"his appearance in the 1945 MGM musical ""Anchors Aweigh"". """" is the first (and so far only) installment of the series where the famous cat-and-mouse duo regularly speak. In that movie, Tom was voiced by Richard Kind, and Jerry was voiced by Dana Hill. In his attempts to catch Jerry, Tom often has to deal with Spike (known as ""Killer"" and ""Butch"" in some shorts), an angry, vicious but easily duped bulldog who tries to attack Tom for bothering him or his son Tyke while trying to get Jerry. Originally, Spike was unnamed and mute (aside from howls and biting"
"Framed Roger Rabbit"". Tom Cat Thomas ""Tom"" Cat is a fictional character and one of the title characters (the other being Jerry Mouse) in Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's series of ""Tom and Jerry"" theatrical animated short films. Created by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera, Tom is a grey and white anthropomorphic domestic short haired Tuxedo cat who first appeared in the 1940 MGM animated short ""Puss Gets the Boot"" Tom was originally known as ""Jasper"" during his debut in that short; however, beginning with his next appearance in ""The Midnight Snack"" he is known as ""Tom"" or ""Thomas"". His name, ""Tom Cat"", is"
"Tom Cat Thomas ""Tom"" Cat is a fictional character and one of the title characters (the other being Jerry Mouse) in Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's series of ""Tom and Jerry"" theatrical animated short films. Created by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera, Tom is a grey and white anthropomorphic domestic short haired Tuxedo cat who first appeared in the 1940 MGM animated short ""Puss Gets the Boot"" Tom was originally known as ""Jasper"" during his debut in that short; however, beginning with his next appearance in ""The Midnight Snack"" he is known as ""Tom"" or ""Thomas"". His name, ""Tom Cat"", is based on ""tomcat"","
"Charlie Dog (Looney Tunes) Charlie Dog, Charlie the Dog or Charles the Dog is an animated cartoon fictional character in the Warner Brothers Looney Tunes series of cartoons. Bob Clampett minted the scenario that Charlie Dog would later inherit in his cartoon short ""Porky's Pooch"", first released on 27 December 1941. A homeless hound pulls out all the stops to get adopted by bachelor Porky Pig. Mel Blanc would provide the dog's gruff, Brooklyn-Bugs Bunny-like voice and accent which became Charlie's standard voice. As he did for so many other ""Looney Tunes"" characters, Chuck Jones took Clampett's hound and transformed"
"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 and Tyke (characters) Spike and Tyke are fictional characters from the ""Tom and Jerry"" animated film series, created by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera. Spike Bulldog (who goes by different names in a few episodes - Killer for four episodes, Butch for two episodes, and Bulldog for one) is portrayed as an American bulldog, who is generally friendly and amiable, and a loving father to his son Tyke in several episodes. However, Spike's character also has a very stern, and fierce side, for occasions such as when he is defending his son Tyke. Spike made his first appearance in"
"stairs, and when he lands at the bottom the magazine opens to a page where a bulldog can be ordered for $15.95. Deciding to order one in order to scare Tom, he writes a letter and takes it out to the mailbox. The delivery truck shows up and the delivery man wheels in a large crate containing a loudly-barking dog. As Jerry signs for the crate, Tom is almost too scared to look on as he takes a crowbar to the crate. Jerry whistles for the loud dog to come out...and it is a tiny bulldog even smaller than Jerry"
"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"
"Spike Tyke Spike and Tyke (characters) Spike and Tyke are fictional characters from the ""Tom and Jerry"" animated film series, created by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera. Spike Bulldog (who goes by different names in a few episodes - Killer for four episodes, Butch for two episodes, and Bulldog for one) is portrayed as an American bulldog, who is generally friendly and amiable, and a loving father to his son Tyke in several episodes. However, Spike's character also has a very stern, and fierce side, for occasions such as when he is defending his son Tyke. Spike made his first"
