Pinky Malinky is an animated streaming television series created by Chris Garbutt and Rikke Asbjoern for Nickelodeon and Netflix. It is based on Garbutt's animated short of the same name produced by Cartoon Network Studios Europe (now Hanna-Barbera Studios Europe), which was released in 2009. It marks the first collaboration between Nickelodeon and Netflix as well as the first Nicktoon to be produced exclusively for Netflix. The series chronicles the adventures of Pinky Malinky (voiced by Lucas Grabeel), a 12-year-old middle school student who also happens to be an anthropomorphic hot dog and his efforts to climb up the social ladder with his two-human friends Babs Buttman (Diamond White) and JJ Jameson (Nathan Kress).

The series premiered on January 1, 2019, and was renewed for a second season ahead of the series premiere. Season 2 was released on April 22, 2019, and the third and final season was released on July 17, 2019. The series was canceled following Season 3.Pinky Malinky was nominated for “Best Animation Editing” for the 2020 Daytime Emmy Awards on May 21, 2020. In 2023, Grabeel reprised his role as Pinky in the Netflix interactive special We Lost Our Human, also by Garbutt and Asbjoern. In this interactive, Pinky calls himself “Panky Malanky” and classifies himself as a meatball.