"The version by Filmation (Hanna-Barbera's leading competitor for TV animation at the time) was able to restore the familiar slapstick chase format, and reintroduced not only Tyke and Nibbles, but also some of the other MGM stars. Half hour shows would consist of two seven-minute Tom and Jerry episodes, plus one Droopy cartoon in the middle, featuring some other characters such as Barney Bear. Spike from Tom and Jerry was used in many of these Droopy episodes as well, filling in for the other ""Spike"" bulldog created by Tex Avery for the old Droopy films, who was not used as"
"the 1942 ""Tom and Jerry"" cartoon ""Dog Trouble"", and his first speaking role was in 1944's ""The Bodyguard"", where he was voiced by Billy Bletcher up until 1949, from which point he was voiced by Daws Butler, with a thick New Yorker accent similar to Jimmy Durante's. Spike's son, Tyke is shown as a cute, sweet, happy and innocent puppy. Tyke does not speak for most of the earlier series. Spike and Tyke's characters, provide a model of father and son behavior, with Spike spending much of his free time taking Tyke on father-son outings, teaching him the facts of"
"to stop the fighting among the three of them and sign a Peace Treaty, but their newfound friendship comes to an end when they argue over how to share a big steak, symbolised when Spike tears the truce contract to shreds and they go back to fighting again after Tom accidentally threw the steak into the sewer drain. From the 1944 cartoon ""The Bodyguard"" to 1948 cartoon ""Heavenly Puss"", he was voiced by Billy Bletcher. His first name is Bulldog in ""Dog Trouble"", His name also varies in some shorts: in ""Puttin' on the Dog"", ""Solid Serenade"" and ""Cat Fishin'"""
"Spike is sleeping beside his son Tyke when Tyke suddenly wakes up after a nightmare. Then Spike gives his son milk and comforts him back to sleep again. No sooner has Tyke dozed off again than Tom and Jerry enter the scene. Tom runs through a door (literally) and into some spades, rakes and hoes, as Jerry hides among the two dogs. To find Jerry, Tom picks Tyke up to look underneath the puppy. Spike yells out """"Hey, you!, That's my boy you got in your hand!"""" Tom holds up his right hand and sees nothing, then holds up his"
"Spike the Bulldog and Chester the Terrier Spike the Bulldog and Chester the Terrier are animated cartoon characters in the Warner Bros. ""Looney Tunes"" and ""Merrie Melodies"" series of cartoons. Spike is a burly, gray bulldog who wears a red sweater, a brown bowler hat, and a perpetual scowl. Chester is a terrier who is just the opposite, small and jumpy with yellow fur and brown, perky ears. The characters starred in only two shorts, both directed by animator Friz Freleng. The first of these films was 1952's ""Tree for Two"". In it, Chester tells his idol Spike that he"
"son Spike in the ways of the Samurai, but failing each time. The two of them operated out of a converted garage. Due to Bulk's sister's marriage with Skull, Spike addresses him as ""Uncle Bulk"" - he had to be reminded to call him ""Sensei"" during training. Much like his father, Spike has a big crush on the Pink Ranger. Skull made a brief appearance in the ""Power Rangers Super Samurai"" finale, ""Samurai Forever"", where Skull picks up his son; he arrives in a limo with a suit. Bulk and Skull size each other up and Bulk remarks he's changed,"
"Standard"", ""Times Literary Supplement"", GQ, ""Condé Nast Traveler"" and ""Vogue"", where he is a contributing editor. He launched the ""Pandora"" column in the ""Independent"" in 1998. In 1997, Spike became the first American editor of the 150-year-old British humour magazine ""Punch"" which he relaunched as a weekly investigative and satirical gadfly, but soon left after falling out with its controversial owner Mohamed Al-Fayed. Spike has received the Paris Review Humor Prize, a National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship and a Danforth Foundation grant. Spike has a son and a daughter by author Maureen Freely, and a son by editor Alexandra"
"That's My Pup! That's My Pup! is a 1953 one reel animated ""Tom and Jerry"" short, directed by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera and produced by Fred Quimby with music by Scott Bradley. The short was animated by animators Kenneth Muse, Ray Patterson, Ed Barge and Irven Spence, with backgrounds by Robert Gentle. This cartoon features the third pairing of Spike with his son Tyke. It was released on April 25, 1953 by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. The episode title is a pun on the phrase ""That's my boy!"" Spike is teaching Tyke the three important rules of being a dog: being man's"
