Butch (animated character)

Butch[1] (formerly known as Spike[2]) is an animated cartoon character: an anthropomorphic Irish dog. 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.[3] And like Barney Bear, Butch would not appear in new material again until Tom and Jerry: The Magic Ring in 2002.

Butch
MGM Cartoons character
Butch in the cartoon Grin and Share It (1957)
First appearanceBad Luck Blackie (early version)
January 22, 1949
Wags to Riches (official version)
August 13, 1949
Created byTex Avery
Voiced byTex Avery (1949–1950, 1955–1957)
Billy Bletcher (1950)
Bill Thompson (1951–1958)
Carlos Julio Ramírez (1952)
Paul Frees (1955)
Daws Butler (1957)
Jim Cummings (2002)
Jeff Bergman (2010)
Joe Alaskey (2011–2016)
Bill Farmer (2019)
In-universe information
AliasSpike
Poochini
SpeciesCanine
GenderMale

He was created in 1949 by Tex Avery for theatrical cartoon shorts produced by the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer cartoon studio.

Butch solo cartoons
#TitleRelease DateNotes
1Bad Luck BlackieJanuary 22, 1949Butch's debut.
2The Counterfeit CatDecember 24, 1949
3Ventriloquist CatMay 27, 1950
4Garden GopherSeptember 30, 1950
5Cock-a-Doodle DogFebruary 10, 1951
6Magical MaestroFebruary 9, 1952Named as Poochini.[4]
7Rock-a-Bye BearJuly 12, 1952
8CellboundNovember 25, 1955
9Cat's MeowJanuary 25, 1957The 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.[3]

Appearances in Droopy cartoons
  • Wags to Riches (1949) – Academy Award shortlist; 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) – cameo appearance as teacher at the beginning.
  • 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 and Tom and Jerry Meet Sherlock Holmes, alongside Droopy.

Voice actors

References
  1. "Droopy- 19 Grin And Share It". Vimeo. Retrieved 17 February 2020.
  2. Memories, Movie (4 January 2018). "Wags to Riches". Vimeo. Retrieved 17 February 2020.
  3. Adamson, Joe, Tex Avery: King of Cartoons, 1975, De Capo Press
  4. Memories, Movie (18 May 2018). "Magical Maestro". Vimeo. Retrieved 17 February 2020.
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