"Mister Peabody Hector Peabody (mostly referred to as Mr. Peabody) is a cartoon dog who appeared in the late 1950s and early 1960s television animated series ""The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle and Friends"", produced by Jay Ward. Peabody appeared in the ""Peabody's Improbable History"" segments created by Ted Key, and was voiced by Bill Scott. In 2014 he was featured in a computer-animated film, ""Mr. Peabody & Sherman"". Since 2015, he appears in the new TV series based on the film. Mr. Peabody's first name is never given or referred to in the cartoons, but in an animated promo"
"Mister Peabody Hector Peabody (mostly referred to as Mr. Peabody) is a cartoon dog who appeared in the late 1950s and early 1960s television animated series ""The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle and Friends"", produced by Jay Ward. Peabody appeared in the ""Peabody's Improbable History"" segments created by Ted Key, and was voiced by Bill Scott. In 2014 he was featured in a computer-animated film, ""Mr. Peabody & Sherman"". Since 2015, he appears in the new TV series based on the film. Mr. Peabody's first name is never given or referred to in the cartoons, but in an animated promo"
"Jerry Mouse Jerry Mouse is a fictional character and one of the title characters (the other being Tom Cat) in Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's series of ""Tom and Jerry"" theatrical cartoon short films. Created by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera, Jerry is a brown anthropomorphic house mouse, who first appeared as a mouse named Jinx in the 1940 MGM animated short ""Puss Gets the Boot"". Hanna gave the mouse's original name as ""Jinx"", while Barbera claimed the mouse went unnamed in his first appearance. The name ""Jerry"" was chosen by MGM animator John Carr, who submitted ""Tom and Jerry"" as potential names for"
"Jerry Mouse Jerry Mouse is a fictional character and one of the title characters (the other being Tom Cat) in Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's series of ""Tom and Jerry"" theatrical cartoon short films. Created by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera, Jerry is a brown anthropomorphic house mouse, who first appeared as a mouse named Jinx in the 1940 MGM animated short ""Puss Gets the Boot"". Hanna gave the mouse's original name as ""Jinx"", while Barbera claimed the mouse went unnamed in his first appearance. The name ""Jerry"" was chosen by MGM animator John Carr, who submitted ""Tom and Jerry"" as potential names for"
"the series followed Jerry, the rodent who continually outwitted his feline foe, Tom. Hanna said they settled on the cat and mouse theme for this cartoon because: ""We knew we needed two characters. We thought we needed conflict, and chase and action. And a cat after a mouse seemed like a good, basic thought."" The revamped characters first appeared in 1941's ""The Midnight Snack"". Over the next 17 years Hanna and Barbera worked almost exclusively on ""Tom and Jerry"", directing more than 114 highly popular cartoon shorts. During World War II they also made animated training films. ""Tom and Jerry"""
"Tom and Jerry Tom and Jerry is an American animated series of short films created in 1940 by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera. It centers on a rivalry between its two title characters, Tom, a cat, and Jerry, a mouse, and many recurring characters, based around slapstick comedy. In its original run, Hanna and Barbera produced 114 ""Tom and Jerry"" shorts for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer from 1940 to 1958. During this time, they won seven Academy Awards for Animated Short Film, tying for first place with Walt Disney's ""Silly Symphonies"" with the most awards in the category. After the MGM cartoon studio"
"a nail-shape and pounded into the ground by a giant bulldog. When he sees Jerry catching a bone, he flicks the bone with his finger and then Jerry wallops him on the head with it and runs off, stopping at a giant dog house. When Tom approaches it, he realises it wasn't a dream and runs off in horror. Instead, a small bulldog (first seen in ""The Cat's Me-Ouch!"") comes out. When Tom grabs Jerry, the bulldog grabs his tail and rapidly eats away at Tom's fur, spinning in a blur, until Tom is literally bits of sausage except for"
"Family Dog (TV series) Family Dog is an American animated television series that aired from June 23 to July 28, 1993 on CBS. Created by Brad Bird, the series was about an average suburban family, the Binsfords, as told through the eyes of their dog. It first appeared as an episode of the TV show ""Amazing Stories"", then was expanded into a series of its own. In the original ""Amazing Stories"" episode, which aired in the show's second season in 1987, a dog named Jonah (a Bull Terrier simply called ""the dog"") is the main character, portrayed in three stories:"