"Butch Dog (Tex Avery) Butch Dog (formerly known as Spike) is an animated cartoon character: an anthropomorphic Irish dog. He was created in 1949 by Tex Avery for theatrical cartoon shorts produced by the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer cartoon studio. Spike or Butch was a short-lived animation cartoon series featuring Butch Dog. The title character was also a recurring antagonist in the Droopy shorts. His name was changed to Butch to avoid confusion with Spike from the Tom and Jerry cartoons. All of the original, 1940s and 1950s shorts were directed by Tex Avery. Butch reappeared in direct-to-DVD movies such as """", alongside"
"home, for he soon became as thin as before. He temporarily became Rerun's dog in ""I Want a Dog for Christmas, Charlie Brown"", and also had a television special, ""It's the Girl in the Red Truck, Charlie Brown"", in which he was the primary character. He was also a main character in ""Snoopy's Getting Married, Charlie Brown"", where he is shown traveling from Needles to visit Snoopy to be the best beagle at his wedding. Spike competes in a dog race to earn money for a bus ticket. He wins the race, but then gets disqualified for not being a"
"mostly inanimate saguaro cacti. In 1991's ""Snoopy's Reunion"", Spike's home was a huge hollow saguaro in which he kept books and his fiddle. Spike is named after Charles Schulz's childhood dog. When he was introduced to the strip, it was revealed that Spike's exceptionally low weight was because he had been living with coyotes, and his job was to clean out their den, which apparently causes him to burn off a lot of body fat. Although he got a better-fed appearance after his first visit to the Brown household, he apparently had to go ""back to business"" soon after returning"
"Dog Trouble Dog Trouble is a 1942 American one-reel animated cartoon and is the fifth ""Tom and Jerry"" cartoon released. It was produced in Technicolor, released to theaters on April 18, 1942 by Metro-Goldwyn Mayer and reissued for re-release on June 21, 1952. It was animated by George Gordon, Irven Spence, Jack Zander, Cecil Surry and Bill Littlejohn. The cartoon introduces the character of Spike, who would later become a recurring supporting character in the ""Tom and Jerry"" and later Metro-Goldwyn-Meyer shorts. In this cartoon, Spike serves as the main antagonist, forcing Tom and Jerry to team up for the"
"the sleeping Spike, Tyke and Jerry, who hangs a ""DO NOT DISTURB"" sign on Spike's ear before falling asleep. DVD Love That Pup Love That Pup is a 1949 one-reel animated cartoon and is the 44th ""Tom and Jerry"" short released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, directed by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera, produced by Fred Quimby, music scored by Scott Bradley, and animated by Ed Barge, Ray Patterson, Irven Spence, and Kenneth Muse. (This is the first time that Daws Butler voiced Spike the Bulldog in the late 1940s, because he took Billy Bletcher's place as an actor.) This is also the"
"Hic-cup Pup Hic-cup Pup is the 82nd one reel animated ""Tom and Jerry"" short, created in 1952, directed by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera and produced by Fred Quimby with music by Scott Bradley. The cartoon was animated by Ed Barge, Kenneth Muse, Ray Patterson and Irven Spence with backgrounds by Robert Gentle. It was released in theaters on April 17, 1954 by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Spike is putting his son, Tyke, to bed. When a bird flies by to chirp, Spike calmly tells the bird to be quiet. However, Tom and Jerry's usual antics wake Tyke up, and Spike asks Tom,"
"ear, before snuggling up between Spike and Tyke and falling asleep, ending the cartoon. Tops with Pops Tops with Pops is a one-reel animated ""Tom and Jerry"" short, directed and produced by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera with music by Scott Bradley. It is a shot-for-shot CinemaScope remake of 1949's ""Love That Pup"". It was released on February 22, 1957 by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Spike is sleeping beside his son Tyke when he suddenly wakes up from a bad dream. Spike then comforts his son back to sleep again. No sooner does Tyke doze off then Tom and Jerry enter the scene."
