Porthos was the name of Commander Jonathan Archer's pet dog in the mirror universe. Porthos was presumed killed in 2155 when ISS Enterprise was trapped and destroyed in a Tholian web.
His breed wasn't Beagle, like his counterpart in our universe, but Rottweiler. (ENT: "In a Mirror, Darkly")
- This is the first instance of nonidenticality of lifeforms with their analogues, although absences such as no analogue of Jake Sisko have occurred from time to time.
- Mirror Porthos was identified as a Rottweiler through The American Kennel Club
- In the podcast of the episode on startrek.com, it was said that the dog who played "the vicious Porthos" was actually a bigger baby than that of the original Porthos. He was noted by Mike Sussman as being "the sweetest dog I have ever met."