Teeny Weeny, the Tiniest Hot Dog in the World is a comic strip created by Mark Martin

Mark Martin (cartoonist)

Mark Martin is an American cartoonist known for lighthearted humor and satire.-Career:Martin's first major work in the 1980s was Gnatrat, a parody of Batman, featuring a rat who dresses as a gnat to fight crime...

, which appeared in Nickelodeon Magazine.

Characters

• Salt E. Cracker - Teeny's best friend. He first appeared when Teeny enlisted his help to crack a nut, but it turns out he's a firecracker
  Firecracker
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   instead.
• Brenda Broccoli - Brenda works at the coffee shop.
• Carl Coffeebean - Carl is a regular coffee bean.
• Oliver Olive - Oliver is also enthusiastic.
• Kelly Jellybean - Kelly lives on Jellybean Ranch.
• Anthony Ant - Anthony Ant is Teeny's best friend. He is also a firefighter
  Firefighter
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• Pea-wee, Peater, and Peajay - Peas that are triplets.
• Corn Kernels - Corn.
• Spencer Spool - He owns a hat shop.
• Candle - He went to Spool's hat shop.
• Orange Sherbert - Don't make him wait at the beach.
• Ice Cube - The Smallest of the Gang.
• Chee Z. Puff - a kind cheese puff.
• Link Sausages - 4 linked sausages.
• Salt and Peper - teeny meets them in a couple of episodes.

Comics

From April 2005:

• "Teeny Weeny Goes to the Coffee Shop!" Teeny goes to get a coffee and talk to Brenda. She has a new pimento scarf.
• "Teeny Weeny Sees Oliver Olive" Oliver has two $!
• "Teeny Weeny at the Jelly Bean Ranch!" Kelly turns out to be Carl!
• "Teeny Weeny Goes Back to the Coffee Shop!" Brenda has to make coffee with her pimento!
• "The Problem with the Cheese Boat"

Anthony: "You should have used AMERICAN cheese slices!"

• "Teeny Weeny Buys a New Suit"

Teeny: Hmmm...Gee, I don't know if this one is really me...

Cheese: Oh, yes Mr. Weeny! It has a very slimming effect!

• "Teeny Weeny at the Seashore"

Carl: Where is Teeny? His bun has been here for hours, but where is Teeny?

Brenda: Teeny hates the beach! He's just toasting his bun!

From September 2005:

• "Teeny's New Job" Teeny builds a snowman cake!
• "Teeny and the Peas" Teeny finds that anything loves it's package.
• "Anthony to the Rescue!" Anthony mistakes Teeny for a cheese puff.
• "Teeny Buys a Hat" and "Candle Buys a Hat" Both have some mishaps with hats.

Specials

The December 2005/January 2006 issue included a pullout holiday special decoration. It featured the Teeny Weeny gang giving each other presents, on a ski lift, on sledding hill, and it introduced four new characters: Candle 1, Candle 2, Peanut, Pep and Mint, two peppermint sticks and a little group of meatballs serving as reindeer.