"by Jerry). Hanna and Barbera considered Tom and Jerry ""the best of enemies"", whose rivalry hid an unspoken amount of mutual respect. In later ""Tom and Jerry"" cartoons, Jerry acquired a young ward: a small grey mouse called ""Tuffy"" or ""Nibbles"" depending upon the cartoon, who was left on Jerry's doorstep as a foundling baby in the 1946 short ""The Milky Waif"". Jerry and Tuffy were also featured together in a sub-series of ""Tom and Jerry"" cartoons set in 17th century France which featured the characters as musketeers. The first of these shorts, ""The Two Mouseketeers"", won the 1951 Academy"
"like a dog catcher and a cat. Family Dog (TV series) Family Dog is an American animated television series that aired from June 23 to July 28, 1993 on CBS. Created by Brad Bird, the series was about an average suburban family, the Binsfords, as told through the eyes of their dog. It first appeared as an episode of the TV show ""Amazing Stories"", then was expanded into a series of its own. In the original ""Amazing Stories"" episode, which aired in the show's second season in 1987, a dog named Jonah (a Bull Terrier simply called ""the dog"") is"
"Tom and Jerry in various sporting venues, ""Scenes from London Life"". Although Egan's account of Tom and Jerry's visit to the Westminster Pit to see the fight between Jacco and the dog is detailed and is accompanied by a fine print by George Cruikshank, it is a humorous fiction and even though it may be based on real events it is impossible to judge how accurate the record of the fight is. It appears that there was at least one contest between Jacco and the equally renowned white Bull and Terrier bitch, Puss, who belonged to the former prizefighter Tom"
"wanted Nelson to appear on the Everly Brothers' 1959 recording of ""Bird Dog"" and use the voice of Farfel on the choruses, but that idea fell through. In an episode of ""Seinfeld"", entitled ""The Dog"", Farfel was also the name of the dog that Jerry ends up ""dogsitting"" after the dog's owner suffers a heart attack while sitting next to Jerry on an airplane. In an episode of WKRP in Cincinnati Bailey Quarters sings and repeats the Nestle's jingle. Farfel the Dog Farfel the Dog is a hound dog ventriloquist's dummy created by Jimmy Nelson. The Farfel character is best"
"War Dogs (1943 film) War Dogs is 1943 American one-reel World War II animated cartoon directed by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera and released with the movie ""Best Foot Forward"" by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Its main theme is war dogs training that is shown with one yellow dim-witted dog. The cartoon is a mockumentary about the secret canine war unit ""The WOOFss day regime. The camera shows many war dogs (including Spike from Tom & Jerry (voiced by Billy Bletcher) and the St. Bernard from ""Puttin' on the Dog"") sleeping and doing laughable things. The camera concentrates on one yellow dog, Private"
"serious and competent of the Super Teens, and the others would defer to his leadership, in contrast to Jughead's perceived status as Archie's sidekick and a generally lazy individual. Hot Dog is a long-haired mutt who resembles a white Old English Sheepdog. He belongs to Jughead, although when he first appeared in ""Pep Comics"" #224 (December 1968), he belonged to Archie. Hot Dog switched owners frequently in his early appearances, but was eventually given a permanent home with Jughead. Hot Dog usually thinks like a human, in that his thoughts are presented in thought bubbles. He is lazy, constantly hungry,"
"to be inducted with a star, after Schulz. Snoopy Snoopy is Charlie Brown's pet beagle in the comic strip ""Peanuts"" by Charles M. Schulz. He can also be found in all of the ""Peanuts"" movies and television specials, like ""The Peanuts Movie"". Since his debut on October 4, 1950, Snoopy has become one of the most recognizable and iconic characters in the comic strip, and is considered more famous than Charlie Brown in other countries. The original drawings of Snoopy were inspired by Spike, one of Schulz's childhood dogs. Snoopy is a loyal, innocent, imaginative and good-natured beagle who is"
"Tillamook Cheddar (dog) Tillamook Cheddar (January 17, 1999 - January 29, 2014; Tillie for short) was a Jack Russell terrier dog from Greenwich, Connecticut, who acquired a reputation as an artist. She had work on display at the National Arts Club, collaborating on pieces that were shown with human artists such as Tom Sachs and Dirk Westphal. A 16-pound (7.25 kg) Jack Russell terrier with a white coat and brown and black markings on her face, she was named for Tillamook Cheddar, a brand of cheese produced in the U.S. state of Oregon. She lived in the Clinton Hill neighborhood"
