Musketeers.

He is also a connoisseur of fine cheeses, Cheddar cheese, Monterey Jack and Gruyere cheese being his favourites.

T'Pol is sensitive to the smell of Porthos, since Vulcans have enhanced sensory abilities. However, by the end of the third season of the series, she tolerated, even liked the dog, petting and comforting him after the apparent death of Captain Archer.

Archer usually leaves Porthos in the care of Ensign Hoshi Sato when he leaves the ship for long periods of time, although Dr. Phlox also takes care of the dog on occasion.

Archer cares very much for Porthos. In the first episode, Trip says Archer won't use the transporter for himself and certainly not for his dog. Archer adopted Porthos from a litter of puppies, all of which were named after the various characters from The Three Musketeers.

Porthos was nearly killed when he contracted a deadly pathogen on the Kreetassan homeworld, but was saved when Phlox transplanted a gland from a chameleon-like creature.

Although Porthos isn't the first domesticated pet to be featured in a Star Trek series, for example Data's cat, Spot, in Star Trek: The Next Generation, Porthos has the distinction of being the first pet to maintain an ongoing presence in the series, and even - as illustrated above - become the focus of an episode.

In the first season episode "Acquisition", Porthos was the first crew member to communicate with a group of Ferengi pirates (the rest of the crew being incapacitated at the time), but the aliens' universal translator could not decipher his barking.

Appearances

Episodes that Porthos has appeared in. The list is current through #416:

• 101 - Broken Bow
• 103 - Fight or Flight
• 104 - Strange New World
• 105 - Unexpected
• 110 - Terra Nova
• 111 - Cold Front
• 112 - Silent Enemy
• 113 - Dear Doctor
• 119 - Acquisition
• 120 - Oasis only mentioned Porthos by name to Leana by Trip
• 122 - Vox Sola
• 123 - Fallen Hero
• 124 - Desert Crossing
• 125 - Two Days and Two Nights
• 126 - Shockwave (Part I)
• 203 - A Night in Sickbay
• 209 - Singularity
• 212 - The Catwalk
• 222 - Cogenitor
• 302 - Anomaly
• 308 - Twilight
• 310 - Similitude
• 311 - Carpenter Street
• 312 - Chosen Realm
• 316 - Doctor's Orders
• 317 - Hatchery
• 318 - Azati Prime
• 319 - Damage
• 322 - The Council
• 323 - Countdown
• 324 - Zero Hour
• 401 - Storm Front Part I
• 410 - Daedalus
• 412 - Babel One
• 416 - Divergence

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