Butch Dog (Tex Avery)
Butch the Irish Dog (formerly known as Spike the Bulldog) | |
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MGM Cartoons character | |
Butch Dog in the cartoon Grin and Share It (1957) | |
First appearance |
Bad Luck Blackie (early version) January 22, 1949 Wags to Riches (official version) August 13, 1949 |
Created by | Tex Avery |
Voiced by |
Tex Avery (1949–1950) Billy Bletcher (1950) Bill Thompson (1951–1958) Carlos Julio Ramírez (1952) Paul Frees (1955) Jim Cummings (2002) Jeff Bergman (2010) Joe Alaskey (2011–2016) |
Information | |
Aliases | Spike |
Species | Canine |
Gender | Male |
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.[1]
Butch solo cartoons
- Bad Luck Blackie (1949) - 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 Señor Droopy, Academy Award nominee
- Mutts About Racing (1958)
- Droopy Leprechaun (1958)
Later appearances
Butch reappeared in direct-to-DVD movies such as Tom and Jerry: The Magic Ring, alongside Droopy.
Voice actors
- Tex Avery (1949–1950)
- Billy Bletcher (1950)
- Bill Thompson (1951–1958)
- Carlos Julio Ramírez (1952)
- Paul Frees (1955)
- Jim Cummings (2002)
- Jeff Bergman (2010)
- Joe Alaskey (2011–2016)
- Bill Farmer (2017-Present)
References
- 1 2 Adamson, Joe, Tex Avery: King of Cartoons, 1975, De Capo Press
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