Butch Dog (Tex Avery)

Butch Dog also known Spike is an animated cartoon character: an anthropomorphic Irish dog. He was created in 1943 by Tex Avery for theatrical cartoon shorts produced by the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer cartoon studio.

Butch solo cartoons

• Bad Luck Blackie (1949) - The first Tex Avery cartoon; Butch's debut.
• The Counterfeit Cat (1949) - The first cartoon to have Scott Bradley's iconic Tex Avery theme music that would continue to be used in Tex Avery and Droopy cartoons throughout the 1950s.
• Ventriloquist Cat (1950)
• Garden Gopher (1950)
• Cock-a-Doodle Dog (1951)
• Magical Maestro (1952)
• Rock-a-Bye Bear (1952)
• Cellbound (1955)
• Cat's Meow (1957) - The final Butch cartoon; a remake of Ventriloquist Cat directed by Tex Avery and produced by Hanna and Barbera with different coloring for the cat, the dog, and some of the scenery.^[1]

Appearances in Droopy cartoons

• Wags to Riches (1949) - First time Spike appears as Droopy's rival.
• The Chump Champ (1950)
• Daredevil Droopy (1951)
• Droopy's Good Deed (1951)
• Droopy's "Double Trouble" (1951)
• Deputy Droopy (1955)
• Millionaire Droopy (1956) - a CinemaScope remake of Wags to Riches directed by Tex Avery
• Grin and Share It (1957)
• Blackboard Jumble (1957)
• One Droopy Knight (1957) - a remake of Senor Droopy, Academy Award nominee
• Mutts About Racing (1958)
• Droopy Leprechaun (1958)

Voice actor

• Tex Avery 1949
• Bill Thompson 1951
• Jim Cummings 2002
• Jeff Bergman 2010
• Joe Alaskey 2011-2016

See also

• Butch Cat a character cat is Tom and Jerry
• Butch a character gang Team Rocket

References