Butch (formerly known as Spike) is an animated cartoon character created by

Tex Avery Frederick Bean "Tex" Avery (February 26, 1908 – August 26, 1980) was an American animator, cartoonist, animation director, director, and voice actor. He was known for directing and producing animated cartoons during the golden age of American a ...

. Portrayed as an

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Irish bulldog, the character was a recurring antagonist in the Droopy shorts, and appeared in his own series of solo shorts as well. His name was changed to Butch to avoid confusion with

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from the ''

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'' cartoons. All of the original 1940s and 1950s shorts were directed by Avery and Michael Lah at the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer cartoon studio. Adamson, Joe, ''Tex Avery: King of Cartoons'', 1975, Da Capo Press Butch would not appear in new material again until '' Tom and Jerry: The Magic Ring'' in 2002.

Butch solo cartoons

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 ''Droopy's Double Trouble'' is the 11th animated short featuring Droopy. It was the first short to introduce one of Droopy's relatives. Plot Droopy is presented here as a manservant working for an unseen master, who is going away for a few days w ...

'' (1951) * ''Deputy Droopy'' (1955) * ''Millionaire Droopy'' (1956) – a CinemaScope remake of '' Wags to Riches'' directed by

. * ''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 films such as '' Tom and Jerry: The Magic Ring'' and '' Tom and Jerry Meet Sherlock Holmes'', alongside Droopy. His latest appearance was in 2014's '' The Tom and Jerry Show''. He appeared in the episode "Double Dog Trouble", where Spike and Butch are two separate characters who are twins, in order to poke at the character's retitling, while detectives Tom and Jerry mistake each one for the other after Spike buys a room at the town's motel.

Voice actors

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'', ''Wags to Riches'', '' The Counterfeit Cat'', '' Ventriloquist Cat'', ''Garden Gopher'', ''Cock-a-Doodle Dog'', '' Daredevil Droopy'', ''Droopy's Good Deed'', '' Magical Maestro'', ''Rock-a-Bye Bear'', ''Millionaire Droopy'', ''Cat's Meow'') *

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(screaming in ''Wags to Riches'', ''Garden Gopher'', ''Rock-a-Bye Bear'', '' Cellbound'' and ''Millionaire Droopy'') * Sara Berner (laughing in ''Wags to Riches'', ''Garden Gopher'', ''Rock-a-Bye Bear'' and ''Millionaire Droopy'', screaming in ''Wags to Riches'' and ''Millionaire Droopy'') * Daws Butler (''The Chump Champ'', ''

'', ''Blackboard Jumble'') * Bill Thompson (''Droopy's Double Trouble'', ''Grin and Share It'', '' One Droopy Knight'', ''Mutts About Racing'', ''Droopy Leprechaun'') * Carlos Julio Ramírez ('' Magical Maestro'') * Frank Ross (''Magical Maestro'') *

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(''Magical Maestro'') * Paul Frees (''Magical Maestro'', ''Cellbound'') * Norman Kaye (''Magical Maestro'') * Jeff Bergman (

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bumper, ''Tom and Jerry Meet Sherlock Holmes'') *

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('' Tom and Jerry: The Magic Ring'') *

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('' Tom and Jerry and the Wizard of Oz'', ''Tom and Jerry: Back to Oz'') * Bill Farmer ('' The Tom and Jerry Show'')

References

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