"a pet shaggy sheepdog named ""Tramp"". The Shaggy Dog (1959 film) The Shaggy Dog is a black-and-white 1959 Walt Disney film about Wilby Daniels, a teenage boy who by the power of an enchanted ring of the Borgias is transformed into the title character, a shaggy Old English Sheepdog. The film was based on the story ""The Hound of Florence"" by Felix Salten. It is directed by Charles Barton and stars Fred MacMurray, Tommy Kirk, Jean Hagen, Kevin Corcoran, Tim Considine, Roberta Shore, and Annette Funicello. This was Walt Disney's first live-action comedy. Walt Disney Productions filmed a successful sequel"
"the bull rapidly approaching, Tom is forced to accept his fate by putting on a blindfold and smoking a cigarette as the bull plows into him, sending Tom flying onto the roof of the ranch house before sliding down the drainpipe and being deposited in front of the cowgirl. Jerry, now also wearing his cowboy outfit, excitedly runs up to the cowgirl, giving her a big kiss, jumps onto Tom and rides off into the sunset on his back. VHS DVD Texas Tom Texas Tom is a 1950 one-reel animated cartoon and is the 49th ""Tom and Jerry"" short directed"
"feline foe, Tom. Hanna said they settled on the cat and mouse theme for this cartoon because ""we knew we needed two characters. We thought we needed conflict, and chase and action. And a cat after a mouse seemed like a good, basic thought."" The revamped characters first appeared in 1941's ""The Midnight Snack"". Over the next 17 years, Barbera and Hanna worked exclusively on ""Tom and Jerry"", directing more than 114 popular cartoon shorts. During World War II, they also made animated training films. ""Tom and Jerry"" relied mostly on motion instead of dialog. Despite its popularity, ""Tom and"
"Tom and Jerry and the Wizard of Oz Tom and Jerry & The Wizard of Oz is a 2011 animated musical fantasy comedy direct-to-video film starring Tom and Jerry, produced by Warner Bros. Animation. The film is an animated semi-adaptation of the 1939 musical film, ""The Wizard of Oz"" with the addition of Tom and Jerry. Droopy and Butch from Tex Avery's ""Droopy"" series also cameo as minor antagonists. Dorothy is a girl, who lives in Kansas with her Aunt Em and Uncle Henry, as well as farmhands Hunk, Hickory, and Zeke. She has a pet dog named Toto, a"
"Tom and Jerry: The Fast and the Furry Tom and Jerry: The Fast and the Furry is a 2005 American animated action-adventure comedy film starring the Academy Award-winning cat-and-mouse duo Tom and Jerry. Produced by Warner Bros. Animation and Turner Entertainment Co., it was the third made-for-video attempt to recapture the style of William Hanna and Joseph Barbera's original film shorts from Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and marked the 65th anniversary of the cat-and-mouse team alongside """" (also directed by Bill Kopp). It was first released theatrically at selected cities of the United States by Kidtoon Films in September 2005 and again in"
"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"
"Tom and Jerry on crack, with unbridled cartoon violence its only delicious theme. Gordon’s other ""Funny Films"" character was the comical rabbit inventor Blunderbunny. In La Salle Comics' ""Hi-Jinx"", he experimented with the hybrid idea of “teenage animal funnies.” Gordon's final major character from this era is Cookie O’Toole, the teenage star of ""Cookie"" comics. Cookie began his run in 1945 when he and his whole gang (best friend/hipster Jitterbuck, heartthrob Angelpuss, sharp-dressed rival Zoot, and their egghead pal, “The Brain”) appeared fully formed in a one-shot issue of ""Topsy-Turvy Comics"". By the next year, Cookie had his own title,"
"Hector the Bulldog Hector the Bulldog is an animated cartoon character in the Warner Bros. ""Looney Tunes"" and ""Merrie Melodies"" series of cartoons. Hector is a muscle-bound bulldog with gray fur (except in ""A Street Cat Named Sylvester"" and ""Greedy for Tweety"", where his fur is yellowish) and walks pigeon-toed. His face bears a perpetual scowl between two immense jowls. He wears a black collar with silver studs. Hector (or a prototype) first appeared in 1945's ""Peck Up Your Troubles"", where he foils Sylvester's attempts to get a woodpecker. He made a second appearance in ""A Hare Grows in Manhattan"","