"after it came out, Peck went on to create ""Squirrel Boy"" on Cartoon Network from 2006 to 2007. The series centers on Eric T. Duckman (voiced by Jason Alexander), a widowed, lewd, self-hating, egocentric anthropomorphic duck who lives with his family in Los Angeles (as mentioned in the episode ""Bev Takes a Holiday"") and works as a private detective. The tagline of the show, seen in the opening credits, is ""Private Dick/Family Man"" (""dick"" is a triple entendre). Main characters include Cornfed (voiced by Gregg Berger), a pig who is Duckman's Joe Friday–esque business partner and best friend, Ajax (voiced"
"Michael Binkley Michael Binkley is a fictional character in Berke Breathed's cartoon strip ""Bloom County"". Michael, known to all simply as 'Binkley,' is a 10-year-old boy who lives at the Bloom County Boarding House with his father Tom (his mother, Margret, had divorced Tom and moved to Oakland with a Hells Angel). Binkley is in the same class as Milo Bloom, his best friend. Binkley introduces Opus to his group, at first believing him to be a dog. Binkley is described as ""an airhead"" by everyone who knows him (except Opus). Binkley is the first recurring child character after Milo"
"down in 1957, and Hanna and Barbera would move on to television animation production success with their own Hanna-Barbera Productions. Spike was voiced by Billy Bletcher, and later Daws Butler. Tyke did not talk in the theatrical shorts, but did speak on the FOX television series ""Tom & Jerry Kids"", for which the duo appeared in their own segments, and occasionally in the ""Tom and Jerry"" segments. Spike and Tyke were voiced by Richard Gautier and Patric Zimmerman, respectively. Later, they appeared in the straight to video film """" Spike was voiced by Maurice LaMarche and Tyke's barks were done"
"Droopy. Butch Dog (Tex Avery) Butch Dog (formerly known as Spike) is an animated cartoon character: an anthropomorphic Irish dog. He was created in 1949 by Tex Avery for theatrical cartoon shorts produced by the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer cartoon studio. Spike or Butch was a short-lived animation cartoon series featuring Butch Dog. The title character was also a recurring antagonist in the Droopy shorts. His name was changed to Butch to avoid confusion with Spike from the Tom and Jerry cartoons. All of the original, 1940s and 1950s shorts were directed by Tex Avery. Butch reappeared in direct-to-DVD movies such as """","
"as ""Spike"". At BotCon 2008, it was confirmed that this was indeed intended to be Spike and Carlee (with Corey Burton reprising his role as Spike, specifically the adult post-movie Spike), and since Daniel had already been seen in the series too, Carlee was in labor with her second child. In ""Transform and Roll Out"", a segment about the wonders of modern society and the impact that robots have had upon it, Spike was seen with his wife and son purchasing some sort of bunless wiener of dubious origin from a robot vendor cart. In ""Garbage In, Garbage Out"", Spike"
"slowed down, causing him to struggle. Spike then allows Tyke to bark in his place while Tom continues trying to climb up the flagpole. By nighttime, Tyke was still barking away that Tom still climbs in fear, while Spike says, ""That's my boy doing' that"". And Spike is sleeping at the doghouse with Jerry. That's My Pup! That's My Pup! is a 1953 one reel animated ""Tom and Jerry"" short, directed by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera and produced by Fred Quimby with music by Scott Bradley. The short was animated by animators Kenneth Muse, Ray Patterson, Ed Barge and"
"to fatten him up. After a short stay, Spike gains significant weight, which he then loses from fear while riding with Rerun on his mother's bike. Because Rerun's mother still will not allow Rerun to have his own dog, Charlie Brown tries to find another home for Spike but to no avail, prompting Spike to return to his desert home. Rerun asks Charlie Brown if Snoopy can come out and pull him on his sled. Rerun finds himself pulling Snoopy on the sled instead, which makes him come to the conclusion that dogs can be troublesome. Charlie Brown breaks the"
"Spike (dog) Spike (1952-1962) was a lop-eared yellow Mastador (Mastiff/Labrador Retriever mix) and a dog actor best known for his performance as Old Yeller in the 1957 Disney film of the same name co-starring Tommy Kirk, Dorothy McGuire, Fess Parker, and Kevin Corcoran. Spike was rescued as a pup from a shelter in Van Nuys, California and became the pet and pupil of animal trainer Frank Weatherwax. Spike also appeared as Patrasche in 20th Century Fox's ""A Dog of Flanders"" with Donald Crisp and David Ladd in 1959 and as King in the 1956 film, ""The She-Creature"". In 1961, Spike"
"was the star of ""The Silent Call"", playing as Pete with Roger Mobley, David McLean and Gail Russell; the entire movie focused on his efforts to reunite with his human family who had been forced to leave him behind while traveling from Nevada to California. Various television episodes of the period in which Spike appeared included ""The Mickey Mouse Club"" and ""Lassie"", and he appeared in every episode of ""The Westerner"" with Brian Keith. Spike (dog) Spike (1952-1962) was a lop-eared yellow Mastador (Mastiff/Labrador Retriever mix) and a dog actor best known for his performance as Old Yeller in the"
