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SPIKE: (occasionally referred to as Butch or Killer) and Tyke are fictional characters from the Tom and Jerry series, created by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera. Spike is a stern but occasionally dumb American bulldog who is particularly disapproving of cats, but a softie when it comes to mice, and later, his son Tyke. In the shorts Jerry would often try to get Tom in trouble with Spike making him a shoo-in for a beating from the bulldog. Spike has a few weaknesses that Tom tries to capitalize upon: his possessiveness about his bone and his ticklishness. He made his first appearance in 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. Tyke is known as a cute, sweet, happy and a loveable pup. He is Spike’s son and they make the perfect father and son, with Spike spending much of his free time comforting his son, taking him out or teaching him the facts of life of being a dog. In Tom and Jerry Kids, Tyke has a speaking role and was the first time that Tom and Jerry fans were able to hear Tyke speak.
Things you may not know about Spike:
Spike made a cameo in Who Framed Roger Rabbit, coloured grey, dressed as a security guard, and viewed from the back alongside Disney’s Pete and Horace Horsecollar before Porky Pig and Tinkerbell close the movie.
In one of the cartoon shorts,Spike’s teeth are revealed to be dentures.
In the short Quiet Please!, it is revealed that Spike has an anchor tattoo on his left upper arm when he chases after Tom near the end. However, it is unknown whether he still has an anchor tattoo.
Spike often refers to Tom as Pussy Cat.
Has a brother called Mike.
In the episode “The Framed Cat”, Spike for some odd reason, does not have a light grey chest what he usually has.