"sudden and unexplained reappearance in the June 3, 2007 ""Opus"" strip in which he is depicted in his ""classic"" incarnation. Michael Binkley Michael Binkley is a fictional character in Berke Breathed's cartoon strip ""Bloom County"". Michael, known to all simply as 'Binkley,' is a 10-year-old boy who lives at the Bloom County Boarding House with his father Tom (his mother, Margret, had divorced Tom and moved to Oakland with a Hells Angel). Binkley is in the same class as Milo Bloom, his best friend. Binkley introduces Opus to his group, at first believing him to be a dog. Binkley is"
"but could not stick to it because he did not like bothering people at home. He also wrote the books, ""The Ten Habits of Highly Successful Criminals"" and ""A Criminal's Guide to Hiding in Mexico"". When wearing a prison uniform, his prison number is 7F20, which is the production code of his debut episode. In ""Pygmoelian"", it was revealed that Snake had a son. ""Luca$"" and ""The Seemingly Never-Ending Story"" both give the son's name as Jeremy. The episode reveals that Snake has custody issues with his son. He is a loving father to Jeremy; unfortunately he is raising his"
"the gifted Thornberry, is exploring about the jungle with Darwin, her chimpanzee companion and runs into Spike, the Pickles' dog. Since Eliza can talk to animals, Spike (now voiced by Bruce Willis) talks for the first time (although he spoke in Chuckie's dream sequence in the episode ""In the Dreamtime""); he informs her that his babies are lost somewhere on the island. Under the impression that Spike means he is looking for puppies, Eliza (and a reluctant Darwin) agree to help him find them. Following a close encounter with Siri, an angry clouded leopard whom Spike believes to be just"
"a hairstylist and single mother. In the third season episode ""Father Figure"" Spike is pregnant with Snake's baby and has a baby shower. Among the people attending are Erica and Heather Farrell. Spike's daughter, Emma, also reconnects with her birth father, Shane McKay, and learns that he is mentally challenged as a result of his fall off of the bridge when he was a teenager. At the end of the episode, Spike gives birth and Liz O'Rourke acts as the midwife. The third season episode, ""Should I Stay or Should I Go?"", brought closure to one ""School's Out"" plot line,"
"Bodyguard"", after Jerry willingly saved him from being poached, he became Jerry's protector whenever needed. In all subsequent shorts, Spike becomes typecast as the stereotypical dumb brute who is always duped into becoming a shield for Jerry from Tom. It is only in two episodes where Jerry gets Spike out of a jam and the dog willingly protects him from Tom in well-earned gratitude (""The Bodyguard"" and ""Fit to Be Tied""). On most occasions, Jerry causes trouble for Tom by luring him near Spike and harming him to get him angry, and in some cartoons when it's perfectly obvious that"
"but Jerry smashes Tom's foot first and runs as Tom yowls. Tom is just recovering, but gasps when Jerry places a huge stick of dynamite beneath Spike, and lights the fuse. Tom attempts to pull it out from under Spike, but just then, the knock-out drops finally wear off. Spike awakens and growls at him – Tom smiles, slides the dynamite back under Spike (not known for being the brightest dog) and escapes, before it explodes. A battered Spike with some fur missing and an anchor tattoo revealed on his arm, then gives Tom a thorough beating off-screen. Finally, Spike"
"by the 1952 Tom and Jerry cartoon sequel Fit to Be Tied. The starting scene shows Tom running after Jerry. Jerry hides behind a potato mound in a garden when he hears Spike the bulldog call to him. Spike has been caught by a dog catcher and locked in the back of his truck, and Jerry is the only one who can help him escape from the truck before it drives away. Spike begs Jerry to get him out of the truck, and despite their unpleasant previous encounter, Jerry shows Spike mercy and frees him by removing a piece of"
"sheep. From the second short ""Sheep Dog"" onward he has a son who works with him. His last two starring shorts are ""Pests of the West"" and ""Camp Dog"". An older version of Bent-Tail later appeared in the ""Walt Disney presents"" episode ""The Coyote's Lament"", where he teaches his grandson (who is the offspring of Bent-Tail's son) how humans and dogs have put a coyote's life in misery. Bent-Tail and his son also appeared in several Disney comics. Ajax, sometimes called the Ajax Corporation, is a name brand which makes several appearances in Mickey Mouse stories. An early example is"
"in a toy airplane. Jerry turns it on, pilots it, and scalps Tom's head and then shaves Tom's body with the propeller. As soon as Tom's fur comes back the chase starts again. He gets into a larger toy airplane, chases Jerry's plane in a dogfight-like chase and is shredding Jerry's plane with his propeller. Jerry gongs for Spike and Tom slams into Spike's chest, causing him (Tom) to disintegrate. Spike sweeps him up and throws him in a trash can. A panicked Tom calls an exterminator, Butch, along with three more cats to remove Spike from the household. They"